Miss International 2009
| Miss International 2009 | |
|---|---|
| Date | November 28, 2009 |
| Venue | Chengdu, Sichuan, China |
| Entrants | 60+ |
| Placements | 12 |
Miss International 2009, the 49th Miss International pageant, will be held in Chengdu, Sichuan, China on November 28, 2009.[1] The pageant was originally scheduled to be held at the The Venetian Macao in Macau on November 7, 2009, but the host committee back out.[2] About 60 contestants are expected to attend the pageant. Alejandra Andreu of Spain will crown her successor at the end of the event.
Expected contestants
As of October 8, 2009, 62 delegates had been selected. [3]
| Country | Contestant | Age | Height (cm) |
Height (ft) |
Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Argentina |
Mercedes Viaña | 18 | 172 | 5'8" | Santiago del Estero |
 Aruba |
Christina Trejo | 21 | 175 | 5'9" | Companashi |
 Australia |
Kelly Louise Maguire | 23 | 174 | 5'8.5" | Sydney |
 Bahamas |
Amanda Appleyard | 19 | 178 | 5'10" | Nassau |
 Belgium |
Cassandra D'Ermilio[4] | 21 | 175 | 5'9" | Quaregnon |
 Bolivia |
Laura Olivera[5][6] | 18 | 175 | 5'9" | Yacuiba |
 Brazil |
Rayanne Morais[7] | 20 | 174[8] | 5'8" | Divinópolis |
 Bulgaria |
Diana Ivancheva | - | - | - | - |
 Canada |
Chanel Beckenlehner | 21 | 175 | 5'9" | Toronto |
 Chinese Taipei |
Wang Hsuan Chi | - | - | - | Taipei |
 Colombia |
Lina Mosquera[9] | 20 | 180 | 5'11" | Quibdó |
 Costa Rica |
Jennifer Miranda[10] | 19 | 170 | 5'7" | Desamparados |
 Cuba |
Patricia Rosales[11] | 23 | 175 | 5'9" | Niquero |
 Czech Republic |
Darja Jacukevičová | 21 | 179 | 5'10.5" | Veselí nad Moravou |
 Dominican Republic |
Victoria Fernández[12][13] | 20 | 178 | 5'10" | Santiago |
 Ecuador |
Isabela Chiriboga[14] | 20 | 173 | 5'8" | Quito |
 El Salvador |
Vanessa Hueck[15] | 22 | 176 | 5'9.5" | San Salvador |
 Ethiopia |
Rahel Woldekirkos | 24 | 178 | 5'10" | Addis Ababa |
 Finland |
Linda Wikstedt | 19 | 174 | 5'8.5" | Helsinki |
 France |
Mathilde Muller[16] | 20 | 177 | 5'9.5" | Valence |
 Gabon |
Cynthia Mboumba[17] | 22 | 175 | 5'9" | Ngounié |
 Georgia |
Maria Sarchimelia | 25 | 170 | 5'7" | Tbilisi |
 Greece |
Diana Igropoulou[18] | 21 | 177 | 5'9.5" | Athens |
 Guadeloupe |
Joelle Clamy[19] | - | 184 | 6'0 | Petit-Canal |
 Guam |
Clarissa Damian | 21 | 165 | 5'5" | Adacao |
 Guatemala |
Ivanna Bonilla Oliva[20] | 19 | 175 | 5'9" | Esquipulas |
 Honduras |
Irlia Johnson[21] | 21 | 175 | 5'9" | El Progreso |
 Hong Kong |
Germaine Li[22] | 21 | 168 | 5'6" | Hong Kong |
 India |
Harshita Saxena[23] | 21 | 175 | 5'9" | Goa |
 Indonesia |
Ayu Diandra Sari[24] | 20 | 173 | 5'8" | Denpasar |
 Italy |
Ludovica Caramis | 18 | 173 | 5.8" | Roma |
 Japan |
Yuka Nakayama[25] | 19 | 173 | 5'8" | Fukuoka |
 Kenya |
Diana Nekoye | 21 | 175 | 5'8.5" | Nairobi |
 Korea |
Seo Eun-mi | 22 | 174 | 5'8.5" | Seoul |
 Latvia |
Anda Pudule | 22 | 173 | 5'8" | Riga |
 Lebanon |
Sarah Mansour[26][27] | 19 | 173 | 5'8" | Santa Maria Madalena |
 Malaysia |
Tay Tze Juan | 20 | 170 | 5'7" | Batu Pahat |
 Martinique |
Nathaly Peters[28] | 19 | 170 | 5'7" | Fort de France |
 Mexico |
Anagabriela Espinoza[29] | 21 | 178 | 5'10" | Monterrey |
 Mongolia |
Badamgerel Khurelbaatar | - | - | - | Ulaan Baatar |
 Netherlands |
Roline Hund | 20 | 174 | 5'8" | Almere |
 Nicaragua |
Slilma Ulloa | 23 | 170 | 5'7" | Matagalpa |
 Northern Marianas |
Sorene Maratita[30] | 19 | 168 | 5'6" | Saipan |
 Norway |
Beatrice M. Delås[31] | 18 | 176 | 5'9.5" | Sellebakk |
 Panama |
Joyce Jacobi | 21 | 173 | 5'8" | David |
 Paraguay |
Romina Bogado[32] | 24 | 172 | 5'8" | Asunción |
 Peru |
Leslie Bejarano[33] | 20 | 172 | 5'8" | Arequipa |
 Philippines |
Melody Gersbach[34] | 23 | 170 | 5'7" | Daraga |
 Poland |
Angelika Jakubowska | 20 | 176 | 5'9.5" | Luban |
 Puerto Rico |
Amanda Díaz [35] | 24 | 178 | 5'10" | Isabela |
 Russia |
Ksenia Hrabovskaya | 18 | 177 | 5'9.5" | Khabarovsk |
 Singapore |
Annabelle Liang | 22 | - | - | Singapore |
 Slovakia |
Soňa Skoncová[36] | 22 | 174 | 5'8.5" | Prievidza |
 South Africa |
Bokang Montjane | 23 | 174 | 5'8.5" | South Africa |
 South Sudan |
Suna William | 23 | 170 | 5'7.5" | Juba |
 Spain |
Melanie Santiago [37] | 21 | 174 | 5'8" | Málaga |
 Suriname |
Sandy Amatdanom[38] | - | - | - | Paramaribo |
 Tanzania |
Hidaya Maheda[39] | 23 | 174 | 5'8.5" | Dar-Es-Salaam |
 Thailand |
Picha Nampradit | 24 | 178 | 5'10" | Bangkok |
 Turkey |
Begüm Yılmaz | 21 | 179 | 5'10.5" | Izmir |
 United Kingdom |
Chloe-Beth Morgan[40] | 23 | 171 | 5'7.5" | Cwmbran |
 USA |
Aileen Jan Yap | 20 | 169 | 5'6.5" | Houston |
 Venezuela |
Laksmi Rodríguez | 23 | 178 | 5'10" | Caracas |
 Vietnam |
Phan Như Thảo | 22 | 170 | 5'7" | Ca Mau |
National Pageant Notes
Debuts
- Cuba, Estonia, Gabon, Georgia and South Sudan will compete at Miss International for the first time. Note that for South Sudan Miss Southern Sudan 2005 - Rebbeca Yom[41][42] represented the country of South Sudan at Miss International 2006[43][44][45].
