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Miss World Logo52nd Miss World - 2002#
- 2002 December 7
- Alexandra Palace, London, United Kingdom
- 88 participants
- Presenters - Claire Smith & Sean Kanan
- Chairman of the Judges - Julia Morley
- Judges - Pilin Leon - Miss World 1981, Mr. Xiaobai Li - President of New Silk Road, Eliot M Cohen - Music Publisher/Producer, Rebecca Johnson - Contributing Editor Vogue Magazine, Danilo Djurovic - Global Entrepreneur, Ben Murray-Bruce - Founder of Silverbird Productions & Terry O’Neill - renowned Photographer
- Performers - Chayanne & BBMak
Nigeria was the focus of the show in 2002. So many things happened which caused it to finish in London. However, the content and spirit of the show was all about Nigeria. In particular, Cross River State, its beautiful people, the affection and kindness.
Cross River State is where the contestants spent all of their time, this is featured in the Miss World 2002 TV show.
In 2002, special awards were presenter for a scholarship and best Designer Dress. His Excellency, Governor David Duke and the First Lady of Cross Rivers State, presented the awards at the final. The best Designer Dress Award was Turkey, United States was presented with the Talent Award and Swaziland was the recipient of the Scholarship Award. Miss Swaziland was chosen as she wants to further her studies in Environmental studies in South Africa.
MISS WORLD - TURKEY - AZRA AKIN
Continental winners:
- AFRICA - NIGERIA - Chinenye Ochuba
- AMERICAS - COLOMBIA - Natalia Peralta
- ASIA & OCEANIA - CHINA PR - Yingna Wu
- CARIBBEAN - ARUBA - Rachelle Oduber
- EUROPE - TURKEY - Azra Akin
- 1st runner-up - COLOMBIA - Natalia Peralta
- 2nd runner-up - PERU - Marina Mora Montero
- 3rd runner-up - NORWAY - Kathrine Sorland
- 4th runner-up - CHINA PR - Yingna Wu
Top 10#
- AUSTRALIA - Nicole Gazal
- NIGERIA - Chinenye Ochuba
- PHILIPPINES - Katherine Manalo
- UNITED STATES - Rebekah Revels
- VENEZUELA - Goizeder Azua Barrios
Top 20#
- ARUBA - Rachelle Oduber
- BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA - Daniela Vins
- CURACAO - Ayanette Mary-Ann Statia
- HOLLAND - Elise Boulogne
- INDIA - Shruti Sharma
- ITALY - Susanne Zuber
- PUERTO RICO - Casandra Polo Berrios
- RUSSIA - Anna Tatarintseva
- VIETNAM - Mai Phuong Pham Thi
- YUGOSLAVIA - Ana Sargic
Full list of contestants#
- ALBANIA - Maja Anjeza
- ALGERIA - Lamia Saoudi
- AMERICAN VIRGIN ISLANDS - Hailey Cagan
- ANGOLA - Rosa Muginga Muxito
- ANTIGUA & BARBUDA - Zara Razzaq
- ARGENTINA - Tamara Henriksen
- ARUBA - Rachelle Oduber
- AUSTRALIA - Nicole Gazal
- BAHAMAS - T’Shura Ambrose
- BARBADOS - Natalie Webb-Howell
- BELGIUM - Sylvie Doclot
- BELIZE - Karen Russell
- BOLIVIA - Alejandra Montero Chaves
- BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA - Daniela Vins
- BOTSWANA - Lomaswati Dlamini
- BRAZIL - Taiza Thomsen
- BULGARIA - Desislava Atanasova
- CANADA - Lynsey Bennett
- CHILE - Daniela Casanova Muller
- CHINA PR - Yingna Wu
- COLOMBIA - Natalia Peralta
- CROATIA - Nina Slamic
- CURACAO - Ayanette Mary-Ann Statia
- CYPRUS - Angela Drousiotou
- CZECH REPUBLIC - Katerina Smrzova
- ECUADOR - Jessica Angulo Miranda
- ENGLAND - Daniella Luan
- ESTONIA - Triin Sommer
- FINLAND - Hanne Hynynen
- FRANCE - Caroline Chamorand
- GERMANY - Simone Wolf-Reinfurt
- GHANA - Shaida Buari
- GIBRALTAR - Damaris Hollands
- GREECE - Katerina Georgiadou
- GUYANA - Odessa Phillips
- HOLLAND - Elise Boulogne
- HONG KONG - Victoria Jane Jolly
- HUNGARY - Renata Rozs
- INDIA - Shruti Sharma
- IRELAND - Lynda Duffy
- ISRAEL - Carol Lowenstein
- ITALY - Susanne Zuber
- JAMAICA - Danielle Ohayon
- JAPAN - Yuko Nabeta
- KAZAKHSTAN - Olga Sidorenko
- KENYA - Marianne Nyambura Kariuki
- LATVIA - Baiba Svarca
- LEBANON - Bethany Kehdy
- LITHUANIA - Oksana Semenishina
- MACEDONIA FYRO - Jasna Spasovska
- MALAYSIA - Chin Mei, Mabel Ng
- MALTA - Joyce Gatt
- MEXICO - Blanca Zumarraga
- NAMIBIA - Ndapewa Alfons
- NEW ZEALAND - Rachel Maree Huljich
- NICARAGUA - Hazel Calderon
- NIGERIA - Chinenye Ochuba
- NORTHERN IRELAND - Gayle Williamson
- NORWAY - Kathrine Sorland
- PANAMA - Yoselin Sanchez Espino
- PERU - Marina Mora Montero
- PHILIPPINES - Katherine Manalo
- POLAND - Marta Matyjasik
- PUERTO RICO - Casandra Polo Berrios
- ROMANIA - Cleopatra Popescu
- RUSSIA - Anna Tatarintseva
- SCOTLAND - Paula Murphy
- SINGAPORE - Sharon Cintamani
- SLOVAKIA - Eva Veresova
- SLOVENIA - Natasa Krajnc
- SOUTH AFRICA - Claire Sabbagha
- SPAIN - Lola Alcocer-Vazquez
- SWAZILAND - Nozipho Shabangu
- SWEDEN - Sophia Hedmark
- TAHITI - Rava Maiarii
- TANZANIA - Angela Damas Mtlalima
- THAILAND - Ticha Luengpairoj
- TRINIDAD & TOBAGO - Janelle Denice Rajnauth
- TURKEY - Azra Akin
- UGANDA - Rehema Ni Nakuya
- UKRAINE - Iryna Udovenko
- UNITED STATES - Rebekah Revels
- URUGUAY - Natalia Figueras Cabezas
- VENEZUELA - Goizeder Azua Barrios
- VIETNAM - Mai Phuong Pham Thi
- WALES - Michelle Bush
- YUGOSLAVIA - Ana Sargic
- ZIMBABWE - Linda Van Beek
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