Miss Universe 2000, the 49th Miss Universe

Miss Universe

Miss Universe is an annual international beauty contest that is run by the Miss Universe Organization. The pageant is the most publicized beauty contest in the world with 600 million viewers....

 pageant was held at Eleftheria Stadium

Eleftheria Indoor Hall

The Eleftheria Athletic Center , officially named Tassos Papadopoulos Eleftheria Indoor Hall The hall is used mainly for basketball events, although can be used for badminton, gymnastics, karate, taekwondo, handball, squash, volleyball, judo, table tennis...

, Nicosia

Nicosia

Nicosia from , known locally as Lefkosia , is the capital and largest city in Cyprus, as well as its main business center. Nicosia is the only divided capital in the world, with the southern and the northern portions divided by a Green Line...

, Cyprus

Cyprus

Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...

 on May 12, 2000. 79 delegates from around the universe competed for the crown. At the conclusion of the final night, Lara Dutta

Lara Dutta

Lara Dutta Bhupathi is an Indian actress, UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador, and former Miss Universe.-Early life:Dutta was born in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh to a Punjabi father and an Anglo-Indian mother. Her father is Wing Commander L.K. Dutta and her mother is Jennifer Dutta...

 of India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

 was crowned as the new Miss Universe 2000 by Miss Universe 1999

Miss Universe 1999

Miss Universe 1999 was held at the Chaguaramas Convention Centre, Chaguaramas, Trinidad and Tobago on May 26, 1999. Mpule Kwelagobe of Botswana was crowned as Miss Universe 1999 by Miss Universe 1998 Wendy Fitzwilliam of Trinidad and Tobago. A record number of 84 contestants competed in the pageant...

, Mpule Kwelagobe

Mpule Kwelagobe

Mpule Keneilwe Kwelagobe of Gaborone, Botswana was crowned Miss Universe in May 1999 in Trinidad and Tobago. Since being crowned Miss Universe 1999, Mpule has been recognized and honored as a human health rights activist, especially for her fight against HIV/AIDS and advocacy for youth and women to...

 of Botswana

Botswana

Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana , is a landlocked country located in Southern Africa. The citizens are referred to as "Batswana" . Formerly the British protectorate of Bechuanaland, Botswana adopted its new name after becoming independent within the Commonwealth on 30 September 1966...

. Being the mythological birthplace of Aphrodite

Aphrodite

Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love, beauty, pleasure, and procreation.Her Roman equivalent is the goddess .Historically, her cult in Greece was imported from, or influenced by, the cult of Astarte in Phoenicia....

, the Greek

Greek mythology

Greek mythology is the body of myths and legends belonging to the ancient Greeks, concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices. They were a part of religion in ancient Greece...

 goddess

Goddess

A goddess is a female deity. In some cultures goddesses are associated with Earth, motherhood, love, and the household. In other cultures, goddesses also rule over war, death, and destruction as well as healing....

 of beauty

Beauty

Beauty is a characteristic of a person, animal, place, object, or idea that provides a perceptual experience of pleasure, meaning, or satisfaction. Beauty is studied as part of aesthetics, sociology, social psychology, and culture...

, and alluding

Allusion

An allusion is a figure of speech that makes a reference to, or representation of, people, places, events, literary work, myths, or works of art, either directly or by implication. M. H...

 to the Judgement of Paris

Judgement of Paris

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, the organizers presented a golden apple

Golden apple

The golden apple is an element that appears in various national and ethnic folk legends or fairy tales. Recurring themes depict a hero retrieving the golden apples hidden or stolen by a monstrous antagonist...

 as a prize to the pageant's winner.

The final competition at the Eleftheria Stadium featured a stage set reproducing the ancient Curium Amphitheatre. It was hosted by American comic Sinbad

Sinbad (entertainer)

David Adkins better known by his professional name of Sinbad, is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He became well known in the 1990s from being featured on his own HBO specials, appearing on several television series, and starring in the films Necessary Roughness, Houseguest, First Kid,...

, with entertainment by Elvis Crespo

Elvis Crespo

Elvis Crespo , is a Puerto Rican-American Grammy and Latin Grammy Award-winning Merengue singer.-Early years:Crespo was born in New York City and was named "Elvis" after Elvis Presley...

, Montell Jordan

Montell Jordan

Montell Jordan is a former American R&B singer-songwriter and record producer. Jordan became the main solo male artist on its Def Soul imprint until leaving the label in 2003. Of his live performances it is often regarded that he is a rock oriented musician, with Jordan even going as far as to...

