MISS UNIVERSE 2001

2001 May 11
Bayamón, Puerto Rico
77 entries

Results
1  Puerto Rico  Denisse Maria Quiñones August
2  Greece  Evelina Papantoniou
3  United States  Kandace Gayle Krueger
4  Venezuela  Eva Monica Anna Ekvall Johnson
5  India  Celina Jaitley

Semi-finalists
France  Elodie Gossuin (winner Europe '01)
Israel  Ilanit Levy
Nigeria  Ibiagbanidokibubo "Agbani" Asenite Darego (winner World '01)
Russia  Oksana Kalandyrets (SF Europe '01)
Spain  Eva Sisó Casals
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Order of announcement of SFs
Spain, Venezuela, Nigeria, Israel, Greece, India, Russia, U.S.A., France & Puerto Rico

Order of announcement of Top 5
India, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Greece & U.S.A.
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Remainder
Angola  Hidianeth Luisa Cussema
Antigua & Barbuda  Janil Lydia-Therese Bird
Argentina  Romina Incicco
Aruba  Denise Vanessa Balinge
Bahamas  Nakera Simms
Belgium  Dina Tersago (World '01)
Bolivia  Claudia Andrea Araño Antelo (1st RU Coffee '02)
Botswana  Mataila Sikwane
Brazil  Juliana Dornelles Borges
British Virgin Islands  Kacy Frett
Bulgaria  Ivaila Bakalova
Canada  Cristina Yvonne Remond (World Miss University '00)
Cayman Islands  Jacqueline Bush (World '00)
Chile  Carolina Gomez Gallardo
Colombia  Andrea Maria Noceti Gómez
Costa Rica  Paola Calderón Hütt (Coffee '01)
Croatia  Maja Cecic-Vidos
Curacao  Maria Fatima Sint Jago
Cyprus  Stella Demetriou
Czech Republic  Petra Kocarova
Dominican Republic  Claudia Cruz de los Santos
Ecuador  Jéssica Eliana Bermúdez Ronquillo
Egypt  Sarah Shaheen
El Salvador  Grace Marie Zabaneh Menéndez (Earth '01)
Estonia  Inna Roos
Finland  Heidi Willman (Scandinavia '02, winner Baltic Sea '02)
Germany  Claudia Bechstein
Ghana  Precious Agyare
Guatemala  Rosa María Castañeda Aldana (International '01, Coffee '02)
Honduras  Olenka Miroslava Fuschich
Hungary  Agnes Helbert
Ireland  Lesley Turner
Italy  Stefania Maria
Jamaica  Zahra Burton
Japan  Misao Arauchi
Korea  Kim Sa-rang
Lebanon  Sandra Rizk (World '00)
Malaysia  Tung Mei Chin
Malta  Rosalie Theuma
Mexico  Jacqueline Bracamontes Van-Hoorde
Netherlands  Reshma Roopram
New Zealand  Kateao Nehua
Nicaragua  Ligia Cristina Argüello Roa (Top 5 World '01)
Northern Marianas  Janet Han King
Norway  Linda Marshall
Panama  Ivette Maria Cordovez Usuga
Paraguay  Rosemary Britez (Queen of the World '00)
Peru  Viviana Rivas Plata Aita (SF Asia-Pacific '98, World '01)
Philippines  Zorayda Ruth Andam
Poland  Monika Gruda
Portugal  Telma Rute Jesus Santos
Singapore  Jaime Teo Chai-Lin
Slovak Republic  Zuzana Basturova
Slovenia  Minka Alagi
South Africa  Jo-Ann Cindy Strauss (SF World '01)
Sweden  Malin Olsson
Switzerland  Mahara McKay (World '00)
Taiwan  Chiang Hsin-Ting (International '00)
Thailand  Varinthorn "Uan" Padungvithee
Trinidad & Tobago  Alexia Charlerie (Queen of the World '02)
Turkey  Sedef Avci
Turks & Caicos  Shereen Novie Gardiner
Ukraine  Yuliya Linova
Uruguay  Carla Piaggio
U.S. Virgin Islands  Lisa Hasseba Wayne
Yugoslavia  Ana Jankovic
Zimbabwe  Tsungai Muswerakuenda

Did not compete
Barbados
China  Wei Shanyi
Cook Islands  Louisa Maire Browne
Denmark
Great Britain
Guam
Hong Kong  Vivian Wai Wan Lau
Mozambique  Nica Gemo

Replaced
British Virgin Islands  Shakima Nashama Stoutt (underage)
Russia  Oksana Fedorova (took exams at Interior Ministry training school May 15)
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Awards
Miss Amity  Bahamas
Miss Photogenic  Puerto Rico
Best National Costume
1 Korea
2 Philippines
3 Honduras