Returning countries and territories
- Bulgaria last competed in 1970.
- Guam and South Africa last competed in 2000.
- Netherlands last competed in 2001.
- Nicaragua last competed in 2005.
- Kenya, Martinique and Northern Marianas last competed in 2006.
- Costa Rica last competed in 2007.
Contestants Notes
Brazil: Rayanne Morais placed as 3rd runner-up at Miss World University 2007 and won Miss Interamericana 2009.
Colombia: Lina Mosquera was crowned Miss Continente Americano 2009.
Finland: Linda Wikstedt represented Finland at Miss World 2008.
Italy : Ludovica Caramis competed in Miss Italia 2009, where she was a finalist and obtened the Miss Rocchetta's title.
Mexico: Anagabriela Espinoza placed as Top 15 semifinalist and won the Miss World Beach Beauty at Miss World 2008.
Peru: Leslie Bejarano placed as Top 8 semifinalist at Miss Peru Universo 2008.
South Africa: Bokang Montjane placed as Top 16 semifinalist and won the Beauty For A Cause Award at Miss Earth 2007.
United Kingdom: Chloe-Beth Morgan represented Wales at Miss World 2008.
External links
References
- ^ 2009 Miss International World Pageant: Second press conference held in Chengdu
- ^ FilAm crowned Miss US International 2009
- ^ [1]
- ^ Miss Belgium International 2009
- ^ El Deber - Laura Olivera asistirá al certamen Miss Internacional en 2009
- ^ Charmpress - Miss Dominican Republic International Pageant 2009
- ^ Miss Brazil Universe 2009
- ^ http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Brasil_2009 Rayanne Morais, 20 anos, 1,70m
- ^ "La Señorita Cauca es la nueva dueña de la Corona". Canal RCN. Retrieved 2008-11-18.
- ^ Miss Costa Rica International 2009
- ^ Miss Cuba International 2009
- ^ Global Beauties - Reina Nacional de la Belleza 2008
- ^ Charmpress - Miss Dominican Republic International Pageant 2009
- ^ Miss Ecuador International 2009
- ^ [2]
- ^ [3]
- ^ http://grandslampageants.com/news_08dec.php
- ^ Star Hellas 2009
- ^ Miss International Guadeloupe 2009
- ^ Miss Guatemala International 2009
- ^ Miss Honduras Internacional 2009
- ^ - Miss Hong Kong 1st Runner-up 2009 Germaine Li's Blog
- ^ [4]
- ^ - Bali’s Dea to represent Indonesia Internationally
- ^ 「2009 ミス・インターナショナル」の日本代表に中山由香さんを選出 | エンタテインメント | マイコミジャーナル
- ^ http://www.miss-international.org/news/2009prof_e.html
- ^ Brazilian is elected Miss Immigrant in Lebanon
- ^ Martinique Queens 2009 - Les Résultats
- ^ [5]
- ^ Global Beauties - Miss Marianas Universe 2009
- ^ - Miss Norway 2008
- ^ Miss Paraguay 2009
- ^ Miss Peru International 2009
- ^ Miss Philippines Earth 2009
- ^ http://www.hectorjoaquin.com/2009/08/hj-blog-exclusive-amanda-diaz-torres.html
- ^ Miss Slovensko 2009 sa stala Barbora Franeková
- ^ CONOCE A LAS SELECCIONADAS PARA REPRESENTAR A ESPAÑA EN LOS CERTÁMENES INTERNACIONALES - 09/09/2009
- ^ Miss Suriname 2009
- ^ [6]
- ^ Miss UK International 2009
- ^ Sudan Tribune - Election of Miss Southern Sudan
- ^ Sudan Tribune - From war victim to beauty queen
- ^ Pageantopolis - Miss International 2006
- ^ YouTube - Miss International 2006 national costume (Miss Sudan at 5:30)
- ^ According to Global Beauties, Sudan got 2 points from its debuts at Miss International 2006 and Miss Tourism Queen International 2007 [7]. While South Sudan got 1 point from its debut at Miss Earth 2008 [8].