Miss International 2009

Miss International 2009, the 49th Miss International pageant, was held on November 28, 2009 at the Sichuan International Tennis Center in Chengdu, Sichuan, China.[3] The pageant was originally scheduled to be held on November 7, 2009 at The Venetian Macao in Macau, but the host committee backed out.[4] 65 contestants competed for the coveted title. Alejandra Andreu of Spain crowned Anagabriela Espinoza of Mexico as the new titleholder.[2]

Miss International 2009
Miss International 2009, Anagabriela Espinoza
DateNovember 28, 2009
Presenters
  • Liu Yi Wei
  • Li Ai
VenueSichuan International Tennis Center, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
Broadcaster
Entrants65[1]
Placements15
Debuts
Withdrawals
Returns
WinnerAnagabriela Espinoza[2]
 Mexico
CongenialityYuka Nakayama
 Japan
Best National CostumeKenia Andrade
 Honduras
PhotogenicSeo Eun-mi
 Korea

Results
Countries and territories which sent delegates and results
Miss International 2009 titlecard

Placements
Final results Contestant
Miss International 2009
1st Runner-Up
2nd Runner-Up
Top 15

Special awards
Award Contestant
Miss Friendship
Miss Photogenic
Best National Costume
Miss Mobile Beauty
Miss Internet Beauty
Miss Philanthropy
Miss Congeniality
  •  Japan – Yuka Nakayama
Miss Popularity
Miss Charm
Miss Chengdu Glamor
Miss Vitality
  •  Russia – Ksenia Hrabovskaya

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][6]

