Miss Universe 1999
| Miss Universe 1999 | |
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| Date | 26 May 1999 |
| Presenters | |
| Entertainment | Julio Iglesias Jr. |
| Venue | Chaguaramas Convention Centre, Chaguaramas, Trinidad and Tobago |
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| Entrants | 84 |
| Placements | 10 |
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| Winner | Mpule Kwelagobe Botswana |
| Congeniality | Marisa Ferreira, Portugal |
| Best National Costume | Nicole Simone Dyer, Trinidad and Tobago |
| Photogenic | Brenda Liz López, Puerto Rico |
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. This edition marks the most recent time that a first-time entry of a country at Miss Universe has won and the third time in pageant's history, after Colombia in 1958 and Finland in 1952. This edition also saw a back-to-back victory by black women. 84 contestants competed in this year.