Exhibit 99.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002



In connection with the Quarterly Report of Avon Products, Inc.
(the "Company") on Form 10-Q for the period ending September 30, 2002,
as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof
(the "Report"), I, Andrea Jung, Chief Executive Officer of the
Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant
to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

	(1)	The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section
13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

	(2)	The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in
all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of
the Company.

                                          /s/ Andrea Jung
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							Andrea Jung
							Chief Executive Officer
							November 13, 2002