Miss Universe 2000 - wikipedia Miss Universe 2000 Miss Universe 2000 Miss Universe 2000 participating nations and results Date 12 May 2000 Presenters Sinbad, Ali Landry, Julie Moran Entertainment Elvis Crespo, Dave Koz, Montell Jordan, Anna Vissi Venue Eleftheria Indoor Hall, Nicosia, Cyprus Broadcaster CBS ( international ) CyBC ( official broadcaster ) Entrants 79 Placements 10 Debuts St. Martin Withdrawals Austria Bonaire Barbados Cook Islands Curaçao Guyana Nicaragua Northern Marianas Suriname Turkey US Virgin Islands Zambia Returns Bulgaria Denmark Guam Netherlands Norway Zimbabwe Winner Lara Dutta India Congeniality Tamara Scaroni Aruba Best National Costume Letty Murray Mexico Photogenic Helen Lindes Spain ← 1999 2001 → Miss Universe 2000, the 49th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 12 May 2000 at the Eleftheria Indoor Hall in Nicosia, Cyprus. Lara Dutta of India was crowned by Mpule Kwelagobe of Botswana as her successor at the end of the event. 79 contestants competed for the title. Miss Universe 2000 titleholder - Lara Dutta Contents 1 Results 1.1 Placements 2 Contestants 2.1 Debuts 2.2 Withdrawals 2.3 Replacements 2.4 Returns 3 Notes 4 Host city 5 References 6 External links Results Placements Final results Contestant Miss Universe 2000 India - Lara Dutta 1st Runner - up Venezuela - Claudia Moreno 2nd Runner - up Spain - Helen Lindes Top 5 Canada - Kim Yee United States - Lynnette Cole Top 10 Colombia - Catalina Acosta Estonia - Evelyn Mikomägi France - Sonia Rolland South Africa - Heather Hamilton Zimbabwe - Corinne Crewe Contestants Angola - Eunice Manita Argentina - Andrea Nicastri Aruba - Tamara Scaroni Australia - Samantha Frost Bahamas - Mikala Moss Belgium - Joke Van de Velde Belize - Shiemicka Richardson Bolivia - Yenny Vaca Botswana - Joyce Molemoeng Brazil - Josiane Kruliskoski British Virgin Islands - Tausha Vanterpool Bulgaria - Magdalina Valtchenova Canada - Kim Yee Cayman Islands - Mona Lisa Tatum Chile - Francesca Sovino Colombia - Catalina Inés Acosta Albarracín Costa Rica - Laura Mata Croatia - Renata Lovrinčević Cyprus - Christy Groutidou Czech Republic - Jitka Kocurová Denmark - Heidi Meyer Vallentin Dominican Republic - Gilda Jovine Ecuador - Gabriela Cadena Egypt - Rania El - Sayed El Salvador - Alexandra Rivas Estonia - Evelyn Mikomägi Finland - Suvi Miinala France - Sonia Rolland Germany - Sabrina Schepmann Ghana - Maame Esi Acquah Great Britain - Louise Lakin Greece - Eleni Skafida Guam - Lisamarie Quinata Guatemala - Evelyn López Honduras - Flor Garcia Hong Kong - Sonija Kwok Hungary - Izabella Kiss India - Lara Dutta Ireland - Louise Doheny Israel - Nirit Bakshi Italy - Annalisa Guadalupi Jamaica - Sapphire Longmore Japan - Mayu Endo Korea - Kim Yeon - joo Lebanon - Norma Elias Naoum Malaysia - Lynette Ludi Malta - Joelene Arpa Mauritius - Jenny Arthemidor Mexico - Leticia Murray Namibia - Mia de Klerk Netherlands - Chantal van Roessel New Zealand - Tonia Peachey Nigeria - Matilda Kerry Norway - Tonje Kristin Wøllo Panama - Analía Núñez Paraguay - Carolina Ramírez Peru - Verónica Rueckner Philippines - Nina Ricci Caldo Alagao Poland - Emilia Raszynska Portugal - Licinia Macedo Puerto Rico - Zoribel Fonalledas Russia - Svetlana Goreva Singapore - Eunice Olsen Slovakia - Miroslava Kysucká South Africa - Heather Hamilton Spain - Helen Lindes St. Martin - Angelique Romou Sweden - Valerie Aflalo Switzerland - Anita Buri Chinese Taipei - Lei - Ann Chang Thailand - Kulthida Yenprasert Trinidad & Tobago - Heidi Rostant Turks & Caicos - Clintina Gibbs Ukraine - Natalie Shvachko Uruguay - Giovanna Piazza United States - Lynnette Cole Venezuela - Claudia Moreno Yugoslavia - Lana Marić Zimbabwe - Corinne Crewe Debuts St. Martin Withdrawals Austria - Simone Smrekar. Bonaire - No contest due to lack of Sponsorship. Barbados - No contest due to lack of Sponsorship Until 2003. Cook Islands - Miss Cook Islands 1999 and Miss South Pacific 1999, Liana Scott did not compete due to lack of Sponsorship. Curaçao - Miss Curaçao 2000, Jozaïne Wall could n't participate due to the fact that she was underage. Jozaïne successfully sued the Miss Curaçao organization due to this issue and went to Miss World 2000 instead. Guyana - No contest due to lack of Sponsorship. Nicaragua - No contest due to lack of Sponsorship. Northern Marianas - Miss Northern Marianas International 