Miss World 2000 was the 50th anniversary of the Miss World pageant, held at the Millennium Dome in London, United Kingdom on 30 November 2000. Portions of the pageant were also filmed in the Maldives.
At the end of the event, Yukta Mookhey of India crowned Priyanka Chopra of India as Miss World 2000. She is the fifth Miss World and the second successive winner from her country. Internationally, Chopra reigned alongside Miss Universe 2000 titleholder Lara Dutta, marking the most recent time (as of ) that any country has held the two most prestigious beauty pageant titles in the world in a single year since 1994.
Background The pageant was the first since the death of pageant owner Eric Morley, whose widow Julia Morley assumed responsibility for the event. The pageant had 95 contestants, the highest number of Miss World participants at that time.
Selection of participants Replacements Jacqueline Bracamontes of Mexico, won Nuestra Belleza Mundo México 2000 and supposed to compete, however she decided to enter Nuestra Belleza Mexico 2000 and won the contest, but as she won 2 contests Lupita Jones president of Nuestra Belleza México, decides to appoint Paulina Flores Arias to compete.
Miss Moldova 2000, Irina Babusenko withdrew from the competition due to her being underage. She was replaced by her first runner-up, Mariana Moraru.
Debuts, returns, and, withdrawals This edition marked the debut of Belarus, England, Moldova and Northern Ireland, and the return of Barbados, the British Virgin Islands, Curaçao, Denmark, Namibia and Taiwan; Barbados and Denmark last competed in 1995, Namibia last competed in 1997, and the British Virgin Islands, Curaçao and Taiwan last competed in 1998.
Guyana, Latvia, Liberia, Seychelles, Sint Maarten, Swaziland, Thailand, the United Kingdom and Zambia, withdrew from the competition.
Results Placements Placement Contestant Miss World 2000 – Priyanka Chopra 1st Runner-Up – Giorgia Palmas 2nd Runner-Up – Yüksel AkTop 5 – Margarita Kravtsova – Katja Thomsen Grien Top 10 – Isabel Bawlitza – Andrea Durán – Yolande Masinde – Olena Scherban – Angelique Breaux
Continental Queens of Beauty Continental Group Contestant Africa – Yolanda Masinde Americas – Katja Thomsen Asia – Priyanka Chopra Caribbean – Jozaine Marianella Wall Europe – Giorgia Palmas
Judges
Stephanie Beacham Ozwald Boateng Errol Brown † Lulu Terry O'Neill † Lucy Sykes Hemant Trivedi Amanda Wakeley Shah Rukh Khan
Contestants 95 contestants competed for the title.
Country/Territory Contestant Age HometownDeolinda Vilela23LuandaDaniela Stucan19Buenos AiresMonique van der Horn21OranjestadRenee Henderson23Melbourne Patricia Kaiser 16 LinzLatia Bowe23Nassau Sonia Gazi 21 DhakaLeilani McConney19BridgetownSviatlana Kruk21Grodno Joke van de Velde 20 MelleJimena Rico22CochabambaJasmina Mahmutović19BihaćPuna Keleabetswe Serati21MochudiFrancine Eickemberg18CamboriúNadia Harrigan Ubinas23TortolaIvanka Peytcheva19Pasardzhik Christine Cho 21 TorontoJacqueline Bush25George TownIsabel Bawlitza24LinaresAndrea Durán24BogotáCristina de Mezerville22HerediaAndreja Čupor18OzaljJozaine Wall18WillemstadIfigenia Papaioannou19LimassolMichaela Salačová18Moravské BudějoviceAnne Katrin Vrang23CopenhagenGilda Jovine20Santo DomingoAna Dolores Murillo20PortoviejoMichelle Walker19Liverpool Irina Ovtchinnikova21TallinnSalima Peippo18TurkuKarine Meier20Meurthe-et-MoselleVanini Bea19PapeeteNatascha Berg20MannheimMaame Ewarfaah Hawkson22AccraTessa Sacramento19GibraltarAthanasia Tzoulaki18PeloponneseCindy Ramírez24Guatemala CityRaja Moussaoui24RoermondVerónica Rivera17CortésMargaret Kan20Hong KongJudit Kuchta21BudapestElva Dögg Melsteð21Reykjavík Priyanka Chopra 18 JharkhandYvonne Ellard21TipperaryDana Dantes19Tel AvivGiorgia Palmas18CagliariAyisha Richards24KingstonMariko Sugai23TokyoMargarita Kravtsova19AlmatyYolanda Masinde21NairobiSandra Rizk18Beirut Lithuania Martyna Bimbaitė 16 PalangaJulianna Todimarina17ToamasinaTan Sun Wei24Kuala LumpurKatia Grima19VallettaPaulina Flores Arias20CuliacánMariana Moraru †16ChișinăuMia de Klerk21WindhoekUsha Khadgi21KathmanduKatherine Allsopp-Smith21AucklandMatilda Kerry19Benin CityJulie Lee-Ann Martin20BelfastStine Pedersen21OsloAna Raquel Ochy22Panama CityPatricia Villanueva17AsunciónTatiana Angulo23Trujillo Katherine de Guzman 20 San CarlosJustyna Bergmann18WarsawGilda Dias Pe-Curto21LisbonSarybel Velilla24Toa AltaAleksandra Cosmoiu20BucharestAnna Bodareva19MoscowMichelle Watson19MotherwellCharlyn Ding19Singapore Janka Horečná 20 ŽilinaMaša Merc22MariborHeather Joy Hamilton23DurbanJung-sun Shin20SeoulVerónica García20MadridGanga Gunasekera25ColomboIda Sofia Manneh23StockholmMahara McKay19Zürich TaiwanShu-Ting Hao22TaipeiJacqueline Ntuyabelikwe21Dar es SalaamRhonda Rosemin23Port of Spain Yüksel Ak 20 IstanbulOlena Shcherban17KyivAngelique Breaux22Los AngelesLuciah Hedrington20Saint ThomasKatja Thomsen18MontevideoVanessa Cárdenas19MaracaiboSophie-Kate Cahill17CardiffIva Milivojević19BelgradeVictoria Moyo21Harare
Notes
Replacements – Cecilie Elisa Dahlstrøm – Ekaterina Izmail - Dethroned of her crown due to differences with her Organization, just 2 weeks prior leaving for the pageant.
Withdrawals – No contest. – Miss Latvia 1999, Dina Kalandārova withdrew at the last minute for personal reasons. She competed in Miss World 2001 instead. Liberia – No contest. – Miss Saint Maarten 2000, Angelique Romou went to Miss Universe instead. – Their national pageant was delayed until next year. – No contest. – No longer competes as United Kingdom. Now competes as its constituent countries instead, England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. – No contest.
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