Miss World 1999

Miss World 1999
Miss World 1999
	Miss World 1999 Yukta Mookhey
Date	4 December 1999
Presenters	Ulrika Jonsson; Melanie Sykes;
Venue	Olympia Hall, London, United Kingdom
Broadcaster	E!; Channel 5;
Entrants	94
Placements	10
Debuts	Scotland; Wales;
Withdrawals	British Virgin Islands; Republic of China; Curaçao; Mauritius; Nicaragua;
Returns	Bangladesh; Guyana; Honduras; Iceland; Kenya; Latvia; Madagascar; Romania; Sri Lanka; Tahiti; Thailand;
Winner	Yukta Mookhey; India
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Miss World 1999, the 49th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 4 December 1999 at the Olympia Hall in London, United Kingdom. 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, 20-year-old Miss India Yukta Mookhey went on to win the Miss World 1999 crown.^[1]^[2] The preliminary swimsuit competition was held in Malta. She was crowned by her predecessor Linor Abargil of Israel. Protesters gathered outside the event, decrying it as a "sexist cattle market".^[1]

Results

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Miss World 1999	India – Yukta Mookhey
1st Runner-Up	Venezuela – Martina Thorogood
2nd Runner-Up	South Africa – Sonia Raciti
Top 5	Israel – Genny Chervoney Liberia – Sebah Tubman
Top 10	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 and 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 Houdová
Dominican Republic – Luz Cecilia García Guzmán
Ecuador – Sofía Morán Trueba
Estonia – Karin Laasmäe
Finland – Maria Laamanen
France – Sandra Bretones
Germany – Susan Hoecke
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 – 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
South Korea – Han Na-na
Latvia – Evija Ručevska
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
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
St. Maarten – Ifelola Badejo
Swaziland – Colleen Tullonen
Sweden – Jenny Louise Torsvik
Switzerland – Anita Buri
Tahiti – Manoa Froge
Tanzania – Hoyce Anderson Temu
Thailand – Kamala Kumpu Na Ayutthaya
Trinidad and 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 † – Chairman and CEO of Miss World Organization
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

Withdrawals

British Virgin Islands, Curaçao, and Chinese Taipei did not compete for unknown reasons.
Denmark - Miss Denmark 1999, Zahide Bayram did not participate due to undisclosed reasons.^[4]
Mauritius - Miss Mauritius 1999, Micaella L'Hortalle did not participate due to lack of sponsorship.
Namibia - Miss Namibia 1999, Vaanda Katjiuongua did not participate due to lack of sponsorship.
Northern Ireland - Miss Northern Ireland 1999, Zöe Salmon withdrew at the last minute because the organizers couldn't apply for UK separate entry on time due to the Northern Ireland peace process.^[5]

Replacements

Bosnia and Herzegovina – Alisa Sisic^[6] - She was dethroned of her Miss Bosnia & Herzegovina 1999 crown due to her nude pictorials at Sarajevo Daily - Dnevni Avaz without her permission that made the organizers revoke her title.^[7]^[8]
Philippines – 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 finished as 1st runner-up.

Other notes

Angola, Honduras, Japan, Madagascar, 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

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Reading Eagle". Retrieved 27 January 2016.
^ ^a ^b "New Straits Times". Retrieved 27 January 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Gainesville Sun". Retrieved 27 January 2016.
^ "Zahide, Danimarka'nın en güzeli". 21 November 1999.
^ "NI loses out on Miss World entry".
^ "Miss Bosnia And Herzegovina ' 99 Alisa Sisic, 20, Waves T The Crowd Stock Photo, Royalty Free Image: 118483393 - Alamy". Archived from the original on 10 October 2016.
^ "Eugene Register-Guard - Google News Archive Search".
^ "CEOL - Miss Bosnia Disqualified Over Nude Photos". Sarajevo. Reuters. 10 November 1999 – via Jjvanka.

[google.com-1] "Reading Eagle". Retrieved 27 January 2016.

[google.com1-2] "New Straits Times". Retrieved 27 January 2016.

[google.com2-3] "Gainesville Sun". Retrieved 27 January 2016.

[4] "Zahide, Danimarka'nın en güzeli". 21 November 1999.

[5] "NI loses out on Miss World entry".

[6] "Miss Bosnia And Herzegovina ' 99 Alisa Sisic, 20, Waves T The Crowd Stock Photo, Royalty Free Image: 118483393 - Alamy". Archived from the original on 10 October 2016.

[7] "Eugene Register-Guard - Google News Archive Search".

[8] "CEOL - Miss Bosnia Disqualified Over Nude Photos". Sarajevo. Reuters. 10 November 1999 – via Jjvanka.

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