Miss International 2010

Miss International 2010
Chengdu - The Host of Miss International 2010
Date	November 7, 2010[1]
Presenters	Yuan Li, Colin Ken Bennett, Anagabriela Espinoza
Venue	Sichuan Province Gymnasium, Chengdu, China
Broadcaster	CDTV-1
Entrants	70
Placements	15
Debuts	Lithuania, Mauritius
Withdraws	Argentina, Cuba, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Gabon, Honduras, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Northern Marianas, Romania, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda
Returns	Chile, Costa Rica, Denmark, Guam, Guatemala, Hawaii, Italy, Jamaica, Kenya, Nepal, New Zealand, Serbia, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Tahiti
Winner	Elizabeth Mosquera  Venezuela
Congeniality	Zukhriatul Hafizah  Indonesia
Best National Costume	Lílian Lopes  Brazil
Photogenic	Gabriela Palacio  Mexico

Miss International 2010, the 50th Miss International pageant, was held at Sichuan Province Gymnasium in Chengdu, China on November 7, 2010.^[1]

Seventy contestants competed for the title, the highest turnout in 50 years of history. The contestants arrived in Shanghai on October 20 and 21, traveled to Chengdu on October 22 and returned to Shanghai after the finals.

Miss International 2009, Anagabriela Espinoza of Mexico crowned her successor, Elizabeth Mosquera of Venezuela, at the end of the event.

Results

Miss International 2010 participating countries and territories and results.

Placements

Final Results	Contestant
Miss International 2010	Venezuela - Elizabeth Mosquera
1st Runner-up	Thailand - Piyaporn Deejing
2nd Runner-up	China - Yuan Siyi
Top 15	Costa Rica - Mariela Aparicio  France - Florima Treiber  Germany - Johanna Acs  India - Neha Hinge  Japan - Etsuko Kanagae  Korea - Ko Hyeon-yeong  Peru - Laura Spoya  Philippines - Krista Arrieta Kleiner  Puerto Rico - Aideliz Hidalgo  Serbia - Anja Šaranović  Spain - Desirée Panal  Turkey - Dilay Korkmaz

Special awards

Award	Contestant
Miss Friendship	Indonesia - Zukhriatul Hafizah
Miss Photogenic	Mexico - Gabriela Palacio Díaz
Miss Talent	Philippines - Krista Arrieta Kleiner
Best National Costume	Brazil - Lílian Lopes Pereira
Miss Internet Popularity	China - Yuan Siyi
Miss Garden Hotel	Ukraine - Inna Bezobchuk
Miss Goodwill Ambassador	Mauritius - Anaïs Veerapatren
Miss Active	Mongolia - Badamtsetseg Batmunkh
Miss Expressive	Philippines - Krista Arrieta Kleiner
Miss Elegance	Japan - Etsuko Kanagae
Best Figure	Lithuania - Enrika Trepkute

Contestants

Country	Contestant	Age	Height	Hometown
Aruba	Ivana Werleman	22	1.69 m (5 ft 6 1⁄2 in)	Santa Cruz
Australia	Charlotte Mastin	19	1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)	Maitland
Bahamas	Carlrita Robinson	19	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	Nassau
Belarus	Darya Saladukha	21	1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)	Minsk
Belgium	Claudia Scheelen	24	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Tremelo
Bolivia	Ximena Vargas	24	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Santa Cruz
Brazil	Lílian Lopes Pereira	19	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Manaus
Canada	Katie Starke	20	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Uxbridge
Chile	Tanya Del Solar Prussing	24	1.66 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in)	Santiago
China	Yuan Siyi	20	1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)	Huangshi
Chinese Taipei	Chen Yi-Wen	22	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Taipei
Colombia	Viviana Gómez[2]	22	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Yotoco
Costa Rica	Mariela Aparicio	23	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	San Isidro del General
Czech Republic	Lucie Smatanová	24	1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)	Kochánky
Denmark	Nadia Pederson	20	1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)	Copenhagen
Dominican Republic	Sofinel Báez	20	1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)	Nagua
Ecuador	Andrea Suárez[3]	24	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Loja
Finland	Susanna Turja	21	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Helsinki
France	Florima Treiber	23	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Colmar
Georgia	Tamar Pilishvili	20	1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)	Tbilisi
Germany	Johanna Acs	18	1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)	Eschweiler
Greece	Maria Tsagkaraki	21	1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)	Heraklion
Guadeloupe	Amandine Coowar	20	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Saint-Claude
Guam	Lalaine Mercado	21	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	Dededo
Guatemala	Claudia Garcia	21	1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)	Chimaltenango
Hawaii	Leilani Marie Soon	25	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	Honolulu
Hong Kong	Crystal Li	24	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)	Hong Kong
India	Neha Hinge[4]	24	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Dewas
Indonesia	Zukhriatul Hafizah	23	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Padang
Italy	Veronica Iafelice	20	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Bologna
Jamaica	Lesa-gayle Wee Tom	21	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	Kingston
Japan	Etsuko Kanagae	24	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Osaka
Kenya	Fiona Konchellah	21	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Nairobi
Korea	Ko Hyeon-yeong	21	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Busan
Latvia	Annija Alvatere	20	1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)	Riga
Lebanon	Daniella Rahme	20	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Sydney
Lithuania	Enrika Trepkute	23	1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)	Šiauliai
Macau	Mandy Ye	22	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Macau
Malaysia	Chuah Shee Peng	24	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Kuala Lumpur
Martinique	Yasmina Varsovie	19	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Fort de France
Mauritius	Anaïs Veerapatren	24	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Curepipe
Mexico	Gabriela Palacio Díaz[5]	21	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Aguascalientes
Mongolia	Badamtsetseg Batmunkh	18	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Ulaanbataar
Nepal	Sanykuta Timalsena	19	1.67 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in)	Kathmandu
Netherlands	Jorien Harst	26	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	Amsterdam
New Zealand	Ina Ivanova	24	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Auckland
Nicaragua	Indira Rojas	24	1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)	Rivas
Norway	Marion Dyrvik	21	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Eidsdal
Panama	Michelle Ostler	23	1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)	Panama City
Paraguay	María José Paredes	20	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Ciudad del Este
Peru	Laura Spoya	19	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Lima
Philippines	Krista Arrieta Kleiner	21	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Manila
Poland	Zaneta Sitko	23	1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)	Koszalin
Puerto Rico	Aideliz Hidalgo	24	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Santurce
Russia	Anna Danilova	21	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Moscow
Serbia	Anja Šaranović	21	1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)	Vrnjačka Banja
Singapore	Tan Yong Ying	22	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Singapore
Slovak Republic	Tatiana Kohutova	18	1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)	Zvolen
South Africa	Matapa Maila	25	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Polokwane
Spain	Desirée Panal	20	1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)	Jeréz de la Frontera
Sri Lanka	Ornella Gunesekere	18	1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)	Colombo
Sweden	Cecilia Ragnarsson	24	1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)	Uppsala
Tahiti	Tehani Maono	23	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Moorea
Thailand	Piyaporn Deejing	22	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Nakhon Ratchasima
Turkey	Dilay Korkmaz	20	1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)	Ankara
Ukraine	Inna Bezobchuk	24	1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)	Kiev
United Kingdom	Katharine Brown	23	1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)	Dunblane
USA	Casandra Tressler	25	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Damascus
Venezuela	Elizabeth Mosquera[6]	19	1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)	Maracaibo
Vietnam	Chung Thục Quyên	23	1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)	Ho Chi Minh City

