Miss International 2002

Miss International 2002, the 42nd Miss International pageant, was held 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]

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] Lebanon
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This edition also saw the crowning of the first-ever woman of Middle Eastern descent to win Miss International, Christina Sawaya representing Lebanon.^[3][4]

Results

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Miss International 2002	Lebanon – Christina Sawaya[1][2]
1st Runner-up	France – Emmanuelle Jagodsinski[1][2]
2nd Runner-up	Japan – Hana Urushima[1][2]

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. "Pageant Almanac". Archived from the original on July 11, 2006.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Retrieved on 11 Apr 2008.
4. خاص بالصورة: وثيقة طلاق الإعلامي طوني بارود وكريستينا صوايا

Further reading

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