Miss World 2001
Date16 November 2001
VenueSuper Bowl, Sun City Entertainment Centre, Sun City, South Africa
WinnerAgbani Darego
RepresentedNigeria
BroadcasterE! · ITV2 · IBC Channel 13 · SABC 3
PresentersJerry Springer · Claire Elizabeth Smith
ActsUmoja
Placements10
Entrants93
DebutsMalawi
WithdrawsBahamas · Belarus · Curaçao · Denmark · Guatemala · Honduras · Kazakhstan · Lithuania · Moldova · Nepal · Paraguay · Sri Lanka · Taiwan
ReturnsAntigua and Barbuda · China · Guyana · Hawaii · Latvia · Macedonia · Nicaragua · Sint Maarten · Thailand · Uganda
Before2000
Next2002

Miss World 2001 was the 51st edition of the Miss World pageant, held at the Super Bowl of Sun City Entertainment Centre in Sun City, South Africa, on 16 November 2001.

Priyanka Chopra of India crowned Agbani Darego of Nigeria as her successor at the end of the event.[1] This is the first time Nigeria won the title of Miss World.

Background

Selection of participants

Contestants from 93 countries and territories were selected to compete in the competition. Two of these delegates were designees after the original contestant withdrew.

Replacements

Karol Inés de la Torre, Miss Mundo Colombia 2001, resigned due to accusations of her being married. She was replaced by Jeisyl Amparo Velez.[2] Miss Latvia 2001, Gunta Rudzīte was expected to compete in Miss World 2001, but was replaced by Miss Latvia 1999–2000, Dina Kalandārova for undisclosed reasons.[3]

Debuts, returns, and, withdrawals

This edition saw the debut of Malawi, and the return of Antigua and Barbuda, China, Guyana, Hawaii, Latvia, Macedonia, Nicaragua, Sint Maarten, Thailand, and Uganda;[4] Hawaii, which last competed in 1959, Antigua and Barbuda in 1991, China in 1994, Macedonia in 1996, Uganda in 1997, Nicaragua and 1998, and Guyana, Latvia, Sint Maarten and Thailand in 1999.

The Bahamas, Belarus, Curaçao, Denmark, Guatemala, Honduras, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Moldova, Nepal, Paraguay, Sri Lanka and Taiwan withdrew from the competition. Miss Teen Bahamas 2001, Kiara Sherman had to cancel her participation in Miss World 2001 due to lack of time and preparation, and because she wasn't the official winner.[5] Miss Belarus 2000, Anna Stychinskaya did not compete due underage and lack of interest.[6][7] Miss Denmark 2001, Maj Petersen did not compete due to sponsorship problems,[8] she went to Miss World 2003 instead.[9] Miss Kazakhstan 2001, Gulmira Makhambetova did not compete for unknown reasons.[10] Miss Moldova 2001, Nadezhda Corcimari was supposed to participate in Miss World 2001, but due to her young age the Miss World officials refused her participation.[11]

Miss Egypt World 2001, Sally Shaheen and Miss Uzbekistan 2001, Olesya Loshkareva did not participate in Miss World 2001 as scheduled due to the instability of the Middle East following the terrorist September 11 attacks in New York.[12] Miss Swaziland 2001, Glenda Mabuza was expected to compete, but the local organizers could not reach an agreement with the franchise.[13]

Results

Placements

PlacementContestant
Miss World 2001
1st Runner-Up
2nd Runner-Up
Top 5
Top 10

Contestants

93 contestants competed for the title.