, saxophonist David Koz and Cypriot international star Anna Vissi

Anna Vissi

Anna Vissi , known as Anna Vishy in Cypriot Greek, is a Greek-Cypriot recording artist and actress...

. The event was held at daybreak in Cyprus so that it could be televised live during the prime-time viewing period in the United States.

The pageant was marked by certain political issues relating to the contestants. Turkey

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

 did not send a delegate to the pageant for the first time in thirteen years because of its relations with Cyprus; the Lebanese

Lebanon

Lebanon , officially the Republic of LebanonRepublic of Lebanon is the most common term used by Lebanese government agencies. The term Lebanese Republic, a literal translation of the official Arabic and French names that is not used in today's world. Arabic is the most common language spoken among...

 and Israeli

Israel

The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

 delegates refused to speak to each other; and Corrinne Crewe of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the African continent, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia and a tip of Namibia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east. Zimbabwe has three...

 had to deal with the threat of escalating violence in her country. There were also protests from religious and feminist groups on the island who claimed the event was un-Christian

Christianity

Christianity is a monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus as presented in canonical gospels and other New Testament writings...

 and an affront to women. The three finalists, Miss India, Miss Venezuela, and Miss Spain, were asked to respond to these protests and convince people that beauty pageants were good. Lara Dutta

Lara Dutta

Lara Dutta Bhupathi is an Indian actress, UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador, and former Miss Universe.-Early life:Dutta was born in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh to a Punjabi father and an Anglo-Indian mother. Her father is Wing Commander L.K. Dutta and her mother is Jennifer Dutta...

 of India, the winner of the competition, responded by saying she believed beauty pageants were a platform for women to voice their opinions and help them enter the field they wanted to enter, be it entrepreneurship, the armed forces, politics, and so forth. She also said beauty pageants made women the strong, independent individuals they are today because of all the help they give women. This spectacular answer to a difficult question completely impressed the judges and entire audience, showing Lara was not only gorgeous but a highly intellectual individual as well. This answer is believed to have greatly contributed to her victory.

That same year, two other Miss India contestants, Priyanka Chopra

Priyanka Chopra

Priyanka Chopra is an Indian actress and former Miss World. Before starting her acting career, she worked as a model and gained fame after winning the Miss World title in 2000. She is often referred to by the nickname "Piggy Chops", which was given to her by co-stars on the set of the film...

 and Dia Mirza

Dia Mirza

Dia Mirza Handrich nicknamed Dee and more popularly known as Dia Mirza, is a Indian model and actress who appears in Bollywood films...

, won the Miss World 2000

Miss World 2000

Miss World 2000, the 50th Miss World pageant, was held on 30 November 2000 at the Millennium Dome in London, United Kingdom. The pageant's swimsuit segment was filmed in the Maldives....

 and Miss Asia Pacific

Miss Asia Pacific International

The Miss Asia Pacific International is the first and oldest beauty pageant in Asia. It began as a regional pageant in 1968, known as the Miss Asia Quest...

 2000 titles respectively. This was the second time a country had won all three major international beauty pageants in the same year, the first being Australia in 1972.

Host city

Nicosia was announced as host city of the pageant on July 1, 1999. The country invested $3.5 million in the event, in the hope that the publicity would increase tourism, the island's main industry.

Conservative Cypriot church leaders protested the decision to hold the pageant on the island, claiming that millennium celebrations of the birth of Christ were more important and that the event was scandalous and would promote female nudity.

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss Universe 2000	- Lara Dutta Lara Dutta Lara Dutta Bhupathi is an Indian actress, UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador, and former Miss Universe.-Early life:Dutta was born in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh to a Punjabi father and an Anglo-Indian mother. Her father is Wing Commander L.K. Dutta and her mother is Jennifer Dutta...
1st runner-up	Venezuela - Claudia Moreno Claudia Moreno Claudia Cristina Moreno González is a Venezuelan beauty pageant titleholder. She was the official representative of Venezuela to the Miss Universe 2000 pageant, held in Nicosia, Cyprus on May 12, 2000; she won the title of 1st Runner Up...
2nd runner-up	- Helen Lindes
Top 5	- Kim Yee  United States - Lynnette Cole Lynnette Cole Lynnette Cole-O'Nan , won the title Miss Tennessee USA in 2000. She went on to become the first woman from that state to win the Miss USA pageant, which was held in Branson, Missouri on February 4, 2000....
Top 10	- Catalina Acosta - Evelyn Mikomägi - Corinne Crewe - Sonia Rolland Sonia Rolland Sonia Rolland is a French actress and former Miss France she has also competed at Miss Universe. She is the first African-born Miss France pagant winner.... - Heather Hamilton

