Miss International 2002
| Miss International 2002 | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Date | September 30, 2002[1] |
| Presenters | Masumi Okada |
| Venue | Century Hyatt, Tokyo, Japan[1] |
| Broadcaster | TV Tokyo |
| Entrants | 47 |
| Placements | 12 |
| Withdrawals | Argentina, Chile, Croatia, Iceland, Latvia, Mongolia, Netherlands, Norway, Palau, San Marino, Ukraine |
| Returns | China, Ecuador, Lebanon, Moldova, Senegal |
| Winner | Christina Sawaya[1][2][3] Lebanon |
Miss International 2002, the 42nd Miss International pageant, took place on 30 September 2002 in Tokyo, Japan[1] at the Century Hyatt. Małgorzata Rożniecka of Poland crowned her successor Christina Sawaya of Lebanon at the end of the event.[2][3]
This edition also saw the crowning of the first ever Middle Eastern descent women to win Miss International, although representing Lebanon which is dominantly Muslim country, Christina Sawaya is a conservative Catholic Christian that comes from Lebanon, the only Middle Eastern country where the president is Christian by the constitution that time.[4][5][6]
Results
Placements
| Final results | Contestant |
|---|---|
| Miss International 2002 | |
| 1st runner-up | |
| 2nd runner-up | |
| Top 12 |
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Contestants
Aruba – Jerianne Tiel
Bolivia – Carla Ameller
Brazil – Milena Ricarda de Lima Lira
Canada – Alicia Victoria Altares
China – Amy Yan Wei
Colombia – Consuelo Guzman Parra
Curacao – Luz Thonysha De Souza
Cyprus – Nichole Stylianou
Czech Republic – Lenka Taussigova
Dominican Republic – Jeimi Vanessa Hernández Franjul
Ecuador – Isabel Cristina Ontaneda Pinto
Finland – Katariina Kulve
France – Emmanuelle Jagodsinski
Germany – Eva Dedecke
Greece – Stella Yiaboura
Guatemala – Evelyn Arreaga
Hawaii – Chun Hui Chen
Hong Kong – Cathy Wu Kar-Wai
India – Gauahar Khan
Israel – Shelly Dina'i
Japan – Hana Urushima
Korea – Gi Yoon-joo
Lebanon – Christina Sawaya
Macedonia – Marta Pancevska
Malaysia – Krystal Pang Chia Boon
Malta – Alison Abela
Mexico – Velia Rueda Galindo
Moldova – Mariana Moraru
Nicaragua – Marianela Lacayo
Northern Marianas – Christine Juwelle Cunanan
Panama – Cristina Herrera
Philippines – Kristine Alzar
Poland – Monika Angermann
Puerto Rico – Mariela Lugo Marín
Russia – Kseniya Efimtseva
Senegal – Mame Diarra Mballo
Singapore – Marie Wong Yan Yi
Slovak Republic – Zuzana Gunisova
Spain – Laura Espinosa Huertas
Sweden – Emelie Lundquist
Thailand – Piyanuch Khamboon
Tunisia – Nihad El-Abdi
Turkey – Nihan Akkus
United Kingdom – Juliet-Jane Horne
USA – Mary Elizabeth Jones
Venezuela – Cynthia Cristina Lander Zamora
Yugoslavia – Aleksandra Kokotovic
Notes
Withdrawals
Pakistan – Neelam Voorani (forced by her Islamic government to withdraw from the pageant 3 days before the finals)
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "International beauties". Philippine Daily Inquirer. October 1, 2002. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
- ^ a b c d e "Newly-elected Miss International 2002, 22-year-old Lebanese Christina Sawaya". Getty Images. October 10, 2002. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
- ^ a b c Vina, Nguyen (September 28, 2015). "All winners of the contest Miss International". Global Express News. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
- ^ "Pageant Almanac". Retrieved on 11 Apr 2008.
- ^ خاص بالصورة: وثيقة طلاق الإعلامي طوني بارود وكريستينا صوايا
- ^ Christina Sawaya Biography
Further reading
- Rehman, I.A. (October 12, 2002). "Features; October 12, 2002". DAWN. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
External links
Miss International 2002 national titleholders | |
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