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{{Infobox beauty pageant
{{Infobox beauty pageant
| photo = File:Mpule Kwelagobe.jpg
| photo = Mpule Kwelagobe.jpg
| caption = Miss Universe 1999 [[Mpule Kwelagobe]]
| caption = [[Mpule Kwelagobe]]
| winner = '''[[Mpule Kwelagobe]]''' <br> '''{{BOT}}'''
| winner = [[Mpule Kwelagobe]]
|represented=Botswana
| congeniality = [[Marisa Ferreira]] <br> {{POR}}
| congeniality = [[Marisa Ferreira]], Portugal
| photogenic = Brenda Liz Lopez <br> {{PUR}}
| photogenic = Brenda Liz Lopez, Puerto Rico
| best national costume = Nicole Simone Dyer <br> {{flag|Trinidad and Tobago}}
| best national costume = Nicole Simone Dyer, Trinidad and Tobago
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| oscar de la renta best in swimsuit = Diana Nogueira <br> {{SPA}}
| clairol herbal essences style = [[Gul Panag]] <br> {{IND}}
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| date = 26 May 1999
| date = 26 May 1999
| presenters = {{Hlist|[[Jack Wagner (actor)|Jack Wagner]]|[[Ali Landry]]|[[Julie Moran]]}}
| presenters = {{Hlist|[[Jack Wagner (actor)|Jack Wagner]]|[[Ali Landry]]|[[Julie Moran]]}}
| venue = Chaguaramas Convention Centre, [[Chaguaramas, Trinidad and Tobago|Chaguaramas]], [[Trinidad and Tobago]]
| venue = Chaguaramas Convention Centre, [[Chaguaramas, Trinidad and Tobago|Chaguaramas]], Trinidad and Tobago
| broadcaster = [[CBS]] (international)<br>[[Trinidad and Tobago Television|TTT]] (official broadcaster)
| broadcaster = {{Hlist|[[CBS]] (international)|[[Trinidad and Tobago Television]] (official broadcaster)}}
| entrants = 84
| entrants = 84
| placements = 10
| placements = 10
| acts = [[Julio Iglesias Jr.]]
| acts = [[Julio Iglesias Jr.]]
| debuts = {{Hlist|[[Botswana]]}}
| debuts = {{Hlist|Botswana}}
| withdraws = {{Hlist|[[Bulgaria]]|[[Guam]]|[[Netherlands]]|[[Norway]]|[[Romania]]|[[Zimbabwe]]}}
| withdraws = {{Hlist|Bulgaria|Guam|Netherlands|Norway|Romania|Zimbabwe}}
| returns = {{Hlist|[[Austria]]|[[Barbados]]|[[Cayman Islands]]|[[Cook Islands]]|[[Guyana]]|[[Suriname]]|[[Turks and Caicos]]|[[Zambia]]}}
| returns = {{Hlist|Austria|Barbados|Cayman Islands|Cook Islands|Guyana|Suriname|Turks and Caicos|Zambia}}
| before = [[Miss Universe 1998|1998]]
| before = [[Miss Universe 1998|1998]]
| next = [[Miss Universe 2000|2000]]
| next = [[Miss Universe 2000|2000]]
}}
}}


'''Miss Universe 1999''' the 48th [[Miss Universe]] pageant, was held on 26 May 1999 at the Chaguaramas Convention Centre in [[Chaguaramas, Trinidad|Chaguaramas]], [[Trinidad and Tobago]]. [[Mpule Kwelagobe]] of [[Botswana]] was crowned by [[Wendy Fitzwilliam]] of [[Trinidad and Tobago]] at the end of the event. This edition marks the most recent time that a first-time entry by any country has won Miss Universe and as well the first edition held back-to-back titles by [[Black people|black women]]. 84 contestants competed in this year.
'''Miss Universe 1999''' was the 48th [[Miss Universe]] pageant, held on 26 May 1999 at the Chaguaramas Convention Centre in [[Chaguaramas, Trinidad|Chaguaramas]], Trinidad and Tobago. [[Mpule Kwelagobe]] of Botswana was crowned by [[Wendy Fitzwilliam]] of Trinidad and Tobago at the end of the event. This edition marks the most recent time that a first-time entry of a country at Miss Universe has won and the third time in pageant's history, after Colombia in [[Miss Universe 1958|1958]] and Finland in [[Miss Universe 1952|1952]]. This edition also saw a back-to-back victory by [[Black people|black women]]. 84 contestants competed in this year.


[[File:Miss Universe 1999 opening titles.jpg|thumb|250px|Miss Universe 1999 Titlecard]]
[[File:Miss Universe 1999 opening titles.jpg|thumb|250px|Miss Universe 1999 Titlecard]]
[[File:Miss Universe 1999 Map.PNG|thumb|250px|Miss Universe 1999 participating nations and results]]
[[File:Miss Universe 1999 Map.PNG|thumb|250px|Miss Universe 1999 participating nations and results]]

== Background ==

=== Selection of participants ===
Contestants from eighty-four countries and territories were selected to compete in the pageant. Five of these delegates were appointees to their titles after being a runner-up of their national pageant or an audition process or other internal selection.

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==== Replacements ====
Miss Barbados 1998, Michelle Selman did not compete for undisclosed reasons. Her first runner up, Olivia Harding replaced her.<ref>{{cite web |date=11 November 1999 |title=Pageant News Ticker VII |url=http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/1625/newsticker7.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991111034240/http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/1625/newsticker7.html |archive-date=11 November 1999 |access-date=9 August 2018}}</ref> The winner of Miss Great Britain Universe 1999, Nicki Lane decided to give up the crown to her 1st runner up Cherie Pisiani,<ref>{{cite web |title=Cherie pisani Stock Images - DIOMEDIA |url=https://www.diomedia.com/search/cherie+pisani.html |access-date=9 August 2018 |website=Diomedia.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=STOCK IMAGE - Left: NICKI LANE The former Miss Great Britain Universe (Nicki has handed over her title to runner-up Cherie Louise Pisani, after it was revealed that she did not tell the Miss Universe organis... |url=https://www.diomedia.com/stock-photo-left-nicki-lane-the-former-miss-great-britain-universe-nicki-has-handed-over-her-title-to-runner-up-cherie-louise-pisani-after-it-was-revealed-that-she-did-not-tell-the-miss-universe-organis-image17516022.html |access-date=9 August 2018 |website=Diomedia.com}}</ref> after Lane confessed that she had a child at 14 years old.<ref>{{cite news |date=25 May 1999 |title=Crown of thorns |url=https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/1999/may/26/features11.g2 |access-date=9 August 2018 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> The winner of [[Binibining Pilipinas 1999]], Janelle Delfin Bautista had to resign due to citizenship issues as she was an American citizen.<ref>{{cite web |title=Top 10 Dethroned Beauty Queens |url=http://www.spot.ph/newsfeatures/41706/top-10-dethroned-beauty-queens |access-date=9 August 2018 |website=Spot.ph}}</ref> The Binibining Pilipinas World 1999, [[Miriam Quiambao]] assumed the Binibining Pilipinas Universe title.


