Miss International 2008Miss 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 ContestantMiss International 2008
Spain - Alejandra Andreu1st 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
ContestantsCountry Contestant Age Height(cm) Hometown
Argentina Yésica Di Vincenzo 20 5'8" Mar del PlataAruba 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" MedanItaly 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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