Miss International 2001

Miss International 2001
Miss International 2001
Date	October 4, 2001
Presenters	Masumi Okada; Yukie Sakai;
Venue	Nakano Sun Plaza, Nakano, Tokyo, Japan
Broadcaster	TV Tokyo;
Entrants	52
Placements	15
Debuts	Mongolia;
Withdrawals	Egypt; Guam; Honduras; Lebanon; Moldova; Nepal; Panama; Portugal; South Africa; Tahiti; Taiwan; Togo;
Returns	Chile; Dominican Republic; Britain; Latvia; Northern Marianas; Yugoslavia;
Winner	Małgorzata Rożniecka; Poland
	← 2000 2002 →

Miss International 2001, the 41st Miss International pageant, was held on October 4, 2001 at the Nakano Sun Plaza in Tokyo, Japan. At the end of the event, Vivian Urdaneta of Venezuela crowned her successor Małgorzata Rożniecka of Poland.

Results

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Miss International 2001	Poland – Małgorzata Rożniecka^[1]
1st runner-up	Venezuela – Aura Zambrano^[2]
2nd runner-up	Russia – Tatiana Pavlova^[3]

Contestants

Fifty-two contestants competed for the title.

Country/Territory	Contestant	Age^[a]	Hometown
Argentina	María Victoria Branda	19	Buenos Aires
Aruba	Daphne Croes	23	Oranjestad
Bolivia	Priscilla Quiroga	21	La Paz
Brazil	Fernanda Tinti	19	Minas Gerais
Britain	Michelle Watson^[4]	20	Motherwell
Canada	Shauna Olechow	23	–
Chile	Paula Orchard	22	Santiago
Colombia	Rocio Stevenson	22	Cartagena
Croatia	Martina Poljak	21	Zagreb
Curaçao	Vanessa van Arendonk	20	Willemstad
Cyprus	Maria Alecou Hadzivassiliou	19	Nicosia
Czech Republic	Andrea Vranová^[5]	20	Ústecký
Dominican Republic	Judith Cury^[6]	19	Santo Domingo Este
Finland	Hanna Pajulammi^[7]	21	Helsinki
France	Nawal Benhlal	21	Lyon
Germany	Anna Ziemski	20	Berlin
Greece	Fotini Kokari	19	–
Guatemala	Rosa Maria Castañeda^[8]	20	Chiquimula
Hawaii	Yoon Hee Jenny Lee	23	Honolulu
Holland	Caroline Heijboer	25	Amsterdam
Hong Kong	Heidi Chu^[9]	24	Hong Kong
Iceland	Iris Dögg Oddsdóttir	18	Reykjavík
India	Kanwal Toor^[10]	23	Delhi
Israel	Dikla Elkabetz	19	–
Japan	Hanako Suzuki	23	Saitama
Latvia	Laura Vīksna	22	Riga
Macedonia	Dragana Klopcevska^[11]	21	Skopje
Malaysia	Cheah Teck Yoong	20	Penang
Malta	Ruth Spiteri	19	Valletta
Mexico	Irma Ríos	23	Mexico City
Mongolia	Sansarmaa Luvsandoo	25	Ulaanbaatar
Nicaragua	Renneé Dávila^[12]	24	Managua
Northern Mariana Islands	Rowina Ogo^[13]	22	Saipan
Norway	Siv Hegerland	22	Oslo
Palau	Indira Isikl Kazuma	20	Koror
Philippines	Maricarl Tolosa^[14]	22	Marikina
Poland	Małgorzata Rożniecka	23	Szczecin
Puerto Rico	Lorna Otero	22
Russia	Tatiana Pavlova^[3]	–
San Marino	Marzia Bellesso	24
Singapore	Juley Binte Abdullah	23
Slovakia	Barbara Pappova	19
South Korea	Baek Myoung-hee	19
Spain	Ayola Molina	20
Sweden	Sara Nicole Cameron	21
Thailand	Kanithakan Saengprachaksakula	24
Tunisia	Leila Oualha	23
Turkey	Ece F. Incedursun	18
Ukraine	Natalia Bakulina	18
United States	Eleana Thompson	19
Venezuela	Aura Zambrano	20
Yugoslavia	Iva Gordana Milivojevic	20

Notes

^ Ages during the competition

Withdrawals

Egypt – Heba Abo-Mandour
Lebanon – Nathaly Maamari
Moldova – Larissa Kovalchuk
Panama – Fariba Hawkins
Paraguay – Tania Ramirez
Tahiti – Mereani Ateni
Trinidad and Tobago – Sasha St. Hill

