Results

1  BOTSWANA  Mpule Keneilwe Kwelagobe (World '97)

2  PHILIPPINES  Miriam Redito Quiambao

3  SPAIN  Diana Nogueira González

Top 5

4  VENEZUELA  Lucbel Carolina Indriago Pinto

5  SOUTH AFRICA  Sonia Raciti (2nd RU World '99)

Top 10

6  MEXICO  Silvia Salgado Cavazos (Coffee '99)

7  INDIA  Gul Panag

8  PUERTO RICO  Brenda Liz López Ramos

9  JAMAICA  Nicole Shereen Haughton

10  GHANA  Akuba Cudjoe

Awards

Miss Amity  PORTUGAL

Miss Photogenic  PUERTO RICO

Best National Costume  1) TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, 2) VENEZUELA, 3) LEBANON

Oscar de la Renta Best in Swim Wear  SPAIN

Miss Clairol Herbal Essences Best Style Award  PHILIPPINES

Remainder

ANGOLA  Egídia Torres

ARGENTINA  Elena Mabel Fournier Picciolo

ARUBA  Irina Tamara Croes (Coffee '99)

AUSTRALIA  Michelle Shead

AUSTRIA  Katja Giebner

BAHAMAS  Glennis Knowles

BARBADOS  Olivia Harding

BELGIUM  Tanja Dexters (World '98)

BELIZE  Viola Jeffery

BOLIVIA  Susana Barrientos Roig (1st RU Nuestra Belleza '96, winner Sudamericana '98)

BONAIRE  Julina Felida

BRAZIL  Renata Bomfiglio Fan (winner World Miss University '00)

BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS  Movel Lewis

CANADA  Shannon Erin McArthur

CAYMAN ISLANDS  Gemma Marie McLaughlin (World '98)

CHILE  Andrea Ximena Muñoz Sessarego

COLOMBIA  Marianella Maal Pacini

COOK ISLANDS  Tina Marie Vogel

COSTA RICA  Arianna Bolaños Ugalde

CROATIA  Marijana Kuzina

CURACAO  Jouraine Gregoria Ricardo (Teen International '93)

CYPRUS  Valentini Dionysiou

CZECH REPUBLIC  Petra Faltynova (SF International '98)

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC  Luz Cecilia García Guzmán (World '99)

ECUADOR  Carolina Alfonso De la Paz

EGYPT  Engy Mohammed Abdalla (International '99)

EL SALVADOR  Cynthia Carolina Cevallos Montoya (SF Latin America '00)

ESTONIA  Triin Rannat

FINLAND  Vanessa Forsman (2nd RU Scandinavia '00)

FRANCE  Maréva Karine Galanter

GERMANY  Diana Drubig (3rd RU Intercontinental '99)

GREAT BRITAIN  Cherie-Louise Pisani

GREECE  Sofia Raptis

GUATEMALA  Mónica Penedo Klee (Asia Pacific '99, Coffee '00, Queen of the World '00)

GUYANA  Morvinia Sobers

HONDURAS  Daryella Sofia Guerrero Canizales (SF Coffee '99)

HONG KONG  Anne Heung Hoi-Lan (2nd RU Chinese International '99)

HUNGARY  Anett Garami

IRELAND  Vivienne Doyle (World '98)

ISRAEL  Rana Raslan

ITALY  Gloria Bellicchi

JAPAN  Satomi Ogawa

KOREA  Ji-hyun Choi 

LEBANON  Clemence Achkar (World '98, International '99)

MALAYSIA  Jeanette Ooi Phaik Kween

MALTA  Dorianne Muscat

MAURITIUS  Micaella L'Hortalle

NAMIBIA  Vaanda Katjiuongua

NEW ZEALAND  Kristy Wilson

NICARAGUA  Liliana Sofia Pilarte Centeno

NIGERIA  Angela Ukpoma

NORTHERN MARIANAS  Cherlyn Brel Cabrera

PANAMA  Yamaní Esther Saied Calviño

PARAGUAY  Carmen Alicia Morínigo Machuca (Banana '99)

