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Miss Universe 1999
Date26 May 1999
Presenters
EntertainmentJulio Iglesias Jr.
VenueChaguaramas Convention Centre, Chaguaramas, Trinidad and Tobago
Broadcaster
Entrants84
Placements10
Debuts
  • Botswana
Withdrawals
  • Bulgaria
  • Guam
  • Netherlands
  • Norway
  • Romania
  • Zimbabwe
Returns
  • Austria
  • Barbados
  • Cayman Islands
  • Cook Islands
  • Guyana
  • Suriname
  • Turks and Caicos
  • Zambia
WinnerMpule Kwelagobe
Botswana
CongenialityMarisa Ferreira, Portugal
Best National CostumeNicole Simone Dyer, Trinidad and Tobago
PhotogenicBrenda Liz Lopez, Puerto Rico
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Miss Universe 1999 was the 48th Miss Universe pageant, held on 26 May 1999 at the Chaguaramas Convention Centre in Chaguaramas, Trinidad and Tobago. Mpule Kwelagobe of Botswana was crowned by Wendy Fitzwilliam of Trinidad and Tobago at the end of the event. This edition marks the most recent time that a first-time entry of a country at Miss Universe has won and the third time in pageant's history, after Colombia in 1958 and Finland in 1952. This edition also saw a back-to-back victory by black women. 84 contestants competed in this year.

Miss Universe 1999 Titlecard
Miss Universe 1999 participating nations and results

Background

Selection of participants

Contestants from eighty-four countries and territories were selected to compete in the pageant. Five of these delegates were appointees to their titles after being a runner-up of their national pageant or an audition process or other internal selection.

Replacements

Miss Barbados 1998, Michelle Selman did not compete for undisclosed reasons. Her first runner up, Olivia Harding replaced her.[1] The winner of Miss Great Britain Universe 1999, Nicki Lane decided to give up the crown to her 1st runner up Cherie Pisiani,[2][3] after Lane confessed that she had a child at 14 years old.[4] The winner of Binibining Pilipinas 1999, Janelle Delfin Bautista had to resign due to citizenship issues as she was an American citizen.[5] The Binibining Pilipinas World 1999, Miriam Quiambao assumed the Binibining Pilipinas Universe title.

Results

Placements

Placement Contestant
Miss Universe 1999
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
  •  Spain – Diana Nogueira[6]
Top 5
Top 10

Contestants

Eighty-four contestants competed for the title.