National pageant notes

Debuts

Lithuania

Mauritius

Returning countries and territories

Last competed in 1989:  Jamaica Last competed in 1995:  Denmark Last competed in 2000:  Guam  Tahiti

Last competed in 2005:  Nepal Last competed in 2006:  Kenya Last competed in 2007:  Chile  Costa Rica

Last competed in 2008:  Guatemala  Hawaii  Italy  New Zealand  Serbia  Sri Lanka  Sweden  Ukraine

Withdraws

Argentina  Cuba  El Salvador  Ethiopia  Gabon

Honduras  Kyrgyzstan  Moldova  Northern Marianas

Romania  Sudan  Tanzania  Uganda

Crossovers

Contestants who previously competed at other beauty pageants or are expected to:

Miss Universe 2011  Serbia : Anja Šaranović Miss World 2011  Mexico : Gabriela Palacio Miss Supranational 2011  Dominican Republic : Sofinel Baez (Top 15) Miss Universe 2009  Mauritius : Anaïs Veerapatren Miss World 2009  Denmark: Nadia Pederson  Kenya: Fiona Konchellah  Mauritius: Anaïs Veerapatren  Scotland: Katharine Brown Miss Earth 2008  Thailand: Piyaporn Deejing (Top 16)  South Africa: Matapa Maila Miss Earth 2009  Chinese Taipei: Chen Yi-Wen Miss Asia Pacific World 2011  France: Florima Treiber (Winner) Miss Intercontinental 2009  Singapore: Tan Yong Ying Miss Supranational 2010  Latvia: Annija Alvatere Miss Supranational 2009  Vietnam: Chung Thục Quyên (Top 15) Miss Tourism Queen International 2008  Vietnam: Chung Thục Quyên Miss Tourism International 2009  Bolivia: Ximena Vargas Miss Friendship International 2010  Australia: Charlotte Mastin Top Model of The World 2010  Sweden : Cecilia Ragnarsson (Top 15)

Miss Model of the World 2007  Malaysia: Chuah Shee Peng Miss Model of the World 2009  Poland: Zaneta Sitko (Top 30) Miss European Union 2005  Poland: Zaneta Sitko (1st runner-up) International Model of the Year 2007  Malaysia: Chuah Shee Peng Reina Mundial del Banano 2010  Peru: Laura Spoya (1st runner-up) Reina Hispanoamericana 2009  Nicaragua: Indira Rojas Reina Hispanoamericana 2010  Panama: Michelle Ostler Miss Continente Americano 2010  Colombia: Leydi Viviana Gomez (Top 6 - Finalist)  Paraguay: María José Paredes Reinado Internacional del Café 2010  Venezuela: Elizabeth Mosquera (3rd Runner up) Reinado Mundial de la Piña  Nicaragua: Indira Rojas (1st Runner up) Reina del Azucar 2009  Nicaragua: Indira Rojas (Winner) Miss Piel Dorada Internacional 2010  Chile: Tanya Del Solar (Winner) Miss USA 2008  USA: Casandra Tressler (Miss Maryland USA 2008) Nuestra Belleza Latina 2008  Puerto Rico: Aideliz Hidalgo (9th Place) World Miss University 2006  New Zealand: Ina Ivanova

Historical significance

• Venezuela wins its sixth Miss International title.
• Serbia placed for the first time.
• Japan placed for eighteenth consecutive year.
• Venezuela placed for sixth consecutive year.
• Spain placed for fifth consecutive year.
• Philippines placed for third consecutive year.
• Countries that were also in the semi finals last year were: Korea, Japan, Philippines, Spain and Venezuela.
• Costa Rica last placed in 1988.
• Germany last placed in 2004.
• France and Peru last placed in 2005.
• India and Thailand last placed in 2006.
• China, Puerto Rico and Turkey last placed in 2008.

References

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External links

• Official Site