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Miss World 2001
Miss World 2001 Titlecard
Date:	November 16, 2001
Presenters:	Jerry Springer, and Claire Elizabeth Smith
Entertainment:	Umoja
Venue:	Super Bowl, Sun City Entertainment Centre, Sun City, South Africa
Entrants:	93
Placements:	10
Debuts:	Malawi
Withdraws:	Bahamas, Curaçao, Denmark, Guatemala, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Moldova, Nepal, Paraguay, Sri Lanka, Swaziland
Returns:	Antigua, China PR, Guyana, Hawaii, Latvia, Macedonia FYRO, Nicaragua, St. Maarten, Thailand, Uganda
Winner:	Agbani Darego
Represented:	Nigeria
Photogenic:	Lada Engchawadechasilp Thailand

Miss World 2001, the 51st Miss World pageant was held at the Super Bowl, in Sun City Entertainment Centre, Sun City, South Africa on November 16 2001. Agbani Darego from Nigeria won the pageant, she became the first black African to win the Miss World crown. 93 contestants from all over the world competed for the title.

1 Results
2 Contestants
3 National pageant notes
- 3.1 Returning countries and Debuts
- 3.2 Withdrawals and Nations not competing
4 Contestant notes
5 Trivia
- 5.1 Group Order
6 External links

[edit] Results

[edit] Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss World 2001	Nigeria - Agbani Darego
1st Runner-up	Aruba - Zizi Lee
2nd Runner-up	Scotland - Juliet-Jane Horne
Finalists	China PR - Bing Li Nicaragua - Ligia Argüello
Semi-finalists	Russia - Irina Kovalenko South Africa - Jo-Ann Strauss Spain - Macarena García Ukraine - Oleksandra Nikolayenko Yugoslavia - Tijana Stajšić

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results.

[edit] Order of Semi-finalists

1. Nigeria
2. Ukraine
3. Nicaragua
4. Spain
5. Yugoslavia

6. Scotland
7. People's Republic of China
8. Aruba
9. Russia
10. South Africa

[edit] Continental Queens of Beauty

Africa: Agbani Darego (Nigeria)
Americas: Ligia Arguello (Nicaragua)
Asia and Oceania: Bing Li (China PR)
Caribbean: Zizi Lee (Aruba)
Europe: Juliet-Jane Horne (Scotland)

[edit] Special Awards

Best World Dress Designer: Seo Hyun-jin (Korea)
Miss Photogenic: Lada Engchawadechasilp (Thailand)
Miss Talent: Stephanie Chase (Barbados)
Miss World Scholarship: Piarella Peralta (Costa Rica)

[edit] Contestants

American Virgin Islands - Cherrisse Wood
Angola - Adalgisa Alexandra da Rocha Gonçalves
Antigua - Janelle Williams
Argentina - Virginia di Salvo
Aruba - Zerelda Candice (Zizi) Lee Wai-Yen
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
People's Republic of China - Bing Li
Colombia - Jeisyl Amparo Velez Giraldo
Costa Rica - Piarella Peralta Rodriguez
Croatia - Rajna Raguz
Cyprus - Christiana Aristotelou
Czech Republic - Andrea Fiserova
Dominican Republic - Jeimy Castillo Molina
Ecuador - Carla Lorena Revelo Perez
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 Leialoha Hoʻohuli
Holland - Irena Pantelic
Hong Kong China - Gigi Chung Pui Chi
Hungary - Zsoka Kapocs
Iceland - Kolbrun Palina Helgadóttir
India - Sara Corner
Ireland - Catrina Supple
Israel - Keren Schlimovitz
Italy - Paola d'Antonino
Jamaica - Regina Beaver
Japan - Yuka Hamano

