Miss World 1999, the 49th edition of the

Miss World Miss World is the oldest existing international beauty pageant. It was created in the United Kingdom by Eric Morley in 1951. Since his death in 2000, Morley's widow, Julia Morley, has co-chaired the pageant. Along with Miss Universe, Mi ...

pageant, was held on 4 December 1999 at the Olympia Hall in

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, United Kingdom. The pageant was hosted by

Ulrika Jonsson Eva Ulrika Jonsson (born 16 August 1967) is a Swedish-British television presenter and model. She became known as a TV-am weather presenter, and moved on to present the ITV show '' Gladiators'', and later featured as a team captain on the BBC T ...

and model

Melanie Sykes Melanie Ann Sykes (born 1970) is an English former television and radio presenter. She is best known for co-hosting '' Today with Des and Mel'' with Des O'Connor and '' Let's Do Lunch'' with Gino D'Acampo. She also co-hosted ''Going Out with Ala ...

. The 1999 pageant attracted 94 delegates from all over the world. The 1999 pageant also marked the first time that Scotland and Wales fielded their respective delegates. At the end of the event, 20-year-old Miss India

Yukta Mookhey Yukta Inderlal Mookhey is an Indian civic activist and the winner of Miss World 1999 pageant. She is the fourth Indian woman to win Miss World and was previously crowned as Femina Miss India World in 1999. She is a former model and actress, and ...

went on to win the Miss World 1999 crown. The preliminary swimsuit competition was held in Malta. She was crowned by her predecessor

Linor Abargil Linor Abargil (, sometimes spelled ''Linor Aberjil''; born February 17, 1980) is an Israeli attorney, actress, model and beauty queen who won the Miss World 1998, shortly after being raped. Since then, she has become a global advocate in the figh ...

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. Protesters gathered outside the event, decrying it as a "sexist cattle market".

Selection of participants

Replacements

Alisa Sisic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, she was dethroned of her Miss Bosnia & Herzegovina 1999 crown due to her nude pictorials at Sarajevo Daily - Dnevni Avaz without her permission that made the organizers revoke her title. Binibining Pilipinas International 1999, Lalaine Edson replaced

Miriam Quiambao Miriam Redito Quiambao-Roberto (, born May 20, 1975) is a Filipina actress, television host, and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Binibining Pilipinas Universe 1999 and placed first runner-up at Miss Universe 1999. She is currently ...

as Binibining Pilipinas World 1999, after Quiambao replaced Binibining Pilipinas Universe 1999 Janelle Bautista due to issues with her citizenship.

Debuts, returns, and withdrawals

This edition marked the debut of Scotland and Wales, and the return of Bangladesh, French Polynesia, Guyana, Honduras, Iceland, Kenya, Latvia, Madagascar, Romania, Sri Lanka and Thailand; Guyana, which last competed in

1989 1989 was a turning point in political history with the "Revolutions of 1989" which ended communism in Eastern Bloc of Europe, starting in Poland and Hungary, with experiments in power-sharing coming to a head with the opening of the Berlin W ...

, Madagascar last competed in

1990 Important events of 1990 include the Reunification of Germany and the unification of Yemen, the formal beginning of the Human Genome Project (finished in 2003), the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, the separation of Namibia from South ...

, Iceland and Sri Lanka last competed in

1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

, Bangladesh, French Polynesia (as Tahiti), Kenya, Romania, last competed in

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

and Honduras, Latvia and Thailand last competed in

1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...

. The British Virgin Islands, Curaçao, Mauritius, Nicaragua and Taiwan, withdrew from the competition.

Results

Placements

Continental Queens of Beauty

Judges

Eric Morley Eric Douglas Morley (26 September 1918 – 9 November 2000) was an English television host and the founder of the Miss World pageant and ''Come Dancing'' programme. His widow, Julia Morley, is now head of the pageant and his son, Steve Douglas, ...

† – Chairman and CEO of Miss World Organization *

Louis Grech Louis Grech (born 22 March 1947) is a Maltese politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister of Malta, as well as Minister of European Affairs. He also served as Deputy Leader for Parliamentary Affairs of the Labour Party. He currently serves ...

Luciana Gimenez Luciana Gimenez Morad (born November 3, 1969) is a Brazilian television host and former model. She became pregnant with Mick Jagger's child while he was unofficially married to supermodel Jerry Hall. DNA tests confirmed Lucas Maurice Morad-J ...

Linda Pétursdóttir Linda Pétursdóttir (born 27 December 1969) is an Icelandic businesswoman and beauty queen who won Miss World 1988. Linda was born in Húsavík and raised there and in Vopnafjörður. She won Miss Iceland on 23 May 1988 and Miss World that Novem ...