==Results==
==Results==
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"
|-
|-
! Placement
⚫
! Placement<ref>{{Cite web|date=12 December 2021|url=https://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2021/12/12/2147302/miriam-looks-back-miss-universe-journey-22-years-ago/amp/|title=Miriam looks back on Miss Universe journey 22 years ago|access-date=2022-09-06|website=[[Philippine Star]]|language=tl}}</ref>
! Contestant
! Contestant
|-
|-
| '''Miss Universe 1999'''
| Miss Universe 1999
|
|
⚫
* {{Flagu|Botswana}} – [[Mpule Kwelagobe]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=12 December 2021 |title=Miriam looks back on Miss Universe journey 22 years ago |url=https://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2021/12/12/2147302/miriam-looks-back-miss-universe-journey-22-years-ago/amp/ |access-date=2022-09-06 |website=[[Philippine Star]] |language=tl}}</ref>
* '''{{BOT}}''' – '''[[Mpule Kwelagobe]]'''
|-
|-
| 1st Runner-Up
| 1st runner-up
|
|
* {{PHI}} – [[Miriam Quiambao]]
* {{Flagu|Philippines}} – [[Miriam Quiambao]]<ref name=":0" />
|-
|-
| 2nd Runner-Up
| 2nd runner-up
|
|
* {{ESP}} – Diana Nogueira
* {{Flagu|Spain}} – Diana Nogueira<ref name=":0" />
|-
|-
| Top 5
| Top 5
|
|
* {{RSA}} – [[Sonia Raciti]]
* {{Flagu|South Africa}} – [[Sonia Raciti]]<ref name=":0" />
* {{flag|Venezuela|1954}} – [[Carolina Indriago]]
* {{flagu|Venezuela|1954}} – [[Carolina Indriago]]<ref name=":0" />
|-
|-
| Top 10
| Top 10
|
|
* {{GHA}} – Akuba Cudjoe
* {{Flagu|Ghana}} – Akuba Cudjoe<ref name=":0" />
* {{IND}} – [[Gul Panag]]
* {{Flagu|India}} – [[Gul Panag]]<ref name=":0" />
* {{JAM}} – Nicole Haughton
* {{Flagu|Jamaica}} – [[Nicold Haughton|Nicole Haughton]]<ref name=":0" />
* {{MEX}} – [[Silvia Salgado]]
* {{Flagu|Mexico}} – [[Silvia Salgado]]<ref name=":0" />
* {{PUR}} – Brenda Liz Lopez
* {{Flagu|Puerto Rico}} – Brenda Liz Lopez<ref name=":0" />
|}
|}