Replacements

San Marino – Maria Elisa Canti (to concentrate on the Miss Europe pageant)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Miss Poland wins international beauty pageant". Japan Weekly Monitor. October 8, 2001. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
^ Villano, Alexa (11 November 2017). "The question of a back-to-back win in Miss International". Rappler. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Fairest of them all..." New Straits Times. 4 October 2001. p. 71. Retrieved 28 June 2024 – via Google Books.
^ McPherson, Lynn; Lavery, Charles (14 January 2007). "Boxing tycoon cheats on his wife with former Miss Scotland - Daily Record". Daily Record. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
^ "Miss Vránová končí, je těhotná!" [Miss Vránová quits, she is pregnant!]. iDNES.cz (in Czech). 14 September 2004. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
^ Hilario, Yohanna (28 September 2009). "Vivencias del Miss RD en un libro" [Miss DR's experiences in a book]. Diario Libre (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 June 2024.
^ "Hanna Pajulammi varustautuu missikisoihin kynsin ja laastarein" [Hanna Pajulammi equips herself for the pageant with nails and plasters]. Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). 24 September 2001. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
^ Ochoa, José Andrés (12 September 2018). "La polémica de Miss Guatemala 2018, explicada" [The controversy of Miss Guatemala 2018, explained]. Prensa Libre (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 June 2024.
^ Lam, Emily (26 July 2001). "Zhang fails to charm press". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
^ "Meet Kanwal Toor: Sikh ex-model who plans to oust Tan Dhesi". The Times of India. 16 October 2019. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
^ "Break and Dragana showed the LITTLE BEAUTY (PHOTO) - Free Press". Sloboden Pečat. 10 August 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
^ "Renneé Fabiola, entre ángel y diablilla" [Renneé Fabiola, between angel and devil]. La Prensa (in Spanish). 16 September 2003. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
^ Perez, Jon (19 July 2016). "Real work now begins for Peachy, Palanga". Saipan Tribune. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
^ Lo, Ricky (September 24, 2001). "Who will bring home the crown?". Philippine Star. Retrieved September 20, 2021.

[4] Ages during the competition

[monitor-1] "Miss Poland wins international beauty pageant". Japan Weekly Monitor. October 8, 2001. Retrieved 3 March 2011.

[2] Villano, Alexa (11 November 2017). "The question of a back-to-back win in Miss International". Rappler. Retrieved 28 June 2024.

[:0-3] "Fairest of them all..." New Straits Times. 4 October 2001. p. 71. Retrieved 28 June 2024 – via Google Books.

[5] McPherson, Lynn; Lavery, Charles (14 January 2007). "Boxing tycoon cheats on his wife with former Miss Scotland - Daily Record". Daily Record. Retrieved 28 June 2024.

[6] "Miss Vránová končí, je těhotná!" [Miss Vránová quits, she is pregnant!]. iDNES.cz (in Czech). 14 September 2004. Retrieved 28 June 2024.

[7] Hilario, Yohanna (28 September 2009). "Vivencias del Miss RD en un libro" [Miss DR's experiences in a book]. Diario Libre (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 June 2024.

[8] "Hanna Pajulammi varustautuu missikisoihin kynsin ja laastarein" [Hanna Pajulammi equips herself for the pageant with nails and plasters]. Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). 24 September 2001. Retrieved 28 June 2024.

[9] Ochoa, José Andrés (12 September 2018). "La polémica de Miss Guatemala 2018, explicada" [The controversy of Miss Guatemala 2018, explained]. Prensa Libre (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 June 2024.

[10] Lam, Emily (26 July 2001). "Zhang fails to charm press". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 28 June 2024.

[11] "Meet Kanwal Toor: Sikh ex-model who plans to oust Tan Dhesi". The Times of India. 16 October 2019. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 28 June 2024.

[12] "Break and Dragana showed the LITTLE BEAUTY (PHOTO) - Free Press". Sloboden Pečat. 10 August 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2024.

[13] "Renneé Fabiola, entre ángel y diablilla" [Renneé Fabiola, between angel and devil]. La Prensa (in Spanish). 16 September 2003. Retrieved 2 August 2024.

[14] Perez, Jon (19 July 2016). "Real work now begins for Peachy, Palanga". Saipan Tribune. Retrieved 2 August 2024.

[:02-15] Lo, Ricky (September 24, 2001). "Who will bring home the crown?". Philippine Star. Retrieved September 20, 2021.

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