Miss World 2001

Miss World 2001
Miss World 2001 Titlecard
Date	16 November 2001
Presenters	Jerry Springer, Claire Elizabeth Smith
Entertainment	Umoja
Venue	Super Bowl, Sun City Entertainment Centre, Sun City, South Africa
Broadcaster	E!, SABC 3
Entrants	93
Placements	10
Debuts	Malawi
Withdrawals	Bahamas, Curaçao, Denmark, Guatemala, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Moldova, Nepal, Paraguay, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Uzbekistan.
Returns	Antigua & Barbuda, China PR, Guyana, Hawaii, Latvia, Macedonia FYRO, Nicaragua, St. Maarten, Thailand, Uganda
Winner	Agbani Darego [1]  Nigeria

Miss World 2001, the 51st edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 16 November 2001 at the Super Bowl of Sun City Entertainment Centre in Sun City, South Africa.^[2] 93 contestants from all over the world competed for the title. Agbani Darego from Nigeria won the pageant.^[3] She was crowned by Priyanka Chopra of India. This is the first time Nigeria won the pageant.

Results

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 2001^[1]

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss World 2001	Nigeria – Agbani Darego [1][3]
1st runner-up	Aruba – Zizi Lee
2nd runner-up	Scotland – Juliet-Jane Horne
Top 5	Nicaragua – Ligia Argüello  China PR – Bing Li
Semi-finalists	Ukraine – Oleksandra Nikolayenko  South Africa – Jo-Ann Strauss  Spain – Macarena García  Russia – Irina Kovalenko  Yugoslavia – Tijana Stajšić

Continental Queens of Beauty

Continental Group	Contestant
Africa	Nigeria – Agbani Darego
Americas	Nicaragua – Ligia Argüello
Asia & Oceania	China PR – Bing Li
Caribbean	Aruba – Zizi Lee
Europe	Scotland – Juliet-Jane Horne

Contestants

American Virgin Islands – Cherrisse Wood  Angola – Adalgisa Alexandra da Rocha Gonçalves  Antigua & Barbuda – Janelle Williams  Argentina – Virginia di Salvo  Aruba – Zizi Lee  Australia – Eva Milic  Austria – Daniela Rockenschaub  Bangladesh – Tabassum Ferdous Shaon  Barbados – Stephanie Chase  Belgium – Dina Tersago  Bolivia – Claudia Ettmüller  Bosnia & Herzegovina – Ana Mirjana Račanović  Botswana – Masego Sebedi  Brazil – Joyce Yara Aguiar  British Virgin Islands – Melinda McGlore  Bulgaria – Stanislava Karabelova  Canada – Tara Hall  Cayman Islands – Shannon McLean  Chile – Christianne Balmelli Fournier  China PR – Bing Li  Colombia – Jeisyl Amparo Vélez Giraldo  Costa Rica – Piarella Peralta Rodríguez  Croatia – Rajna Raguz  Cyprus – Christiana Aristotelous  Czech Republic – Andrea Fiserova  Dominican Republic – Jeimy Castillo Molina  Ecuador – Carla Lorena Revelo Pérez  England – Sally Kettle  Estonia – Liina Helstein  Finland – Jenni Hietanen  France – Emmanuelle Chossat  Germany – Adina Wilhelmi  Ghana – Selasi Kwawu  Gibraltar – Luann Richardson  Greece – Valentini Daskaloudi  Guyana – Olive Gopaul  Hawaii – Radasha Hoʻohuli  Holland – Irena Pantelic  Hong Kong – Gigi Chung Pui Chi  Hungary – Zsoka Kapocs  Iceland – Kolbrún Pálina Helgadóttir  India – Sara Corner  Ireland – Catrina Supple  Israel – Keren Schlimovitz  Italy – Paola d'Antonino  Jamaica – Regina Beavers  Japan – Yuka Hamano