==Contestants==
==Contestants==
84 contestants competed for the title.
Eighty-four contestants competed for the title.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;"
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;"
!Country/Territory
!Country/Territory
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!Hometown
!Hometown
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|ANG}} [[Miss Angola|Angola]]
|{{flagdeco|ANG}} [[Miss Angola|Angola]]
|Egidia Torres
|Egidia Torres
|22
|22
|[[Luanda]]
|[[Luanda]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Miss Argentina|Argentina]]
|{{flagdeco|ARG}} [[Miss Argentina|Argentina]]
|Elena Fournier
|Elena Fournier
|22
|22
|[[Santa Fe, Argentina|Santa Fe]]
|[[Santa Fe, Argentina|Santa Fe]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|ARU}} [[Miss Aruba|Aruba]]
|{{flagdeco|ARU}} [[Miss Aruba|Aruba]]
|Irina Croes
|Irina Croes
|18
|18
|[[Oranjestad, Aruba|Oranjestad]]
|[[Oranjestad, Aruba|Oranjestad]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Miss Universe Australia|Australia]]
|{{flagdeco|AUS}} [[Miss Universe Australia|Australia]]
|Michelle Shead
|Michelle Shead
|20
|20
|[[Sydney]]
|[[Sydney]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Miss Austria|Austria]]
|{{flagdeco|AUT}} [[Miss Austria|Austria]]
|Katja Giebner
|Katja Giebner
|21
|21
|[[Vienna (state)|Vienna]]
|[[Vienna (state)|Vienna]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|Bahamas}} [[Miss Universe Bahamas|Bahamas]]
|{{flagdeco|Bahamas}} [[Miss Universe Bahamas|Bahamas]]
|Glennis Knowles
|Glennis Knowles
|25
|25
|[[Nassau, Bahamas|Nassau]]
|[[Nassau, Bahamas|Nassau]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|BAR}} [[Miss Universe Barbados|Barbados]]
|{{flagdeco|BAR}} [[Miss Universe Barbados|Barbados]]
|Olivia Harding
|Olivia Harding
|25
|25
|[[Bridgetown]]
|[[Bridgetown]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Miss Belgium|Belgium]]
|{{flagdeco|BEL}} [[Miss Belgium|Belgium]]
|Tanja Dexters
|Tanja Dexters
|21
|21
|[[Mol, Belgium|Mol]]
|[[Mol, Belgium|Mol]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|BLZ}} [[Miss Belize|Belize]]
|{{flagdeco|BLZ}} [[Miss Universe Belize|Belize]]
|Viola Jeffery<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=25 August 1998 |title=Viola Jeffrey is Miss Belize |url=https://edition.channel5belize.com/archives/24396 |access-date=26 November 2022 |website=[[Great Belize Television]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
|Viola Jeffery<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=25 August 1998 |title=Viola Jeffrey is Miss Belize |url=https://edition.channel5belize.com/archives/24396 |access-date=26 November 2022 |website=[[Great Belize Television]] |language=en-US |archive-date=26 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221126153404/https://edition.channel5belize.com/archives/24396 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|21
|21
|[[Belmopan]]
|[[Belmopan]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|BOL}} [[Miss Bolivia|Bolivia]]
|{{flagdeco|BOL}} [[Miss Bolivia|Bolivia]]
|Susana Barrientos
|Susana Barrientos
|20
|20
|[[Santa Cruz de la Sierra|Santa Cruz]]
|[[Santa Cruz de la Sierra|Santa Cruz]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|BON}} [[Miss Bonaire|Bonaire]]
|{{flagdeco|BON}} [[Miss Bonaire|Bonaire]]
|Julina Felida
|Julina Felida
|21
|21
|[[Kralendijk]]
|[[Kralendijk]]
|-
|-
|'''{{flagicon|BOT}} [[Miss Universe Botswana|Botswana]]'''
|{{flagdeco|BOT}} [[Miss Universe Botswana|Botswana]]
|'''[[Mpule Kwelagobe]]'''
|[[Mpule Kwelagobe]]
|19
|19
|[[Gaborone]]
|[[Gaborone]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Miss Brazil|Brazil]]
|{{flagdeco|BRA}} [[Miss Brazil|Brazil]]
|Renata Fan
|Renata Fan
|22
|22
|[[Santo Ângelo]]
|[[Santo Ângelo]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|VGB}} [[Miss British Virgin Islands|British Virgin Islands]]
|{{flagdeco|VGB}} [[Miss British Virgin Islands|British Virgin Islands]]
|Movel Lewis
|Movel Lewis
|20
|20
|[[Road Town]]
|[[Road Town]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Miss Universe Canada|Canada]]
|{{flagdeco|CAN}} [[Miss Universe Canada|Canada]]
|Shannon McArthur
|Shannon McArthur
|26
|26
|[[Windsor, Ontario|Windsor]]
|[[Windsor, Ontario|Windsor]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|CYM}} [[Miss Cayman Islands|Cayman Islands]]
|{{flagdeco|CYM}} [[Miss Cayman Islands|Cayman Islands]]
|Gemma McLaughlin
|Gemma McLaughlin
|19
|19
|[[George Town, Cayman Islands|George Town]]
|[[George Town, Cayman Islands|George Town]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|CHL}} [[Miss Universo Chile|Chile]]
|{{flagdeco|CHL}} [[Miss Universo Chile|Chile]]
|Andrea Muñoz
|Andrea Muñoz
|23
|23
|[[Santiago]]
|[[Santiago]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|COL}} [[Miss Colombia|Colombia]]
|{{flagdeco|COL}} [[Miss Colombia|Colombia]]
|Marianella Maal
|Marianella Maal
|20
|20
|[[Barranquilla]]
|[[Barranquilla]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|Cook Islands}} [[Miss Cook Islands|Cook Islands]]
|{{flagdeco|Cook Islands}} [[Miss Cook Islands|Cook Islands]]
|Tina Vogel
|Tina Vogel
|24
|24
|[[Avarua]]
|[[Avarua]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|CRC}} [[Miss Costa Rica|Costa Rica]]
|{{flagdeco|CRC}} [[Miss Costa Rica|Costa Rica]]
|Arianna Bolaños
|Arianna Bolaños
|22
|22
|[[Guanacaste Province|Guanacaste]]
|[[Guanacaste Province|Guanacaste]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|CRO}} [[Miss Universe Croatia|Croatia]]
|{{flagdeco|CRO}} [[Miss Universe Croatia|Croatia]]
|Marijana Kuzina
|Marijana Kuzina
|21
|21
|[[Šibenik]]
|[[Šibenik]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|CUR}} [[Curaçao]]
|{{flagdeco|CUR}} [[Curaçao]]
|Jouraine Ricardo
|Jouraine Ricardo
|22
|22
|[[Willemstad]]
|[[Willemstad]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|CYP}} [[Miss Cyprus|Cyprus]]
|{{flagdeco|CYP}} [[Miss Cyprus|Cyprus]]
|Valentina Dionysiou
|Valentina Dionysiou
|19
|19
|[[Nicosia]]
|[[Nicosia]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Miss České republiky|Czech Republic]]
|{{flagdeco|CZE}} [[Miss České republiky|Czech Republic]]
|Petra Faltynova
|Petra Faltynova
|20
|20
|[[Prague]]
|[[Prague]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|DOM}} [[Miss Dominican Republic|Dominican Republic]]
|{{flagdeco|DOM}} [[Miss Dominican Republic|Dominican Republic]]
|[[Luz García]]
|[[Luz García]]
|21
|21
|[[Moca, Espaillat|Moca]]
|[[Moca, Espaillat|Moca]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|ECU}} [[Miss Ecuador|Ecuador]]
|{{flagdeco|ECU}} [[Miss Ecuador|Ecuador]]
|Carolina Alfonso
|Carolina Alfonso
|21
|21
|[[Quito]]
|[[Quito]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|EGY}} [[Miss Egypt|Egypt]]
|{{flagdeco|EGY}} [[Miss Egypt|Egypt]]
|[[Angie Abdalla]]
|[[Angie Abdalla]]
|18
|18
|[[Alexandria]]
|[[Alexandria]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|SLV}} [[Nuestra Belleza El Salvador|El Salvador]]
|{{flagdeco|SLV}} [[Nuestra Belleza El Salvador|El Salvador]]
|Cynthia Cevallos
|Cynthia Cevallos
|21
|21
|[[San Salvador]]
|[[San Salvador]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|EST}} [[Miss Estonia|Estonia]]
|{{flagdeco|EST}} [[Miss Estonia|Estonia]]
|Triin Rannat<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 March 1999 |title=Miss Estonia on Triin Rannat |url=https://www.ohtuleht.ee/81951/miss-estonia-on-triin-rannat |access-date=26 November 2022 |website=[[Õhtuleht]] |language=et}}</ref>
