Miss International 2000

Miss International 2000
Miss International 2000
Date	October 4, 2000
Presenters	Masumi Okada
Venue	Koseinenkin Hall, Tokyo, Japan
Broadcaster	TV Tokyo
Entrants	56
Placements	15
Withdrawals	Côte d'Ivoire; Dominican Republic; Britain; Latvia; Northern Mariana Islands; Uruguay;
Returns	Canada; Honduras; Puerto Rico; South Africa; Sweden; Tahiti; Taiwan; Thailand;
Winner	Vivian Urdaneta; 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	Venezuela – Vivian Urdaneta^[3]
1st runner-up	South Korea – Son Tae-young
2nd runner-up	Russia – Svetlana Goreva
Top 15	Canada – Angeliki Lakouras Colombia – Carolina Cruz Czech Republic – Markéta Svobodná Finland - Kati Nirkko India – Gayatri Joshi Japan – Kanako Shibata Mexico – Leticia Murray Slovakia – Michaela Strahlová^[7] Sweden – Gabrielle Heinerborg Tunisia – Ismahero Lahmar Turkey – Hulya Karanlik Ukraine – Yana Razumovska

Special awards

Awards	Contestant
Miss Friendship	Germany - Doreen Adler^[2]
Miss Photogenic	South Korea - Son Tae-young^[2]
Best National Costume	Aruba - Carolina Francisca Albertsz^[2]

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

[8] Ages during the competition

[monitor-1] "Miss Poland wins international beauty pageant". Japan Weekly Monitor. October 8, 2001. Retrieved 3 March 2011.

[phn-2] "Miss International 2000 update". Philippine Headline News. November 19, 2000. Retrieved 3 March 2011.

[El_Universal-3] "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.

[4] "Beauty and brawn". Philippine Daily Inquirer. 23 September 2000. p. 28. Retrieved 26 June 2024 – via Google Books.

[:1-5] "Una Reina de la Moda". La Prensa (in Spanish). 3 June 2003. Retrieved 25 June 2024.

[:2-6] ^ ^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.

[:0-7] "Slovenka v najlepšej pätnástke" [Slovakian in the best fifteen]. Korzar (in Slovak). 6 October 2000. Retrieved 25 June 2024.

[9] "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.

[10] "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.

[11] "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.

[12] "Kati Nirkko ei kaipaa julkisuutta" [Kati Nirkko doesn't need publicity]. Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). 22 July 2000. Retrieved 25 June 2024.

[13] 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.

[14] "Striking". New Straits Times. 2 October 2000. p. 12. Retrieved 26 June 2024 – via Google Books.

[15] 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.

[16] "Pictures anyone?". New Straits Times. 1 October 2000. p. 13. Retrieved 26 June 2024 – via Google Books.

[:3-17] "Oops!". Philippine Daily Inquirer. February 29, 2000. p. 3. Retrieved September 25, 2021.

[18] 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.

[19] Lo, Ricky (4 October 2000). "Anak is RP's entry to the Oscars". Philippine Star. Retrieved 25 June 2024.

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Miss International 2000

Date	October 4, 2000^[1]
Presenters	Masumi Okada
Venue	Koseinenkin Hall, Tokyo, Japan^[1]
Broadcaster	TV Tokyo
Entrants	56
Placements	15^[2]
Withdrawals	Côte d'Ivoire Dominican Republic Britain Latvia Northern Mariana Islands Uruguay
Returns	Canada Honduras Puerto Rico South Africa Sweden Tahiti Taiwan Thailand
Winner	Vivian Urdaneta^[1]^[3] Venezuela
← 1999 2001 →