{{short description|Beauty pageant edition}} {{pp-sock|small=yes}} {{Infobox beauty pageant | photo = | winner = Alejandra Andreu<ref name=dantri/> | represented = Spain | date = November 8, 2008<ref name=dantri/> | image = Venetian Macau.jpg | presenters = {{Hlist|[[Eric Tsang]]|[[Carol Cheng|Dodo Cheng]]|Astrid Chan}} | acts = {{Hlist|[[Hacken Lee]]|[[Priscilla Chan (singer)|Priscilla Chan]]|[[Miriam Yeung]]}} | entrants = 63<ref name=dantri/> | venue = [[The Venetian Macao|Venetian Arena]], [[Macau]], China<ref name=dantri/> | broadcaster = {{Hlist|[[TDM (Macau)|TDM]]|[[Television Broadcasts Limited|TVB]]|[[TV Tokyo]]}} | congeniality = Georgina Cisneros<br>El Salvador | photogenic = Alejandra Andreu<br>Spain | best national costume = Nuraisa Lispier<br>Aruba | placements = 12 | withdraws = {{Hlist|Armenia|Chile|Costa Rica|Egypt|Honduras|Nigeria}} | returns = {{Hlist|Bahamas|Belgium|Hawaii|Italy|Macau|Norway|Sweden|Zambia}} | before = [[Miss International 2007|2007]] | next = [[Miss International 2009|2009]] }}
'''Miss International 2008''' was the 48th [[Miss International]] pageant, held at [[The Venetian Macao|Venetian Arena]] in [[Macau]], China on November 8, 2008.
63 contestants from all over the world competed for the crown, marking the biggest turnout in the 48 years of the pageant, surpassing the previous of 61 during last year pageant. The contestants also paid a visit to [[Hong Kong]], [[Tokyo]]. [[Miss International 2007]], [[Priscila Perales]] of Mexico, crowned her successor Alejandra Andreu of Spain as the new Miss International.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Macau Daily Times|title=Beauty queen's ten-year reign comes to an end|url=http://www.macaudailytimesnews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8305&Itemid=28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090425163121/http://www.macaudailytimesnews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8305&Itemid=28|url-status=dead|archive-date=2009-04-25|access-date=2008-03-14}}</ref>
==Results== [[File:Miss International 2008 Map.PNG|thumb|250px|Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss International 2008]] ===Placements=== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;" |- ! Placement ! Contestant |- | Miss International 2008 | * {{flagu|Spain}} – Alejandra Andreu |- | 1st Runner-Up | * {{flagu|Colombia}} – Cristina Díaz-Granados |- | 2nd Runner-Up | * {{flagu|Poland}} – Anna Tarnowska |- | 3rd Runner-Up | * {{flagu|China}} – Chang Wen Liu |- | 4th Runner-Up | * {{flagu|Czech Republic}} – Zuzana Putnářová |- |Top 12 | *{{flagu|Ecuador}} – [[Jennifer Pazmiño]] *{{flagu|Japan|1999}} – Kyoko Sugiyama *{{flagu|Lebanon}} – [[Jessica Kahawaty]] *{{flagu|Philippines}} – [[Patricia Fernandez (actress)|Patricia Fernandez]] *{{flagu|Puerto Rico}} – Miriam Pabón *{{flagu|Turkey}} – Gülsün Uslu *{{flagu|Venezuela}} – [[Dayana Colmenares]] |}
===Special awards=== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;" |- ! Award <ref name=dantri/> ! Contestant |- | Best National Costume | * {{flagu|Aruba}} – Nuraisa Lispier |- | Miss Friendship | * {{flagu|El Salvador}} – Georgina Cisneros |- | Miss Photogenic | * {{flagu|Spain}} – Alejandra Andreu{{Citation needed|date=November 2020}} |- | Natural Beauty | * {{flagu|Belarus}} – Tatiana Ryneiskaya |}
