Miss International 2000
Beauty pageant
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Dominican Republic
- Britain
- Latvia
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Uruguay
- Canada
- Honduras
- Puerto Rico
- South Africa
- Sweden
- Tahiti
- Taiwan
- Thailand
Venezuela
← 1999
2001 →
Miss International 2000, was the 40th Miss International pageant, held at the Koseinenkin Hall in Tokyo, Japan on 4 October 2000.[4]
Vivian Urdaneta of Venezuela won and was crowned by Paulina Gálvez of Colombia. It is the third time Venezuela has won the pageant.[3]
Contestants from fifty-six countries and territories participated in the pageant, which was hosted by Masumi Okada.
Background
Selection of participants
Replacements
Lissette Blandón of Nicaragua was replaced by Marynes Argüello due to being overage.[5]
Withdrawals
Nicola Jane Willoughby of the United Kingdom, Evanna Marting of the Dominican Republic, Inga Alspire of Latvia, Maria Leticia Alvarez of Paraguay, Claudia Neyra of Peru, and Alana Selby of Trinidad and Tobago withdrew due to undisclosed reasons.[6]
Results
Placements
| Placement | Contestant |
|---|---|
| Miss International 2000 |
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| 1st runner-up |
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| 2nd runner-up |
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| Top 15 |
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Special awards
| Awards | Contestant |
|---|---|
| Miss Friendship | |
| Miss Photogenic | |
| Best National Costume |
Contestants
Fifty-six contestants competed for the title.
| Country/Territory | Contestant | Age[a] | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|
 Argentina | Natalia Cecilia Dalla | 19 | Buenos Aires |
 Aruba | Carolina Albertsz | 20 | Oranjestad |
 Bolivia | Catherine Villarroel[8] | 18 | Santa Cruz de la Sierra |
 Brazil | Fernanda Schiavo | 19 | Rio Grande do Sul |
 Canada | Angeliki Lakouras | 22 | – |
 Colombia | Carolina Cruz[9] | 21 | Tuluá |
 Croatia | Ana Gruica[10] | 17 | Zagreb |
 Curaçao | Roselle Angèle Augusta | 21 | Willemstad |
 Cyprus | Nikoletta Violari | 20 | Nicosia |
 Czech Republic | Markéta Svobodná | 19 | South Bohemia |
 Egypt | Hagar El Taher | 23 | Cairo |
 Finland | Kati Nirkko[11] | 21 | Tampere |
 France | Tatiana Bouguer | 23 | Bormes-les-Mimosas |
 Germany | Doreen Adler | 22 | Berlin |
 Greece | Dimitra Kitsiou | 22 | Athens |
 Guam | Liza Marie Camacho | 20 | Hagåtña |
 Guatemala | Yazmin Di Maio | 19 | Guatemala City |
 Hawaii | Carly Makanani Ah Sing | 18 | Honolulu |
 Honduras | Alba Marcela Rubí | 19 | Yoro |
 Hong Kong | Edith Ho | 22 | Hong Kong |
 Iceland | Anna Lilja Björnsdóttir | 19 | Reykjavík |
 India | Gayatri Joshi | 23 | Nagpur |
 Israel | Dana Farkash | 18 | Jerusalem |
 Japan | Kanako Shibata[6] | 23 | Hokkaido |
 Lebanon | Sahar Mahmoud Al-Ghazzawi | 23 | Beirut |
 Macedonia | Sanja Nikolic[12] | 18 | Skopje |
 Malaysia | Aida Stannis Kazum[13] | 22 | Sarawak |
 Malta | Dominique Desira | 21 | Valletta |
 Mexico | Leticia Murray[14] | 21 | Hermosillo |
 Moldova | Elena Ungureanu | 17 | Chișinău |
 Nepal | Uma Bogati | 23 | Kathmandu |
 Nicaragua | Marynes Argüello[5] | 21 | Managua |
 Norway | Frida Jonson | 22 | Oslo |
 Palau | Eloisa Dilbodel Senior | 19 | Koror |
 Panama | Cristina Sousa[15] | 19 | Panama City |
 Philippines | Joanna Maria Peñaloza[16] | 21 | Mandaluyong |
 Poland | Emilia Raszynska | 22 | Warmia-Masuria |
 Portugal | Tânia Isabel Campanacho Ferreira | 18 | Lisbon |
 Puerto Rico | Rosiveliz Díaz | 20 | San Juan |
 Russia | Svetlana Goreva | 18 | Moscow |
 San Marino | Chiara Valentini | 21 | San Marino |
 Singapore | Lorraine Mann[6] | 23 | Singapore |
 Slovakia | Michaela Strählová[7] | 19 | Bratislava |
 South Africa | Irmari Steyl | 20 | – |
 South Korea | Son Tae-young[17] | 19 | Daegu |
 Spain | Raquel Rovira[18] | 19 | Madrid |
