Results

1  GREECE  Irene Skliva  (Queen of Europe)

2  COLOMBIA  Carolina Arango Corrales  (Queen of Americas)

3  BRAZIL  Anuska Valéria Prado

Top 5

4  INDIA  Rani Joan Jeyraj  (Queen of Asia & Oceania)

5  VENEZUELA  Anna Cepinska Miszczak

Top 10

ARUBA  Afranina Henriquez (SF TMOW ' 96, 2nd RU Intercontinental '97)   (Queen of Caribbean Isles)

BELGIUM  Laurence Borremans (Universe '97)

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC  Idelsa Núñez Torres

MEXICO  Yessica Salazar González

SOUTH AFRICA  Peggy-Sue Khumalo  (Queen of Africa)

Awards

Miss Personality  PHILIPPINES

Miss Photogenic  VENEZUELA

Most Spectacular Beach Wear  MEXICO

Most Spectacular Evening Dress  INDIA

Most Spectacular National Dress  BRAZIL

Remainder

AMERICAN VIRGIN ISLANDS  Emoliere Williams

ARGENTINA  Fernanda Fernández Ramírez

AUSTRALIA  Nicole Anne Smith

AUSTRIA  Bettina Buxbaumer

BANGLADESH  Rhenuma Dilruba

BOLIVIA  Andrea Mariana Forti Sandoval (Top 6 South America '96)

BONAIRE  Jhane-Louise Landwier (Universe '97)

BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA  Belma Zvrko (Globe '97)

BOTSWANA  Joyce Manase

BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS  Ayana Ineta Glasgow

BULGARIA  Vera Kamenova

CANADA  Michelle Carrie Lillian Weswaldi (Oktoberfest '96, Intercontinental '01, Earth '01)

CHILE  Luz Francisca Valenzuela Höllzer

COSTA RICA  Natalia Carvajal Lorenzo (Coconut '95)

CROATIA  Vanja Rupena

CURACAO  Yandra Angelica Faulborn (4th RU Ambar '97)

CYPRUS  Maria Papaprodromou

CZECH REPUBLIC  Petra Minarova (Universe '97)

ECUADOR  Jennifer Lynn Graham Dumani

ESTONIA  Mari-Liis Kapustin

FINLAND  Hanna Hirvonen

FRANCE  Séverine Deroualle

GERMANY  Melanie Ernst

GHANA  Sheila Azuntaba

GIBRALTAR  Samantha Lane

GRENADA  Aria Johnson

GUAM  Aileen Maravilla Villanueva

GUATEMALA  Maria Gabriela Rosales Castellaños

HOLLAND  Petra Hoost

HONG KONG  Chillie Poon

HUNGARY  Andrea Deak (Universe '96)

IRELAND  Niamh Marie Redmond

ISRAEL  Talia Lewenthal

ITALY  Mara De Gennaro

JAMAICA  Selena Delgado

JAPAN  Miyuki Fujii

KENYA  Pritpal Kulwant Dhamu

KOREA  Soo-jin Seol 

LATVIA  Anta Dukure

LEBANON  Nisrine Sami Nasr (International '97)

LITHUANIA  Daiva Anuzyte

MACAU  Guiomar Madeira da Silva Pedruco (Top 5 Chinese International '97)

MACEDONIA  Vesna Mesterovich

MALAYSIA  Qu-an How Cheok Kuan

NEW ZEALAND  Kelly Rose Mischewski

NIGERIA  Emma Komlosy

NORWAY  Eva Sjoholt

PANAMA  Norma Elida Pérez Rodríguez

PARAGUAY  Maria Ingrid Götze Scheunemann

PERU  Mónica Chacón De Vettori (winner Coffee '97)

PHILIPPINES  Daisy Garcia Reyes

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

PORTUGAL  Ana Mafalda Schaefer de Almeida Santos

PUERTO RICO  Marissa de la Caridad Hernández

ROMANIA  Carmen Radoi

RUSSIA  Victoriya Tsapitsyna

SEYCHELLES  Christina Pillay

SINGAPORE  Carol Tan  (Hawaiian Tropic '95)

SLOVAK REPUBLIC  Linda Lencova

SLOVENIA  Alenka Vindis

SPAIN  Patricia Ruiz Fernández

SWAZILAND  Olive Healy

SWEDEN  Åsa Margareta Johansson  

SWITZERLAND  Mélanie Winiger  (Universe '97)

TAHITI  Hinerava Hiro

TAIWAN  Hsiao-Fen Chen  (Universe '96)

TANZANIA  Shose Akaro Sinare

THAILAND  Cynthia Carmen "Cindy" Sirinya Burbridge Winsiri

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO  Sharda Ramlogan (Maja '95, winner Caraibes Hibiscus '96)

TURKEY  Serpil Sevilay Ozturk (Universe '96)

UGANDA  Sheba Kerere

UKRAINE  Nataliya Shvachko (Universe '00)

UNITED KINGDOM  Rachael Liza Warner (Europe-WALES '95, International-Britain '97)

USA  Kelly Webber

URUGUAY  Claudia Verónica Gallarreta Olmedo (Top 6 South America '96)

YUGOSLAVIA  Slavica Krivokuca

ZAMBIA  Alice Banda

ZIMBABWE  Nomsa Ndiweni

NO SHOWS:

TUNISIA  Ibtissem Lahmar

BAHAMAS  Nicole Sophia Symonette

BARBADOS  Renee Nicole Rawlins

MAURITIUS  Cindy Cesar

ICELAND  Auður Geirsdóttir

NAMIBIA  Faghma Absalom

NEPAL  Poonam Ghimire

REPLACED:

PORTUGAL  Claudia Teixeira

PUERTO RICO  Lilly Sein Martorell

ECUADOR  Karina de Lourdes Guerra Manzo

ESTONIA  Maie Jogar

TURKEY  Pinar Tezcan

DEBUTS:  Bonaire, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Macedonia

WITHDRAWALS:  Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Denmark

RETURNS:  Grenada, Kenya, Uganda, Uruguay, Yugoslavia

JUDGES:

01.- Andre Sekulic - Vice President and Director of Mastercard for Asia.

02.- Linda Pettursdóttir - Miss World 1988 from Iceland.

03.- Vijay Mallya - Wealthy businessman from India.

04.- Marlene Cardin - TV Entrepreneur, President and Founder of Video Fashion.

05.- Aamir Khan - Famous Indian actor.

06.- Aishwarya Rai - Miss World 1994 from India.

07.- Sanath Jayasurya - Famous Sri Lankan cricketer.

08.- Ninibeth (Nina) Leal - Miss World 1991 from Venezuela.

09.- Tom Nuyens - Mr. World 1996 from Belgium.

10.- Parmeshwar Godrej - Philanthropist and socialite from India, wife of the President of the Godrej Group.

11.- Eric Morley - Owner and Founder of Miss World and Chairman of the Judges.