| Winner | Christina Sawaya[1][2] |
|---|---|
| Represented | Lebanon |
| Date | September 30, 2002[1] |
| Presenters | Masumi Okada |
| Venue | Century Hyatt, Tokyo, Japan[1] |
| Broadcaster | TV Tokyo |
| Entrants | 47 |
| Placements | 12 |
| Debuts | China |
| Withdraws | Argentina · Chile · Croatia · Iceland · Latvia · Mongolia · Netherlands · Norway · Palau · San Marino · Ukraine |
| Returns | Ecuador · Lebanon · Moldova · Senegal |
| Before | 2001 |
| Next | 2003 |
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]
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 | |
| 1st Runner-up | |
| 2nd Runner-up | |
| Top 12 |
|
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
- 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 Mariana Islands – 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
- Slovakia – Zuzana Gunisova
- South Korea – Gi Yoon-joo
- 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
- FR Yugoslavia – Aleksandra Kokotovic
Notes
Withdrawals
- Pakistan – Neelam Voorani (forced by her Islamic government to withdraw from the pageant 3 days before the finals)
References
- ^ "International beauties". Philippine Daily Inquirer. October 1, 2002. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
- ^ "Newly-elected Miss International 2002, 22-year-old Lebanese Christina Sawaya". Getty Images. October 10, 2002. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
- ^ "Pageant Almanac". Archived from the original on July 11, 2006. Retrieved on 11 Apr 2008.
- ^ 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.