MISS WORLD 2002
Be sure to check out the Miss World coverage on Global Beauties and Belleza Venezolana!
Miss World 2002
TURKEY - Azra Akin
2. COLOMBIA - Natalia Peralta Castro
3. PERU - Marina Mora Montero
FINALISTS:
4. NORWAY - Katrine Sřrland
5. CHINA - Wu Ying-Na
AUSTRALIA - Nicole-Rita Gazal
NIGERIA - Chinenye Ivy Ochuba
PHILIPPINES - Katherine Anne Ramos Manalo
UNITED STATES - Rebekah Chantay Revels
VENEZUELA - Goizeder Victoria Azua Barrios
SEMI-FINALISTS:
ARUBA - Rachelle Chantal Oduber
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA - Daniela Vins
CURACAO - Ayanette Mary-Ann Statia
HOLLAND - Elise Boulogne
INDIA - Shruti Sharma
ITALY - Susanne Zuber
PUERTO RICO - Casandra Polo Berríos
RUSSIA - Anna Tatarintseva
VIETNAM - Pham Thi Mai Phuong
YUGOSLAVIA - Ana Sargic
Continental Queens of Beauty
Africa: NIGERIA - Chinenye Ivy Ochuba
Americas: COLOMBIA - Natalia Peralta Castro
Asia: CHINA - Wu Ying-Na
Caribbean: ARUBA - Rachelle Chantal Oduber
Europe: TURKEY - Azra Akin
Special Awards
Best Designer Dress: TURKEY - Azra Akin
Miss Talent: UNITED STATES - Rebekah Chantay Revels
Miss World Scholarship Winner: SWAZILAND - Nophiso Shabangu
Meet the 2002 Miss World contestants!
2002 December 7 - Alexandra Palace, London
AS OF THE PAGEANT'S RETURN TO LONDON:
* - withdrew prior to the contest, but now competing
** - withdrew during the contest, but now competing again
*** - completely new candidate
ALBANIA - Anjeza Maja
ALGERIA - Lamia Saoudi
AMERICAN VIRGIN ISLANDS - Hailey Cagan
ANGOLA - Rosa Muginga Muxito
ANTIGUA - Zara Razzaq (Intcon 01)
ARGENTINA - Tamara Henriksen
ARUBA - Rachelle Chantal Oduber
AUSTRALIA - Nicole-Rita Gazal
BAHAMAS - T’Shura Ambrose
BARBADOS - Natalie Webb-Howell
BELGIUM - Sylvie Doclot
BELIZE - Karen Anita Russell
BOLIVIA - Alejandra Montero Chávez
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA - Daniela Vins
BOTSWANA - Lomaswati Dlamini
BRAZIL - Taíza Thomsen Severina
BULGARIA - Desislava Atanasova Guleva
** CANADA - Lynsey Ann Bennett
CHILE - Daniela Sofía Casanova Müller
CHINA - Wu Ying-Na
COLOMBIA - Natalia Peralta Castro
CROATIA - Nina Slamic
CURACAO - Ayanette Mary-Ann Statia (Miss Teen International ’00, MU 02)
CYPRUS - Angela Drousiotou
CZECH REPUBLIC - Katerina Smrzová
ECUADOR - Jéssica Angulo Miranda
ENGLAND - Danielle Luan
ESTONIA - Triin Sommer
FINLAND - Hanne Hynynen
FRANCE - Caroline Chamorand
*** GERMANY - Indira Selmic
GHANA - Shaida Buari
GIBRALTAR - Damaris Hollands
GREECE - Katerina Georgiadou
GUYANA - Odessa Phillips
HOLLAND - Elise Boulogne
HONG KONG - Victoria Jane “Vickii” Jolly (Joi Wei-Kei)
HUNGARY - Renata Rosz
INDIA - Shruti Sharma
IRELAND - Lynda Duffy
ISRAEL - Carol Lowenstein
ITALY - Susanne Zuber
