Miss World 2000

50th edition of the Miss World pageant

Miss World 2000

Miss World 2000 titleholder – Priyanka Chopra

Date| 30 November 2000
Presenters|

* Jerry Springer
* Rebecca de Alba

Entertainment|

* Bryan Ferry
* Bond
* S Club 7

Venue| Millennium Dome, London, United Kingdom
Broadcaster|

* E!
* Channel 5

Entrants| 95
Placements| 10
Debuts|

* Belarus
* England
* Moldova
* Northern Ireland

Withdrawals|

* Guyana
* Latvia
* St. Maarten
* Seychelles
* Swaziland
* Thailand
* United Kingdom
* Zambia

Returns|

* Barbados
* British Virgin Islands
* Chinese Taipei
* Curaçao
* Denmark
* Namibia

Winner| Priyanka Chopra[1][2]
India

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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]

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 2023) 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 |

* India – Priyanka Chopra

1st runner-up  |

* Italy – Giorgia Palmas

2nd runner-up  |

* Turkey – Yüksel Ak

Top 5  |

* Kazakhstan – Margarita Kravtsova
* Uruguay – Katja Thomsen Grien

Top 10  |

* Chile – Isabel Bawlitza
* Colombia – Andrea Durán
* Kenya – Yolande Masinde
* Ukraine – Olena Scherban
* United States – Angelique Breaux

### Continental Queens of Beauty[edit]

Continental Group  | Contestant

|

Africa  |

* Kenya – Yolanda Masinde

Americas  |

* Uruguay – Katja Thomsen

Asia  |

* India – Priyanka Chopra

Caribbean  |

* Curacao – Jozaine Marianella Wall

Europe  |

* Italy – Giorgia Palmas

## 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]

* Stephanie Beacham
* Ozwald Boateng
* Errol Brown †
* Lulu
* Terry O'Neill †
* Lucy Sykes
* Hemant Trivedi
* Amanda Wakeley
* Shah Rukh Khan

## Notes[edit]

1. ^ Ages at the time of the pageant

### Debuts[edit]

* Belarus
* England
* Moldova
* Northern Ireland

### Returns[edit]

* Last competed in 1995:
* Barbados
* Denmark
* Last competed in 1997:
* Namibia
* Last competed in 1998:
* British Virgin Islands
* Chinese Taipei
* Curaçao

### Replacements[edit]

* Denmark – Cecilie Elisa Dahlstrøm
* Russia – Ekaterina Izmail - Dethroned of her crown due to marriage
* Mexico – Jacqueline 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.

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* Andorra (2003)
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* Cook Islands (2019)
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* Africa South (Miss South Africa for Blacks) (1976)
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