|Triin Rannat<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 March 1999 |title=Miss Estonia on Triin Rannat |url=https://www.ohtuleht.ee/81951/miss-estonia-on-triin-rannat |access-date=26 November 2022 |website=[[Õhtuleht]] |language=et}}</ref>
|20
|20
|[[Tallinn]]
|[[Tallinn]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Miss Finland|Finland]]
|{{flagdeco|FIN}} [[Miss Finland|Finland]]
|Vanessa Forsman
|Vanessa Forsman
|22
|22
|[[Porvoo]]
|[[Porvoo]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Miss France|France]]
|{{flagdeco|FRA}} [[Miss France|France]]
|[[Mareva Galanter]]
|[[Mareva Galanter]]
|22
|22
|[[Papeete]]
|[[Papeete]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|DEU}} [[Miss Universe Germany|Germany]]
|{{flagdeco|DEU}} [[Miss Universe Germany|Germany]]
|Diana Drubig
|Diana Drubig
|19
|19
|[[Leipzig]]
|[[Leipzig]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|GHA}} [[Miss Universe Ghana|Ghana]]
|{{flagdeco|GHA}} [[Miss Universe Ghana|Ghana]]
|Akuba Cudjoe
|Akuba Cudjoe
|19
|19
|[[Accra]]
|[[Accra]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|GRB}} [[Miss Universe Great Britain|Great Britain]]
|{{flagdeco|GRB}} [[Miss Universe Great Britain|Great Britain]]
|Cherie Pisani
|Cherie Pisani
|21
|21
|[[Clacton]]
|[[Clacton]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|GRE}} [[Star Hellas|Greece]]
|{{flagdeco|GRE}} [[Star Hellas|Greece]]
|Sofia Raptis
|Sofia Raptis
|19
|19
|[[Athens]]
|[[Athens]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|GUA}} [[Miss Guatemala|Guatemala]]
|{{flagdeco|GUA}} [[Miss Guatemala|Guatemala]]
|Monica Penedo
|Monica Penedo
|19
|19
|[[Sacatepéquez Department|Sacatepéquez]]
|[[Sacatepéquez Department|Sacatepéquez]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|GUY}} [[Miss Universe Guyana|Guyana]]
|{{flagdeco|GUY}} [[Miss Universe Guyana|Guyana]]
|Morvinia Sobers
|Morvinia Sobers
|20
|20
|[[Georgetown, Guyana|Georgetown]]
|[[Georgetown, Guyana|Georgetown]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|HON|variant=1949}} [[Miss Honduras|Honduras]]
|{{flagdeco|HON|variant=1949}} [[Miss Honduras|Honduras]]
|Sofia Guerrero
|Sofia Guerrero
|21
|21
|[[Atlántida (department)|Atlántida]]
|[[Atlántida (department)|Atlántida]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|HKG}} [[Miss Hong Kong Pageant|Hong Kong]]
|{{flagdeco|HKG}} [[Miss Hong Kong Pageant|Hong Kong]]
|[[Anne Heung]]
|[[Anne Heung]]
|24
|24
|[[Hong Kong]]
|Hong Kong
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Miss Universe Hungary|Hungary]]
|{{flagdeco|HUN}} [[Miss Universe Hungary|Hungary]]
|Anett Garami
|Anett Garami
|19
|19
|[[Soltvadkert]]
|[[Soltvadkert]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Femina Miss India|India]]
|{{flagdeco|IND}} [[Femina Miss India|India]]
|[[Gul Panag]]
|[[Gul Panag]]
|20
|20
|[[Chandigarh]]
|[[Chandigarh]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|IRL}} [[Miss Universe Ireland|Ireland]]
|{{flagdeco|IRL}} [[Miss Universe Ireland|Ireland]]
|Vivienne Doyle<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sheehan |first=Aideen |date=19 August 1998 |title=Miss Ireland goes west as Vivienne wins coveted title |url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/miss-ireland-goes-west-as-vivienne-wins-coveted-title-26177797.html |access-date=27 November 2022 |website=[[Irish Independent]] |language=en}}</ref>
|Vivienne Doyle<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sheehan |first=Aideen |date=19 August 1998 |title=Miss Ireland goes west as Vivienne wins coveted title |url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/miss-ireland-goes-west-as-vivienne-wins-coveted-title-26177797.html |access-date=27 November 2022 |website=[[Irish Independent]] |language=en}}</ref>
|22
|22
|[[Galway]]
|[[Galway]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|ISR}} [[Miss Israel|Israel]]
|{{flagdeco|ISR}} [[Miss Israel|Israel]]
|[[Rana Raslan]]
|[[Rana Raslan]]
|21
|21
|[[Haifa]]
|[[Haifa]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Miss Universo Italia|Italy]]
|{{flagdeco|ITA}} [[Miss Universo Italia|Italy]]
|Gloria Bellicchi
|Gloria Bellicchi
|20
|20
|[[Parma]]
|[[Parma]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|JAM}} [[Miss Jamaica Universe|Jamaica]]
|{{flagdeco|JAM}} [[Miss Jamaica Universe|Jamaica]]
|Nicole Haughton
|[[Nicold Haughton|Nicole Haughton]]
|24
|24
|[[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]]
|[[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Miss Universe Japan|Japan]]
|{{flagdeco|JPN}} [[Miss Universe Japan|Japan]]
|Satomi Ogawa
|Satomi Ogawa
|21
|21
|[[Misato, Saitama (city)|Misato]]
|[[Misato, Saitama (city)|Misato]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|LBN}} [[Miss Lebanon|Lebanon]]
|{{flagdeco|LBN}} [[Miss Lebanon|Lebanon]]
|Clémence Achkar
|Clémence Achkar
|19
|19
|[[Beirut]]
|[[Beirut]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|MYS}} [[Miss Universe Malaysia|Malaysia]]
|{{flagdeco|MYS}} [[Miss Universe Malaysia|Malaysia]]
|Jeanette Ooi
|Jeanette Ooi
|23
|23
|[[Kuching]]
|[[Kuching]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|MLT}} [[Miss Malta|Malta]]
|{{flagdeco|MLT}} [[Miss Malta|Malta]]
|Dorianne Muscat
|Dorianne Muscat
|21
|21
|[[Qormi]]
|[[Qormi]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|MUS}} [[Miss Mauritius|Mauritius]]
|{{flagdeco|MUS}} [[Miss Mauritius|Mauritius]]
|Micaella L'Hortalle
|Micaella L'Hortalle
|23
|23
|[[Port Louis]]
|[[Port Louis]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Mexicana Universal|Mexico]]
|{{flagdeco|MEX}} [[Mexicana Universal|Mexico]]
|[[Silvia Salgado]]
|[[Silvia Salgado]]
|20
|20
|[[Monterrey]]
|[[Monterrey]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|NAM}} [[Miss Namibia|Namibia]]
|{{flagdeco|NAM}} [[Miss Namibia|Namibia]]
|Vaanda Katjiuongua
|Vaanda Katjiuongua
|23
|23
|[[Windhoek]]
|[[Windhoek]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Miss Universe New Zealand|New Zealand]]
|{{flagdeco|NZL}} [[Miss Universe New Zealand|New Zealand]]
|Kristy Wilson
|Kristy Wilson
|20
|20
|[[North Otago]]
|[[North Otago]]
|-
|-
|{{NIC}}
|{{Flagu|Nicaragua}}
|Liliana Pilarte<ref>{{cite web |title=INTUR no se meterá más en el concurso Miss Nicaragua |url=http://archivo.elnuevodiario.com.ni/nacional/32050-intur-no-se-metera-mas-concurso-miss-nicaragua/ |access-date=9 August 2018 |website=Archivo.elnuevodiario.com.ni |archive-date=10 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180810011416/http://archivo.elnuevodiario.com.ni/nacional/32050-intur-no-se-metera-mas-concurso-miss-nicaragua/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=3 December 2002 |title=Besos que no manchan - La Prensa |url=http://www.laprensa.com.ni/2002/12/03/economia/846500-besos-que-no-manchan |access-date=9 August 2018 |website=Lapresnsa.com.ni}}</ref>
|Liliana Pilarte
|23
|23
|[[Managua]]
|[[Managua]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|NGA}} [[Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria|Nigeria]]
|{{flagdeco|NGA}} [[Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria|Nigeria]]
|Angela Ukpoma
|Angela Ukpoma
| -
| -
|[[Imo State|Imo]]
|[[Imo State|Imo]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|MNP}} [[Miss Marianas|Northern Mariana Islands]]
|{{flagdeco|MNP}} [[Miss Marianas|Northern Mariana Islands]]
|Cherilyn Cabrera
|Cherilyn Cabrera
|24
|24
|[[Saipan]]
