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]

Miss International 2009
Miss International 2009, Anagabriela Espinoza
DateNovember 28, 2009
Presenters
  • Liu Yi Wei
  • Li Ai
VenueSichuan International Tennis Center, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
Broadcaster
Entrants65
Placements15
Debuts
Withdrawals
Returns
WinnerAnagabriela Espinoza
Mexico
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Alejandra Andreu of Spain crowned Anagabriela Espinoza of Mexico as her successor at the end of the event.[citation needed]

Number of contestants

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]

Contestants

Country Contestant Age Height Hometown
  Argentina María Mercedes Viaña 19 174 cm (5 ft 8+12 in) Santiago del Estero
  Aruba Christina Trejo 21 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) Companashi
  Australia Kelly Louise Macguire 23 174 cm (5 ft 8+12 in) Sydney
  Bahamas Aisha Delaney 21 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) Nassau
  Belarus Yana Supranovich 21 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) Minsk
  Belgium Cassandra D'Ermilio[4][better source needed] 21 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) Quaregnon
  Bolivia Laura Olivera[5] 18 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) Yacuiba
  Brazil Rayanne Morais 21 174 cm (5 ft 8+12 in) Divinópolis
  Canada Chanel Beckenlehner 21 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) Toronto
  China Wang Qian 19 171 cm (5 ft 7+12 in) Chengdu
  Colombia Lina Mosquera[6] 20 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) Quibdó
  Cuba Patricia Rosales[7][better source needed] 23 179 cm (5 ft 10+12 in) Niquero
  Czech Republic Darja Jacukevičová 22 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) Veselí nad Moravou
  Dominican Republic Victoria Fernández 22 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) Santiago
  Ecuador Isabella Chiriboga 20 174 cm (5 ft 8+12 in) Quito
  El Salvador Vanessa Hueck[8] 22 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) San Salvador
  Ethiopia Rahel Woldekirkos 24 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) Addis Ababa
  Finland Linda Wikstedt 20 174 cm (5 ft 8+12 in) Helsinki
  France Mathilde Muller 20 176 cm (5 ft 9+12 in) Valence
  Gabon Cynthia Mobumba[9] 22 172 cm (5 ft 7+12 in) Ngounié
  Georgia Maria Sarchimelia 25 174 cm (5 ft 8+12 in) Tbilisi
  Germany Valora Roucek 19 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) Cologne
  Greece Diana Igropoulou[10] 19 177 cm (5 ft 9+12 in) Athens
  Guadeloupe Joelle Clamy[11] 25 184 cm (6 ft 12 in) Petit-Canal
  Honduras Kenia Andrade 23 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) Los Angeles
  Hong Kong Germaine Li[12] 22 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) Hong Kong
  India Harshita Saxena 22 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) Goa
  Indonesia Ayu Diandra Sari Tjakra 21 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) Denpasar
  Japan Yuka Nakayama[13] 19 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) Fukuoka
  South Korea Seo Eun-mi 22 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) Seoul
  Kyrgyzstan Altynai Ismankulova[14] 21 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) Bishkek
  Latvia Anda Pudule 22 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) Riga
  Lebanon Sarah Mansour[15][16] 20 174 cm (5 ft 8+12 in) Beirut
  Macau Yvonne Yang 21 179 cm (5 ft 10+12 in) Macau
  Malaysia Tay Tze Juan 20 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) Batu Pahat
  Martinique Nathaly Peters[17] 19 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) Fort de France
  Mexico Anagabriela Espinoza[18] 21 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) Monterrey
  Moldova Catalina Stascu[19] 18 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) Chişinău
  Mongolia Badamgerel Khurelbaatar 19 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) Ulaanbaatar
  Netherlands Roline Hund 20 174 cm (5 ft 8+12 in) Almere
  Nicaragua Slilma Ulloa 23 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) Matagalpa
  Northern Marianas Sorene Maratita 19 163 cm (5 ft 4 in) Saipan
  Norway Beatrice Delås[20] 18 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) Sellebakk
  Panama Joyce Jacobi 21 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) David
  Paraguay Romina Bogado[21] 25 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) Asunción
  Peru Alejandra Pezet[15] 20 176 cm (5 ft 9+12 in) Lima
  Philippines Melody Gersbach[22][23] 23 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) Daraga
  Poland Angelika Jakubowska 20 176 cm (5 ft 9+12 in) Lubań
  Puerto Rico Mónica Pastrana[24] 20 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) Manatí
  Romania Iuliana Capsuc[19] 20 174 cm (5 ft 8+12 in) Bucharest
  Russia Ksenia Hrabovskaya 18 176 cm (5 ft 9+12 in) Khabarovsk
  Singapore Annabelle Liang 23 169 cm (5 ft 6+12 in) Singapore
  Slovakia Soňa Skoncová[25] 22 174 cm (5 ft 8+12 in) Prievidza
  South Africa Bokang Montjane 23 174 cm (5 ft 8+12 in) Johannesburg
  Spain Melania Santiago[26] 21 174 cm (5 ft 8+12 in) Málaga
  Sudan Suna William[27] 23 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) Darfur
  Taiwan Yi Chih Chen[15][better source needed] 22 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) Taipei
  Tanzania Illuminata James 24 176 cm (5 ft 9+12 in) Mwanza
  Thailand Picha Nampradit 23 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) Kanchanaburi
  Turkey Begüm Yılmaz 21 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) İzmir
  Uganda Pierra Akwero 22 177 cm (5 ft 9+12 in) Entebbe
  United Kingdom Chloe-Beth Morgan 23 171 cm (5 ft 7+12 in) Cwmbran
  United States Aileen Jan Yap 21 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) Houston
  Venezuela Laksmi Rodríguez 24 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) San Cristóbal
  Vietnam Trần Thị Quỳnh[15] 24 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) Hai Phong

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