PERU  Fabiola Lazo

POLAND  Katarzyna "Kassia" Pakula

PORTUGAL  Marisa Ferreira (Europe '99)

RUSSIA  Alexandra Valeryievna Petrova (SF Europe '97)

SINGAPORE  Cheryl Marie Cordeiro

SLOVAK REPUBLIC  Aneta Kuklova

SURINAM  Serafiya Niekoop

SWEDEN  Emma-Helena Nilsson

SWITZERLAND  Sonia Grandjean (World '98)

TAIWAN  Wan-Fei Wang (3rd RU Asia Pacific '99)

THAILAND  Apisamai Srirangsun

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO  Nicole Simone Dyer

TURKEY  Oznur Erkan

TURKS & CAICOS  Shantell S. Stubbs

UKRAINE  Zhanna Pikhulya

URUGUAY  Verónica González (2nd RU Intercontinental '99)

USA  Kimberly Ann Pressler

U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS  Sherece Shurmain Smith

YUGOSLAVIA  Ana Karic

ZAMBIA  Esanju Kalopa

DISQUALIFIED:

GUAM  Tisha Elaine Heflin (arrived but disqualified on May 19th because of pregnancy)

NO SHOWS:

BULGARIA  Elena Angelova

DENMARK  Maria Hjelmborg 

ICELAND  Guðbjörg Hermannsdóttir

NETHERLANDS  Mirjam Bowman

NORWAY  Henriette Dankertsen

ROMANIA  Nicoleta Luciu

ST. MAARTEN  Ifelola Badejo

ZIMBABWE  Brita Masalethulini

REPLACED:

BARBADOS  Michelle Selman

GREAT BRITAIN  Nicki Lane

PHILIPPINES  Janelle Delfin Bautista (American citizen)

MAURITIUS  Oona Sujaya Fulena

SPAIN  Lorena Raquel Bernal Pascual (underage)

DEBUTS: Botswana

WITHDRAWALS: Bulgaria, Guam, Netherlands, Norway, Romania, Zimbabwe

RETURNS: Austria, Barbados, Cayman Islands, Cook Islands, Guyana, Suriname, Turks & Caicos, Zambia

JUDGES:

Preliminary competition

1- Barbara Barna - Director of Talent Development for VH1.

2- Laura Encinas - Photo editor of Latina Magazine.

3- Jeff Gossett - Owner of the Fabulous Moomba restaurant in NYC.

4- Carlisle Harris - Artist and president of the Odd Society of Trinidad and Tobago.

5- Shaka Hislop - Professional footballer and goalkeeper.

6- Gary W. Hunt - Fashion Designer and Director of Radical Designs.

7- Lesley-Ann Lucky-Samaroo, Trinidadian barrister.

8- John Tutolo - Stylist for Tom Ford of Gucci.

National Costumes

1- Conrad Aleong - President & CEO of BWIA.

2- Hilary Bengochea - Marketing Director of Carib Brewery.

3- Gillian Bishop - Costume designer.

4- Lloyd De Suze - Director of Guillespie and Steel.

5- Ronald Huggins - Managing Director of Republic Bank.

6- Issa Nicholas - Chairman of Issa Nicholas Group of Companies.

7- Charisse Parsons - A New York Model and Interior Designer.

8- Mark Pereira - Curator and owner of 101 Tragarete Rd. Art Gallery.

9- Richard Sabga - Owner of one of the largest wholesales and retail stores for fashion fabrics.

10- Richard Afong - Rugby player and works at the National Carnival Commission.

Final telecast

1- Kylie Bax - Actress and Fashion Model.

2- Patrick DeMarchelier - International Photographer.

3- Melania Knauss - Fashion Model.

4- Charles A. Gargano - Former Ambassador of Trinidad & Tobago and businessman.

5- Sirio Maccioni - Owner of New York's chic Le Cirque restaurant.

6- Marcus Schenkenberg - Male Supermodel.

7- Bruce Smith - Buffalo Bills lineman.

8- Diane Smith - Senior Editor of Sport Illustrated.

9- Stephanie Seymour - Supermodel and face of Victoria's Secret.

10- Evander Holyfield - World heavyweight boxing champion.