Place Crowned: Atlanta, United States; South AfricaWorldCongressCenter

Full name: Ninibeth Beatriz Leal Jiménez

Date of Birth: November 26, 1971

Place of Birth:  Maracaibo, Venezuela,)

Runners-up in the pageant:

1st runner-up  Australia - Leanne Buckle

2nd runner-up South Africa - Diana Tilden-Davis

Finalists

 Jamaica - Sandra Foster

Namibia - Michelle McLean

Place Crowned: Sun City, South AfricaSun City Entertainment Centre

Full name: Julia Alexandrovna Kourotchkina

Date of Birth: 10 August 1974

Place of Birth:  Shcherbinka, Russia

Runners-up in the pageant:

1st runner-up: Claire Elizabeth Smith (United Kingdom)

2nd runner-up: Francis del Valle Gago Aponte (Venezuela)

Finalists:

3rd runner-up: Ewa Wachowicz (Poland)

4th runner-up: Amy Kleinhans (South Africa)

Place Crowned: Sun City, South AfricaSun City Entertainment Centre

Full name: Lisa Hanna

Date of Birth:

Place of Birth: Jamaica

The third Jamaican to win the Miss World title.

Profession: Politician

Runners-up in the pageant:

First Runner-up: Palesa Jacqueline Mofokeng - South Africa

Second Runner-up: Sharmaine Ruffa Rama Gutierrez - Philippines

Finalist

Fani Capalija - Croatia

Mónica Lei Scaccia - Venezuela

Place Crowned: Sun City, South AfricaSun City Entertainment Centre

Full name: Aishwarya Rai-Bachchan

Date of Birth: 1 November 1973

Place of Birth:  India

Profession: Actress

Runners-up in the pageant:

1st runner-up South Africa - Basetsane Makgalemele

2nd runner-up Venezuela - Irene Ferreira

Finalists

Croatia - Branka Bebić

Zimbabwe - Angeline Musasiwa

Place Crowned: Sun City, South Africa; Dubai, United Arab Emirates; the ComorosSun City Entertainment Centre

Full name: Jacqueline María Aguilera Marcano

Date of Birth: November 17, 1976

Place of Birth:  Valencia, Carabobo state, Venezuela

Won the crown as the 45th Miss World

The Miss Photogenic recognition

The Top Model of the World held in Miami in 1995

Runners-up in the pageant:

1st runner-up Croatia - Anica Martinović

2nd runner-up Trinidad & Tobago - Michelle Khan

Finalists

Israel - Miri Bohadana

Korea - Choi Yoon-young

Place Crowned: Bangalore, India; the SeychellesBangalore Cricket Stadium

Full name: Irene Skliva

Date of Birth: April 4, 1978

Place of Birth:  Athens, Greece

Profession: Model

Runners-up in the pageant:

1st runner-up Colombia - Carolina Arango

2nd runner-up Brazil - Anuska Prado

Finalists

India - Rani Jeyraj

Venezuela - Ana Cepinska

Place Crowned: Mahé the SeychellesPlantation Club

Full name: Diana Hayden

Date of Birth: May 1, 1973

Place of Birth:  Hyderabad, India.

Profession: Model

Runners-up in the pageant:

1st runner-up New Zealand - Lauralee Martinovich

2nd runner-up South Africa - Jessica Motaung

Finalists

Turkey- Çağla Şıkel

Thailand - Tanya Suesuntisook

Place Crowend: Mahé the Seychelles; Paris, FranceLakeBerjaya Mahé Resort

Full name: Linor Abargil

Date of Birth: February 17, 1980

Place of Birth:  Israeli

Profession: Model

Runners-up in the pageant:

1st runner-up France - Véronique Caloc

2nd runner-up Malaysia - Lina Teoh

Finalists

CzechRepublic - Alena Šeredová

South Africa - Kerishnie Naicker

Place Crowned: London, United Kingdom; Malta Olympia Hall

Full name: Yukta Mookhey

Date of Birth: 7 October 1979

Place of Birth:  Mulund, Mumbai, India

Profession: Model, Actress

Runners-up in the pageant:

1st runner-up Venezuela - Martina Thorogood

2nd runner-up South Africa - Sonia Raciti

Finalists

Israel - Genny Chervoney

Liberia - Sebah Tubman

Place Crowned: London, United Kingdom; the Maldives Millennium Dome

Full name: Priyanka Chopra

Date of Birth: July 18, 1982

Place of Birth:  India

Profession: Film Actress, Commercial Model

Runners-up in the pageant:

1st runner-up Italy - Giorgia Palmas

2nd runner-up Turkey - YükselAk

Finalists

Kazakhstan - Margarita Kravtsova

Uruguay - Katja Thomsen