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Miss International 2009 
Miss International 2009 titlecardDate November 28, 2009 Presenters Liu Yi Wei, Li Ai Venue Sichuan International Tennis Center, Chengdu, Sichuan, China Broadcaster CDTV-2 Entrants 65[1] Placements 15 Debuts Cuba, Gabon, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Uganda Withdraws Guatemala, Hawaii, Italy, Liberia, New Zealand, Republic of Congo, Serbia, Suriname, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Tanzania, Ukraine, Zambia Returns Honduras, Martinique, Moldova, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Northern Marianas, Romania, South Africa, Sudan Winner Anagabriela Espinoza
MexicoCongeniality Wang Qian
ChinaBest National Costume Kenia Andrade
HondurasPhotogenic Seo Eun-mi
Korea
Countries and territories which sent delegates and results.
Miss International 2009, the 49th Miss International pageant, was held at the Sichuan International Tennis Center, Chengdu, Sichuan, China on November 28, 2009.[2] The pageant was originally scheduled to be held at The Venetian Macao in Macau on November 7, 2009, but the host committee backed out.[3] 66 contestants competed for the coveted title. Alejandra Andreu of Spain crowned Anagabriela Espinoza of Mexico as the new titleholder.
Contents
Results
Placements
Final Results Contestant Miss International 2009 1st Runner-up - Korea - Seo Eun-mi
2nd Runner-up Semi-finalists 
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
Special awards[4]
Award Contestant Miss Friendship - China - Wang Qian
Miss Photogenic - Korea - Seo Eun-mi
Best National Costume - Honduras - Kenia Andrade
Miss Mobile Beauty 
USA - Aileen Jan Yap
Miss Internet Beauty 
Moldova - Catalina Stascu
Miss Philanthropy - Moldova - Catalina Stascu
Miss Congeniality - Japan - Yuka Nakayama
Miss Charm 
Hong Kong - Germaine Li
Miss Chengdu Glamor Miss Vitality 
Russia - Ksenia Hrabovskaya
NOTE - The male host who spoke in Chinese announced Moldova won both two awards, but the female host mistaken announced "No. 40 to No. 14" twice in English. Cuba (No.14) mistaken awarded as Miss Philanthropy, when Moldova (No. 40) only awarded as Miss Internet Beauty at the telecast.
Historical significance
- Mexico won its second crown in just 2 years since Priscilla Perales won Miss International 2007.
- Korea finished as 1st runner-up and won Miss Photogenic since it did in 2000.
- United Kingdom finished its highest (2nd runner-up) in the pageant history.
- Japan placed for the 17th consecutive times.
- Venezuela placed for the 5th consecutive time tying the record of The Philippines (1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 & 1998).
- Spain placed for the 4th consecutive times.
- Japan, Philippines, Spain and Venezuela also placed last year.
- Cuba participated and placed for the first time.
- Belarus, Korea and Mexico last placed in 2007.
- Dominican Republic and Panama last placed in 2006.
- Brazil and Finland last placed in 2005.
- United Kingdom last placed in 2004.
- Canada last placed in 2000.
- Belgium last placed in 1993.
- China won its first ever Miss Friendship award.
- Korea won its 4th Miss Photogenic award.
- Honduras won its first ever Best National Costume award.
The finals
During the 3 hours live telecast on CDTV-2, the contestants showed their national costume, swimsuit, evening gown and the Chinese traditional Qipao. After interviewed with Top 15 finalists, the contestants performed a Chinese song "I Love This City" together. The 5 special awards presented first, followed by the 2 runners-up and the winner of the 49th annual Miss International Beauty Pageant.