|[[Saipan]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|PAN}} [[Señorita Panamá|Panama]]
|{{flagdeco|PAN}} [[Señorita Panamá|Panama]]
|[[Yamani Saied]]
|[[Yamani Saied]]
|20
|20
|[[Panama City]]
|[[Panama City]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|PAR}} [[Miss Paraguay|Paraguay]]
|{{flagdeco|PAR}} [[Miss Paraguay|Paraguay]]
|Carmen Morinigo
|Carmen Morinigo
|22
|22
|[[San Pedro de Ycuamandiyú|San Pedro]]
|[[San Pedro de Ycuamandiyú|San Pedro]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|PER}} [[Miss Perú 2000|Peru]]
|{{flagdeco|PER}} [[Miss Perú 2000|Peru]]
|Fabiola Lazo
|Fabiola Lazo
|18
|18
|[[Lima]]
|[[Lima]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|PHL}} [[Binibining Pilipinas 1999|Philippines]]
|{{flagdeco|PHL}} [[Binibining Pilipinas 1999|Philippines]]
|[[Miriam Quiambao]]
|[[Miriam Quiambao]]
|23
|23
|[[Quezon City]]
|[[Quezon City]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Miss Polonia|Poland]]
|{{flagdeco|POL}} [[Miss Polonia|Poland]]
|Katarzyna Pakuła
|Katarzyna Pakuła
| -
| -
|[[Lublin Voivodeship|Lublin]]
|[[Lublin Voivodeship|Lublin]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|POR}} [[Miss República Portuguesa|Portugal]]
|{{flagdeco|POR}} [[Miss República Portuguesa|Portugal]]
|Marisa Ferreira
|Marisa Ferreira
|20
|20
|[[Santarém District|Santarém]]
|[[Santarém District|Santarém]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|PUR}} [[Miss Universe Puerto Rico|Puerto Rico]]
|{{flagdeco|PUR}} [[Miss Universe Puerto Rico|Puerto Rico]]
|Brenda Liz Lopez
|Brenda Liz Lopez
|23
|23
|[[Lares, Puerto Rico|Lares]]
|[[Lares, Puerto Rico|Lares]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Miss Russia|Russia]]
|{{flagdeco|RUS}} [[Miss Russia|Russia]]
|[[Alexandra Petrova]]
|[[Alexandra Petrova]]†
|19
|19
|[[Cheboksary]]
|[[Cheboksary]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|SGP}} [[Miss Universe Singapore|Singapore]]
|{{flagdeco|SGP}} [[Miss Universe Singapore|Singapore]]
|Cheryl Marie Cordeiro
|Cheryl Marie Cordeiro
|23
|23
|[[Singapore]]
|Singapore
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|SVK}} [[Miss Universe Slovenskej Republiky|Slovakia]]
|{{flagdeco|SVK}} [[Miss Universe Slovenskej Republiky|Slovakia]]
|Aneta Kuklova
|Aneta Kuklova
|19
|19
|[[Lučenec]]
|[[Lučenec]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|ZAF}} [[Miss South Africa|South Africa]]
|{{flagdeco|ZAF}} [[Miss South Africa|South Africa]]
|[[Sonia Raciti]]
|[[Sonia Raciti]]
|21
|21
|[[Johannesburg]]
|[[Johannesburg]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|KOR}} [[Miss Korea|South Korea]]
|{{flagdeco|KOR}} [[Miss Korea|South Korea]]
|Choi Ji-hyun
|Choi Ji-hyun
|20
|20
|[[Seoul]]
|[[Seoul]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|SPA}} [[Miss Spain|Spain]]
|{{flagdeco|SPA}} [[Miss Spain|Spain]]
|Diana Noguiera<ref>{{cite web |date=9 January 2007 |title=El anecdotario |url=http://www.elanecdotario.com/2005/may05/19/may19a.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070109070630/http://www.elanecdotario.com/2005/may05/19/may19a.html |archive-date=9 January 2007 |access-date=9 August 2018}}</ref>
|Diana Noguiera
|24
|24
|[[Pontevedra (province)|Pontevedra]]
|[[Pontevedra (province)|Pontevedra]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|SUR}} [[Miss Suriname|Suriname]]
|{{flagdeco|SUR}} [[Miss Suriname|Suriname]]
|Serafija Niekoop
|Serafija Niekoop
|21
|21
|[[Paramaribo]]
|[[Paramaribo]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Miss Sweden|Sweden]]
|{{flagdeco|SWE}} [[Miss Sweden|Sweden]]
|[[Emma-Helena Nilsson]]
|[[Emma-Helena Nilsson]]
|24
|24
|[[Östersund]]
|[[Östersund]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|CHE}} [[Miss Switzerland|Switzerland]]
|{{flagdeco|CHE}} [[Miss Switzerland|Switzerland]]
|Sonia Grandjean
|Sonia Grandjean
|19
|19
|[[Dietikon]]
|[[Dietikon]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|TWN|variant=Chinese Taipei}} [[Miss Chinese Taipei|Taiwan]]
|{{flagdeco|TWN|variant=Chinese Taipei}} [[Miss Chinese Taipei|Taiwan]]
|Wan-Fei Wang
|Wan-Fei Wang
|21
|21
|[[Taipei]]
|[[Taipei]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|THA}} [[Miss Universe Thailand|Thailand]]
|{{flagdeco|THA}} [[Miss Universe Thailand|Thailand]]
|[[Apisamai Srirangsan]]
|[[Apisamai Srirangsan]]
|24
|24
|[[Nakhon Pathom Province|Nakhon Pathom]]
|[[Nakhon Pathom Province|Nakhon Pathom]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|TTO}} [[Miss Universe Trinidad and Tobago|Trinidad and Tobago]]
|{{flagdeco|TTO}} [[Miss Universe Trinidad and Tobago|Trinidad and Tobago]]
|[[Nicole Griffith|Nicole Simone Dyer]]
|[[Nicole Griffith|Nicole Simone Dyer]]
|25
|25
|[[Diego Martin region|Diego Martin]]
|[[Diego Martin region|Diego Martin]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|TUR}} [[Miss Turkey|Turkey]]
|{{flagdeco|TUR}} [[Miss Turkey|Turkey]]
|Oznur Dursun
|Oznur Dursun
|24
|24
|[[Istanbul Province|Istanbul]]
|[[Istanbul Province|Istanbul]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|TCA}} [[Miss Turks and Caicos|Turks and Caicos]]
|{{flagdeco|TCA}} [[Miss Turks and Caicos|Turks and Caicos]]
|Shantell Stubbs
|Shantell Stubbs
|21
|21
|[[Cockburn Town]]
|[[Cockburn Town]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Miss Ukraine Universe|Ukraine]]
|{{flagdeco|UKR}} [[Miss Ukraine Universe|Ukraine]]
|Zhanna Pikhulya
|Zhanna Pikhulya
|18
|18
|[[Kyiv]]
|[[Kyiv]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Miss USA|United States]]
|{{flagdeco|USA}} [[Miss USA|United States]]
|[[Kimberly Pressler]]
|[[Kimberly Pressler]]
|21
|21
|[[Las Vegas]]
|[[Las Vegas]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|URU}} [[Miss Uruguay|Uruguay]]
|{{flagdeco|URU}} [[Miss Uruguay|Uruguay]]
|Veronica Gonzales
|Veronica Gonzales
|19
|19
|[[Montevideo Department|Montevideo]]
|[[Montevideo Department|Montevideo]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|VIR}} [[Miss US Virgin Islands|US Virgin Islands]]
|{{flagdeco|VIR}} [[Miss US Virgin Islands|United States Virgin Islands]]
|Sherece Smith
|Sherece Smith
|25
|25
|[[Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands|Charlotte Amalie]]
|[[Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands|Charlotte Amalie]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|VEN}} [[Miss Venezuela|Venezuela]]
|{{flagdeco|VEN}} [[Miss Venezuela|Venezuela]]
|[[Carolina Indriago]]
|[[Carolina Indriago]]
|18
|18
|[[Valencia, Carabobo|Valencia]]
|[[Valencia, Carabobo|Valencia]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|SCG}} [[Miss Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]]
|{{flagdeco|SCG}} [[Miss Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]]
|Ana Karić
|Ana Karić
|19
|19
|[[Belgrade]]
|[[Belgrade]]
|-
|-
|{{flagicon|ZAM}} [[Miss Zambia|Zambia]]
|{{flagdeco|ZAM}} [[Miss Zambia|Zambia]]
|Esanju Kalopa<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mujuda |first=Sam |date=19 March 1999 |title=Zambia: Esanju Picked For Miss Universe '99 |url=https://allafrica.com/stories/199903190080.html |access-date=5 December 2022 |website=The Post |language=en |via=[[AllAfrica]]}}</ref>
|Esanju Kalopa† <ref>{{Cite web |last=Mujuda |first=Sam |date=19 March 1999 |title=Zambia: Esanju Picked For Miss Universe '99 |url=https://allafrica.com/stories/199903190080.html |access-date=5 December 2022 |website=The Post |language=en |via=[[AllAfrica]]}}</ref>
| -
| -
|[[Muchinga Province|Muchinga]]
|[[Muchinga Province|Muchinga]]
|}
|}


