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Miss World 2001
Agbani Darego, Miss World 2001
Date16 November 2001
Presenters
Entertainment
  • Umoja
VenueSuper Bowl, Sun City Entertainment Centre, Sun City, South Africa
Broadcaster
Entrants93
Placements10
Debuts
Withdrawals
Returns
WinnerAgbani Darego
 Nigeria
← 2000
2002 →

Miss World 2001, the 51st edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 16 November 2001 at the Super Bowl of Sun City Entertainment Centre in Sun City, South Africa. 93 contestants from all over the world competed for the title. Priyanka Chopra of India crowned her successor Agbani Darego of Nigeria 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.

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 due to undisclosed reasons.[3]

The 2001 edition saw the debut of Malawi, and the returns of Antigua and Barbuda, China, Guyana, Hawaii, Latvia, Macedonia, Nicaragua, Sint Maarten, Thailand, and Uganda.[4] Hawaii last competed in 1959, Antigua and Barbuda in 1991, China in 1994, Macedonia in 1996, Uganda in 1997, Nicaragua and 1998, and the others in 1999.

The Bahamas, Belarus, Chinese Taipei, Curacao, Denmark, Guatemala, Honduras, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Moldova, Nepal, Paraguay, and Sri Lanka withdrew. 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] Went to Miss World 2003 instead.[9] 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.[10] Miss Kazakhstan 2001, Gulmira Makhambetova did not compete for unknown reasons.[11] 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.[12] Miss Swaziland 2001, Glenda Mabuza was expected to compete, but the local organizers could not reach an agreement with the franchise. Chinese Taipei, Curacao, Guatemala, Honduras, Nepal, Paraguay, Seychelles, Sri Lanka and Zambia withdrew after their respective organizations failed to hold a national competition or appoint a delegate.[13]

Results

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 2001[14]

Placements

Placement Contestant
Miss World 2001
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
Top 5
Top 10

Contestants

93 contestants competed for the title.

