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Mauriziok/Miss International 2002
DateSeptember 30, 2002[1]
PresentersMasumi Okada
VenueCentury Hyatt, Tokyo, Japan[1]
BroadcasterTV Tokyo
Entrants47
Placements12
WithdrawalsArgentina, Chile, Croatia, Iceland, Latvia, Mongolia, Netherlands, Norway, Palau, San Marino, Ukraine
ReturnsChina, Ecuador, Lebanon, Moldova, Senegal
WinnerChristina Sawaya[1][2][3]
 Lebanon
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Miss International 2002, the 42nd Miss International pageant, took place on 30 September 2002 in Tokyo, Japan[1] at the Century Hyatt. Małgorzata Rożniecka of Poland crowned her successor Christina Sawaya of Lebanon at the end of the event.[2][3]

This edition also saw the crowning of the first ever Middle Eastern descent women to win Miss International, although representing Lebanon which is dominantly Muslim country, Christina Sawaya is a conservative Catholic Christian that comes from Lebanon, the only Middle Eastern country where the president is Christian by the constitution that time.[4][5][6]

Results

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Placements

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Final results Contestant
Miss International 2002
1st Runner-up
2nd Runner-up
Top 12

Contestants

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Notes

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Withdrawals

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  •  Pakistan – Neelam Voorani (forced by her Islamic government to withdraw from the pageant 3 days before the finals)

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g "International beauties". Philippine Daily Inquirer. October 1, 2002. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Newly-elected Miss International 2002, 22-year-old Lebanese Christina Sawaya". Getty Images. October 10, 2002. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
  3. ^ a b c Vina, Nguyen (September 28, 2015). "All winners of the contest Miss International". Global Express News. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
  4. ^ "Pageant Almanac". Retrieved on 11 Apr 2008.
  5. ^ خاص بالصورة: وثيقة طلاق الإعلامي طوني بارود وكريستينا صوايا
  6. ^ Christina Sawaya Biography

Further reading

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[[:Category:Miss International|2002]] [[:Category:2002 in Tokyo]] [[:Category:2002 beauty pageants]] [[:Category:Beauty pageants in Japan]]