MISS UNIVERSE 2001
friday, may 11, 2001
Coliseo Rubén Rodríguez, Bayamón, Puerto Rico
77 contestants
PRESENTERS: Elle macpherson, naomi campbell
commentators: Todd newton, brook lee
entertainment: ricky martin, la ley
Results
1 PUERTO RICO Denisse Maria Quiñones August
2 GREECE Evelina Papantoniou
3 USA Kandace Gayle Krueger
4 VENEZUELA Eva Monica Anna Ekvall Johnson
5 INDIA Celina Jaitley
Top 10
6 SPAIN Eva Sisó Casals
7 NIGERIA Ibiagbanidokibubo "Agbani" Asenite Darego (winner World '01)
8 ISRAEL Ilanit Levy
9 RUSSIA Oksana Kalandyrets (SF Europe '01)
10 FRANCE Elodie Gossuin (winner Europe '01)
Awards
Miss Amity BAHAMAS
Miss Photogenic PUERTO RICO
Best National Costume 1) KOREA, 2) PHILIPPINES, 3) HONDURAS
Best in Swim Suit PUERTO RICO
Clairol Style Award PUERTO RICO
Remainder
ANGOLA Hidianeth Luisa Cussema
ANTIGUA & BARBUDA Janil Lydia-Therese Bird
ARGENTINA Romina Incicco
ARUBA Denise Vanessa Balinge
BAHAMAS Nakera Simms
BELGIUM Dina Tersago (World '01)
BOLIVIA Claudia Andrea Araño Antelo (1st RU Coffee '02)
BOTSWANA Mataila Sikwane
BRAZIL Juliana Dornelles Borges
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS Kacy Frett
BULGARIA Ivaila Bakalova
CANADA Cristina Yvonne Remond (World Miss University '00)
CAYMAN ISLANDS Jacqueline Bush (World '00)
CHILE Carolina Andrea Gámez Gallardo
COLOMBIA Andrea Maria Noceti Gómez
COSTA RICA Paola Calderón Hütt (Coffee '01)
CROATIA Maja Cecic-Vidos
CURACAO Maria Fatima Sint Jago
CYPRUS Stella Demetriou
CZECH REPUBLIC Petra Kocarova
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Claudia Cruz de los Santos
ECUADOR Jéssica Eliana Bermúdez Ronquillo
EGYPT Sarah Shaheen
EL SALVADOR Grace Marie Zabaneh Menéndez (Earth '01)
ESTONIA Inna Roos
FINLAND Heidi Willman (Scandinavia '02, winner Baltic Sea '02)
GERMANY Claudia Bechstein
GHANA Precious Agyare
GUATEMALA Rosa María Castañeda Aldana (International '01, Coffee '02)
HONDURAS Olenka Miroslava Fuschich
HUNGARY Agnes Helbert
IRELAND Lesley Turner
ITALY Stefania Maria
JAMAICA Zahra Burton
JAPAN Misao Arauchi
KOREA Sa-rang Kim
LEBANON Sandra Rizk (World '00)
MALAYSIA Tung Mei Chin
MALTA Rosalie Theuma
MEXICO Jacqueline Bracamontes Van-Hoorde
NETHERLANDS Reshma Roopram
NEW ZEALAND Kateao Nehua
NICARAGUA Ligia Cristina Argüello Roa (Top 5 World '01)
NORTHERN MARIANAS Janet Han King
NORWAY Linda Marshall
PANAMA Ivette Maria Cordovez Usuga
PARAGUAY Rosemary Britez (Queen of the World '00)
PERU Viviana Magaly del Rocio Rivasplata Aita (SF Asia-Pacific '98, World '01)
PHILIPPINES Zorayda Ruth Blanco Andam
POLAND Monika Gruda
PORTUGAL Telma Rute Jesus Santos
SINGAPORE Jaime Teo Chai-Lin
SLOVAK REPUBLIC Zuzana Basturova
SLOVENIA Minka Alagi
SOUTH AFRICA Jo-Ann Cindy Strauss (SF World '01)
SWEDEN Malin Isabel Sofie dos Santos Cardoso Olsson
SWITZERLAND Mahara McKay (World '00)
TAIWAN Hsin-Ting Chiang (International '00)
THAILAND Varinthorn "Uan" Padungvithee
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO Alexia Charlerie (Queen of the World '02)
TURKEY Sedef Avci
TURKS & CAICOS Shereen Novie Gardiner
UKRAINE Yuliya Linova
URUGUAY Carla Leticia Piaggio Taracido
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS Lisa Hasseba Wayne
YUGOSLAVIA Ana Jankovic
ZIMBABWE Tsungai Muswerakuenda
NO SHOWS:
ALBANIA Gentiana Ramadani
BARBADOS Leilani McConney
CHINA Shanyi Wei
COOK ISLANDS Louisa Maire Browne
DENMARK Cecilie Elisa Dahlstrom
GAMBIA Astou Njie
GREAT BRITAIN Michelle Evans
HONG KONG Vivian Wai Wan Lau
ICELAND Elín Málfríður Magnúsdóttir
INDONESIA Bernika Ifada
MAURITIUS Karen Alexandre
MOZAMBIQUE Nica Laila Gemo
NAMIBIA Michelle Heita
VIETNAM Ngân Phan Thu
REPLACED:
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS Shakima Nashama Stoutt (under age)
HONDURAS Esther Eden
RUSSIA Oksana Gennadyevna Fedorova (took exams at Interior Ministry training school May 15)
POLAND Malgorzata Rozniecka
SPAIN Lorena Van Heerde Ayala (under age)
DEBUTS: Slovenia
WITHDRAWALS: Australia, Belize, Denmark, Great Britain, Guam, Hong Kong, Mauritius, Namibia, St. Martin
RETURNS: Antigua & Barbuda, Curacao, Nicaragua, Northern Marianas, Turkey, US Virgin Islands
JUDGES:
Preliminary competition
1- Betty Cortina - Editorial director of Latina Magazine.
2- Bruno Del Granado - Music Agent.
3- Olga Liriano - Brand and Creative Marketing Director.
4- Adam Glassman - Creative Director of O, the Oprah Winfrey Magazine.
5- Alex Lasky - TV Creative Producer.
6- Hank Cohen - President of MGM Television Entertaiment.
7- Patricia De la Torre - Writer and Columnist.
8- Ednita Nazario - Puerto Rican Singer.
Final telecast
1- Mini Anden - Fashion model.
2- Kel Gleason - Survivor 2 contestant.
3- Marc Bouwer - International Fashion designer.
4- Veronica Webb - Model, writer and actress.
5- Richard Johnson - Columnist of New Yorkers page six.
6- Dayanara Torres - Miss Universe 1993 from Puerto Rico.
7- Tyson Beckford - Male supermodel.
8- Marc Anthony - Singer from Puerto Rico.