Miss International 2002, the 42nd

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pageant, was held on 30 September 2002 in

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at the Century Hyatt.

Małgorzata Rożniecka Małgorzata Rożniecka (born 1978, in Szczecin) is a Polish model and beauty queen who won Miss International 2001. Her 2001 victory broke the four-year monopoly of Latin America Latin America or * french: Amérique Latine, link=no * ht, Am ...

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crowned her successor

Christina Sawaya Christina Sawaya ( ar, كريستينا صوايا) (born 16 August 1980) is a Lebanese beauty queen. As part of her modelling career, Christina entered a series of pageants between 1998 and 2002 in which she became the winner of Miss University ...

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at the end of the event. This edition also saw the crowning of the first-ever woman of

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descent to win

representing

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Results

Placements

Contestants

* – Jerianne Tiel * – Carla Ameller * – Milena Ricarda de Lima Lira * – Alicia Victoria Altares * – Amy Yan Wei * – Consuelo Guzman Parra * – Luz Thonysha De Souza * – Nichole Stylianou * – Lenka Taussigova * – Jeimi Vanessa Hernández Franjul * – Isabel Cristina Ontaneda Pinto * – Katariina Kulve * – Emmanuelle Jagodsinski * – Eva Dedecke * – Stella Yiaboura * – Evelyn Arreaga * – Chun Hui Chen * – Cathy Wu Kar-Wai * –

Gauahar Khan Gauahar Khan (born 23 August 1983) is an Indian model and actress who appears in Hindi films and television. She started her career as a model and participated in the Femina Miss India contest in 2002. After appearing in dance songs, Khan made ...

* – Shelly Dina'i * – Hana Urushima * – Gi Yoon-joo * –

* – Marta Pancevska * – Krystal Pang Chia Boon * – Alison Abela * – Velia Rueda Galindo * – Mariana Moraru * –

Marianela Lacayo Marianela Lacayo Mendoza (b. 20 March 1981) is a Nicaraguan model and entrepreneur. She was the winner of Miss Nicaragua 2002 and Miss World Latin International 2002 beauty pageants. Lacayo was born in Managua. She holds a degree in business a ...

* – Christine Juwelle Cunanan * – Cristina Herrera * – Kristine Alzar * – Monika Angermann * – Mariela Lugo Marín * – Kseniya Efimtseva * – Mame Diarra Mballo * – Marie Wong Yan Yi * – Zuzana Gunisova * – Laura Espinosa Huertas * – Emelie Lundquist * – Piyanuch Khamboon * – Nihad El-Abdi * – Nihan Akkus * –

Juliet-Jane Horne Juliet-Jane Horne is a Scotland, Scottish model, born in Aberdeen in June 1984. As Miss Scotland, she was crowned the 2nd runner-up at Miss World 2001 and earned the title 'Europe's Queen of Beauty'. As the highest-ranked United Kingdom, British ...

* – Mary Elizabeth Jones * – Cynthia Cristina Lander Zamora * – Aleksandra Kokotovic

Notes

Withdrawals

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

References

External links

Pageantopolis – Miss International 2002
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