Miss World 2000

Miss World 2000, the 50th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 30 November 2000 at the Millennium Dome in London, United Kingdom.[3] The pageant's swimsuit segment was filmed in the Maldives.

Miss World 2000
Miss World 2000 titleholder – Priyanka Chopra
Date30 November 2000
Presenters
Entertainment
VenueMillennium Dome, London, United Kingdom
Broadcaster
  • E!
  • Channel 5
Entrants95
Placements10
Debuts
Withdrawals
Returns
WinnerPriyanka Chopra[1][2]
 India

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.

Miss World 2000 Titlecard

The pageant was won by Priyanka Chopra of India,[1][2] at the age of 18. She was crowned by her predecessor Yukta Mookhey also from India. She is the fifth Miss World and the second consecutive winner from her country. Internationally, Chopra reigned alongside Miss Universe 2000 titleholder Lara Dutta, marking the most recent time (as of 2020) that any country has held the two most prestigious beauty pageant titles in the world in a single year.

Results
Countries and territories which sent delegates, and results for Miss World 2000[1][3][4]

Placements
Final results Contestant
Miss World 2000
1st Runner-Up
2nd Runner-Up
Top 5
Top 10

Continental Queens of Beauty
Continental Group Contestant
Africa
  •  Kenya – Yolanda Masinde
Americas
Asia
Caribbean
  •  Curacao – Jozaine Marianella Wall
Europe

Contestants

A total of 95 contestants participated in Miss World 2000.[4]

Judges

Notes

Debuts

Returns

Replacements
  •  Denmark – Cecilie Elisa Dahlstrøm
  •  Russia – Ekaterina Izmail - Dethroned of her crown due to marriage[5]
  •  Mexico Jacqueline Bracamontes - She won Nuestra Belleza Mundo México 2000 and supposed to represent Mexico at Miss World that year, 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 - (Suplente of Nuestra Belleza México 2000 pageant) to compete at Miss World 2000.[6]
  •  Moldova - Miss Moldova 2000, Irina Babusenko didn't go to Miss World 2000 due to her being underage. She was replaced by her 1st runner up Mariana Moraru.[7]

Withdrawals
  •  Guyana - No contest.
  •  Latvia – Miss Latvia 1999, Dina Kalandarova withdrew at the last minute due to personal reasons. She competed in Miss World 2001 instead.
  •  Seychelles - No contest.
  •  Sint Maarten – Angelique Romou went to Miss Universe instead.
  •  Swaziland - No contest.
  •  Thailand – No contest.
  •  United Kingdom - No longer competes as United Kingdom. Now competes as its constituent countries instead, England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
  •  Zambia - No contest.

References
  1. "Miss Universe vs Miss World: Facts and comparisons". MSN. 15 January 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  2. "Daily News". Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  3. "New Straits Times". Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  4. "Toledo Blade". Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  5. Vsenashimiss (In Russian)
  6. "Jacqueline Bracamontes van Hoorde nace el 23 de septiembre de 1979".
  7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 September 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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