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 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]
Top 12	Czech Republic – Lenka Taussigová  Dominican Republic – Jeimi Hernández  South Korea – Gi Yoon-joo  Nicaragua – Marianela Lacayo  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 – Gauahar Khan
•  Israel – Shelly Dina'i
•  Japan – Hana Urushima
•  South 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
•  United States – 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. "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.