Miss Universe 1999

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Miss Universe 1999
Mpule Kwelagobe.jpg
Mpule Kwelagobe
Date26 May 1999
Presenters
Entertainment Julio Iglesias Jr.
VenueChaguaramas Convention Centre, Chaguaramas, Trinidad and Tobago
Broadcaster
Entrants84
Placements10
Debuts
  • Botswana
Withdrawals
  • Bulgaria
  • Guam
  • Netherlands
  • Norway
  • Romania
  • Zimbabwe
Returns
  • Austria
  • Barbados
  • Cayman Islands
  • Cook Islands
  • Guyana
  • Suriname
  • Turks and Caicos Islands
  • Zambia
Winner Mpule Kwelagobe
Botswana
CongenialityMarisa Ferreira, Portugal
Best National Costume Nicole Dyer, Trinidad and Tobago
PhotogenicBrenda Liz López, Puerto Rico
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Miss Universe 1999 was the 48th Miss Universe pageant, held at the Chaguaramas Convention Centre in Chaguaramas, Trinidad and Tobago, on 26 May 1999. Mpule Kwelagobe of Botswana was crowned by Wendy Fitzwilliam of Trinidad and Tobago at the end of the event. This edition marks the most recent time that a first-time entry of a country at Miss Universe has won and the third time in pageant's history, after Colombia in 1958 and Finland in 1952. This edition also saw a back-to-back victory by black women. 84 contestants competed in this year.

Contents

Miss Universe 1999 Titlecard Miss Universe 1999 opening titles.jpg
Miss Universe 1999 Titlecard
Miss Universe 1999 participating nations and results Miss Universe 1999 Map.PNG
Miss Universe 1999 participating nations and results

Background

Selection of participants

Contestants from eighty-four countries and territories were selected to compete in the pageant. Five of these delegates were appointed to their titles after either being a runner-up of their national pageant, in an audition process or in an internal selection.

Replacements

Miss Barbados 1998, Michelle Selman did not compete for undisclosed reasons. Her first runner-up, Olivia Harding replaced her. [1] The winner of Miss Great Britain Universe 1999, Nicki Lane, decided to give up the crown to her first runner-up Cherie Pisiani, [2] [3] after Lane confessed that she had a child at 14 years old. [4] The winner of Binibining Pilipinas 1999, Janelle Delfin Bautista, had to resign due to citizenship issues, as she was an American citizen. [5] The Binibining Pilipinas World 1999, Miriam Quiambao, assumed the Binibining Pilipinas Universe title.

Results

Placements

PlacementContestant
Miss Universe 1999
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
  • Flag of Spain.svg Spain – Diana Nogueira [6]
Top 5
Top 10

Contestants

Eighty-four contestants competed for the title.

