| Miss World 1997 |
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Miss World 1997 Titlecard
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| Date |
22 November 1997 |
| Presenters |
Richard Steinmetz, Khanyi Dhlomo-Mkhize |
| Venue |
Plantation Club, Seychelles |
| Broadcaster |
E!, SBC |
| Entrants |
86 |
| Placements |
10 |
| Debuts |
Cape Verde, Nepal |
| Withdrawals |
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 |
Miss World 1997, the 47th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 22 November 1997 in Baie Lazare, Seychelles. 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. Richard Steinmetz and Khanyi Dhlomo-Mkhize hosted the pageant, while Latin sensation Ricky Martin provided entertainment.
Results
Placements
| Final results |
Contestant |
| Miss World 1997 |
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| 1st runner-up |
- New Zealand – Lauralee Martinovich
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| 2nd runner-up |
 South Africa – Jessica Motaung
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| Top 5 |
 Turkey – Çağla Şikel- Thailand – Tanya Suesuntisook
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| Semi-finalists |
 Australia – Laura Csortan Lebanon – Joëlle Georges Behlock Malaysia – Arianna Teoh United Kingdom – Vicki-Lee Walberg United States – Sallie Toussaint
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Continental Queens of Beauty
| Continental Group |
Contestant |
| Africa |
- South Africa – Jessica Motaung
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| Americas |
- United States – Sallie Toussaint
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| Asia & Oceania |
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| Caribbean |
 Jamaica – Michell Moodie
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| Europe |
- Turkey – Çağla Şıkel
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Special awards
| Awards |
Contestant |
| Miss Personality |
- Thailand – Tanya Suesuntisook
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| Miss Photogenic |
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| Best National Costume |
- New Zealand – Lauralee Martinovich
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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 Olayo 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
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 Korea – Kim Jin-ah Latvia – Liga Graudumniece- Lebanon – Joëlle Georges Behlock
 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
 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 Saponijić Zambia – Tukuza Tembo Zimbabwe – Una Patel
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Notes
Debuts
- Cape Verde
- Nepal
Returns
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Last competed in 1990:
- Egypt
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Last competed in 1993:
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Last competed in 1995:
- Bahamas
- Cayman Islands
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Withdrawals
Curaçao
Guam – Due to no pageant and funding
Nigeria – Due to sponsorship problems and scheduling conflict
Crossovers
- Miss Universe
- Miss International
- 1998: Latvia – Liga Graudumniece
- 1998: Portugal – Icilia Silva Berenguel
- Miss Intercontinental
- 1998: Poland – Roksana Jonek
- 1999: Latvia – Liga Graudumniece
- Queen of the World
- 1997: Austria – Susanne Nagele
- Queen of the Year
- 1994: Czech Republic – Terezie Dobrovolná (2nd runner-up)
- 1997: Estonia – Mairit Roonsar
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- Miss Tourism International
- 1993: Czech Republic – Terezie Dobrovolná (3rd runner-up)
- 1996: Cyprus – Galatia Charalambidou
- 1998: Poland – Roksana Jonek (Winner)
- Miss América Latina
- 1998: Colombia – Gladys Buitrago Caicedo (Semi-finalist)
- Reinado Internacional del Café
- 1997: Colombia – Gladys Buitrago Caicedo (2nd runner-up)
- 1997: Costa Rica – Rebeca Escalante Trejas (3rd runner-up)
- 1998: Portugal – Icilia Silva Berenguel
- Miss Europe
- 1999: Finland – Minna Lehtinen (3rd runner-up, Miss Photogenic)
- 2001: Ukraine – Kseniya Kuz'menko (Semi-finalist)
- Miss Baltic Sea
- 2000: Latvia – Liga Graudumniece
- Miss Chinese International Pageant
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Other notes
- 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 semi-finals, were not in the semi-finals last year: Lebanon (1975), Thailand (1989), New Zealand and Turkey (1991), United States (1993), Malaysia and United Kingdom (1994), and Australia (1995).
References
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