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.[3]
| Miss World 2000 | |
|---|---|
_(cropped).jpg) Miss World 2000 titleholder – Priyanka Chopra | |
| Date | 30 November 2000 |
| Presenters | |
| Entertainment | |
| Venue | Millennium Dome, London, United Kingdom |
| Broadcaster | |
| Entrants | 95 |
| Placements | 10 |
| Debuts | |
| Withdrawals | |
| Returns | |
| Winner | Priyanka Chopra[1][2] India |
At the end of the event, Yukta Mookhey of India crowned Priyanka Chopra of India as Miss World 2000.[4] 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 2016) that any country has held the two most prestigious beauty pageant titles in the world in a single year since 1994.[1][2]
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.
Results
Placements
| Placement | Contestant |
|---|---|
| Miss World 2000 | |
| 1st Runner-Up | |
| 2nd Runner-Up |
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| Top 5 |
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| Top 10 |
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Continental Queens of Beauty
| Continental Group | Contestant |
|---|---|
| Africa |
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| Americas |
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| Asia | |
| Caribbean |
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| Europe |
Contestants
95 contestants competed for the title.[5]
| Country/Territory | Contestant | Age[a] | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|
 Angola
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Deolinda Vilela | 23 | Luanda |
 Argentina
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Daniela Stucan | 19 | Buenos Aires |
 Aruba
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Monique van der Horn | 21 | Oranjestad |
 Australia
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Renee Henderson | 23 | Melbourne |
 Austria
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Patricia Kaiser[6] | 16 | Linz |
 Bahamas
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Latia Bowe | 23 | Nassau |
 Bangladesh
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Sonia Gazi[7] | 21 | Dhaka |
 Barbados
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Leilani McConney | 19 | Bridgetown |
 Belarus
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Sviatlana Kruk | 21 | Grodno |
 Belgium
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Joke van de Velde[8] | 20 | Melle |
 Bolivia
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Jimena Rico | 22 | Cochabamba |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Jasmina Mahmutović | 19 | Bihać |
 Botswana
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Puna Keleabetswe Serati | 21 | Mochudi |
 Brazil
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Francine Eickemberg | 18 | Camboriú |
 British Virgin Islands
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Nadia Harrigan Ubinas | 23 | Tortola |
 Bulgaria
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Ivanka Peytcheva | 19 | Pasardzhik |
 Canada
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Christine Cho[9] | 21 | Toronto |
 Cayman Islands
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Jacqueline Bush | 25 | George Town |
 Chile
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Isabel Bawlitza | 24 | Linares |
 Chinese Taipei
|
Shu-Ting Hao | 22 | Taipei |
 Colombia
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Andrea Durán | 24 | Bogotá |
 Costa Rica
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Cristina de Mezerville | 22 | Heredia |
 Croatia
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Andreja Čupor | 18 | Ozalj |
 Curaçao
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Jozaine Wall | 18 | Willemstad |
 Cyprus
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Ifigenia Papaioannou | 19 | Limassol |
 Czech Republic
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Michaela Salačová | 18 | Moravské Budějovice |
 Denmark
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Anne Katrin Vrang | 23 | Copenhagen |
 Dominican Republic
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Gilda Jovine | 20 | Santo Domingo |
 Ecuador
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Ana Dolores Murillo | 20 | Portoviejo |
 England
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Michelle Walker | 19 | Liverpool |
 Estonia
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Irina Ovtchinnikova | 21 | Tallinn |
 Finland
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Salima Peippo | 18 | Turku |
 France
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Karine Meier | 20 | Meurthe-et-Moselle |
 Germany
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Natascha Berg | 20 | Mannheim |
 Ghana
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Maame Ewarfaah Hawkson | 22 | Accra |
 Gibraltar
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Tessa Sacramento | 19 | Gibraltar |
 Greece
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Athanasia Tzoulaki | 18 | Peloponnese |
 Guatemala
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Cindy Ramírez | 24 | Guatemala City |
 Holland
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Raja Moussaoui | 24 | Roermond |
 Honduras
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Verónica Rivera | 17 | Cortés |
 Hong Kong
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Margaret Kan | 20 | Hong Kong |
 Hungary
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Judit Kuchta | 21 | Budapest |
 Iceland
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Elva Dögg Melsteð | 21 | Reykjavík |
 India
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Priyanka Chopra[1][2] | 18 | Jharkhand |
 Ireland
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Yvonne Ellard | 21 | Tipperary |
 Israel
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Dana Dantes | 19 | Tel Aviv |
 Italy
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Giorgia Palmas | 18 | Cagliari |
 Jamaica
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Ayisha Richards | 24 | Kingston |
 Japan
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Mariko Sugai | 23 | Tokyo |
 Kazakhstan
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Margarita Kravtsova | 19 | Almaty |
 Kenya
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Yolanda Masinde | 21 | Nairobi |
 Lebanon
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Sandra Rizk | 18 | Beirut |
 Lithuania
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Martyna Bimbaite | 16 | Vilnius |
 Madagascar
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Julianna Todimarina | 17 | Toamasina |
 Malaysia
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Tan Sun Wei | 24 | Kuala Lumpur |
 Malta
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Katia Grima | 19 | Valletta |
