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	India – Yukta Mookhey [2][1]
1st runner-up	Venezuela – Martina Thorogood [2]
2nd runner-up	South Africa – Sonia Raciti [2]
Top 5	Israel – Genny Chervoney  Liberia – Sebah Tubman
Semi-finalists	Croatia – Ivana Petković  Estonia – Karin Laasmäe  Norway – Anette Haukaas  Spain – Lorena Bernal  United States – Natasha Allas

Continental Queens of Beauty

Continental Group	Contestant
Africa	South Africa – Sonia Raciti
Americas	Venezuela – Martina Thorogood
Asia & Oceania	India – Yukta Mookhey
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  Belgium – Brigitta 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 Republic – Helena Houdova  Dominican Republic – Luz Cecilia García Guzmán  Ecuador – Sofía Morán Trueba  Estonia – Karin 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  India – Yukta 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  Mexico – Danette 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  Slovakia – Andrea Verešová  Slovenia – Neda Gačnik  South Africa – Sonia Raciti  Spain – Lorena 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  Turkey – Ayşe Hatun Önal  Ukraine – Olga Savinskaya  United Kingdom – Nicola Willoughby  United States – Natasha Allas  Uruguay – Katherine Gonzalves  Venezuela – Martina Thorogood Heemsen  Wales – Clare Marie Daniels  Yugoslavia – Lana Marić  Zambia – Cynthia Chikwanda  Zimbabwe – Brita Maseluthini

Judges

Eric Morley Louis Grech Luciana Gimenez Linda Pétursdóttir – Miss World 1988 from Iceland Dean Cain [3]

Eddie Irvine [3] Terry O'Neill Lennox Lewis [3] Wilnelia Merced – Miss World 1975 from Puerto Rico

Notes

Debuts

•  Scotland
•  Wales

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

•  Philippines – Lalaine Edson was just a replacement for Miriam Quiambao. Originally Miriam Quiambao was to represent Philippines in the Miss World 1999 pageant but was replaced by Lalaine Edson. Later, Miriam Quiambao who was Philippines' representative to the Miss Universe 1999 was 1st runner-up.

Withdrawals

• British Virgin Islands, Taiwan, and Curaçao did not compete for unknown reasons.
• Northern Ireland withdrew at the last minute for personal and private reasons.

Other notes

• Honduras, Japan, Madagascar, Angola, and Uruguay introduced themselves in their native languages.
• This is the first time that the contestants were introduced in evening gowns.
• England, Nicola Willoughby, still represented as United Kingdom in Miss World because of Northern Ireland's last-minute withdrawal.

References

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

External links

• Pageantopolis – Miss World 1999