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....

 2001 was held at Coliseo Rubén Rodríguez

Coliseo Rubén Rodríguez

The Coliseo Rubén Rodríguez is one of the biggest indoor sporting arenas in Puerto Rico. The coliseum was dedicated to Rubén Rodríguez . It is located in Bayamón, Puerto Rico...

, Bayamón

Bayamón, Puerto Rico

Bayamón is a municipality of Puerto Rico located on the northern coastal valley, north of Aguas Buenas and Comerío; south of Toa Baja and Cataño; west of Guaynabo; and east of Toa Alta and Naranjito. Bayamón is spread over 11 wards and Bayamón Pueblo...

, Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...

 on May 11, 2001. 77 contestants participated in the prestigious event. Miss Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...

, Denise Quiñones

Denise Quiñones

Denise Marie Quiñones August is a Puerto Rican actress and beauty pageant titleholder who was the fourth woman from her country to win the Miss Universe contest...

 was crowned Miss Universe 2001 by 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...

 of India.

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss Universe 2001	Puerto Rico - Denise Quiñones Denise Quiñones Denise Marie Quiñones August is a Puerto Rican actress and beauty pageant titleholder who was the fourth woman from her country to win the Miss Universe contest...
1st runner-up	Greece - Evelina Papantoniou Evelina Papantoniou Evelina Papantoniou, born June 7, 1979 in Athens, is a Greek fashion model and actress. She started modeling at the age of 15, and worked as a bartender and waitress before winning the title Miss Star Hellas in 2001 and representing Greece at the Miss Universe 2001 pageant, where she placed as 1st...
2nd runner-up	United States - Kandace Krueger Kandace Krueger Kandace Gayle Krueger Matthews is an American television personality and former beauty queen who has held the Miss USA title. She was born and raised in Austin, Texas. She was born to Larry & Barbara Johnson Krueger...
3rd runner-up	Venezuela - Eva Ekvall
4th runner-up	India - Celina Jaitley Celina Jaitley Celina Jiya Jaitley is an Indian actress born in Kabul, Afghanistan. She appears in mainly Bollywood films. As a former beauty queen and model, she was crowned Femina Miss India Universe in 2001.-Early life:...
Top 10	Spain - Eva Sisó  Nigeria - Agbani Darego Agbani Darego Agbani Darego is a Nigerian model, best known as the first Sub-Saharan African Miss World.-Early life:...  Israel - Ilanit Levy  Russia - Oksana Kalandyrets  Early Modern France - Élodie Gossuin Élodie Gossuin Élodie Gossuin is a French former beauty pageant winner and municipal politician.Gossuin was raised in Trosly-Breuil in the Oise département, a village about east of the city of Compiègne. In her teens, Gossuin won several local beauty contests...

Semifinal Scores

Country	Swimsuit	Evening Gown	Average
	9.617 (1)	9.742 (1)	9.679 (1)
	9.450 (2)	9.667 (2)	9.558 (2)
United States	9.375 (3)	9.450 (4)	9.413 (3)
Venezuela	9.233 (5)	9.525 (3)	9.379 (4)
	9.283 (4)	9.350 (6)	9.317 (5)
	9.167 (6)	9.417 (5)	9.292 (6)
	9.100 (7)	9.333 (7)	9.217 (7)
	9.033 (9)	9.267 (8)	9.150 (8)
	9.008 (10)	9.142 (9)	9.075 (9)
	9.100 (7)	8.992 (10)	9.046 (10)

Winner

First Runner-up

Second Runner-up

Third Runner-up

Fourth Runner-up

Top 10 Semifinalist Rank in each round of competition

Special Awards

Award	Contestant
Best National Costume	' - Kim Sa-rang - Zorayda Ruth Andam Zorayda Ruth Andam Zorayda Ruth Andam is a Filipino lawyer, beauty queen and television host. She won the Binibining Pilipinas-Universe title in 2001.Andam was a cum laude graduate of the University of the Philippines School of Economics. She entered the University of the Philippines College of Law, where she... - Olenka Fuschich
Miss Congeniality	- Nakera Simms
Miss Photogenic	- Denise Quiñones Denise Quiñones Denise Marie Quiñones August is a Puerto Rican actress and beauty pageant titleholder who was the fourth woman from her country to win the Miss Universe contest...
Bluepoint Best in Swimsuit	- Denise Quiñones Denise Quiñones Denise Marie Quiñones August is a Puerto Rican actress and beauty pageant titleholder who was the fourth woman from her country to win the Miss Universe contest...
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	- Denise Quiñones Denise Quiñones Denise Marie Quiñones August is a Puerto Rican actress and beauty pageant titleholder who was the fourth woman from her country to win the Miss Universe contest...

