Miss World 2001 was the 51st edition of the

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pageant, held at the Super Bowl of Sun City Entertainment Centre in Sun City, South Africa, on 16 November 2001.

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crowned

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as her successor at the end of the event. This is the first time Nigeria won the title of Miss World.

Background

Selection of participants

Contestants from 93 countries and territories were selected to compete in the competition. Two of these delegates were designees after the original contestant withdrew.

Replacements

Karol Inés de la Torre, Miss Mundo Colombia 2001, resigned due to accusations of her being married. She was replaced by Jeisyl Amparo Velez. Miss Latvia 2001, Gunta Rudzīte was expected to compete in Miss World 2001, but was replaced by Miss Latvia 1999–2000, Dina Kalandārova for undisclosed reasons.

Debuts, returns, and, withdrawals

This edition saw the debut of Malawi, and the return of Antigua and Barbuda, China, Guyana, Hawaii, Latvia, Macedonia, Nicaragua, Sint Maarten, Thailand, and Uganda; Hawaii, which last competed in

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, Uganda in

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, Nicaragua and

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. The Bahamas, Belarus, Curaçao, Denmark, Guatemala, Honduras, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Moldova, Nepal, Paraguay, Sri Lanka and Taiwan withdrew from the competition. Miss Teen Bahamas 2001, Kiara Sherman had to cancel her participation in Miss World 2001 due to lack of time and preparation, and because she wasn't the official winner.

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2000, Anna Stychinskaya did not compete due underage and lack of interest.

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instead. Miss Kazakhstan 2001, Gulmira Makhambetova did not compete for unknown reasons. Miss Moldova 2001, Nadezhda Corcimari was supposed to participate in Miss World 2001, but due to her young age the Miss World officials refused her participation. Miss Egypt World 2001, Sally Shaheen and Miss Uzbekistan 2001, Olesya Loshkareva did not participate in Miss World 2001 as scheduled due to the instability of the Middle East following the terrorist

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in New York. Miss Swaziland 2001, Glenda Mabuza was expected to compete, but the local organizers could not reach an agreement with the franchise.

Results

Placements

Contestants

93 contestants competed for the title.

Notes

References

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