JAMAICA - Danielle O’Hayon
JAPAN - Yuko Nabeta
KAZAKHSTAN - Olga Sidorenko
KENYA - Maryanne Kariuki
LATVIA - Baiba Švarca
LEBANON - Bethany Kehdy
LITHUANIA - Oksana Semenishina
MACEDONIA - Jasna Spasovska
MALAYSIA - Mabel Ng (Ng Chin Mei)
MALTA - Joyce Gatt
MEXICO - Blanca Rosalía Zumárraga Contreras
NAMIBIA - Ndapewa Alfons (MU 03)
NEW ZEALAND - Rachel Maree Huljich
NICARAGUA - Hazel Calderón Chavarría
NIGERIA - Chinenye Ivy Ochuba (MU 02)
NORTHERN IRELAND - Gayle Williamson
NORWAY - Katrine Sřrland
* PANAMA - Yoselyn Sánchez
PERU - Marina Mora Montero (Flores 02)
PHILIPPINES - Katherine Anne Ramos Manalo
POLAND - Marta Matyjasik
PUERTO RICO - Casandra Polo Berríos
ROMANIA - Cleopatra Popescu
RUSSIA - Anna Tatarintseva (MAP 99)
SCOTLAND - Paula Murphy
SINGAPORE - Sharon Cintamani
SLOVAKIA - Eva Veresová
SLOVENIA - Nataša Krajnc
*** SOUTH AFRICA - Claire Ann Sabaggha
* SPAIN - Lola Alcocer
SWAZILAND - Nophiso Shabangu
SWEDEN - Sofia Hedmark
* TAHITI - Rava Maiarii
TANZANIA - Angela Damas Mtalima
THAILAND - Ticha Luengpairoj
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO - Janelle Denice Rajnauth
TURKEY - Azra Akin
UGANDA - Rehema Ni Nakuya
UKRAINE - Iryna Udovenko
UNITED STATES - Rebekah Chantay Revels
URUGUAY - Natalia Figueras Cabeza (Reina International de las Flores ’00, R-Sud 00, Model-World 00, AmLat 00, Atlántico 01, Reina Panamericana ’01)
VENEZUELA - Goizeder Victoria Azua Barrios
VIETNAM - Pham Thi Mai Phuong
WALES - Michelle Bush
YUGOSLAVIA - Ana Sargic (Intcon 01)
ZIMBABWE - Linda Van Beek
(withdrew during pageant)
KOREA - Yoo-kyoung Chang
(withdrew prior to pageant)
GERMANY - Simone Wolf-Reinhart (health problems)
GUATEMALA - Paula Margarita Alonso Morales (Intcon 02, Costa Maya 02)
SRI LANKA - Sabrina Clements
(boycotting)
AUSTRIA - Celine Roschek
COSTA RICA - Shirley Álvarez Sandoval (Queen-Tourism-Int’l 02, MAP 02)
DENMARK - Masja Juel
ICELAND - Eyrun Steinsson
MAURITIUS - Karen Alexandre (MU 02, Top Model 02)
SWITZERLAND - Nadine Vinzens (MU 03)
(replaced)
BELGIUM - Ann van Elsen (ME 01, MU 02) (boycotting)
GERMANY - Katrin Wrobel (resigned from her contract with the Miss Germany Corporation)
ITALY - Pamela Camassa (resigned as Miss Italy World prior to the pageant)
SOUTH AFRICA - Karen Lourens (supposedly invited to compete)
(never attended)
SOUTH AFRICA - Vanessa Do Ceu Carreira (MU 02) (scheduling conflict)
(never participated)
BELARUS - Olga Nevdakh
EGYPT - Ingie Nour
MALAWI - Bladina Mlenga
MOLDOVA - Antonina Groza
All information courtesy of the Global Beauties team, Julio Rodriguez, Marcos Acosta, Steve Yonack, Michael Knittel, Neil Craig, Georgios Kotsoukos, Rana Lee and many other pageant friends and correspondents.