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Miss Universe 1999
48th Miss Universe pageant
48th Miss Universe pageant
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| photo | Mpule Kwelagobe.jpg |
| caption | Mpule Kwelagobe |
| winner | Mpule Kwelagobe |
| represented | Botswana |
| congeniality | Marisa Ferreira, Portugal |
| photogenic | Brenda Liz López, Puerto Rico |
| best national costume | Nicole Dyer, Trinidad and Tobago |
| date | 26 May 1999 |
| presenters | |
| venue | Chaguaramas Convention Centre, Chaguaramas, Trinidad and Tobago |
| broadcaster | |
| entrants | 84 |
| placements | 10 |
| acts | Julio Iglesias Jr. |
| debuts | |
| withdraws | |
| returns | |
| before | 1998 |
| next | 2000 |
Miss Universe 1999 was the 48th Miss Universe pageant, held at the Chaguaramas Convention Centre in Chaguaramas, Trinidad and Tobago, on 26 May 1999. Mpule Kwelagobe of Botswana was crowned by Wendy Fitzwilliam of Trinidad and Tobago at the conclusion of the event. This edition marks the most recent time that a first-time entry of a country at Miss Universe has won and the third time in pageant's history, after Colombia in 1958 and Finland in 1952. This edition also saw a back-to-back victory by black women. 84 contestants competed in this year.

Background
Selection of participants
Contestants from eighty-four countries and territories were selected to compete in the pageant. Five of these delegates were appointed to their titles after either being a runner-up of their national pageant, in an audition process or in an internal selection.
Replacements
Miss Barbados 1998, Michelle Selman did not compete for undisclosed reasons. Her first runner-up, Olivia Harding replaced her. The winner of Miss Great Britain Universe 1999, Nicki Lane, decided to give up the crown to her first runner-up Cherie Pisiani, after Lane confessed that she had a child at 14 years old. The winner of Binibining Pilipinas 1999, Janelle Delfin Bautista, had to resign due to citizenship issues, as she was an American citizen. The Binibining Pilipinas World 1999, Miriam Quiambao, assumed the Binibining Pilipinas Universe title.
Results
Placements
| Placement | Contestant |
|---|---|
| Miss Universe 1999 | |
| 1st runner-up | |
| 2nd runner-up | |
| Top 5 | |
| Top 10 |
Contestants
Eighty-four contestants competed for the title.
| Country/Territory | Contestant | Age | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANG Angola | Egidia Torres | 22 | Luanda |
| ARG Argentina | Elena Fournier | 22 | Santa Fe |
| ARU Aruba | Irina Croes | 18 | Oranjestad |
| AUS Australia | Michelle Shead | 20 | Sydney |
| AUT Austria | Katja Giebner | 21 | Vienna |
| Bahamas Bahamas | Glennis Knowles | 25 | Nassau |
| BAR Barbados | Olivia Harding | 25 | Bridgetown |
| BEL Belgium | Tanja Dexters | 21 | Mol |
| BLZ Belize | Viola Jeffery | 21 | Belmopan |
| BOL Bolivia | Susana Barrientos | 20 | Santa Cruz |
| BON Bonaire | Julina Felida | 21 | Kralendijk |
| BOT Botswana | Mpule Kwelagobe | 19 | Gaborone |
| BRA Brazil | Renata Fan | 22 | Santo Ângelo |
| VGB British Virgin Islands | Movel Lewis | 20 | Road Town |
| CAN Canada | Shannon McArthur | 26 | Windsor |
| CYM Cayman Islands | Gemma McLaughlin | 19 | George Town |
| CHL Chile | Andrea Muñoz | 23 | Santiago |
| COL Colombia | Marianella Maal | 20 | Barranquilla |
| Cook Islands Cook Islands | Tina Vogel | 24 | Avarua |
| CRC Costa Rica | Arianna Bolaños | 22 | Guanacaste |
| CRO Croatia | Marijana Kuzina | 21 | Šibenik |
