Miss World 2000

Miss World 2000 was the 50th anniversary of the Miss World pageant, held at the Millennium Dome in London, United Kingdom on 30 November 2000. Portions of the pageant were also filmed in the Maldives.^[3]

At the end of the event, Yukta Mookhey of India crowned Priyanka Chopra of India as Miss World 2000.^[4] She is the fifth Miss World and the second successive winner from her country. Internationally, Chopra reigned alongside Miss Universe 2000 titleholder Lara Dutta, marking the most recent time (as of ) that any country has held the two most prestigious beauty pageant titles in the world in a single year since 1994.^[1][2]

Background

The pageant was the first since the death of pageant owner Eric Morley, whose widow Julia Morley assumed responsibility for the event. The pageant had 95 contestants, the highest number of Miss World participants at that time.

Selection of participants

Replacements

Jacqueline Bracamontes of Mexico, won Nuestra Belleza Mundo México 2000 and supposed to compete, however she decided to enter Nuestra Belleza Mexico 2000 and won the contest, but as she won 2 contests Lupita Jones president of Nuestra Belleza México, decides to appoint Paulina Flores Arias to compete.^[5]

Miss Moldova 2000, Irina Babusenko withdrew from the competition due to her being underage. She was replaced by her first runner-up, Mariana Moraru.^[6]

Debuts, returns, and, withdrawals

This edition marked the debut of Belarus, England, Moldova and Northern Ireland, and the return of Barbados, the British Virgin Islands, Curaçao, Denmark, Namibia and Taiwan; Barbados and Denmark last competed in 1995, Namibia last competed in 1997, and the British Virgin Islands, Curaçao and Taiwan last competed in 1998.

Guyana, Latvia, Liberia, Seychelles, Sint Maarten, Swaziland, Thailand, the United Kingdom and Zambia, withdrew from the competition.

Results

Placements

Continental Queens of Beauty

Judges

• Stephanie Beacham
• Ozwald Boateng
• Errol Brown †
• Lulu
• Terry O'Neill †
• Lucy Sykes
• Hemant Trivedi
• Amanda Wakeley
• Shah Rukh Khan

Contestants

95 contestants competed for the title.^[7]

Notes

1. ^ Ages at the time of the pageant
2. ^ Competed as Tahiti in the pageant
3. ^ Competed as Korea in the pageant
4. ^ Competed as Chinese Taipei in the pageant

Replacements

• Denmark – Cecilie Elisa Dahlstrøm
• Russia – Ekaterina Izmail - Dethroned of her crown due to differences with her Organization, just 2 weeks prior leaving for the pageant.

Withdrawals

• Guyana – No contest.
• Latvia – Miss Latvia 1999, Dina Kalandārova withdrew at the last minute for personal reasons. She competed in Miss World 2001 instead.
• Liberia
• Seychelles – No contest.
• Sint Maarten – Miss Saint Maarten 2000, Angelique Romou went to Miss Universe instead.
• Swaziland – Their national pageant was delayed until next year.
• Thailand – No contest.
• United Kingdom – No longer competes as United Kingdom. Now competes as its constituent countries instead, England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.^{[citation needed]}
• Zambia – No contest.

References

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