{{Short description|Beauty pageant held in Japan}} {{pp-sock|small=yes}} {{Infobox beauty pageant | winner = [[Małgorzata Rożniecka]] | represented = Poland | date = October 4, 2001<ref name=monitor/> | presenters = {{Hlist|[[Masumi Okada]]|Yukie Sakai}} | image = Nakano_Sunplaza_200903.jpg | venue = [[Nakano Sun Plaza]], [[Nakano, Tokyo]], Japan<ref name=monitor/> | broadcaster = {{Hlist|[[TV Tokyo]]}} | entrants = 52<ref name=monitor/> | placements = 15 | debuts = {{Hlist|Mongolia}} | withdraws = {{Hlist|Egypt|Guam|Honduras|Lebanon|Moldova|Nepal|Panama|Portugal|South Africa|Tahiti|Taiwan|Togo}} | returns = {{Hlist|Chile|Dominican Republic|Great Britain|Holland|Latvia|Northern Mariana Islands|Yugoslavia}} | before = [[Miss International 2000|2000]] | next = [[Miss International 2002|2002]] }}
'''Miss International 2001''', the 41st [[Miss International]] pageant, was held on October 4, 2001 at the [[Nakano Sun Plaza]] in [[Tokyo]], Japan. At the end of the event, Vivian Urdaneta of [[Miss Venezuela 2000|Venezuela]] crowned her successor [[Małgorzata Rożniecka]] of [[Poland]].
==Results== [[File:Miss International 2001 Map.PNG|thumb|250px|Countries and territories which sent delegates and results]]
===Placements=== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;" |- ! Placement ! Contestant |- | Miss International 2001 | * {{flagu|Poland}} – [[Małgorzata Rożniecka]]<ref name="monitor">{{cite news |date=October 8, 2001 |title=Miss Poland wins international beauty pageant |url=http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-3829413/Miss-Poland-wins-international-beauty.html |access-date=3 March 2011 |newspaper=Japan Weekly Monitor}}</ref> |- | 1st runner-up | * {{flagu|Venezuela}} – [[Aura Zambrano]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Villano |first=Alexa |date=11 November 2017 |title=The question of a back-to-back win in Miss International |url=https://www.rappler.com/life-and-style/187965-miss-international-2017-primer-back-to-back-mariel-de-leon-kylie-verzosa/ |access-date=28 June 2024 |website=[[Rappler]] |language=en-US}}</ref> |- | 2nd runner-up | * {{flagu|Russia}} – Tatiana Pavlova<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=4 October 2001 |title=Fairest of them all... |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7SshAAAAIBAJ&dq=%22Miss+International%22&pg=PA71 |access-date=28 June 2024 |work=New Straits Times |pages=71 |via=Google Books}}</ref> |- |Top 15 | * {{flagu|Aruba}} – Daphne Croes * {{flagu|Brazil}} – Fernanda Tinti * {{flagu|Chile}} – Paula Orchard * {{flagu|Colombia}} – Rocío Stevenson * {{flagu|Dominican Republic}} – Bélgica Cury * {{flagu|India}} – Kanwal Toor<ref>{{Cite news |date=13 October 2001 |title=Of Kanwal’s Toor de force |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/delhi-times/of-kanwals-toor-de-force/articleshow/239170657.cms |access-date=1 April 2025 |work=[[The Times of India]] |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> * {{flagu|Israel}} – Dikla Elkabetz * {{flagu|Japan|1999}} – Hanako Suzuki * {{flagu|Mongolia}} – Sansarmaa Luvsandoo * {{flagu|San Marino}} – Marzia Bellesso<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=21 August 2013 |title=L'ex reginetta votata all'illustrazione |trans-title=The former queen devoted to illustration |url=https://www.ilgazzettino.it/pay/treviso_pay/l_ex_reginetta_votata_illustrazione-550742.html |access-date=1 April 2025 |website=[[Il Gazzettino]] |language=it}}</ref> * {{flagu|South Korea}} – Baek Myoung-hee * {{flagu|Spain}} – Ayola Molina |}
