Miss International 1999

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Miss International 1999
DateDecember 14, 1999
Presenters
VenueU-Port Hall, Tokyo, Japan
Broadcaster TV Tokyo
Entrants51
Placements15
Debuts
  • Egypt
  • Palau
Withdrawals
  • Australia
  • Honduras
  • Holland
  • Paraguay
  • Peru
Returns
  • Brazil
  • Côte d'Ivoire
  • Guam
  • Guatemala
  • Lebanon
  • Malaysia
  • Malta
  • Nicaragua
  • Russia
  • Ukraine
  • Uruguay
Winner Paulina Gálvez
Colombia
CongenialityMiyuki 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.

Contents

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. Miss International 1999 map.png
Miss International 1999 participating countries and territories.

Placements

PlacementContestant
Miss International 1999
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
Top 15

Special awards

AwardContestant
Miss Friendship
Miss Photogenic

Contestants

Fifty-one contestants competed for the title.

Country/TerritoryContestantAge [lower-alpha 1] Hometown
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Elizabeth Contrard18 Buenos Aires
Flag of Aruba.svg  Aruba Cindy Vanessa Cam Lin Martinus19 Oranjestad
Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg  Bolivia Natalia Arteaga19 Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Alessandra do Nascimento [10] 18 Minas Gerais
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Britain Janeth Kehinde Ayuba19 London
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia Paulina Gálvez [11] 19 Cali
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Côte d'Ivoire Madaussou Kamara19 Abidjan
Flag of Curacao.svg  Curaçao Pamela Winkel23 Willemstad
Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus Afroditi Pericleous20 Nicosia
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Šárka Sikorová [8] 20 Prague
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic Patsi Arias22 Baní
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Angie Abdalla [12] 19 Alexandria
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Saija Palin [13] 21 Turku
Flag of France.svg  France Céline Cheuva23 Lille
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Tania Freuderberg21 Berlin
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Penelope Lentzou23 Athens
Flag of Guam.svg  Guam Lourdes Rivera18 Hagåtña
Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala Gladys Alvarado20 Chiquimula
Flag of Hawaii.svg  Hawaii Christy Chung23 Honolulu
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong Myolie Wu19Hong Kong
Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland Ásbjörg Kristinsdóttir20 Reykjavík
Flag of India.svg  India Srikrupa Murali20 Karnataka
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Nofit Shevach18 Tel Aviv
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Kana Onoda [14] 22 Fukushima
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia Agnese Keiša22 Riga
Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon Clémence Achkar [15] 19 Beirut
Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Macedonia Delfina Zafirova23 Skopje
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia Andrea Gomez [16] 21 Sarawak
Flag of Malta.svg  Malta Catherine Seisan19 Valletta
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Graciela Soto [2] 22 Morelos
Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua Claudia Alaniz [17] 22 Managua
Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands.svg  Northern Mariana Islands Miyuki Hill [3] 20 Saipan
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Anette Rusten20 Oslo
Flag of Palau.svg  Palau Charlene Kaud Omelau [18] 20 Koror
Flag of Panama.svg  Panama Blanca Elena Espinosa [2] 20 Panama City
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Georgina Sandico [6] 20 Bicol
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Adrianna Gerczew18 Kuyavia-Pomerania
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Andreia Antunes18 Lisbon
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Maria Tchebotkevitch19 Krasnodar
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal Aïcha Faye19 Dakar
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Janice Koh22Singapore
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia Adela Bartková [19] 20 Zemplínska Nová Ves
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Lee Jae-won [14] 22 Seoul
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Carmen Fernández [2] 21 Seville
Flag of Togo.svg  Togo Deborah Tiyéna Bassuka20 Lomé
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia Leïla Bent Abdesalem21 Tunis
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Merve Alman18 Istanbul
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Liliya Zalunina19 Kyiv
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Jennifer Glover20 Castro Valley
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay Daniela Abasolo22 Montevideo
Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).svg  Venezuela Andreína Llamozas 19 Caraballeda

Notes

  1. ↑ Ages during the competition

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