1999, Michelle Boyer Sablan did not participate for undisclosed reasons. Suriname - No contest held and they lost their Miss Universe licence. Turkey - Cansu Dere - She was forbidden by the Turkish Government to travel to the Miss Universe 2000 pageant in Cyprus, due to the current tense Turkish - Cypriot relationships over Northern Cyprus. US Virgin Islands - No contest. Zambia - Sidonia Mwape - Due to lack of Sponsorship. Replacements Malta - Bernadette Farrugia Italy - Miss Italia 1999, Manila Nazzaro was the initial Italian representative to Miss Universe 2000, but the Miss Italia Organization lost their Miss Universe licence that year due to MUO objections that the national contest was opened to married women and mothers since 1994. Then a new contest called The Miss for Miss Universe was organized by the American - Italian actress Clarissa Burtt from 2000 to 2005. Annalisa Guadalupi won the first edition and she also competed against Manila Nazzaro at Miss Italia 1999 contest. Russia - Initially Miss Russia organizers wanted to send Miss Russia 1997 - 1998, Yelena Rogozhina to Miss Universe 2000, but her victory at the Miss Europe 1999 contest in Lebanon make her unable to compete at Miss Universe. The winner of Miss Russia 1999, Anna Kruglova, also was ineligible for Miss Universe due to her being underage at the time. Then, the organizers of the Miss Russia contest decided to pick Miss Russia 1999 - first runner - up, Svetlana Goreva for Miss Universe 2000. Turkey - Miss Turkey 2000, 1 ° Runner up Gamze Özçelik was replaced by Cansu Dere, due to the fact that she was underage at the time. Venezuela - Initially chose Martina Thorogood to represent their country at both Miss Universe and Miss World 1999. Miss Universe officials objected to this as Thorogood placed first runner - up at Miss World 99 and there was a chance that she could become Miss World should the winner resign or lose her crown. Then MVO wanted send Miss Venezuela 1999 1 ° Runner Up - Norkys Batista to Miss Universe 2000, but due to the fact that she was n't the national official titleholder, the Miss Universe officials rejected their participation. Finally a smaller pageant was held among delegates who had competed in previous Miss Venezuela competitions, and Claudia Moreno was chosen to compete at Miss Universe. Moreno went on to place first runner - up. Both Venezuelan candidates placed second in their respective competitions to the candidates from India Returns Last competed in 1996 Denmark Last competed in 1998 Bulgaria Guam Netherlands Norway Zimbabwe Notes It was confirmed by a local newspaper in Cyprus, after the pageant, that the following contestants rounded out the top 15 : Czech Republic ( 11th ), Netherlands ( 12th ), Panama ( 13th ), Germany ( 14th ), and Japan ( 15th ). Host city Nicosia was announced as host city of the pageant on 1 July 1999. The country invested $3.5 million in the event, in the hope that the publicity would increase tourism, the island 's main industry. Conservative Cypriot church leaders protested the decision to hold the pageant on the island, claiming that millennium celebrations of the birth of Christ were more important and that the event was scandalous and would promote female nudity. References ^ Jump up to : The event was televised live at 08 : 00 pm local time ( UTC + 03 : 00 ) in various broadcasters around the world. For the United States, it was tape delayed to make way for the primetime broadcast. Jump up ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20001012172223/http://www.geocities.com:80/TelevisionCity/Studio/7955/mu2k.html Jump up ^ http://www.saipantribune.com/index.php/950ff710-1dfb-11e4-aedf-250bc8c9958e/ Jump up ^ http://clarissaburt.com/ Jump up ^ http://www.milliyet.com.tr/2000/04/02/yasam/yas00.html Jump up ^ `` Venezuela elects new representative to Miss Universe contest ''. Associated Press. 28 March 2000. Jump up ^ `` Cyprus to host Miss Universe in millennium ''. Agence France Press. 1 July 1999. Jump up ^ Kambas, Michele ( 1 July 1999 ). `` Cyprus to host Miss Universe next year - official ''. Reuters. Jump up ^ `` Church and state feud over Miss Universe contest ''. Associated Press. 4 August 1999. 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Question: who bagged the miss universe title in may 2000 in camps
Answer: Lara Dutta of India