Contestant Notes and Trivia
- Two delegates were later runners-up at the Miss Earth 2001 pageant. Margarita Kravtsova (a finalist) placed second runner-up at Miss Earth and third runner-up was Daniella Stucan, who was unplaced at Miss World 2000. Stucan later competed at Miss Universe 2007 where she was also unplaced.
- A number of other contestants had previously competed in the Miss Universe pageant or would later compete at Miss Universe:
- Sarybel Velilla Cabeza (Puerto Rico) competed at Miss Universe 1996;
- Renee Henderson of Australia competed at Miss Universe 1998;
- Heather Joy Hamilton had previously made the semi-finals at Miss Universe 2000 but was unplaced at Miss World. Joke van de Velde (Belgium), Gilda Jovine (Dominican Republic), Mia de Klerk (Namibia), Matilda Kerry (Nigeria) were unplaced in both pageants;
- Jacqueline Bush (Cayman Islands), Sandra Rizk (Lebanon) and Mahara Brigitta McKay (Switzerland) competed at Miss Universe 2001;
- Angelique Breaux (United States) was Miss California USA 1999 and second runner-up at Miss USA 1999.
- 8 out of 10 countries which made it into the semifinals, were not in the semifinals last year: Italy (1973), Uruguay (1979), Kenya (1984), Colombia (1996), Turkey (1997), and Chile (1998). Kazakhstan and Ukraine made into the semi-finals for the first time, marking as the third and fourth nation from the former Soviet Union to enter in this stage of the competition. Ukraine debuted in 1992, while Kazakhstan in 1998.
- In the final question round, Miss World 2000 Priyanka Chopra gave an erroneous answer. Still, she impressed everyone enough to win the Miss World crown as she has a better command over English and has grace, poise and confidence.
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