Telecast Judges

• Mini Anden
  Mini Anden
  Susanna "Mini" Andén is a Swedish model, actress, occasional host, and producer.She was born in Stockholm and began modeling at the age of ten, joining Elite Model Management when she was fifteen. She has been on the cover of many fashion magazines including Vogue, Marie Claire, Cosmopolitan and...
  
   – Swedish model.
• Kel Gleason – Survivor contestant.
• Marc Bouwer
  Marc Bouwer
  Marc Bouwer is a fashion designer who was raised in South Africa and now works in New York City. After winning the SA Vogue young designers award he moved to NY, where he apprenticed with Roy Halston Frowick....
  
   – Fashion designer.
• Veronica Webb
  Veronica Webb
  Veronica Webb is an American model, actress, writer, journalist and television personality. Webb was the first African-American to have a major cosmetics contract...
  
   – African-American model.
• Richard Johnson – New York Post columnist.
• Dayanara Torres
  Dayanara Torres
  Dayanara Torres Delgado is a Puerto Rican actress, singer, model, and former Miss Universe.Torres was discovered at age 17 while walking through the Plaza de Toa Alta in her hometown, and was invited to represent Toa Alta in the annual Miss Puerto Rico pageant. She won the pageant and the right...
  
   – Miss Universe 1993
  Miss Universe 1993
  Miss Universe 1993, the 42nd Miss Universe pageant, was held at Auditorio Nacional, Mexico City, Mexico on May 21, 1993. Dayanara Torres of Puerto Rico was crowned as Miss Universe 1993...
  
  
• Tyson Beckford
  Tyson Beckford
  Tyson Craig Beckford is an American male model and actor, best known as a Ralph Lauren model. He was also the host of both seasons of the Bravo program Make Me a Supermodel.-Biography:...
  
   – Male model.
• Marc Anthony
  Marc Anthony
  Marc Anthony is an American singer-songwriter, actor and producer. Anthony is the top selling tropical salsa artist of all time. The two-time Grammy and three-time Latin Grammy–winner has sold more than 30 million albums worldwide. He is best known for his Latin salsa numbers and ballads...
  
   – Puerto Rican singer.

Contestants

• - Hidianeth Cussema
• ' - Janil Bird
• - Romina Incicco
• - Denise Balinge
• - Nakera Simms
•  Belgium - Dina Tersago
  Dina Tersago
  Dina Tersago was Miss Belgium 2001 and her country's representative at both Miss Universe 2001 and Miss World 2001....
  
  
• - Claudia Arano
•  Botswana - Mataila Sikwane
•  Brazil - Juliana Borges
•  British Virgin Islands - Kacy Frett
• - Ivaila Bakalova
•  Canada - Cristina Remond
  Cristina Rémond
  Cristina Yvonne Rémond grew up in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She can speak English, French, German, and HungarianAs a teenager, Remond had seven years of paramilitary training with the Royal Canadian Air Cadets, graduated as cadet Squadron Commander and obtained her private pilot's license at on...
  
  
• - Jacqueline Bush
• - Carolina Gámez
•  Colombia - Andrea María Noceti
• - Paola Calderon Hutt
• - Maja Cecić-Vidoš
•  Curaçao - Fatima St. Jago
• - Stella Demetriou
• - Petra Kocarova
•  Dominican Republic - Claudia Cruz de los Santos
• - Jessica Bermudez
• - Sarah Shaheen
• - Grace Marie Zabaneh
• - Inna Roos
• - Heidi Willman
•  Early Modern France - Élodie Gossuin
  Élodie Gossuin
  Élodie Gossuin is a French former beauty pageant winner and municipal politician.Gossuin was raised in Trosly-Breuil in the Oise département, a village about east of the city of Compiègne. In her teens, Gossuin won several local beauty contests...
  
  
• - Claudia Bechstein
• - Precious Agyare
• - Evelina Papantoniou
  Evelina Papantoniou
  Evelina Papantoniou, born June 7, 1979 in Athens, is a Greek fashion model and actress. She started modeling at the age of 15, and worked as a bartender and waitress before winning the title Miss Star Hellas in 2001 and representing Greece at the Miss Universe 2001 pageant, where she placed as 1st...
  
  
• - Rosa María Castañeda
•  Honduras - Olenka Fuschich
• - Agnes Helbert
•  India - Celina Jaitley
  Celina Jaitley
  Celina Jiya Jaitley is an Indian actress born in Kabul, Afghanistan. She appears in mainly Bollywood films. As a former beauty queen and model, she was crowned Femina Miss India Universe in 2001.-Early life:...
  