Semifinal Scores

Delegate	| Swimsuit	| Evening Gown	| Average	| Top 5 Finalists
Venezuela	9.370 (2)	9.556 (1)	9.463 (1)	9.000 (3)
	9.440 (1)	9.400 (4)	9.420 (2)	9.954 (1)
	9.070 (5)	9.510 (3)	9.290 (3)	9.213 (2)
United States	9.100 (4)	9.240 (5)	9.170 (4)	8.740 (5)
	9.310 (3)	8.970 (7)	9.140 (5)	8.866 (4)
	8.660 (8)	9.520 (2)	9.090 (6)
	8.900 (6)	9.040 (6)	8.970 (7)
	8.740 (7)	8.940 (8)	8.840 (8)
	8.600 (9)	8.920 (9)	8.760 (9)
	8.540 (10)	8.750 (10)	8.645 (10)

Winner

First Runner-up

Second Runner-up

Top 5 Finalist

Top 10 Semifinalist Rank in each round of competition

Special Awards

Award	Contestant
Best National Costume	- Letty Murray - Lara Dutta Lara Dutta Lara Dutta Bhupathi is an Indian actress, UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador, and former Miss Universe.-Early life:Dutta was born in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh to a Punjabi father and an Anglo-Indian mother. Her father is Wing Commander L.K. Dutta and her mother is Jennifer Dutta... - Corinne Crewe
Miss Congeniality	- Tamara Scaroni
Miss Photogenic	- Helen Lindes
Oscar De la Renta Oscar de la Renta Oscar de la Renta is one of the world's leading fashion designers. He was named to the International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame in 1973.-Career:...  Best in Swimsuit	- Lara Dutta Lara Dutta Lara Dutta Bhupathi is an Indian actress, UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador, and former Miss Universe.-Early life:Dutta was born in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh to a Punjabi father and an Anglo-Indian mother. Her father is Wing Commander L.K. Dutta and her mother is Jennifer Dutta...
Clairol Clairol Clairol is a personal care products division of Procter & Gamble. The Clairol company was started in 1931 by Lawrence M. Gelb and wife, Joan, who named their enterprise after a hair-coloring preparation they found while traveling in France....  Herbal Essences Herbal Essences Herbal Essences is a brand of shampoo, hair conditioner, hair stylers, and hair coloring by Clairol. The brand was founded in 1972. There are eleven collections of product, each design for a different effect on the user's hair...  Style	- Letty Murray

Telecast Judges

• Tony Robbins
  Tony Robbins
  Anthony "Tony" Robbins is an American self-help author and motivational speaker. He became well known through his infomercials and self-help books, Unlimited Power: The New Science Of Personal Achievement and Awaken The Giant Within...
  
   – Motivational speaker.
• Catherine Bell
  Catherine Bell
  Catherine Lisa Bell is an American actress known for her role of Lieutenant Colonel Sarah MacKenzie of the television show JAG from 1997 to 2005...
  
   – Actress.
• André Leon Talley
  André Leon Talley
  André Leon Talley is the former American editor-at-large for Vogue magazine, listed as Contributing Editor in the April 2010 masthead. Talley has been a front-row regular at fashion shows in New York, Paris, London and Milan for more than 25 years...
  
   – Former editor-at-large for American Vogue
  Vogue (magazine)
  Vogue is a fashion and lifestyle magazine that is published monthly in 18 national and one regional edition by Condé Nast.-History:In 1892 Arthur Turnure founded Vogue as a weekly publication in the United States. When he died in 1909, Condé Montrose Nast picked up the magazine and slowly began...
  
  .
• Kim Alexis
  Kim Alexis
  Kim Alexis is an American model and actress.- Career :Alexis was one of the top models of the 1980s, identified along with Gia Carangi, Carol Alt, Christie Brinkley, Kelly Emberg, Iman, and Paulina Porizkova...
  
   – American model.
• Cristián de la Fuente
  Cristián de la Fuente
  Cristián de la Fuente Sabarots is a Chilean-American actor.-Early life:De la Fuente was born in Santiago, Chile, as the only child of chemist Hugo de la Fuente and Adriana Sabarots, a homemaker of French descent...
  
   – Chilean actor.
• Debbie Allen
  Debbie Allen
  Deborrah Kaye “Debbie” Allen is an American actress, dancer, choreographer, television director, television producer, and a member of the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities...
  
   – American choreographer
• Serena Altschul
  Serena Altschul
  Serena Altschul is an American broadcast journalist, well known for her work at MTV News. She is the daughter of author Siri von Reis and Arthur Altschul, a former partner at Goldman Sachs.-Career:...
  
