Miss International 2008

Miss International 2008
DateNovember 8, 2008[1]
Presenters
Entertainment
VenueVenetian Arena, Macau, China[1]
Broadcaster
Entrants63[1]
Placements12
Withdrawals
  • Armenia
  • Chile
  • Costa Rica
  • Egypt
  • Honduras
  • Nigeria
Returns
  • Bahamas
  • Belgium
  • Hawaii
  • Italy
  • Macau
  • Norway
  • Sweden
  • Zambia
WinnerAlejandra Andreu[1]
Spain
CongenialityGeorgina Cisneros
El Salvador
Best National CostumeNuraisa Lispier
Aruba
PhotogenicAlejandra Andreu
Spain

Miss International 2008 was the 48th Miss International pageant, held at 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.[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

Special awards

Award [1] Contestant
Best National Costume
  •  Aruba – Nuraisa Lispier
Miss Friendship
  •  El Salvador – Georgina Cisneros
Miss Photogenic
  •  Spain – Alejandra Andreu
Natural Beauty
  •  Belarus – Tatiana Ryneiskaya

Contestants

Country/TerritoryContestantAgeHometown
ArgentinaYésica Di Vincenzo[3]20Mar del Plata
ArubaNuraisa Lispier23San Nicolaas
AustraliaKristal Hammond22Waroona
BahamasAmy Knowles[4]22San Salvador Island
BelarusTatiana Ryneiskaya21Minsk
BelgiumCharlotte Van De Vijver24East Flanders
BoliviaPaula Andrea Peñarrieta19Cochabamba
BrazilVanessa Lima Vidal24Fortaleza
CanadaElena Semikina25Toronto
ChinaChang Wen Liu21Beijing
Colombia ColombiaCristina Díaz-Granados[5]22Valledupar
Czech RepublicZuzana Putnářová21Ostrava
Dominican RepublicClaudia Peña[6]19Bonao
EcuadorJennifer Pazmiño[7]20Guayaquil
El SalvadorGeorgina Cisneros20San Salvador
EthiopiaNardos Desta20Addis Ababa
FinlandJaana Taanila18Haukipudas
FranceVicky Michaud[8]21Paray Le Monial
GermanyKatja Bondarenko21Niedersachsen
GreeceSofia Roditi[9]24Athens
GuadeloupeNancy Fleurival[10]24Abymes
GuatemalaWendy Albizurez19Chimaltenango Department
HawaiiSerena Karnagy18Honolulu
Hong KongSire Ma[11]20Chongqing
IndiaRadha Bhrahmbhatt19Northwood
IndonesiaDuma Riris Silalahi24Balige
ItalyLuna Voce20Crotone
JapanKyoko Sugiyama23Kanagawa
LatviaKristīne Djadenko24Riga
LebanonJessica Kahawaty20Sydney
LiberiaTelena Casell24Monrovia
MacauFlorence Loi[12]23Macau
MalaysiaZi Wei Tham23Kuala Lumpur
MexicoLorenza Bernot[13]19Cuernavaca
MongoliaOchgerel Khulangoo20Ulaanbaatar
New ZealandRhonda Grant23Napier
NorwayLisa-Mari Moen Jünge20Molde
PanamaAlejandra Arias20Panama City
ParaguayRossana Galeano[14]19Eusebio Ayala
PeruMassiel Vidal22Lima
PhilippinesPatricia Fernandez[15]22Quezon City
PolandAnna Tarnowska[16]23Szczecin
Puerto RicoMiriam Pabón[17]23Las Piedras
Republic of the CongoBlanda Eboundit22Brazzaville
RussiaEkaterina Grushanina22Chelyabinsk
SerbiaSanja Radinovic19Belgrade
SingaporeTok Wee Ee18Singapore
SlovakiaLenka Sýkorová[18]21Bratislava
South KoreaKim Min-jeong[19]19Daegu
SpainAlejandra Andreu[20]19Zaragoza
Sri LankaFaith Landers[21]22Colombo
SurinameMireille Nederbiel24Paramaribo
SwedenJenny Jansson[22]21Nässjö
TaiwanTing Yen Yu24Taipei
TanzaniaJamillah Nyangasa23Kilimanjaro
ThailandPanasrom Kumkit19Hat Yai
TurkeyGülsün Uslu21İzmir
UkraineYulia Galichenko[23]23Mariupol'
United KingdomNieve Jennings21Bishopbriggs
United StatesKelly Best22Troy
VenezuelaDayana Colmenares[24]23Maracay
VietnamCao Thùy Dương20Yên Bái
ZambiaChipo Mulubisha[25]20Lusaka

Notes

Returns

Withdrawals

References

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  12. ↑ Miss Macau 2008 Archived 2008-09-07 at the Wayback Machine
  13. ↑ Lorenza Bernot, representante de México en Miss Internacional 2008 Archived 2008-03-18 at the Wayback Machine
  14. ↑ "Renunció Marilé Barrios". Belleza Paraguaya.
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  16. ↑ "Ania Tarnowska I Vice Miss Polonia!". MM Szczecin. Retrieved 2007-09-19.
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  25. ↑ "Chipo becomes Miss Tourism". The Post. Archived from the original on 2012-09-08. Retrieved 2008-09-12.