Miss Universe 1999

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Miss Universe 1999 was held at Chaguaramas Convention Centre, Chaguaramas, Trinidad and Tobago on May 26, 1999. Mpule Kwelagobe of Botswana crowned as Miss Universe 1999 by Miss Universe 1998 Wendy Fitzwilliam of Trinidad and Tobago. Eighty-four contestants compete in the 1999 Miss Universe Pageant.

1 Results
- 1.1 Special awards
2 Trivia
3 1999 Contestants

[edit] Results

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results.

Miss Universe 1999: Mpule Kwelagobe (Botswana).
The runners-up were:
- 1st runner-up: Miriam Quiambao (Philippines)
- 2nd runner-up: Diana Nogueria (Spain)
The remaining top five delegates were: Sonia Raciti (South Africa) and Jessica Arabel Soraguez (Venezuela).
The top ten delegates were: Akuba Cudjoe (Ghana), Gul Panag (India), Nicole Haughton (Jamaica), Silvia Salgado (Mexico) and Brenda Liz Lopez (Puerto Rico).

[edit] Special awards

Congeniality: Marisa Ferreira (Portugal)
Photogenic: Brenda Liz Lopez (Puerto Rico)
National costume: Nicole Simone Dyer (Trinidad and Tobago)
Clairol Herbal Essences Style Award: Miriam Quiambao Philippines

[edit] Trivia

This was the first time since 1976, that the USA failed to make the semis.
Both Miss Philippines and Miss Spain were not the original winners of their national pageants. Miriam Quiambao was originally to compete at the Miss World Pageant, but was bumped up to the Universe title after the original winner, Janelle Bautista was dethroned. Diana Noguera of Spain was a runner up, but replaced the original winner, Lorena Bernal.
Some of the favorites that year who failed to make the 10 were France, Panama, Trinidad & Tobago, and the Bahamas.

[edit] 1999 Contestants

Angola

Egidia Torres

Argentina

Elena Fournier

Aruba

Irina Croes

Australia

Michelle Shead

Austria

Katja Giebner

Bahamas

Glennis Knowles

Barbados

Olivia Harding

Belgium

Tanja Dexters

Belize

Viola Jeffery

Bolivia

Susana Barrientos

Bonaire

Julina Felida

Botswana

Mpule Kwelagobe
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Brazil

Renata Fan

British Virgin Islands

Movel Lewis

Canada

Shannon McArthur

Cayman Islands

Gemma McLaughlin

Chile

Andrea Munoz Sessarego

Colombia

Marianella Maal Paccini

Cook Islands

Tina Marie Vogel

Costa Rica

Arianna Bolanos

Croatia

Marijana Kuzina

Curaçao

Jouraine Ricardo

Cyprus

Valentina Dionysiou

Czech Republic

Petra Faltynova

Dominican Republic

Luz Garcia

Ecuador

Carolina Alfonso

Egypt

Engy Abdalla

El Salvador

Cynthia Cevallos

Estonia

Triin Rannat

Finland

Vanessa Forsman

France

Mareva Galanter

Germany

Diana Drubig

Ghana

Akuba Cudjo
TOP 10

Greece

Sofia Raptis

Guatemala

Monica Penedo

Guyana

Morvinia Sobers

Honduras

Sofia Guerrero

Hong Kong

Anne Hoi Lan Heung

Hungary

Anett Garami

India

Gul Panag
TOP 10

Ireland

Vivienne Doyle

Israel

Rana Raslan

Italy

Gloria Bellicchi

Jamaica

Nicole Haughton
TOP 10

Japan

Satomi Ogawa

Korea

Choi Ji-Hyun

Lebanon

Clemence Achkar

Malaysia

Jeanette Ooi

Malta

Dorianne Muscat

Mauritius

Micaella L'Hortalle

Mexico

Silvia Salgado
TOP 10

Namibia

Vaanda Katjiuongua

New Zealand

Kristy Wilson

Nicaragua

Liliana Pilarte Centeno

Nigeria

Angela Ukpoma

Northern Mariana Islands

Cherilyn Cabrera

Panama

Yamani Saied

Paraguay

Carmen Morinigo

Peru

Fabiola Lazo

Philippines

Miriam Quiambao
1st RUNNER-UP

Poland

Kassia Pakula

Portugal

Marisa Ferreira

Puerto Rico

Brenda Liz Lopez
TOP 10

Russia

Alexandra Petrova

Singapore

Cherlyn Cordeiro

Slovakia

Aneta Kuklova

South Africa

Sonia Raciti
TOP 5

Spain

Diana Nogueria
2nd RUNNER-UP

Suriname

Serafya Niekoop

Sweden

Emma-Helena Nilsson

Switzerland

Sonia Grandjean

Taiwan

Wan-Fei Wang

Thailand

Apisamai Srirangsan

Trinidad and Tobago

Nicole Simone Dyer

Turkey

Oz Dursun

Turks and Caicos Islands

Shantell Stubbs

Ukraine

Zanna Pikhulya

Uruguay

Veronica Gonzales

United Kingdom

Cherie Pisani

USA

Kimberly Pressler

US Virgin Islands

Sherece Smith

Venezuela

Carolina Indriago
TOP 5

Yugoslavia

Ana Karic

Zambia

Esanju Kalopa

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