   – MTV News correspondent.

Contestants

• - Eunice Manita
• - Andrea Nicastri
• - Tamara Scaroni
• - Samantha Frost
• - Mikala Moss
• - Joke van de Velde
• - Shiemicka Richardson
• - Yenny Vaca
• - Joyce Molemoeng
• - Josiane Kruliskoski
• - Tausha Vanterpool
• - Magdalina Valtchenova
• - Kim Yee
• - Mona Lisa Tatum
• - Francesca Sovino
• - Catalina Acosta
• - Laura Mata
• - Renata Lovrinčević
• - Christy Groutidou
• - Jitka Kocurová
• - Heidi Meyer Vallentin
• - Gilda Jovine
  Gilda Jovine
  Gilda Jovine originally Gilda E. Gross Reyes was born on February 10, 1981 is a former beauty queen, actress and model from the Dominican Republic....
  
  
• - Gabriela Cadena
• - Ranya El-Sayed
• - Alexandra Rivas
• - Evelyn Mikomägi
• - Suvi Miinala
• - Sonia Rolland
  Sonia Rolland
  Sonia Rolland is a French actress and former Miss France she has also competed at Miss Universe. She is the first African-born Miss France pagant winner....
  
  
• - Sabrina Schepmann
• - Maame Esi Acquah
• ' - Louise Lakin
• - Eleni Skafida
• - Lisamarie Quinata
• - Evelyn López
• - Flor Garcia
• - Sonija Kwok
  Sonija Kwok
  Sonija Kwok is a Hong Kong actress, currently working for TVB.She was born in Hong Kong and is of mixed Cantonese and British parentage. Kwok immigrated to Vancouver, Canada from Hong Kong. She initially attended the University of British Columbia but she transferred to Simon Fraser University and...
  
  
• - Izabella Kiss
• - Lara Dutta
  Lara Dutta
  Lara Dutta Bhupathi is an Indian actress, UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador, and former Miss Universe.-Early life:Dutta was born in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh to a Punjabi father and an Anglo-Indian mother. Her father is Wing Commander L.K. Dutta and her mother is Jennifer Dutta...
  
  
• - Louise Doheny
• - Nirit Bakshi

• - Annalisa Guadalupi
• - Sapphire Longmore
• - Mayu Endo
• ' - Kim Young-joo
• - Norma Naoum
• - Lynette Ludi
• - Joelene Arpa
• - Jenny Arthemidor
• - Leticia Murray
  Leticia Murray
  -External links:*]...
  
  
• - Mia de Klerk
• - Chantal van Roessel
• - Tonia Peachey
• - Matilda Kerry
  Matilda Kerry
  Matilda Kerry, MD is a Nigerian doctor. Kerry attended Federal Girls College, Benin,and later the University of Lagos where she studied Medicine and Surgery. In 2000, she was crowned Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria, making her Nigeria's Miss World 2000 representative. As MBGN, her project was...
  
  
• - Tonje Kristin Wøllo
• - Analía Núñez
  Analía Núñez
  Analía Veronica Núñez Sagripanti, born David Chiriqui, is a Panamanian model and beauty pageant contestant winner of the Señorita Panamá 1999. Also represented Panama in Miss Universe 2000, the 49th Miss Universe pageant was held at Eleftheria Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus on May 12, 2000...
  
  
• - Carolina Ramírez
• - Veronica Rueckner
• - Nina Ricci Alagao
• - Emilia Raszynska
• - Licinia Macedo
• - Zoraida Fonalledas
• - Svetlana Goreva
• - Eunice Olsen
  Eunice Olsen
  Eunice Olsen is known for having been the winner of the Miss Singapore Universe pageant in 2000.In November 2004, Olsen was appointed as a Nominated Member of Parliament in Singapore by President SR Nathan, making her the youngest ever at the age of 27...
  
  
• ' - Miroslava Kysucká
• - Heather Hamilton
• - Helen Lindes
• ' - Angelique Romou
• - Valerie Aflalo
• - Anita Buri
• ' - Lei-Ann Chang
• - Kulthida Yenprasert
  Kulthida Yenprasert
  Kulthida Yenprasert , nicknamed Neng is a flight attendant for Thai Airways International and Miss Thailand Universe 2000 titleholder.-Biography:Yenprasert was born and raised in Bangkok by her mother and stepfather....
  
