Miss International 1999

Miss International 1999
Date	December 14, 1999
Presenters	Masumi Okada Mari Christine
Venue	U-Port Hall, Tokyo, Japan
Broadcaster	TV Tokyo
Entrants	51
Placements	15
Debuts	Egypt Palau
Withdrawals	Australia Holland Honduras Paraguay Peru
Returns	Brazil Côte d'Ivoire Guam Guatemala Lebanon Malaysia Malta Nicaragua Russia Ukraine Uruguay
Winner	Paulina Gálvez Colombia
Congeniality	Miyuki Hill Northern Mariana Islands
Photogenic	Paulina Gálvez Colombia
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Miss International 1999 was the 39th Miss International pageant, held at the U-Port Hall in Tokyo, Japan on 14 December 1999.

Paulina Gálvez of Colombia won and was crowned by Lía Borrero of Panama. It is the second time Colombia has won the pageant. ^{[1] [2]}

Contestants from fifty-one countries and territories participated in the pageant, which was hosted by Masumi Okada and Mari Christine.

Background

Selection of participants

Replacements

Michelle Sablan of the Northern Mariana Islands was replaced by the first runner-up of Miss Marianas 1999, Miyuki Hill due to being overage. ^{[3] [4]} Binibining Pilipinas-Universe 1999, Janelle Bautista had to resign due to citizenship issues because she is an American citizen. ^[5] Due to this, Binibining Pilipinas-World 1999, Miriam Quiambao assumed the aforementioned title, and Lalaine Edson, Binibining Pilipinas-International 1999, assumed the title of Quiambao. ^[5] The title of Edson was then assumed by Georgina Sandico, one of the ten semi-finalists. ^[6]

Results

Miss International 1999 participating countries and territories.

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Miss International 1999	Colombia – Paulina Gálvez [7]
1st runner-up	Spain – Carmen Fernández [2]
2nd runner-up	Finland – Saija Palin [2]
Top 15	Brazil – Alessandra do Nascimento  Curaçao – Pamela Winkel  Cyprus – Afroditi Pericleous  Czech Republic – Sárka Sikorova [8]  Dominican Republic – Patsi Arias  Japan – Kana Onoda  Nicaragua – Claudia Alaniz  Poland – Adrianna Gerczew  Russia – Maria Tchebotkevitch  Senegal – Aïcha Faye  Uruguay – Daniela Abasolo  Venezuela – Andreína Llamozas

Special awards

Award	Contestant
Miss Friendship	Northern Mariana Islands – Miyuki Hill
Miss Photogenic	Colombia – Paulina Gálvez [9]

Contestants

Fifty-one contestants competed for the title.

Country/Territory	Contestant	Age [a]	Hometown
Argentina	Elizabeth Contrard	18	Buenos Aires
Aruba	Cindy Vanessa Cam Lin Martinus	19	Oranjestad
Bolivia	Natalia Arteaga	19	Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Brazil	Alessandra do Nascimento [10]	18	Minas Gerais
Colombia	Paulina Gálvez [11]	19	Cali
Côte d'Ivoire	Madaussou Kamara	19	Abidjan
Curaçao	Pamela Winkel	23	Willemstad
Cyprus	Afroditi Pericleous	20	Nicosia
Czech Republic	Šárka Sikorová [8]	20	Prague
Dominican Republic	Patsi Arias	22	Baní
Egypt	Angie Abdalla [12]	19	Alexandria
Finland	Saija Palin [13]	21	Turku
France	Céline Cheuva	23	Lille
Germany	Tania Freuderberg	21	Berlin
Great Britain	Janeth Kehinde Ayuba	19	London
Greece	Penelope Lentzou	23	Athens
Guam	Lourdes Rivera	18	Hagåtña
Guatemala	Gladys Alvarado	20	Chiquimula
Hawaii	Christy Chung	23	Honolulu
Hong Kong	Myolie Wu	19	Hong Kong
Iceland	Ásbjörg Kristinsdóttir	20	Reykjavík
India	Srikrupa Murali	20	Karnataka
Israel	Nofit Shevach	18	Tel Aviv
Japan	Kana Onoda [14]	22	Fukushima
Latvia	Agnese Keiša	22	Riga
Lebanon	Clémence Achkar [15]	19	Beirut
Macedonia	Delfina Zafirova	23	Skopje
Malaysia	Andrea Gomez [16]	21	Sarawak
Malta	Catherine Seisan	19	Valletta
Mexico	Graciela Soto [2]	22	Morelos
Nicaragua	Claudia Alaniz [17]	22	Managua
Northern Mariana Islands	Miyuki Hill [3]	20	Saipan
Norway	Anette Rusten	20	Oslo
Palau	Charlene Kaud Omelau [18]	20	Koror
Panama	Blanca Elena Espinosa [2]	20	Panama City
Philippines	Georgina Sandico [6]	20	Bicol
Poland	Adrianna Gerczew	18	Kuyavia-Pomerania
Portugal	Andreia Antunes	18	Lisbon
Russia	Maria Tchebotkevitch	19	Krasnodar
Senegal	Aïcha Faye	19	Dakar
Singapore	Janice Koh	22	Singapore
Slovakia	Adela Bartková [19]	20	Zemplínska Nová Ves
South Korea	Lee Jae-won [14]	22	Seoul
Spain	Carmen Fernández [2]	21	Seville
Togo	Deborah Tiyéna Bassuka	20	Lomé
Tunisia	Leïla Bent Abdesalem	21	Tunis
Turkey	Merve Alman	18	Istanbul
Ukraine	Liliya Zalunina	19	Kyiv
United States	Jennifer Glover	20	Castro Valley
Uruguay	Daniela Abasolo	22	Montevideo
Venezuela	Andreína Llamozas	19	Caraballeda

Notes

1. Ages during the competition

References

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8. "Česká vicemiss se dostala v Tokiu do finále" [The Czech vice-miss reached the final in Tokyo]. iDNES.cz (in Czech). 15 December 1999. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
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12. al-Sokkari, Rabii (4 August 2015). "Alper et Angie, ou quand l'amour l'emporte sur la diplomatie" [Alper and Angie, or when love trumps diplomacy]. Agence Anadolu (in French). Retrieved 25 June 2024.
13. Vatka, Miia (4 June 2019). "Muistatko Onnenpyörä-tyttö Saija Palinin? – Nykyään hän kisaa Turun asuntokaupoista Jethro Rostedtin kanssa" [Do you remember Wheel of Fortune girl Saija Palin? - Today, he competes with Jethro Rostedt for Turku apartment deals]. Iltalehti (in Finnish). Retrieved 25 June 2024.
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15. Sanders, Kerry (25 July 2006). "In Christian enclaves of Beirut, life goes on". NBC News. Archived from the original on February 26, 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
16. "Perfect English wedding for ex-beauty queen and lawyer". The Star. 25 April 2005. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
17. "Gente de hoy". La Nación (in Spanish). 27 March 1998. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
18. "Palau officials to grace Flame Tree festival". Saipan Tribune. 31 May 2000. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
19. "Na finále Miss International v Tokiu odcestovala aj Adela Bartková" [Adela Bartková also traveled to the Miss International finals in Tokyo]. Korzár (in Slovak). 13 December 1999. Retrieved 25 June 2024.

External links

• Official website