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Miss World 1999
Final results Contestant
Miss World 1999 • - Yukta Mookhey
1st runner-up • - Martina Thorogood
2nd runner-up • - Sonia Raciti
Finalists • - Genny Chervoney
• - Sebah Tubman
Semi-finalists • - Ivana Petković
• - Karin Laasmae
• - Anette Haukaas
• - Lorena Bernal
• - Natasha Allas
Miss World 1999
Countries and territories which sent delegates and results.
pageant attracted 94 delegates from all over the world.
The 1999 pageant also marked the first time that Scot-
Miss World 1999 Titlecard land and Wales fielded their respective delegates. At the
Date December 4, 1999 end of the event, Miss India Yukta Mookhey went on to
win the Miss World 1999 crown at 20. She was crowned
Presenters Ulrika Jonsson and Melanie Sykes by her predecessor, Miss World 1998 Linor Abargil of Is-
Venue Olympia Hall, London, England rael.
Broadcaster Five
Entrants 94
Results
Placements 10 Order of Semi-finalists
Debuts Scotland, Wales • 1. Israel • 6. Norway
• 2. Spain • 7. Estonia
Withdraws British Virgin Islands, Chinese Taipei,
Curaçao, Mauritius • 3. Croatia • 8. Venezuela
• 4. United States • 9. India
Returns Bangladesh, Guyana, Honduras, Iceland, • 5. Liberia • 10. South Africa
Kenya, Latvia, Madagascar, Romania, Sri
Lanka, Tahiti, Thailand
Order of Finalists
Winner Yukta Mookhey
• 1. Israel
India
• 2. Liberia
• 3. Venezuela
The 49th Miss World pageant was held on 4 December
• 4. India
1999 at London’s Olympia Hall. The pageant was hosted
• 5. South Africa
by Ulrika Jonsson and model Melanie Sykes. The 1999
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Continental Queens • - Irma Waleska Quijada
Henriquez
• - Manoa Froge
• - Hoyce Anderson
• Sonia Raciti - South Africa • - Marsha Yuan Hu-Ma Temu
• Martina Thorogood - Venezuela • - Erika Dankai • - Kamala Kumpu Na
• Yukta Mookhey - India • - Katrin Baldursdóttir Ayutthaya
• Desiree Depass - Jamaica • - Yukta Mookhey • - Sacha Anton
• Genny Chervoney - Israel • - Emir-Maria Holohan • - Ayşe Hatun Önal
Doyle • - Olga Savinskaya
Special Award • - Jenny Chervoney
• - Gloria Nicoletti
• - Nicola Willoughby
• - Natasha Allas
• Genny Chervoney - Israel • - Desiree Depass • - Katherine Gonzalves
• - Aya Mitsubori • - Martina Thorogood
94 contestants • - Assel Issabayeva Heemsen
• - Esther Muthoni • - Clare Marie Daniels
• - Shari Afua Smith • - Evija Rucevska Muthee • - Lana Marić
• - Lorena Silva • - Norma Elias Naoum • - Han Na-na • - Cynthia Chikwanda
• - Veronica Denise • - Sebah Esther Tubman • - Brita Maseluthini
Barrionuevo • - Renata Mackevičiūtė
• - Cindy Vanessa Cam • - Tantely Naina
Tin Martinus Ramonjy Trivia & Updates
• - Nalishebo Gaskell • - Jaclyn Lee Tze Wey
• - Sandra Kolbl • - Catharine Attard Returning countries and Debuts
• - Mary Watkins • - Danette Velasco • , and Wales competed in Miss World for the first
• - Tania Rahman Tonni Bataller time.
• - Brigitta Callens • - Shweta Singh • last competed in 1989.
• - Ana Raquel Rivera • - Coralie Ann • last competed in 1990.
Zambrana Warburton • and Sri Lanka last competed in 1994.
• - Samra Begović • - Augustine Iruviere Romania,
• , Romania and Tahiti last competed in 1996.
• - Alimah Isaacs • - Annette Haukaas Latvia,
• , Latvia and Thailand last competed in 1997.
• - Paula de Souza • - Jessenia Casanova
Carvalho Reyes Withdrawals and Nations not competing
• - Violeta Zdravkova • - Mariela Candia
Taipei,
• , Chinese Taipei and Curaçao did not compete in
• - Mireille Eid Ramos
Miss World 1999 for unknown reasons.
• - Mona Lisa Tatum • - Wendy Monteverde
• withdrew at the last minute for personal and private
• - Lissette Sierra Ocayo • - Lalaine Bognot Edson
reasons.
• - Mónica Elizabeth • - Marta Kwiecień
Escolar Danko • - Joana Ines Texeira
• - Fiorella Martínez • - Arlene Torres
Other Notes
• - Ivana Petković • - Nicoleta Luciu Japan, Madagascar, Angola,
• , Japan Madagascar Angola and Uruguay
• - Sofia Georgiou • - Elena Efimova introduced themselves in their native languages.
• - Helena Houdova • - Ifelola Badejo • Preliminary swimsuits were held in Malta for the
• - Luz Cecilia García • - Stephanie Norrie second time after 12 years.
