Miss World 2000

50th edition of the Miss World pageant From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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]

Date30 November 2000
Presenters
Entertainment
VenueMillennium Dome, London, United Kingdom
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Miss World 2000
Miss World 2000 titleholder – Priyanka Chopra
Date30 November 2000
Presenters
Entertainment
VenueMillennium Dome, London, United Kingdom
Broadcaster
Entrants95
Placements10
Debuts
  • Belarus
  • England
  • Moldova
  • Northern Ireland
Withdrawals
  • Guyana
  • Latvia
  • Liberia
  • Seychelles
  • Sint Maarten
  • Swaziland
  • Thailand
  • United Kingdom
  • Zambia
Returns
  • Barbados
  • British Virgin Islands
  • Curaçao
  • Denmark
  • Namibia
  • Taiwan
WinnerPriyanka Chopra[1][2]
India
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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 2026) that any country has held the two most prestigious beauty pageant titles in the world in a single year since 1994.[1][2]

Background

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.

Selection of participants

Replacements

Jacqueline Bracamontes of Mexico, won Nuestra Belleza Mundo México 2000 and supposed to compete, 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 to compete.[5]

Miss Moldova 2000, Irina Babusenko withdrew from the competition due to her being underage. She was replaced by her first runner-up, Mariana Moraru.[6]

Debuts, returns, and, withdrawals

This edition marked the debut of Belarus, England, Moldova and Northern Ireland, and the return of Barbados, the British Virgin Islands, Curaçao, Denmark, Namibia and Taiwan; Barbados and Denmark last competed in 1995, Namibia last competed in 1997, and the British Virgin Islands, Curaçao and Taiwan last competed in 1998.

Guyana, Latvia, Liberia, Seychelles, Sint Maarten, Swaziland, Thailand, the United Kingdom and Zambia, withdrew from the competition.

Results

Placements

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Placement Contestant
Miss World 2000
1st Runner-Up
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
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Continental Queens of Beauty

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

Contestants

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

95 contestants competed for the title.[7]

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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
AustriaPatricia Kaiser[8]16Linz
Bahamas Latia Bowe 23 Nassau
BangladeshSonia Gazi[9]21Dhaka
Barbados Leilani McConney 19 Bridgetown
Belarus Sviatlana Kruk 21 Grodno
BelgiumJoke van de Velde[10]20Melle
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
CanadaChristine Cho[11]21Toronto
Cayman Islands Jacqueline Bush 25 George Town
Chile Isabel Bawlitza 24 Linares
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
French Polynesia[b] Vanini Bea 19 Papeete
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
IndiaPriyanka Chopra[1][2]18Jharkhand
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 LithuaniaMartyna Bimbaitė[12]16Palanga
Madagascar Julianna Todimarina 17 Toamasina
Malaysia Tan Sun Wei 24 Kuala Lumpur
Malta Katia Grima 19 Valletta
Mexico Paulina Flores Arias 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
PhilippinesKatherine de Guzman[13]20San 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
SlovakiaJanka Horečná[14]20Žilina
Slovenia Maša Merc 22 Maribor
South Africa Heather Joy Hamilton 23 Durban
South Korea[c] 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
Chinese Taipei Taiwan[d] Shu-Ting Hao 22 Taipei
Tanzania Jacqueline Ntuyabelikwe 21 Dar es Salaam
Trinidad and Tobago Rhonda Rosemin 23 Port of Spain
TurkeyYüksel Ak[15][16]20Istanbul
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
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Notes

  1. [a]
    Ages at the time of the pageant
  2. [b]
    Competed as Tahiti in the pageant
  3. [c]
    Competed as Korea in the pageant
  4. [d]
    Competed as Chinese Taipei in the pageant

    Replacements

    • Denmark – Cecilie Elisa Dahlstrøm
    • Russia – Ekaterina Izmail - Dethroned of her crown due to differences with her Organization, just 2 weeks prior leaving for the pageant.

    Withdrawals

    • Guyana – No contest.
    • Latvia – Miss Latvia 1999, Dina Kalandārova withdrew at the last minute for personal reasons. She competed in Miss World 2001 instead.
    • Liberia Liberia
    • Seychelles – No contest.
    • Sint Maarten – Miss Saint Maarten 2000, Angelique Romou went to Miss Universe instead.
    • Swaziland – Their national pageant was delayed until next year.
    • 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.

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