Miss Universe 1999 was the 48th Miss Universe pageant, held at the Chaguaramas Convention Centre in Chaguaramas, Trinidad and Tobago on 26 May 1999. Mpule Kwelagobe of Botswana was crowned by Wendy Fitzwilliam of Trinidad and Tobago. It was the most recent occasion a country's first-ever entry won the title, and the third such win after Finland (1952) and Colombia (1958). This edition also marked back-to-back victories by black women. Eighty-four contestants competed.