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Mpule Keneilwe Kwelagobe (born 14 November 1979) is a Motswana investor, businesswoman, model, and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Universe 1999.She was the first black African woman to win one of the Big Four international beauty pageants, the first woman from Botswana to win, and the first from a nation making their debut in nearly four decades.
Miriam Redito Quiambao-Roberto (Tagalog pronunciation: [kjɐmˈbaʊ], born May 20, 1975) is a Filipina actress, television host, and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Binibining Pilipinas Universe 1999 and placed first runner-up at Miss Universe 1999.
She hosted The New You, a Canadian fashion and lifestyle television program and was one of the co-hosts for the 1989 Miss Universe pageant, held in Cancun, Mexico. [4]She was featured in the comedy movie Who's That Girl, starring Madonna and Griffin Dunne, as "Heather", one of the kidnapped bridesmaids.
In 1999 Mpule Kwelagobe became the 3rd woman from Africa who was crowned Miss Universe pageant. Between 2002 and 2003 the country did not participate in Miss Universe but in 2004 the country sent a winning title of Miss Universe Botswana to Ecuador, Miss Universe 2004.
Miss Universe 1999 was the 48th Miss Universe pageant, held on 26 May 1999 at the Chaguaramas Convention Centre in Chaguaramas, Trinidad and Tobago. Mpule Kwelagobe of Botswana was crowned by Wendy Fitzwilliam of Trinidad and Tobago at the end of the event.
Mpule Kwelagobe: 1998 Earthen Mbulawa 1999 Alimah Isaacs 2000 Punah Serati 2001 Masego Sebedi 2002 Lomaswati Dlamini 2003 Boingotlo Motlalakgosi 2004 Judy Peacock 2005 Lorato Tebogo 2006 Malebogo Marumoagae 2007 Itseng Kgomotso: 2009 Sumaiyah Marope: 2010 Emma Wareus [3] 2011 Karabo Sampson 2012 Tapiwa Anna-Marie Preston 2013 Rosemary ...
Denise Marie Quiñones August (born 9 September 1980) is a Puerto Rican actress, model and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Universe 2001.Prior to winning the Miss Universe pageant, she represented her hometown of Lares in the Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2001 pageant.
Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters was born on 28 June 1995 in Sedgefield, Western Cape, to Bennie Peters and Anne-Marie Steenkamp. [2] [3] She identified her half-sister, Franje, who was born with cerebellar agenesis, as the most significant motivator in her life.