Miss International 2008
Miss International 2008 | |
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Date | November 8, 2008[1] |
Presenters | Eric Tsang, Dodo Cheng, Astrid Chan |
Entertainment | Hacken Lee, Priscilla Chan, Miriam Yeung |
Venue | CotaiArena, The Venetian Macao, Macau[1] |
Broadcaster | TDM, TVB, TV Tokyo |
Entrants | 63[1] |
Placements | 12[1] |
Withdraws | Armenia, Chile, Costa Rica, Egypt, Honduras, Nigeria |
Returns | Bahamas, Belgium, Hawaii, Italy, Macau, Norway, Sweden, Zambia |
Winner |
Alejandra Andreu[1] Spain |
Congeniality |
Georgina Cisneros[1] El Salvador |
Best National Costume |
Nuraisa Lispier[1] Aruba |
Photogenic |
Alejandra Andreu[1] Spain |
Miss International 2008, the 48th Miss International pageant, was held on November 8, 2008 at the The Venetian Macao in Macau. 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. The contestants also paid a visit to Hong Kong, Tokyo. Miss International 2007, Priscila Perales of Mexico, crowned her successor Alejandra Andreu of Spain as the new Miss International.[2]
Results
Placements
Final results | Contestant |
Miss International 2008 | |
1st runner-up | |
2nd runner-up |
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3rd runner-up |
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4th runner-up |
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Semi-finalists |
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Special awards
Award | Contestant |
Best National Costume |
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Miss Friendship |
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Miss Photogenic | |
Natural Beauty |
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Order of announcements
- Top 12
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Contestants
Country | Contestant | Age | Height (cm) | Hometown |
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Argentina | Yésica Di Vincenzo[3] | 20 | 5'8" | Mar del Plata |
Aruba | Nuraisa Lispier | 23 | 5'8" | San Nicolaas |
Australia | Kristal Hammond | 22 | 5'10" | Waroona |
Bahamas | Amy Knowles[4] | 22 | 5'7" | San Salvador Island |
Belarus | Tatiana Ryneiskaya | 21 | 5'9" | Minsk |
Belgium | Charlotte Van De Vijver | 24 | 5'9" | Oost-Vlaanderen |
Bolivia | Paula Andrea Peñarrieta | 19 | 5'10" | Cochabamba |
Brazil | Vanessa Vidal | 24 | 5'10" | Fortaleza |
Canada | Elena Semikina | 25 | 6'1" | Toronto |
China | Chang Wen Liu | 21 | 5'9" | Beijing |
Chinese Taipei | Ting Yen Yu | 24 | 5'7" | Taipei |
Colombia | María Cristina Díaz-Granados[5] | 22 | 5'8" | Valledupar |
Czech Republic | Zuzana Putnářová | 21 | 5'11" | Ostrava |
Dominican Republic | Claudia Peña[6] | 19 | 5'11" | Bonao |
Ecuador | Jennifer Pazmiño[7] | 20 | 5'11" | Guayaquil |
El Salvador | Georgina Cisneros | 20 | 5'7" | San Salvador |
Ethiopia | Nardos Desta | 20 | 5'9" | Addis Ababa |
Finland | Jaana Taanila | 18 | 5'10" | Haukipudas |
France | Vicky Michaud[8] | 21 | 5'6" | Paray Le Monial |
Germany | Katja Bondarenko | 21 | 5'9" | Niedersachsen |
Greece | Sofia Roditi[9] | 24 | 5'9" | Athens |
Guadeloupe | Nancy Karen Fleurival[10] | 24 | 6'2" | Abymes |
Guatemala | Wendy Albizurez | 19 | 6'0" | Chimaltenango Department |
Hawaii | Serena Karnagy | 18 | 5'5" | Honolulu |
Hong Kong | Sire Ma[11] | 20 | 5'3½" | Chongqing |
India | Radha Bhrahmbhatt | 19 | 5'11" | Northwood |
Indonesia | Duma Riris Silalahi | 24 | 5'8" | Medan |
Italy | Luna Voce | 20 | 6'0" | Crotone |
Japan | Kyoko Sugiyama | 23 | 5'9" | Kanagawa |
Korea | Kim Min-jeong[12] | 19 | 5'7" | Daegu |
Latvia | Kristina Djadenko | 24 | 5'8" | Riga |
