Miss International 2009
Miss International 2009, the 49th Miss International pageant, was held on November 28, 2009 at the Sichuan International Tennis Center in Chengdu, Sichuan, China.[3] The pageant was originally scheduled to be held on November 7, 2009 at The Venetian Macao in Macau, but the host committee backed out.[4] 65 contestants competed for the coveted title. Alejandra Andreu of Spain crowned Anagabriela Espinoza of Mexico as the new titleholder.[2]
Miss International 2009 | |
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Miss International 2009, Anagabriela Espinoza | |
Date | November 28, 2009 |
Presenters |
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Venue | Sichuan International Tennis Center, Chengdu, Sichuan, China |
Broadcaster | |
Entrants | 65[1] |
Placements | 15 |
Debuts | |
Withdrawals | |
Returns | |
Winner | Anagabriela Espinoza[2] Mexico |
Congeniality | Yuka Nakayama Japan |
Best National Costume | Kenia Andrade Honduras |
Photogenic | Seo Eun-mi Korea |
Results
Placements
Final results | Contestant |
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Miss International 2009 | |
1st Runner-Up |
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2nd Runner-Up | |
Top 15 |
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Special awards
Award | Contestant |
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Miss Friendship |
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Miss Photogenic |
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Best National Costume |
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Miss Mobile Beauty |
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Miss Internet Beauty |
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Miss Philanthropy |
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Miss Congeniality |
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Miss Popularity | |
Miss Charm |
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Miss Chengdu Glamor | |
Miss Vitality |
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Number of contestants
According to the official website, 73 contestants were expected to attend the pageant, but only 65 contestants showed up to compete for the coveted title.
Contestants from Italy and Suriname withdrew before the pageant started. While, contestants from Guam, Guatemala, Kenya, Sudan, Ukraine withdrew 10 days after the pageant started, only 66 contestants continued at the competition. A day before the grand final, Costa Rica and Nigeria confirmed not arrived at Chengdu, China due both of them had visa problems, marking the number of contestants decreased to 64. Sudan finally arrived at Chengdu to attend the preliminary judging, rehearsals and the grand final with others contestants. The number of contestants finally increased to 65.[5][6]
Contestants
Country | Contestant | Age | Height | Hometown |
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Argentina | María Mercedes Viaña | 19 | 174 cm (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | Santiago del Estero |
Aruba | Christina Trejo | 21 | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | Companashi |
Australia | Kelly Louise Macguire | 23 | 174 cm (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | Sydney |
Bahamas | Aisha Delaney | 21 | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | Nassau |
Belarus | Yana Supranovich | 21 | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | Minsk |
Belgium | Cassandra D'Ermilio[7] | 21 | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | Quaregnon |
Bolivia | Laura Olivera[8][9] | 18 | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | Yacuiba |
Brazil | Rayanne Morais[10] | 21 | 174 cm (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | Divinópolis |
Canada | Chanel Beckenlehner | 21 | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | Toronto |
China | Wang Qian | 19 | 171 cm (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | Chengdu |
Chinese Taipei | Yi Chih Chen[11] | 22 | 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) | Taipei |
Colombia | Lina Mosquera[12] | 20 | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | Quibdó |
Cuba | Patricia Rosales[13] | 23 | 179 cm (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in) | Niquero |
Czech Republic | Darja Jacukevičová | 22 | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | Veselí nad Moravou |
Dominican Republic | Victoria Fernández[9][14] | 22 | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | Santiago |
Ecuador | Isabella Chiriboga[15] | 20 | 174 cm (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | Quito |
El Salvador | Vanessa Hueck[16] | 22 | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | San Salvador |
Ethiopia | Rahel Woldekirkos | 24 | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | Addis Ababa |
Finland | Linda Wikstedt | 20 | 174 cm (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | Helsinki |
France | Mathilde Muller[17] | 20 | 176 cm (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | Valence |
Gabon | Cynthia Mobumba[18] | 22 | 172 cm (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | Ngounié |
Georgia | Maria Sarchimelia | 25 | 174 cm (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | Tbilisi |
Germany | Valora Roucek | 19 | 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) | Cologne |
