Miss Universe 2002

Miss Universe 2002
Miss Universe 2002
Date	29 May 2002
Presenters	Phil Simms, Daisy Fuentes, Brook Lee
Entertainment	Marc Anthony
Venue	Coliseo Roberto Clemente, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Broadcaster	CBS
Entrants	75
Placements	10
Debuts	Albania, China
Withdrawals	Argentina, Belize, Botswana, Indonesia, Lebanon, Malta, New Zealand, Paraguay, Taiwan, Turks & Caicos, Zimbabwe
Returns	Australia, Guyana, Kenya, Mauritius, Namibia
Winner	Oxana Fedorova  Russia (dethroned) Justine Pasek  Panama (successor)
Congeniality	Merlisa George  US Virgin Islands
Best National Costume	Vanessa Mendoza  Colombia
Photogenic	Isis Casalduc  Puerto Rico

Miss Universe 2002, the 51st Miss Universe pageant, was held on 29 May 2002 at the Coliseo Roberto Clemente in San Juan, Puerto Rico. 75 delegates competed in this year. Oxana Fedorova of Russia was crowned by Denise Quiñones of Puerto Rico at the end of the event. Fedorova was dethroned four months later^[1] and 1st runner-up Justine Pasek of Panama took over the Miss Universe title.

This makes it the first time in the pageant's history that the 1st runner-up actually took over the Miss Universe title when the reigning titleholder became incapable of fulfilling her duties, as explained in the disclaimer traditionally read out by hosts before announcing the winner in the live show. This was the last Miss Universe show to be aired on CBS. Beginning with the next Miss Universe pageant, NBC assumed co-ownership of the pageant along with Donald Trump, and as a result began televising the pageant.

Results

Coliseo Roberto Clemente in San Juan, Puerto Rico

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss Universe 2002	Russia - Oxana Fedorova (Dethroned)
	Panama - Justine Pasek (Assumed)
2nd runner-up	China - Zhuo Ling
3rd runner-up	South Africa - Vanessa Carreira
4th runner-up	Venezuela - Cynthia Lander
Top 10	Germany - Natascha Börger  Cyprus - Demetra Eleftheriou  Albania - Anisa Kospiri  India - Neha Dhupia  Canada - Neelam Verma

Contestants

Countries and territories which sent delegates and results for Miss Universe 2002

•  Albania - Anisa Kospiri
•  Angola - Giovana Leite
•  Antigua & Barbuda - Aisha Ralph
•  Aruba - Deyanira Frank
•  Australia - Sarah Davies
•  Bahamas - Nadia Albury
•  Belgium - Ann van Elsen
•  Bolivia - Paola Coimbra
•  Brazil - Josiane Oliveira
•  British Virgin Islands - Anastasia Tonge
•  Bulgaria - Elina Georgirva
•  Canada - Neelam Verma
•  Cayman Islands - Shannon McLean
•  Chile - Nicole Rencoret Ladrón de Guevara
•  China - Zhuo Ling
•  Colombia - Vanessa Mendoza
•  Costa Rica - Merilyn Villalta
•  Croatia - Ivana Paris
•  Curaçao - Ayanette Statia
•  Cyprus - Demetra Eleftheriou
•  Czech Republic - Diana Kobzanová
•  Dominican Republic - Ruth Ocumárez
•  Ecuador - Isabel Ontaneda-Pinto
•  Egypt - Sally Shaheen
•  El Salvador - Elisa Sandoval
•  Estonia - Jana Tafenau
•  Finland - Janette Broman
•  France - Sylvie Tellier
•  Germany - Natascha Börger
•  Ghana - Stephanie Walkins-Fia
•  Greece - Lena Paparigopoulou
•  Guatemala - Carina Velasquez
•  Guyana - Mia Rahaman
•  Honduras - Erika Ramirez
•  Hungary - Edit Friedl
•  India - Neha Dhupia
•  Ireland - Lisa O'Sullivan
•  Israel - Yamit Har-Noy
•  Italy - Anna Rigon
•  Jamaica - Sanya Hughes
•  Japan - Mina Chiba
•  Kenya - Julie Njeru
•  Korea - Kim Min-kyoung
•  Malaysia - Karen Lit Eit Ang
•  Mauritius - Karen Alexandre
•  Mexico - Ericka Cruz
•  Namibia - Michelle Heitha
•  Netherlands - Kim Kötter
•  Nicaragua - Marianela Lacayo Mendoza
•  Nigeria - Chinenye Ochuba
•  Northern Marianas - Virginia Gridley
•  Norway - Hege Hatlo
•  Panama - Justine Pasek
•  Peru - Adriana Zubiate
•  Philippines - Karen Loren Medrano Agustin
•  Poland - Joanna Dozdrowska
•  Portugal - Iva Catarina Lamarao
•  Puerto Rico - Isis Casalduc
•  Russia - Oxana Fedorova
•  Singapore - Nuraliza Osman
•  Slovak Republic - Eva Dzodlova
•  Slovenia - Iris Mulej
•  South Africa - Vanessa Carreira
•  Spain - Vania Millan
•  Sweden - Malou Hansson
•   Switzerland - Jennifer Ann Gerber
•  Thailand - Janjira Janchome
•  Trinidad & Tobago - Nasma Mohammed
•  Turkey - Cagla Kubat
•  Ukraine - Liliana Gorova
•  Uruguay - Fiorella Fleitas
•  USA - Shauntay Hinton
•  US Virgin Islands - Merlisa George
•  Venezuela - Cynthia Lander
•  Yugoslavia - Slađana Božović

Notes

Debut

•  Albania
•  China

Returns

Last competed in 1995:  Kenya Last competed in 1999:  Guyana

Last competed in 2000:  Australia  Mauritius  Namibia

Withdrawals

Belize - Karen Russell  Indonesia - Angelina Sondakh  Malta - Loredana Zammit  Paraguay - María Gabriela Riquelme Escuna  St. Maarten - Bernice Gumbs  Turks & Caicos - Euwonka Selver

Argentina  Botswana  New Zealand  Taiwan R.O.C.  Zimbabwe

•  Lebanon - Christina Sawaya withdrew because she did not want to compete in the same pageant with Miss Israel. She became Miss International 2002 in the latter part of the year.

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.
• Vania Millan Miras of Spain won the Miss Spain 2002 title, but was a replacement of Lorena Van Heerde Ayala, the winner of the Miss Spain 2001 pageant.
• Josiane Oliveira of Brazil was dethroned after participate of the TV show Big Brother Brasil. The local organization discover during the reality that she was married. The 2002 Miss Brazil 1st runner-up take over the title just two months before pass the crown to the Miss Brazil 2003.

References

1. "New Miss Universe Crowned". CNN. September 24, 2002. Retrieved 10-5-2010. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)