User:Mauriziok/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. This is the first time Nigeria won the title of Miss World.

The Miss World 2001 contest was originally set to be held in Durban, but later changed the venue to Sun City. Also was expecting 107 delegates from around the planet to compete in the 51st version of the pageant; however due to the September 11 attacks, added to economic problems and other matters, were responsible for several delegates not showing up.

Contestants

 *  US Virgin Islands – Cherrisse Wood
 * 🇦🇴 Angola – Adalgisa Alexandra da Rocha Gonçalves
 * 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda – Janelle Williams
 * 🇦🇷 Argentina – Virginia di Salvo
 * 🇦🇼 Aruba – Zizi Lee
 * 🇦🇺 Australia – Eva Milic
 * 🇦🇹 Austria – Daniela Rockenschaub
 * 🇧🇩 Bangladesh – Tabassum Ferdous Shaon
 * 🇧🇧 Barbados – Stephanie Chase
 * 🇧🇪 Belgium – Dina Tersago
 * 🇧🇴 Bolivia – Claudia Ettmüller
 *  Bosnia & Herzegovina – Ana Mirjana Račanović
 * 🇧🇼 Botswana – Masego Sebedi
 * 🇧🇷 Brazil – Joyce Yara Aguiar
 *  British Virgin Islands – Melinda McGlore
 * 🇧🇬 Bulgaria – Stanislava Karabelova
 * 🇨🇦 Canada – Tara Hall
 * 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands – Shannon McLean
 * 🇨🇱 Chile – Christianne Balmelli Fournier
 * 🇨🇳 China – Bing Li
 * 🇨🇴 Colombia – Jeisyl Amparo Vélez Giraldo
 * 🇨🇷 Costa Rica – Piarella Peralta Rodríguez
 * 🇭🇷 Croatia – Rajna Raguž
 * 🇨🇾 Cyprus – Christiana Aristotelous
 * 🇨🇿 Czech Republic – Andrea Fiserova
 * 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic – Jeimy Castillo Molina
 * 🇪🇨 Ecuador – Carla Lorena Revelo Pérez
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England – Sally Kettle
 * 🇪🇪 Estonia – Liina Helstein
 * 🇫🇮 Finland – Jenni Hietanen
 * 🇫🇷 France – Emmanuelle Chossat
 * 🇩🇪 Germany – Adina Wilhelmi
 * 🇬🇭 Ghana – Selasi Kwawu
 * 🇬🇮 Gibraltar – Luann Richardson
 * 🇬🇷 Greece – Valentini Daskaloudi
 * 🇬🇾 Guyana – Olive Gopaul
 *  Hawaii – Radasha Hoʻohuli
 *  Holland – Irena Pantelic
 * 🇭🇰 Hong Kong – Gigi Chung Pui Chi
 * 🇭🇺 Hungary – Zsoka Kapocs
 * 🇮🇸 Iceland – Kolbrún Pálina Helgadóttir
 * 🇮🇳 India – Sara Corner
 * 🇮🇪 Ireland – Catrina Supple
 * 🇮🇱 Israel – Karen Shlimovich
 * 🇮🇹 Italy – Paola d'Antonino
 * 🇯🇲 Jamaica – Regina Beavers
 * 🇯🇵 Japan – Yuka Hamano
 * 🇰🇪 Kenya – Daniella Kimaru
 * 🇰🇷 South Korea – Seo Hyun-jin
 * 🇱🇻 Latvia – Dina Kalandārova
 * 🇱🇧 Lebanon – Christina Sawaya
 *  Republic of Macedonia  – Sandra Spašovska
 * 🇲🇬 Madagascar – Tassiana Boba
 * 🇲🇼 Malawi – Elizabeth Pullu
 * 🇲🇾 Malaysia – Sasha Tan Hwee Teng
 * 🇲🇹 Malta – Christine Camilleri
 * 🇲🇽 Mexico – Tatiana Rodríguez
 * 🇳🇦 Namibia – Michelle Heitha
 * 🇳🇿 New Zealand – Amie Hewitt
 * 🇳🇮 Nicaragua – Ligia Cristina Argüello
 * 🇳🇬 Nigeria – Agbani Darego
 *  Northern Ireland – Angela McCarthy
 * 🇳🇴 Norway – Malin Johansen
 * 🇵🇦 Panama – Lourdes González Montenegro
 * 🇵🇪 Peru – Viviana Rivasplata
 * 🇵🇭 Philippines – Gilrhea Castañeda Quinzon
 * 🇵🇱 Poland – Joanna Drozdowska
 * 🇵🇹 Portugal – Claudia Jesus Lopez Borges
 * 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico – Bárbara Serrano Negrón
 * 🇷🇴 Romania – Vanda Petre
 * 🇷🇺 Russia – Irina Kovalenko
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland – Juliet-Jane Horne
 * 🇸🇬 Singapore – Angelina Johnson
 * 🇸🇰 Slovakia – Jana Ivanova
 * 🇸🇮 Slovenia – Rebeka Dremelj
 * 🇿🇦 South Africa – Jo-Ann Strauss
 * 🇪🇸 Spain – Macarena García Naranjo
 *  St. Maarten – Genesis Romney
 * 🇸🇪 Sweden – Camilla Maria Bäck
 * 🇨🇭 Switzerland – Mascha Santschi
 *  Tahiti – Teriitamihau Rava Nui
 * 🇹🇿 Tanzania – Happiness Mageese
 * 🇹🇭 Thailand – Lada Engchawadechasilp
 * 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago – Sacha Hill
 * 🇹🇷 Turkey – Tuğçe Kazaz
 * 🇺🇬 Uganda – Victoria Kabuye
 * 🇺🇦 Ukraine – Oleksandra Nikolayenko
 * 🇺🇸 United States – Carrie Stroup
 * 🇺🇾 Uruguay – María Daniela Abásolo Cugnetti
 * 🇻🇪 Venezuela – Andreína Prieto
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wales – Charlotte Faichney
 *  FR Yugoslavia – Tijana Stajšić
 * 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe – Nokhuthula Mpuli

