Results

1  USA  Chelsi Mariam-Pearl Smith

2  INDIA  Manpreet Brar

3  CANADA  Lana Buchberger

Top 6

4  TRINIDAD & TOBAGO  Arlene Peterkin

5  PUERTO RICO  Desirée Lowry Rodríguez (SF Queen of the World '94, 3rd RU Coffee '95)

6  VENEZUELA  Denyse del Carmen Floreano Camargo

Top 10

7  SOUTH AFRICA  Augustine Masilela

8  EL SALVADOR  Eleonora Beatrice Carrillo Alamanni (4th RU Nuestra Belleza '94)

9  DOMINICAN REPUBLIC  Cándida Elizabeth Lara Betances  (International '95, winner Coffee '96)

10  COLOMBIA  Tatiana Leonor Castro Abuchaibe

Awards

Miss Amity  NIGERIA

Miss Photogenic  SWEDEN

Best National Costume  1) SPAIN, 2) BRAZIL, 3) ZAMBIA

Best Hair  PERU

Best in Swim Suit  USA

Remainder

ARUBA  Marie-Denise Herrlein

AUSTRALIA  Jacqueline Shooter

BAHAMAS  Shammine Tenika Lindsay

BELIZE  Deborah Wade

BOLIVIA  Sandra Rivero Zimmermann

BONAIRE  Donna Landwier

BRAZIL  Renata Aparecida Bessa Soares

BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS  Elaine Patricia Henry

BULGARIA  Boiana Dimitrova

CAYMAN ISLANDS  Anita Lilly Bush (World '94)

CHILE  Paola Andrea Falcone Bacigalupo

COOK ISLANDS  Tarita Brown

COSTA RICA  Beatriz Alejandra Alvarado Mejía (Coffee '95)

CURACAO  Maruschka Jansen

CYPRUS  Clara Davina Rainbow

CZECH REPUBLIC  Eva Kotulanova

DENMARK  Tina Dam

ECUADOR  Radmila Padnzic Arapov (2nd RU Latin America '90, Maja '91)

EGYPT  Nadia Ezz

ESTONIA  Enel Eha

FINLAND  Heli Pirhonen (Scandinavia '96, Baltic Sea '96)

FRANCE  Corinne Lauret

GERMANY  Ilka Endres (International '90, Baltic Sea '91, SF Europe '95)

GREAT BRITAIN  Sarah-Jane Southwick

GREECE  Helen Papaioannou

GUAM  Alia Tui Stevens (Asia Pacific '95)

GUATEMALA  Indira Lili Chinchilla Paz (International '95)

HONG KONG  Halina Tam Siu-Wan (Top 5 Chinese International '95)

HUNGARY  Andrea Harsanyi

ICELAND  Margret Skuladóttir Sigurz (SF Europe '94)

INDONESIA  Susanty Priliani Adresina Manuhutu

IRELAND  Anna Maria McCarthy (Europe '95, World '95)

ISRAEL  Yana Kalman (SF Europe '95)

ITALY  Alessandra Meloni

JAMAICA  Justine Willoughby

JAPAN  Narumi Saeki

KENYA  Josephine Wanjiku Mbatia (World '94)

KOREA  Sung-joo Han 

MALAYSIA  Suziela Binte Azrai

MALTA  Sonia Massa

MAURITIUS  Marie Priscilla Mardaymootoo (World '94, Queen of the Clubs '97)

MEXICO  Luz Maria Zetina Lugo

NAMIBIA  Patricia Burt

NETHERLANDS  Chantal Van Woensel

NEW ZEALAND  Shelley Jeannine Edwards (World '94)

NICARAGUA  Linda Asalia Clerk Castillo (Nuestra Belleza '95)

NIGERIA  Toyin Enitan Raji (World '95)

NORTHERN MARIANAS  Karah Kirschenheiter

NORWAY  Line Sandvik

PANAMA  Michele Jeanette Sage Navarrete

PARAGUAY  Bettina Rosemary Barboza Caffarena (SF Maja '95, Nuestra Belleza '95, Coffee '96)

PERU  Paola Dellepiane Gianotti (World '95)

PHILIPPINES  Joanne Zapanta Santos

POLAND  Magdalena Pecikiewicz (Europe '95)

PORTUGAL  Adriana Iria (Europe '95)

ROMANIA  Monika Grosu

RUSSIA  Yulia Alekseeva (1st RU Europe '93)

SEYCHELLES  Maria Payet

SINGAPORE  Tun Neesa Abdullah

SLOVAK REPUBLIC  Nikoleta Meszarosova (International '94, SF Europe '94)

SPAIN  María Reyes Vásquez

SRI LANKA  Shivani Vasagam (Asia Pacific '93, World '95, 4th RU Mrs World '99)

SWEDEN  Petra Cecilia Alexandra Hultgren

SWITZERLAND  Sarah Briguet (World '94)

TAIWAN  Chia-Yi Liao 

THAILAND  Suzanna Pavadee Vicheinrut

TURKEY  Gamze Saygi

TURKS & CAICOS  Sharleen Rochelle Grant

U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS  Kim Marie Ann Boschulte

UKRAINE  Irina Ivoanova Victorovna Chernomaz

URUGUAY  Sandra Znidaric

ZAMBIA  Luo Trica Punabantu

Withdrew

ARGENTINA  Cecilia Beatriz Galliano

NO SHOWS:

BELGIUM  Ilse De Meulemeester

LUXEMBOURG  Paola Roberto

GHANA  Matilda Aku Alomatu

ZIMBABWE  Dionne Best

HONDURAS  Sayda Umaña López

ST.VINCENT & THE GRENADINES  Wendy Binoe

LITHUANIA  Ieva Simkunaite

REPLACED:

FRANCE  Mélody Vilbert

UKRAINE  Vladylena "Vlada" Litovichenko  (married)

DEBUTS: Seychelles, Ukraine, Zambia 

WITHDRAWALS: Argentina, Belgium, Honduras, Luxembourg, Swaziland, Zimbabwe

RETURNS: Belize, Bonaire, Czech Republic, Indonesia, Kenya, Nicaragua, South Africa, US Virgin Islands

JUDGES:

1- Ann Magnuson - Actress and Singer.

2- Zakes Mokae - Actor from South Africa.

3- Lucero - Singer and Actress from Mexico.

4- Dan McVicar - Actor.

5- Natasha Alexandrovna - Russian Pop Star and political activist.

6- Phil Gallo - Entertainment Writer.

7- Vanessa Bell Calloway - Actress.

8- Peter Kwong - Actor and Community activist-fundraiser.

9- Irene Saez - Miss Universe 1981 from Venezuela.

10- Freddy Taylor - Actor and recording star from Namibia.