Miss International 2008

Miss International 2008

Miss International 2008, the 48th Miss International pageant was held at the Venetian Macao Resort Hotel, Macau on November 8, 2008. 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. Miss International 2007, Priscila Perales of Mexico crowned her successor Alejandra Andreu of Spain as the new Miss International.

Final results Contestant

Miss International 2008             Spain - Alejandra Andreu
1st runner-up                            Colombia - María Cristina Díaz-Granados
2nd runner-up                           Poland - Anna Tarnowska
3rd runner-up                           China - Changwen Liu
4th runner-up                            Czech Republic - Zuzana Putnářová

Semi-finalists
* Ecuador - Jennifer Pazmiño
* Japan - Kyoko Sugiyama
* Lebanon - Jessica Michelle Kahawaty
* Philippines - Patricia Fernandez
* Puerto Rico - Miriam Pabón
* Turkey - Gülsün Uslu
* Venezuela - Dayana Colmenares

Contestants
Country Contestant Age Height(cm) Hometown

                                       Argentina  Yésica Di Vincenzo 20  5'8" Mar del Plata


Aruba Nuraisa Lispier 23 5'8" San Nicolaas

                                         Australia   Kristal Hammond  22 5'10" Waroona

                         Bahamas   Amy Knowles    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    22  5'8" Valledupar

Czech Republic  Zuzana Putnářová 21 5'11" Ostrava

Dominican Republic Claudia Peña19 5'11" Bonao

                                              Ecuador   Jennifer Pazmiño 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  24 5'9" Athens
Guadeloupe Nancy Karen Fleurival  24 6'2" Abymes
Guatemala Wendy Alvizurez 19 5'6" Chimaltenango
Hawaii Serena Karnagy 18 5'5" Honolulu

Hong Kong  Sire Ma  20 5'3½"  Chongqing

India Radha Bhrahmbhatt 19 5'11" Northwood

                                               Indonesia   Duma Riris  Silalahi  24 5'7"  Medan

Italy Luna Voce 20 5'9" Crotone
Japan Kyoko Sugiyama 23 5'9" Kanagawa

                                                   Korea Min-jeong Kim 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[ 23 5'5" Macau

                                             Malaysia   Zi Wei Tham   23 5'9" Kuala Lumpur

Mexico Lorenza Bernot 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  22  5'6"  Quezon City

Poland  Anna Tarnowska  23   5'10"  Szczecin

                                            Puerto Rico  Miriam Pabón  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 21 5'8" Bratislava

                                       Spain Alejandra Andreu Santamarta  19 yo  5'8"  Zaragoza
                                                      Miss International 2008 (winner)

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  23 5'9" Maracay
Vietnam Cao Thùy Dương 20 5'7" Hanoi
Zambia Chipo Mulubisha 20 5'6" Lusaka


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