Miss World 1997
Miss World 1997, the 47th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 22 November 1997 at the Plantation Club Seychelles in Baie Lazare, Seychelles.[1] 86 delegates competed for the coveted crown. At the end of the event, India's Diana Hayden came out victorious. Hayden went on to win the Miss World 1997 pageant at the age of 24 crowned by Miss World 1996, Irene Skliva.
Miss World 1997 | |
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Date | 22 November 1997 |
Presenters | |
Venue | Plantation Club, Seychelles |
Broadcaster | |
Entrants | 86 |
Placements | 10 |
Debuts | |
Withdrawals | |
Returns | |
Winner | Diana Hayden India |
Personality | Tanya Suesuntisook Thailand |
Best National Costume | Lauralee Martinovich New Zealand |
Photogenic | Diana Hayden India |
Results
Placements
Final results | Contestant |
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Miss World 1997 | |
1st Runner-up |
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2nd Runner-up |
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Top 5 | |
Top 10 |
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Continental Queens of Beauty
Continental Group | Contestant |
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Africa |
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Americas |
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Asia & Oceania | |
Caribbean |
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Europe |
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Contestants
- American Virgin Islands – Taisha Regina Gomes
- Argentina – Natalia Pombo
- Aruba – Michella Laclé Croes
- Australia – Laura Csortan
- Austria – Susanne Nagele
- Bahamas – Alveta Adderley
- Belgium – Sandrine Corman
- Bolivia – Mitzy Suárez Saucedo
- Bosnia & Herzegovina – Elma Terzić
- Botswana – Mpule Kwelagobe
- Brazil – Fernanda Rambo Agnes
- British Virgin Islands – Zoe Jennifer Walcott
- Bulgaria – Simona Velitchkova
- Canada – Keri-Lynn Power
- Cape Verde – Carmelinda Gonçalves
- Cayman Islands – Cassandra Powell
- Chile – Paulina Mladinic
- Colombia – Gladys Buitrago Caicedo
- Costa Rica – Rebeca Escalante Trejas
- Croatia – Martina Novosel
- Cyprus – Galatia Charalambidou
- Czech Republic – Terezie Dobrovolná
- Dominican Republic – Carolina Estrella Peña
- Ecuador – Clío Olaya Frías
- Egypt – Amel Shawky Soliman
- Estonia – Mairit Roonsar
- Finland – Minna Lehtinen
- France – Laure Belleville
- Germany – Katja Glawe
- Ghana – Benita Sena Golomeke
- Gibraltar – Rosanna Ressa
- Greece – Eugenia Limantzaki
- Guatemala – Lourdes Mabel Valencia Bobadilla
- Holland – Sonja Aldina Silva
- Honduras – Hansel Cristina Cáceres Teruel
- Hong Kong – Vivian Lee Ming-Wai
- Hungary – Beata Petes
- India – Diana Hayden
- Ireland – Andrea Roche
- Israel – Mirit Greenberg
- Italy – Irene Lippi
- Jamaica – Michelle Moodie
- Japan – Shinobu Saraie
- Korea – Kim Jin-ah
- Latvia – Liga Graudumniece
- Lebanon – Joëlle Behlock
- Lithuania – Asta Vyšniauskaitė
- Macau – Agnes Lo Vai Van
- Malaysia – Arianna Teoh
- Malta – Sarah Vella
- Mexico – Blanca Soto
- Namibia – Sheya Shipanga
- Nepal – Jharana Bajracharya
- New Zealand – Lauralee Martinovich
- Norway – Charlotte Høiåsen
- Panama – Patricia Aurora Bremner Hernández
- Paraguay – Mariela Quiñónez García
- Peru – Claudia María Luque Barrantas
- Philippines – Kristine Rachel Florendo
- Poland – Roksana Jonek
- Portugal – Icilia Silva Berenguel
- Puerto Rico – Aurea Isis Marrero Nieves
- Russia – Liudmila Popova
- Seychelles – Michelle Lane
- Singapore – Jasmine Wong
- Slovakia – Marietta Senkacová
- Slovenia – Maja Šimec
- South Africa – Jessica Motaung
- Spain – Nuria Avellaneda Gallego
- Swaziland – Xoliswa Mkhonta
- Sweden – Sofia Joelsson
- Switzerland – Tanja Gutmann
- Tanzania – Saida Joy Kessys Sashays
- Thailand – Tanya Suesuntisook
- Taiwan – Fang Su-Ling
- Trinidad & Tobago – Mandy Jagdeo
- Turkey – Çağla Şıkel
- Uganda – Lillian Acom
- Ukraine – Kseniya Kuz'menko
- United Kingdom – Vicki-Lee Walberg
- United States – Sallie Toussaint
- Uruguay – Ana González Kwasny
- Venezuela – Christina Dieckmann
- Yugoslavia – Tamara Šaponjić
- Zambia – Tukuza Tembo
- Zimbabwe – Una Patel
Notes
Debuts
Returns
Withdrawals
- Curaçao - Miss Curacao World 1997, Jeameane Colastica did not compete due lack of time and preparation. She went next year inserted.[2]
- Guam – No contest.
- Iceland – Harpa Lind Hardardottir[3]
- Nigeria – Adanma Evoh - Due to sponsorship scheduling problems and political conflict.
- Kazakhstan - Jamila Bisembieva - Due to sponsorship problems.
Replacements
- South Africa - Kerishnie Naicker - Due personal problems. She went next year to Miss Universe 1998 and Miss World 1998 where become Top 5 and Queen of Africa.
References
External links
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