Greece | Diana Igropoulou[19] | 19 | 177 cm (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | Athens |
Guadeloupe | Joelle Clamy[20] | 25 | 184 cm (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | Petit-Canal |
Honduras | Kenia Andrade | 23 | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | Los Angeles |
Hong Kong | Germaine Li[21] | 22 | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | Hong Kong |
India | Harshita Saxena[22] | 22 | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | Goa |
Indonesia | Ayu Diandra Sari Tjakra[23] | 21 | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | Denpasar |
Japan | Yuka Nakayama[24] | 19 | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | Fukuoka |
Korea | Seo Eun-mi | 22 | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | Seoul |
Kyrgyzstan | Altynai Ismankulova[25] | 21 | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | Bishkek |
Latvia | Anda Pudule | 22 | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | Riga |
Lebanon | Sarah Mansour[11][26] | 20 | 174 cm (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | Beirut |
Macau | Yvonne Yang | 21 | 179 cm (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in) | Macau |
Malaysia | Tay Tze Juan | 20 | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | Batu Pahat |
Martinique | Nathaly Peters[27] | 19 | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | Fort de France |
Mexico | Anagabriela Espinoza[28] | 21 | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | Monterrey |
Moldova | Catalina Stascu[29] | 18 | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | Chişinău |
Mongolia | Badamgerel Khurelbaatar | 19 | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | Ulaan Baatar |
Netherlands | Roline Hund | 20 | 174 cm (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | Almere |
Nicaragua | Slilma Ulloa | 23 | 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) | Matagalpa |
Northern Marianas | Sorene Maratita[30] | 19 | 163 cm (5 ft 4 in) | Saipan |
Norway | Beatrice Delås[31] | 18 | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | Sellebakk |
Panama | Joyce Jacobi | 21 | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | David |
Paraguay | Romina Bogado[32] | 25 | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | Asunción |
Peru | Alejandra Pezet[11] | 20 | 176 cm (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | Lima |
Philippines | Melody Gersbach † [33][34] | 23 | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | Daraga |
Poland | Angelika Jakubowska | 20 | 176 cm (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | Lubań |
Puerto Rico | Mónica Pastrana[35] | 20 | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | Manatí |
Romania | Iuliana Capsuc[29] | 20 | 174 cm (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | Bucharest |
Russia | Ksenia Hrabovskaya | 18 | 176 cm (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | Khabarovsk |
Singapore | Annabelle Liang | 23 | 169 cm (5 ft 6 1⁄2 in) | Singapore |
Slovakia | Soňa Skoncová[36] | 22 | 174 cm (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | Prievidza |
South Africa | Bokang Montjane | 23 | 174 cm (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | Johannesburg |
Spain | Melania Santiago[37] | 21 | 174 cm (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | Málaga |
Sudan | Suna William[38] | 23 | 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) | Darfur |
Tanzania | Illuminata James | 24 | 176 cm (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | Mwanza |
Thailand | Picha Nampradit | 23 | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | Kanchanaburi |
Turkey | Begüm Yılmaz | 21 | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | Izmir |
Uganda | Pierra Akwero | 22 | 177 cm (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | Entebbe |
United Kingdom | Chloe-Beth Morgan[39] | 23 | 171 cm (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | Cwmbran |
United States | Aileen Jan Yap | 21 | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | Houston |
Venezuela | Laksmi Rodríguez | 24 | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | San Cristóbal |
Vietnam | Trần Thị Quỳnh[11] | 24 | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | Hai Phong |
Notes
Debuts
Returns
Withdrawals
Countries who competed last year but not this year:
Contestant withdrew due to compete at Miss World 2009:
- Suriname – Zoureena Rijger
Contestants who were confirmed initially but were deleted from the roster of delegates 10 days after the pageant started:
- Guam – Clarissa Damian
- Guatemala – Angélica Guevara
- Italy – Ludovica Caramis
- Kenya – Diana Nekoye[40]
- Ukraine – Dariya Ovcharova
Contestants who withdrew due to visa problems:
- Costa Rica – Jennifer Rodriguez
- Nigeria – Tyme Mbaebie Mba
Replacements
- Bahamas – Amanda Appleyard
- Chinese Taipei – Wang Hsuan-Chi
- Honduras – Irlia Johnson was replaced by Kenia Andrade
- Macau – Laura Li was replaced by Yvonne Yang
- Mexico – Laura Zúñiga gave up her reign as Miss Mexico International and was dethroned as Reina Hispanoamericana 2008.
- Peru – Leslie Bejarano
- Puerto Rico – Amanda Díaz
- Tanzania – Hidaya Maheda
- Vietnam – Phan Như Thảo
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