# Miss World 1997

Miss World 1997, the 47th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 22 November 1997 at the Plantation Club Seychelles in Baie Lazare, Seychelles. 86 delegates competed for the coveted crown. At the end of the event, India's Diana Hayden came out victorious. Hayden went on to win the Miss World 1997 pageant at the age of 24 crowned by Miss World 1996, Irene Skliva. It was the first time the Miss World pageant was held in the Seychelles. She became the third Indian woman to win Miss World since Reita Faria in 1966 and Aishwarya Rai in 1994.

## Results
### Placements

| Placement | Contestant |
| Miss World 1997 | India – Diana Hayden |
| 1st Runner-up | New Zealand – Lauralee Martinovich |
| 2nd Runner-up | South Africa – Jessica Motaung |
| Top 5 | Thailand – Tanya Suesuntisook  Turkey – Çağla Şıkel |
| Top 10 | Australia – Laura Csortan  Lebanon – Joëlle Behlock  Malaysia – Arianna Teoh  United Kingdom – Vicki-Lee Walberg  United States – Sallie Toussaint |

### Continental Queens of Beauty

| Continental Group | Contestant |
| Africa | South Africa – Jessica Motaung |
| Americas | United States – Sallie Toussaint |
| Asia & Oceania | India – Diana Hayden |
| Caribbean | Jamaica – Michell Moodie |
| Europe | Turkey – Çağla Şıkel |

## Contestants

* American Virgin Islands – Taisha Regina Gomes
* Argentina – Natalia Pombo
* Aruba – Michella Laclé Croes
* Australia – Laura Csortan
* Austria – Susanne Nagele
* Bahamas – Alveta Adderley
* Belgium – Sandrine Corman
* Bolivia – Mitzy Suárez Saucedo
* Bosnia and Herzegovina – Elma Terzić
* Botswana – Mpule Kwelagobe
* Brazil – Fernanda Rambo Agnes
* British Virgin Islands – Zoe Jennifer Walcott
* Bulgaria – Simona Velitchkova
* Canada – Keri-Lynn Power
* Cape Verde – Carmelinda Gonçalves
* Cayman Islands – Cassandra Powell
* Chile – Paulina Mladinic
* Colombia – Gladys Buitrago Caicedo
* Costa Rica – Rebeca Escalante Trejas
* Croatia – Martina Novosel
* Cyprus – Galatia Charalambidou
* Czech Republic – Terezie Dobrovolná
* Dominican Republic – Carolina Estrella Peña
* Ecuador – Clío Olaya Frías
* Egypt – Amel Shawky Soliman
* Estonia – Mairit Roonsar
* Finland – Minna Lehtinen
* France – Laure Belleville
* Germany – Katja Glawe
* Ghana – Benita Sena Golomeke
* Gibraltar – Rosanna Ressa
* Greece – Eugenia Limantzaki
* Guatemala – Lourdes Mabel Valencia Bobadilla
* Holland – Sonja Aldina Silva
* Honduras – Hansel Cristina Cáceres Teruel
* Hong Kong – Vivian Lee Ming-Wai
* Hungary – Beata Petes
* India – Diana Hayden
* Ireland – Andrea Roche
* Israel – Mirit Greenberg
* Italy – Irene Lippi
* Jamaica – Michelle Moodie
* Japan – Shinobu Saraie
* South Korea – Kim Jin-ah
* Latvia – Liga Graudumniece
* Lebanon – Joëlle Behlock
* Lithuania – Asta Vyšniauskaitė
* Macau – Agnes Lo Vai Van
* Malaysia – Arianna Teoh
* Malta – Sarah Vella
* Mexico – Blanca Soto
* Namibia – Sheya Shipanga
* Nepal – Jharana Bajracharya
* New Zealand – Lauralee Martinovich
* Norway – Charlotte Høiåsen
* Panama – Patricia Aurora Bremner Hernández
* Paraguay – Mariela Quiñónez García
* Peru – Claudia María Luque Barrantas
* Philippines – Kristine Rachel Florendo
* Poland – Roksana Jonek
* Portugal – Icilia Silva Berenguel
* Puerto Rico – Aurea Isis Marrero Nieves
* Russia – Liudmila Popova
* Seychelles – Michelle Lane
* Singapore – Jasmine Wong
* Slovakia – Marietta Senčáková
* Slovenia – Maja Šimec
* South Africa – Jessica Motaung
* Spain – Nuria Avellaneda Gallego
* Swaziland – Xoliswa Mkhonta
* Sweden – Sofia Joelsson
* Switzerland – Tanja Gutmann
* Tanzania – Saida Joy Kessys Sashays
* Thailand – Tanya Suesuntisook
* Taiwan – Fang Su-Ling
* Trinidad & Tobago – Mandy Jagdeo
* Turkey – Çağla Şıkel
* Uganda – Lillian Acom
* Ukraine – Kseniya Kuz'menko
* United Kingdom – Vicki-Lee Walberg
* United States – Sallie Toussaint
* Uruguay – Ana González Kwasny
* Venezuela – Christina Dieckmann Jiménez
* Yugoslavia – Tamara Šaponjić
* Zambia – Tukuza Tembo
* Zimbabwe – Una Patel