Kenya – Daniella Kimaru  Korea – Seo Hyun-jin  Latvia – Dina Kalandarova  Lebanon – Christina Sawaya  F.Y.R.O. Macedonia – Sandra Spašovska  Madagascar – Tassiana Boba  Malawi – Elizabeth Pullu  Malaysia – Sasha Tan Hwee Teng  Malta – Christine Camilleri  Mexico – Tatiana Rodríguez  Namibia – Michelle Heitha  New Zealand – Amie Hewitt  Nicaragua – Ligia Cristina Argüello Roa  Nigeria – Agbani Darego [3]  Northern Ireland – Angela McCarthy  Norway – Malin Johansen  Panama – Lourdes González Montenegro  Peru – Viviana Rivasplata  Philippines – Gilrhea Castañeda Quinzon  Poland – Joanna Drozdowska  Portugal – Claudia Jesus Lopez Borges  Puerto Rico – Bárbara Serrano Negrón  Romania – Vanda Petre  Russia – Irina Kovalenko  Scotland – Juliet-Jane Horne  Singapore – Angelina Johnson  Slovakia – Jana Ivanova  Slovenia – Rebeka Dremelj  South Africa – Jo-Ann Strauss  Spain – Macarena García Naranjo  St. Maarten – Genesis Romney  Sweden – Camilla Maria Bäck   Switzerland – Mascha Santschi  Tahiti – Teriitamihau Rava Nui  Tanzania – Happiness Mageese  Thailand – Lada Engchawadechasilp  Trinidad & Tobago – Sacha Hill  Turkey – Tuğçe Kazaz  Uganda – Victoria Kabuye  Ukraine – Oleksandra Nikolayenko  United States – Carrie Stroup  Uruguay – María Daniela Abásolo Cugnetti  Venezuela – Andreína Prieto  Wales – Charlotte Faichney  Yugoslavia – Tijana Stajšić  Zimbabwe – Nokhuthula Mpuli

Notes

Debuts

•  Malawi

Returns

Last competed in 1959:  Hawaii Last competed in 1991:  Antigua

Last competed in 1994:  China PR Last competed in 1998:  Nicaragua

Last competed in 1999:  Guyana  Latvia  St. Maarten  Thailand

Withdrawals

• Curaçao, Denmark, Guatemala, Paraguay, and Sri Lanka did not compete for unknown reasons.
• Bahamas and Swaziland did not compete. Bahamas fell ill and withdrew, while Swaziland had financial problems and lack of sponsorship.
• Kazakhstan - Miss Kazakhstan 2001, Gulmira Makhambetova did not compete for unknown reasons.^[4]
• Lithuania - Did not compete because of a scheduling conflict with Miss Lithuania 2001 contest, which was held one month after the Miss World 2001. ^[5]
• Nepal - No contest was held in 2001 due the Nepalese royal massacre occurred at mid-year.
• Moldova - had problems with age requirements for the contestants.
• Uzbekistan - Miss Uzbekistan 2001, Olesya Loshkareva had to cancel her participation in the Miss World 2001 due security reasons following the terrorist attacks of September 11 in New York. However Uzbekistan finally did their debut 12 later, at Miss World 2013. ^[6]

Other notes

•  Lebanon – Christina Sawaya was expected to compete at Miss Universe 2002, but boycotted because of the participation of an Israeli delegate.

References

1. Simi John. "Miss World 2015 live: The 65th annual beauty pageant begins". International Business Times UK. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
2. "Miss World History 2001". Miss World. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
3. "New Straits Times". Retrieved 27 January 2016.
4. http://bnews.kz/ru/news/obshchestvo/miss_kazahstan_za_vsu_istoriu_konkursa_chashche_vsego_pobezhdali_krasavitsi_iz_almati_foto-2014_08_28-888549
5. http://www.delfi.lt/gyvenimas/grozis_ir_sveikata/mis-lietuva-2001-tapo-kauniete-nuotrauku-albumas.d?id=679160
6. В конкурсе «Мисс Мира» впервые будет участвовать Узбекистан

External links

• Pageantopolis – Miss World 2001