Miss Model of the World 2002

Miss Model of the World 2002
Date	November 18, 2002
Venue	Istanbul, Turkey
Entrants	40
Placements	15
Withdraws	Israel, Pakistan, Puerto Rico, Russia, Tajikistan, Tatarstan
Winner	Amy Yan Wei  China
Congeniality	Courtney Stern  United States
Best National Costume	Kadriye Yilmaz  Turkey
Photogenic	Karelit Conomoto Yépez Morillo  Venezuela

Miss Model of the World 2002, the 15th edition of Miss Model of the World was held in Istanbul, Turkey on November 18, 2002 with. 40 delegates competed for the crown, Amy Yan Wei of China was crowned Miss Model of the World 2002 by outgoing titleholder Catalina Maria Zuluaga Urquijo of Colombia.

Results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss Model of the Worl 2002	China - Amy Yan Wei
1st runner-up	Spain - Marta Gracia Martin
2nd runner-up	Greece - Dimitra Alexandrakaki
3rd runner-up	Czech Republic - Renata Janecková
4th runner-up	Venezuela - Karelit Conomoto Yépez Morillo
Semifinalists	Colombia - Beatriz Juliana Muñoz  Finland - Tiia Maria Kokko  Ghana - Daryan Kodua  Kazakhstan - Olga Isaruk  Philippines - Razell Ramos Anderson  Poland - Monika Angermann  Portugal - Sandra Filipe  Turkey - Kadriye Yilmaz  Ukraine - Yuliya Shevchenko  Uzbekistan - Larissa Mazurina

Special awards

Award	Contestant
Best National Costume	Turkey - Kadriye Yilmaz
Miss Congeniality	USA - Courtney Stern
Miss Photogenic	Venezuela - Karelit Conomoto Yépez Morillo
Miss Press	Hungary - Zsuzsana Taky

Contestants

Belgium Alima Gherdaoui  Bolivia D. Barbosa Diez  Bosnia and Herzegovina Indira Selmic  Brazil Natalia Portes  Bulgaria Valentina Y. Zlatnova  China Yan Wei  Colombia Beatriz J. Munoz  Crimea Olga Raykhert  Czech Republic Renata Janeckova  Denmark Tina Christensen  Estonia Jaanika Odes  Finland Tiia Maria Kokko  France Laetitia S. Duffaux  Georgia Yunna Shapovalova  Germany Katharina Worschech  Ghana Dayan T. Kodua  Greece Dimitra Alexandraki  Holland Linda Van Der Hilst  Hungary Zsussanna Laky  Kazakhstan Olga Isaruk

Kyrgyzstan Margarita Kamanetskaya  Latvia Kristine Bumbure  Lebanon Niveen J. Badawi  Macedonia Kristina Tasevska  Malaysia Qiwei Kong  Malta Clare Micallef  Mexico Vanessa M. Perez  Panama Yuritzy De Beer  Philippines Razel Anderson  Poland Monika Angerman  Portugal Sandra Filipe  Slovakia Sandra Gedelovska  Spain Marta Gracia  Suriname Minamba Maabo  Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus Cemile Coskun  Turkey Kadriye Yilmaz  USA Courtney Stern  Ukraine Julia Shevchenko  Uzbekistan Larissa Mazurina  Venezuela Karelit Yepez

External links

• Miss Model of the World Website