Lebanon | Jessica Michelle Kahawaty | 20 | 5'9" | Sydney |
Liberia | Telena Casell | 24 | 5'7" | Monrovia |
Macau | Florence Loi[13] | 23 | 5'5" | Macau |
Malaysia | Zi Wei Tham | 23 | 5'9" | Kuala Lumpur |
Mexico | Lorenza Bernot[14] | 19 | 5'9" | Cuernavaca |
Mongolia | Ochgerel Khulangoo | 20 | 5'9" | Ulan Bataar |
New Zealand | Rhonda Grant | 23 | 5'10" | Napier |
Norway | Lisa-Mari Moen Jünge | 20 | 5'10" | Molde |
Panama | Alejandra Arias | 20 | 5'9" | Panama City |
Paraguay | Rossana Galeano[15] | 19 | 5'7" | Eusebio Ayala |
Peru | Massiel Vidal | 22 | 5'7" | Lima |
Philippines | Patricia Fernandez[16] | 22 | 5'6" | Quezon City |
Poland | Anna Tarnowska[17] | 23 | 5'10" | Szczecin |
Puerto Rico | Miriam Pabón[18] | 23 | 5'7" | Las Piedras |
Republic of the Congo | Blanda Eboundit | 22 | 5'10" | Brazzaville |
Russia | Ekaterina Grushanina | 22 | 5'10" | Chelyabinsk |
Serbia | Sanja Radinovic | 19 | 5'9" | Belgrade |
Singapore | Tok Wee Ee | 18 | 5'5" | Singapore |
Slovakia | Lenka Sýkorová[19] | 21 | 5'8" | Bratislava |
Spain | Alejandra Andreu Santamarta[20] | 19 | 5'8" | Zaragoza |
Sri Lanka | Faith Landers[21] | 22 | 5'5" | Colombo |
Suriname | Mireille Nederbiel | 24 | 5'9" | Paramaribo |
Sweden | Jenny Jansson[22] | 21 | 5'6" | Nässjö |
Tanzania | Jamillah Nyangasa | 23 | 5'11" | Kilimanjaro |
Thailand | Panasrom Kumkit | 19 | 5'9" | Hat Yai |
Turkey | Gülsün Uslu | 21 | 5'10" | Izmir |
Ukraine | Yulia Galichenko[23] | 23 | 5'10" | Mariupol' |
United Kingdom | Nieve Jennings | 21 | 5'9" | Bishopbriggs |
USA | Kelly Best | 22 | 5'9" | Troy |
Venezuela | Dayana Colmenares[24] | 23 | 5'9" | Maracay |
Vietnam | Cao Thùy Dương | 20 | 5'7" | Hanoi |
Zambia | Chipo Mulubisha[25] | 20 | 5'6" | Lusaka |
Notes
Returns
Withdrawals
Crossovers
Contestants who previously competed or will compete at other beauty pageants:
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Other notes
The pageant was broadcast by TVB, due to Macau being a Cantonese speaking region.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 "Spanish beauty crowned Miss International 2008". Dân trí. November 8, 2008. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
- ↑ "Beauty queen's ten-year reign comes to an end". Macau Daily Times. Retrieved 2008-03-14.
- ↑ MISS ARGENTINA 2008 AGUSTINA QUINTEROS (La Pampa)
- ↑ Miss Bahamas org. - Amy Knowles
- ↑ "Taliana María Vargas Carrillo, la nueva Señorita Colombia". RCN. Archived from the original on 2007-11-10. Retrieved 2007-11-12.
- ↑ "Claudia Peña es electa Miss República Dominicana Internacional 2008". Clave Digital. Retrieved 2007-10-12.
- ↑ "Miss Ecuador 2008". El Universo. Retrieved 2008-03-14.
- ↑ Miss France org. - Vicky Michaud
- ↑ "Λαμπερός 19ος Διαγωνισμός Ομορφιάς". Antenna TV. Retrieved 2008-05-27.
- ↑
- ↑
- ↑ Miss Korea International 2008
- ↑ Miss Macau 2008
- ↑ Lorenza Bernot, representante de México en Miss Internacional 2008
- ↑ "Renunció Marilé Barrios". Belleza Paraguaya.
- ↑ "Bb Pilipinas 2008".
- ↑ "Ania Tarnowska I Vice Miss Polonia!". MM Szczecin. Retrieved 2007-09-19.
- ↑ » Primera Hora
- ↑ "Miss Slovensko 2008 je 19-ročná Edita Krešáková". Bleskovky. Retrieved 2008-04-04.
- ↑ "Miss Spain 2008". Telecinco. Retrieved 2008-03-02.
- ↑ "Faith Landers - Miss Sri Lanka 2008". Daily Mirror. Archived from the original on 2008-03-27. Retrieved 2008-03-22.
- ↑ "Miss International Sweden 2008". Miss Sweden Organization.
- ↑ "Miss Ukraine International 2008".
- ↑ "Miss Venezuela 2007". Union Radio. Retrieved 2007-09-13.
- ↑ "Chipo becomes Miss Tourism". The Post. Retrieved 2008-09-12.
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