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Beauty pageant
Miss World 2001
Agbani Darego, Miss World 2001
Date
16 November 2001
Presenters
Jerry Springer
Claire Elizabeth Smith
Entertainment
Umoja
Venue
Super Bowl, Sun City Entertainment Centre, Sun City, South Africa
Broadcaster
E!
ITV2
IBC Channel 13
SABC 3
Entrants
93
Placements
10
Debuts
Malawi
Withdrawals
Bahamas
Belarus
Chinese Taipei
Curaçao
Denmark
Guatemala
Honduras
Kazakhstan
Lithuania
Moldova
Nepal
Paraguay
Sri Lanka
Returns
Antigua and Barbuda
China
Guyana
Hawaii
Latvia
Macedonia
Nicaragua
Sint Maarten
Thailand
Uganda
Winner
Agbani Darego Nigeria
← 2000
2002 →
Miss World 2001, the 51st edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 16 November 2001 at the Super Bowl of Sun City Entertainment Centre in Sun City, South Africa. 93 contestants from all over the world competed for the title. Priyanka Chopra of India crowned her successor Agbani Darego of Nigeria at the end of the event.[1] This is the first time Nigeria won the title of Miss World.
^"Miss World win boosts Nigeria". BBC. 19 November 2001. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
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