==Contestants== Fifty-two contestants competed for the title. {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;" !Country/Territory !Contestant !Age{{Efn|Ages during the competition}} !Hometown |- |{{flag|Argentina}} |María Victoria Branda |19 |[[Buenos Aires]] |- |{{flag|Aruba}} |Daphne Croes |23 |[[Oranjestad, Aruba|Oranjestad]] |- |{{flag|Bolivia}} |Priscilla Quiroga<ref>{{Cite web |date=13 July 2014 |title=Priscilla Quiroga |url=https://www.pub.eldiario.net/noticias/2014/2014_07/nt140713/laguia.php?n=20&-priscilla-quiroga |access-date=1 April 2025 |website=El Diario |language=es}}</ref> |21 |[[La Paz]] |- |{{flag|Brazil}} |Fernanda Tinti |19 |[[Minas Gerais]] |- |{{flag|Canada}} |Shauna Olechow |23 |– |- |{{flag|Chile}} |Paula Orchard |22 |[[Santiago]] |- |{{flag|Colombia}} |Rocio Stevenson |22 |[[Cartagena, Colombia|Cartagena]] |- |{{flag|Croatia}} |Martina Poljak |21 |[[Zagreb]] |- |{{flag|Curaçao}} |[[Vanessa van Arendonk]] |20 |[[Willemstad]] |- |{{flag|Cyprus}} |Maria Alecou Hadzivassiliou |19 |[[Nicosia]] |- |{{flag|Czech Republic}} |Andrea Vranová<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=14 September 2004 |title=Miss Vránová končí, je těhotná! |trans-title=Miss Vránová quits, she is pregnant! |url=https://www.idnes.cz/zpravy/revue/spolecnost/miss-vranova-konci-je-tehotna.A040914_184541_lidicky_lf |access-date=28 June 2024 |website=iDNES.cz |language=cs}}</ref> |20 |[[Ústí nad Labem Region|Ústecký]] |- |{{flag|Dominican Republic}} |Judith Cury<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hilario |first=Yohanna |date=28 September 2009 |title=Vivencias del Miss RD en un libro |trans-title=Miss DR's experiences in a book |url=https://www.diariolibre.com/revista/vivencias-del-miss-rd-en-un-libro-ELDL217131 |access-date=28 June 2024 |website=Diario Libre |language=es}}</ref> |19 |[[Santo Domingo Este]] |- |{{flag|Finland}} |Hanna Pajulammi<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 September 2001 |title=Hanna Pajulammi varustautuu missikisoihin kynsin ja laastarein |trans-title=Hanna Pajulammi equips herself for the pageant with nails and plasters |url=https://www.is.fi/viihde/art-2000000060589.html |access-date=28 June 2024 |website=[[Ilta-Sanomat]] |language=fi}}</ref> |21 |[[Helsinki]] |- |{{flag|France}} |Nawal Benhlal |21 |[[Lyon]] |- |{{flag|Germany}} |Anna Ziemski |20 |[[Berlin]] |- |{{flag|Great Britain}} |Michelle Watson<ref>{{Cite web |last1=McPherson |first1=Lynn |last2=Lavery |first2=Charles |date=14 January 2007 |title=Boxing tycoon cheats on his wife with former Miss Scotland - Daily Record |url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/boxing-tycoon-cheats-wife-former-3141932 |access-date=28 June 2024 |website=Daily Record}}</ref> |20 |[[Motherwell]] |- |{{flag|Greece}} |Fotini Kokari |19 |[[Athens]] |- |{{flag|Guatemala}} |Rosa Maria Castañeda<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ochoa|first=José Andrés|date=12 September 2018|title=La polémica de Miss Guatemala 2018, explicada|trans-title=The controversy of Miss Guatemala 2018, explained|url=https://www.prensalibre.com/vida/escenario/la-polemica-de-miss-guatemala-universo-2018-explicada/|access-date=28 June 2024|website=Prensa Libre|language=es-GT}}</ref> |20 |[[Chiquimula]] |- |{{flag|Hawaii}} |Yoon Hee Jenny Lee |23 |[[Honolulu]] |- |{{flag|Holland}} |Caroline Heijboer |25 |[[Amsterdam]] |- |{{flag|Hong Kong}} |[[Heidi Chu]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lam |first=Emily |date=26 July 2001 |title=Zhang fails to charm press |url=https://www.scmp.com/article/353318/zhang-fails-charm-press |access-date=28 June 2024 |website=[[South China Morning Post]] |language=en}}</ref> |24 |Hong Kong |- |{{flag|Iceland}} |Iris Dögg Oddsdóttir |18 |[[Reykjavík]] |- |{{flag|India}} |Kanwal Toor<ref>{{Cite news |date=16 October 2019 |title=Meet Kanwal Toor: Sikh ex-model who plans to oust Tan Dhesi |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/nri/other-news/meet-kanwal-toor-sikh-ex-model-who-plans-to-oust-tan-dhesi/articleshow/71581872.cms |access-date=28 June 2024 |work=[[The Times of India]] |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> |23 |[[Delhi]] |- |{{flag|Israel}} |Dikla Elkabetz |19 |– |- |{{flag|Japan|1999}} |Hanako Suzuki |23 |[[Saitama Prefecture|Saitama]] |- |{{flag|Latvia}} |Laura Vīksna |22 |[[Riga]] |- |{{flag|Macedonia}} |Dragana Klopcevska<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=10 