Guzman • - Anne-Mary Jorre de • This is the first time that the contestants were
• - Sofia Moran Trueba St. Jorre introduced in evening gowns. , Jenny Chervoney
• - Karin Laasmae • - Audrey Quek Ai (placed 4th in Miss World 1999) won the Best
• - Maria Laamanen Woon Evening Dress Award.
• - Sandra Bretones • - Andrea Veresova • , Nicola Willoughby still represented as United
• - Susan Höcke • - Neda Gačnik Kingdom in Miss World because of Northern
• - Mariam Sugru Bugri • - Sonia Raciti Ireland’s last-minute withdrawal.
• - Abigail Garcia • - Lorena Bernal • (Karnala Kumpu Na Ayuthaya) was the 3rd Runner-
• - Evangelia Vatidou Pascual Up in Miss Thailand World 1997.
• - Ana Beatriz González • - Dilumini de Alwis • 7 out of 10 countries which made it into the
Scheel Jayasinghe semifinals, were not in the semifinals last year:
• - Indra Changa • - Colleen Tullonen (1964), Norway and Spain (1988), Croatia (1995),
• - Ilona Marilyn van • - Jenny Louise Torsvik Venezuela (1996), and India (1997). Estonia made
Veldhuisen • - Anita Buri
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into the semi-finals for the first time since its debut • American Virgin • Panama
in 1994. Islands • Bolivia
• Lalaine Edson was just a replacement for Mirriam • Peru • Bahamas
Quiambao who was sent to Miss Universe 1999. • Guatemala • Bangladesh
Originally Mirriam Quiambao will represent • Panama • Aruba
Philippines to the Miss World 1999 Pageant but • Bahamas • Guatemala
replaced by Lalaine Edson. Later, Mirriam Quiambao • Aruba • American Virgin
Philippines’ representative to the Miss Universe 1999 • Bolivia Islands
was 1st runner-up. • Bangladesh • Guyana
• Bosnia & Herzegovina • Paraguay
Group Order • Guyana GROUP 5
SWIMWEAR EVENING GOWN GROUP 5 • Italy
GROUP 1 GROUP 1 • Italy • Malaysia
• France • Dominican Republic • Croatia • Croatia
• Dominican Republic • Wales • Madagascar • Nigeria
• Yugoslavia • Hong Kong China • Seychelles • Trinidad & Tobago
• Cayman Islands • Jamaica • Canada • Ghana
• Jamaica • France • Lebanon • Korea
• Costa Rica • Honduras • Korea • Tahiti
• Ecuador • Philippines • Trinidad & Tobago • Canada
• Wales • Costa Rica • Malaysia • Seychelles
• Honduras • Ecuador • Nigeria • Madagascar
• Germany • Cayman Islands • Tahiti • Lebanon
• Hong Kong China • Yugoslavia • Ghana GROUP 6
• Philippines • Germany GROUP 6 • Belgium
GROUP 2 GROUP 2 • Argentina • Australia
• Holland • Singapore • Angola • Nepal
• Malta • Gibraltar • Brazil • Argentina
• Swaziland • Japan • Portugal • Brazil
• Iceland • Ireland • Australia • New Zealand
• Tanzania • Swaziland • Botswana • Angola
• Ireland • Malta • Nepal • Botswana
• Japan • Iceland • India • Austria
• Gibraltar • Cyprus • Austria • Portugal
• Singapore • Tanzania • Belgium • United Kingdom
• Greece • United States • New Zealand • India
• Cyprus • Greece • United Kingdom GROUP 7
• United States • Holland GROUP 7 • Venezuela
GROUP 3 GROUP 3 • Uruguay • Scotland
• Chile • Hungary • Zimbabwe • Thailand
• Colombia • Bulgaria • Venezuela • Latvia
• Norway • Switzerland • Poland • Poland
• Liberia • Kenya • Latvia • Zimbabwe
• Ukraine • Israel • Scotland • Sri Lanka
• Kenya • Ukraine • South Africa • Uruguay
• Switzerland • Chile • Sri Lanka • South Africa
• Israel • Liberia • Thailand • Zambia
• Russia • Russia • Zambia GROUP 8
• Lithuania • Lithuania GROUP 8 • Estonia
• Bulgaria • Colombia • Spain • Slovenia
• Hungary • Norway • St. Maarten • Czech Republic
GROUP 4 GROUP 4 • Slovakia • Slovakia
• Sweden • Sweden • Slovenia • Turkey
• Paraguay • Peru • Estonia • St. Maarten
• Bosnia & Herzegovina • Finland • Puerto Rico
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• Mexico • Kazakhstan • Louis Grech • Terry O’Neill
• Puerto Rico • Finland • Luciana Morad • Lennox Lewis
• Kazakhstan • Spain • Linda Pétursdóttir • Wilnelia Merced
• Turkey • Romania • Dean Cain
• Romania • Mexico
• Czech Republic
External links
• Pageantopolis
Judges • Jimmy’s Pageant Page
• Eric Morley • Eddie Irvine
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