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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 | |
|---|---|
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| Date | October 4, 2001[1] |
| Presenters |
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| Venue | Nakano Sun Plaza, Nakano, Tokyo, Japan[1] |
| Broadcaster | |
| Entrants | 52[1] |
| Placements | 15 |
| Debuts | |
| Withdrawals | |
| Returns | |
| Winner | Małgorzata Rożniecka Poland |
| Congeniality | Siv Hegerland  Norway |
| Best National Costume | Baek Myoung-hee  South Korea |
| Photogenic | Dikla Elkabetz  Israel |
Results
Placements
| Placement | Contestant |
|---|---|
| Miss International 2001 | |
| 1st runner-up | |
| 2nd runner-up | |
| Top 15 |
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Special awards
| Awards | Contestant |
|---|---|
| Miss Friendship |
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| Miss Photogenic |
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| Best National Costume |
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Contestants
Fifty-two contestants competed for the title.
| Country/Territory | Contestant | Age[a] | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|
| María Victoria Branda | 19 | Buenos Aires | |
| Daphne Croes | 23 | Oranjestad | |
| Priscilla Quiroga | 21 | La Paz | |
| Fernanda Tinti | 19 | Minas Gerais | |
| Michelle Watson[4] | 20 | Motherwell | |
| Shauna Olechow | 23 | – | |
| Paula Orchard | 22 | Santiago | |
| Rocio Stevenson | 22 | Cartagena | |
| Martina Poljak | 21 | Zagreb | |
| Vanessa van Arendonk | 20 | Willemstad | |
| Maria Alecou Hadzivassiliou | 19 | Nicosia | |
| Andrea Vranová[5] | 20 | Ústecký | |
| Judith Cury[6] | 19 | Santo Domingo Este | |
| Hanna Pajulammi[7] | 21 | Helsinki | |
| Nawal Benhlal | 21 | Lyon | |
| Anna Ziemski | 20 | Berlin | |
| Fotini Kokari | 19 | – | |
| Rosa Maria Castañeda[8] | 20 | Chiquimula | |
| Yoon Hee Jenny Lee | 23 | Honolulu | |
| Caroline Heijboer | 25 | Amsterdam | |
| Heidi Chu[9] | 24 | Hong Kong | |
| Iris Dögg Oddsdóttir | 18 | Reykjavík | |
| Kanwal Toor[10] | 23 | Delhi | |
| Dikla Elkabetz | 19 | – | |
| Hanako Suzuki | 23 | ||
| Laura Vīksna | 22 | ||
| Dragana Klopcevska | 21 | ||
| Cheah Teck Yoong | 20 | ||
| Ruth Spiteri | 19 | ||
| Irma Ríos | 23 | ||
| Sansarmaa Luvsandoo | 25 | ||
| Renneé Dávila | 24 | ||
| Rowina Taimanao Ogo | 22 | ||
| Siv Hegerland | 22 | ||
| Indira Isikl Kazuma | 20 | ||
| Maricarl Tolosa[11] | 22 | Marikina | |
| Małgorzata Rożniecka | 23 | Szczecin | |
| Lorna Otero | 22 | ||
| Tatiana Pavlova[3] | – | ||
| Marzia Bellesso | 24 | ||
| Juley Binte Abdullah | 23 | ||
| Barbara Pappova | 19 | ||
| Baek Myoung-hee | 19 | ||
| Ayola Molina | 20 | ||
| Sara Nicole Cameron | 21 | ||
| Kanithakan Saengprachaksakula | 24 | ||
| Leila Oualha | 23 | ||
| Ece F. Incedursun | 18 | ||
| Natalia Bakulina | 18 | ||
| Eleana Thompson | 19 | ||
| Aura Zambrano | 20 | ||
| 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
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- ^ a b "Fairest of them all..." New Straits Times. 4 October 2001. p. 71. Retrieved 28 June 2024 – via Google Books.
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