 Sweden | Gabrielle Heinerborg | 20 | Stockholm |
 Tahiti | Hinarai Leboucher | 20 | Papeete |
 Taiwan | Chiang Hsin-Ting[6] | 21 | Taipei |
 Thailand | Phongkajorn Sareeyawat[6] | 22 | Bangkok |
 Togo | Pamela Agnélé Gunn | 23 | Lomé |
 Tunisia | Ismahero Lahmar | 17 | Tunis |
 Turkey | Hulya Karanlik[6] | 22 | Istanbul |
 Ukraine | Yana Razumovska | 18 | Kyiv |
 United States | Kirstin Anne Cook | 22 | Miami |
 Venezuela | Vivian Urdaneta | 21 | Maracaibo |
Notes
- ^ Ages during the competition
References
- ^ a b c "Miss Poland wins international beauty pageant". Japan Weekly Monitor. October 8, 2001. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
- ^ a b c d "Miss International 2000 update". Philippine Headline News. November 19, 2000. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
- ^ a b c "Un grupo de misses rechaza la violencia en el país" [A group of misses rejects violence in the country]. El Universal (in Spanish). 21 February 2014. Archived from the original on 16 March 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
- ^ "Beauty and brawn". Philippine Daily Inquirer. 23 September 2000. p. 28. Retrieved 26 June 2024 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b "Una Reina de la Moda". La Prensa (in Spanish). 3 June 2003. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f "Who's the pretty girl?". New Straits Times. 28 September 2000. p. 12. Retrieved 26 June 2024 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b "Slovenka v najlepšej pätnástke" [Slovakian in the best fifteen]. Korzar (in Slovak). 6 October 2000. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- ^ "Catherine Villarroel: "El título de madre te lo da tu hijo y los otros adjetivos te los da la sociedad"" [Catherine Villarroel: “The title of mother is given to you by your child and the other adjectives are given to you by society”]. El Deber (in European Spanish). 19 May 2023. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
- ^ "Carolina Cruz se dejó ver al natural en redes sociales y sorprendió a sus seguidores". Infobae (in European Spanish). 1 February 2023. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- ^ "VREMEPLOV LJEPOTE: Prisjetili smo se kako su Ana Gruica, Žanamari i Monika Sablić izgledale na izboru za miss prije 20 godina" [TIME OF BEAUTY: We remembered how Ana Gruica, Žanamari and Monika Sablić looked at the pageant for miss 20 years ago]. Gloria (in Croatian). 29 August 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- ^ "Kati Nirkko ei kaipaa julkisuutta" [Kati Nirkko doesn't need publicity]. Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). 22 July 2000. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- ^ Mitrovska, Anita (24 August 2020). "Sanja Nikolic turns 38 - Birthday party in the yard, homemade cake and a little surprise (PHOTO) - Free Press". Слободен печат. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- ^ "Striking". New Straits Times. 2 October 2000. p. 12. Retrieved 26 June 2024 – via Google Books.
- ^ Marín, Nora (14 July 2000). "Vuelve Leticia Murray a representar a México" [Leticia Murray returned to represent Mexico]. Terra (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 16 December 2004. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- ^ "Pictures anyone?". New Straits Times. 1 October 2000. p. 13. Retrieved 26 June 2024 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Oops!". Philippine Daily Inquirer. February 29, 2000. p. 3. Retrieved September 25, 2021.
- ^ Han, Hyeon-woo (29 May 2000). "Kim Sa-rang Crowned Miss Korea 2000". The Chosun Ilbo. Archived from the original on 29 December 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- ^ Lo, Ricky (4 October 2000). "Anak is RP's entry to the Oscars". Philippine Star. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
External links
- Official website