–

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from Iceland *

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* Terry O'Neill † *

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Wilnelia Merced Wilnelia, Lady Forsyth-Johnson (''née'' Merced Cruz; born 12 October 1957) is a Puerto Rican former actress, model and beauty queen. She was crowned Miss World 1975, and was married to British entertainer Sir Bruce Forsyth from 1983 until his ...

–

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from Puerto Rico

Contestants

* – Lorena Silva * – Verónica Denise Barrionuevo * – Cindy Vanessa Cam Tin Martinus * – Nalishebo Gaskell * – Sandra Kolbl * – Mary Watkins * – Tania Rahman Tonni * – Brigitta Callens * – Ana Raquel Rivera Zambrana * – Samra Begović * – Alimah Isaacs * – Paula de Souza Carvalho * – Violeta Zdravkova * – Mireille Eid * – Mona Lisa Tatum * – Lissette Sierra Ocayo * – Mónica Elizabeth Escolar Danko * – Fiorella Martínez * – Ivana Petković * – Sofia Georgiou * –

Helena Houdová Helena Houdová is a Czech model and charity worker and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Czech Republic 1999 After winning Miss Czech Republic, she went on to appear on the cover of fashion magazines including ''Elle (magazine), Elle'', '' ...

* – Luz Cecilia García Guzmán * – Sofía Morán Trueba * – Karin Laasmäe * – Maria Laamanen * – Sandra Bretones * – Manoa Froge * – Susan Hoecke * – Mariam Sugru Bugri * – Abigail Garcia * – Evangelia Vatidou * – Ana Beatriz González Scheel * – Indra Changa * – Ilona Marilyn van Veldhuisen * – Irma Waleska Quijada Henríquez * – Marsha Yuan Hu-Ma * – Erika Dankai * – Katrín Baldursdóttir * –

* – Emir-Maria Holohan Doyle * – Jenny Chervoney * – Gloria Nicoletti * – Desiree Depass * – Aya Mitsubori * – Assel Issabayeva * – Esther Muthoni Muthee * – Evija Ručevska * – Norma Elias Naoum * – Sebah Esther Tubman * – Renata Mackevičiūtė * – Tantely Naina Ramonjy * – Jaclyn Lee Tze Wey * – Catharine Attard * – Danette Velasco Bataller * – Shweta Singh * – Coralie Ann Warburton * – Augustine Iruviere * – Annette Haukaas * – Jessenia Casanova Reyes * – Mariela Candia Ramos * – Wendy Monteverde * – Lalaine Bognot Edson * – Marta Kwiecień * – Joana Ines Texeira * – Arlene Torres * – Nicoleta Luciu * – Elena Efimova * – Stephanie Norrie * – Anne-Mary Jorre * – Audrey Quek Ai Woon * – Ifelola Badejo * – Andrea Verešová * – Neda Gačnik * –

Sonia Raciti Sonia Raciti Oshry is a South African model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss South Africa 1998. She was the official representative of South Africa to the 48th Miss Universe pageant held in Chaguaramas, Trinidad and Tobago on May 26, ...

* – Han Na-na * – Lorena Bernal Pascual * – Dilumini de Alwis Jayasinghe * – Colleen Tullonen * – Jenny Louise Torsvik * – Anita Buri * – Hoyce Anderson Temu * – Kamala Khambhu na Ayudhya * – Sacha Anton * –

Ayşe Hatun Önal Ayşe Hatun Önal (born 29 July 1978) is a Turkish actress, model, singer and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Turkey 1999 and represented her country at Miss World 1999 in London. Career She graduated from Adana Borsa High School in ...

* – Olga Savinskaya * – Nicola Willoughby * – Natasha Allas * – Shari Afua Smith * – Katherine Gonzalves * – Martina Thorogood Heemsen * – Clare Marie Daniels * – Lana Marić * – Cynthia Chikwanda * – Brita Maseluthini

Notes

Withdrawals

* - Miss World Curaçao 1999, Dayanarah Roozendaal did not participate due to undisclosed reasons. * -

Miss Mauritius Miss Mauritius is a national beauty pageant held in Mauritius that selects representatives for Miss World and Miss International, two of the Big Four international beauty pageants. History Miss Mauritius is the oldest beauty pageant in Maur ...

1999, Micaella L'Hortalle did not participate due to lack of sponsorship.

Did not compete

* - Miss Denmark 1999, Zahide Bayram did not participate due to undisclosed reasons. * -

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1999, Vaanda Katjiuongua did not participate due to lack of sponsorship. * - Miss Northern Ireland 1999,

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withdrew at the last minute because the organizers couldn't apply for UK separate entry on time due to the

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Other notes

* , , , , and introduced themselves in their native languages. * This is the first time that the contestants were introduced in evening gowns. * - Nicola Willoughby, still represented as in Miss World because of Northern Ireland's last-minute withdrawal.

References

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