Miss World 2001

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  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.

Results

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results.

Placements

Special awards

Continental Queens

Order of announcements

Top 5 finalists

• 1. People's Republic of China
• 2. Nicaragua
• 3. Scotland
• 4. Nigeria
• 5. Aruba

Contestants

Group order

National pageant notes

Returning countries and debuts

• Malawi competed in Miss World for the first time.
• Hawaii last competed in 1959.
• Antigua last competed in 1991.
• People's Republic of China last competed in 1994.
• Nicaragua last competed in 1998.
• Guyana, Latvia, St. Maarten, and Thailand last competed in 1999.

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.

Crossovers

• 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.

Historical significance

• 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.
• 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.

External links

• Official Miss World website