- Miss International 2008
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Miss International 2008 Date November 8, 2008[1] Presenters Eric Tsang, Dodo Cheng, Astrid Chan Entertainment Hacken Lee, Priscilla Chan, Miriam Yeung Venue The Venetian Macao, Macau[1] Broadcaster TVB, TV Tokyo Entrants 63[1] Placements 12[1] Winner Alejandra Andreu[1]
SpainCongeniality Georgina Cisneros[1]
El SalvadorBest National Costume Nuraisa Lispier[1]
ArubaPhotogenic Alejandra Andreu[1]
Spain
Countries and territories which sent delegates and results.
Miss International 2008, the 48th Miss International pageant was held at the Venetian Macao Resort Hotel, Macau on November 8, 2008. 63 contestants from all over the world competed for the crown, marking the biggest turnout in the 48 years of the pageant, surpassing the previous of 61 during last year pageant. Miss International 2007, Priscila Perales of Mexico crowned her successor Alejandra Andreu of Spain as the new Miss International.[2]
Contents
Results
Placements
Final results Contestant Miss International 2008 - Spain - Alejandra Andreu
1st runner-up 2nd runner-up 
Poland - Anna Tarnowska
3rd runner-up 
China - Changwen Liu
4th runner-up 
Czech Republic - Zuzana Putnářová
Semi-finalists 
Ecuador - Jennifer Pazmiño
Japan - Kyoko Sugiyama
Lebanon - Jessica Michelle Kahawaty
Philippines - Patricia Fernandez
Puerto Rico - Miriam Pabón
Turkey - Gülsün Uslu
Venezuela - Dayana Colmenares
Special awards
Award Contestant Best National Costume - Aruba - Nuraisa Lispier
Miss Friendship - El Salvador - Georgina Cisneros
Miss Photogenic - Spain - Alejandra Andreu
Natural Beauty 
Belarus - Tatiana Ryneiskaya
Contestants
Country Contestant Age Height
(cm)Hometown 
ArgentinaYésica Di Vincenzo[3] 20 5'8" Mar del Plata ArubaNuraisa Lispier 23 5'8" San Nicolaas 
AustraliaKristal Hammond 22 5'10" Waroona 
BahamasAmy Knowles[4] 22 5'7" San Salvador Island BelarusTatiana Ryneiskaya 21 5'9" Minsk 
BelgiumCharlotte Van De Vijver 24 5'9" Oost-Vlaanderen 
BoliviaPaula Andrea Peñarrieta 19 5'10" Cochabamba 
BrazilVanessa Vidal 24 5'10" Fortaleza 
CanadaElena Semikina 25 6'1" Toronto ChinaChang Wen Liu 21 5'9" Beijing 
Chinese TaipeiTing Yen Yu 24 5'7" Taipei 
ColombiaMaría Cristina Díaz-Granados[5] 22 5'8" Valledupar Czech RepublicZuzana Putnářová 21 5'11" Ostrava 
Dominican RepublicClaudia Peña[6] 19 5'11" Bonao EcuadorJennifer Pazmiño[7] 20 5'11" Guayaquil El SalvadorGeorgina Cisneros 20 5'7" San Salvador 
EthiopiaNardos Desta 20 5'9" Addis Ababa 
FinlandJaana Taanila 18 5'10" Haukipudas 
FranceVicky Michaud[8] 21 5'6" Paray Le Monial 
GermanyKatja Bondarenko 21 5'9" Niedersachsen 
GreeceSofia Roditi[9] 24 5'9" Athens 
GuadeloupeNancy Karen Fleurival[10] 24 6'2" Abymes 
GuatemalaWendy Alvizurez 19 5'6" Chimaltenango 
HawaiiSerena Karnagy 18 5'5" Honolulu 
Hong KongSire Ma[11] 20 5'3½" Chongqing 
IndiaRadha Bhrahmbhatt 19 5'11" Northwood 
IndonesiaDuma Riris Silalahi 24 5'8" Medan 
ItalyLuna Voce 20 5'9" Crotone JapanKyoko Sugiyama 23 5'9" Kanagawa 
KoreaMin-jeong Kim[12] 19 5'7" Daegu 
LatviaKristina Djadenko 24 5'8" Riga LebanonJessica Michelle Kahawaty 20 5'9" Sydney 
LiberiaTelena Casell 24 5'7" Monrovia 
MacauFlorence Loi[13] 23 5'5" Macau 
MalaysiaZi Wei Tham 23 5'9" Kuala Lumpur 
MexicoLorenza Bernot[14] 19 5'9" Cuernavaca 
MongoliaOchgerel Khulangoo 20 5'9" Ulan Bataar 
New ZealandRhonda Grant 23 5'10" Napier 
NorwayLisa-Mari Moen Jünge 20 5'10" Molde 
PanamaAlejandra Arias 20 5'9" Panama City 
ParaguayRossana Galeano[15] 19 5'7" Eusebio Ayala 
PeruMassiel Vidal 22 5'7" Lima PhilippinesPatricia Fernandez[16] 22 5'6" Quezon City PolandAnna Tarnowska[17] 23 5'10" Szczecin Puerto RicoMiriam Pabón[18] 23 5'7" Las Piedras 
Republic of the CongoBlanda Eboundit 22 5'10" Brazzaville 
RussiaEkaterina Grushanina 22 5'10" Chelyabinsk 
SerbiaSanja Radinovic 19 5'9" Belgrade 
SingaporeTok Wee Ee 18 5'5" Singapore 
SlovakiaLenka Sýkorová[19] 21 5'8" Bratislava SpainAlejandra Andreu Santamarta[20] 19 5'8" Zaragoza 
Sri LankaFaith Landers[21] 22 5'5" Colombo 
SurinameMireille Nederbiel 24 5'9" Paramaribo 
SwedenJenny Jansson[22] 21 5'6" Nässjö 
TanzaniaJamillah Nyangasa 23 5'11" Kilimanjaro 
ThailandPanasrom Kumkit 19 5'9" Hat Yai TurkeyGülsün Uslu 21 5'10" Izmir 
UkraineYulia Galichenko[23] 23 5'10" Mariupol' 
United KingdomNieve Jennings 21 5'9" Bishopbriggs 
USAKelly Best 22 5'9" Troy VenezuelaDayana Colmenares[24] 23 5'9" Maracay 
VietnamCao Thùy Dương 20 5'7" Hanoi 
ZambiaChipo Mulubisha[25] 20 5'6" Lusaka National pageants notes
Returning countries and territories
Withdrawing countries and territories
Crossovers
- Aruba: Nurasia Lisipier
- Ecuador: Jennifer Pazmiño
- Macau: Florence Loi
References
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