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.

Miss International 2001
DateOctober 4, 2001[1]
Presenters
VenueNakano Sun Plaza, Nakano, Tokyo, Japan[1]
Broadcaster
Entrants52[1]
Placements15
Debuts
Withdrawals
Returns
WinnerMałgorzata Rożniecka
Poland
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Results

 
Countries and territories which sent delegates and results

Placements

Placement Contestant
Miss International 2001
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up

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

  1. ^ Ages during the competition

Withdrawals

Replacements

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

References

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "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.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "Fairest of them all..." New Straits Times. 4 October 2001. p. 71. Retrieved 28 June 2024 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Miss Vránová končí, je těhotná!" [Miss Vránová quits, she is pregnant!]. iDNES.cz (in Czech). 14 September 2004. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ Lam, Emily (26 July 2001). "Zhang fails to charm press". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  10. ^ "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.
  11. ^ "Break and Dragana showed the LITTLE BEAUTY (PHOTO) - Free Press". Sloboden Pečat. 10 August 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  12. ^ "Renneé Fabiola, entre ángel y diablilla" [Renneé Fabiola, between angel and devil]. La Prensa (in Spanish). 16 September 2003. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  13. ^ Perez, Jon (19 July 2016). "Real work now begins for Peachy, Palanga". Saipan Tribune. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  14. ^ Lo, Ricky (September 24, 2001). "Who will bring home the crown?". Philippine Star. Retrieved September 20, 2021.