Miss Universe 2002

Miss Universe 2002
Date	May 29, 2002
Presenters	Phil Simms, Daisy Fuentes and Brook Lee
Entertainment	Marc Anthony
Venue	Roberto Clemente Coliseo, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Broadcaster	CBS
Entrants	75
Placements	10
Debuts	Albania, China
Withdraws	Argentina, Botswana, Indonesia, Lebanon, Malta, New Zealand, Paraguay, Taiwan, Turks & Caicos, St Martin, Zimbabwe
Returns	Australia, Guyana, Kenya, Mauritius, Namibia
Winner	Oxana Fedorova  Russia (dethroned) Justine Pasek  Panama (successor)
Congeniality	Merlisa George US Virgin Islands
Best National Costume	Vanessa Mendoza  Colombia
Photogenic	Isis Casalduc  Puerto Rico

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results.

Miss Universe 2002, the 51st edition of the Miss Universe pageant, was held in Coliseo Roberto Clemente, San Juan, Puerto Rico on May 29, 2002. There were 75 delegates from around the world who competed for the title Miss Universe 2002. Oxana Fedorova of Russia was crowned Miss Universe 2002 by Miss Universe 2001, Denise Quiñones of Puerto Rico. Fedorova was dethroned four months later^[1] and first runner-up Justine Pasek of Panama took over the Miss Universe title. This was the last Miss Universe show to be aired on CBS before being transferred to NBC.

Results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss Universe 2002	Russia - Oxana Fedorova (dethroned)
1st runner-up	Panama - Justine Pasek (successor)
2nd runner-up	China - Zhuo Ling
3rd runner-up	South Africa - Vanessa Carreira
4th runner-up	Venezuela - Cynthia Lander
Top 10	Germany - Natascha Börger  Cyprus - Demetra Eleftheriou  Albania - Anisa Kospiri  India - Neha Dhupia  Canada - Neelam Verma

Semifinal Scores

Country Ev. Gown Swimsuit Average  Russia 9.64 (1) 9.88 (1) 9.760 (1)  Venezuela 8.83 (5) 9.29 (2) 9.060 (2)  China 9.15 (2) 8.88 (5) 9.015 (3)  Panama 8.92 (3) 8.79 (7) 8.855 (4)  South Africa 8.79 (6) 8.90 (4) 8.845 (5)  Germany 8.84 (4) 8.81 (6) 8.825 (6)  Cyprus 8.49 (8) 9.15 (3) 8.820 (7)  Albania 8.51 (7) 8.34 (8) 8.425 (8)  India 8.10 (10) 8.32 (9) 8.210 (9)  Canada 8.39 (9) 7.99 (10) 8.190 (10)

Winner      First Runner-up      Second Runner-up      Third Runner-up      Fourth Runner-up      Top 10 Semifinalist (#) Rank in each round of competition

Special Awards

Award	Contestant
Best National Costume	Colombia - Vanessa Mendoza  Puerto Rico - Isis Casalduc  Dominican Republic - Ruth Ocumarez
Miss Congeniality	U.S. Virgin Islands - Merlisa George
Miss Photogenic	Puerto Rico - Isis Casalduc
Bluepoint Best in Swimsuit	Russia - Oxana Fedorova

Background Music

• Swimsuit Competition: "Would You...?" by Touch and Go
• Evening Gown Competition: "Dancing with The Muse" by Chris Spheeris

Judges

Telecast Judges

• Nicole Miller - American fashion designer
• Marshall Faulk - American football player
• Oswald Mendez - "The Amazing Race 2" participant
• Amir - Fashion designer
• Tatjana Patitz - Supermodel
• Tyrese - American entertainer
• Yue-Sai Kan Chinese T.V. Personality and businesswoman
• Christopher McDonald - American actor
• Marisol Malaret - Miss Universe 1970
• Ethan Zohn - "Survivor 3 (Africa)" winner

Contestants

Albania - Anisa Kospiri  Angola - Giovana Leite  Antigua & Barbuda - Aisha Ralph  Aruba - Deyanira Frank  Australia - Sarah Davies  Bahamas - Nadia Albury  Belgium - Ann van Elsen  Bolivia - Paola Coimbra  Brazil - Josiane Oliveira  British Virgin Islands - Anastasia Tonge  Bulgaria - Elina Georgirva  Canada - Neelam Verma  Cayman Islands - Shannon McLean  Chile - Nicole Rencoret Ladrón de Guevara  China - Zhuo Ling  Colombia - Vanessa Mendoza  Costa Rica - Merilyn Villalta  Croatia - Ivana Paris  Curaçao - Ayanette Statia  Cyprus - Demetra Eleftheriou  Czech Republic - Diana Kobzanova  Dominican Republic - Ruth Ocumarez  Ecuador - Isabel Ontaneda-Pinto  Egypt - Sally Shaheen  El Salvador - Elisa Sandoval  Estonia - Jana Tafenau  Finland - Janette Broman  France - Sylvie Tellier  Germany - Natascha Börger  Ghana - Stephanie Walkins-Fia  Greece - Lena Paparigopoulou  Guatemala - Carina Velasquez  Guyana - Mia Rahaman  Honduras - Erika Ramirez  Hungary - Edit Friedl  India - Neha Dhupia  Ireland - Lisa O'Sullivan  Israel - Yamit Har-Noy

