Miss World 2000

Summary

Miss World 2000, was the 50th anniversary of the Miss World pageant, held at the Millennium Dome in London, United Kingdom on 30 November 2000. Portions of the pageant were also filmed in the Maldives.[3]

Miss World 2000
Miss World 2000 titleholder – Priyanka Chopra
Date30 November 2000
Presenters
Entertainment
VenueMillennium Dome, London, United Kingdom
Broadcaster
Entrants95
Placements10
Debuts
Withdrawals
Returns
WinnerPriyanka Chopra[1][2]
 India
← 1999
2001 →

At the end of the event, Yukta Mookhey of India crowned Priyanka Chopra of India as Miss World 2000.[4] She is the fifth Miss World and the second successive winner from her country. Internationally, Chopra reigned alongside Miss Universe 2000 titleholder Lara Dutta, marking the most recent time (as of 2024) that any country has held the two most prestigious beauty pageant titles in the world in a single year.[1][2]

The pageant was the first since the death of pageant owner Eric Morley, whose widow Julia Morley assumed responsibility for the event. The pageant had 95 contestants, the highest number of Miss World participants at that time.

Results edit

Placements edit

Placement Contestant
Miss World 2000
1st Runner-Up
2nd Runner-Up
Top 5
Top 10

Continental Queens of Beauty edit

Continental Group Contestant
Africa
  •   Kenya – Yolanda Masinde
Americas
Asia
Caribbean
  •   Curacao – Jozaine Marianella Wall
Europe

Contestants edit

 
Countries and territories which sent delegates, and results for Miss World 2000[1]

95 contestants competed for the title.[5]

Country/Territory Contestant Age[a] Hometown
  Angola Deolinda Vilela 23 Luanda
  Argentina Daniela Stucan 19 Buenos Aires
  Aruba Monique van der Horn 21 Oranjestad
  Australia Renee Henderson 23 Melbourne
  Austria Patricia Kaiser[6] 16 Linz
  Bahamas Latia Bowe 23 Nassau
  Bangladesh Sonia Gazi[7] 21 Dhaka
  Barbados Leilani McConney 19 Bridgetown
  Belarus Sviatlana Kruk 21 Grodno
  Belgium Joke van de Velde[8] 20 Melle
  Bolivia Jimena Rico 22 Cochabamba
  Bosnia and Herzegovina Jasmina Mahmutović 19 Bihać
  Botswana Puna Keleabetswe Serati 21 Mochudi
  Brazil Francine Eickemberg 18 Camboriú
  British Virgin Islands Nadia Harrigan Ubinas 23 Tortola
  Bulgaria Ivanka Peytcheva 19 Pasardzhik
  Canada Christine Cho[9] 21 Toronto
  Cayman Islands Jacqueline Bush 25 George Town
  Chile Isabel Bawlitza 24 Linares
  Chinese Taipei Shu-Ting Hao 22 Taipei
  Colombia Andrea Durán 24 Bogotá
  Costa Rica Cristina de Mezerville 22 Heredia
  Croatia Andreja Čupor 18 Ozalj
  Curaçao Jozaine Wall 18 Willemstad
  Cyprus Ifigenia Papaioannou 19 Limassol
  Czech Republic Michaela Salačová 18 Moravské Budějovice
  Denmark Anne Katrin Vrang 23 Copenhagen
  Dominican Republic Gilda Jovine 20 Santo Domingo
  Ecuador Ana Dolores Murillo 20 Portoviejo
  England Michelle Walker 19 Liverpool
  Estonia Irina Ovtchinnikova 21 Tallinn
  Finland Salima Peippo 18 Turku
  France Karine Meier 20 Meurthe-et-Moselle
  Germany Natascha Berg 20 Mannheim
  Ghana Maame Ewarfaah Hawkson 22 Accra
  Gibraltar Tessa Sacramento 19 Gibraltar
  Greece Athanasia Tzoulaki 18 Peloponnese
  Guatemala Cindy Ramírez 24 Guatemala City
  Holland Raja Moussaoui 24 Roermond
  Honduras Verónica Rivera 17 Cortés
  Hong Kong Margaret Kan 20 Hong Kong
  Hungary Judit Kuchta 21 Budapest
  Iceland Elva Dögg Melsteð 21 Reykjavík
  India Priyanka Chopra[1][2] 18 Jharkhand
  Ireland Yvonne Ellard 21 Tipperary
  Israel Dana Dantes 19 Tel Aviv
  Italy Giorgia Palmas 18 Cagliari
  Jamaica Ayisha Richards 24 Kingston
  Japan Mariko Sugai 23 Tokyo
  Kazakhstan Margarita Kravtsova 19 Almaty
  Kenya Yolanda Masinde 21 Nairobi
  Lebanon Sandra Rizk 18 Beirut
  Lithuania Martyna Bimbaite 16 Vilnius
  Madagascar Julianna Todimarina 17 Toamasina
  Malaysia Tan Sun Wei 24 Kuala Lumpur
  Malta Katia Grima 19 Valletta
  Mexico Paulina Flores 20 Culiacán
  Moldova Mariana Moraru 16 Chișinău
  Namibia Mia de Klerk 21 Windhoek
    Nepal Usha Khadgi 21 Kathmandu
  New Zealand Katherine Allsopp-Smith 21 Auckland
  Nigeria Matilda Kerry 19 Benin City
  Northern Ireland Julie Lee-Ann Martin 20 Belfast
  Norway Stine Pedersen 21 Oslo
  Panama Ana Raquel Ochy 22 Panama City
  Paraguay Patricia Villanueva 17 Asunción
  Peru Tatiana Angulo 23 Trujillo
  Philippines Katherine de Guzman[10] 20 San Carlos
  Poland Justyna Bergmann 18 Warsaw
  Portugal Gilda Dias Pe-Curto 21 Lisbon
  Puerto Rico Sarybel Velilla 24 Toa Alta
  Romania Aleksandra Cosmoiu 20 Bucharest
  Russia Anna Bodareva 19 Moscow
  Scotland Michelle Watson 19 Motherwell
  Singapore Charlyn Ding 19 Singapore
  Slovakia Janka Horecna 20 Žilina
  Slovenia Maša Merc 22 Maribor
  South Africa Heather Joy Hamilton 23 Durban
  South Korea Jung-sun Shin 20 Seoul
  Spain Verónica García 20 Madrid
  Sri Lanka Ganga Gunasekera 25 Colombo
  Sweden Ida Sofia Manneh 23 Stockholm
   Switzerland Mahara McKay 19 Zürich
  Tahiti Vanini Bea 19 Papeete
  Tanzania Jacqueline Ntuyabelikwe 21 Dar es Salaam
  Trinidad and Tobago Rhonda Rosemin 23 Port of Spain
  Turkey Yuksel Ak 20 Istanbul
  Ukraine Olena Shcherban 17 Kyiv
  United States Angelique Breaux 22 Los Angeles
  United States Virgin Islands Luciah Hedrington 20 Saint Thomas
  Uruguay Katja Thomsen 18 Montevideo
  Venezuela Vanessa Cárdenas 19 Maracaibo
  Wales Sophie-Kate Cahill 17 Cardiff
  Yugoslavia Iva Milivojević 19 Belgrade
  Zimbabwe Victoria Moyo 21 Harare

