Miss World 2001

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.

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

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.

Results
Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 2001[5]

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[lower-alpha 1] 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[9] 23 Gold Coast
 Austria Daniela Rockenschaub[10] 23 Wels
 Bangladesh Tabassum Ferdous Shaon[11] 18 Dhaka
 Barbados Stephanie Chase[12] 22 Bridgetown
 Belgium Dina Tersago[13] 22 Puurs
 Bolivia Claudia Ettmüller[14] 19 Santa Cruz de la Sierra
 Bosnia and Herzegovina Ana Mirjana Račanović 18 Bijeljina
 Botswana Masego Sebedi[15] 22 Gaborone
 Brazil Joyce Aguiar 18 Votuporanga
 British Virgin Islands Melinda McGlore 23 Road Town
 Bulgaria Stanislava Karabelova 23 Sofia
 Canada Tara Hall[16] 21 Toronto
 Cayman Islands Shannon McLean 24 George Town
 Chile Christianne Balmelli[17] 22 Temuco
 China Bing Li[7] 18 Sanya
 Colombia Jeisyl Vélez 20 Caldas
 Costa Rica Piarella Peralta 20 San José
 Croatia Rajna Raguž[18] 17 Drenovci
 Cyprus Christiana Aristotelous 18 Nicosia
 Czech Republic Andrea Fišerova[19] 19 Litoměřice
 Dominican Republic Jeimy Castillo[20] 23 Santo Domingo
 Ecuador Carla Lorena Revelo 19 Quito
 England Sally Kettle[21] 21 Leicester
 Estonia Liina Helstein[22] 23 Tartu
 Finland Jenni Dahlman[23] 21 Turku
 France Emmanuelle Chossat[24] 22 Bourg-en-Bresse
 Germany Adina Wilhelmi[25] 21 Wolfach
 Ghana Selasi Kwawu[26] 20 Accra
 Gibraltar Luann Richardson 18 Gibraltar
 Greece Valentini Daskaloudi 22 Athens
 Guyana Olive Gopaul[27] 22 Georgetown
 Malawi Elizabeth Pullu[4] 22 Mzuzu

Notes
  1. Ages at the time of the pageant

Withdrawals
  •  Bahamas - 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.[28]
  •  Belarus - Miss Belarus 2000, Anna Stychinskaya did not compete due underage and lack of interest.[29][30]
  •  Curaçao - Also pulled out due to economic problems.
  •  Denmark - Miss Denmark 2001, Maj Petersen did not compete due to Sponsorship problems.[31] Went to Miss World 2003 instead.[32]
  •  Egypt - Miss Egypt World 2001, Sally Shaheen 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.[33]
  •  Kazakhstan - Miss Kazakhstan 2001, Gulmira Makhambetova did not compete for unknown reasons.[34]
  •  Lithuania - Did not compete because of a scheduling conflict with the Miss Lithuania 2001 contest, which was held 7 days before the Miss World 2001 finals.[35]
  •  Moldova - 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.[36]
  •    Nepal - No contest was held in 2001 due to the Nepalese royal massacre occurring at mid-year.
  •  Swaziland - Miss Swaziland 2001, Glenda Mabuza was expected to compete, but the local organizers could not reach an agreement with the franchise.
  •  Uzbekistan - Miss Uzbekistan 2001, Olesya Loshkareva had to cancel her participation due to security reasons following the terrorist September 11 attacks in New York. However Uzbekistan finally made their debut 12 years later, at Miss World 2013.[37]
  •  Chinese Taipei,  Guatemala,  Honduras,  Paraguay, *  Seychelles,  Sri Lanka and  Zambia - No Contest.

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