| CUR Curaçao | Jouraine Ricardo | 22 | Willemstad |
| CYP Cyprus | Valentina Dionysiou | 19 | Nicosia |
| CZE Czech Republic | Petra Faltynova | 20 | Prague |
| DOM Dominican Republic | Luz García | 21 | Moca |
| ECU Ecuador | Carolina Alfonso | 21 | Quito |
| EGY Egypt | Angie Abdalla | 18 | Alexandria |
| SLV El Salvador | Cynthia Cevallos | 21 | San Salvador |
| EST Estonia | Triin Rannat | 20 | Tallinn |
| FIN Finland | Vanessa Forsman | 22 | Porvoo |
| FRA France | Mareva Galanter | 22 | Papeete |
| DEU Germany | Diana Drubig | 19 | Leipzig |
| GHA Ghana | Akuba Cudjoe | 19 | Accra |
| GRB Great Britain | Cherie Pisani | 21 | Clacton |
| GRE Greece | Sofia Raptis | 19 | Athens |
| GUA Guatemala | Monica Penedo | 19 | Sacatepéquez |
| GUY Guyana | Morvinia Sobers | 20 | Georgetown |
| HON Honduras | Sofia Guerrero | 21 | Atlántida |
| HKG Hong Kong | Anne Heung | 24 | Hong Kong |
| HUN Hungary | Anett Garami | 19 | Soltvadkert |
| IND India | Gul Panag | 20 | Chandigarh |
| IRL Ireland | Vivienne Doyle | 22 | Galway |
| ISR Israel | Rana Raslan | 21 | Haifa |
| ITA Italy | Gloria Bellicchi | 20 | Parma |
| JAM Jamaica | Nicole Haughton | 24 | Kingston |
| JPN Japan | Satomi Ogawa | 21 | Misato |
| LBN Lebanon | Clémence Achkar | 19 | Beirut |
| MYS Malaysia | Jeanette Ooi | 23 | Kuching |
| MLT Malta | Dorianne Muscat | 21 | Qormi |
| MUS Mauritius | Micaella L'Hortalle | 23 | Port Louis |
| MEX Mexico | Silvia Salgado | 20 | Monterrey |
| NAM Namibia | Vaanda Katjiuongua | 23 | Windhoek |
| NZL New Zealand | Kristy Wilson | 20 | North Otago |
| Nicaragua | Liliana Pilarte | 23 | Managua |
| NGA Nigeria | Angela Ukpoma | 25 | Imo |
| MNP Northern Mariana Islands | Cherilyn Cabrera | 24 | Saipan |
| PAN Panama | Yamani Saied | 20 | Panama City |
| PAR Paraguay | Carmen Morinigo | 22 | San Pedro |
| PER Peru | Fabiola Lazo | 18 | Lima |
| PHL Philippines | Miriam Quiambao | 23 | Quezon City |
| POL Poland | Katarzyna Pakuła | 20 | Lublin |
| POR Portugal | Marisa Ferreira | 20 | Santarém |
| PUR Puerto Rico | Brenda Liz Lopez | 23 | Lares |
| RUS Russia | Alexandra Petrova† | 19 | Cheboksary |
| SGP Singapore | Cheryl Marie Cordeiro | 23 | Singapore |
| SVK Slovakia | Aneta Kuklova | 19 | Lučenec |
| ZAF South Africa | Sonia Raciti | 21 | Johannesburg |
| KOR South Korea | Choi Ji-hyun | 20 | Seoul |
| SPA Spain | Diana Noguiera | 24 | Pontevedra |
| SUR Suriname | Serafija Niekoop | 21 | Paramaribo |
| SWE Sweden | Emma-Helena Nilsson | 24 | Östersund |
| CHE Switzerland | Sonia Grandjean | 19 | Dietikon |
| TWN Taiwan | Wan-Fei Wang | 21 | Taipei |
| THA Thailand | Apisamai Srirangsan | 24 | Nakhon Pathom |
| TTO Trinidad and Tobago | Nicole Dyer | 25 | Diego Martin |
| TUR Turkey | Oznur Dursun | 24 | Istanbul |
| TCA Turks and Caicos Islands | Shantell Stubbs | 21 | Cockburn Town |
| UKR Ukraine | Zhanna Pikhulya | 18 | Kyiv |
| USA United States | Kimberly Pressler | 21 | Las Vegas |
| VIR United States Virgin Islands | Sherece Smith | 25 | Charlotte Amalie |
| URU Uruguay | Veronica Gonzales | 19 | Montevideo |
| VEN Venezuela | Carolina Indriago | 18 | Valencia |
| SCG Yugoslavia | Ana Karić | 19 | Belgrade |
| ZAM Zambia | Esanju Kalopa† | 18 | Muchinga |
Withdrawals
During the contest:
- Guam - Miss Guam 1999, Tisha Elaine Heflin had to withdraw a few days before the preliminary competition, after being discovered that she was pregnant.
References
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