2002
2002 Winners
from left: Miss Air - Winnie Adah Omwakwe (Kenya), Miss Earth - Dzejla Glavovic (Bosnia/Herzegovina -dethroned), Miss Water - Sladjana Bozović (Yugoslavia) & Miss Fire - Julianna Patricia Drossou(Greece)
20 October '02
Tanghalang Francisco Balagtas (Folk Arts Theatre) - Manila, Philippines
Host: Marc Nelson
Co-hosts: Pia Guanio & Bianca Araneta
53 Delegates
Semi-finalists
Chile Nazhla Sofía Abad González
Colombia Diana Patricia Botero Ibarra
Finland Elina Hurve
Peru Claudia Ortiz de Zevallos Cano (SF Universe 03)
Philippines April Rose Lim Perez
Spain Cristina Carpintero
Other Delegates
Albania Anjeza Maja (World 02)
Argentina Mercedes Apuzzo
Australia Ineke Candice Leffers
Barbados Ramona Ramjit
Belgium Stéphanie Moreel
Bolivia Susana Valeria Vaca Díez
Canada Melanie Grace Bennett
China Zhang Mei
Costa Rica Maria del Mar Ruiz Carballo
Czech Rep. Apolena Tumova
Denmark Julie Kristen Villumsen
Dominican Rep. Yilda Santana Subervi
Egypt Ines Gohar
El Salvador Elisa Sandoval Rodríguez (Universe 02)
Estonia Merilin Malmet
Germany Miriam Thiele
Ghana Beverly Asamoah Jecty
Gibraltar Charlene Gaiviso
Great Britain Louise Glover
Guatemala Florecita de Jesús Cobián Azurdia
Honduras Leslie Paredes Barahona
Hungary Szilvia Toth
India Reshmi Ghosh
Korea Jin-ah Lee
Kosova Mirjeta Zeka
Lebanon Raghida Antoun Farah
Malaysia Pamela Ramachandran
Mexico Libna Viruega Roldán
Nepal Nira Gautam
Nicaragua Yahoska Maria Cerda Urbina
Nigeria Vanessa Ibiene Ekeke
Norway Linn Naimak Olaisen
Panama Carolina Lilibeth Miranda Samudio
Paraguay Adriana Raquel Baum Ramos
Poland Agnieszka Portka
Puerto Rico Deidre Rodríguez
Singapore Gayathri Unnijkrishan
Switzerland Jade Chang
Tanzania Tausi Abdalla
Thailand Lalita Apaiwong
Uganda Martha Semegura Nambajjwe
USA Casey Marie Burns
Venezuela Dagmar Caterina Votterl Peláez
Did not compete
Aruba Jurraney Toppenberg (withdrew on the 2nd week)
Brazil Adriana Reis (returned home with a kidney infection)
Special Awards:
Miss Friendship Gibraltar
Best National Costume Korea
Miss Photogenic Philippines
Miss Talent Bosnia/Herzegovina
Best in Swimsuit Colombia
Best in Long Gown Peru