==Notes==
{{refimprove section|date=September 2020}}
===Returns===
Last competed in [[Miss Universe 1966|1966]]:
* ''' {{flag|Guyana}}'''
Last competed in [[Miss Universe 1987|1987]]:
* ''' {{flag|Barbados}}'''
Last competed in [[Miss Universe 1993|1993]]:
* ''' {{flag|Austria}}'''
* ''' {{flag|Suriname}}'''
Last competed in [[Miss Universe 1995|1995]]:
* ''' {{flag|Zambia}}'''
Last competed in [[Miss Universe 1996|1996]]:
* ''' {{flag|Cayman Islands}}'''
* ''' {{flag|Cook Islands}}'''
Last competed in [[Miss Universe 1997|1997]]:
* ''' {{flag|Turks and Caicos Islands}}'''
===Withdrawals===
===Withdrawals===


'''During the contest''':
During the contest:
* '''{{flag|Guam}}''' - Miss Guam 1999, Tisha Elaine Heflin had to withdraw a few days before the preliminary competition, after being discovered that she was pregnant.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/MAM-875243|title=EMBARAZOSO LÍO REAL|first=Casa Editorial El|last=Tiempo|website=El Tiempo|date=22 May 1999 |access-date=9 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vs3OZfw7I6wC&q=Tisha+Elaine+Heflin+pregnant&pg=PA27|title=Payback|first=Benjamin|last=Ordover|date=1 October 2002|publisher=iUniverse|isbn=9780595253029|access-date=9 August 2018|via=Google Books}}</ref>
* {{flagu|Guam}} - Miss Guam 1999, Tisha Elaine Heflin had to withdraw a few days before the preliminary competition, after being discovered that she was pregnant.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/MAM-875243|title=EMBARAZOSO LÍO REAL|first=Casa Editorial El|last=Tiempo|website=El Tiempo|date=22 May 1999 |access-date=9 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vs3OZfw7I6wC&q=Tisha+Elaine+Heflin+pregnant&pg=PA27|title=Payback|first=Benjamin|last=Ordover|date=1 October 2002|publisher=iUniverse|isbn=9780595253029|access-date=9 August 2018|via=Google Books}}</ref>

