Kwelagobe arrived in Port of Spain on May 5 , 1999 for the Miss Universe 1999 pageant , which was held on May 26 in Chaguaramas Convention Center , Trinidad & Tobago . She beat 84 other delegates to win the Miss Universe pageant . Kwelagobe became the first Miss Universe to come from a debuting nation since 1958 . She arrived in her new home of New York City two days after being crowned Miss Universe . For the duration of her reign she lived in Trump Place and worked in Trump Tower as Donald Trump was the owner of the Miss Universe pageant in partnership with CBS
Miss Universe 1999
Miss Universe 1999
Mpule Kwelagobe