# Miss World 1999

Miss World 1999, the 49th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 4 December 1999 at the Olympia Hall in London, United Kingdom. The pageant was hosted by Ulrika Jonsson and model Melanie Sykes. The 1999 pageant attracted 94 delegates from all over the world. The 1999 pageant also marked the first time that Scotland and Wales fielded their respective delegates. At the end of the event, 20-year-old Miss India Yukta Mookhey went on to win the Miss World 1999 crown. The preliminary swimsuit competition was held in Malta. She was crowned by her predecessor Linor Abargil of Israel. Protesters gathered outside the event, decrying it as a "sexist cattle market".

## Results
### Placements

| Placement | Contestant |
| Miss World 1999 | India – Yukta Mookhey |
| 1st Runner-Up | Venezuela – Martina Thorogood |
| 2nd Runner-Up | South Africa – Sonia Raciti |
| Top 5 | Israel – Genny Chervoney  Liberia – Sebah Tubman |
| Top 10 | Croatia – Ivana Petković  Estonia – Karin Laasmäe  Norway – Anette Haukaas  Spain – Lorena Bernal  United States – Natasha Allas |

### Continental Queens of Beauty

| Continental Group | Contestant |
| Africa | South Africa – Sonia Raciti |
| Americas | Venezuela – Martina Thorogood |
| Asia & Oceania | India – Yukta Mookhey |
| Caribbean | Jamaica – Desiree Depass |
| Europe | Israel – Genny Chervoney |

## Contestants

* American Virgin Islands – Shari Afua Smith
* Angola – Lorena Silva
* Argentina – Verónica Denise Barrionuevo
* Aruba – Cindy Vanessa Cam Tin Martinus
* Australia – Nalishebo Gaskell
* Austria – Sandra Kolbl
* Bahamas – Mary Watkins
* Bangladesh – Tania Rahman Tonni
* Belgium – Brigitta Callens
* Bolivia – Ana Raquel Rivera Zambrana
* Bosnia and Herzegovina – Samra Begović
* Botswana – Alimah Isaacs
* Brazil – Paula de Souza Carvalho
* Bulgaria – Violeta Zdravkova
* Canada – Mireille Eid
* Cayman Islands – Mona Lisa Tatum
* Chile – Lissette Sierra Ocayo
* Colombia – Mónica Elizabeth Escolar Danko
* Costa Rica – Fiorella Martínez
* Croatia – Ivana Petković
* Cyprus – Sofia Georgiou
* Czech Republic – Helena Houdová
* Dominican Republic – Luz Cecilia García Guzmán
* Ecuador – Sofía Morán Trueba
* Estonia – Karin Laasmäe
* Finland – Maria Laamanen
* France – Sandra Bretones
* Germany – Susan Hoecke
* Ghana – Mariam Sugru Bugri
* Gibraltar – Abigail Garcia
* Greece – Evangelia Vatidou
* Guatemala – Ana Beatriz González Scheel
* Guyana – Indra Changa
* Holland – Ilona Marilyn van Veldhuisen
* Honduras – Irma Waleska Quijada Henríquez
* Hong Kong – Marsha Yuan Hu-Ma
* Hungary – Erika Dankai
* Iceland – Katrín Baldursdóttir
* India – Yukta Mookhey
* Ireland – Emir-Maria Holohan Doyle
* Israel – Jenny Chervoney
* Italy – Gloria Nicoletti
* Jamaica – Desiree Depass
* Japan – Aya Mitsubori
* Kazakhstan – Assel Issabayeva
* Kenya – Esther Muthoni Muthee
* South Korea – Han Na-na
* Latvia – Evija Ručevska
* Lebanon – Norma Elias Naoum
* Liberia – Sebah Esther Tubman
* Lithuania – Renata Mackevičiūtė
* Madagascar – Tantely Naina Ramonjy
* Malaysia – Jaclyn Lee Tze Wey
* Malta – Catharine Attard
* Mexico – Danette Velasco Bataller
* Nepal – Shweta Singh
* New Zealand – Coralie Ann Warburton
* Nigeria – Augustine Iruviere
* Norway – Annette Haukaas
* Panama – Jessenia Casanova Reyes
* Paraguay – Mariela Candia Ramos
* Peru – Wendy Monteverde
* Philippines – Lalaine Bognot Edson
* Poland – Marta Kwiecień
* Portugal – Joana Ines Texeira
* Puerto Rico – Arlene Torres
* Romania – Nicoleta Luciu
* Russia – Elena Efimova
* Scotland – Stephanie Norrie
* Seychelles – Anne-Mary Jorre
* Singapore – Audrey Quek Ai Woon
* Slovakia – Andrea Verešová
* Slovenia – Neda Gačnik
* South Africa – Sonia Raciti
* Spain – Lorena Bernal Pascual
* Sri Lanka – Dilumini de Alwis Jayasinghe
* St. Maarten – Ifelola Badejo
* Swaziland – Colleen Tullonen
* Sweden – Jenny Louise Torsvik
* Switzerland – Anita Buri
* Tahiti – Manoa Froge
* Tanzania – Hoyce Anderson Temu
* Thailand – Kamala Kumpu Na Ayutthaya
* Trinidad and Tobago – Sacha Anton
* Turkey – Ayşe Hatun Önal
* Ukraine – Olga Savinskaya
* United Kingdom – Nicola Willoughby
* United States – Natasha Allas
* Uruguay – Katherine Gonzalves
* Venezuela – Martina Thorogood Heemsen
* Wales – Clare Marie Daniels
* Yugoslavia – Lana Marić
* Zambia – Cynthia Chikwanda
* Zimbabwe – Brita Maseluthini

## Judges

* Eric Morley † – Chairman and CEO of Miss World Organization
* Louis Grech
* Luciana Gimenez
* Linda Pétursdóttir – Miss World 1988 from Iceland
* Dean Cain
* Eddie Irvine
* Terry O'Neill †
* Lennox Lewis
* Wilnelia Merced – Miss World 1975 from Puerto Rico