August 2019 |title=Break and Dragana showed the LITTLE BEAUTY (PHOTO) - Free Press |url=https://www.slobodenpecat.mk/en/brejk-i-dragana-ja-pokazhaa-najmalata-ubavicza-foto/ |access-date=2 August 2024 |website=[[Sloboden Pečat]] |language=en}}</ref> |21 |[[Skopje]] |- |{{flag|Malaysia}} |Cheah Teck Yoong |20 |[[Penang]] |- |{{flag|Malta}} |Ruth Spiteri |19 |[[Valletta]] |- |{{flag|Mexico}} |Irma Ríos |23 |[[Mexico City]] |- |{{flag|Mongolia}} |Sansarmaa Luvsandoo |25 |[[Ulaanbaatar]] |- |{{flag|Nicaragua}} |Renneé Dávila<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=16 September 2003 |title=Renneé Fabiola, entre ángel y diablilla |trans-title=Renneé Fabiola, between angel and devil |url=https://www.laprensani.com/2003/09/16/suplemento/nosotras/1752822-renne-fabiola-entre-ngel-y-diablilla |access-date=2 August 2024 |website=La Prensa |language=es}}</ref> |24 |[[Managua Department|Managua]] |- |{{flag|Northern Mariana Islands}} |Rowina Ogo<ref>{{Cite web |last=Perez |first=Jon |date=19 July 2016 |title=Real work now begins for Peachy, Palanga |url=https://www.saipantribune.com/news/local/real-work-now-begins-for-peachy-palanga/article_d4f3f923-5adc-5df4-a7d7-025794d99c29.html |access-date=2 August 2024 |website=Saipan Tribune |language=en}}</ref> |22 |[[Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands|Saipan]] |- |{{flag|Norway}} |Siv Hegerland |22 |[[Oslo]] |- |{{flag|Palau}} |Indira Isikl Kazuma |20 |[[Koror (city)|Koror]] |- |{{flag|Philippines}} |Maricarl Tolosa<ref name=":02">{{Cite web |last=Lo |first=Ricky |date=September 24, 2001 |title=Who will bring home the crown? |url=https://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2001/09/24/134577/who-will-bring-home-crown |access-date=September 20, 2021 |website=[[Philippine Star]] |language=en-US}}</ref> |22 |[[Marikina]] |- |{{flag|Poland}} |[[Małgorzata Rożniecka]] |23 |[[Szczecin]] |- |{{flag|Puerto Rico}} |Lorna Otero |22 |[[San Juan, Puerto Rico|San Juan]] |- |{{flag|Russia}} |Tatiana Pavlova<ref name=":0" /> |– |[[Tatarstan]] |- |{{flag|San Marino}} |Marzia Bellesso<ref name=":1" /> |24 |San Marino |- |{{flag|Singapore}} |Juley Binte Abdullah |23 |Singapore |- |{{flag|Slovakia}} |Barbara Pappová<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=23 April 2001 |title=Slovensko má novou Miss |trans-title=Slovakia has a new Miss |url=https://www.idnes.cz/nastaveni-souhlasu?url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.idnes.cz%2fzpravy%2frevue%2fspolecnost%2fslovensko-ma-novou-miss.A010423_100834_lidicky_pet |access-date=1 April 2025 |website=iDNES.cz |language=sk}}</ref> |19 |[[Šaľa]] |- |{{flag|South Korea}} |Baek Myoung-hee |19 |[[Seoul]] |- |{{flag|Spain}} |Ayola Molina<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fabian |first=Rafael |date=20 February 2020 |title=Ayola Molina, de ser la más guapa de Castellón, a la alta cocina |url=https://www.elperiodicomediterraneo.com/castello/2020/02/20/ayola-molina-guapa-castellon-alta-40890815.html |access-date=1 April 2025 |website=El Periódico Mediterráneo |language=es}}</ref> |20 |[[Province of Castellón|Castellón]] |- |{{flag|Sweden}} |Sara Nicole Cameron |21 |[[Stockholm County|Stockholm]] |- |{{flag|Thailand}} |Kanithakan Saengprachaksakula |24 |[[Bangkok]] |- |{{flag|Tunisia}} |Leila Oualha |23 |[[Tunis]] |- |{{flag|Turkey}} |Ece F. Incedursun |18 |[[Istanbul]] |- |{{flag|Ukraine}} |Natalia Bakulina |18 |[[Kyiv]] |- |{{flag|United States}} |Eleana Thompson |19 |[[Lake Elsinore, California|Lake Elsinore]] |- |{{flag|Venezuela}} |[[Aura Zambrano]] |20 |[[San Cristóbal, Venezuela|San Cristóbal]] |- |{{flag|FR Yugoslavia|name=Yugoslavia}} |Iva Milivojević |20 |[[Belgrade]] |}
==Notes== <references group="lower-alpha" responsive="1"></references>
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Miss International 2001 delegates}} {{Miss International}}
[[Category:Miss International|2001]] [[Category:2001 in Tokyo]] [[Category:2001 beauty pageants]] [[Category:Beauty pageants in Japan]]