Miss Universe 2002

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The Miss Universe 2002 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.

Miss Russia, Oxana Fedorova was crowned Miss Universe 2002 by Miss Universe 2001, Denise Quiñones of Puerto Rico. On September 23, 2002, Fedorova was dethroned and replaced by her first runner-up Justine Pasek of Panama.

Contents 1 Results 1.1 Special awards 2 2002 Contestants 3 Records/Trivia

[edit] Results

• The Miss Universe title was won by Oxana Fedorova of Russia (later dethroned)
• The runners-up were:
  • 1st runner-up - Justine Pasek (Panama)
  • 2nd runner-up - Zhuo Ling (China)
  • 3rd runner-up - Vanessa Carreira (South Africa)
  • 4th runner-up - Cynthia Lander Zamora (Venezuela)

• The Top 10 (in alphabetical order) were Anisa Kospiri (Albania), Neelam Verma (Canada), Demetra Eleftheriou (Cyprus), Natascha Börger (Germany) and Neha Dhupia (India).

[edit] Special awards

• Photogenic: Isis Marie Casalduc (Puerto Rico)
• Congeniality: Merlisa Rhonda George (US Virgin Islands)
• National Costume: Vanessa Mendoza (Colombia)

[edit] 2002 Contestants

Albania Anisa Kospiri TOP 10  Angola Giovana Pinto Leite  Antigua and Barbuda Aisha Ralph  Aruba Deyanira Ludwina Frank Australia Sarah Davies  Bahamas Nadia Albury Belgium Ann van Elsen  Bolivia Paola Clarisse Coimbra Antipieff Brazil Josiane Oliveira British Virgin Islands Anastasia Tonge  Bulgaria Elina Georgirva Canada Neelam Verma TOP 10  Cayman Islands Shannon McLean Chile Nicole Rencoret Ladron de Guevara  China Zhuo Ling 2nd RUNNER-UP Colombia Vanessa Mendoza  Costa Rica Merilyn Villalta  Croatia Ivana Paris Curacao Ayanette Mary-Ann Statia  Cyprus Demetra Eleuftheriou TOP 10  Czech Republic Diana Kobzanova  Dominican Republic Ruth Ocumarez  Ecuador Isabel Ontaneda-Pinto  Egypt Sally Shaheen  El Salvador Elisa Sandoval Rodriguez

Estonia Jana Tafenau  Finland Janette Broman France Sylvie Tellier Germany Natasha Borger TOP 10 Ghana Stephanie Walkins-Fia  Greece Lena Paparrigopoulou  Guatemala Carina Velasquez  Guyana Mia Rahaman Honduras Erika Ramirez Hungary Edit Friedl India Neha Dhupia TOP 10  Republic of Ireland Lisa O'Sullivan  Israel Yamit Har-Noy Italy Anna Rigon  Jamaica Sanya Hughes  Japan Mina Chiba Kenya Julie Njeru Korea Min-Kyoung Kim Malaysia Karen Lit Eit Ang  Mauritius Karen Alexandre Mexico Ericka Cruz Escalante  Namibia Michelle Heitha Netherlands Kim Kotter Nicaragua Marianela Larayu Mendoza Nigeria Chinenye Ochuba Northern Marianas Virginia Gridley

Norway Hege Hatlo  Panama Justine Lissette Pasek 1st RUNNER-UP later became MISS UNIVERSE 2002 Peru Adriana Zubiate Philippines Karen Loren Agustín  Poland Joanna Dozdrowska Portugal Iva Catarina Lamarao Puerto Rico Isis Casalduc Gonzales  Russia Oxana Fedorova MISS UNIVERSE 2002 (dethroned) Singapore Nuraliza Osman  Slovakia Eva Dzodlova  Slovenia Iris Mulej  South Africa Vanessa Carreira 3rd RUNNER-UP Spain Vania Millan Sweden Malou Hansson  Switzerland Jennifer Ann Gerber Thailand Janjira Janchome  Trinidad and Tobago Nasma Mohammed  Turkey Cagla Kubat  Ukraine Liliana Gorova  Uruguay Fiorella Fleitas USA Shauntay Hinton US Virgin Islands Merlisa Rhonda George Venezuela Cynthia Lander Zamora 4th RUNNER-UP Yugoslavia Sladjana Bozovic

[edit] Records/Trivia

• Vania Millan Miras of Spain winner of Miss Spain 2002 title, but was a replacement of Lorena Van Heerde Ayala winner of Miss Spain 2001.
• Seven delegates who withdrew from the Miss Universe 2002 pageant. They were: Karen Russell (Belize), Angelina Patricia Pingkan 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.
• Christina Sawaya from (Lebanon) withdrew because she did not want to compete in the same pageant with Miss Israel
• This was the year that there was a high number of black representatives. A number of nations sent a black woman for the first time in their country's history. These countries were: Colombia(big favorite for the crown), Dominican Republic(another big favorite of the local media), Mexico, and Sweden. The USA was also represented by a black woman that year. Ironically, none of the black representatives made the 10 that year, resulting in the creation of the term the 2002 Blackout.
• Many of the favorites that year failed to make the cut. They were Puerto Rico(the local rep), Colombia(favorite to win the crown), Dominican Republic(favorite of the Puerto Rican media), Ghana, Jamaica, Netherlands, and Nigeria.
• This was the third time in the history of Miss Universe, that the USA failed to make the semis.

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