Italy - Anna Rigon  Jamaica - Sanya Hughes  Japan - Mina Chiba  Kenya - Julie Njeru  Korea - Kim Min-kyoung  Malaysia - Karen Lit Eit Ang  Mauritius - Karen Alexandre  Mexico - Ericka Cruz  Namibia - Michelle Heitha  Netherlands - Kim Kötter  Nicaragua - Marianela Larayu Mendoza  Nigeria - Chinenye Ochuba  Northern Marianas - Virginia Gridley  Norway - Hege Hatlo  Panama - Justine Pasek  Peru - Adriana Zubiate  Philippines - Karen Loren Agustín  Poland - Joanna Dozdrowska  Portugal - Iva Catarina Lamarao  Puerto Rico - Isis Casalduc  Russia - Oxana Fedorova  Singapore - Nuraliza Osman  Slovak Republic - Eva Dzodlova  Slovenia - Iris Mulej  South Africa - Vanessa Carreira  Spain - Vania Millan  Sweden - Malou Hansson  Switzerland - Jennifer Ann Gerber  Thailand - Janjira Janchome  Trinidad & Tobago - Nasma Mohammed  Turkey - Cagla Kubat  Ukraine - Liliana Gorova  Uruguay - Fiorella Fleitas  USA - Shauntay Hinton  U.S. Virgin Islands - Merlisa George  Venezuela - Cynthia Lander  Yugoslavia - Sladjana Bozovic

National competitions

Debut

•  Albania sent its first ever delegate, Anisa Kospiri. She placed in the Top 10, finishing eighth overall.
•  China sent its first ever delegate, Zhuo Ling. She finished second runner-up.

Withdraws

•  Argentina
•  Botswana
•  Lebanon
•  Malta
•  New Zealand
•  Paraguay
•  Chinese Taipei
•  Zimbabwe

Returns

•  Kenya which last competed in 1995.
•  Guyana which last competed in 1999.
•  Australia which last competed in 2000.
•  Namibia which last competed in 2000.

Contestant notes

• The Parade of Nations was conducted outdoors in the streets of Old San Juan for the first time and the delegates all wore their national costumes. This format of the parade would continue until 2005, although from 2003-2005, the delegates did not wear their national costumes during the parade.
• Albania and the People's Republic of China debuted at this year's pageant, and both also made it to the semi-finals for the first time.
• Cyprus placed in the semi-finals for the first time.
• Russia, Venezuela, and India also placed in the semi-finals in 2001.
• Germany last placed in the semi-finals in 1989, Panama in 1997, and both South Africa and Canada in 2000.
• Vania Millan Miras of Spain won the Miss Spain 2002 title, but was a replacement of Lorena Van Heerde Ayala, the winner of the Miss Spain 2001 pageant.
• Seven delegates withdrew from the Miss Universe 2002 pageant. They were: Karen Russell (Belize), Angelina Sondakh (Indonesia), Christina Sawaya (Lebanon), Loredana Zammit (Malta), María Gabriela Riquelme Escuna (Paraguay), Bernice Gumbs (St. Maarten) and Euwonka Selver (Turks and Caicos). Sawaya of Lebanon would go on and claim the Miss International crown in the latter part of the year.
• Sarah Davies of Australia went on to compete in Miss World 2004 in Sanya, China. She finished as 5th runner up in Miss World 2004.
• Christina Sawaya from Lebanon withdrew because she did not want to compete in the same pageant with Miss Israel
• For the third time in the history of Miss Universe, Miss USA failed to place.
• Natascha Börger of Germany would go on to win the Top Model of the World 2002 pageant in Germany. She would also go on to win the Miss Baltic Sea 2003 pageant in Finland.

International Broadcasters

These are some of the networks outside the United States (telecasted on CBS at the time) that showed the 2002 Miss Universe pageant live (or recorded earlier) in their respective countries and territories:

Albania: RTV21  Australia: Seven Network  Austria: TW1  Argentina: América 2  Bahamas: ZNS-TV  Bermuda: ZBM-TV  Belgium: Star!  Bolivia: Unitel  Bulgaria: BNT 1  Canada: CBC Television  China: CCTV-1  Colombia: RCN TV  Costa Rica: Teletica  Cyprus: Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation  Denmark: Star! Scandinavia and Showtime Scandinavia  Dominican Republic: Color Vision  Ecuador: Gama TV (Spanish)  Egypt: MBC3  El Salvador: TCS  Estonia: Star! and Viasat Baltics  Finland: MTV3, Star! Scandinavia and Showtime Scandinavia  France: Paris Première  Germany: Das Vierte (German)  Greece: ANT1  Honduras: Canal 11  Hong Kong: TVB Pearl  Hungary: m1  Iceland: Star! Scandinavia and Showtime Scandinavia  India: DD National  Indonesia: Indosiar (Indonesian)  Ireland: RTE One  Israel: Arutz 2  Italy: Stream  Jamaica: Ination TV  Japan: Fox Channel

South Korea: KBS1  Latvia: Star! and Viasat Baltics  Lebanon: LBC and MBC3  Malaysia: TV1  Republic of Malta: TVM  Mexico: Televisa  Namibia: NBC  Netherlands: Star!  Nicaragua: Televicentro  Norway: TV2  Panama: Telemetro  Peru: ATV  Philippines: RPN 9  Poland: TVP2  Portugal: RTP1  Puerto Rico (host country): Univision  Romania: TVR1  Russia: C1R (Russian)  Singapore: MediaCorp TV Channel 5  Spain: TVE1  Serbia: RTS  Sweden: Star! Scandinavia and Showtime Scandinavia  Switzerland: SF 1  Taiwan R.O.C.: CTS  Thailand: Channel 7 (Thailand) (Thai)  Trinidad and Tobago: CCN TV6  Turkey: NTV  United Arab Emirates: MBC3  United Kingdom: BBC One  Ukraine: UT1  United States: CBS  Venezuela: Venevisión  Vietnam: VTV1 (Vietnamese)

References

1. ^ "New Miss Universe Crowned". CNN. September 24, 2002. http://edition.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0209/24/lol.06.html. Retrieved 10-5-2010.