Miss World 2000

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 Template:Currentyear) 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	Template:Flagu – Priyanka Chopra
1st Runner-Up	Template:Flagu – Giorgia Palmas
2nd Runner-Up	Template:Flagu – Yüksel Ak
Top 5	Template:Flagu – Margarita Kravtsova Template:Flagu – Katja Thomsen Grien
Top 10	Template:Flagu – Isabel Bawlitza Template:Flagu – Andrea Durán Template:Flagu – Yolande Masinde Template:Flagu – Olena Scherban Template:Flagu – Angelique Breaux

Continental Queens of Beauty

Continental Group	Contestant
Africa	Template:Flagu – Yolanda Masinde
Americas	Template:Flagu – Katja Thomsen
Asia	Template:Flagu – Priyanka Chopra
Caribbean	Template:Flagu – Jozaine Marianella Wall
Europe	Template:Flagu – Giorgia Palmas

Judges

• Stephanie Beacham
• Ozwald Boateng
• Errol Brown †
• Lulu
• Terry O'Neill †
• Lucy Sykes
• Hemant Trivedi
• Amanda Wakeley
• Shah Rukh Khan

Contestants

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Countries and territories which sent delegates, and results for Miss World 2000

95 contestants competed for the title.

Country/Territory	Contestant	AgeTemplate:Efn	Hometown
Template:Country data Angola	Deolinda Vilela	23	Luanda
Template:Country data Argentina	Daniela Stucan	19	Buenos Aires
Template:Country data Aruba	Monique van der Horn	21	Oranjestad
Template:Country data Australia	Renee Henderson	23	Melbourne
Template:Country data Austria	Patricia Kaiser	16	Linz
Template:Country data Bahamas	Latia Bowe	23	Nassau
Template:Country data Bangladesh	Sonia Gazi	21	Dhaka
Template:Country data Barbados	Leilani McConney	19	Bridgetown
Template:Country data Belarus	Sviatlana Kruk	21	Grodno
Template:Country data Belgium	Joke van de Velde	20	Melle
Template:Country data Bolivia	Jimena Rico	22	Cochabamba
Template:Country data Bosnia and Herzegovina	Jasmina Mahmutović	19	Bihać
Template:Country data Botswana	Puna Keleabetswe Serati	21	Mochudi
Template:Country data Brazil	Francine Eickemberg	18	Camboriú
Template:Country data British Virgin Islands	Nadia Harrigan Ubinas	23	Tortola
Template:Country data Bulgaria	Ivanka Peytcheva	19	Pasardzhik
Template:Country data Canada	Christine Cho	21	Toronto
Template:Country data Cayman Islands	Jacqueline Bush	25	George Town
Template:Country data Chile	Isabel Bawlitza	24	Linares
Template:Country data Colombia	Andrea Durán	24	Bogotá
Template:Country data Costa Rica	Cristina de Mezerville	22	Heredia
Template:Country data Croatia	Andreja Čupor	18	Ozalj
Template:Country data Curaçao	Jozaine Wall	18	Willemstad
Template:Country data Cyprus	Ifigenia Papaioannou	19	Limassol
Template:Country data Czech Republic	Michaela Salačová	18	Moravské Budějovice
Template:Country data Denmark	Anne Katrin Vrang	23	Copenhagen
Template:Country data Dominican Republic	Gilda Jovine	20	Santo Domingo
Template:Country data Ecuador	Ana Dolores Murillo	20	Portoviejo
Template:Country data England	Michelle Walker	19	Liverpool
Template:Country data Estonia	Irina Ovtchinnikova	21	Tallinn
Template:Country data Finland	Salima Peippo	18	Turku
Template:Country data France	Karine Meier	20	Meurthe-et-Moselle
Template:Country data French PolynesiaTemplate:Efn	Vanini Bea	19	Papeete
Template:Country data Germany	Natascha Berg	20	Mannheim
Template:Country data Ghana	Maame Ewarfaah Hawkson	22	Accra
Template:Country data Gibraltar	Tessa Sacramento	19	Gibraltar
Template:Country data Greece	Athanasia Tzoulaki	18	Peloponnese
Template:Country data Guatemala	Cindy Ramírez	24	Guatemala City
Template:Country data Holland	Raja Moussaoui	24	Roermond
Template:Country data Honduras	Verónica Rivera	17	Cortés
Template:Country data Hong Kong	Margaret Kan	20	Hong Kong
Template:Country data Hungary	Judit Kuchta	21	Budapest
Template:Country data Iceland	Elva Dögg Melsteð	21	Reykjavík
Template:Country data India	Priyanka Chopra	18	Jharkhand
Template:Country data Ireland	Yvonne Ellard	21	Tipperary
Template:Country data Israel	Dana Dantes	19	Tel Aviv