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.[5]
Contestants[6][7]
Country Contestant Age Height
(cm)Height
(ft)Hometown 
ArgentinaMaría Mercedes Viaña 19 174 5'8.5" Santiago del Estero 
ArubaChristina Trejo 21 175 5'9" Companashi 
AustraliaKelly Louise Macguire 23 174 5'8.5" Sydney 
BahamasAisha Delaney 21 178 5'10" Nassau BelarusYana Supranovich 21 180 5'11" Minsk BelgiumCassandra D'Ermilio[8] 21 175 5'9" Quaregnon 
BoliviaLaura Olivera[9][10] 18 173 5'8" Yacuiba BrazilRayanne Morais[11] 21 174 5'8.5" Divinópolis CanadaChanel Beckenlehner 21 173 5'8" Toronto ChinaWang Qian 19 171 5'7.5" Chengdu 
Chinese TaipeiYi Chih Chen[12] 22 168 5'6" Taipei 
ColombiaLina Mosquera[13] 20 180 5'11" Quibdó CubaPatricia Rosales[14] 23 179 5'10.5" Niquero 
Czech RepublicDarja Jacukevičová 22 180 5'11" Veselí nad Moravou Dominican RepublicVictoria Fernández[15][16] 22 178 5'10" Santiago 
EcuadorIsabella Chiriboga[17] 20 174 5'8.5" Quito 
El SalvadorVanessa Hueck[18] 22 178 5'10" San Salvador 
EthiopiaRahel Woldekirkos 24 178 5'10" Addis Ababa FinlandLinda Wikstedt 20 174 5'8.5" Helsinki 
FranceMathilde Muller[19] 20 176 5'9.5" Valence 
GabonCynthia Mobumba[20] 22 172 5'8" Ngounié 
GeorgiaMaria Sarchimelia 25 174 5'8.5" Tbilisi 
GermanyValora Roucek 19 168 5'6" Cologne 
GreeceDiana Igropoulou[21] 19 177 5'9.5" Athens 
GuadeloupeJoelle Clamy[22] 25 184 6'0.5" Petit-Canal HondurasKenia Andrade 23 170 5'7" Los Angeles Hong KongGermaine Li[23] 22 168 5'6" Hong Kong 
IndiaHarshita Saxena[24] 22 175 5'9" Goa 
IndonesiaAyu Diandra Sari[25] 21 175 5'9" Denpasar JapanYuka Nakayama[26] 19 173 5'8" Fukuoka KoreaSeo Eun-mi 22 175 5'9" Seoul 
KyrgyzstanAltynai Ismankulova[27] 21 170 5'7" Bishkek 
LatviaAnda Pudule 22 173 5'8" Riga 
LebanonSarah Mansour[28][29] 20 174 5'8.5" Beirut 
MacauYvonne Yang 21 179 5'10.5" Macau 
MalaysiaTay Tze Juan 20 173 5'8" Batu Pahat 
MartiniqueNathaly Peters[30] 19 175 5'9" Fort de France MexicoAnagabriela Espinoza[31] 21 180 5'11" Monterrey MoldovaCatalina Stascu[32] 18 173 5'8" Chişinău 
MongoliaBadamgerel Khurelbaatar 19 178 5'10" Ulaan Baatar 
NetherlandsRoline Hund 20 174 5'8.5" Almere 
NicaraguaSlilma Ulloa 23 168 5'6" Matagalpa 
Northern MarianasSorene Maratita[33] 19 163 5'4" Saipan 
NorwayBeatrice Delås[34] 18 175 5'9" Sellebakk PanamaJoyce Jacobi 21 170 5'7" David 
ParaguayRomina Bogado[35] 25 175 5'9" Asunción 
PeruAlejandra Pezet[36] 20 176 5'9.5" Lima PhilippinesMelody Gersbach † [37][38] 23 175 5'7" Daraga 
PolandAngelika Jakubowska 20 176 5'9.5" Lubań 
Puerto RicoMónica Pastrana[39] 20 178 5'10" Manatí 
RomaniaIuliana Capsuc[40] 20 174 5'8.5" Bucharest RussiaKsenia Hrabovskaya 18 176 5'9.5" Khabarovsk 
SingaporeAnnabelle Liang 23 169 5'6.5" Singapore 
SlovakiaSoňa Skoncová[41] 22 174 5'8.5" Prievidza 
South AfricaBokang Montjane 23 174 5'8.5" Johannesburg SpainMelania Santiago[42] 21 174 5'8.5" Málaga 
SudanSuna William[43] 23 168 5'6" Darfur 
TanzaniaIlluminata James 24 176 5'9.5" Mwanza 
ThailandPicha Nampradit 23 178 5'10" Kanchanaburi 
TurkeyBegüm Yılmaz 21 180 5'11" Izmir 
UgandaPierra Akwero 22 177 5'9.5" Entebbe 
United KingdomChloe-Beth Morgan[44] 23 171 5'7.5" Cwmbran USAAileen Jan Yap 21 170 5'6" Houston VenezuelaLaksmi Rodríguez 24 178 5'10" Caracas 
VietnamTrần Thị Quỳnh[45] 24 175 5'9" Hai Phong National Pageant Notes
Debuts
Returning countries and territories
- South Africa last competed in 2000.
- Netherlands last competed in 2001.
- Moldova last competed in 2002.
- Romania last competed in 2004.
- Nicaragua last competed in 2005.
- Martinique, Northern Marianas and Sudan last competed in 2006.
- Honduras last competed in 2007.
Withdrawals
Countries who competed last year but not this year.
Contestant withdrew due to compete at Miss World 2009.
Suriname: Zoureena Rijger
Contestants who were confirmed initially but were deleted from the roster of delegates 10 days after the pageant started.
Guam: Clarissa Damian
Guatemala: Angélica Guevara
Italy: Ludovica Caramis
Kenya: Diana Nikoye
Ukraine: Dariya Ovcharova
Contestants who withdrew due to visa problems.
Costa Rica: Jennifer Rodriguez
Nigeria: Tyme Mbaebie Mba
Replacements
- Bahamas: Amanda Appleyard
- Chinese Taipei: Wang Hsuan-Chi
- Honduras: Irlia Jhonson
- Macau: Sarah Leyshan replaced by another due to her complicated nationality problem.
