Results

1  INDIA  Aishwarya Rai  (Queen of Asia & Oceania)

2  SOUTH AFRICA  Basetsane Julia Makgalemele  (Queen of Africa)

3  VENEZUELA  Irene Esther Ferreira Izquierdo  (Queen of Americas)

Top 5

4  ZIMBABWE  Angeline Musasiwa  

5  CROATIA  Branka Bebic  (Queen of Europe)

Top 10

BELGIUM  Ilse De Meulemeester

GREECE  Evangelia "Evi" Adam

MALAYSIA  Rahima Orchient Yayah

PHILIPPINES  Caroline Subijano  

UNITED KINGDOM  Melanie Abdoun (International-Britain '95)

Awards

Miss Personality  THAILAND

Miss Photogenic  INDIA

Best National Costume  VENEZUELA

Remainder

AMERICAN VIRGIN ISLANDS  Jessalyn Pearsall

ARGENTINA  Miriam Elizabeth Nahon (Banana '93, Coffee '94, Int'l Queen of Harvest '94, Sugar Cane '94)

AUSTRALIA  Skye-Jilly Edwards (winner Queen of the Year '93, winner Globe '94)

AUSTRIA  Bianca Engel  (Maja '95)

BAHAMAS  Deanna Tamara North

BANGLADESH  Anika Taher

BOLIVIA  Mariel Gabriela Arce Taborga (Coffee '95)

BOTSWANA  Hazel Kutlo Mmopi

BRAZIL  Valquíria Melnik Blicharski

BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS  Khara Michelle Forbes

BULGARIA  Stella Ognianova

CANADA  Shawna Roberts

CAYMAN ISLANDS  Anita Lilly Bush (Universe '95)  (Queen of Caribbean Isles)

CHILE  Yulissa Macarena del Pino Pinochet

CHINA  Tao Pan 

COLOMBIA  Maria Eugenia González Ponce de León

COSTA RICA  Silvia Ester Muñoz Mata (International '94)

CURACAO  Marisa Corine Bos

CYPRUS  Johanna Uwrin

CZECH REPUBLIC  Lenka Belickova

DENMARK  Sara Maria Wolf  (2nd RU Baltic Sea '96)

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC  Claudia Franjul González

ECUADOR  Diana Margarita Noboa Gordon

ESTONIA  Auli Andersalu

FINLAND  Mia Marianne Forsell

FRANCE  Radiah Latidine

GERMANY  Marte Helberg

GHANA  Matilda Aku Alomatu

GIBRALTAR  Mellissa Berllaque

GUAM  Chalorna Freitas

GUATEMALA  Sonia Maria Rosales Vargas (Sugar Cane '94)

HOLLAND  Yoska Bon

HONG KONG  Annamarie Wood Lai-Ming

HUNGARY  Timea Farkas

ICELAND  Birna Bragadóttir (winner Scandinavia '95)

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

ISRAEL  Shirley Schwartzberg

ITALY  Arianna Novacco

JAMAICA  Johanna Simone Ulett

JAPAN  Shinobu Sushida

KENYA  Josephine Wanjiku Mbatia (Universe '95)

KOREA  Yeon-hee Chae 

LATVIA  Daina Tobija

LEBANON  Lara Badawi

MACAU  Ji-Min Chen (Chinese International '95)

MAURITIUS  Marie Priscilla Mardaymootoo (Universe '95)

MEXICO  Claudia Hernández Rodríguez (winner Maja '95)

NEW ZEALAND  Shelley Jeannine Edwards (Universe '95)

NIGERIA  Suzan Hart (Universe '94)

NORWAY  Anne Lena Hansen (winner International '95)

PANAMA  Carmen Lucía Ogando Ginono

PARAGUAY  Jannyne Elena Peyrat Scolari (Globe '94, International '94)

PERU  Marcia Pérez Marcés

POLAND  Jadwiga Flank  (SF Queen of the Year '95)

PORTUGAL  Leonor Filipa Correia Leal Rodrigues

PUERTO RICO  Joyce Marie Giraud Mojica (2nd RU Universe '98)

ROMANIA  Leona Dalia Voicu

RUSSIA  Anna Malova  (winner Baltic Sea '94, SF Universe '98)

SEYCHELLES  Marquise David

SINGAPORE  Pickard Angela Lee Kim Mei

SLOVAK REPUBLIC  Karin Majtanova  (International '93)

SLOVENIA  Janja Zupan

SPAIN  Virginia Pareja Garófano

SRI LANKA  Nushara Rusri Pramali Fernando (SF Asia Pacific '92, Universe '94, SF Mrs World '01)

ST. LUCIA  Yasmine Lyndel Walcott

ST. VINCENT & the GRENADINES  Cornise Yearwood

SWAZILAND  Stephanie Wesselo

SWEDEN  Sofia Andersson  (winner Teen International '93)

SWITZERLAND  Sarah Briguet (Universe '95)

TAHITI  Vaea Christine Sandra Olanda

TAIWAN  Joanne Chung-Chun Wu (Universe '94)

TANZANIA  Aina William Maeda

THAILAND  Patinya "If" Thongsri

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO  Anabel Thomas

TURKEY  Pinar Altug

UKRAINE  Nataliya Vasilievna Kozitskaya (SF International '97)

USA  Kristie Harmon

NO SHOWS:

LITHUANIA  Jurga Tautkute

UGANDA  Grace Vanessa Mungoma

NEPAL  Ruby Rana

REPLACED:

RUSSIA  Yulia Alekseeva

KOREA  Young-ah Kim

FRANCE  Valerie Claisse

UKRAINE  Terezia Lazarenko

DEBUTS:  Bangladesh, China, Estonia

WITHDRAWALS:  Aruba, Bermuda, El Salvador, Honduras, Lithuania, Malta, Namibia, Uganda, Uruguay

RETURNS:  Botswana, Ghana, Hungary, Kenya, Peru, Romania, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Seychelles, Tahiti, Tanzania, Ukraine

JUDGES:

01- Eric Morley - Organizer of Miss World and Chairman of the Judges.

02- Zinzi Mandela Hlongwane - Writer, Poet, Community Leader and daughter of the President of South Africa.

03- Tony Leung Ka-Fai - Hong Kong Actor.

04- Eileen Ford - Owner and Founder of the Ford Modeling Agency.

05- Ron Moss - Actor of the CBS soap opera "The Bold and the Beautiful".

06- Katherine Kelly Lang - Actress on the CBS soap opera "The Bold and the Beautiful."

07- Patrick Lichfield - British Photographer and Earl.

08- Marsha Rae Ratcliff - Variety Club International Ambassador and Actress.

09- Andrés García - Renowned Mexican Actor.

10- Iman - International model of Somali origin.

11- Charles Dance - English actor.