  
• ' - Heidi Rostant
• ' - Clintina Gibbs
• - Natalie Shvachko
• - Giovanna Piazza
•  United States - Lynnette Cole
  Lynnette Cole
  Lynnette Cole-O'Nan , won the title Miss Tennessee USA in 2000. She went on to become the first woman from that state to win the Miss USA pageant, which was held in Branson, Missouri on February 4, 2000....
  
  
•  Venezuela - Claudia Moreno
  Claudia Moreno
  Claudia Cristina Moreno González is a Venezuelan beauty pageant titleholder. She was the official representative of Venezuela to the Miss Universe 2000 pageant, held in Nicosia, Cyprus on May 12, 2000; she won the title of 1st Runner Up...
  
  
• ' - Lana Marić
• - Corinne Crewe

National pageant notes

• Venezuela, initially chose Martina Thorogood
  Martina Thorogood
  Martina Thorogood Heemsen is a pageant titleholder, was born in Valencia, Venezuela on February 4, 1975. Thorogood, who is tall, competed in the national beauty pageant Miss Venezuela 1999 and obtained the title of Miss Venezuela. Also won the special awards of Miss Internet and Miss Integral...
  
   to represent their country at both Miss Universe and Miss World 1999
  Miss World 1999
  The 49th Miss World pageant was held on 4 December 1999 at London's Olympia Hall. The pageant was hosted by Ulrika Jonsson and model Melanie Sykes. The 1999 pageant attracted 94 delegates from all over the world. The 1999 pageant also marked the first time that Scotland and Wales fielded their...
  
  . Miss Universe officials objected to this as Thorogood placed first runner-up at Miss World and there was a chance that she could become Miss World should the winner resign or lose her crown. A second, smaller pageant was held among delegates who had competed in previous Miss Venezuela competitions, and Claudia Moreno
  Claudia Moreno
  Claudia Cristina Moreno González is a Venezuelan beauty pageant titleholder. She was the official representative of Venezuela to the Miss Universe 2000 pageant, held in Nicosia, Cyprus on May 12, 2000; she won the title of 1st Runner Up...
  
   was chosen to compete at Miss Universe. Moreno went on to place first runner-up.
• India, Lara Dutta was previously Miss Intercontinental 1997.
• Germany, Sabrina Schepmann was Miss Intercontinental 2000.
• Hong Kong, Sonija Kwok was Miss Chinese International 2000.
• Guatemala, Evelyn López was Miss Tourism Queen of the Year 2000.
• Colombia, Catalina Acosta Albarracín was Miss Italia nel Mondo 2002.
• France, Sonia Rolland, is a known actress in her country.
• Spain, was also the 2nd Runner up in Miss Universe 1999
  Miss Universe 1999
  Miss Universe 1999 was held at the Chaguaramas Convention Centre, Chaguaramas, Trinidad and Tobago on May 26, 1999. Mpule Kwelagobe of Botswana was crowned as Miss Universe 1999 by Miss Universe 1998 Wendy Fitzwilliam of Trinidad and Tobago. A record number of 84 contestants competed in the pageant...
  
  .

International Broadcasters

These are some of the networks outside the United States (telecasted on CBS

CBS

CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...

 at the time) that showed the 2000 Miss Universe pageant live (or recorded earlier) in their respective countries and territories:

• : RTV21
  RTV21
  RTV21 is a radio and TV broadcaster operating in Kosovo since 1998. The radio broadcasting started in 1998, while TV broadcasting began in 1999 after Serbian forces withdrew from Kosovo. RTV21 is the most popular channel in Kosovo. RTv21 has also other two channels 21+ and 21 Popullore...
  
  
• : Seven Network
  Seven Network
  The Seven Network is an Australian television network owned by Seven West Media Limited. It dates back to 4 November 1956, when the first stations on the VHF7 frequency were established in Melbourne and Sydney.It is currently the second largest network in the country in terms of population reach...
  
  
• : TW1
  TW1 (Austria)
  TW1 was an Austrian digital television channel, broadcasting programmes about news, culture, leisure, travel and weather. It was owned by the Austrian national broadcaster, Österreichischer Rundfunk...
  
  
• : América 2
• : ZNS-TV
  ZNS-TV
  ZNS is a national radio and TV broadcaster operated by the state-owned Broadcasting Corporation of The Bahamas....
  
  
• : ZBM-TV
  ZBM-TV
  ZBM-TV is a television station serving Hamilton and the British territory of Bermuda. It is owned by Bermuda Broadcasting Company and is an affiliate of United States television network CBS...
  
  
• : Star!
  Star! Scandinavia
  Star! Scandinavia is a television channel in northern Europe that is devoted to entertainment and celebrity news and programming. The channel is managed by Scandinavian television broadcaster NonStop Television, part of Turner Broadcasting System, TBS, Inc., which merged with Time Warner in 1996,...
  