- Mexico: Laura Zúñiga gave up her reign as Miss Mexico International and was dethroned as Reina Hispanoamericana 2008.
- Peru: Leslie Bejarano
- Puerto Rico: Amanda Díaz
- Tanzania: Hidaya Maheda
- Vietnam: Phan Nhu Thao
Crossovers
- South Africa - Bokang Montjane
- United Kingdom - Chloe-Beth Morgan
- South Africa - Bokang Montjane (Top 7)
- Finland - Linda Wikstedt
- Mexico - Anagabriela Espinoza (Top 15)
- United Kingdom - Chloe-Beth Morgan
- Australia - Kelly Louise Maguire
- Honduras - Kenia Andrade
- South Africa - Bokang Montjane (Top 16)
- Miss Tourism Queen International 2008
- Kyrgyzstan - Altynai Ismankulova
- Kyrgyzstan - Altynai Ismankulova
- Georgia - Maria Sarchimelia
- Kyrgyzstan - Altynai Ismankulova
- USA - Aileen Jan Yap
- World Miss University 2007
- Brazil - Rayanne Morais (3rd runner-up)
- Miss Interamericana 2009
- Brazil - Rayanne Morais (Winner)
- Reinado Internacional del Café 2009
- Canada - Chanel Beckenlehner (Top 10)
- Colombia - Lina Mosquera (Winner)
- Reina Hispanoamericana 2009
- Colombia - Lina Mosquera (Top 7)
- Reina Hispanoamericana 2007
- Nicaragua - Slilma Ulloa
- Miss Friendship International 2009
- Georgia - Maria Sarchimelia
- Kyrgyzstan - Altynai Ismankulova
- Uganda - Pierra Akwero
- Nicaragua - Slilma Ulloa
- Puerto Rico - Mónica Pastrana (7th placed)
- Miss Vietnam Sport 2007
- Vietnam - Trần Thị Quỳnh (Winner)
External links
References
- ^ http://www.globalbeauties.com/international/2009/?p=676
- ^ 2009 Miss International World Pageant: Second press conference held in Chengdu
- ^ FilAm crowned Miss US International 2009
- ^ http://www.pageantopolis.com/international/Int_2009.htm
- ^ 65 contestants compete the grand final
- ^ Miss International 2009 : Official Contestants
- ^ http://www.cdtv.cn/cdtv_zhuanti/zjs/
- ^ Miss Belgium International 2009
- ^ El Deber - Laura Olivera asistirá al certamen Miss Internacional en 2009
- ^ Charmpress - Miss Dominican Republic International Pageant 2009
- ^ Miss Brazil Universe 2009
- ^ http://www.miss-international.org/news/2009prof_e.html
- ^ "La Señorita Cauca es la nueva dueña de la Corona". Canal RCN. http://www.canalrcn.com/concursoNacionalDeBelleza. Retrieved 2008-11-18.
- ^ Miss Cuba International 2009
- ^ Global Beauties - Reina Nacional de la Belleza 2008
- ^ Charmpress - Miss Dominican Republic International Pageant 2009
- ^ Miss Ecuador International 2009
- ^ [1]
- ^ [2]
- ^ http://grandslampageants.com/news_08dec.php
- ^ Star Hellas 2009
- ^ Miss International Guadeloupe 2009
- ^ - Miss Hong Kong 1st Runner-up 2009 Germaine Li's Blog
- ^ [3]
- ^ - Bali’s Dea to represent Indonesia Internationally
- ^ 「2009 ミス・インターナショナル」の日本代表に中山由香さんを選出 | エンタテインメント | マイコミジャーナル
- ^ http://www.missfriendshipinternational.com/ct/kyrgyzstan.htm
- ^ http://www.miss-international.org/news/2009prof_e.html
- ^ Brazilian is elected Miss Immigrant in Lebanon
- ^ Martinique Queens 2009 - Les Résultats
- ^ [4]
- ^ http://www.presidentmodels.ro/index.php?p=news
- ^ Global Beauties - Miss Marianas Universe 2009
- ^ - Miss Norway 2008
- ^ Miss Paraguay 2009
- ^ http://www.miss-international.org/news/2009prof_e.html
- ^ http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/regions/08/21/10/bb-pilipinas-titlist-gersbach-2-others-die-camsur-road-crash
- ^ http://today24news.com/entertainment/melody-gersbach-dead-in-road-accident-213332
- ^ Puerto Rico/Mónica Cristina Pastrana
- ^ http://www.presidentmodels.ro/index.php?p=news
- ^ Miss Slovensko 2009 sa stala Barbora Franeková
- ^ CONOCE A LAS SELECCIONADAS PARA REPRESENTAR A ESPAÑA EN LOS CERTÁMENES INTERNACIONALES - 9 September 2009
- ^ http://missinter.cdtv.cn/2009/1106/3777.html
- ^ Miss UK International 2009
- ^ http://www.miss-international.org/news/2009prof_e.html
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