Miss International 2002

Miss International 2002
Date	September 30, 2002
Presenters	Masumi Okada
Venue	Century Hyatt, Tokyo, Japan
Broadcaster	TV Tokyo
Entrants	47
Placements	12
Debuts	China
Withdrawals	Argentina Chile Croatia Iceland Latvia Mongolia Netherlands Norway Palau San Marino Ukraine
Returns	Ecuador Lebanon Moldova Senegal
Winner	Christina Sawaya Lebanon

Miss International 2002, the 42nd Miss International pageant, was held on 30 September 2002 in Tokyo, Japan at the Century Hyatt. Małgorzata Rożniecka of Poland crowned her successor Christina Sawaya of Lebanon at the end of the event.

This edition also saw the crowning of the first woman of Middle Eastern descent to win Miss International, Christina Sawaya representing Lebanon.

Results

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Miss International 2002	Lebanon – Christina Sawaya
1st Runner-up	France – Emmanuelle Jagodsinski
2nd Runner-up	Japan – Hana Urushima
Top 12	Czech Republic – Lenka Taussigová Dominican Republic – Jeimi Hernández Nicaragua – Marianela Lacayo Poland – Monika Angermann Senegal – Mame Diarra Mballo South Korea – Gi Yoon-joo 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
• 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

Notes

Withdrawals

• Pakistan – Neelam Voorani (forced by her Islamic government to withdraw from the pageant 3 days before the finals)

Further reading

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