Miss International 2009

Miss International 2009
DateNovember 28, 2009
Presenters
  • Liu Yi Wei
  • Li Ai
VenueSichuan International Tennis Center, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
Broadcaster
Entrants65
Placements15
Debuts
  • Cuba
  • Gabon
  • Georgia
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Uganda
Withdrawals
  • Guatemala
  • Hawaii
  • Italy
  • Liberia
  • New Zealand
  • Republic of the Congo
  • Serbia
  • Suriname
  • Sri Lanka
  • Sweden
  • Ukraine
  • Zambia
Returns
  • Honduras
  • Martinique
  • Moldova
  • Netherlands
  • Nicaragua
  • Northern Mariana Islands
  • Romania
  • South Africa
  • Sudan
WinnerAnagabriela Espinoza
Mexico

Miss International 2009 was the 49th Miss International pageant, held at the Sichuan International Tennis Center in Chengdu, Sichuan, China, on November 28, 2009.[1] The pageant was originally scheduled to be held on November 7, 2009 at The Venetian Macao in Macau, but the host committee backed out.[2]

Alejandra Andreu of Spain crowned Anagabriela Espinoza of Mexico as her successor at the end of the event.

Results

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results

Placements

Placement Contestant
Miss International 2009
1st Runner-Up
  •  South Korea – Seo Eun-mi
2nd Runner-Up
Top 15
  •  Belarus – Yana Supranovich
  •  Belgium – Cassandra D'Ermilio
  •  Brazil – Rayanne Morais
  •  Canada – Chanel Beckenlehner
  •  Cuba – Patricia Rosales
  •  Dominican Republic – Victoria Fernández
  •  Finland – Linda Wikstedt
  •  Japan – Yuka Nakayama
  •  Panama – Joyce Jacobi
  •  Philippines – Melody Gersbach †
  •  Spain – Melania Santiago
  •  Venezuela – Laksmi Rodriguez

Number of contestants

According to the official website, 73 contestants were expected to attend the pageant, but only 65 contestants showed up to compete for the coveted title.

Contestants from Italy and Suriname withdrew before the pageant started. While, contestants from Guam, Guatemala, Kenya, Sudan, Ukraine withdrew 10 days after the pageant started, only 66 contestants continued at the competition. A day before the grand final, Costa Rica and Nigeria confirmed not arrived at Chengdu, China due both of them had visa problems, marking the number of contestants decreased to 64. Sudan finally arrived at Chengdu to attend the preliminary judging, rehearsals and the grand final with others contestants. The number of contestants finally increased to 65.[3]

