Miss World 2002

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The 52nd Miss World pageant was held on 7th December 2002. The pageant was initially slated for Abuja, Nigeria but due to conflict in the city of Kaduna arising from a publication of an article in a Lagos based newspaper the pageant was relocated to London at the Alexandra Palace. A total of 88 delegates including those who boycotted the pageant in Nigeria competed for the crown. This also marks the first time that audience participation through text messaging together with the scores of the judges helped in determining the results for the top 20.

Contents 1 Miss World 2002 Results 2 Continental Queens 3 Special Awards 4 88 contestants 5 Trivia 6 External Links:

[edit] Miss World 2002 Results

Miss World 2002: Azra Akin - Turkey

First Runner-up: Natalia Peralta Castro - Colombia

Second Runner-up: Marina Mora - Peru

Finalist:

Kathrine Sørland - Norway

Wu Ying-na - People's Republic of China

Nicole Rita Ghazal - Australia

Chinenye Ivy Ochuba - Nigeria

Katherine Anne Ramos Manalo - Philippines

Rebecca Chantay Revels - United States

Goizeder Victoria Azua Barrios - Venezuela

Semi-finalist:

Rachel Obduber - Aruba

Danielle Vins - Bosnia and Herzegovina

Ayanette Statia - Curacao

Elise Boulogne - Holland

Shruti Sharma - India

Suzanne Zuber - Italy

Cassandra Polo - Puerto Rico

Anna Tatarintseva - Russia

Pham Thi Mai Phuong - Vietnam

Anna Sargic - Yugoslavia

[edit] Continental Queens

Africa: Chinenye Ivy Ochuba - Nigeria

Americas: Natalia Peralta - Colombia

Asia and Oceania: Wu Ying-na - People's Republic of China

Caribbean: Rachel Obduber - Aruba

Europe: Azra Akin - Turkey

[edit] Special Awards

Best Designed Evening Dress: Azra Akin - Turkey

Talent: Rebecca Chantay Revels - United States

Miss World Scholarship: Nozipho Shabangu - Swaziland

[edit] 88 contestants

Albania Anjeza Maja Algeria Lamia Saoudi American Virgin Islands Hailey Cagan Angola Rosa Mujinga Muxito Antigua Zara Razzaq Argentina Tamara Henriksen Aruba Rachelle Oduber SEMI-FINALIST Australia Nicole Rita Gazal TOP 10 FINALIST Bahamas T'Shura Ambrose Barbados Natalie Webb-Howell Belgium Sylvie Doclot Belize Karen Anita Russell Bolivia Alejandra Montero Chavez Bosnia & Herzegovina Danijela Vins SEMI-FINALIST Botswana Lomaswati Dlamini Brazil Taiza Thomsen Severina Bulgaria Desislava Antoniya Guleva Canada Lyndsey Bennett Chile Daniela Casanova Muller People's Republic of China Wu Ying-Na TOP 5 FINALIST Colombia Natalia Peralta Castro 1st RUNNER-UP Croatia Nina Slamic Curaçao Ayannette Mary-Ann Statia Cyprus Angela Drousioutou Czech Republic Katerina Smrzova Ecuador Jessica Angulo Miranda England Daniella Luan Estonia Triin Sommer Finland Hanne Hynnynen France Caroline Chamorand

Germany Indira Selmic Ghana Shaida Buari Gibraltar Damaris Hollands Greece Katerina Georgiadou Guyana Odessa Phillips Holland Elise Boulogne SEMI-FINALIST Hong Kong China Victoria Jane Jolly Joi Kei-Wei Hungary Renata Rosz India Shruti Sharma SEMI-FINALIST Ireland Lynda Duffy Israel Karol Lowenstein Italy Susanne Zuber SEMI-FINALIST Jamaica Danielle O'Hayon Japan Yuko Nabeta Kazakhstan Olga Sidorenko Kenya Maryanne Nyambura Kariuki Latvia Baiba Svarca Lebanon Bethany Kehdy Lithuania Oksana Semenishina Macedonia Jasna Spasovska Malaysia Mable Ng Chin Mei Malta Joyce Gatt Mexico Blanca Rosalia Zumarraga Contreras Namibia Ndapewa Alfons New Zealand Rachel Maree Huljich Nicaragua Hazel Calderon Chavarria Nigeria Chinenye Ivy Ochuba TOP 10 FINALIST Northern Ireland Gayle Williamson Norway Kathrine Sørland TOP 5 FINALIST Panama Yoscelin Sanchez Espino

Peru Marina Mora Montero 2nd RUNNER-UP Philippines Katherine Anne Ramos Manalo TOP 10 FINALIST Poland Marta Matyjasik Puerto Rico Cassandra Polo Berrios SEMI-FINALIST Romania Cleopatra Popescu Russia Anna Tatarintseva SEMI-FINALIST Scotland Paula Murphy Singapore Sharon Cintamani Slovakia Eva Veresova Slovenia Natasa Krajnc South Africa Claire Sabbagha Spain Lola Alcocer Swaziland Nozipho Shabangu Sweden Sophia Hedmark Tahiti Rava Maiarii Tanzania Angela Damas Mtalima Thailand Ticha Leungpairoj Trinidad & Tobago Janelle Denice Rajnauth Turkey Azra Akin MISS WORLD 2002 Uganda Rehema Ni Nakuya Ukraine Iryna Udovenko United States Rebekah Chantay Revels TOP 10 FINALIST Uruguay Natalia Figueras Cabeza Venezuela Goizeder Victoria Azua Barrios TOP 10 FINALIST Vietnam Pham Thi Mai Phuong SEMI-FINALIST Wales Michelle Bush Yugoslavia Ana Sargic SEMI-FINALIST Zimbabwe Linda van Beek

[edit] Trivia

• Miss World 2002 pageant marked the first year that Vietnam competed in the competition.

• Austria, Denmark, Iceland, Mauritius, and Switzerland did not compete in Miss World due to a boycott on the death sentence of Amina Lawal.

• Bosnia & Herzegovina, Curacao, and Vietnam made into the semi-finals for the first time.

• Australia had made into the semi-finals after 5 years, Colombia, Italy and Turkey after 2 years, Holland after 12 years, Norway after 3 years, Philippines after 8 years, and Puerto Rico after 17 years.

• Czech Republic and Namibia competed in Miss Universe 2003 in Panama, and made into the semi-finals, and then the Top 10. Czech Republic placed 9th and Namibia placed 7th. Norway competed in Miss Universe 2004 and made it into the semi-finals (Top 15), placing 11th.

• Brazilian contestant Taísa Thomsen has been disappeared from London since September 2006 [1].

[edit] External Links:

• Pageantopolis

• Jimmy's Pageant Page

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