Country/TerritoryContestantAgeHometown
Flag of Angola.svg Angola Egidia Torres22 Luanda
Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina Elena Fournier22 Santa Fe
Flag of Aruba.svg Aruba Irina Croes18 Oranjestad
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Michelle Shead20 Sydney
Flag of Austria.svg Austria Katja Giebner21 Vienna
Flag of the Bahamas.svg Bahamas Glennis Knowles25 Nassau
Flag of Barbados.svg Barbados Olivia Harding25 Bridgetown
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium Tanja Dexters21 Mol
Flag of Belize.svg Belize Viola Jeffery [7] 21 Belmopan
Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia Susana Barrientos20 Santa Cruz
Flag of Bonaire.svg Bonaire Julina Felida21 Kralendijk
Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana Mpule Kwelagobe 19 Gaborone
Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Renata Fan22 Santo Ângelo
Flag of the British Virgin Islands.svg British Virgin Islands Movel Lewis20 Road Town
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Shannon McArthur26 Windsor
Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg Cayman Islands Gemma McLaughlin19 George Town
Flag of Chile.svg Chile Andrea Muñoz23 Santiago
Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia Marianella Maal20 Barranquilla
Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Cook Islands Tina Vogel24 Avarua
Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica Arianna Bolaños22 Guanacaste
Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia Marijana Kuzina21 Šibenik
Flag of Curacao.svg Curaçao Jouraine Ricardo22 Willemstad
Flag of Cyprus.svg Cyprus Valentina Dionysiou19 Nicosia
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic Petra Faltynova20 Prague
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic Luz García 21 Moca
Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador Carolina Alfonso21 Quito
Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt Angie Abdalla 18 Alexandria
Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador Cynthia Cevallos21 San Salvador
Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia Triin Rannat [8] 20 Tallinn
Flag of Finland.svg Finland Vanessa Forsman22 Porvoo
Flag of France.svg France Mareva Galanter 22 Papeete
Flag of Germany.svg Germany Diana Drubig19 Leipzig
Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana Akuba Cudjoe19 Accra
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain Cherie Pisani21 Clacton
Flag of Greece.svg Greece Sofia Raptis19 Athens
Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala Monica Penedo19 Sacatepéquez
Flag of Guyana.svg Guyana Morvinia Sobers20 Georgetown
Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg Honduras Sofia Guerrero21 Atlántida
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong Anne Heung 24Hong Kong
Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary Anett Garami19 Soltvadkert
Flag of India.svg India Gul Panag 20 Chandigarh
Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland Vivienne Doyle [9] 22 Galway
Flag of Israel.svg Israel Rana Raslan 21 Haifa
Flag of Italy.svg Italy Gloria Bellicchi20 Parma
Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica Nicole Haughton 24 Kingston
Flag of Japan.svg Japan Satomi Ogawa21 Misato
Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon Clémence Achkar19 Beirut
Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia Jeanette Ooi23 Kuching
Flag of Malta.svg Malta Dorianne Muscat21 Qormi
Flag of Mauritius.svg Mauritius Micaella L'Hortalle23 Port Louis
Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico Silvia Salgado 20 Monterrey
Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia Vaanda Katjiuongua23 Windhoek
Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand Kristy Wilson20 North Otago
Flag of Nicaragua.svg NicaraguaLiliana Pilarte [10] [11] 23 Managua
Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria Angela Ukpoma25 Imo
Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands.svg Northern Mariana Islands Cherilyn Cabrera24 Saipan
Flag of Panama.svg Panama Yamani Saied 20 Panama City
Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay Carmen Morinigo22 San Pedro
Flag of Peru.svg Peru Fabiola Lazo18 Lima
Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines Miriam Quiambao 23 Quezon City
Flag of Poland.svg Poland Katarzyna Pakuła20 Lublin
Flag of Portugal (official).svg Portugal Marisa Ferreira20 Santarém
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico Brenda Liz Lopez23 Lares
Flag of Russia.svg Russia Alexandra Petrova†19 Cheboksary
Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore Cheryl Marie Cordeiro23Singapore
Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia Aneta Kuklova19 Lučenec
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa Sonia Raciti 21 Johannesburg
Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea Choi Ji-hyun20 Seoul
Flag of Spain.svg Spain Diana Noguiera [12] 24 Pontevedra
Flag of Suriname.svg Suriname Serafija Niekoop21 Paramaribo
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Emma-Helena Nilsson 24 Östersund
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland Sonia Grandjean19 Dietikon
Flag of the Republic of China.svg Taiwan Wan-Fei Wang21 Taipei
Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand Apisamai Srirangsan 24 Nakhon Pathom
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago Nicole Dyer 25 Diego Martin
Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey Oznur Dursun24 Istanbul
Flag of the Turks and Caicos Islands.svg Turks and Caicos Islands Shantell Stubbs21 Cockburn Town
Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine Zhanna Pikhulya18 Kyiv
Flag of the United States.svg United States Kimberly Pressler 21 Las Vegas
Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg United States Virgin Islands Sherece Smith25 Charlotte Amalie
Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay Veronica Gonzales19 Montevideo
Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela Carolina Indriago 18 Valencia
Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg Yugoslavia Ana Karić19 Belgrade
Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia Esanju Kalopa† [13] 18 Muchinga

Withdrawals

During the contest:

References

  1. ↑ "Pageant News Ticker VII". 11 November 1999. Archived from the original on 11 November 1999. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  2. ↑ "Cherie pisani Stock Images - DIOMEDIA". Diomedia.com. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  3. ↑ "STOCK IMAGE - Left: NICKI LANE The former Miss Great Britain Universe (Nicki has handed over her title to runner-up Cherie Louise Pisani, after it was revealed that she did not tell the Miss Universe organis..." Diomedia.com. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  4. ↑ "Crown of thorns". The Guardian . 25 May 1999. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  5. ↑ "Top 10 Dethroned Beauty Queens". Spot.ph. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Miriam looks back on Miss Universe journey 22 years ago". Philippine Star (in Tagalog). 12 December 2021. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
  7. ↑ "Viola Jeffrey is Miss Belize". Great Belize Television . 25 August 1998. Archived from the original on 26 November 2022. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  8. ↑ "Miss Estonia on Triin Rannat". Õhtuleht (in Estonian). 8 March 1999. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  9. ↑ Sheehan, Aideen (19 August 1998). "Miss Ireland goes west as Vivienne wins coveted title". Irish Independent . Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  10. ↑ "INTUR no se meterá más en el concurso Miss Nicaragua". Archivo.elnuevodiario.com.ni. Archived from the original on 10 August 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  11. ↑ "Besos que no manchan - La Prensa". Lapresnsa.com.ni. 3 December 2002. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  12. ↑ "El anecdotario". 9 January 2007. Archived from the original on 9 January 2007. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  13. ↑ Mujuda, Sam (19 March 1999). "Zambia: Esanju Picked For Miss Universe '99". The Post. Retrieved 5 December 2022– via AllAfrica.
  14. ↑ Tiempo, Casa Editorial El (22 May 1999). "EMBARAZOSO LÍO REAL". El Tiempo. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  15. ↑ Ordover, Benjamin (1 October 2002). Payback. iUniverse. ISBN   9780595253029 . Retrieved 9 August 2018– via Google Books.
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