# Miss International 2001

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Beauty pageant held in Japan

Miss International 2001 Date October 4, 2001[1] Presenters Masumi Okada Yukie Sakai Venue Nakano Sun Plaza, Nakano, Tokyo, Japan[1] Broadcaster TV Tokyo Entrants 52[1] Placements 15 Debuts Mongolia Withdrawals Egypt Guam Honduras Lebanon Moldova Nepal Panama Portugal South Africa Tahiti Taiwan Togo Returns Chile Dominican Republic Great Britain Holland Latvia Northern Mariana Islands Yugoslavia Winner Małgorzata Rożniecka Poland ← 2000 2002 →

**Miss International 2001**, the 41st [Miss International](/source/Miss_International) pageant, was held on October 4, 2001 at the [Nakano Sun Plaza](/source/Nakano_Sun_Plaza) in [Tokyo](/source/Tokyo), Japan. At the end of the event, Vivian Urdaneta of [Venezuela](/source/Miss_Venezuela_2000) crowned her successor [Małgorzata Rożniecka](/source/Ma%C5%82gorzata_Ro%C5%BCniecka) of [Poland](/source/Poland).

## Results

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results

### Placements

Placement Contestant Miss International 2001 Poland – Małgorzata Rożniecka[1] 1st runner-up Venezuela – Aura Zambrano[2] 2nd runner-up Russia – Tatiana Pavlova[3] Top 15 Aruba – Daphne Croes Brazil – Fernanda Tinti Chile – Paula Orchard Colombia – Rocío Stevenson Dominican Republic – Bélgica Cury India – Kanwal Toor[4] Israel – Dikla Elkabetz Japan – Hanako Suzuki Mongolia – Sansarmaa Luvsandoo San Marino – Marzia Bellesso[5] South Korea – Baek Myoung-hee Spain – Ayola Molina

## Contestants

Fifty-two contestants competed for the title.

Country/Territory Contestant Age[a] Hometown Argentina María Victoria Branda 19 Buenos Aires Aruba Daphne Croes 23 Oranjestad Bolivia Priscilla Quiroga[6] 21 La Paz Brazil Fernanda Tinti 19 Minas Gerais Canada Shauna Olechow 23 – Chile Paula Orchard 22 Santiago Colombia Rocio Stevenson 22 Cartagena Croatia Martina Poljak 21 Zagreb Curaçao Vanessa van Arendonk 20 Willemstad Cyprus Maria Alecou Hadzivassiliou 19 Nicosia Czech Republic Andrea Vranová[7] 20 Ústecký Dominican Republic Judith Cury[8] 19 Santo Domingo Este Finland Hanna Pajulammi[9] 21 Helsinki France Nawal Benhlal 21 Lyon Germany Anna Ziemski 20 Berlin Great Britain Michelle Watson[10] 20 Motherwell Greece Fotini Kokari 19 Athens Guatemala Rosa Maria Castañeda[11] 20 Chiquimula Hawaii Yoon Hee Jenny Lee 23 Honolulu Holland Caroline Heijboer 25 Amsterdam Hong Kong Heidi Chu[12] 24 Hong Kong Iceland Iris Dögg Oddsdóttir 18 Reykjavík India Kanwal Toor[13] 23 Delhi Israel Dikla Elkabetz 19 – Japan Hanako Suzuki 23 Saitama Latvia Laura Vīksna 22 Riga Macedonia Dragana Klopcevska[14] 21 Skopje Malaysia Cheah Teck Yoong 20 Penang Malta Ruth Spiteri 19 Valletta Mexico Irma Ríos 23 Mexico City Mongolia Sansarmaa Luvsandoo 25 Ulaanbaatar Nicaragua Renneé Dávila[15] 24 Managua Northern Mariana Islands Rowina Ogo[16] 22 Saipan Norway Siv Hegerland 22 Oslo Palau Indira Isikl Kazuma 20 Koror Philippines Maricarl Tolosa[17] 22 Marikina Poland Małgorzata Rożniecka 23 Szczecin Puerto Rico Lorna Otero 22 San Juan Russia Tatiana Pavlova[3] – Tatarstan San Marino Marzia Bellesso[5] 24 San Marino Singapore Juley Binte Abdullah 23 Singapore Slovakia Barbara Pappová[18] 19 Šaľa South Korea Baek Myoung-hee 19 Seoul Spain Ayola Molina[19] 20 Castellón Sweden Sara Nicole Cameron 21 Stockholm Thailand Kanithakan Saengprachaksakula 24 Bangkok Tunisia Leila Oualha 23 Tunis Turkey Ece F. Incedursun 18 Istanbul Ukraine Natalia Bakulina 18 Kyiv United States Eleana Thompson 19 Lake Elsinore Venezuela Aura Zambrano 20 San Cristóbal Yugoslavia Iva Milivojević 20 Belgrade

## Notes

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Ages during the competition

## References

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["Hanna Pajulammi varustautuu missikisoihin kynsin ja laastarein"](https://www.is.fi/viihde/art-2000000060589.html) [Hanna Pajulammi equips herself for the pageant with nails and plasters]. *[Ilta-Sanomat](/source/Ilta-Sanomat)* (in Finnish). 24 September 2001. Retrieved 28 June 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** McPherson, Lynn; Lavery, Charles (14 January 2007). ["Boxing tycoon cheats on his wife with former Miss Scotland - Daily Record"](https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/boxing-tycoon-cheats-wife-former-3141932). *Daily Record*. Retrieved 28 June 2024.

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-14)** ["Meet Kanwal Toor: Sikh ex-model who plans to oust Tan Dhesi"](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/nri/other-news/meet-kanwal-toor-sikh-ex-model-who-plans-to-oust-tan-dhesi/articleshow/71581872.cms). *[The Times of India](/source/The_Times_of_India)*. 16 October 2019. [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0971-8257](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0971-8257). Retrieved 28 June 2024.

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-16)** ["Renneé Fabiola, entre ángel y diablilla"](https://www.laprensani.com/2003/09/16/suplemento/nosotras/1752822-renne-fabiola-entre-ngel-y-diablilla) [Renneé Fabiola, between angel and devil]. *La Prensa* (in Spanish). 16 September 2003. Retrieved 2 August 2024.

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-:02_18-0)** Lo, Ricky (September 24, 2001). ["Who will bring home the crown?"](https://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2001/09/24/134577/who-will-bring-home-crown). *[Philippine Star](/source/Philippine_Star)*. Retrieved September 20, 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-19)** ["Slovensko má novou Miss"](https://www.idnes.cz/nastaveni-souhlasu?url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.idnes.cz%2fzpravy%2frevue%2fspolecnost%2fslovensko-ma-novou-miss.A010423_100834_lidicky_pet) [Slovakia has a new Miss]. *iDNES.cz* (in Slovak). 23 April 2001. Retrieved 1 April 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-20)** Fabian, Rafael (20 February 2020). ["Ayola Molina, de ser la más guapa de Castellón, a la alta cocina"](https://www.elperiodicomediterraneo.com/castello/2020/02/20/ayola-molina-guapa-castellon-alta-40890815.html). *El Periódico Mediterráneo* (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 April 2025.

v t e Miss International 2001 national titleholders Vanessa van Arendonk Małgorzata Rożniecka Aura Zambrano

v t e Miss International 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Titleholders Runners-up and finalists Editions

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