  
• : Unitel
  Unitel Bolivia
  UNITEL is a Bolivian television network headquartered in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. It was founded in 1987. It is owned by businessman Osvaldo Monasterio Nieme. The station is well known for its political bias towards Bolivia's right-wing opposition parties....
  
  
• : BNT 1
• : CBC Television
  CBC Television
  CBC Television is a Canadian television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster.Although the CBC is supported by public funding, the television network supplements this funding with commercial advertising revenue, in contrast to CBC Radio which are...
  
  
• : CCTV-1
  CCTV-1
  CCTV-1 is the primary channel of the Chinese television network, CCTV in the People's Republic of China. It has a mixture of all kinds of TV programs, and is available to both cable and terrestrial television viewers.-External links:*...
  
  
• : Canal 1 produced by JES
• : Teletica
  Teletica
  Teletica, formerly known as Televisora de Costa Rica S.A., is a Costa Rican television company, founded in 1958; it was the first television company in Costa Rica. It operates Teletica Canal 7 and Teletica Canal 33. It has mostly imported programming and it also handles a high production and...
  
  
• (host country): Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation
  Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation
  The Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation ) or CyBC is Cyprus's public broadcasting service, transmitting island-wide on four radio and two television channels. CyBC is a non-profit organization that utilises its entire income for the promotion of its main mission, which is the objective provision of...
  
  
• : Star! Scandinavia
  Star! Scandinavia
  Star! Scandinavia is a television channel in northern Europe that is devoted to entertainment and celebrity news and programming. The channel is managed by Scandinavian television broadcaster NonStop Television, part of Turner Broadcasting System, TBS, Inc., which merged with Time Warner in 1996,...
  
   and Showtime Scandinavia
  NonStop Television
  NonStop Television is a Scandinavian television company, part of Turner Broadcasting System, packaging and distributing a number of specialty channels, mostly to the Nordic region. The company is a part of Millennium Media Group...
  
  
• : Color Vision
  Colorvision
  Color Visión is a television network based in the Dominican Republic. It is one of the largest television channels in that country. Color Visión is channel 9 in the Dominican Republic's television dial.-History:...
  
  
• : Gama TV 
• : MBC3
  MBC 3
  MBC 3 is a free-to-air children channel that hosts by Dania al-Shafii and Hassan al-Mula and belongs to the Middle East Broadcasting Center . It was launched on 8 December 2004...
  
  
• : TCS
• : Star!
  Star! Scandinavia
  Star! Scandinavia is a television channel in northern Europe that is devoted to entertainment and celebrity news and programming. The channel is managed by Scandinavian television broadcaster NonStop Television, part of Turner Broadcasting System, TBS, Inc., which merged with Time Warner in 1996,...
  
   and Viasat Baltics
  Viasat
  Viasat is a DBS distributor and TV broadcaster, owned by the Swedish media conglomerate Modern Times Group. Broadcasting from London, the target markets are in the Nordic and the Baltic Countries...
  
  
• : MTV3
  MTV3
  MTV3 is a Finnish commercial television station owned by Bonnier. It had the biggest audience share of all Finnish TV channels until Finnish Broadcasting Company’s YLE1 took the lead. The letters MTV stand for Mainos-TV , due to the channel getting its revenue from running commercials...
  
  , Star! Scandinavia
  Star! Scandinavia
  Star! Scandinavia is a television channel in northern Europe that is devoted to entertainment and celebrity news and programming. The channel is managed by Scandinavian television broadcaster NonStop Television, part of Turner Broadcasting System, TBS, Inc., which merged with Time Warner in 1996,...
  
   and Showtime Scandinavia
  NonStop Television
  NonStop Television is a Scandinavian television company, part of Turner Broadcasting System, packaging and distributing a number of specialty channels, mostly to the Nordic region. The company is a part of Millennium Media Group...
  
  
• : Paris Première
  Paris Première
  Paris Première is a French TV channel, available on cable, satellite and the digital terrestrial service, Télévision Numérique Terrestre. It was launched on December 15, 1986 and is now wholly owned by M6.-External links:*...
  
  
• : Das Vierte 
• : ANT1
  ANT1
  Antenna, better known as ANT1, is a television network airing in Greece and Cyprus. The alternate spelling is play on words in Greek; ena is the Greek number 1, thus ANT1 is pronounced the same as Antenna . It launched on 31 December 1989, the same year as rival Mega Channel, and is owned by...
  
