# Miss International 2002 > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Miss_International_2002 > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Miss_International_2002.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_International_2002 > Source revision: 1351795105 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Beauty pageant Miss International 2002 Date September 30, 2002[1] Presenters Masumi Okada Venue Century Hyatt, Tokyo, Japan[1] 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[1][2] Lebanon ← 2001 2003 → **Miss International 2002**, the 42nd [Miss International](/source/Miss_International) pageant, was held on 30 September 2002 in [Tokyo](/source/Tokyo), Japan[1] at the Century Hyatt. [Małgorzata Rożniecka](/source/Ma%C5%82gorzata_Ro%C5%BCniecka) of [Poland](/source/Poland) crowned her successor [Christina Sawaya](/source/Christina_Sawaya) of [Lebanon](/source/Lebanon) at the end of the event.[2] This edition also saw the crowning of the first woman of [Middle Eastern](/source/Middle_Eastern) descent to win [Miss International](/source/Miss_International), [Christina Sawaya](/source/Christina_Sawaya) representing Lebanon.[3][4] ## Results ### Placements Placement Contestant Miss International 2002 Lebanon – Christina Sawaya[1][2] 1st Runner-up France – Emmanuelle Jagodsinski[1][2] 2nd Runner-up Japan – Hana Urushima[1][2] 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](/source/Aruba)** – Jerianne Tiel - **[Bolivia](/source/Bolivia)** – Carla Ameller - **[Brazil](/source/Brazil)** – Milena Ricarda de Lima Lira - **[Canada](/source/Canada)** – Alicia Victoria Altares - **[China](/source/China)** – Amy Yan Wei - **[Colombia](/source/Colombia)** – Consuelo Guzman Parra - **[Curacao](/source/Cura%C3%A7ao)** – Luz Thonysha De Souza - **[Cyprus](/source/Cyprus)** – Nichole Stylianou - **[Czech Republic](/source/Czech_Republic)** – Lenka Taussigova - **[Dominican Republic](/source/Dominican_Republic)** – Jeimi Vanessa Hernández Franjul - **[Ecuador](/source/Ecuador)** – Isabel Cristina Ontaneda Pinto - **[Finland](/source/Finland)** – Katariina Kulve - **[France](/source/France)** – Emmanuelle Jagodsinski - **[Germany](/source/Germany)** – Eva Dedecke - **[Greece](/source/Greece)** – Stella Yiaboura - **[Guatemala](/source/Guatemala)** – Evelyn Arreaga - **[Hawaii](/source/Hawaii)** – Chun Hui Chen - **[Hong Kong](/source/Hong_Kong)** – Cathy Wu Kar-Wai - **[India](/source/India)** – [Gauahar Khan](/source/Gauahar_Khan) - **[Israel](/source/Israel)** – Shelly Dina'i - **[Japan](/source/Japan)** – Hana Urushima - **[Lebanon](/source/Lebanon)** – [Christina Sawaya](/source/Christina_Sawaya) - **[Macedonia](/source/North_Macedonia)** – Marta Pancevska - **[Malaysia](/source/Malaysia)** – Krystal Pang Chia Boon - **[Malta](/source/Malta)** – Alison Abela - **[Mexico](/source/Mexico)** – Velia Rueda Galindo - **[Moldova](/source/Moldova)** – Mariana Moraru † - **[Nicaragua](/source/Nicaragua)** – [Marianela Lacayo](/source/Marianela_Lacayo) - **[Northern Mariana Islands](/source/Northern_Mariana_Islands)** – Christine Juwelle Cunanan - **[Panama](/source/Panama)** – Cristina Herrera - **[Philippines](/source/Philippines)** – Kristine Alzar - **[Poland](/source/Poland)** – Monika Angermann - **[Puerto Rico](/source/Puerto_Rico)** – Mariela Lugo Marín - **[Russia](/source/Russia)** – Kseniya Efimtseva - **[Senegal](/source/Senegal)** – Mame Diarra Mballo - **[Singapore](/source/Singapore)** – Marie Wong Yan Yi - **[Slovakia](/source/Slovakia)** – Zuzana Gunisova - **[South Korea](/source/South_Korea)** – Gi Yoon-joo - **[Spain](/source/Spain)** – Laura Espinosa Huertas - **[Sweden](/source/Sweden)** – Emelie Lundquist - **[Thailand](/source/Thailand)** – Piyanuch Khamboon - **[Tunisia](/source/Tunisia)** – Nihad El-Abdi - **[Turkey](/source/Turkey)** – Nihan Akkus - **[United Kingdom](/source/United_Kingdom)** – [Juliet-Jane Horne](/source/Juliet-Jane_Horne) - **[United States](/source/United_States)** – Mary Elizabeth Jones - **[Venezuela](/source/Venezuela)** – [Cynthia Cristina Lander Zamora](/source/Cynthia_Lander) - **[Yugoslavia](/source/Federal_Republic_of_Yugoslavia)** – Aleksandra Kokotovic ## Notes ### Withdrawals - **[Pakistan](/source/Pakistan)** – Neelam Voorani (forced by her Islamic government to withdraw from the pageant 3 days before the finals) ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-pdi_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-pdi_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-pdi_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-pdi_1-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-pdi_1-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-pdi_1-5) [***g***](#cite_ref-pdi_1-6) ["International beauties"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=f1Y1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=eCUMAAAAIBAJ&dq=miss-international%20lebanon&pg=570%2C8507670). *[Philippine Daily Inquirer](/source/Philippine_Daily_Inquirer)*. October 1, 2002. Retrieved 5 March 2011. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Getty_Images_2002_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Getty_Images_2002_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Getty_Images_2002_2-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-Getty_Images_2002_2-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-Getty_Images_2002_2-4) ["Newly-elected Miss International 2002, 22-year-old Lebanese Christina Sawaya"](http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/newly-elected-miss-international-2002-22-year-old-lebanese-news-photo/1468614). *Getty Images*. October 10, 2002. Retrieved January 3, 2016. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Pageant Almanac"](https://web.archive.org/web/20060711184803/http://www.pageant-almanac.com/miss-international/former-titleholders.php). Archived from the original on July 11, 2006. Retrieved on 11 Apr 2008. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [خاص بالصورة: وثيقة طلاق الإعلامي طوني بارود وكريستينا صوايا](https://aljaras.com/%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%B5-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D9%88%D8%AB%D9%8A%D9%82%D8%A9-%D8%B7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%82-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D8%B9%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A-%D8%B7%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A-%D8%A8/) ## Further reading - Rehman, I.A. (October 12, 2002). ["Features; October 12, 2002"](https://www.dawn.com/news/1063708). *[DAWN](/source/DAWN_(newspaper))*. Retrieved January 3, 2016. v t e Miss International 2002 national titleholders Gauahar Khan Christina Sawaya Marianela Lacayo Juliet-Jane Horne Cynthia Lander 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 --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Miss International 2002](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_International_2002) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_International_2002?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.