  
• - Lesley Turner
  Lesley Turner (Miss Ireland)
  Lesley Turner is an Irish beauty queen who represented her country at the Miss Universe 2001 pageant in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Lesley competed in the Miss Ireland Universe 2001 pageant at the age of 18, and she won the title and the rights to represent Ireland at the Miss Universe 2001 pageant....
  
  
• - Ilanit Levy
•  Italy - Stefania Maria
• - Zahra Burton
• - Misao Arauchi

• ' - Kim Sa-rang
• - Sandra Rizk
•  Malaysia - Tung Mei Chin
•  Malta - Rosalie Thewma
•  Mexico - Jacqueline Bracamontes
  Jacqueline Bracamontes
  Jacqueline Bracamontes van Hoorde is a Mexican actress, model and former winner of Nuestra Belleza México.-Biography:...
  
  
•  Netherlands - Reshma Roopram
•  New Zealand - Kateao Nehua
• - Ligia Argüello
• - Agbani Darego
  Agbani Darego
  Agbani Darego is a Nigerian model, best known as the first Sub-Saharan African Miss World.-Early life:...
  
  
• '-Janet King
•  Norway - Linda Marshall
•  Panama - Ivette Cordovez Usuga
  Ivette Cordovez
  Ivette María Cordovez Usuga is a Panamenian news presenter, actress, model, and former winner of Señorita Panamá. She was born in Panama City, Panama on June 24th, 1979.She started her actress career after participate in beauty pageants.- Pageant career :...
  
  
• - Rosmary Brítez
•  Peru - Viviana Rivasplata
•  Philippines - Zorayda Ruth Andam
  Zorayda Ruth Andam
  Zorayda Ruth Andam is a Filipino lawyer, beauty queen and television host. She won the Binibining Pilipinas-Universe title in 2001.Andam was a cum laude graduate of the University of the Philippines School of Economics. She entered the University of the Philippines College of Law, where she...
  
  
• - Monika Gruda
• - Telma Santos
•  Puerto Rico - Denise Quiñones
  Denise Quiñones
  Denise Marie Quiñones August is a Puerto Rican actress and beauty pageant titleholder who was the fourth woman from her country to win the Miss Universe contest...
  
  
• - Oksana Kalandyrets
•  Singapore - Jaime Teo
• - Zuzana Basturova
• - Minka Alagič
• - Jo-Ann Strauss
•  Spain - Eva Sisó
•  Sweden - Malin Olsson
  Malin Olsson
  Malin Olsson is a Swedish singer and television host. Olssson won the Miss Sweden pageant in 2001 but did not make the top 15 in Miss Universe. She later became a popular TV host on SVT and was also a member of the Swedish girl group NG3.-References:...
  
  
• - Mahara McKay
  Mahara McKay
  Mahara Brigitta Lüem McKay is a New Zealand-born Swiss model and DJ who was crowned Miss Switzerland 2000. She represented the country at the Miss World 2000 and Miss Universe 2001 beauty pageants.-External links:* Official Website...
  
  
•  Republic of China - Hsin Ting Chiang
•  Thailand - Warinthorn Padungvithee
  Warinthorn Padungvithee
  -Pageantry:Padungvithee was crowned second Miss Thailand Universe on March 24, 2001.After becoming Miss Thailand Universe, she travelled to Bayamón, Puerto Rico to compete in the Miss Universe 2001 pageant, held at the Coliseo Rubén Rodríguez on May 11, 2001 but did not place. Miss Puerto Rico,...
  
  
• ' - Alexia Charlerie
• - Sedef Avcı
• ' - Shereen Novie Gardiner
• - Yuliya Linova
• - Carla Piaggio
• ' - Kandace Krueger
  Kandace Krueger
  Kandace Gayle Krueger Matthews is an American television personality and former beauty queen who has held the Miss USA title. She was born and raised in Austin, Texas. She was born to Larry & Barbara Johnson Krueger...
  
  
•  United States Virgin Islands - Lisa Hasseba Wynne
•  Venezuela - Eva Ekvall
• ' - Ana Janković
•  Zimbabwe - Tsungai Muskwakwenda

Trivia

• The Parade of Nations followed the 1989 pageant in continental format and the delegates wore their national costumes.

• USA, Venezuela, India, Spain, and France also placed in the Top 10 the year before.

• Israel last placed in the semi-finals in 1978, Greece in 1994, Russia in 1998, and Puerto Rico in 1999.

• Nigeria placed in the semi-finals for the first time.

• Slovenia debuted at this year's pageant.

• Greece reaches its highest placement since Corinna Tsopei
  Corinna Tsopei
  Kiriaki "Corinna" Tsopei is a beauty pageant winner and actress. In 1964, Tsopei became the first Greek winner of the Miss Universe pageant.-Career:...
  
   won the title in 1964.

