Miss World 1997

Miss World 1997
Miss World 1997 Titlecard
Date	22 November 1997
Presenters	Richard Steinmetz and Khanyi Dhlomo-Mkhonze
Venue	Plantation Club, Seychelles
Entrants	86
Placements	10
Debuts	Cape Verde, Nepal
Withdraws	Bonaire, Curaçao, Guam, Kenya, Macedonia FYRO, Nigeria, Romania, Tahiti
Returns	Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Egypt, Honduras, Malta, Namibia
Winner	Diana Hayden  India
Personality	Tanya Suesuntisook  Thailand
Best National Costume	Lauralee Martinovich  New Zealand
Photogenic	Diana Hayden  India

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results.

Miss World 1997, the 47th Miss World pageant was held at the Baie Lazare, Seychelles on November 22, 1997. 86 delegates delegates competed for the coveted crown. At the end of the event, India's Diana Hayden came out victorious. Richard Steinmetz hosted the pageant, while Latin sensation Ricky Martin provided entertainment. Miss Botswana, Mpule Kwelagobe went on to win the Miss Universe 1999 pageant after being unplaced at Miss World.

Results

Final results	Contestant
Miss World 1997	India - Diana Hayden
1st runner-up	New Zealand - Lauralee Martinovich
2nd runner-up	South Africa - Jessica Motaung
Finalists	Turkey - Çağla Şikel  Thailand - Tanya Suesuntisook
Semi-finalists	Australia - Laura Csortan  Lebanon - Joëlle Buhlok  Malaysia - Arianna Teoh  United Kingdom - Vicki-Lee Walberg  United States - Sallie Toussaint

Continental Queens

Continental Queen	Contestant
Africa	South Africa - Jessica Motaung
Americas	United States - Sallie Toussaint
Asia and Oceania	India - Diana Hayden
Caribbean	Jamaica - Michell Moodie
Europe	Turkey - Çağla Şıkel

86 contestants

American Virgin Islands - Taisha Regina Gomes  Argentina - Natalia Pombo  Aruba - Michella Laclé Croes  Australia - Laura Csortan  Austria - Susanne Nagele  Bahamas - Alevta 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  China, Republic of - Fang Su-Ling  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 - Clio Olayo Frías  Egypt - Amal Shawky Soliman  Estonia - Mairit Roonsar  Finland - Minna Lehtinen  France - Laure Belleville  Germany - Katja Glawe  Ghana - Benita Sena Somolekae  Gibraltar - Rosanna Ressa  Greece - Eugenia Limantzaki  Guatemala - Lourdes Mabel Valencia Bobadilla  Holland - Sonja Aldina Silva  Honduras - Hansel Cristina Caceres 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 Buhlok  Lithuania - Asta Vyšniauskaitė Macau - Agnes Lo  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 Gumabao 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  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 Saponijić  Zambia - Tukuza Tembo  Zimbabwe - Una Patel

Trivia

Returning countries and Debuts

• Cape Verde and Nepal competed in Miss World for the first time.
• Egypt last competed in 1990.
• Honduras, Malta and Namibia last competed in 1993.
• Bahamas and Cayman Islands last competed in 1995 after a 1-year recovery from financial and sponsorship crisis.

Withdrawals and Nations not competing

• Nigeria did not compete in Miss World because of sponsorship problems and scheduling conflict.
• Curaçao failed to send a delegate in Miss World.

Guam did not compete due to no pageant and funding

Other Notes

• Botswana (Mpule Kwelagobe) won the title of Miss Universe 1999 in Trinidad and Tobago.
• Ireland (Andrea Roche) competed in Miss Universe 1998 and was a semi-finalist.
• Australia (Laura Csortan) won the Miss Amity award in Miss Universe 1997.
• This is the first time that no Latin American country had made into the semi-finals.
• This year marked the last time a Miss United Kingdom made the semi-finals.
• 8 out of 10 countries which made it into the semifinals, were not in the semifinals last year: Lebanon (1975), Thailand (1989), New Zealand and Turkey (1991), United States (1993), Malaysia and United Kingdom (1994), and Australia (1995).

External links

• Pageantopolis

• Jimmy's Pageant Page