MISS UNIVERSE 1999

1999 May 26
Chaguaramas, Trinidad & Tobago
84 entries

Results
1  Botswana  Mpule Keneilwe Kwelagobe  (World '97)
2  Philippines  Miriam Redito Quiambao
3  Spain  Diana Nogueira González

Finalists
South Africa  Sonia Raciti (2nd RU World '99)
Venezuela  Lucbel Carolina Indriago Pinto

Semi-finalists
Ghana  Akuba Cudjoe
India  Gul Panag
Jamaica  Nicole Shereen Haughton
Mexico  Silvia Salgado Cavazos (Coffee '99)
Puerto Rico  Brenda Liz López Ramos
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Order of announcement of semi-finalists
Spain, Mexico, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Philippines, Ghana, Botswana, South Africa, India & Venezuela

Order of announcement of Top 5
South Africa, Venezuela, Botswana, Spain & Philippines

Order of announcement of Top 3
Spain, Philippines & Botswana
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Remainder
Angola  Egídia Torres
Argentina  Elena Mabel Fournier Picciolo
Aruba  Irina Tamara Croes (Coffee '99)
Australia  Michelle Shead
Austria  Katja Giebner
Bahamas  Glennis Knowles
Barbados  Olivia Harding
Belgium  Tanja Dexters (World '98)
Belize  Viola Jeffery
Bolivia  Susana Barrientos Roig (1st RU Nuestra Belleza '96, winner Sudamericana '98)
Bonaire  Julina Felida
Brazil  Renata Bomfiglio Fan (winner World Miss University '00)
British Virgin Islands  Movel Lewis
Canada  Shannon Erin McArthur
Cayman Islands  Gemma Marie McLaughlin (World '98)
Chile  Andrea Muñoz Sessarego
Colombia  Marianella Maal Pacini
Cook Islands  Tina Marie Vogel
Costa Rica  Arianna Bolaños Ugalde
Croatia  Marijana Kuzina
Curacao  Jouraine Gregoria Ricardo (Teen International '93)
Cyprus  Valentini Dionysiou
Czech Republic  Petra Faltynova (SF International '98)
Dominican Republic  Luz Cecilia García Guzmán (World '99)
Ecuador  Carolina Alfonso De la Paz
Egypt  Engy Mohammed Abdalla (International '99)
El Salvador  Cynthia Carolina Cevallos Montoya (SF Latin America '00)
Estonia  Triin Rannat
Finland  Vanessa Forsman (2nd RU Scandinavia '00)
France  Maréva Karine Galanter
Germany  Diana Drubig (3rd RU Intercontinental '99)
Great Britain  Cherie-Louise Pisani
Greece  Sofia Raptis
Guatemala  Mónica Penedo Klee (Asia Pacific '99, Coffee '00, Queen of the World '00)
Guyana  Morvinia Sobers
Honduras  Daryella Sofia Guerrero Canizales (SF Coffee '99)
Hong Kong  Anne Heung Hoi-Lan (2nd RU Chinese International '99)
Hungary  Anett Garami
Ireland  Vivienne Doyle (World '98)
Israel  Rana Raslan
Italy  Gloria Bellicchi
Japan  Satomi Ogawa
Korea  Choi Ji-hyun
Lebanon  Clemence Achkar (World '98, International '99)
Malaysia  Jeanette Ooi Phaik Kween
Malta  Dorianne Muscat
Mauritius  Micaella L'Hortalle
Namibia  Vaanda Katjiuongua
New Zealand  Kristy Wilson
Nicaragua  Liliana Sofia Pilarte Centeno
Nigeria  Angela Ukpoma
Northern Marianas  Cherlyn Brel Cabrera
Panama  Yamaní Esther Saied Calviño
Paraguay  Carmen Alicia Morínigo Machuca (Banana '99)
Peru  Fabiola Lazo
Poland  Katarzyna "Kassia" Pakula
Portugal  Marisa Ferreira (Europe '99)
Russia  Alexandra Valeryievna Petrova (SF Europe '97)
Singapore  Cheryl Marie Cordeiro
Slovak Republic  Aneta Kuklova
Surinam  Serafiya Niekoop
Sweden  Emma-Helena Nilsson
Switzerland  Sonia Grandjean (World '98)
Taiwan  Wang Wan-Fei (3rd RU Asia Pacific '99)
Thailand  Apisamai Srirangsun
Trinidad & Tobago  Nicole Simone Dyer
Turkey  Oznur Erkan
Turks & Caicos  Shantell S. Stubbs
Ukraine  Zhanna Pikhulya
Uruguay  Verónica González (2nd RU Intercontinental '99)
U.S.A.  Kimberly Ann Pressler
U.S. Virgin Islands  Sherece Shurmain Smith
Yugoslavia  Ana Karic
Zambia  Esanju Kalopa

Replaced
Philippines  Janelle Delfin Bautista (non-citizen)

Did not compete
Guam  Tisha Elaine Heflin (pregnant, withdrew May 19, eventually lost baby)
Netherlands
Norway
Zimbabwe
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Awards
Miss Amity  Portugal
Miss Photogenic  Puerto Rico
Best National Costume
1 Trinidad & Tobago
2 Venezuela
3 Lebanon