# Miss International 2000

Miss International 2000, was the 40th Miss International pageant, held at the Koseinenkin Hall in Tokyo, Japan on 4 October 2000.
Vivian Urdaneta of Venezuela won and was crowned by Paulina Gálvez of Colombia. It is the third time Venezuela has won the pageant.
Contestants from fifty-six countries and territories participated in the pageant, which was hosted by Masumi Okada.

## Background
### Selection of participants
#### Replacements

Lissette Blandón of Nicaragua was replaced by Marynes Argüello due to being overage.

#### Withdrawals

Nicola Jane Willoughby of the United Kingdom, Evanna Marting of the Dominican Republic, Inga Alspire of Latvia, Maria Leticia Alvarez of Paraguay, Claudia Neyra of Peru, and Alana Selby of Trinidad and Tobago withdrew due to undisclosed reasons.

## Results
### Placements

| Placement | Contestant |
| Miss International 2000 | Venezuela – Vivian Urdaneta |
| 1st runner-up | South Korea – Son Tae-young |
| 2nd runner-up | Russia – Svetlana Goreva |
| Top 15 | Canada – Angeliki Lakouras  Colombia – Carolina Cruz  Czech Republic – Markéta Svobodná  Finland - Kati Nirkko  India – Gayatri Joshi  Japan – Kanako Shibata  Mexico – Leticia Murray  Slovakia – Michaela Strahlová  Sweden – Gabrielle Heinerborg  Tunisia – Ismahero Lahmar  Turkey – Hulya Karanlik  Ukraine – Yana Razumovska |

### Special awards

| Awards | Contestant |
| Miss Friendship | Germany - Doreen Adler |
| Miss Photogenic | South Korea - Son Tae-young |
| Best National Costume | Aruba - Carolina Francisca Albertsz |

## Contestants

Fifty-six contestants competed for the title.
| Country/Territory | Contestant | Age | Hometown |
| Argentina | Natalia Cecilia Dalla | 19 | Buenos Aires |
| Aruba | Carolina Albertsz | 20 | Oranjestad |
| Bolivia | Catherine Villarroel | 18 | Santa Cruz de la Sierra |
| Brazil | Fernanda Schiavo | 19 | Rio Grande do Sul |
| Canada | Angeliki Lakouras | 22 | – |
| Colombia | Carolina Cruz | 21 | Tuluá |
| Croatia | Ana Gruica | 17 | Zagreb |
| Curaçao | Roselle Angèle Augusta | 21 | Willemstad |
| Cyprus | Nikoletta Violari | 20 | Nicosia |
| Czech Republic | Markéta Svobodná | 19 | South Bohemia |
| Egypt | Hagar El Taher | 23 | Cairo |
| Finland | Kati Nirkko | 21 | Tampere |
| France | Tatiana Bouguer | 23 | Bormes-les-Mimosas |
| Germany | Doreen Adler | 22 | Berlin |
| Greece | Dimitra Kitsiou | 22 | Athens |
| Guam | Liza Marie Camacho | 20 | Hagåtña |
| Guatemala | Yazmin Di Maio | 19 | Guatemala City |
| Hawaii | Carly Makanani Ah Sing | 18 | Honolulu |
| Honduras | Alba Marcela Rubí | 19 | Yoro |
| Hong Kong | Edith Ho | 22 | Hong Kong |
| Iceland | Anna Lilja Björnsdóttir | 19 | Reykjavík |
| India | Gayatri Joshi | 23 | Nagpur |
| Israel | Dana Farkash | 18 | Jerusalem |
| Japan | Kanako Shibata | 23 | Hokkaido |
| Lebanon | Sahar Mahmoud Al-Ghazzawi | 23 | Beirut |
| Macedonia | Sanja Nikolic | 18 | Skopje |
| Malaysia | Aida Stannis Kazum | 22 | Sarawak |
| Malta | Dominique Desira | 21 | Valletta |
| Mexico | Leticia Murray | 21 | Hermosillo |
| Moldova | Elena Ungureanu | 17 | Chișinău |
| Nepal | Uma Bogati | 23 | Kathmandu |
| Nicaragua | Marynes Argüello | 21 | Managua |
| Norway | Frida Jonson | 22 | Oslo |
| Palau | Eloisa Dilbodel Senior | 19 | Koror |
| Panama | Cristina Sousa | 19 | Panama City |
| Philippines | Joanna Maria Peñaloza | 21 | Mandaluyong |
| Poland | Emilia Raszynska | 22 | Warmia-Masuria |
| Portugal | Tânia Isabel Campanacho Ferreira | 18 | Lisbon |
| Puerto Rico | Rosiveliz Díaz | 20 | San Juan |
| Russia | Svetlana Goreva | 18 | Moscow |
| San Marino | Chiara Valentini | 21 | San Marino |
| Singapore | Lorraine Mann | 23 | Singapore |
| Slovakia | Michaela Strählová | 19 | Bratislava |
| South Africa | Irmari Steyl | 20 | – |
| South Korea | Son Tae-young | 19 | Daegu |
| Spain | Raquel Rovira | 19 | Madrid |
| Sweden | Gabrielle Heinerborg | 20 | Stockholm |
| Tahiti | Hinarai Leboucher | 20 | Papeete |
| Taiwan | Chiang Hsin-Ting | 21 | Taipei |
| Thailand | Phongkajorn Sareeyawat | 22 | Bangkok |
| Togo | Pamela Agnélé Gunn | 23 | Lomé |
| Tunisia | Ismahero Lahmar | 17 | Tunis |
| Turkey | Hulya Karanlik | 22 | Istanbul |
| Ukraine | Yana Razumovska | 18 | Kyiv |
| United States | Kirstin Anne Cook | 22 | Miami |
| Venezuela | Vivian Urdaneta | 21 | Maracaibo |