  
• : Canal 11
  Canal 11 (Honduras)
  Canal 11 is a television station in Honduras.-External links:**...
  
  
• : TVB Pearl
  TVB Pearl
  TVB Pearl is one of the two free television services in Hong Kong that mainly broadcast in the English language, the other being ATV World. It is owned and operated by Television Broadcasts Limited, and together with its sister Cantonese language station TVB Jade, is broadcast from TVB City at 77...
  
  
• : m1
  M1 (TV channel)
  m1 is a Hungarian television channel own and operated by Magyar Televízió. It is also transmitted in high definition.It was 24 hours in 2000 along with m2...
  
  
• : Star! Scandinavia
  Star! Scandinavia
  Star! Scandinavia is a television channel in northern Europe that is devoted to entertainment and celebrity news and programming. The channel is managed by Scandinavian television broadcaster NonStop Television, part of Turner Broadcasting System, TBS, Inc., which merged with Time Warner in 1996,...
  
   and Showtime Scandinavia
  NonStop Television
  NonStop Television is a Scandinavian television company, part of Turner Broadcasting System, packaging and distributing a number of specialty channels, mostly to the Nordic region. The company is a part of Millennium Media Group...
  
  
• : DD National
  DD National
  DD National or DD1 is Doordarshan's flagship channel and the most widely available terrestrial television channel in India.-The Early Years:...
  
  
• : Indosiar
  Indosiar
  Indosiar is a publicly owned national television station in Indonesia, and has been operating from West Jakarta since 1994. It was listed on the Indonesian Stock Exchange in 2004. Citibank Singapore has an 8.5 percent shareholding...
  
   
• : RTE One
  RTÉ One
  RTÉ One is the flagship television channel of Raidió Teilifís Éireann , and it is the most popular and most watched television channel in Ireland. It was launched as Telefís Éireann on 31 December 1961, it was renamed RTÉ Television in 1966, and it was renamed as RTÉ One upon the launch of RTÉ...
  
  
• : Arutz 2
  Channel 2 (Israel)
  Channel 2 is an Israeli commercial television channel.- History :In 1990, after 13 years of deliberations, the Knesset passed a law that paved the way for the establishment of commercial television in Israel. The goal was to enhance pluralism and create competition. Channel 2 began broadcasting on...
  
  
• : Stream
  Stream
  A stream is a body of water with a current, confined within a bed and stream banks. Depending on its locale or certain characteristics, a stream may be referred to as a branch, brook, beck, burn, creek, "crick", gill , kill, lick, rill, river, syke, bayou, rivulet, streamage, wash, run or...
  
  
• : Ination TV
• : NHK
  NHK
  NHK is Japan's national public broadcasting organization. NHK, which has always identified itself to its audiences by the English pronunciation of its initials, is a publicly owned corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television license fee....
  
  

• : KBS1
• : Star!
  Star! Scandinavia
  Star! Scandinavia is a television channel in northern Europe that is devoted to entertainment and celebrity news and programming. The channel is managed by Scandinavian television broadcaster NonStop Television, part of Turner Broadcasting System, TBS, Inc., which merged with Time Warner in 1996,...
  
   and Viasat Baltics
  Viasat
  Viasat is a DBS distributor and TV broadcaster, owned by the Swedish media conglomerate Modern Times Group. Broadcasting from London, the target markets are in the Nordic and the Baltic Countries...
  
  
• : LBC
  LBC
  LBC Radio operates two London-based radio stations, with news and talk formats. LBC was Britain's first legal commercial Independent Local Radio station, providing a service of news and information to London. It began broadcasting on 8 October 1973, a week ahead of Capital Radio...
  
   and MBC3
  MBC 3
  MBC 3 is a free-to-air children channel that hosts by Dania al-Shafii and Hassan al-Mula and belongs to the Middle East Broadcasting Center . It was launched on 8 December 2004...
  
  
• : TV1
• : TVM
  TVM (Malta)
  Television Malta is the national television station of Malta. TVM is operated by Public Broadcasting Services Ltd . PBS Ltd is state owned....
  
  
• : Televisa
  Televisa
  Televisa is a Mexican multimedia conglomerate, the largest mass media company in Latin America and in the Spanish-speaking world. It is a major international entertainment business, with much of its programming airing in the United States on Univision, with which it has an exclusive contract...
  
  
•  Myanmar: TV Myanmar
  TV Myanmar
  Television broadcasting in Burma began in 1979 as a test trial in Yangon. Regular television service was first formally launched in 1981.Most television channels in the country are broadcast from Yangon. TV Myanmar and Myawaddy TV are the two main channels, providing Burmese language programming in...
  
