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 Annual Report of Avon Products, Inc. (the "Company") on
Form 10-K for the period ending December 31, 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
                                                    February 26, 2003