Kenya - Daniella Kimaru
Korea - Seo Hyun-jin
Latvia - Dina Kalandarova
Lebanon - Christina Sawaya
Macedonia F.Y.R.O - Sandra Spašovska
Madagascar - Tassiana (Cardia) Boba
Malawi - Elizabeth Pullu
Malaysia - Sasha Tan Hwee Teng
Malta - Christine Camilleri
Mexico - Tatiana Rodríguez Romero
Namibia - Michelle Heitha
New Zealand - Amie Hewitt
Nicaragua - Ligia Cristina Argüello Roa
Nigeria - Ibiagbanidokikubo (Agbani) Asenite Darego
Northern Ireland - Angela McCarthy
Norway - Malin Johansen
Panama - Lourdes González Montenegro
Peru - Viviana Rivas Plata
Philippines - Gilrhea Castañeda Quinzon
Poland - Joanna Drozdowska
Portugal - Claudia Jesus Lopez Borges
Puerto Rico - Barbara Serrano Negron
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 Bäck
Switzerland - Mascha Santschi
Tahiti - Teriitamihau Rava Nui
Tanzania - Happiness Mageese
Thailand - Lada Engchawadechasilp
Trinidad & Tobago - Sacha St. Hill
Turkey - Tuğçe Kazaz
Uganda - Victoria Kabuye
Ukraine - Oleksandra Nikolayenko
United States - Carrie Stroup
Uruguay - María Daniela Abasolo Cugnetti
Venezuela - Andreina Prieto Rincon
Wales - Charlotte Faichney
Yugoslavia - Tijana Stajšić
Zimbabwe - Nokhuthula Mpuli

[edit] National pageant notes

[edit] Returning countries and Debuts

Malawi competed in Miss World for the first time.
Hawaii last competed in 1959.
Antigua last competed in 1991.
China PR last competed in 1994.
Nicaragua last competed in 1998.
Guyana, Latvia, St. Maarten, and Thailand last competed in 1999.

[edit] Withdrawals and Nations not competing

Curaçao, Denmark, Guatemala, Kazakhstan, Nepal, Paraguay, and Sri Lanka did not compete in Miss World 2001 for unknown reasons.
Bahamas and Swaziland did not compete in Miss World. Bahamas fell ill and withdrew, while Swaziland had financial problems and lack of sponsorship.
Lithuania did not compete in Miss World because of a scheduling conflict.
Moldova had problems with age requirements for the contestants.

[edit] Contestant notes

A number of contestants had previously competed at or would later compete in the Miss Universe pageant.
- Miss World winner Agbani Darego was a semi-finalist at Miss Universe 2001. Ligia Argüello (Nicaragua), a finalist and Jo-Ann Strauss of South Africa, a semi-finalist, also competed at Miss Universe 2001 but did not place. Others who competed at Miss Universe 2001 were Dina Tersago (Belgium) and Viviana Rivasplata (Peru).
- Michelle Heitha (Namibia) and Joanna Drozdowska (Poland) and Shannon McLean (Cayman Islands) competed at Miss Universe 2002 but did not place in either pageant.
- Emmanuelle Chossat competed at Miss Universe 2003 but did not place in either pageant.
- Zizi Lee of Aruba (first runner-up) and Oleksandra Nikolayenko (semi-finalist) competed at Miss Universe 2004 but did not place.
Christina Sawaya (Lebanon) was expected to compete at Miss Universe 2002, but boycotted because of the participation of an Israeli delegate. She later won the Miss International 2002 title.
Radasha Hoʻohuli (Hawaii) held the Miss Hawaii USA 2006 title and represented Hawaii at Miss USA 2006.
Angola, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, China PR, Colombia, Ecuador, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Madagascar, Mexico, Panama, Poland, Portugal, Uruguay, and Venezuela introduced themselves in their native languages.

[edit] Trivia

Hawaii is technically represented twice: as part of the United States and as Hawaii itself.
- This is the only second time Hawaii had joined the competition (the first one in 1959).
9 out of 10 countries which made it into the semifinals, were not in the semifinals last year: Nicaragua (1968), Yugoslavia (1986), Nigeria (1987), Russia (1992), Aruba (1996), and South Africa and Spain (1999). People's Republic of China and Scotland had made into the semi-finals for the first time. People's Republic of China debuted in 1994, while Scotland in 1999.
Rebeka Dremelj (Slovenia) went on to become a successful pop singer in her country and was chosen to sing the Slovenian entry in the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest in Belgrade, Serbia.