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. It was won by Christina Sawaya of Lebanon.^[2][3]

Results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss International 2002	Lebanon – Christina Sawaya[1][2][3]
1st runner-up	France – Emmanuelle Jagodsinski[1][2]
2nd runner-up	Japan – Hana Urushima[1][2]
Semi-finalists	Czech Republic – Lenka Taussigová  Dominican Republic – Jeimi Hernández  Korea – Gi Yoon-joo  Nicaragua – Marianela Lacayo Mendoza  Poland – Monika Angermann  Senegal – Mame Diarra Mballo  Spain – Laura Espinosa  Thailand – Piyanuch Khamboon  Turkey – Nihan Akkus

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 – Gauhar 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  U.S.A. – 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

1. "International beauties". Philippine Daily Inquirer. October 1, 2002. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
2. "Newly-elected Miss International 2002, 22-year-old Lebanese Christina Sawaya". Getty Images. October 10, 2002. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
3. Vina, Nguyen (September 28, 2015). "All winners of the contest Miss International". Global Express News. Retrieved January 3, 2016.

Further reading

• Rehman, I.A. (October 12, 2002). "Features; October 12, 2002". DAWN. Retrieved January 3, 2016.

External links

• Pageantopolis – Miss International 2002