Miss International 1999

Miss International 1999, the 39th Miss International pageant, was held on 14 December 1999 at the U-Port Hall in Tokyo, Japan and hosted by Masumi Okada and Mari Christine. Paulina Gálvez of Colombia was crowned at the end of the event, becoming the second titleholder from her country to win Miss International.

Miss International 1999
Date	December 14, 1999^[1]
Presenters	Masumi Okada, Mari Christine
Venue	U-Port Hall, Tokyo, Japan^[1]
Broadcaster	TV Tokyo
Entrants	51^[2]
Placements	15
Debuts	Egypt, Palau
Withdrawals	Australia, Curaçao, Honduras, Holland, Paraguay, Peru
Returns	Brazil, Côte d'Ivoire, Guam, Guatemala, Lebanon, Malaysia, Malta, Nicaragua, Russia, Ukraine, Uruguay
Winner	Paulina Gálvez^[1]  Colombia
Congeniality	Miyuki Hill  Northern Marianas^[1]
Photogenic	Paulina Gálvez  Colombia^[2]
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Results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss International 1999	Colombia - Paulina Gálvez
1st runner-up	Spain - Carmen Fernández
2nd runner-up	Finland - Saija Palin
Top 15 Semi-finalists	Brazil - Alessandra do Nascimento   Curaçao - Pamela Winkel   Cyprus - Afroditi Pericleous   Czech Republic - Sárka Sikorova   Dominican Republic - Patsi Arias   Japan - Kana Onoda   Nicaragua - Claudia Alaniz   Poland - Adrianna Gerczew   Russia - Maria Tchebotkevitch   Senegal - Aïcha Faye   Uruguay - Daniela Abasolo   Venezuela - Andreína Llamozas

Contestants

•   Argentina - Elizabeth Contrard
•   Aruba - Cindy Vanessa Cam Lin Martinus
•   Bolivia - Natalia Arteaga
•   Brazil - Alessandra do Nascimento
•   Britain - Janeth Kehinde Ayuba
•   Colombia - Paulina Gálvez
•   Côte d'Ivoire - Madaussou Kamara
•   Curaçao - Pamela Winkel
•   Cyprus - Afroditi Pericleous
•   Czech Republic - Sárka Sikorová
•   Dominican Republic - Patsi Arias
•   Egypt - Engy Mohammed Abdalla
•   Finland - Saija Palin
•   France - Céline Cheuva
•   Germany - Tania Freuderberg
•   Greece - Penelope Lentzou
•   Guam - Lourdes Jeanette Rivera
•   Guatemala - Gladys Alvarado
•   Hawaii - Christy Chung
•   Hong Kong - Myolie Wu Hang-Yee
•   Iceland - Ásbjörg Kristinsdóttir
•   India - Sri Krupa Murali
•   Israel - Nofit Shevach
•   Japan - Kana Onoda
•   Korea - Lee Jae-won
•   Latvia - Agnese Keiša
•   Lebanon - Clemence Achkar
•   Macedonia - Delfina Zafirova
•   Malaysia - Andrea Franklin Gomez
•   Malta - Catherine Seisan
•   Mexico - Graciela Soto Cámara
•   Nicaragua - Claudia Patricia Alaniz Hernández
•   Northern Marianas - Miyuki Hill
•   Norway - Anette Rusten
•   Palau - Charlene Kaud Omelau
•   Panama - Blanca Elena Espinosa Tuffolon
•   Philippines - Georgina Sandico
•   Poland - Adrianna Gerczew
•   Portugal - Andreia Antunes
•   Russia - Maria Tchebotkevitch
•   Senegal - Aïcha Faye
•   Singapore - Janice Koh Yeok Teng
•   Slovak Republic - Adela Bartkova
•   Spain - Carmen Fernández
•   Togo - Deborah Tiyéna Bassuka
•   Tunisia - Leïla Bent Abdesalem
•   Turkey - Merve Alman
•   Ukraine - Liliya Zalunina
•   Uruguay - María Daniela Abasolo Cugnetti
•   United States - Jennifer Glover
•   Venezuela - Andreína Llamozas

Notes

Did not compete

•   Canada - Jennefer Jessica Isabel Jenei
•   El Salvador - Luciana José Sandoval
•   Paraguay - Silvana de los Ángeles Gimenez-Valiente

Replacements

•   Aruba - Jennifer Marthaly Bermudez
•   Philippines - Lalaine Edson (assumed Binibining Pilipinas-World title)
•   Venezuela - Barbara Leticia Perez Rangel (study commitments)

References

1. "Colombian girl is Miss International". New Straits Times. December 15, 1999. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
2. "Una Colombiana, Miss Internacional". El Tiempo. December 15, 1999. Retrieved 9 March 2011.

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