Template:Country data Italy	Giorgia Palmas	18	Cagliari
Template:Country data Jamaica	Ayisha Richards	24	Kingston
Template:Country data Japan	Mariko Sugai	23	Tokyo
Template:Country data Kazakhstan	Margarita Kravtsova	19	Almaty
Template:Country data Kenya	Yolanda Masinde	21	Nairobi
Template:Country data Lebanon	Sandra Rizk	18	Beirut
Template:Flagicon Lithuania	Martyna Bimbaitė	16	Palanga
Template:Country data Madagascar	Julianna Todimarina	17	Toamasina
Template:Country data Malaysia	Tan Sun Wei	24	Kuala Lumpur
Template:Country data Malta	Katia Grima	19	Valletta
Template:Country data Mexico	Paulina Flores	20	Culiacán
Template:Country data Moldova	Mariana Moraru †	16	Chișinău
Template:Country data Namibia	Mia de Klerk	21	Windhoek
Template:Country data Nepal	Usha Khadgi	21	Kathmandu
Template:Country data New Zealand	Katherine Allsopp-Smith	21	Auckland
Template:Country data Nigeria	Matilda Kerry	19	Benin City
Template:Country data Northern Ireland	Julie Lee-Ann Martin	20	Belfast
Template:Country data Norway	Stine Pedersen	21	Oslo
Template:Country data Panama	Ana Raquel Ochy	22	Panama City
Template:Country data Paraguay	Patricia Villanueva	17	Asunción
Template:Country data Peru	Tatiana Angulo	23	Trujillo
Template:Country data Philippines	Katherine de Guzman	20	San Carlos
Template:Country data Poland	Justyna Bergmann	18	Warsaw
Template:Country data Portugal	Gilda Dias Pe-Curto	21	Lisbon
Template:Country data Puerto Rico	Sarybel Velilla	24	Toa Alta
Template:Country data Romania	Aleksandra Cosmoiu	20	Bucharest
Template:Country data Russia	Anna Bodareva	19	Moscow
Template:Country data Scotland	Michelle Watson	19	Motherwell
Template:Country data Singapore	Charlyn Ding	19	Singapore
Template:Country data Slovakia	Janka Horečná	20	Žilina
Template:Country data Slovenia	Maša Merc	22	Maribor
Template:Country data South Africa	Heather Joy Hamilton	23	Durban
Template:Country data South KoreaTemplate:Efn	Jung-sun Shin	20	Seoul
Template:Country data Spain	Verónica García	20	Madrid
Template:Country data Sri Lanka	Ganga Gunasekera	25	Colombo
Template:Country data Sweden	Ida Sofia Manneh	23	Stockholm
Template:Country data Switzerland	Mahara McKay	19	Zürich
Template:Flagicon TaiwanTemplate:Efn	Shu-Ting Hao	22	Taipei
Template:Country data Tanzania	Jacqueline Ntuyabelikwe	21	Dar es Salaam
Template:Country data Trinidad and Tobago	Rhonda Rosemin	23	Port of Spain
Template:Country data Turkey	Yüksel Ak	20	Istanbul
Template:Country data Ukraine	Olena Shcherban	17	Kyiv
Template:Country data United States	Angelique Breaux	22	Los Angeles
Template:Country data United States Virgin Islands	Luciah Hedrington	20	Saint Thomas
Template:Country data Uruguay	Katja Thomsen	18	Montevideo
Template:Country data Venezuela	Vanessa Cárdenas	19	Maracaibo
Template:Country data Wales	Sophie-Kate Cahill	17	Cardiff
Template:Country data FR Yugoslavia	Iva Milivojević	19	Belgrade
Template:Country data Zimbabwe	Victoria Moyo	21	Harare

Notes

Replacements

• Template:Country data Denmark – Cecilie Elisa Dahlstrøm
• Template:Country data Russia – Ekaterina Izmail - Dethroned of her crown due to differences with her Organization, just 2 weeks prior leaving for the pageant.

Withdrawals

• Template:Country data Guyana – No contest.
• Template:Country data Latvia – Miss Latvia 1999, Dina Kalandārova withdrew at the last minute for personal reasons. She competed in Miss World 2001 instead.
• Template:Flagicon Liberia
• Template:Country data Seychelles – No contest.
• Template:Country data Sint Maarten – Miss Saint Maarten 2000, Angelique Romou went to Miss Universe instead.
• Template:Country data Swaziland – Their national pageant was delayed until next year.
• Template:Country data Thailand – No contest.
• Template:Country data United Kingdom – No longer competes as United Kingdom. Now competes as its constituent countries instead, England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
• Template:Country data Zambia – No contest.