51st Miss World - 2001#
- 2001 November 16
- Sun City Entertainment Centre, Sun City, South Africa
- 93 participants
- Presenters - Jerry Springer & Claire Smith
- Commentary - David Jensen
- Chairman of the judges - Julia Morley
- Judges - Ashok Amritraj - Film Producer, Ben de Lisi - Fashion Designer, Terry O’Neill - Photographer, Jo Elvin - Editor of Glamour Magazine, Bruce Forsyth - Entertainer, Fiona Ellis - Talent Scout, Models 1, Elliot Cohen - Music Producer & Publisher, Zindziswa Mandela-Hlongwane - Author
- Performers - Umoja, Lebo Mathosa, Loyiso, Holy Jerusalem Choir & Hip Hop Pantsula
At a glittering event held at the Superbowl, Sun City, South Africa, Agbani Darego from Nigeria was crowned the 51st Miss World on 16th November 2001.
The year 1992 was the first year that Miss World went to Sun City, nearly a decade later Miss World returned for the second time.
In an unforgettable event spectacular, ninety-three contestants competed for the coveted title of 'Miss World 2001.' An exciting and tearful finale saw Miss Nigeria win her place in the history books, crowned by last year's winner Miss India, Priyanka Chopra, and supported by the two runners up, Miss Aruba in second place and Miss Scotland in third.
'UMOJO' spectacularly opened the show with a celebration of African dance and song joined on stage by all the Miss World contestants.
In 2001, for the first time telephone voting created by the 'Miss World You Decide' preview programme were added to the judges scoring, creating a real sense of anticipation as the leader board constantly changed throughout the evening.
Additional prizes were awarded to Miss Barbados for Best Talent and Miss Korea for Best Evening Dress designed by KIM, Hee-Soo.
Miss Thailand won Most Photogenic, this award was voted exclusively by visitors to the Miss World website, with over fifty thousand people registering their votes.
A new award this year, the 'Hawaii Pacific University Miss World Scholarship' allowing one of the ninety-three contestants to study on the island of Honolulu for four years was won by Miss Costa Rica.
WINNER - NIGERIA - Agbani Darego
Miss World 2001Continental winners:
- AFRICA - NIGERIA - Agbani Darego
- AMERICAS - NICARAGUA - Ligia Arguello Roa
- ASIA & OCEANIA - CHINA - Bing Li
- CARIBBEAN - ARUBA - Zerelda Lee
- EUROPE - SCOTLAND - Juliet-Jane Horne
Miss World 2001 Top 5 with Jerry Springer- 1st runner-up - ARUBA - Zerelda Lee
- 2nd runner-up - SCOTLAND - Juliet-Jane Horne
From left to right, Miss World 2001 Top 3: Aruba, Nigeria & ScotlandTop 5:
- CHINA - Bing Li
- NICARAGUA - Ligia Arguello Roa
Top 10:
- RUSSIA - Irina Kovalenko
- SOUTH AFRICA - Jo-Ann Cindy Strauss
- SPAIN - Marcarena Garcia Naranjo
- UKRAINE - Oleksandra Nikolayenko
- YUGOSLAVIA - Tijana Stajsic
Full list of contestants#
- AMERICAN VIRGIN ISLANDS - Cherrise Woods
- ANGOLA - Adalgisa Alexandre da Rocha Goncalves
- ANTIGUA - Janelle Williams
- ARGENTINA - Virginia Luz di Salvo
- ARUBA - Zerelda Lee
- AUSTRALIA - Eva Milic
- AUSTRIA - Aniela Rockenghaub
- BANGLADESH - Tabassum Shaon
- BARBADOS - Stephanie Chase
- BELGIUM - Dina Tersago
- BOLIVIA - Claudia Ettmuller Spinatto
- BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA - Ana Racanovic
- BOTSWANA - Masego Sebedi
- BRAZIL - Joyce Aguiar
- BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS - Melinda McGlore
- BULGARIA - Stanislava Karabelova
- CANADA - Tara Lynn Haliski
- CAYMAN ISLANDS - Shannon McLean
- CHILE - Christianne Balmelli Fournier
- CHINA - Bing Li
- COLOMBIA - Jeisyl Velez
- COSTA RICA - Pirella Peralta
- CROATIA - Rajna Raguz
- CYPRUS - Christiana Aristotelous
- 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 Welhilmli
- GHANA - Selasi Kwanu
- GIBRALTAR - Luann Richardson
- GREECE - Valentini Daskaloudi
- GUYANA - Olive Gopaul
- HAWAII - Radasha HooHULI
- HOLLAND - Irena Pantelic
- HONG KONG - Pui Chi Chung
- HUNGARY - Zsoka Kapocs
- ICELAND - Kolbrun Helgadottir
- INDIA - Sara Corner
- IRELAND - Catrina Supple
- ISRAEL - Karen Shlimovitz
- ITALY - Paola D’Antonino
- JAMAICA - Regina Beavers
- JAPAN - Yuka Humano
- KENYA - Daniella Kimaru
- KOREA - Hyun-Jin Seo
- LATVIA - Dina Kalandarova
- LEBANON - Christina Sawaya
- MACEDONIA - Sandra Spasovska
- MADAGASCAR - Tassiana Boba Cardiatassiana
- MALAWI - Elizabeth Pullu
- MALAYSIA - Hwee Tan
- MALTA - Christine Camilleri
- MEXICO - Tatiana Rodriguez Romero
- NAMIBIA - Michelle Heitha
- NEW ZEALAND - Amie Hewitt
- NICARAGUA - Ligia Arguello Roa
- NIGERIA - Agbani Darego
- NORTHERN IRELAND - Angela McCarthy
- NORWAY - Malin Johansen
- PANAMA - Ourdes Gonzalez Montenegro
- PERU - Viviana Rivas Plata
- PHILIPPINES - Gilrhea Quinzon
- POLAND - Joanna Drozdowska
- PORTUGAL - Claudia Jesus Lopez Borges
- PUERTO RICO - Barbara Serrano
- ROMANIA - Vanda Georgiana Petre
- RUSSIA - Irina Kovalenko
- SCOTLAND - Juliet-Jane Horne
- SINGAPORE - Angelia Johnson
- SLOVAKIA - Jana Ivanova
- SLOVENIA - Rebeka Dremelj
- SOUTH AFRICA - Jo-Ann Cindy Strauss
- SPAIN - Marcarena Garcia Naranjo
- ST. MAARTEN - Jenesis Romney
- SWEDEN - Linda Camilla Back
- SWITZERLAND - Mascha Mila Santschi
- TAHITI - Ravanui Terriitaumihau
- TANZANIA - Happiness Magese
- THAILAND - Lada Engchawadechasilp
- TRINIDAD & TOBAGO - Sacha St Hill
- TURKEY - Tugce Kazaz
- UGANDA - Victoria Nancy Nabunya
- UKRAINE - Oleksandra Nikolayenko
- UNITED STATES - Carrie Ann Stroup
- URUGUAY - Maria Abasolo Cugnetti
- VENEZUELA - Andreina del Carmen Prieto
- WALES - Charlotte Faicheney
- YUGOSLAVIA - Tijana Stajsic
- ZIMBABWE - Nokuthula Mpuli
