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Miss International 1999
DateDecember 14, 1999
Presenters
VenueU-Port Hall, Tokyo, Japan
BroadcasterTV Tokyo
Entrants51
Placements15
Debuts
  • Egypt
  • Palau
Withdrawals
  • Australia
  • Holland
  • Honduras
  • Paraguay
  • Peru
Returns
  • Brazil
  • Côte d'Ivoire
  • Guam
  • Guatemala
  • Lebanon
  • Malaysia
  • Malta
  • Nicaragua
  • Russia
  • Ukraine
  • Uruguay
WinnerPaulina Gálvez
Colombia
CongenialityMiyuki Hill
Northern Mariana Islands
PhotogenicPaulina Gálvez
Colombia
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Miss International 1999 was the 39th Miss International pageant, held at the U-Port Hall in Tokyo, Japan on 14 December 1999.

Paulina Gálvez of Colombia won and was crowned by Lía Borrero of Panama. It is the second time Colombia has won the pageant.[1][2]

Contestants from fifty-one countries and territories participated in the pageant, which was hosted by Masumi Okada and Mari Christine.

Background

Selection of participants

Replacements

Michelle Sablan of the Northern Mariana Islands was replaced by the first runner-up of Miss Marianas 1999, Miyuki Hill due to being overage.[3][4] Binibining Pilipinas-Universe 1999, Janelle Bautista had to resign due to citizenship issues because she is an American citizen.[5] Due to this, Binibining Pilipinas-World 1999, Miriam Quiambao assumed the aforementioned title, and Lalaine Edson, Binibining Pilipinas-International 1999, assumed the title of Quiambao.[5] The title of Edson was then assumed by Georgina Sandico, one of the ten semi-finalists.[6]

Results

Miss International 1999 participating countries and territories.

Placements

Placement Contestant
Miss International 1999
1st runner-up
  •  Spain – Carmen Fernández[2]
2nd runner-up
  •  Finland – Saija Palin[2]
Top 15
  •  Brazil – Alessandra do Nascimento
  •  Curaçao – Pamela Winkel
  •  Cyprus – Afroditi Pericleous
  •  Czech Republic – Sárka Sikorova[8]
  •  Dominican Republic – Patsi Arias
  •  Japan – Kana Onoda
  •  Nicaragua – Claudia Alaniz
  •  Poland – Adrianna Gerczew
  •  Russia – Maria Tchebotkevitch
  •  Senegal – Aïcha Faye
  •  Uruguay – Daniela Abasolo
  •  Venezuela – Andreína Llamozas

Special awards

Award Contestant
Miss Friendship
  •  Northern Mariana Islands – Miyuki Hill
Miss Photogenic

Contestants

Fifty-one contestants competed for the title.

Country/Territory Contestant Age[a] Hometown
Argentina Elizabeth Contrard 18 Buenos Aires
Aruba Cindy Vanessa Cam Lin Martinus 19 Oranjestad
Bolivia Natalia Arteaga 19 Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Brazil Alessandra do Nascimento[10] 18 Minas Gerais
Colombia Paulina Gálvez[11] 19 Cali
Côte d'Ivoire Madaussou Kamara 19 Abidjan
Curaçao Pamela Winkel 23 Willemstad
Cyprus Afroditi Pericleous 20 Nicosia
Czech Republic Šárka Sikorová[8] 20 Prague
Dominican Republic Patsi Arias 22 Baní
Egypt Angie Abdalla[12] 19 Alexandria
Finland Saija Palin[13] 21 Turku
France Céline Cheuva 23 Lille
Germany Tania Freuderberg 21 Berlin
Great Britain Janeth Kehinde Ayuba 19 London
Greece Penelope Lentzou 23 Athens
Guam Lourdes Rivera 18 Hagåtña
Guatemala Gladys Alvarado 20 Chiquimula
Hawaii Christy Chung 23 Honolulu
Hong Kong Myolie Wu 19 Hong Kong
Iceland Ásbjörg Kristinsdóttir 20 Reykjavík
India Srikrupa Murali 20 Karnataka
Israel Nofit Shevach 18 Tel Aviv
Japan Kana Onoda[14] 22 Fukushima
Latvia Agnese Keiša 22 Riga
Lebanon Clémence Achkar[15] 19 Beirut
Macedonia Delfina Zafirova 23 Skopje
Malaysia Andrea Gomez[16] 21 Sarawak
Malta Catherine Seisan 19 Valletta
Mexico Graciela Soto[2] 22 Morelos
Nicaragua Claudia Alaniz[17] 22 Managua
Northern Mariana Islands Miyuki Hill[3] 20 Saipan
Norway Anette Rusten 20 Oslo
Palau Charlene Kaud Omelau[18] 20 Koror
Panama Blanca Elena Espinosa[2] 20 Panama City
Philippines Georgina Sandico[6] 20 Bicol
Poland Adrianna Gerczew 18 Kuyavia-Pomerania
Portugal Andreia Antunes 18 Lisbon
Russia Maria Tchebotkevitch 19 Krasnodar
Senegal Aïcha Faye 19 Dakar
Singapore Janice Koh 22 Singapore
Slovakia Adela Bartková[19] 20 Zemplínska Nová Ves
South Korea Lee Jae-won[14] 22 Seoul
Spain Carmen Fernández[2] 21 Seville
Togo Deborah Tiyéna Bassuka 20 Lomé
Tunisia Leïla Bent Abdesalem 21 Tunis
Turkey Merve Alman 18 Istanbul
Ukraine Liliya Zalunina 19 Kyiv
United States Jennifer Glover 20 Castro Valley
Uruguay Daniela Abasolo 22 Montevideo
Venezuela Andreína Llamozas 19 Caraballeda

