Results

1  USA  Brook Antoinette Mahealani Lee

2  VENEZUELA  Marena Josefina Bencomo Jiménez (1st RU Coffee '96, Top 6 South America '96)

3  TRINIDAD & TOBAGO  Margot Rita Burgeois

Top 6

4  CURACAO  Verna Angela Maria Vasquez

5  ITALY  Denny Andreína Méndez de la Rosa

6  PANAMA  Lía Victoria Borrero González (winner International '98)

Top 10

7  ESTONIA  Kristiina Heinmets (2nd RU Baltic Sea '98)

8  PUERTO RICO  Ana Rosa Brito Suárez (International '90, World '93)

9  SWEDEN  Victoria Lagerström

10  INDIA  Nafisa Joseph

Awards

Miss Amity  AUSTRALIA

Miss Photogenic  PHILIPPINES

Best National Costume  1) COLOMBIA, 2) HONDURAS, 3) PERU

Best in Swim Suit  CURACAO

Remainder

ARGENTINA  Nazarena Vanesa González Almada (International '93, South America '96, Banana '97, Nuestra Belleza '97, Sudamericana '97)

ARUBA  Karen-Ann Peterson

AUSTRALIA  Laura Csortan (SF World '97)

BAHAMAS  Nestasea Sandra Sealy

BELGIUM  Laurence Borremans (SF World '96)

BELIZE  Sharon Domínguez (Nuestra Belleza '94)

BERMUDA  Naomi Darrell

BOLIVIA  Helga Bauer Salas (Coffee '97)

BONAIRE  Jhane-Louise Landwier (World '96)

BRAZIL  Nayla Fernanda Affonso Micherif (Nuestra Belleza '97)

BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS  Melinda Penn

BULGARIA  Krasimira Todorova

CANADA  Carmen Kempt

CHILE  Claudia Paulette Delpín Corssen

COLOMBIA  Claudia Elena Vásquez Ángel

COSTA RICA  Gabriela Aguilar Chavarría (winner Banana '95, winner Asia Pacific '96)

CROATIA  Kristina Cherina

CYPRUS  Korina Nicolaou

CZECH REPUBLIC  Petra Minarova (World '96)

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC  Cesarina del Carmen Mejía Polanco

ECUADOR  Maria José López Verdu

EGYPT  Eiman Abdallah Thakeb

EL SALVADOR  Carmen Irene Carrillo Vilanova (Nuestra Belleza '97)

FINLAND  Karita Hanna-Maria Tuomola (winner Baltic Sea '98, 1st RU Scandinavia '98)

FRANCE  Patricia Spéhar (SF International '98)

GERMANY  Agathe Neuner (withdrew Europe '97)

GREECE  Elina Zisi

GUATEMALA  Carol Annabella Aquino Bonilla (Maja '95, Nuestra Belleza '97, Coffee '98)

HONDURAS  Joselina García Cobos (Coffee '97)

HONG KONG  San-San Lee (1st RU Chinese International '97)

HUNGARY  Ildiko Kecan

ICELAND  Solveig Lilja Gudmundsdóttir (Europe '96)

IRELAND  Fiona Mullally

ISRAEL  Dikla Hamdi

JAMAICA  Nadine Julian Thomas

KOREA  Eun-hee Lee

LEBANON  Dalida Chammai

MALAYSIA  Trincy Low Ee Bing (World '95)

MALTA  Claire Grech

MAURITIUS  Cindy Cesar

MEXICO  Rebeca Lynn Tamez Jones

NAMIBIA  Sheya Shipanga (World '97)

NEW ZEALAND  Marina Alofagia McCartney

NORTHERN MARIANAS  Melanie Sibetang

PARAGUAY  Rossana Elizabeth Giménez Pereira (Sudamericana '97, Coffee '98)

PERU  Claudia Maria Dopf Scarsi

PHILIPPINES  Abbygale Williamson Arenas

POLAND  Agnieszka Zielinska (World '96, 1st RU Europe '97, 1st RU World University '97)

PORTUGAL  Lara Antunes (SF Europe '97)

ROMANIA  Diana Maria Urdareanu

RUSSIA  Anna Baychik

SINGAPORE  Tricia Tan Siew Siew

SLOVAK REPUBLIC  Lucia Povrazníková

SOUTH AFRICA  Mbali Gasa

SPAIN  Inés Sainz Esteban

SWITZERLAND  Mélanie Winiger (World '96)

TAIWAN  Kai-Ti Chiou

THAILAND  Suangsada Rodprasert

TURKEY  Yesim Cetin

TURKS & CAICOS  Keisha Delancy

U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS  Vania Thomas (SF World '89)

UKRAINE  Nataliya Nadtochey (Globe '96, SF Europe '97, World '98)

URUGUAY  Adriana Cano García

ZIMBABWE  Lorraine Magwenzi

WITHDREW:

WESTERN SAMOA  Maryjane Moe McKibbin (quit after 2 days)

NO SHOWS:

DENMARK  Mette Ravn Ibsen 

GREAT BRITAIN  Liz Fuller

NETHERLANDS  Leoni Boon

NICARAGUA  Luz Maria Sánchez Herdocia

NIGERIA  Emma Komlosy

NORWAY  Eva Sjoholt

ZAMBIA  Tukuza Tembo

HAITI  Katia Brisson

REPLACED:

CHILE  Hetu'u Rapu (underage)

GERMANY  Nadine Schmidt

IRELAND  Niamh Marie Redmond

ISRAEL  Mirit Greenberg (under age)

RUSSIA  Alexandra Petrova

UKRAINE  Natalya Shvachko

DEBUTS: Croatia

WITHDRAWALS: Cayman Islands, Cook Islands, Denmark, Ghana, Great Britain, Indonesia, Netherlands, Norway, Sri Lanka

RETURNS: Bermuda, Mauritius, US Virgin Islands

JUDGES:

Preliminary competition

1- Jorge Arrizurieta - Director of public affairs for Huizenga Holdings.

2- Tommy Baratta - Owner of Biz Bistro.

3- Andrea Contant - World-class fitness expert and a former Ms Fitness World Champion. 

4- Fritz Dominique - Model 

5- Lyndi Greene - Agency director of MTM Miami. 

6- Brooke Landau - Television host and model. 

7- Eric Omores - Owner of Bash nightclub in Miami Beach.

8- Tommy Puccio - Club and restaurant promoter. 

9- Bambi Torres - Fashion photographer. 

10- Roslyn Williams - Executive director of the South Florida Black Film Festival.

Final telecast

1- Pat O'Brien - CBS sports reporter.

2- Mike Love - Lead singer of the Beach Boys. 

3- Cristina Saralegui - Univision talk-show host.

4- Eva Herzigova - International model. 

5- Monique Pillard - President of Elite Model Management.

6- Carolina Herrera - Venezuelan Fashion designer.

7- James E. Billie - Entertainer and chief of the Seminole Tribe of Florida.

8- Ingrid Seynhaeve - Fashion model.

9- Tommy Ford - Actor and Film Director.