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Miss Universe 2000
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Lara Dutta, Miss Universe 2000
Date12 May 2000 [1]
Presenters
Entertainment
Venue Eleftheria Indoor Hall, Nicosia, Cyprus
Broadcaster CBS (international)
CyBC (official broadcaster)
Entrants79
Placements10
Withdrawals
  • Austria
  • Bonaire
  • Barbado
  • Cook Islands
  • Curaçao
  • Guyana
  • Nicaragua
  • Northern Mariana Islands
  • Suriname
  • Turkey
  • United States Virgin Islands
  • Zambia
Returns
  • Bulgaria
  • Denmark
  • Guam
  • Netherlands
  • Norway
  • Saint Martin
  • Zimbabwe
Winner Lara Dutta
Flag of India.svg India
CongenialityTamara Scaroni
Flag of Aruba.svg Aruba
Best National Costume Letty Murray
Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico
Photogenic Helen Lindes
Flag of Spain.svg Spain
  1999
2001  

Miss Universe 2000 was the 49th Miss Universe pageant, held at the Eleftheria Indoor Hall in Nicosia, Cyprus on 12 May 2000. [1]

Contents

At the end of the event, Mpule Kwelagobe of Botswana crowned Lara Dutta of India as Miss Universe 2000. It is the country's second victory in the pageant's history.

Contestants from seventy-nine countries and territories competed in this year's pageant. The competition was hosted by Sinbad, with Miss USA 1996 Ali Landry and Julie Moran providing commentary and analysis throughout the event. Elvis Crespo, Dave Koz, Montell Jordan, and Anna Vissi performed in this year's pageant.

Background

Location and date

Nicosia was announced as host city of the pageant on 1 July 1999. [2] The country invested $3.5 million in the event, in the hope that the publicity would increase tourism, the island's main industry. [3]

Conservative Cypriot church leaders protested the decision to hold the pageant on the island, claiming that millennium celebrations of the birth of Christ were more important and that the event was scandalous and would promote female nudity. [4]

Selection of participants

Replacements

Miss Hungary Universe 2000, Ágnes Nagy couldn't participate due to personal reasons, her first runner-up Izabella Kiss took her place. Miss Italia 1999, Manila Nazzaro was the initial Italian representative to Miss Universe 2000, but the Miss Italia Organization lost their Miss Universe licence that year due to MUO objections that the national contest was opened to married women and mothers since 1994. Then a new contest called The Miss for Miss Universe was organized by the American – Italian actress Clarissa Burtt from 2000 to 2005. [5] Annalisa Guadalupi won the first edition of the pageant. Initially, Miss Russia organizers wanted to send Miss Russia 1997–1998, Yelena Rogozhina to Miss Universe 2000, but her victory at the Miss Europe 1999 contest in Lebanon made her unable to compete at Miss Universe. The winner of Miss Russia 1999, Anna Kruglova, also was ineligible for Miss Universe due to her being underage at the time. Then, the organizers of the Miss Russia contest decided to pick Miss Russia 1999 – first runner-up, Svetlana Goreva for Miss Universe 2000. Initially, the Miss Venezuela Organization chose Martina Thorogood to represent their country at both Miss Universe and Miss World 1999. However, Miss Universe officials objected to this as Thorogood placed first runner-up at Miss World 99 and there was a chance that she could become Miss World should the winner resign or lose her crown. Then MVO wanted to send Miss Venezuela 1999 1° Runner Up – Norkys Batista to Miss Universe 2000, but because she wasn't the national official titleholder, the Miss Universe officials rejected their participation. Finally a smaller pageant was held among delegates who had competed in previous Miss Venezuela competitions, and Claudia Moreno was chosen to compete at Miss Universe. [6]

Results

Miss Universe 2000 participating nations and results Miss Universe 2000 Map.PNG
Miss Universe 2000 participating nations and results

Placements

PlacementContestant
Miss Universe 2000
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
Top 5
Top 10

Pageant

Selection committee

Final telecast: [7]

Contestants

Seventy-nine contestants competed for the title.