'''Others''':
* '''{{flag|Bulgaria}}''', [[Miss Bulgaria]] 1999, Elena Angelova did not compete due lack of sponsorship.
* '''{{flag|Norway}}''' - Henriette Dankertsen
*'''{{flag|Romania}}''' - The Miss Romania 1999 pageant was cancelled and their organizers dropped the Miss Universe licence.
*'''{{flag|Netherlands}}''' and '''{{flag|Zimbabwe}}''' - Did not send delegates due to lack of sponsorship and funding.

⚫
===Replacements===
* '''{{flag|Barbados}}''' - Miss Barbados 1998, Michelle Selman did not compete for undisclosed reasons. Her 1st runner up, Olivia Harding replaced her.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/1625/newsticker7.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991111034240/http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/1625/newsticker7.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 November 1999|title=Pageant News Ticker VII|date=11 November 1999|access-date=9 August 2018}}</ref>
* '''{{flag|Great Britain}}''' - The winner of Miss Great Britain Universe 1999, Nicki Lane decided to give up the crown to her 1st runner up Cherie Pisiani,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.diomedia.com/search/cherie+pisani.html|title=Cherie pisani Stock Images - DIOMEDIA|website=Diomedia.com|access-date=9 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.diomedia.com/stock-photo-left-nicki-lane-the-former-miss-great-britain-universe-nicki-has-handed-over-her-title-to-runner-up-cherie-louise-pisani-after-it-was-revealed-that-she-did-not-tell-the-miss-universe-organis-image17516022.html|title=STOCK IMAGE - Left: NICKI LANE The former Miss Great Britain Universe (Nicki has handed over her title to runner-up Cherie Louise Pisani, after it was revealed that she did not tell the Miss Universe organis... |website=Diomedia.com|access-date=9 August 2018}}</ref> after Lane confessed that she had a child at 14 years old.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/1999/may/26/features11.g2|title=Crown of thorns|date=25 May 1999|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=9 August 2018}}</ref>
* '''{{PHI}}''' - The winner of [[Binibining Pilipinas 1999]], Janelle Delfin Bautista had to resign due to citizenship issues just like last year's successor, because she is an American citizen.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spot.ph/newsfeatures/41706/top-10-dethroned-beauty-queens|title=Top 10 Dethroned Beauty Queens|website=Spot.ph|access-date=9 August 2018}}</ref> The Binibining Pilipinas World 1999, [[Miriam Quiambao]] assumed the Binibining Pilipinas Universe title.

===Designations===
* '''{{flag|Honduras|1949}}''' - Daryela Sofía Guerrero Canizales, runner up at Miss Honduras 1998 pageant was appointed by-then national director Eduardo Zablah to represent Honduras at Miss Universe 1999, after the Miss Honduras 1999 pageant was cancelled due to the consequences of [[Hurricane Mitch]] from November 1998. Previously she represented La Ceiba at Miss Honduras 1998 and Miss Teen International 1997.
* '''{{flag|Nicaragua}}''' - Liliana Sofía Pilarte Centeno, 1st runner up at Miss Nicaragua 1998 pageant, was appointed by the Nicaraguan Tourism Institute (INTUR) as the new Miss Nicaragua 1999 at Miss Universe 1999 pageant. After that institution declared that there is neither time nor resources to make another contest.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archivo.elnuevodiario.com.ni/nacional/32050-intur-no-se-metera-mas-concurso-miss-nicaragua/|title=INTUR no se meterá más en el concurso Miss Nicaragua|website=Archivo.elnuevodiario.com.ni|access-date=9 August 2018}}</ref> Therefore, Pilarte was the national queen for the next 2 years until 2001.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.laprensa.com.ni/2002/12/03/economia/846500-besos-que-no-manchan|title=Besos que no manchan - La Prensa|date=3 December 2002|website=Lapresnsa.com.ni|access-date=9 August 2018}}</ref>
* '''{{flag|Spain}}''' - [[:es:Diana Nogueira|Diana Nogueira]], Top 12 at Miss España 1999 pageant was appointed to represent Spain at Miss Universe 1999 by her organization, after the winner of Miss España 1999, [[Lorena Bernal]] was ineligible for being underage and therefore went to [[Miss World 1999]]. Also the 1st runner up, Carmen Fernández, couldn't go to Miss Universe because her father was seriously sick and went to [[Miss International 1999]], and the 2nd runner up, Inma Nadal had to participate in Miss Europe 1999, and the Miss España organization decided to pick Nogueira as the Spanish representative at Miss Universe 1999. She previously represented Pontevedra at the national contest.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elanecdotario.com/2005/may05/19/may19a.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070109070630/http://www.elanecdotario.com/2005/may05/19/may19a.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 January 2007|title=El anecdotario|date=9 January 2007|access-date=9 August 2018}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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Miss Universe 1999
Mpule Kwelagobe
Date26 May 1999
Presenters
EntertainmentJulio Iglesias Jr.
VenueChaguaramas Convention Centre, Chaguaramas, Trinidad and Tobago
Broadcaster
Entrants84
Placements10
Debuts
  • Botswana
Withdrawals
  • Bulgaria
  • Guam
  • Netherlands
  • Norway
  • Romania
  • Zimbabwe
Returns
  • Austria
  • Barbados
  • Cayman Islands
  • Cook Islands
  • Guyana
  • Suriname
  • Turks and Caicos
  • Zambia
WinnerMpule Kwelagobe
Botswana
CongenialityMarisa Ferreira, Portugal
Best National CostumeNicole Simone Dyer, Trinidad and Tobago
PhotogenicBrenda Liz Lopez, Puerto Rico
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Miss Universe 1999 was the 48th Miss Universe pageant, held on 26 May 1999 at the Chaguaramas Convention Centre in Chaguaramas, Trinidad and Tobago. Mpule Kwelagobe of Botswana was crowned by Wendy Fitzwilliam of Trinidad and Tobago at the end of the event. This edition marks the most recent time that a first-time entry of a country at Miss Universe has won and the third time in pageant's history, after Colombia in 1958 and Finland in 1952. This edition also saw a back-to-back victory by black women. 84 contestants competed in this year.

Miss Universe 1999 Titlecard
Miss Universe 1999 participating nations and results

Background

Selection of participants

Contestants from eighty-four countries and territories were selected to compete in the pageant. Five of these delegates were appointees to their titles after being a runner-up of their national pageant or an audition process or other internal selection.

Replacements

Miss Barbados 1998, Michelle Selman did not compete for undisclosed reasons. Her first runner up, Olivia Harding replaced her.[1] The winner of Miss Great Britain Universe 1999, Nicki Lane decided to give up the crown to her 1st runner up Cherie Pisiani,[2][3] after Lane confessed that she had a child at 14 years old.[4] The winner of Binibining Pilipinas 1999, Janelle Delfin Bautista had to resign due to citizenship issues as she was an American citizen.[5] The Binibining Pilipinas World 1999, Miriam Quiambao assumed the Binibining Pilipinas Universe title.

Results

Placements

Placement Contestant
Miss Universe 1999
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
  •  Spain – Diana Nogueira[6]
Top 5
Top 10

Contestants

Eighty-four contestants competed for the title.

