Miss Universe 2001

Miss Universe 2001
Date	May 11, 2001
Presenters	Elle MacPherson, Naomi Campbell, Todd Newton and Brook Lee
Entertainment	Ricky Martin and La Ley
Venue	Coliseo Rubén Rodríguez, Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Broadcaster	CBS
Entrants	77
Placements	10
Debuts	Slovenia
Withdraws	Australia, Belize, Denmark, Great Britain, Guam, Hong Kong, Mauritius, Namibia, St. Martin
Returns	Antigua & Barbuda, Curaçao, Nicaragua, Northern Marianas, Turkey, U.S. Virgin Islands
Winner	Denise Quiñones  Puerto Rico
Congeniality	Nakera Simms  Bahamas
Best National Costume	Kim Sa-rang  Korea
Photogenic	Denise Quiñones  Puerto Rico

Miss Universe 2001 was held at Coliseo Rubén Rodríguez, Bayamón, Puerto Rico on May 11, 2001. 77 contestants participated in the prestigious event. Miss Puerto Rico, Denise Quiñones was crowned Miss Universe 2001 by Miss Universe 2000 Lara Dutta of India.

Results

Placements

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results.

Semifinal Scores

Country Swimsuit Evening Gown Average  Puerto Rico 9.617 (1) 9.742 (1) 9.679 (1)  Greece 9.450 (2) 9.667 (2) 9.558 (2)  USA 9.375 (3) 9.450 (4) 9.413 (3)  Venezuela 9.233 (5) 9.525 (3) 9.379 (4)  India 9.283 (4) 9.350 (6) 9.317 (5)  Spain 9.167 (6) 9.417 (5) 9.292 (6)  Nigeria 9.100 (7) 9.333 (7) 9.217 (7)  Israel 9.033 (9) 9.267 (8) 9.150 (8)  Russia 9.008 (10) 9.142 (9) 9.075 (9)  France 9.100 (7) 8.992 (10) 9.046 (10)

Winner      First Runner-up      Second Runner-up      Third Runner-up      Fourth Runner-up      Top 10 Semifinalist (#) Rank in each round of competition

Special Awards

Judges

Telecast Judges

• Mini Anden – Swedish model.
• Kel Gleason – Survivor contestant.
• Marc Bouwer – Fashion designer.
• Veronica Webb – African-American model.
• Richard Johnson – New York Post columnist.
• Dayanara Torres – Miss Universe 1993
• Tyson Beckford – Male model.
• Marc Anthony – Puerto Rican singer.

Contestants

Trivia

• The Parade of Nations followed the 1989 pageant in continental format and the delegates wore their national costumes.

• USA, Venezuela, India, Spain, and France also placed in the Top 10 the year before.

• Israel last placed in the semi-finals in 1978, Greece in 1994, Russia in 1998, and Puerto Rico in 1999.

• Nigeria placed in the semi-finals for the first time.

• Slovenia debuted at this year's pageant.

• Greece reaches its highest placement since Corinna Tsopei won the title in 1964.

• Miss Nigeria, Agbani Darego, would later win Miss World 2001. In this same pageant, the contestants from Nicaragua (Ligia Argüello) and South Africa (Jo-Ann Strauss) were finalists. Peru's Viviana Rivasplata finished in 11th place.

• Poland was supposed to be represented by the 1st runner-up of Miss Polonia, Malgorzata Rozniecka. Studies prevented her from going, and the organization picked another finalist, Monika Gruda. Later in September, Malgorzata Rozniecka won the Miss International pageant in Japan.

• France's Élodie Gossuin later won the Miss Europe pageant.

• The organization invited Miss Russia 2001, Oxana Fedorova to attend the pageant. But Fedorova said she couldn't compete because of her studies, and that she would compete in 2002. Her 2nd runner-up, Oxana Kalandyrets, competed instead and became a Top 10 finalist. In 2002, Fedorova won the contest.

• Oxana Kalandyrets sported the same evening gown that Miss Russia 1997, Anna Baitchick, wore during Miss Universe 1997.

• Miss Spain 2001, Lorena van Heerde, could not compete in the pageant because she was underage (17 at the time). Her 1st runner-up, Eva Sisó, replaced her. Lorena was supposed then to compete in Miss Universe 2002 as well, but after a scandal -involving an undercover journalist- threatened the integrity of the Miss Spain pageant, van Heerde crowned her successor and cut all ties with the organization.

• Miss Brazil (Juliana Borges) was heavily criticized after openly admitting to the media that she had about 17 plastic surgeries done.

• The only top ten finalist to wear a maillot swimsuit, Miss Nigeria, was given low scores, compared to other contestants.

• Miss Philippines Zorayda Ruth Andam became a lawyer and would later be part of the prosecution team of the infamous Subic Rape Scandal.

• Miss Venezuela (Eva Ekvall) died on December 17, 2011; victim of breast cancer.

International Broadcasters

These are some of the networks outside the United States (telecasted on CBS at the time) that showed the 2001 Miss Universe pageant live (or recorded earlier) in their respective countries and territories:

References

• Critical Beauty - Miss Universe 2001
• Pageantopolis - Miss Universe 2001