# Miss International 2008 > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Miss_International_2008 > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Miss_International_2008.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_International_2008 > Source revision: 1357210508 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Beauty pageant edition Miss International 2008 Date November 8, 2008[1] Presenters Eric Tsang Dodo Cheng Astrid Chan Entertainment Hacken Lee Priscilla Chan Miriam Yeung Venue Venetian Arena, Macau, China[1] Broadcaster TDM TVB TV Tokyo Entrants 63[1] Placements 12 Withdrawals Armenia Chile Costa Rica Egypt Honduras Nigeria Returns Bahamas Belgium Hawaii Italy Macau Norway Sweden Zambia Winner Alejandra Andreu[1] Spain Congeniality Georgina Cisneros El Salvador Best National Costume Nuraisa Lispier Aruba Photogenic Alejandra Andreu Spain ← 2007 2009 → **Miss International 2008** was the 48th [Miss International](/source/Miss_International) pageant, held at [Venetian Arena](/source/The_Venetian_Macao) in [Macau](/source/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](/source/Hong_Kong), [Tokyo](/source/Tokyo). [Miss International 2007](/source/Miss_International_2007), [Priscila Perales](/source/Priscila_Perales) of Mexico, crowned her successor Alejandra Andreu of Spain as the new Miss International.[2] ## Results Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss International 2008 ### Placements Placement Contestant Miss International 2008 Spain – Alejandra Andreu 1st Runner-Up Colombia – Cristina Díaz-Granados 2nd Runner-Up Poland – Anna Tarnowska 3rd Runner-Up China – Chang Wen Liu 4th Runner-Up Czech Republic – Zuzana Putnářová Top 12 Ecuador – Jennifer Pazmiño Japan – Kyoko Sugiyama Lebanon – Jessica Kahawaty Philippines – Patricia Fernandez Puerto Rico – Miriam Pabón Turkey – Gülsün Uslu Venezuela – Dayana Colmenares ### Special awards Award [1] Contestant Best National Costume Aruba – Nuraisa Lispier Miss Friendship El Salvador – Georgina Cisneros Miss Photogenic Spain – Alejandra Andreu[citation needed] Natural Beauty Belarus – Tatiana Ryneiskaya ## Contestants Country/Territory Contestant Age Hometown Argentina Yésica Di Vincenzo[3] 20 Mar del Plata Aruba Nuraisa Lispier 23 San Nicolaas Australia Kristal Hammond 22 Waroona Bahamas Amy Knowles[4] 22 San Salvador Island Belarus Tatiana Ryneiskaya 21 Minsk Belgium Charlotte Van De Vijver 24 East Flanders Bolivia Paula Andrea Peñarrieta 19 Cochabamba Brazil Vanessa Lima Vidal 24 Fortaleza Canada Elena Semikina 25 Toronto China Chang Wen Liu 21 Beijing Colombia Cristina Díaz-Granados[5] 22 Valledupar Czech Republic Zuzana Putnářová 21 Ostrava Dominican Republic Claudia Peña[6] 19 Bonao Ecuador Jennifer Pazmiño[7] 20 Guayaquil El Salvador Georgina Cisneros 20 San Salvador Ethiopia Nardos Desta 20 Addis Ababa Finland Jaana Taanila 18 Haukipudas France Vicky Michaud[8] 21 Paray Le Monial Germany Katja Bondarenko 21 Niedersachsen Greece Sofia Roditi[9] 24 Athens Guadeloupe Nancy Fleurival[10] 24 Abymes Guatemala Wendy Albizurez 19 Chimaltenango Department Hawaii Serena Karnagy 18 Honolulu Hong Kong Sire Ma[11] 20 Chongqing India Radha Bhrahmbhatt 19 Northwood Indonesia Duma Riris Silalahi 24 Balige Italy Luna Voce 20 Crotone Japan Kyoko Sugiyama 23 Kanagawa Latvia Kristīne Djadenko 24 Riga Lebanon Jessica Kahawaty 20 Sydney Liberia Telena Casell 24 Monrovia Macau Florence Loi[12] 23 Macau Malaysia Zi Wei Tham 23 Kuala Lumpur Mexico Lorenza Bernot[13] 19 Cuernavaca Mongolia Ochgerel Khulangoo 20 Ulaanbaatar New Zealand Rhonda Grant 23 Napier Norway Lisa-Mari Moen Jünge 20 Molde Panama Alejandra Arias 20 Panama City Paraguay Rossana Galeano[14] 19 Eusebio Ayala Peru Massiel Vidal 22 Lima Philippines Patricia Fernandez[15] 22 Quezon City Poland Anna Tarnowska[16] 23 Szczecin Puerto Rico Miriam Pabón[17] 23 Las Piedras Republic of the Congo Blanda Eboundit 22 Brazzaville Russia Ekaterina Grushanina 22 Chelyabinsk Serbia Sanja Radinovic 19 Belgrade Singapore Tok Wee Ee 18 Singapore Slovakia Lenka Sýkorová[18] 21 Bratislava South Korea Kim Min-jeong[19] 19 Daegu Spain Alejandra Andreu[20] 19 Zaragoza Sri Lanka Faith Landers[21] 22 Colombo Suriname Mireille Nederbiel 24 Paramaribo Sweden Jenny Jansson[22] 21 Nässjö Taiwan Ting Yen Yu 24 Taipei Tanzania Jamillah Nyangasa 23 Kilimanjaro Thailand Panasrom Kumkit 19 Hat Yai Turkey Gülsün Uslu 21 İzmir Ukraine Yulia Galichenko[23] 23 Mariupol' United Kingdom Nieve Jennings 21 Bishopbriggs United States Kelly Best 22 Troy Venezuela Dayana Colmenares[24] 23 Maracay Vietnam Cao Thùy Dương 20 Yên Bái Zambia Chipo Mulubisha[25] 20 Lusaka ## Notes ### Returns - Last competed in [1992](/source/Miss_International_1992): - [Italy](/source/Italy) - Last competed in [1996](/source/Miss_International_1996): - [Belgium](/source/Belgium) - Last competed in [2004](/source/Miss_International_2004): - [Hawaii](/source/Hawaii) - [Zambia](/source/Zambia) - Last competed in [2005](/source/Miss_International_2005): - [Bahamas](/source/The_Bahamas) - [Macau](/source/Macau) - [Sweden](/source/Sweden) - Last competed in [2006](/source/Miss_International_2006): - [Norway](/source/Norway) ### Withdrawals - [Armenia](/source/Armenia) - [Chile](/source/Chile) - [Costa Rica](/source/Costa_Rica) - [Egypt](/source/Egypt) - [Honduras](/source/Honduras) - [Nigeria](/source/Nigeria) ## References Some of this article's listed sources may not be reliable. 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Retrieved 2008-09-12. ## External links - [Miss International official website](https://www.miss-international.org/) v t e Miss International 2008 national titleholders Yésica Di Vincenzo Vanessa Lima Vidal Elena Semikina María Cristina Díaz-Granados Jennifer Pazmiño Nancy Fleurival Sire Ma Duma Riris Silalahi Luna Voce Kristīne Djadenko Jessica Kahawaty Lorenza Bernot Patricia Fernandez Miriam Pabón Alejandra Andreu Nieve Jennings Dayana Colmenares 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 2008](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_International_2008) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_International_2008?action=history)). 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