Notes

  1. ^ Ages during the competition

References

  1. ^ "Una Colombiana, Miss Internacional". El Tiempo. December 15, 1999. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Espino, Rolando (21 December 1999). "Miss Internacional 1999: ¡La última Reina del Milenio!" [Miss International 1999: The last Queen of the Millennium!]. Panamá América (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  3. ^ a b "BEAUTY PAGEANT CONTROVERSY NMBPA sets the record straight". Saipan Tribune. 29 October 1999. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Miyuki Hill unmasked "I'm a genuine person. I don't try to put a facade"". Saipan Tribune. 5 November 1999. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  5. ^ a b "Top 10 Dethroned Beauty Queens". Spot.ph. 26 April 2010. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  6. ^ a b Lo, Ricky (14 February 2000). "Bb. Pilipinas: It's showtime (again), folks". Philippine Star. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  7. ^ "Colombian girl is Miss International". New Straits Times. 15 December 1999. p. 13. Retrieved 9 March 2011 – via Google News Archive.
  8. ^ a b "Česká vicemiss se dostala v Tokiu do finále" [The Czech vice-miss reached the final in Tokyo]. iDNES.cz (in Czech). 15 December 1999. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  9. ^ "Student voted Miss Photogenic in Tokyo event". New Straits Times. 8 December 1999. p. 12. Retrieved 25 June 2024 – via Google Books.
  10. ^ "Beleza afro é destaque em Minas" [Afro beauty is highlighted in Minas]. O Tempo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 29 August 2014. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  11. ^ "UNA COLOMBIANA, MISS INTERNACIONAL". El Tiempo (in Spanish). 15 December 1999. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  12. ^ al-Sokkari, Rabii (4 August 2015). "Alper et Angie, ou quand l'amour l'emporte sur la diplomatie" [Alper and Angie, or when love trumps diplomacy]. Agence Anadolu (in French). Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  13. ^ Vatka, Miia (4 June 2019). "Muistatko Onnenpyörä-tyttö Saija Palinin? – Nykyään hän kisaa Turun asuntokaupoista Jethro Rostedtin kanssa" [Do you remember Wheel of Fortune girl Saija Palin? - Today, he competes with Jethro Rostedt for Turku apartment deals]. Iltalehti (in Finnish). Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  14. ^ a b "Asian beauties parade their charms in Kamakura". New Straits Times. 11 December 1999. p. 13. Retrieved 25 June 2024 – via Google Books.
  15. ^ Sanders, Kerry (25 July 2006). "In Christian enclaves of Beirut, life goes on". NBC News. Archived from the original on February 26, 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  16. ^ "Perfect English wedding for ex-beauty queen and lawyer". The Star. 25 April 2005. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  17. ^ "Gente de hoy". La Nación (in Spanish). 27 March 1998. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  18. ^ "Palau officials to grace Flame Tree festival". Saipan Tribune. 31 May 2000. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  19. ^ "Na finále Miss International v Tokiu odcestovala aj Adela Bartková" [Adela Bartková also traveled to the Miss International finals in Tokyo]. Korzár (in Slovak). 13 December 1999. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
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