Country/TerritoryContestantAge[a]Hometown
Adalgisa Gonçalves[17]21Luanda
Janelle Williams23Saint John
Virginia di Salvo22Rosario
Zizi Lee19Oranjestad
Eva Milic[18]23Gold Coast
Daniela Rockenschaub[19]23Wels
BangladeshTabassum Ferdous Shaon[20]18Dhaka
BarbadosStephanie Chase[21]22Bridgetown
BelgiumDina Tersago[22]22Puurs
BoliviaClaudia Ettmüller[23]19Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Bosnia and HerzegovinaAna Mirjana Račanović[24]18Bijeljina
BotswanaMasego Sebedi[25]22Gaborone
BrazilJoyce Aguiar18Votuporanga
British Virgin IslandsMelinda McGlore23Road Town
BulgariaStanislava Karabelova23Sofia
CanadaTara Hall[26]21Toronto
Cayman IslandsShannon McLean24George Town
ChileChristianne Balmelli[27]22Temuco
ChinaBing Li[15]18Sanya
ColombiaJeisyl Vélez20Caldas
Costa RicaPiarella Peralta20San José
CroatiaRajna Raguž[28]17Drenovci
CyprusChristiana Aristotelous18Nicosia
Czech RepublicAndrea Fišerová[29]19Litoměřice
Dominican RepublicJeimy Castillo[30]23Santo Domingo
EcuadorCarla Lorena Revelo19Quito
EnglandSally Kettle[31]21Leicester
EstoniaLiina Helstein[32]23Tartu
FinlandJenni Dahlman[33]21Turku
FranceEmmanuelle Chossat[34]22Bourg-en-Bresse
French Polynesia[b]Ravanui Terriitaumihau19Papeete
GermanyAdina Wilhelmi[35]21Wolfach
GhanaSelasi Kwawu[36]20Accra
GibraltarLuann Richardson18Gibraltar
GreeceValentini Daskaloudi22Athens
GuyanaOlive Gopaul[37]22Georgetown
HawaiiRadasha Hoohuli[38]21Honolulu
HollandIrena Pantelic[39]22Rotterdam
Hong KongPui Chi Chung19Hong Kong
HungaryZsoka Kapocs[40]22Budapest
IcelandKolbrún Helgadóttir[41]21Reykjavík
IndiaSara Corner[42]21Karnataka
IrelandCatrina Supple[43]18Youghal
IsraelKaren Shlimovitz[44]22Tel Aviv
ItalyPaola D'Antonino[45]19Messina
JamaicaRegina Beavers17Kingston
JapanYuka Humano21Nagoya
KenyaDaniella Kimaru21Nairobi
LatviaDina Kalandārova[46][47]21Valmiera
LebanonChristina Sawaya21Bourj Hammoud
MacedoniaSandra Spasovska21Skopje
MadagascarTassiana Boba18Antananarivo
MalawiElizabeth Pullu[4]22Mzuzu
MalaysiaSasha Tan24Johor
MaltaChristine Camilleri19Valletta
MexicoTatiana Rodríguez20Campeche
NamibiaMichelle Heitha25Windhoek
New ZealandAmie Hewitt18Manukau City
NicaraguaLigia Cristina Argüello21Managua
NigeriaAgbani Darego18Lagos
Northern IrelandAngela McCarthy21Belfast
NorwayMalin Johansen[48]22Troms
PanamaLourdes González[49]20Panama City
PeruViviana Rivas24Lambayeque
PhilippinesGilrhea Quinzon[50]19San Fernando
PolandJoanna Drozdowska22Szczecin
PortugalClaudia Jesus López18Lisbon
Puerto RicoBárbara Serrano23Vieques
RomaniaVanda Petre18Bucharest
RussiaIrina Kovalenko17Murmansk
ScotlandJuliet-Jane Horne18Aberdeen
SingaporeAngelina Johnson20Singapore
Sint MaartenGenesis Romney18Philipsburg
SlovakiaJana Ivanová[51]19Nemšová
SloveniaRebeka Dremelj21Brežice
South AfricaJo-Ann Strauss20Cape Town
South Korea[c]Hyun-jin Seo21Daegu
SpainMacarena García23Seville
SwedenCamilla Bäck22Gothenburg
SwitzerlandMascha Santschi21Bern
TanzaniaHappiness Magese22Dar es Salaam
ThailandLada Engchawadechasilp21Songkhla
Sacha St. Hill22Port of Spain
Tuğçe Kazaz[52]19Edremit
Victoria Nabunya20Kampala
Oleksandra Nikolayenko20Odesa
Carrie Stroup19Fort Lauderdale
United States Virgin Islands[d]Cherrisse Wood18Saint Thomas
María Abasolo Cugnetti22Montevideo
Andreína Prieto19Maracaibo
Charlotte Faicheney18Wrexham
FR YugoslaviaTijana Stajšić17Belgrade
ZimbabweNokhuthula Mpuli18Harare

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 American Virgin Islands in the pageant.

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