 Mexico
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Paulina Flores | 20 | Culiacán |
 Moldova
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Mariana Moraru | 16 | Chișinău |
 Namibia
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Mia de Klerk | 21 | Windhoek |
 Nepal
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Usha Khadgi | 21 | Kathmandu |
 New Zealand
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Katherine Allsopp-Smith | 21 | Auckland |
 Nigeria
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Matilda Kerry | 19 | Benin City |
 Northern Ireland
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Julie Lee-Ann Martin | 20 | Belfast |
 Norway
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Stine Pedersen | 21 | Oslo |
 Panama
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Ana Raquel Ochy | 22 | Panama City |
 Paraguay
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Patricia Villanueva | 17 | Asunción |
 Peru
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Tatiana Angulo | 23 | Trujillo |
 Philippines
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Katherine de Guzman[10] | 20 | San Carlos |
 Poland
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Justyna Bergmann | 18 | Warsaw |
 Portugal
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Gilda Dias Pe-Curto | 21 | Lisbon |
 Puerto Rico
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Sarybel Velilla | 24 | Toa Alta |
 Romania
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Aleksandra Cosmoiu | 20 | Bucharest |
 Russia
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Anna Bodareva | 19 | Moscow |
 Scotland
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Michelle Watson | 19 | Motherwell |
 Singapore
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Charlyn Ding | 19 | Singapore |
 Slovakia
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Janka Horecna | 20 | Žilina |
 Slovenia
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Maša Merc | 22 | Maribor |
 South Africa
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Heather Joy Hamilton | 23 | Durban |
 South Korea
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Jung-sun Shin | 20 | Seoul |
 Spain
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Verónica García | 20 | Madrid |
 Sri Lanka
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Ganga Gunasekera | 25 | Colombo |
 Sweden
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Ida Sofia Manneh | 23 | Stockholm |
 Switzerland
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Mahara McKay | 19 | Zürich |
 Tahiti
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Vanini Bea | 19 | Papeete |
 Tanzania
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Jacqueline Ntuyabelikwe | 21 | Dar es Salaam |
 Trinidad and Tobago
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Rhonda Rosemin | 23 | Port of Spain |
 Turkey
|
Yuksel Ak | 20 | Istanbul |
 Ukraine
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Olena Shcherban | 17 | Kyiv |
 United States
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Angelique Breaux | 22 | Los Angeles |
 United States Virgin Islands
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Luciah Hedrington | 20 | Saint Thomas |
 Uruguay
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Katja Thomsen | 18 | Montevideo |
 Venezuela
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Vanessa Cárdenas | 19 | Maracaibo |
 Wales
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Sophie-Kate Cahill | 17 | Cardiff |
 Yugoslavia
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Iva Milivojević | 19 | Belgrade |
 Zimbabwe
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Victoria Moyo | 21 | Harare |
Judges
- Stephanie Beacham
- Ozwald Boateng
- Errol Brown †
- Lulu
- Terry O'Neill †
- Lucy Sykes
- Hemant Trivedi
- Amanda Wakeley
- Shah Rukh Khan
Notes
- ^ Ages at the time of the pageant
Debuts
Returns
Replacements
Denmark – Cecilie Elisa Dahlstrøm
Russia – Ekaterina Izmail - Dethroned of her crown due to marriage
Mexico – Jacqueline Bracamontes won Nuestra Belleza Mundo México 2000 and supposed to represent Mexico at Miss World that year, 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 - (Suplente of Nuestra Belleza México 2000 pageant) to compete at Miss World 2000.[11]
Moldova – Miss Moldova 2000, Irina Babusenko didn't go to Miss World 2000 due to her being underage. She was replaced by her 1st runner up Mariana Moraru.[12]
Withdrawals
Guyana – No contest.
Latvia – Miss Latvia 1999, Dina Kalandārova withdrew at the last minute for personal reasons. She competed in Miss World 2001 instead.
Seychelles – No contest.
Sint Maarten – Angelique Romou went to Miss Universe instead.
Swaziland – No contest.
Thailand – No contest.
United Kingdom – No longer competes as United Kingdom. Now competes as its constituent countries instead, England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.[citation needed]
Zambia – No contest.
References
- ^ a b c d "Miss Universe vs Miss World: Facts and comparisons". MSN. 15 January 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
- ^ a b c "Daily News". Retrieved 27 January 2016.
- ^ "Returning". The Age. Melbourne, Victoria. 18 July 2000. p. 29. Retrieved 19 May 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "India's Chopra is new Miss World". New Straits Times. Agence France-Presse. 2 December 2000. p. 11. Retrieved 27 January 2016 – via Google News Archive.
- ^ "A world of a prize". Toledo Blade. Toledo, Ohio. 1 December 2000. pp. 1A. Retrieved 27 January 2016 – via Google News Archive.
- ^ Netopilik, Thomas (14 October 2016). "Patricia Kaiser: "Mein Schicksal hat mir auch geholfen" (mit Video)" [Patricia Kaiser: "My fate also helped me" (with video)]. MeinBezirk.at (in German). Retrieved 20 May 2023.
- ^ "Search for Miss World Bangladesh will start from September 16". Dhaka Tribune. 13 September 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
- ^ "Ex-Miss België Joke Van De Velde in verwachting van eerste kindje" [Ex-Miss Belgium Joke Van De Velde expecting first child]. Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch). 19 November 2020. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
- ^ Tenenbaum, Judith (8 July 2006). "MATCH: Christine Cho and Jamie Park". The Globe and Mail. Toronto, Ontario. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
- ^ "Oops!". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Makati, Metro Manila. 29 February 2000. p. 3. Retrieved 25 September 2021 – via Google News Archive.
- ^ "Jacqueline Bracamontes van Hoorde nace el 23 de septiembre de 1979".
- ^ "Красота по-молдавски - страшная сила! | ЛОГОС-ПРЕСС". Archived from the original on 16 September 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.