Country/Territory Contestant Age Hometown
Angola Egidia Torres 22 Luanda
Argentina Elena Fournier 22 Santa Fe
Aruba Irina Croes 18 Oranjestad
Australia Michelle Shead 20 Sydney
Austria Katja Giebner 21 Vienna
Bahamas Glennis Knowles 25 Nassau
Barbados Olivia Harding 25 Bridgetown
Belgium Tanja Dexters 21 Mol
Belize Viola Jeffery[7] 21 Belmopan
Bolivia Susana Barrientos 20 Santa Cruz
Bonaire Julina Felida 21 Kralendijk
Botswana Mpule Kwelagobe 19 Gaborone
Brazil Renata Fan 22 Santo Ângelo
British Virgin Islands Movel Lewis 20 Road Town
Canada Shannon McArthur 26 Windsor
Cayman Islands Gemma McLaughlin 19 George Town
Chile Andrea Muñoz 23 Santiago
Colombia Marianella Maal 20 Barranquilla
Cook Islands Tina Vogel 24 Avarua
Costa Rica Arianna Bolaños 22 Guanacaste
Croatia Marijana Kuzina 21 Šibenik
Curaçao Jouraine Ricardo 22 Willemstad
Cyprus Valentina Dionysiou 19 Nicosia
Czech Republic Petra Faltynova 20 Prague
Dominican Republic Luz García 21 Moca
Ecuador Carolina Alfonso 21 Quito
Egypt Angie Abdalla 18 Alexandria
El Salvador Cynthia Cevallos 21 San Salvador
Estonia Triin Rannat[8] 20 Tallinn
Finland Vanessa Forsman 22 Porvoo
France Mareva Galanter 22 Papeete
Germany Diana Drubig 19 Leipzig
Ghana Akuba Cudjoe 19 Accra
Great Britain Cherie Pisani 21 Clacton
Greece Sofia Raptis 19 Athens
Guatemala Monica Penedo 19 Sacatepéquez
Guyana Morvinia Sobers 20 Georgetown
Honduras Sofia Guerrero 21 Atlántida
Hong Kong Anne Heung 24 Hong Kong
Hungary Anett Garami 19 Soltvadkert
India Gul Panag 20 Chandigarh
Ireland Vivienne Doyle[9] 22 Galway
Israel Rana Raslan 21 Haifa
Italy Gloria Bellicchi 20 Parma
Jamaica Nicole Haughton 24 Kingston
Japan Satomi Ogawa 21 Misato
Lebanon Clémence Achkar 19 Beirut
Malaysia Jeanette Ooi 23 Kuching
Malta Dorianne Muscat 21 Qormi
Mauritius Micaella L'Hortalle 23 Port Louis
Mexico Silvia Salgado 20 Monterrey
Namibia Vaanda Katjiuongua 23 Windhoek
New Zealand Kristy Wilson 20 North Otago
 Nicaragua Liliana Pilarte[10][11] 23 Managua
Nigeria Angela Ukpoma - Imo
Northern Mariana Islands Cherilyn Cabrera 24 Saipan
Panama Yamani Saied 20 Panama City
Paraguay Carmen Morinigo 22 San Pedro
Peru Fabiola Lazo 18 Lima
Philippines Miriam Quiambao 23 Quezon City
Poland Katarzyna Pakuła - Lublin
Portugal Marisa Ferreira 20 Santarém
Puerto Rico Brenda Liz Lopez 23 Lares
Russia Alexandra Petrova 19 Cheboksary
Singapore Cheryl Marie Cordeiro 23 Singapore
Slovakia Aneta Kuklova 19 Lučenec
South Africa Sonia Raciti 21 Johannesburg
South Korea Choi Ji-hyun 20 Seoul
Spain Diana Noguiera[12] 24 Pontevedra
Suriname Serafija Niekoop 21 Paramaribo
Sweden Emma-Helena Nilsson 24 Östersund
Switzerland Sonia Grandjean 19 Dietikon
Taiwan Wan-Fei Wang 21 Taipei
Thailand Apisamai Srirangsan 24 Nakhon Pathom
Trinidad and Tobago Nicole Simone Dyer 25 Diego Martin
Turkey Oznur Dursun 24 Istanbul
Turks and Caicos Shantell Stubbs 21 Cockburn Town
Ukraine Zhanna Pikhulya 18 Kyiv
United States Kimberly Pressler 21 Las Vegas
Uruguay Veronica Gonzales 19 Montevideo
United States Virgin Islands Sherece Smith 25 Charlotte Amalie
Venezuela Carolina Indriago 18 Valencia
Yugoslavia Ana Karić 19 Belgrade
Zambia Esanju Kalopa† [13] - Muchinga

Withdrawals

During the contest:

  •  Guam - Miss Guam 1999, Tisha Elaine Heflin had to withdraw a few days before the preliminary competition, after being discovered that she was pregnant.[14][15]

References

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  2. ^ "Cherie pisani Stock Images - DIOMEDIA". Diomedia.com. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  3. ^ "STOCK IMAGE - Left: NICKI LANE The former Miss Great Britain Universe (Nicki has handed over her title to runner-up Cherie Louise Pisani, after it was revealed that she did not tell the Miss Universe organis..." Diomedia.com. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  4. ^ "Crown of thorns". The Guardian. 25 May 1999. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  5. ^ "Top 10 Dethroned Beauty Queens". Spot.ph. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Miriam looks back on Miss Universe journey 22 years ago". Philippine Star (in Tagalog). 12 December 2021. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
  7. ^ "Viola Jeffrey is Miss Belize". Great Belize Television. 25 August 1998. Archived from the original on 26 November 2022. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  8. ^ "Miss Estonia on Triin Rannat". Õhtuleht (in Estonian). 8 March 1999. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  9. ^ Sheehan, Aideen (19 August 1998). "Miss Ireland goes west as Vivienne wins coveted title". Irish Independent. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  10. ^ "INTUR no se meterá más en el concurso Miss Nicaragua". Archivo.elnuevodiario.com.ni. Archived from the original on 10 August 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  11. ^ "Besos que no manchan - La Prensa". Lapresnsa.com.ni. 3 December 2002. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  12. ^ "El anecdotario". 9 January 2007. Archived from the original on 9 January 2007. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  13. ^ Mujuda, Sam (19 March 1999). "Zambia: Esanju Picked For Miss Universe '99". The Post. Retrieved 5 December 2022 – via AllAfrica.
  14. ^ Tiempo, Casa Editorial El (22 May 1999). "EMBARAZOSO LÍO REAL". El Tiempo. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  15. ^ Ordover, Benjamin (1 October 2002). Payback. iUniverse. ISBN 9780595253029. Retrieved 9 August 2018 – via Google Books.