| Miss International 2002 | |
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| Date | September 30, 2002[1] |
| Presenters | Masumi Okada |
| Venue | Century Hyatt,Tokyo, Japan[1] |
| Broadcaster | |
| Entrants | 47 |
| Placements | 12 |
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| Withdrawals |
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| Returns |
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| Winner | Christina Sawaya[1][2] Lebanon |
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Miss International 2002, the 42ndMiss International pageant, was held on 30 September 2002 inTokyo, Japan[1] at the Century Hyatt.Małgorzata Rożniecka ofPoland crowned her successorChristina Sawaya ofLebanon at the end of the event.[2]
This edition also saw the crowning of the first woman ofMiddle Eastern descent to winMiss International,Christina Sawaya representing Lebanon.[3][4]
| Placement | Contestant |
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| Miss International 2002 |
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| 1st Runner-up | |
| 2nd Runner-up | |
| Top 12 |
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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
Yugoslavia – Aleksandra Kokotovic
Pakistan – Neelam Voorani (forced by her Islamic government to withdraw from the pageant 3 days before the finals)Miss International 2002 national titleholders | |
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