  
• : NBC
  Namibian Broadcasting Corporation
  The Namibian Broadcasting Corporation is the public broadcaster of Namibia.It was established in 1990, replacing the South West African Broadcasting Corporation.-History:...
  
  
• : Star!
  Star! Scandinavia
  Star! Scandinavia is a television channel in northern Europe that is devoted to entertainment and celebrity news and programming. The channel is managed by Scandinavian television broadcaster NonStop Television, part of Turner Broadcasting System, TBS, Inc., which merged with Time Warner in 1996,...
  
  
• : Televicentro
  Televicentro (Canal 2)
  Televicentro is a nationwide terrestrial television channel from Nicaragua owned by Televicentro de Nicaragua, S.A.- History :Televicentro de Nicaragua, S.A. was founded in December 1965 by Octavio Sacasa Sarria, first broadcast in March, 1966. It was the second television channel in Nicaragua,...
  
  
• : TV2
• : Telemetro
• : ATV
  ATV (Peruvian Network)
  ATV or Andina de Radiodifusión y Television shortly known as ATV, is a Peruvian television network founded in 1969, after unsuccessful attempt on early 1970s and after the political turmoil in Peru the station was closed...
  
  
• : RPN
  RPN
  RPN may be an acronym that refers to:*Registered Practical Nurse, also referred to as a Licensed practical nurse*Radio Philippines Network, Channel 9, Philippines*Registered Parameter Number, as used in Musical Instrument Digital Interface synthesizers...
  
  
• : TVP2
• : RTP1
• : WAPA-TV
  WAPA-TV
  WAPA-TV is an independent television station located in San Juan, Puerto Rico transmitting over digital channel 27, virtual channel 4. The station is owned by InterMedia Partners and is branded as WAPA Television....
  
  
• : TVR1
• : C1R 
• : Television Corporation of Singapore
  Television Corporation of Singapore
  Television Corporation of Singapore was a private company that provide television broadcasting services in then monopolised media industry. TCS existed from 1 October 1994 to 11 February 2001; Singapore Broadcasting Corporation was privatised on 1 October 1994 at 00:00 am...
  
  
• : TVE1
• : RTS
  Radio Television of Serbia
  Radio Television of Serbia or Serbian Broadcasting Corporation is the public broadcaster in Serbia. It broadcasts and produces a variety of news, drama, and sports programming through radio, television and the Internet. RTS is, since July 2001, a member of the European Broadcasting Union. RTS is...
  
  
• : Star! Scandinavia
  Star! Scandinavia
  Star! Scandinavia is a television channel in northern Europe that is devoted to entertainment and celebrity news and programming. The channel is managed by Scandinavian television broadcaster NonStop Television, part of Turner Broadcasting System, TBS, Inc., which merged with Time Warner in 1996,...
  
   and Showtime Scandinavia
  NonStop Television
  NonStop Television is a Scandinavian television company, part of Turner Broadcasting System, packaging and distributing a number of specialty channels, mostly to the Nordic region. The company is a part of Millennium Media Group...
  
  
• : SF 1
  SF 1
  SF 1 is a Swiss television channel run under the public SRG SSR idée suisse broadcasting group. It is the first of the three national German language channels in Switzerland ....
  
  
• ': CTS
  Chinese Television System
  Chinese Television System is a broadcast television station in Republic of China .-History:Founded on October 31, 1971, CTS started off as a joint venture between the ROC's Ministry of National Defense and the Ministry of Education. At the time of its establishment, CTS was the only VHF-supported...
  
  
• : Channel 7 (Thailand) 
• : CCN TV6
  CCN TV6
  The Caribbean Communications Network Television 6 ' is the largest private television broadcaster in Trinidad and Tobago. The station operates an analog composite NTSC 525 television system, broadcasting on channels 6 and 18 in the island of Trinidad, channel 5 on the Flow Cable System and channel...
  
  
• : NTV
• : MBC3
  MBC 3
  MBC 3 is a free-to-air children channel that hosts by Dania al-Shafii and Hassan al-Mula and belongs to the Middle East Broadcasting Center . It was launched on 8 December 2004...
  
  
• : BBC One
  BBC One
  BBC One is the flagship television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service, and was the world's first regular television service with a high level of image resolution...
  
  
• : UT1
• : CBS
  CBS
  CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
  
  
•  Venezuela: Venevisión
  Venevisión
  Venevisión is one of Venezuela's largest television networks and a Venezuelan cable and terrestrial television network, which is owned and presided over by Gustavo Cisneros...
  
  
• : VTV1

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