The Miss Perú 2000 pageant was held on April 15, 2000. That year, 24 candidates were competing for the national crown. The chosen winners represented Peru at the Miss Universe 2000 and Miss World 2000. The rest of the finalists would enter in different pageants.
Verónica Rueckner was born in Talara, Piura on August 25, 1980.
Placements
Final ResultsContestant Miss Peru Universe 2000 Piura - Verónica Rueckner Miss World Perú 2000 Trujillo - Tatiana Angulo Miss International Peru 2000 Tumbes - Claudia Neyra Miss Peru Asia-Pacific 2000 Ica - Natalia Delgado 1st Runner-Up La Libertad - María Inés Cerdena 2nd Runner-Up Moquegua - Lucía de Olazabal Top 12 Puno - Luciana Farfán San Martín - Laura Huarcayo Lambayeque - Karla Casós Ancash - Thalía Ibañez Huánuco - Sandra Urbina Amazonas - Katherine Mayer
Special awards
Best Regional Costume - Moquegua - Lucia de Olazabal Miss Photogenic - Tumbes - Claudia Neyra Miss Elegance - Moquegua - Lucía de Olazabal Miss Body - Ancash - Thalía Ibanez Best Hair - Lambayeque - Karla Casós Miss Congeniality - Cajamarca - Carla Crovetti Most Beautiful Face - La Libertad - Maria Inés Cerdena Miss Popularity - Tumbes - Claudia Neyra (by votes of readers of GENTE Magazine)
Delegates
Amazonas - Katherine Mayer Ancash - Thalía Ibañez Apurímac - Arlette Pomacaja Arequipa - Patricia Velarde Cajamarca - Carla Crovetti Cuzco - Alessandra Morales Molinari
Distrito Capital - Verónica Maseda Huancavelica - Analí Calderón Huánuco - Sandra Urbina Ica - Natalia Delgado Junín - María Alicia Acosta La Libertad - María Inés Cerdena Lambayeque - Karla Casós Loreto - Paola León-Prado Madre de Dios - Kelly Zapata Moquegua - Lucía de Olazabal Pasco - Antuanette Reaño Piura - Verónica Rueckner Puno - Luciana Farfán San Martín - Laura Huarcayo Tacna - July Lopez Trujillo - Tatiana Angulo Tumbes - Claudia Neyra Ucayali - Ingrid Puente
Judges
Yukta Mookhey - Miss World 1999 (from India) Alberto Andrade - Mayor of Lima Acirema Alayeto - President of the Miss Latin America Org. Christian Meier - Peruvian Actor & Singer Julio Otiniano - Representative of EGO's Spa & Beauty salon Luis López Hartinger - Peruvian Olympian Swimmer Gisela Valcárcel - Peruvian TV presenter Jorge Henderson - Peruvian Journalist & TV presenter Jean Pierre Vismara - Mister Peru 1998 Lucila Boggiano de Zoeger - Mrs. World 1989 (from Peru) Luis Uzcategui - Fashion Designer
Background Music
Opening Show – Miss Peru Anthem (composed by Coco Tafur) Swimsuit Competition – Brainbug - "Nightmare" Evening Gown Competition – Vangelis - "Conquest Of Paradise"
Special Guests Singers
Jorge Pardo - "Al Final De Una Historia" & "Sin Ti" Ruth Karina - "Lloras Por Mi" & "Muevete" Rene & Renny - "Deshojo la Margarita"
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