| Miss World 1997 | |
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.jpg.webp) Miss World 1997 Diana Hayden | |
| 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 |
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. It was the first time the Miss World pageant was held in the Seychelles. She became the third Indian woman to win Miss World since Reita Faria in 1966 and Aishwarya Rai in 1994.
Results
Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss World 1997[1]
Placements
| Placement | Contestant |
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| Miss World 1997 | |
| 1st Runner-up | |
| 2nd Runner-up | |
| Top 5 |
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| Top 10 |
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Continental Queens of Beauty
| Continental Group | Contestant |
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| Africa | |
| 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.svg.png.webp)
Australia – Laura Csortan
Austria – Susanne Nagele
Bahamas – Alveta Adderley.svg.png.webp)
Belgium – Sandrine Corman.svg.png.webp)
Bolivia – Mitzy Suárez Saucedo.svg.png.webp)
Bosnia and Herzegovina – Elma Terzić
Botswana – Mpule Kwelagobe
Brazil – Fernanda Rambo Agnes
British Virgin Islands – Zoe Jennifer Walcott
Bulgaria – Simona Velitchkova.svg.png.webp)
Canada – Keri-Lynn Power
Cape Verde – Carmelinda Gonçalves.svg.png.webp)
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.svg.png.webp)
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.svg.png.webp)
Japan – Shinobu Saraie
South 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.svg.png.webp)
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.svg.png.webp)
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.svg.png.webp)
Venezuela – Christina Dieckmann Jiménez.svg.png.webp)
Yugoslavia – Tamara Šaponjić
Zambia – Tukuza Tembo
Zimbabwe – Una Patel
Notes
Debuts
Returns
Withdrawals
Curaçao - Miss Curaçao 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[2]
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.
Other Notes
- Australia – Laura Csortan also competed at Miss Universe in 1997, where she placed 13th to Brook Lee and it was held in Miami Beach, Florida.
- Botswana – Mpule Kwelagobe went on to compete in Miss Universe 1999 held in Chaguaramas, Trinidad and Tobago after two years and won the crown.
References
- 1 2 "New Straits Times". New Straits Times. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- 1 2 "Yahoo | Mail, Weather, Search, Politics, News, Finance, Sports & Videos". Archived from the original on 18 October 1999.
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