Miss International 2000, was the 40th Miss International pageant, held at the Koseinenkin Hall in Tokyo, Japan on 4 October 2000.
Vivian Urdaneta of Venezuela won and was crowned by Paulina Gálvez of Colombia. It is the third time Venezuela has won the pageant.
Contestants from fifty-six countries and territories participated in the pageant, which was hosted by Masumi Okada.
Background Selection of participants Replacements Lissette Blandón of Nicaragua was replaced by Marynes Argüello due to being overage.
Withdrawals Nicola Jane Willoughby of the United Kingdom, Evanna Marting of the Dominican Republic, Inga Alspire of Latvia, Maria Leticia Alvarez of Paraguay, Claudia Neyra of Peru, and Alana Selby of Trinidad and Tobago withdrew due to undisclosed reasons.
Results
Placements Placement Contestant Miss International 2000 – Vivian Urdaneta 1st runner-up – Son Tae-young 2nd runner-up – Svetlana Goreva Top 15 – Angeliki Lakouras – Carolina Cruz – Markéta Svobodná - Kati Nirkko – Gayatri Joshi – Kanako Shibata – Leticia Murray – Michaela Strahlová – Gabrielle Heinerborg – Ismahero Lahmar – Hulya Karanlik – Yana Razumovska
Special awards Awards Contestant Miss Friendship - Doreen Adler Miss Photogenic - Son Tae-young Best National Costume - Carolina Albertsz
Contestants Fifty-six contestants competed for the title. Country/TerritoryContestantAgeHometownNatalia Cecilia Dalla19Buenos AiresCarolina Albertsz20OranjestadCatherine Villarroel18Santa Cruz de la SierraFernanda Schiavo19Rio Grande do SulAngeliki Lakouras22–Carolina Cruz21TuluáAna Gruica17ZagrebRoselle Angèle Augusta21WillemstadNikoletta Violari20NicosiaMarkéta Svobodná19South BohemiaHagar El Taher23CairoKati Nirkko21TampereTatiana Bouguer23Bormes-les-MimosasDoreen Adler22BerlinDimitra Kitsiou22AthensLiza Marie Camacho20HagåtñaYazmin Di Maio19Guatemala CityCarly Makanani Ah Sing18HonoluluAlba Marcela Rubí19YoroEdith Ho22Hong KongAnna Lilja Björnsdóttir19ReykjavíkGayatri Joshi23NagpurDana Farkash18JerusalemKanako Shibata23HokkaidoSahar Mahmoud Al-Ghazzawi23BeirutSanja Nikolic18SkopjeAida Stannis Kazum22SarawakDominique Desira21VallettaLeticia Murray21HermosilloElena Ungureanu17ChișinăuUma Bogati23KathmanduMarynes Argüello21ManaguaFrida Jonson22OsloEloisa Dilbodel Senior19KororCristina Sousa19Panama CityJoanna Maria Peñaloza21MandaluyongEmilia Raszynska22Warmia-MasuriaTânia Isabel Campanacho Ferreira18LisbonRosiveliz Díaz20San JuanSvetlana Goreva18MoscowChiara Valentini21San MarinoLorraine Mann23SingaporeMichaela Strählová19BratislavaIrmari Steyl20–Son Tae-young19DaeguRaquel Rovira19MadridGabrielle Heinerborg20StockholmHinarai Leboucher20PapeeteChiang Hsin-Ting21TaipeiPhongkajorn Sareeyawat22BangkokPamela Agnélé Gunn23LoméIsmahero Lahmar17TunisHulya Karanlik22IstanbulYana Razumovska18KyivKirstin Anne Cook22MiamiVivian Urdaneta21Maracaibo
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