Judges edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Ages at the time of the pageant

Debuts edit

Returns edit

Replacements edit

  •   Denmark – Cecilie Elisa Dahlstrøm
  •   Russia – Ekaterina Izmail - Dethroned of her crown due to marriage
  •   MexicoJacqueline Bracamontes won Nuestra Belleza Mundo México 2000 and supposed to represent Mexico at Miss World that year, however she decided to enter Nuestra Belleza Mexico 2000 and won the contest, but as she won 2 contests Lupita Jones president of Nuestra Belleza México, decides to appoint Paulina Flores Arias - (Suplente of Nuestra Belleza México 2000 pageant) to compete at Miss World 2000.[11]
  •   Moldova – Miss Moldova 2000, Irina Babusenko didn't go to Miss World 2000 due to her being underage. She was replaced by her 1st runner up Mariana Moraru.[12]

Withdrawals edit

  •   Guyana – No contest.
  •   Latvia – Miss Latvia 1999, Dina Kalandārova withdrew at the last minute due to personal reasons. She competed in Miss World 2001 instead.
  •   Seychelles – No contest.
  •   Sint Maarten – Angelique Romou went to Miss Universe instead.
  •   Swaziland – No contest.
  •   Thailand – No contest.
  •   United Kingdom – No longer competes as United Kingdom. Now competes as its constituent countries instead, England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.[citation needed]
  •   Zambia – No contest.

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d "Miss Universe vs Miss World: Facts and comparisons". MSN. 15 January 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  2. ^ a b c "Daily News". Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  3. ^ "Returning". The Age. Melbourne, Victoria. 18 July 2000. p. 29. Retrieved 19 May 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "India's Chopra is new Miss World". New Straits Times. Agence France-Presse. 2 December 2000. p. 11. Retrieved 27 January 2016 – via Google News Archive.
  5. ^ "A world of a prize". Toledo Blade. Toledo, Ohio. 1 December 2000. pp. 1A. Retrieved 27 January 2016 – via Google News Archive.
  6. ^ Netopilik, Thomas (14 October 2016). "Patricia Kaiser: "Mein Schicksal hat mir auch geholfen" (mit Video)" [Patricia Kaiser: "My fate also helped me" (with video)]. MeinBezirk.at (in German). Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  7. ^ "Search for Miss World Bangladesh will start from September 16". Dhaka Tribune. 13 September 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  8. ^ "Ex-Miss België Joke Van De Velde in verwachting van eerste kindje" [Ex-Miss Belgium Joke Van De Velde expecting first child]. Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch). 19 November 2020. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  9. ^ Tenenbaum, Judith (8 July 2006). "MATCH: Christine Cho and Jamie Park". The Globe and Mail. Toronto, Ontario. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  10. ^ "Oops!". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Makati, Metro Manila. 29 February 2000. p. 3. Retrieved 25 September 2021 – via Google News Archive.
  11. ^ "Jacqueline Bracamontes van Hoorde nace el 23 de septiembre de 1979".
  12. ^ "Красота по-молдавски - страшная сила! | ЛОГОС-ПРЕСС". Archived from the original on 16 September 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.

External links edit

  • Pageantopolis – Miss World 2000