Miss International 1999

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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
  • Honduras
  • Holland
  • 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
2nd runner-up
Top 15

Special awards

Award Contestant
Miss Friendship
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
 Britain Janeth Kehinde Ayuba 19 London
 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
 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.