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COMMENTATORS: Ali Landry and Julie Moran

Best National Costume Award - Miss Trinidad and Tobago - Nicole Simone Dyer
1st Runner-up - Miss Venezuala - Carolina Indriago
2nd Runner-up - Miss Lebanon

THE TEN SEMI-FINALISTS
Miss Spain - Diana Nogueira
Miss Mexico - Silvia Salgado
Miss Jamaica - Nicole Haughton
Miss Puerto Rico - Brenda Liz Lopez
Miss Philippines - Miriam Quiambao
Miss Ghana - Akuba Cudjoe
Miss Botswana - Mpule Kwelagobe
Miss South Africa - Sonia Raciti
Miss India Gul Panag
Miss Venezuela - Carolina Indriago

Miss Congeniality - Miss Portugal - Marisa Ferreira

Miss Photogenic 1999 - Miss Puerto Rico - Brenda Liz Lopez
Best in Swimsuit - Miss Spain - Diana Nogueira
Clairol Herbal Essences Style Award - Miss Philippines - Miriam Quiambao

THE JUDGES:
Kylie Bax
Patrick Demarchelier
Charles Gargano
Evander Holyfield - Boxer
Melania Knauss
Sirio Maccioni
Marcus Schenkenberg - Male Supermodel
Stephanie Seymour
Bruce Smith
Diane Smith

THE FIVE FINALISTS
Miss South Africa - Sonia Raciti
Miss Botswana - Mpule Kwelagobe
Miss Philippines - Miriam Quiambao
Miss Spain - Diana Nogueira
Miss Venezuela - Carolina Indriago

THE WINNERS
2nd Runner-up - Miss Spain - Diana Nogueira
1st Runner-up - Miss Philippines - Miriam Quiambao
Miss Universe 2001 - Miss Botswana - Mpule Kwelagobe

For more extensive coverage and photos on 1999 Miss Universe Pageant click here.

Asked what specific Filipino trait she put to good use during the Miss Universe pageant, Miriam recounts her answer to the question,
"If you could be an animal, what would you be?" during the preliminaries.
Miriam had replied, "I would be a horse. Have you ever seen a horse run?
The grace, the coordination of its limbs and muscles rippling as it moves."

-- People Asia 9/7/00