Contestants

Country/Territory Contestant Age Height Hometown
ArgentinaMaría Mercedes Viaña19174 cm (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)Santiago del Estero
ArubaChristina Trejo21175 cm (5 ft 9 in)Companashi
AustraliaKelly Louise Macguire23174 cm (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)Sydney
BahamasAisha Delaney21178 cm (5 ft 10 in)Nassau
BelarusYana Supranovich21180 cm (5 ft 11 in)Minsk
BelgiumCassandra D'Ermilio[4]21175 cm (5 ft 9 in)Quaregnon
BoliviaLaura Olivera[5]18173 cm (5 ft 8 in)Yacuiba
BrazilRayanne Morais21174 cm (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)Divinópolis
CanadaChanel Beckenlehner21173 cm (5 ft 8 in)Toronto
ChinaWang Qian19171 cm (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)Chengdu
ColombiaLina Mosquera[6]20180 cm (5 ft 11 in)Quibdó
CubaPatricia Rosales[7]23179 cm (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)Niquero
Czech RepublicDarja Jacukevičová22180 cm (5 ft 11 in)Veselí nad Moravou
Dominican RepublicVictoria Fernández22178 cm (5 ft 10 in)Santiago
EcuadorIsabella Chiriboga20174 cm (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)Quito
El SalvadorVanessa Hueck[8]22178 cm (5 ft 10 in)San Salvador
EthiopiaRahel Woldekirkos24178 cm (5 ft 10 in)Addis Ababa
FinlandLinda Wikstedt20174 cm (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)Helsinki
FranceMathilde Muller20176 cm (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)Valence
GabonCynthia Mobumba[9]22172 cm (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)Ngounié
GeorgiaMaria Sarchimelia25174 cm (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)Tbilisi
GermanyValora Roucek19168 cm (5 ft 6 in)Cologne
GreeceDiana Igropoulou[10]19177 cm (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)Athens
GuadeloupeJoelle Clamy[11]25184 cm (6 ft 1⁄2 in)Petit-Canal
HondurasKenia Andrade23170 cm (5 ft 7 in)Los Angeles
Hong KongGermaine Li[12]22170 cm (5 ft 7 in)Hong Kong
IndiaHarshita Saxena22175 cm (5 ft 9 in)Panaji
IndonesiaAyu Diandra Sari Tjakra21175 cm (5 ft 9 in)Denpasar
JapanYuka Nakayama[13]19173 cm (5 ft 8 in)Fukuoka
KyrgyzstanAltynai Ismankulova[14]21170 cm (5 ft 7 in)Bishkek
LatviaAnda Pudule22173 cm (5 ft 8 in)Riga
LebanonSarah Mansour[15][16]20174 cm (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)Beirut
MacauYvonne Yang21179 cm (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)Macau
MalaysiaTay Tze Juan20173 cm (5 ft 8 in)Batu Pahat
MartiniqueNathaly Peters[17]19175 cm (5 ft 9 in)Fort de France
MexicoAnagabriela Espinoza[18]21180 cm (5 ft 11 in)Monterrey
MoldovaCatalina Stascu[19]18173 cm (5 ft 8 in)Chişinău
MongoliaBadamgerel Khurelbaatar19178 cm (5 ft 10 in)Ulaanbaatar
NetherlandsRoline Hund20174 cm (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)Almere
NicaraguaSlilma Ulloa23168 cm (5 ft 6 in)Matagalpa
Northern Mariana IslandsSorene Maratita19163 cm (5 ft 4 in)Saipan
NorwayBeatrice Delås[20]18175 cm (5 ft 9 in)Sellebakk
PanamaJoyce Jacobi21170 cm (5 ft 7 in)David
ParaguayRomina Bogado[21]25175 cm (5 ft 9 in)Asunción
PeruAlejandra Pezet[15]20176 cm (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)Lima
PhilippinesMelody Gersbach † [22][23]23175 cm (5 ft 9 in)Daraga
PolandAngelika Jakubowska20176 cm (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)Lubań
Puerto RicoMónica Pastrana[24]20178 cm (5 ft 10 in)Manatí
RomaniaIuliana Capsuc[19]20174 cm (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)Bucharest
RussiaKsenia Hrabovskaya18176 cm (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)Khabarovsk
SingaporeAnnabelle Liang23169 cm (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in)Singapore
SlovakiaSoňa Skoncová[25]22174 cm (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)Prievidza
South AfricaBokang Montjane23174 cm (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)Johannesburg
South KoreaSeo Eun-mi22175 cm (5 ft 9 in)Seoul
SpainMelania Santiago[26]21174 cm (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)Málaga
SudanSuna William[27]23168 cm (5 ft 6 in)Darfur
TaiwanYi Chih Chen[15]22168 cm (5 ft 6 in)Taipei
TanzaniaIlluminata James24176 cm (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)Mwanza
ThailandPicha Nampradit23178 cm (5 ft 10 in)Kanchanaburi
TurkeyBegüm Yılmaz21180 cm (5 ft 11 in)İzmir
UgandaPierra Akwero22177 cm (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)Entebbe
United KingdomChloe-Beth Morgan23171 cm (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)Cwmbran
United StatesAileen Jan Yap21170 cm (5 ft 7 in)Houston
VenezuelaLaksmi Rodríguez24178 cm (5 ft 10 in)San Cristóbal
VietnamTrần Thị Quỳnh[15]24175 cm (5 ft 9 in)Hai Phong

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