==Contestants== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;" |- ! Country/Territory !! Contestant !! Age !! Hometown |- | {{flag|Argentina}} || [[Yésica Di Vincenzo]]<ref>[http://www.termenses.com.ar/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=255 MISS ARGENTINA 2008 AGUSTINA QUINTEROS (La Pampa)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080514172930/http://www.termenses.com.ar/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=255 |date=2008-05-14 }}</ref> || 20 || [[Mar del Plata]] |- | {{flag|Aruba}} || Nuraisa Lispier || 23 || [[Oranjestad, Aruba|San Nicolaas]] |- | {{flag|Australia}} || Kristal Hammond || 22 || [[Waroona]] |- | {{flag|Bahamas}} || Amy Knowles<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.missbahamas.org/m01.html|title=Welcome to the official website of Miss Universe Bahamas 2007/2008|access-date=3 January 2016}}</ref> || 22 || [[San Salvador Island]] |- | {{flag|Belarus}} || Tatiana Ryneiskaya || 21 || [[Minsk]] |- | {{flag|Belgium}} || Charlotte Van De Vijver || 24 || [[East Flanders]] |- | {{flag|Bolivia}} || Paula Andrea Peñarrieta || 19 || [[Cochabamba]] |- | {{flag|Brazil}} || [[Vanessa Lima Vidal]] || 24 || [[Fortaleza]] |- | {{flag|Canada}} || [[Elena Semikina]] || 25 || [[Toronto]] |- | {{flag|China}} || Chang Wen Liu || 21 || [[Beijing]] |- | {{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Miss Colombia 2007|Colombia]]|| Cristina Díaz-Granados<ref>{{cite web|publisher=RCN|title=Taliana María Vargas Carrillo, la nueva Señorita Colombia|url=http://www.canalrcn.com/programas/concursoNacionalDeBelleza2007/|access-date=2007-11-12 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071110073210/http://www.canalrcn.com/programas/concursoNacionalDeBelleza2007/ <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 2007-11-10}}</ref> || 22 || [[Valledupar]] |- | {{flag|Czech Republic}} || Zuzana Putnářová || 21 || [[Ostrava]] |- | {{flag|Dominican Republic}} || Claudia Peña<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Clave Digital|title=Claudia Peña es electa Miss República Dominicana Internacional 2008|url=http://www.clavedigital.com/ocio/Protagonistas.asp?Id_Articulo=325|access-date=2007-10-12|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071020233411/http://clavedigital.com/OCIO/Protagonistas.asp?Id_Articulo=325|archive-date=2007-10-20}}</ref> || 19 || [[Bonao]] |- | {{flag|Ecuador}} || [[Jennifer Pazmiño]]<ref>{{cite web|publisher=El Universo|title=Miss Ecuador 2008|url=http://www.eluniverso.com/2008/03/14/0001/1065/D18A29E6C2FF4E0A861FE9D1B6E0F8C2.aspx|access-date=2008-03-14|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120629201751/http://www.eluniverso.com/2008/03/14/0001/1065/D18A29E6C2FF4E0A861FE9D1B6E0F8C2.aspx|archive-date=2012-06-29}}</ref> || 20 || [[Guayaquil]] |- | {{flag|El Salvador}} || Georgina Cisneros ||20 || [[San Salvador]] |- | {{flag|Ethiopia}} || Nardos Desta || 20 || [[Addis Ababa]] |- | {{flag|Finland}} || Jaana Taanila || 18 || [[Haukipudas]] |- | {{flag|France}} || Vicky Michaud<ref>{{cite web|url=http://missfrance.tf1.fr/missfrance/les-miss/0,,3632301,00-miss-bourgogne-.html|title=Miss France 2016 – Site officiel|work=tf1|access-date=3 January 2016}}</ref> || 21 || [[Bourgogne|Paray Le Monial]] |- | {{flag|Germany}} || Katja Bondarenko || 21 || [[Niedersachsen]] |- | {{flag|Greece}} || Sofia Roditi<ref>{{cite news|publisher=Antenna TV|title=Λαμπερός 19ος Διαγωνισμός Ομορφιάς|url=http://www.ant1online.gr/showbiz/News/Pages/20085/5f631485-372b-48ba-b40c-025bca305036.aspx|access-date=2008-05-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080528013115/http://www.ant1online.gr/showbiz/News/Pages/20085/5f631485-372b-48ba-b40c-025bca305036.aspx|archive-date=2008-05-28|url-status=dead}}</ref> || 24 || [[Athens]] |- | {{flag|Guadeloupe|local}} ||[[Nancy Fleurival]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.karimages.net/detail-diaporama-photo.asp?num=204 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2008-10-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090426133418/http://www.karimages.net/detail-diaporama-photo.asp?num=204 |archive-date=2009-04-26 }}</ref>|| 24 || [[Abymes]] |- | {{flag|Guatemala}} || Wendy Albizurez || 19 || [[Chimaltenango Department]] |- | {{flag|Hawaii}} || Serena Karnagy || 18 || [[Honolulu]] |- | {{flag|Hong Kong}} || [[Sire