Contestants
CountryContestantAgeHeightHometown
 ArgentinaMaría Mercedes Viaña19174 cm (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)Santiago del Estero
 ArubaChristina Trejo21175 cm (5 ft 9 in)Companashi
 AustraliaKelly Louise Macguire23174 cm (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)Sydney
 BahamasAisha Delaney21178 cm (5 ft 10 in)Nassau
 BelarusYana Supranovich21180 cm (5 ft 11 in)Minsk
 BelgiumCassandra D'Ermilio[7]21175 cm (5 ft 9 in)Quaregnon
 BoliviaLaura Olivera[8][9]18173 cm (5 ft 8 in)Yacuiba
 BrazilRayanne Morais[10]21174 cm (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)Divinópolis
 CanadaChanel Beckenlehner21173 cm (5 ft 8 in)Toronto
 ChinaWang Qian19171 cm (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)Chengdu
 Chinese TaipeiYi Chih Chen[11]22168 cm (5 ft 6 in)Taipei
 ColombiaLina Mosquera[12]20180 cm (5 ft 11 in)Quibdó
 CubaPatricia Rosales[13]23179 cm (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in)Niquero
 Czech RepublicDarja Jacukevičová22180 cm (5 ft 11 in)Veselí nad Moravou
 Dominican RepublicVictoria Fernández[9][14]22178 cm (5 ft 10 in)Santiago
 EcuadorIsabella Chiriboga[15]20174 cm (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)Quito
 El SalvadorVanessa Hueck[16]22178 cm (5 ft 10 in)San Salvador
 EthiopiaRahel Woldekirkos24178 cm (5 ft 10 in)Addis Ababa
 FinlandLinda Wikstedt20174 cm (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)Helsinki
 FranceMathilde Muller[17]20176 cm (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)Valence
 GabonCynthia Mobumba[18]22172 cm (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)Ngounié
 GeorgiaMaria Sarchimelia25174 cm (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)Tbilisi
 GermanyValora Roucek19168 cm (5 ft 6 in)Cologne
 GreeceDiana Igropoulou[19]19177 cm (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)Athens
 GuadeloupeJoelle Clamy[20]25184 cm (6 ft 1⁄2 in)Petit-Canal
 HondurasKenia Andrade23170 cm (5 ft 7 in)Los Angeles
 Hong KongGermaine Li[21]22170 cm (5 ft 7 in)Hong Kong
 IndiaHarshita Saxena[22]22175 cm (5 ft 9 in)Goa
 IndonesiaAyu Diandra Sari Tjakra[23]21175 cm (5 ft 9 in)Denpasar
 JapanYuka Nakayama[24]19173 cm (5 ft 8 in)Fukuoka
 KoreaSeo Eun-mi22175 cm (5 ft 9 in)Seoul
 KyrgyzstanAltynai Ismankulova[25]21170 cm (5 ft 7 in)Bishkek
 LatviaAnda Pudule22173 cm (5 ft 8 in)Riga
 LebanonSarah Mansour[11][26]20174 cm (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)Beirut
 MacauYvonne Yang21179 cm (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in)Macau
 MalaysiaTay Tze Juan20173 cm (5 ft 8 in)Batu Pahat
 MartiniqueNathaly Peters[27]19175 cm (5 ft 9 in)Fort de France
 MexicoAnagabriela Espinoza[28]21180 cm (5 ft 11 in)Monterrey
 MoldovaCatalina Stascu[29]18173 cm (5 ft 8 in)Chişinău
 MongoliaBadamgerel Khurelbaatar19178 cm (5 ft 10 in)Ulaan Baatar
 NetherlandsRoline Hund20174 cm (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)Almere
 NicaraguaSlilma Ulloa23168 cm (5 ft 6 in)Matagalpa
 Northern MarianasSorene Maratita[30]19163 cm (5 ft 4 in)Saipan
 NorwayBeatrice Delås[31]18175 cm (5 ft 9 in)Sellebakk
 PanamaJoyce Jacobi21170 cm (5 ft 7 in)David
 ParaguayRomina Bogado[32]25175 cm (5 ft 9 in)Asunción
 PeruAlejandra Pezet[11]20176 cm (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)Lima
 PhilippinesMelody Gersbach † [33][34]23175 cm (5 ft 9 in)Daraga
 PolandAngelika Jakubowska20176 cm (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)Lubań
 Puerto RicoMónica Pastrana[35]20178 cm (5 ft 10 in)Manatí
 RomaniaIuliana Capsuc[29]20174 cm (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)Bucharest
 RussiaKsenia Hrabovskaya18176 cm (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)Khabarovsk
 SingaporeAnnabelle Liang23169 cm (5 ft 6 1⁄2 in)Singapore
 SlovakiaSoňa Skoncová[36]22174 cm (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)Prievidza
 South AfricaBokang Montjane23174 cm (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)Johannesburg
 SpainMelania Santiago[37]21174 cm (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)Málaga
 SudanSuna William[38]23168 cm (5 ft 6 in)Darfur
 TanzaniaIlluminata James24176 cm (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)Mwanza
 ThailandPicha Nampradit23178 cm (5 ft 10 in)Kanchanaburi
 TurkeyBegüm Yılmaz21180 cm (5 ft 11 in)Izmir
 UgandaPierra Akwero22177 cm (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)Entebbe
 United KingdomChloe-Beth Morgan[39]23171 cm (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)Cwmbran
 United StatesAileen Jan Yap21170 cm (5 ft 7 in)Houston
 VenezuelaLaksmi Rodríguez24178 cm (5 ft 10 in)San Cristóbal
 VietnamTrần Thị Quỳnh[11]24175 cm (5 ft 9 in)Hai Phong

Notes

Debuts

Returns

Withdrawals

Countries who competed last year but not this year:

Contestant withdrew due to compete at Miss World 2009:

Contestants who were confirmed initially but were deleted from the roster of delegates 10 days after the pageant started:

Contestants who withdrew due to visa problems:

Replacements
  •  Bahamas – Amanda Appleyard
  •  Chinese Taipei – Wang Hsuan-Chi
  •  Honduras – Irlia Johnson was replaced by Kenia Andrade
  •  Macau – Laura Li was replaced by Yvonne Yang
  •  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 Như Thảo

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