Debuts

 * 🇲🇼 Malawi

Returns

 * Last competed in 1959:
 *  Hawaii
 * Last competed in 1991:
 * 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda
 * Last competed in 1994:
 * 🇨🇳 China
 * Last competed in 1996:
 * 🇲🇰 Macedonia
 * Last competed in 1998:
 * 🇳🇮 Nicaragua
 * Last competed in 1999:
 * 🇬🇾 Guyana
 * 🇱🇻 Latvia
 *  St. Maarten
 * 🇹🇭 Thailand

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. However 8 years later, she represented the Bahamas at Miss Universe 2009.
 *  🇧🇾 Belarus - Miss Belarus 2000, Anna Stychinskaya did not compete due underage and lack of interest. No runner ups from Miss Belarus 2000 pageant were send inserted.
 * 🇨🇼 Curaçao - Also pulled out due to economic problems.
 * 🇩🇰 Denmark - Miss Denmark 2001, Maj Petersen did not compete due to Sponsorship problems. Went to Miss World 2003 instead.
 * 🇪🇬 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; she later participated in Miss Universe 2002.
 * 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan - Miss Kazakhstan 2001, Gulmira Makhambetova did not compete for unknown reasons.
 * 🇱🇹 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.
 * 🇲🇩 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. No runners-up from the Miss Moldova 2001 pageant were sent to Miss World 2001 for the same reason.
 * 🇳🇵 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.
 *  Chinese Taipei, 🇬🇹 Guatemala, 🇭🇳 Honduras,  🇵🇾 Paraguay, * 🇸🇨 Seychelles, 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka and 🇿🇲 Zambia - No Contest.

Replacements

 * 🇦🇼 Aruba – Miss Aruba World 2001, Lainda Westerhof resigned after claiming that her college schedule would not allow her to compete in Miss World 2001. The organization appointed Miss Aruba 2001 3rd Runner-up - Zeralda Candice Wai-Yen Lee (Zizi Lee) as the Aruban representative in Miss World 2001.
 * 🇨🇴 Colombia – Miss Mundo Colombia 2001, Carol de la Torre resigned her crown due to accusations of being married. Her first runner-up Jeisyl Velez took the crown, but Carol represented Colombia at the Miss Asia & Pacific 2001 contest in the Philippines and finished 3rd Runner-up.
 * 🇨🇿 Czech Republic – The winner of Miss Czech Republic 2001, Diana Kobzanová decided to participate in Miss Universe 2002. The 1st vice-miss CR, Andrea Fišerová went to Miss World 2001.
 * 🇱🇻 Latvia – Miss Latvia 2001, Gunta Rudzīte was expected to compete in Miss World 2001, but she was replaced by Dina Kalandārova, Miss Latvia 1999–2000, crowned in Tunisia.
 * 🇪🇸 Spain – The winner of Miss España 2001, Lorena van Heerde Ayala decided not to participate in Miss World 2001. The 2nd runner-up of Miss España 2001, Macarena Garcia was chosen as the Spanish representative.
 * 🇺🇸 United States – At first the MWO had chosen a former Miss United States Teen 1998 and Miss Teen International 1998 runner-up, Carrie Stroup as the American representative in Miss World 2001, but then she was replaced by Starla Smith, a former participant in Miss Teen USA 1999, because Stroup had decided to pursue an acting career. After much confusion, Stroup was confirmed as the US representative at Miss World 2001.

Other notes

 * 🇱🇧 Lebanon – Christina Sawaya was expected to compete at Miss Universe 2002, but boycotted because of the participation of an Israeli delegate. She then participated and won Miss International 2002.
 * 🇸🇮 Slovenia - Rebeka Dremelj later represented her country at Eurovision Song Contest 2008 in Belgrade, Serbia, with the song "Vrag naj vzame".