Mpule Kwelagobe of Botswana was crowned by Wendy Fitzwilliam of Trinidad and Tobago at the end of the event.

Contestants from eighty-four countries and territories were selected to compete in the pageant.

Five of these delegates were appointees to their titles after being a runner-up of their national pageant or an audition process or other internal selection.

Miss Barbados 1998, Michelle Selman did not compete for undisclosed reasons.

[4] The winner of Binibining Pilipinas 1999, Janelle Delfin Bautista had to resign due to citizenship issues as she was an American citizen.