Country/TerritoryContestantAgeHometown
Flag of Angola.svg Angola Eunice Manita19 Luanda
Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina Andrea Nicastri25 Buenos Aires
Flag of Aruba.svg Aruba Tamara Scaroni23 San Nicolaas
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Samantha Frost22 Sydney
Flag of the Bahamas.svg Bahamas Mikala Moss24 Nassau
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium Joke Van de Velde20 Ghent
Flag of Belize.svg Belize Shiemicka Richardson26 Belize City
Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg Bolivia Yenny Vaca18 Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana Joyce Molemoeng21 Orapa
Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Josiane Kruliskoski20 Sinop
Flag of the British Virgin Islands.svg British Virgin Islands Tausha Vanterpool22 Tortola
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria Magdalina Valchanova 22 Plovdiv
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Kim Yee22 Edmonton
Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg Cayman Islands Mona Lisa Tatum22 George Town
Flag of Chile.svg Chile Francesca Sovino21 Valparaíso
Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia Catalina Acosta22 Bogotá
Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica Laura Mata22 San José
Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia Renata Lovrinčević23 Split
Flag of Cyprus.svg Cyprus Christy Groutidou19 Nicosia
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic Jitka Kocurová20 Prague
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark Heidi Meyer Vallentin23 Copenhagen
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic Gilda Jovine 20 Santo Domingo
Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador Gabriela Cadena20 Guayaquil
Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt Rania El-Sayed18 Cairo
Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador Alexandra Rivas20 San Salvador
Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia Evelyn Mikomägi20 Tallinn
Flag of Finland.svg Finland Suvi Miinala19 Kemi
Flag of France.svg France Sonia Rolland 18 Cluny
Flag of Germany.svg Germany Sabrina Schepmann18 Nauen
Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana Maame Esi Acquah 18 Cape Coast
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain Louise Lakin21 Manchester
Flag of Greece.svg Greece Eleni Skafida21 Athens
Flag of Guam.svg Guam Lisamarie Quinata22 Hagåtña
Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala Evelyn López21 Guatemala City
Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg Honduras Flor Garcia19 San Pedro Sula
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong Sonija Kwok 25 Hong Kong
Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary Izabella Kiss24 Budapest
Flag of India.svg India Lara Dutta 21 Ghaziabad
Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland Louise Doheny19 Dublin
Flag of Israel.svg Israel Nirit Bakshi18 Beersheba
Flag of Italy.svg Italy Annalisa Guadalupi18 Rome
Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica Saphire Longmore 24 Clarendon
Flag of Japan.svg Japan Mayu Endo24 Tokyo
Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon Norma Elias Naoum23 Beirut
Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia Lynette Ludi25 Kuching
Flag of Malta.svg Malta Jolene Arpa18 Santa Luċija
Flag of Mauritius.svg Mauritius Jenny Arthemidor18 Port Louis
Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico Leticia Murray 20 Hermosillo
Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia Mia de Klerk20 Khomas
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands Chantal van Roessel25 North Brabant
Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand Tonia Peachey19 Auckland
Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria Matilda Kerry 19 Lagos
Flag of Norway.svg Norway Tonje Kristin Wøllo25 Buskerud
Flag of Panama.svg Panama Analía Núñez 20 Panama City
Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay Carolina Ramírez20 Alto Paraná
Flag of Peru.svg Peru Verónica Rueckner19 Piura
Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines Nina Ricci Alagao22 Makati
Flag of Poland.svg Poland Emilia Raszynska21 Warmia-Masuria
Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal Licinia Macedo24 Madeira
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico Zoribel Fonalledas22 Guaynabo
Flag of Russia.svg Russia Svetlana Goreva18 Moscow
Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore Eunice Olsen22 Singapore
Flag of Sint Maarten.svg Sint Maarten Angelique Romou26 Philipsburg
Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia Miroslava Kysucká19 Bratislava
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa Heather Hamilton22 Gauteng
Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea Kim Yeon-joo19 Seoul
Flag of Spain.svg Spain Helen Lindes 18 Girona
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Valerie Aflalo 23 Malmö
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland Anita Buri 21 Berg
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei Lei-Ann Chang22 Taipei
Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand Kulthida Yenprasert 21 Bangkok
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago Heidi Rostant22 Port of Spain
Flag of the Turks and Caicos Islands.svg Turks and Caicos Clintina Gibbs20 Cockburn Town
Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine Natalie Shvachko24 Dnipropetrovsk
Flag of the United States.svg United States Lynnette Cole 22 Columbia
Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay Giovanna Piazza18 Montevideo
Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela Claudia Moreno 22 Caracas
Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg Yugoslavia Lana Marić19 Belgrade
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe Corinne Crewe18 Harare

Notes

Withdrawals

Returns

Last competed in 1982

Last competed in 1996

Last competed in 1998

Awards

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