Country/Territory Contestant Age[a] Hometown
 American Virgin Islands Cherrisse Wood 18 Saint Thomas
 Angola Adalgisa Gonçalves 21 Luanda
 Antigua and Barbuda Janelle Williams 23 Saint John
 Argentina Virginia di Salvo 22 Rosario
 Aruba Zizi Lee 19 Oranjestad
 Australia Eva Milic[18] 23 Gold Coast
 Austria Daniela Rockenschaub[19] 23 Wels
 Bangladesh Tabassum Ferdous Shaon[20] 18 Dhaka
 Barbados Stephanie Chase[21] 22 Bridgetown
 Belgium Dina Tersago[22] 22 Puurs
 Bolivia Claudia Ettmüller[23] 19 Santa Cruz de la Sierra
 Bosnia and Herzegovina Ana Mirjana Račanović[24] 18 Bijeljina
 Botswana Masego Sebedi[25] 22 Gaborone
 Brazil Joyce Aguiar 18 Votuporanga
 British Virgin Islands Melinda McGlore 23 Road Town
 Bulgaria Stanislava Karabelova 23 Sofia
 Canada Tara Hall[26] 21 Toronto
 Cayman Islands Shannon McLean 24 George Town
 Chile Christianne Balmelli[27] 22 Temuco
 China Bing Li[16] 18 Sanya
 Colombia Jeisyl Vélez 20 Caldas
 Costa Rica Piarella Peralta 20 San José
 Croatia Rajna Raguž[28] 17 Drenovci
 Cyprus Christiana Aristotelous 18 Nicosia
 Czech Republic Andrea Fišerova[29] 19 Litoměřice
 Dominican Republic Jeimy Castillo[30] 23 Santo Domingo
 Ecuador Carla Lorena Revelo 19 Quito
 England Sally Kettle[31] 21 Leicester
 Estonia Liina Helstein[32] 23 Tartu
 Finland Jenni Dahlman[33] 21 Turku
 France Emmanuelle Chossat[34] 22 Bourg-en-Bresse
 Germany Adina Wilhelmi[35] 21 Wolfach
 Ghana Selasi Kwawu[36] 20 Accra
 Gibraltar Luann Richardson 18 Gibraltar
 Greece Valentini Daskaloudi 22 Athens
 Guyana Olive Gopaul[37] 22 Georgetown
 Hawaii Radasha Hoohuli 21 Honolulu
 Holland Irena Pantelic[38] 22 Rotterdam
 Hong Kong Pui Chi Chung 19 Hong Kong
 Hungary Zsoka Kapocs[39] 22 Budapest
 Iceland Kolbrún Helgadottir[40] 21 Reykjavík
 India Sara Corner[41] 21 Karnataka
 Ireland Catrina Supple[42] 18 Youghal
 Israel Karen Shlimovitz[43] 22 Tel Aviv
 Italy Paola D'Antonino[44] 19 Messina
 Jamaica Regina Beavers 17 Kingston
 Japan Yuka Humano 21 Nagoya
 Kenya Daniella Kimaru 21 Nairobi
 Latvia Dina Kalandorova 21 Valmiera
 Lebanon Christina Sawaya 21 Bourj Hammoud
 Macedonia Sandra Spasovska 21 Skopje
 Madagascar Tassiana Boba 18 Antananarivo
 Malawi Elizabeth Pullu[4] 22 Mzuzu
 Malaysia Sasha Tan 24 Johor
 Malta Christine Camilleri 19 Valletta
 Mexico Tatiana Rodríguez 20 Campeche
 Namibia Michelle Heitha 25 Windhoek
 New Zealand Amie Hewitt 18 Manukau City
 Nicaragua Ligia Cristina Argüello 21 Managua
 Nigeria Agbani Darego 18 Lagos
 Northern Ireland Angela McCarthy 21 Belfast
 Norway Malin Johansen 22 Troms
 Panama Lourdes Gonzalez 20 Panama City
 Peru Viviana Rivas 24 Lambayeque
 Philippines Gilrhea Quinzon 19 San Fernando
 Poland Joanna Drozdowska 22 Szczecin
 Portugal Claudia Jesus López 18 Lisbon
 Puerto Rico Bárbara Serrano 23 Vieques
 Romania Vanda Petre 18 Bucharest
 Russia Irina Kovalenko 17 Murmansk
 Scotland Juliet-Jane Horne 18 Aberdeen
 Singapore Angelina Johnson 20 Singapore
 Sint Maarten Genesis Romney 18 Philipsburg
 Slovakia Jana Ivanova 19 Trenčín
 Slovenia Rebeka Dremelj 21 Brežice
 South Africa Jo-Ann Strauss 20 Cape Town
 South Korea Hyun-jin Seo 21 Daegu
 Spain Macarena García 23 Seville
 Sweden Camilla Bäck 22 Gothenburg
  Switzerland Mascha Santschi 21 Bern
 Tahiti Ravanui Terriitaumihau 19 Papeete
 Tanzania Happiness Magese 22 Dar es Salaam
 Thailand Lada Engchawadechasilp 21 Songkhla
 Trinidad & Tobago Sacha St. Hill 22 Port of Spain
 Turkey Tuğçe Kazaz 19 Edremit
 Uganda Victoria Nabunya 20 Kampala
 Ukraine Oleksandra Nikolayenko 20 Odesa
 United States Carrie Stroup 19 Fort Lauderdale
 Uruguay María Abasolo Cugnetti 22 Montevideo
 Venezuela Andreína Prieto 19 Maracaibo
 Wales Charlotte Faicheney 18 Wrexham
 Yugoslavia Tijana Stajšić 17 Belgrade
 Zimbabwe Nokhuthula Mpuli 18 Harare

Notes

  1. ^ Ages at the time of the pageant

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