Miss International 2002

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]

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

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	Lebanon – Christina Sawaya[1][2][3]
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  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
•  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

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.
4. "Pageant Almanac". Retrieved on 11 Apr 2008.
5. خاص بالصورة: وثيقة طلاق الإعلامي طوني بارود وكريستينا صوايا
6. Christina Sawaya Biography

Further reading

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

External links

• Pageantopolis – Miss International 2002