Ma]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://misshk.tvb.com/2008/profile_11.html|title=Miss Hong Kong Pageant 2008 香港小姐競選|access-date=3 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130522112146/http://misshk.tvb.com/2008/profile_11.html|archive-date=22 May 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> || 20 || [[Chongqing]] |- | {{flag|India}} || Radha Bhrahmbhatt || 19 || [[Northwood, London|Northwood]] |- | {{flag|Indonesia}} || [[Duma Riris Silalahi]] || 24 || [[Balige]] |- | {{flag|Italy}} || [[Luna Voce]] || 20 || [[Crotone]] |- | {{flag|Japan|1999}} || Kyoko Sugiyama || 23 || [[Kanagawa]] |- | {{flag|Latvia}} || [[Kristīne Djadenko]] || 24 || [[Riga]] |- | {{flag|Lebanon}} || [[Jessica Kahawaty]] || 20 || [[Sydney]] |- | {{flag|Liberia}} || Telena Casell || 24 || [[Monrovia]] |- | {{flag|Macau}} || Florence Loi<ref>[http://www.missmacaupageant.com/finalists/index.html Miss Macau 2008] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907202455/http://www.missmacaupageant.com/finalists/index.html |date=2008-09-07 }}</ref> || 23 || [[Macau]] |- | {{flag|Malaysia}} || Zi Wei Tham || 23 || [[Kuala Lumpur]] |- | {{flag|Mexico}} || Lorenza Bernot<ref>[http://www.esmas.com/nuestrabellezav2/noticias/713675.html Lorenza Bernot, representante de México en Miss Internacional 2008] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080318044115/http://www.esmas.com/nuestrabellezav2/noticias/713675.html |date=2008-03-18 }}</ref> || 19 || [[Cuernavaca]] |- | {{flag|Mongolia}} || Ochgerel Khulangoo || 20 || [[Ulaanbaatar]] |- | {{flag|New Zealand}} || Rhonda Grant || 23 || [[Napier, New Zealand|Napier]] |- | {{flag|Norway}} || Lisa-Mari Moen Jünge || 20 || [[Molde (town)|Molde]] |- | {{flag|Panama}} || Alejandra Arias || 20 || [[Panama City]] |- | {{flag|Paraguay|1990}} || Rossana Galeano<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Belleza Paraguaya|title=Renunció Marilé Barrios|url=http://bellezaparaguaya.com/2008/?p=75}}</ref> || 19 || [[Eusebio Ayala District|Eusebio Ayala]] |- | {{flag|Peru}} || Massiel Vidal || 22 || [[Lima]] |- | {{flag|Philippines}} || [[Patricia Fernandez (actress)|Patricia Fernandez]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Bb Pilipinas 2008 |url=https://www.gmanews.tv/story/83937/Jennifer-Barrientos-crowned-Bb-Pilipinas-Universe}}</ref> || 22 || [[Quezon City]] |- | {{flag|Poland}} || Anna Tarnowska<ref>{{cite web|publisher=MM Szczecin|title=Ania Tarnowska I Vice Miss Polonia!|url=http://www.mmszczecin.pl/news/8223/Ania+Tarnowska+I+Vice+Miss+Polonia!.html|access-date=2007-09-19}}</ref> || 23 || [[Szczecin]] |- | {{flag|Puerto Rico}} || Miriam Pabón<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.primerahora.com/noticia/otros_asi/espectaculos_asi/boricua_concursara__en_miss_international/196773|title=Entretenimiento – Primera Hora|work=Primera Hora|access-date=3 January 2016}}</ref> || 23 || [[Las Piedras, Puerto Rico|Las Piedras]] |- | {{flag|Republic of the Congo}} || Blanda Eboundit || 22 || [[Brazzaville]] |- | {{flag|Russia}} || Ekaterina Grushanina || 22 || [[Chelyabinsk]] |- | {{flag|Serbia}} || Sanja Radinovic || 19 || [[Belgrade]] |- | {{flag|Singapore}} || Tok Wee Ee || 18 || [[Singapore]] |- | {{flag|Slovakia}} || Lenka Sýkorová<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Bleskovky|title=Miss Slovensko 2008 je 19-ročná Edita Krešáková|url=http://www.bleskovky.sk/cl/15/232735/Miss-Slovensko-2008-je-19-rocna-Edita-Kresakova|access-date=2008-04-04}}</ref> || 21 || [[Bratislava]] |- | {{flag|South Korea}} || Kim Min-jeong<ref>[http://misskorea.hankooki.com/misskorea_2008/main.php Miss Korea International 2008] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080731063634/http://misskorea.hankooki.com/misskorea_2008/main.php |date=2008-07-31 }}</ref> || 19 || [[Daegu]] |- | '''{{flag|Spain}}''' || '''Alejandra