Country/Territory Contestant Age Hometown
Angola Egidia Torres 22 Luanda
Argentina Elena Fournier 22 Santa Fe
Aruba Irina Croes 18 Oranjestad
Australia Michelle Shead 20 Sydney
Austria Katja Giebner 21 Vienna
Bahamas Glennis Knowles 25 Nassau
Barbados Olivia Harding 25 Bridgetown
Belgium Tanja Dexters 21 Mol
Belize Viola Jeffery[7] 21 Belmopan
Bolivia Susana Barrientos 20 Santa Cruz
Bonaire Julina Felida 21 Kralendijk
Botswana Mpule Kwelagobe 19 Gaborone
Brazil Renata Fan 22 Santo Ângelo
British Virgin Islands Movel Lewis 20 Road Town
Canada Shannon McArthur 26 Windsor
Cayman Islands Gemma McLaughlin 19 George Town
Chile Andrea Muñoz 23 Santiago
Colombia Marianella Maal 20 Barranquilla
Cook Islands Tina Vogel 24 Avarua
Costa Rica Arianna Bolaños 22 Guanacaste
Croatia Marijana Kuzina 21 Šibenik
Curaçao Jouraine Ricardo 22 Willemstad
Cyprus Valentina Dionysiou 19 Nicosia
Czech Republic Petra Faltynova 20 Prague
Dominican Republic Luz García 21 Moca
Ecuador Carolina Alfonso 21 Quito
Egypt Angie Abdalla 18 Alexandria
El Salvador Cynthia Cevallos 21 San Salvador
Estonia Triin Rannat[8] 20 Tallinn
Finland Vanessa Forsman 22 Porvoo
France Mareva Galanter 22 Papeete
Germany Diana Drubig 19 Leipzig
Ghana Akuba Cudjoe 19 Accra
Great Britain Cherie Pisani 21 Clacton
Greece Sofia Raptis 19 Athens
Guatemala Monica Penedo 19 Sacatepéquez
Guyana Morvinia Sobers 20 Georgetown
Honduras Sofia Guerrero 21 Atlántida
Hong Kong Anne Heung 24 Hong Kong
Hungary Anett Garami 19 Soltvadkert
India Gul Panag 20 Chandigarh
Ireland Vivienne Doyle[9] 22 Galway
Israel Rana Raslan 21 Haifa
Italy Gloria Bellicchi 20 Parma
Jamaica Nicole Haughton 24 Kingston
Japan Satomi Ogawa 21 Misato
Lebanon Clémence Achkar 19 Beirut
Malaysia Jeanette Ooi 23 Kuching
Malta Dorianne Muscat 21 Qormi
Mauritius Micaella L'Hortalle 23 Port Louis
Mexico Silvia Salgado 20 Monterrey
Namibia Vaanda Katjiuongua 23 Windhoek
New Zealand Kristy Wilson 20 North Otago
 Nicaragua Liliana Pilarte[10][11] 23 Managua
Nigeria Angela Ukpoma - Imo
Northern Mariana Islands Cherilyn Cabrera 24 Saipan
Panama Yamani Saied 20 Panama City
Paraguay Carmen Morinigo 22 San Pedro
Peru Fabiola Lazo 18 Lima
Philippines Miriam Quiambao 23 Quezon City
Poland Katarzyna Pakuła - Lublin
Portugal Marisa Ferreira 20 Santarém
Puerto Rico Brenda Liz Lopez 23 Lares
Russia Alexandra Petrova† 19 Cheboksary
Singapore Cheryl Marie Cordeiro 23 Singapore
Slovakia Aneta Kuklova 19 Lučenec
South Africa Sonia Raciti 21 Johannesburg
South Korea Choi Ji-hyun 20 Seoul
Spain Diana Noguiera[12] 24 Pontevedra
Suriname Serafija Niekoop 21 Paramaribo
Sweden Emma-Helena Nilsson 24 Östersund
Switzerland Sonia Grandjean 19 Dietikon
Taiwan Wan-Fei Wang 21 Taipei
Thailand Apisamai Srirangsan 24 Nakhon Pathom
Trinidad and Tobago Nicole Simone Dyer 25 Diego Martin
Turkey Oznur Dursun 24 Istanbul
Turks and Caicos Shantell Stubbs 21 Cockburn Town
Ukraine Zhanna Pikhulya 18 Kyiv
United States Kimberly Pressler 21 Las Vegas
Uruguay Veronica Gonzales 19 Montevideo
United States Virgin Islands Sherece Smith 25 Charlotte Amalie
Venezuela Carolina Indriago 18 Valencia
Yugoslavia Ana Karić 19 Belgrade
Zambia Esanju Kalopa† [13] - Muchinga

Withdrawals

During the contest:

  •  Guam - Miss Guam 1999, Tisha Elaine Heflin had to withdraw a few days before the preliminary competition, after being discovered that she was pregnant.[14][15]

References

  1. ^ "Pageant News Ticker VII". 11 November 1999. Archived from the original on 11 November 1999. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  2. ^ "Cherie pisani Stock Images - DIOMEDIA". Diomedia.com. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  3. ^ "STOCK IMAGE - Left: NICKI LANE The former Miss Great Britain Universe (Nicki has handed over her title to runner-up Cherie Louise Pisani, after it was revealed that she did not tell the Miss Universe organis..." Diomedia.com. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  4. ^ "Crown of thorns". The Guardian. 25 May 1999. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  5. ^ "Top 10 Dethroned Beauty Queens". Spot.ph. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Miriam looks back on Miss Universe journey 22 years ago". Philippine Star (in Tagalog). 12 December 2021. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
  7. ^ "Viola Jeffrey is Miss Belize". Great Belize Television. 25 August 1998. Archived from the original on 26 November 2022. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  8. ^ "Miss Estonia on Triin Rannat". Õhtuleht (in Estonian). 8 March 1999. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  9. ^ Sheehan, Aideen (19 August 1998). "Miss Ireland goes west as Vivienne wins coveted title". Irish Independent. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  10. ^ "INTUR no se meterá más en el concurso Miss Nicaragua". Archivo.elnuevodiario.com.ni. Archived from the original on 10 August 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  11. ^ "Besos que no manchan - La Prensa". Lapresnsa.com.ni. 3 December 2002. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  12. ^ "El anecdotario". 9 January 2007. Archived from the original on 9 January 2007. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  13. ^ Mujuda, Sam (19 March 1999). "Zambia: Esanju Picked For Miss Universe '99". The Post. Retrieved 5 December 2022 – via AllAfrica.
  14. ^ Tiempo, Casa Editorial El (22 May 1999). "EMBARAZOSO LÍO REAL". El Tiempo. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
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