Miss World 1999

Miss World 1999

Miss World 1999 Titlecard
Date 4 December 1999
Presenters Ulrika Jonsson, Melanie Sykes
Venue Olympia Hall, London, UK
Broadcaster E!, Channel 5
Entrants 94
Placements 10
Debuts Scotland, Wales
Withdrawals British Virgin Islands, Taiwan, Curaçao, Mauritius
Returns Bangladesh, Guyana, Honduras, Iceland, Kenya, Latvia, Madagascar, Romania, Sri Lanka, Tahiti, Thailand
Winner Yukta Mookhey [1]
 India

Miss World 1999, the 49th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 4 December 1999 at the Olympia Hall in London, UK. The pageant was hosted by Ulrika Jonsson and model Melanie Sykes. The 1999 pageant attracted 94 delegates from all over the world. The 1999 pageant also marked the first time that Scotland and Wales fielded their respective delegates. At the end of the event, Miss India Yukta Mookhey went on to win the Miss World 1999 crown[2][1] at 22. The preliminary swimsuit competition was held in Malta. She was crowned by her predecessor Linor Abargil of Israel. Protesters gathered outside of the event, decrying it as a "sexist cattle market".[1]

Results

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 1999[1][2][3]

Placements

Final results Contestant
Miss World 1999
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
Top 5
  •  Israel – Genny Chervoney
  •  Liberia – Sebah Tubman
Semi-finalists
  •  Croatia – Ivana Petković
  •  EstoniaKarin Laasmäe
  •  Norway – Anette Haukaas
  •  SpainLorena Bernal
  •  United States – Natasha Allas

Continental Queens of Beauty

Continental Group Contestant
Africa
Americas
Asia & Oceania
Caribbean
  •  Jamaica – Desiree Depass
Europe
  •  Israel – Genny Chervoney

Contestants

  •  American Virgin Islands – Shari Afua Smith
  •  Angola – Lorena Silva
  •  Argentina – Verónica Denise Barrionuevo
  •  Aruba – Cindy Vanessa Cam Tin Martinus
  •  Australia – Nalishebo Gaskell
  •  Austria – Sandra Kolbl
  •  Bahamas – Mary Watkins
  •  Bangladesh – Tania Rahman Tonni
  •  BelgiumBrigitta Callens
  •  Bolivia – Ana Raquel Rivera Zambrana
  •  Bosnia & Herzegovina – Samra Begović
  •  Botswana – Alimah Isaacs
  •  Brazil – Paula de Souza Carvalho
  •  Bulgaria – Violeta Zdravkova
  •  Canada – Mireille Eid
  •  Cayman Islands – Mona Lisa Tatum
  •  Chile – Lissette Sierra Ocayo
  •  Colombia – Mónica Elizabeth Escolar Danko
  •  Costa Rica – Fiorella Martínez
  •  Croatia – Ivana Petković
  •  Cyprus – Sofia Georgiou
  •  Czech RepublicHelena Houdova
  •  Dominican RepublicLuz Cecilia García Guzmán
  •  Ecuador – Sofía Morán Trueba
  •  EstoniaKarin Laasmäe
  •  Finland – Maria Laamanen
  •  France – Sandra Bretones
  •  Germany – Susan Höcke
  •  Ghana – Mariam Sugru Bugri
  •  Gibraltar – Abigail Garcia
  •  Greece – Evangelia Vatidou
  •  Guatemala – Ana Beatriz González Scheel
  •  Guyana – Indra Changa
  •  Holland – Ilona Marilyn van Veldhuisen
  •  Honduras – Irma Waleska Quijada Henríquez
  •  Hong Kong China – Marsha Yuan Hu-Ma
  •  Hungary – Erika Dankai
  •  Iceland – Katrín Baldursdóttir
  •  IndiaYukta Mookhey
  •  Ireland – Emir-Maria Holohan Doyle
  •  Israel – Jenny Chervoney
  •  Italy – Gloria Nicoletti
  •  Jamaica – Desiree Depass
  •  Japan – Aya Mitsubori
  •  Kazakhstan – Assel Issabayeva
  •  Kenya – Esther Muthoni Muthee
  •  Korea – Han Na-na

  •  Latvia – Evija Rucevska
  •  Lebanon – Norma Elias Naoum
  •  Liberia – Sebah Esther Tubman
  •  Lithuania – Renata Mackevičiūtė
  •  Madagascar – Tantely Naina Ramonjy
  •  Malaysia – Jaclyn Lee Tze Wey
  •  Malta – Catharine Attard
  •  MexicoDanette Velasco Bataller
  •    Nepal – Shweta Singh
  •  New Zealand – Coralie Ann Warburton
  •  Nigeria – Augustine Iruviere
  •  Norway – Annette Haukaas
  •  Panama – Jessenia Casanova Reyes
  •  Paraguay – Mariela Candia Ramos
  •  Peru – Wendy Monteverde
  •  Philippines – Lalaine Bognot Edson
  •  Poland – Marta Kwiecień
  •  Portugal – Joana Ines Texeira
  •  Puerto Rico – Arlene Torres
  •  Romania – Nicoleta Luciu
  •  Russia – Elena Efimova
  •  St. Maarten – Ifelola Badejo
  •  Scotland – Stephanie Norrie
  •  Seychelles – Anne-Mary Jorre
  •  Singapore – Audrey Quek Ai Woon
  •  SlovakiaAndrea Verešová
  •  Slovenia – Neda Gačnik
  •  South AfricaSonia Raciti
  •  SpainLorena Bernal Pascual
  •  Sri Lanka – Dilumini de Alwis Jayasinghe
  •  Swaziland – Colleen Tullonen
  •  Sweden – Jenny Louise Torsvik
  •   Switzerland – Anita Buri
  •  Tahiti – Manoa Froge
  •  Tanzania – Hoyce Anderson Temu
  •  Thailand – Kamala Kumpu Na Ayutthaya
  •  Trinidad & Tobago – Sacha Anton
  •  TurkeyAyşe Hatun Önal
  •  Ukraine – Olga Savinskaya
  •  United KingdomNicola Willoughby
  •  United States – Natasha Allas
  •  Uruguay – Katherine Gonzalves
  •  VenezuelaMartina Thorogood Heemsen
  •  Wales – Clare Marie Daniels
  •  Yugoslavia – Lana Marić
  •  Zambia – Cynthia Chikwanda
  •  Zimbabwe – Brita Maseluthini

Judges

Notes

Debuts

Returns

Last competed in 1989:

  •  Guyana

Last competed in 1990:

  •  Madagascar

Last competed in 1994:

  •  Iceland
  •  Sri Lanka

Last competed in 1996:

  •  Bangladesh
  •  Romania
  •  Tahiti

Last competed in 1997:

  •  Honduras
  •  Latvia
  •  Thailand

Replacement

Withdrawals

Other notes

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Reading Eagle". Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "New Straits Times". Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Gainesville Sun". Retrieved 27 January 2016.

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