Andreu<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Telecinco|title=Miss Spain 2008|url=http://www.telecinco.es/aquihaytomate/detail/detail1748.shtml|access-date=2008-03-02|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080303160748/http://www.telecinco.es/aquihaytomate/detail/detail1748.shtml|archive-date=2008-03-03}}</ref>'''|| 19 || [[Zaragoza]] |- | {{flag|Sri Lanka}} || Faith Landers<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Daily Mirror|title=Faith Landers – Miss Sri Lanka 2008|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/DM_BLOG/Sections/frmNewsDetailView.aspx?ARTID=9956|access-date=2008-03-22 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080327183414/http://www.dailymirror.lk/DM_BLOG/Sections/frmNewsDetailView.aspx?ARTID=9956 <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 2008-03-27}}</ref> || 22 || [[Colombo]] |- | {{flag|Suriname}} || Mireille Nederbiel || 24 || [[Paramaribo]] |- | {{flag|Sweden}} || Jenny Jansson<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Miss Sweden Organization|title=Miss International Sweden 2008 |url=http://www.missnorway.no/se/default.asp}}</ref> || 21 || [[Nässjö]] |- | {{flag|Taiwan}} || Ting Yen Yu || 24 || [[Taipei]] |- | {{flag|Tanzania}} || Jamillah Nyangasa || 23 || [[Kilimanjaro]] |- | {{flag|Thailand}} || Panasrom Kumkit || 19 || [[Hat Yai]] |- | {{flag|Turkey}} || Gülsün Uslu || 21 || [[İzmir]] |- | {{flag|Ukraine}} || Yulia Galichenko<ref>{{cite web|title=Miss Ukraine International 2008|url=http://www.kp.ua/daily/280808/52905|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090425223454/http://www.kp.ua/daily/280808/52905/|archive-date=2009-04-25}}</ref> || 23 || [[Mariupol']] |- | {{flag|United Kingdom}} || [[Nieve Jennings]] || 21 || [[Bishopbriggs]] |- | {{flag|United States}} || Kelly Best || 22 || [[Troy, Michigan|Troy]] |- | {{flag|Venezuela}} || [[Dayana Colmenares]]<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Union Radio|title=Miss Venezuela 2007|url=http://www.unionradio.com.ve/Noticias/Noticia.aspx?noticiaid=215587|access-date=2007-09-13}}{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> || 23 || [[Maracay]] |- | {{flag|Vietnam}} || Cao Thùy Dương || 20 || [[Yên Bái province|Yên Bái]] |- | {{flag|Zambia}} || Chipo Mulubisha<ref>{{cite web|publisher=The Post|title=Chipo becomes Miss Tourism|url=http://www.postzambia.com/post-read_article.php?articleId=45986|access-date=2008-09-12|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120908160937/http://www.postzambia.com/post-read_article.php?articleId=45986|archive-date=2012-09-08}}</ref> || 20 || [[Lusaka]] |}
==Notes==
===Returns=== {{div col|colwidth=22em}} *Last competed in [[Miss International 1992|1992]]: ** {{flag|Italy}} *Last competed in [[Miss International 1996|1996]]: ** {{flag|Belgium}} *Last competed in [[Miss International 2004|2004]]: ** {{flag|Hawaii}} ** {{flag|Zambia}} *Last competed in [[Miss International 2005|2005]]: ** {{flag|Bahamas}} ** {{flag|Macau}} ** {{flag|Sweden}} *Last competed in [[Miss International 2006|2006]]: ** {{flag|Norway}} {{div col end}}
===Withdrawals=== {{div col|colwidth=18em}} * {{flag|Armenia}} * {{flag|Chile}} * {{flag|Costa Rica}} * {{flag|Egypt}} * {{flag|Honduras}} * {{flag|Nigeria}} {{div col end}}
==References== {{unreliable sources|date=January 2016}} {{reflist|colwidth=30em|refs= <ref name=dantri>{{cite news|title=Spanish beauty crowned Miss International 2008|url=https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=vi&tl=en&u=http://dantri.com.vn/c23/s23-259101/nguoi-dep-tay-ban-nha-dang-quang-hoa-hau-quoc-te-2008.htm|access-date=3 March 2011|newspaper=Dân trí|date=November 8, 2008}}</ref> }}
==External links== * [https://www.miss-international.org/ Miss International official website] {{Miss International 2008 delegates}} {{Miss International}}
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