| Miss Universe 1999 |
| Date |
26 May 1999 |
| Presenters |
Jack Wagner, Ali Landry, Julie Moran |
| Entertainment |
Julio Iglesias, Jr. |
| Venue |
Chaguaramas Convention Centre, Chaguaramas, Trinidad & Tobago  |
| Broadcaster |
CBS |
| Entrants |
84 |
| Placements |
10 |
| Debuts |
Botswana |
| Withdrawals |
Bulgaria, Guam, Netherlands, Norway, Romania, Zimbabwe |
| Returns |
Austria, Barbados, Cayman Islands, Cook Islands, Guyana, Suriname, Turks & Caicos, Zambia |
| Winner |
Mpule Kwelagobe
 Botswana |
| Congeniality |
Marisa Ferreira
 Portugal |
| Best National Costume |
Nicole Simone Dyer
Trinidad & Tobago |
| Photogenic |
Brenda Liz Lopez
 Puerto Rico |
Miss Universe 1999, the 48th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 26 May 1999 at the Chaguaramas Convention Centre in Chaguaramas, Trinidad & Tobago. Mpule Kwelagobe of Botswana crowned by Wendy Fitzwilliam of Trinidad & Tobago. Eighty-four contestants competed in this year.
Results
Placements
| Final results |
Contestant |
| Miss Universe 1999 |
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| 1st runner-up |
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| 2nd runner-up |
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| Top 5 |
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| Top 10 |
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Special awards
Semi-final scores
| Delegate |
Interview |
Swimsuit |
Evening Gown |
Average |
Top 5 Finalists |
Finalist Average |
 South Africa |
9.249 (2) |
9.325 (2) |
9.133 (7) |
9.236 (1) |
9.238 (5) |
9.237 (5) |
 Venezuela |
9.230 (3) |
9.088 (6) |
9.388 (3) |
9.235 (2) |
9.349 (4) |
9.292 (4) |
 Spain |
8.904 (7) |
9.338 (1) |
9.450 (1) |
9.231 (3) |
9.644 (1) |
9.438 (1) |
| Botswana |
9.052 (5) |
9.188 (4) |
9.366 (4) |
9.202 (4) |
9.488 (2) |
9.345 (2) |
 Philippines |
8.787 (9) |
9.325 (2) |
9.428 (2) |
9.180 (5) |
9.446 (3) |
9.313 (3) |
 India |
9.275 (1) |
8.774 (10) |
9.160 (6) |
9.070 (6) |
 Mexico |
8.616 (10) |
9.143 (5) |
9.238 (5) |
8.999 (7) |
| Puerto Rico |
9.087 (4) |
8.800 (8) |
9.086 (8) |
8.991 (8) |
 Jamaica |
9.000 (6) |
8.875 (7) |
8.754 (9) |
8.876 (9) |
 Ghana |
8.850 (8) |
8.788 (9) |
8.683 (10) |
8.774 (10) |
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- Winner
- First runner-up
- Second runner-up
- Top 5 finalist
- Top 10 semi-finalist
- (#) Rank in each round of competition
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Order of announcements
Top 10
- Spain
- Mexico
- Jamaica
- Puerto Rico
- Philippines
- Ghana
- Botswana
- South Africa
- India
- Venezuela
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Top 5
- South Africa
- Venezuela
- Botswana
- Spain
- Philippines
Top 3
- Spain
- Philippines
- Botswana
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Judges
Final telecast
Contestants
Notes
Replacements
- Philippines - Janelle Bautista (Not a Philippine citizen)
Crossovers
Other notes
- The candidates for Miss Philippines (1st runner-up) and Miss Spain (4th runner-up) were not the original winners of their national pageants. Miriam Quiambao was originally selected to compete at the 1999 Miss World Pageant, but was bumped up to the Universe title after the original winner, Janelle Bautista was dethroned. Diana Noguera was 4th in her national pageant but became the representative for her country because the winner, Lorena Bernal was 17, the 1st runner up, Carmen Fernández, couldn't go to Miss Universe because her father was seriously sick, and the 2nd runner up, Inma Nadal had to participate in Miss Europe.
- Miss Universe title winner, Mpule Kwelagobe, was Botswana's first-ever candidate to compete at Miss Universe pageant.
- Two contestants from Miss Universe 1999 are deceased. Russia, Alexandra Petrova was shot and killed in 2000 by an unidentified gunman in her apartment at the Volga River city of Cheboksary. Zambia, Esanju Kalopa was killed in a car accident in late October 2005.
- The Parade of Nations is similar to 1998's, except that the contestants wore their national costumes this time.
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