Miss International 2011

Miss International 2011, the 51st Miss International pageant, was held on 6 November 2011 at the International Tennis Center in Chengdu, China. Elizabeth Mosquera of Venezuela crowned her successor, Fernanda Cornejo of Ecuador, at the final event.

Miss International 2011
Chengdu, China
Date	6 November 2011
Venue	International Tennis Center, Chengdu, China^[1]
Entrants	67
Placements	15
Debuts	Belize Estonia Zimbabwe
Withdrawals	Bahamas Canada Chile Czech Republic Greece Jamaica Kenya Lithuania Martinique Mauritius Nicaragua Norway Serbia Sri Lanka United Kingdom
Returns	Cuba El Salvador Honduras Hungary Kyrgyzstan Portugal Romania Tanzania Trinidad and Tobago
Winner	Fernanda Cornejo  Ecuador
Congeniality	Shanna Nakamura  Hawaii Karen Higuera  Mexico
Best National Costume	Kantapat Peerdachainarin  Thailand
Photogenic	Jessica Barboza  Venezuela
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Results

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Miss International 2011	Ecuador – Fernanda Cornejo
1st Runner-Up	Venezuela – Jessica Barboza
2nd Runner-Up	Mongolia – Tugsuu Idersaikhan
3rd Runner-Up	Puerto Rico – Desiree Del Rio
4th Runner-Up	Panama – Keity Drennan
Top 15	Brazil – Gabriella Marcelino   Latvia – Lelde Paulsone   Lebanon – Maria Farah   Netherlands – Talitha Hertsenberg   Philippines – Dianne Necio   Russia – Elena Chepilchenko   Sweden – Denice Andrée   Thailand – Kantapat Peerdachainarin   Trinidad and Tobago – Renee Bhagwandeen   Vietnam – Trương Tri Trúc Diễm

Special awards

Awards	Contestant
Miss Friendship	Hawaii – Shanna Nakamura   Mexico – Karen Higuera
Miss Photogenic	Venezuela – Jessica Barboza
Best in National Costume	Thailand – Kantapat Peerdachainarin
Miss Talent	China – Baixue Yuting
Miss Internet Popularity	Philippines – Dianne Necio
Miss Goodwill Ambassador	Aruba – Vivian Chow
Miss Panda Angel	Latvia – Lelde Paulsone
Miss Active	Puerto Rico – Desiree Del Rio
Miss Expressive	Zimbabwe – Lisa Morgan
Miss Elegance	Russia – Elena Chepilchenko
Miss Beauty	Ecuador – Fernanda Cornejo
Miss Stature	Ecuador – Fernanda Cornejo

Order of Announcements

Top 15

1.   Brazil
2.   Netherlands
3.   Latvia
4.   Mongolia
5.   Panama
6.   Russia
7.   Thailand
8.   Philippines
9.   Lebanon
10.   Ecuador
11.   Sweden
12.   Vietnam
13.   Venezuela
14.   Puerto Rico
15.   Trinidad and Tobago

Top 5

1.   Panama
2.   Venezuela
3.   Ecuador
4.   Puerto Rico
5.   Mongolia

Contestants

The Miss International 2011 contestants were:

Country/Territory	Contestant	Age	Height	Hometown	Continental Group
Aruba	Vivian Chow	19	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Oranjestad	Americas
Australia	Brooke Nash	20	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	Mackay	Oceania
Belarus	Ulyana Volokhovskaya	18	1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)	Minsk	Europe
Belgium	Kristina De Munter	24	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Caracas^[2]	Europe
Belize	Annlyn Apolonio^[3]^[4]	21	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	Belize City	Americas
Bolivia	Daniela Núñez del Prado	20	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Santa Cruz	Americas
Brazil	Gabriella Marcelino^[5]	21	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)	Simões Filho	Americas
China	Baixue Yuting^[6]	20	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	Zhengzhou	Asia
Chinese Taipei	Ying Kuei Li	20	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	Taipei	Asia
Colombia	Natalia Valenzuela^[7]	22	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Neiva	Americas
Costa Rica	Amalia Matamoros	22	1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)	Naranjo	Americas
Cuba	Elizabeth Robaina	23	1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)	McAllen	Americas
Denmark	Monica Kristensen	20	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	Vejen	Europe
Dominican Republic	Catherine Ramírez	25	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	Santiago	Americas
Ecuador	María Fernanda Cornejo^[8]	22	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Quito	Americas
El Salvador	Marcela Santamaría^[9]	19	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)^[10]	San Salvador	Americas
Estonia	Sandra Daškova	19	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Tallinn	Europe
Finland	Niina-Maria Lavonen	22	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Pori	Europe
France	Laura Maurey	22	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)	Bagnoles-de-l'Orne	Europe
Georgia	Ellen Sikorskaia	19	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	Tbilisi	Europe
Germany	Sandra Kaczmarczyk	22	1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	Bonn	Europe
Guadeloupe	Daena Hatilip	25	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Saint-Claude	Americas
Guam	Katarina Martinez	20	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	Barrigada Heights	Oceania
Guatemala	Karen Remón	21	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Guatemala	Americas
Hawaii	Shanna Nakamura	24	1.55 m (5 ft 1 in)	Honolulu	Oceania
Honduras	Esthefany Pineda	18	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Tela	Americas
Hong Kong	Whitney Hui^[11]	22	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Fujian	Asia
Hungary	Nora Viragh^[12]	20	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	Mátészalka	Europe
India	Ankita Shorey	25	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Mumbai	Asia
Indonesia	Reisa Kartikasari	25	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Yogyakarta	Asia
Italy	Anthea Lucà	19	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Bazzano	Europe
Japan	Nagomi Murayama	23	1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)	Kanagawa	Asia
South Korea	Kim Hye-sun	25	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	Seoul	Asia
Kyrgyzstan	Asel Samakova	18	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	Bishkek	Asia
Latvia	Lelde Paulsone	22	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	Riga	Europe
Lebanon	Maria Farah	22	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	Windsor	Asia
Macau	Winnie Sin	24	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	Macau	Asia
Malaysia	Phong Sze Ling	21	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Perak	Asia
Mexico	Karen Higuera	20	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	La Paz	Americas
Mongolia	Tugsuu Idersaikhan^[13]	19	1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)	Ulan Bator	Asia
Nepal	Sarina Maskey^[14]	24	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Narayangad	Asia
Netherlands	Talitha Hertsenberg	19	1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)	Amsterdam	Europe
New Zealand	Claire Kirby	24	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Palmerston North	Oceania
Panama	Keity Mendieta Britton^[15]	21	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Panama City	Americas
Paraguay	Stephania Vázquez Stegman	19	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	Asunción	Americas
Peru	María Alejandra Chávez^[16]	18	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Lima	Americas
Philippines	Dianne Necio^[17]	19	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)^[18]	Polangui	Asia
Poland	Adrianna Wojciechowska	25	1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)	Gostynin	Europe
Portugal	Patrícia Da Silva^[19]	21	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	Lisbon	Europe
Puerto Rico	Desireé Del Río^[20]	24	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	San Juan	Americas
Romania	Andrada Vilciu	25	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Bucharest	Europe
Russia	Elena Chepilchenko	20	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	St. Petersburg	Europe
Singapore	Stella Kae Sze Yun	22	1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	Singapore	Asia
Slovakia	Dušana Lukáčová	20	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Veľký Šariš	Europe
South Africa	Natasha Kashimoto^[21]	20	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Benoni	Africa
Spain	Sarah Lopez Bujia	23	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Santiago de Compostela	Europe
Sweden	Denice Andrée^[22]	23	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Stockholm	Europe
Tahiti	Hitiana Monnier	23	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	Papeete	Oceania
Tanzania	Nelly Kamwelu	19	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)	Dar es Salaam	Africa
Thailand	Kantapat Peeradachainarin	25	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Ratchaburi	Asia
Trinidad and Tobago	Renee Bhagwandeen	23	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	San Fernando	Americas
Turkey	Elif Korkmaz	21	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	İzmir	Europe
Ukraine	Oleksandra Kyrsha	23	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Kyiv	Europe
United States	Kristen Little^[23]	23	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Albuquerque	Americas
Venezuela	Jessica Barboza	24	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)	Maracaibo	Americas
Vietnam	Trương Tri Trúc Diễm	24	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)	Ho Chi Minh City	Asia
Zimbabwe	Lisa Morgan	21	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Harare	Africa

References

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External links

• Miss International official website