Miss Universe 2002

Results

Placements

Order of announcements

Top 10

1. Albania
2. Russia
3. South Africa
4. India
5. Germany
6. Cyprus
7. Canada
8. Panama
9. China
10. Venezuela

    Top 5

11. Panama
12. China
13. South Africa
14. Venezuela
15. Russia

    Contestants

• - Anisa Kospiri
• - Giovana Leite
• - Aisha Ralph
• - Deyanira Frank
• - Sarah Davies
• - Nadia Albury
• - Ann van Elsen
• - Paola Coimbra
• - Josiane Oliveira
• - Anastasia Tonge
• - Elina Georgieva
• - Neelam Verma
• - Shannon McLean
• - Nicole Rencoret Ladrón de Guevara
• - Zhuo Ling
• - Vanessa Mendoza
• - Merilyn Villalta
• - Ivana Paris
• - Ayanette Statia
• - Demetra Eleftheriou
• - Diana Kobzanová
• - Ruth Ocumárez
• - Isabel Ontaneda-Pinto
• - Sally Shaheen
• - Elisa Sandoval
• - Jana Tafenau
• - Janette Broman
• - Sylvie Tellier
• - Natascha Börger
• - Stephanie Walkins-Fia
• - Lena Paparigopoulou
• - Carina Velasquez
• - Mia Rahaman
• - Erika Ramirez
• - Edit Friedl
• - Neha Dhupia
• - Lisa O'Sullivan
• - Yamit Har-Noy
• - Anna Rigon
• - Sanya Hughes
• - :ja:千葉美苗|Mina Chiba
• - Julie Njeru
• - Kim Min-kyoung
• - Karen Lit Eit Ang
• - Karen Alexandre
• - Ericka Cruz
• - Michelle Heitha
• - Kim Kötter - placed 11th
• - Marianela Lacayo
• - Chinenye Ochuba
• - Virginia Gridley
• - Hege Hatlo
• - Justine Pasek
• - Adriana Zubiate
• - Karen Loren Agustín
• - Joanna Dozdrowska
• - Iva Catarina Lamarao
• - Isis Casalduc
• - Oxana Fedorova
• - Nuraliza Osman
• - Eva Dzodlova
• - Iris Mulej
• - Vanessa Carreira
• - Vania Millan
• - Malou Hansson
• - Jennifer Ann Gerber
• - Janjira Janchome
• - Nasma Mohammed
• - Cagla Kubat
• - Liliana Gorova
• - Fiorella Fleitas
• - Shauntay Hinton
• - Merlisa George
• - Cynthia Lander
• - Slađana Božović

  Debut

• Returns

• Last competed in 1995:
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• Last competed in 1999:
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• Last competed in 2000:
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  Replacements

• - The winner of Miss España 2001 pageant, Lorena Ayala cut all ties with the Miss España organization and lost the right to representing Spain in any international pageant after a threat of lawsuit against the Miss España Organization by her family side due to breaching her contract with the organization, then they replaced her with the new Miss España 2002, Vania Millán by the Miss Universe Organization's request.

  Withdrawals

• - No contest due to the Argentinian economic crisis of 2001.
• - Karen Russell - Lack of Sponsorship, went to Miss World 2002.
• - No contest until 2004.
• - Yana Booth
• - Shirley Yeung - the Miss Hong Kong pageant lost their Miss Universe licence in 2001 due to lack of interest.
• - Angelina Patricia Pingkan Sondakh.
• - Christina Sawaya, Miss Lebanon 2001 withdrew because she supported the Second Intifada and started that she couldn't compete with Miss Israel 2002, Yamit Har-Noy at the pageant. She took part at Miss International 2002 in the latter part of the year and won the crown.
• - Loredana Zammit - The Miss Malta organization lost their Miss Universe licence that year.
• - Attempted to obtain a MU license. Denied. Winner of the Miss Mayotte pageant competes in Miss France.
• - No contest.
• - María Gabriela Riquelme Escuna - The Miss Paraguay organization lost their Miss Universe licence.
• - Bernice Gumbs - Lack of Sponsorship
• - No contest.
• - Euwonka Selver - She was destroned few weeks before leaving for the pageant and the organization didn't remplace her.

• - The Pageant was postponed until December.
• - The contest was postponed several times until the Summer.
• - Lack of Sponsorship.
• - Lost their Miss Universe licence.
• - The Contest was delayed until the middle of 2003.
• - The Miss Universe Zimbabwe pageant decided to stop being held due the current Zimbabwe economic and political crisis since 2000.

  Awards

• ' - Miss Congeniality
• ' - Miss Photogenic
• - Best National Costume

  Other notes

• The Parade of Nations was conducted outdoors in the streets of Old San Juan for the first time and the delegates all wore their national costumes and presented in alphabetical order. This format of the parade would continue until 2005, although from 2003–2005, the delegates did not wear their national costumes during the parade.
• Josiane Oliveira of Brazil was dethroned after Big Brother Brasil. The local organization discovered that she was married. The 2002 Miss Brazil 1st runner-up took over the title just two months before passing the crown to her successor.

  General references