Caption: | Miss International 2009, Anagabriela Espinoza |
Winner: | Anagabriela Espinoza |
Represented: | Mexico |
Date: | November 28, 2009 |
Entrants: | 65 |
Placements: | 15 |
Venue: | Sichuan International Tennis Center, Chengdu, Sichuan, China |
Before: | 2008 |
Next: | 2010 |
Miss International 2009 was the 49th Miss International pageant, held at the Sichuan International Tennis Center in Chengdu, Sichuan, China, on November 28, 2009.[1] The pageant was originally scheduled to be held on November 7, 2009 at The Venetian Macao in Macau, but the host committee backed out.[2]
Alejandra Andreu of Spain crowned Anagabriela Espinoza of Mexico as her successor at the end of the event.
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.[3]
Country | Contestant | Age | Height | Hometown | |
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Argentina | María Mercedes Viaña | 19 | Santiago del Estero | ||
Aruba | Christina Trejo | 21 | Companashi | ||
Australia | Kelly Louise Macguire | 23 | Sydney | ||
Bahamas | Aisha Delaney | 21 | Nassau | ||
Belarus | Yana Supranovich | 21 | Minsk | ||
Belgium | Cassandra D'Ermilio[4] | 21 | Quaregnon | ||
Laura Olivera[5] | 18 | Yacuiba | |||
Brazil | Rayanne Morais | 21 | Divinópolis | ||
Canada | 21 | Toronto | |||
China | Wang Qian | 19 | Chengdu | ||
Colombia | Lina Mosquera[6] | 20 | Quibdó | ||
Cuba | Patricia Rosales[7] | 23 | Niquero | ||
Czech Republic | Darja Jacukevičová | 22 | Veselí nad Moravou | ||
Dominican Republic | Victoria Fernández | 22 | Santiago | ||
Ecuador | Isabella Chiriboga | 20 | Quito | ||
El Salvador | Vanessa Hueck[8] | 22 | San Salvador | ||
Ethiopia | Rahel Woldekirkos | 24 | Addis Ababa | ||
Finland | Linda Wikstedt | 20 | Helsinki | ||
France | Mathilde Muller | 20 | Valence | ||
Gabon | Cynthia Mobumba[9] | 22 | Ngounié | ||
Georgia | Maria Sarchimelia | 25 | Tbilisi | ||
Germany | Valora Roucek | 19 | Cologne | ||
Greece | Diana Igropoulou[10] | 19 | Athens | ||
Guadeloupe | Joelle Clamy[11] | 25 | Petit-Canal | ||
Honduras | Kenia Andrade | 23 | Los Angeles | ||
Hong Kong | Germaine Li[12] | 22 | Hong Kong | ||
India | 22 | Goa | |||
Indonesia | 21 | Denpasar | |||
Japan | Yuka Nakayama[13] | 19 | Fukuoka | ||
Seo Eun-mi | 22 | Seoul | |||
Kyrgyzstan | Altynai Ismankulova[14] | 21 | Bishkek | ||
Latvia | Anda Pudule | 22 | Riga | ||
Lebanon | Sarah Mansour[15] | 20 | Beirut | ||
Yvonne Yang | 21 | Macau | |||
Malaysia | Tay Tze Juan | 20 | Batu Pahat | ||
Martinique | Nathaly Peters[16] | 19 | Fort de France | ||
Mexico | Anagabriela Espinoza[17] | 21 | Monterrey | ||
Catalina Stascu[18] | 18 | Chişinău | |||
Mongolia | Badamgerel Khurelbaatar | 19 | Ulaanbaatar | ||
Netherlands | Roline Hund | 20 | Almere | ||
Nicaragua | Slilma Ulloa | 23 | Matagalpa | ||
Sorene Maratita | 19 | Saipan | |||
Norway | Beatrice Delås[19] | 18 | Sellebakk | ||
Panama | 21 | David | |||
Paraguay | Romina Bogado[20] | 25 | Asunción | ||
Peru | Alejandra Pezet | 20 | Lima | ||
Philippines | Melody Gersbach † [21] [22] | 23 | Daraga | ||
Poland | 20 | Lubań | |||
Puerto Rico | Mónica Pastrana[23] | 20 | Manatí | ||
Romania | Iuliana Capsuc | 20 | Bucharest | ||
Ksenia Hrabovskaya | 18 | Khabarovsk | |||
Singapore | Annabelle Liang | 23 | Singapore | ||
Slovakia | Soňa Skoncová[24] | 22 | Prievidza | ||
South Africa | 23 | Johannesburg | |||
Spain | Melania Santiago[25] | 21 | Málaga | ||
Sudan | Suna William[26] | 23 | Darfur | ||
Yi Chih Chen[27] | 22 | Taipei | |||
Illuminata James | 24 | Mwanza | |||
Thailand | Picha Nampradit | 23 | Kanchanaburi | ||
Turkey | Begüm Yılmaz | 21 | İzmir | ||
Uganda | Pierra Akwero | 22 | Entebbe | ||
United Kingdom | 23 | Cwmbran | |||
United States | Aileen Jan Yap | 21 | Houston | ||
24 | San Cristóbal | ||||
Trần Thị Quỳnh | 24 | Hai Phong |