Miss Universe 1999 Mpule Keneilwe Kwelagobe of Botswana was 20 when she crowned her successor at the Eleftheria Indoor Hall in Nicosia, Cyprus on May 12, 2000. It is the 49th edition of the international beauty pageant.
Kwelagobe is the first ever Miss Universe from Botswana. She was crowned at the Chaguaramas Convention Centre in Chaguaramas, Trinidad and Tobago on May 26, 1999.
Miss Universe 2000
A total of 79 women competed for the Miss Universe 2000 crown. These were the candidates:
- Eunice Manita, 19, Angola
- Andrea Nicastri, 25, Argentina
- Tamara Scaroni, 23, Aruba
- Samantha Frost, 22, Australia
- Mikala Moss, 24, Bahamas
- Joke Van de Velde, 20, Belgium
- Shiemicka Richardson, 26, Belize
- Yenny Vaca, 18, Bolivia
- Joyce Molemoeng, 21, Botswana
- Josiane Kruliskoski, 20, Brazil
- Tausha Vanterpool, 22, British Virgin Islands
- Magdalina Valchanova, 22, Bulgaria
- Kim Yee, 22, Canada
- Mona Lisa Tatum, 22, Cayman Islands
- Francesca Sovino Parra, 21, Chile
- Catalina Inés Acosta Albarracín, 22, Colombia
- Laura Mata, 22, Costa Rica
- Renata Lovrinčević, 23, Croatia
- Christy Groutidou, 19, Cyprus
- Jitka Kocurová, 20, Czech Republic
- Heidi Meyer Vallentin, 23, Denmark
- Gilda Gross, 20, Dominican Republic
- Gabriela Cadena, 20, Ecuador
- Rania El-Sayed, 18, Egypt
- Alexandra Rivas, 20, El Salvador
- Evelyn Mikomägi, 20, Estonia
- Suvi Miinala, 19, Finland
- Sonia Rolland, 18, France
- Sabrina Schepmann, 18, Germany
- Maame Esi Acquah, 18, Ghana
- Louise Lakin, 21, Great Britain
- Eleni Skafida, 21, Greece
- Lisamarie Quinata, 22, Guam
- Evelyn López, 21, Guatemala
- Flor Garcia, 19, Honduras
- Sonija Kwok, 25, Hong Kong
- Izabella Kiss, 24, Hungary
- Lara Dutta, 22, India
- Louise Doheny, 19, Ireland
- Nirit Bakshi, 18, Israel
- Annalisa Guadalupi, 18, Italy
- Sapphire Longmore, 24, Jamaica
- Mayu Endo, 24, Japan
- Norma Elias Naoum, 23, Lebanon
- Lynette Ludi, 25, Malaysia
- Jolene Arpa, 18, Malta
- Jenny Arthemidor, 18, Mauritius
- Leticia Judith Murray Acedo, 20, Mexico
- Mia de Klerk, 20, Namibia
- Chantal van Roessel, 25, Netherlands
- Tonia Peachey, 19, New Zealand
- Matilda Kerry, 19, Nigeria
- Tonje Kristin Wøllo, 25, Norway
- Analía Verónica Núñez Sagripanti, 20, Panama
- Carolina Ramírez, 20, Paraguay
- Verónica Rueckner, 19, Peru
- Nina Ricci Alagao, 22, Philippines
- Emilia Raszynska, 21, Poland
- Licinia Macedo, 24, Portugal
- Zoribel Fonalledas, 22, Puerto Rico
- Svetlana Goreva, 18, Russia
- Eunice Elizabeth Olsen, 22, Singapore
- Angelique Romou, 26, Sint Maarten
- Miroslava Kysucká, 19, Slovak Republic
- Heather Hamilton, 22, South Africa
- Kim Yeon-joo, 19, South Korea
- Helen Lindes Griffiths, 18, Spain
- Anne Valerie Aflalo, 23, Sweden
- Anita Buri, 21, Switzerland
- Lei-Ann Chang, 22, Taiwan
- Kulthida Yenprasert, 21, Thailand
- Heidi Rostant, 22, Trinidad and Tobago
- Clintina Gibbs, 20, Turks and Caicos
- Natalie Shvachko, 24, Ukraine
- Lynnette Marie Cole, 22, United States
- Giovanna Piazza, 18, Uruguay
- Claudia Cristina Moreno González, 22, Venezuela
- Lana Marić, 19, Yugoslavia
- Corinne Crewe, 18, Zimbabwe
Lara Dutta
Winning Miss Universe 2000 made Lara Dutta the second Miss Universe from India. She followed Sushmita Sen, who was crowned in 1994.
Runner-up to Dutta was Claudia Moreno of Venezuela. The second runner-up was Helen Lindes of Spain while Kim Yee of Canada and Lynette Cole of the United States finished in the Top 5.
Lindes was Miss Photogenic and Tamara Scaroni of Aruba was Miss Congeniality. Letty Murray of Mexico won the Best National Costume award.
While reigning as Miss Universe 2000, Dutta traveled to 42 countries and territories. On April 16, 2022, she turned 44.
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