• Miss Nigeria, Agbani Darego
  Agbani Darego
  Agbani Darego is a Nigerian model, best known as the first Sub-Saharan African Miss World.-Early life:...
  
  , would later win Miss World 2001
  Miss World 2001
  Miss World 2001, the 51st Miss World pageant was held at the Super Bowl, in Sun City Entertainment Centre, Sun City, South Africa on November 16, 2001. Agbani Darego from Nigeria won the pageant, she became the first black African to win the Miss World crown...
  
  . In this same pageant, the contestants from Nicaragua (Ligia Argüello) and South Africa (Jo-Ann Strauss) were finalists. Peru's Viviana Rivasplata finished in 11th place.

• Poland was supposed to be represented by the 1st runner-up of Miss Polonia, Malgorzata Rozniecka. Studies prevented her from going, and the organization picked another finalist, Monika Gruda. Later in September, Malgorzata Rozniecka won the Miss International
  Miss International
  Miss International is an annual international beauty pageant held since 1960.The current Miss International is Fernanda Cornejo, from Ecuador...
  
   pageant in Japan.

• France's Élodie Gossuin
  Élodie Gossuin
  Élodie Gossuin is a French former beauty pageant winner and municipal politician.Gossuin was raised in Trosly-Breuil in the Oise département, a village about east of the city of Compiègne. In her teens, Gossuin won several local beauty contests...
  
   later won the Miss Europe
  Miss Europe
  Miss Europe is a popular regional beauty pageant among female contestants from the nations of the European continent established in 1928 and re-established at the end of World War II by Roger Zeiler of the French Committee of Elegance and Claude Berr...
  
   pageant.

• The organization invited Miss Russia 2001, Oxana Fedorova
  Oxana Fedorova
  Oxana Gennadyevna Fedorova is a Russian Miss Universe winner, police officer , former university lecturer, television host, actress, singer, and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador....
  
   to attend the pageant. But Fedorova said she couldn't compete because of her studies, and that she would compete in 2002. Her 2nd runner-up, Oxana Kalandyrets, competed instead and became a Top 10 finalist. In 2002, Fedorova won the contest.

• Oxana Kalandyrets sported the same evening gown that Miss Russia 1997, Anna Baitchick, wore during Miss Universe 1997.

• Miss Spain 2001, Lorena van Heerde, could not compete in the pageant because she was underage (17 at the time). Her 1st runner-up, Eva Sisó, replaced her. Lorena was supposed then to compete in Miss Universe 2002
  Miss Universe 2002
  Miss Universe 2002, the 51st edition of the Miss Universe pageant, was held in Coliseo Roberto Clemente, San Juan, Puerto Rico on May 29, 2002. There were 75 delegates from around the world who competed for the title Miss Universe 2002. Oxana Fedorova of Russia was crowned Miss Universe 2002 by...
  
   as well, but after a scandal -involving an undercover journalist- threatened the integrity of the Miss Spain pageant, van Heerde crowned her successor and cut all ties with the organization.

• Miss Brazil (Juliana Borges) was heavily criticized after openly admitting to the media that she had about 17 plastic surgeries done.

• The only top ten finalist to wear a maillot
  Maillot
  The maillot is the fashion designer's name for a woman's one-piece swimsuit, also called a tank suit. A maillot swimsuit generally consists of a tank-style torso top with high-cut legs...
  
   swimsuit, Miss Nigeria, was given low scores, compared to other contestants.

• Miss Philippines Zorayda Ruth Andam
  Zorayda Ruth Andam
  Zorayda Ruth Andam is a Filipino lawyer, beauty queen and television host. She won the Binibining Pilipinas-Universe title in 2001.Andam was a cum laude graduate of the University of the Philippines School of Economics. She entered the University of the Philippines College of Law, where she...
  
   became a lawyer and would later be part of the prosecution team of the infamous Subic Rape Scandal.

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 2001 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
•  The Bahamas: 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:*...
  
  
• : RCN TV
  RCN TV
  RCN Televisión , is a Colombian private television network. It started as a production company in 1967...
  
  
•  Costa Rica: 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...
  
  
•  Cyprus: 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...
  
  
•  El Salvador: 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:**...
  
  
•  Hong Kong: 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...
  
   and
• : RPN 9
  Radio Philippines Network
  Radio Philippines Network, Inc. is a broadcast television network in the Philippines co-owned by the Government Communications Group, Solar Entertainment Corporation, Far East Managers and Investors Inc., and private sectors. This station studios are located at Broadcast City, Old Balara, Capitol...
  
  
• : TVP2
• : RTP1
•  Puerto Rico (host country): 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