Miss World 2000

Miss World 2000 was the 50th anniversary of the Miss World pageant, held at the Millennium Dome in London, United Kingdom on 30 November 2000. Portions of the pageant were also filmed in the Maldives.

At the end of the event, Yukta Mookhey of India crowned Priyanka Chopra of India as Miss World 2000. She is the fifth Miss World and the second successive winner from her country. Internationally, Chopra reigned alongside Miss Universe 2000 titleholder Lara Dutta, marking the most recent time (as of 2016) that any country has held the two most prestigious beauty pageant titles in the world in a single year since 1994.

The pageant was the first since the death of pageant owner Eric Morley, whose widow Julia Morley assumed responsibility for the event. The pageant had 95 contestants, the highest number of Miss World participants at that time.

Contestants
95 contestants competed for the title.

Judges

 * Stephanie Beacham
 * Ozwald Boateng
 * Errol Brown †
 * Lulu
 * Terry O'Neill †
 * Lucy Sykes
 * Hemant Trivedi
 * Amanda Wakeley
 * Shah Rukh Khan

Debuts

 * 🇧🇾 Belarus
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England
 * 🇲🇩 Moldova
 *  Northern Ireland

Returns

 * Last competed in 1995:
 * 🇧🇧 Barbados
 * 🇩🇰 Denmark
 * Last competed in 1997:
 * 🇳🇦 Namibia
 * Last competed in 1998:
 *  British Virgin Islands
 *  Chinese Taipei
 * 🇨🇼 Curaçao

Replacements

 * 🇩🇰 Denmark – Cecilie Elisa Dahlstrøm
 * 🇷🇺 Russia – Ekaterina Izmail - Dethroned of her crown due to marriage
 * 🇲🇽 Mexico – Jacqueline Bracamontes won Nuestra Belleza Mundo México 2000 and supposed to represent Mexico at Miss World that year, however she decided to enter Nuestra Belleza Mexico 2000 and won the contest, but as she won 2 contests Lupita Jones president of Nuestra Belleza México, decides to appoint Paulina Flores Arias - (Suplente of Nuestra Belleza México 2000 pageant) to compete at Miss World 2000.
 * 🇲🇩 Moldova – Miss Moldova 2000, Irina Babusenko didn't go to Miss World 2000 due to her being underage. She was replaced by her 1st runner up Mariana Moraru.

Withdrawals

 * 🇬🇾 Guyana – No contest.
 * 🇱🇻 Latvia – Miss Latvia 1999, Dina Kalandārova withdrew at the last minute for personal reasons. She competed in Miss World 2001 instead.
 * 🇸🇨 Seychelles – No contest.
 *  Sint Maarten – Angelique Romou went to Miss Universe instead.
 * 🇸🇿 Swaziland – No contest.
 * 🇹🇭 Thailand – No contest.
 * 🇬🇧 United Kingdom – No longer competes as United Kingdom. Now competes as its constituent countries instead, England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
 * 🇿🇲 Zambia – No contest.