Results

1  MEXICO  Silvia Priscila Perales Elizondo (Top 10 Universe '06)

2  GREECE  Despina Vlepaki

3  BELARUS  Yuliya Sindzeyeva (4th RU Europe '06, SF Top Model of the World '08, World '09)

Top 15

CHILE  Mary Ann Salas Gorboi

CZECH REPUBLIC  Veronika Pompeova (Europe '07)

HONG KONG  Grace Wong Kwan-Hing

INDONESIA  Rahma Landy

JAPAN  Hisako Shirata

KOREA  Ga-won Park 

PUERTO RICO  Haydil Rivera Escobales

RUSSIA  Aleksandra Mazur (World '06)

SPAIN  Nerea Arce Alea

SRI LANKA  Aruni Madusha Rajapakse (MTQI '07, Universe '08)

TURKEY  Asli Temel

VENEZUELA  Vanessa Jackeline Gómez Peretti

Awards

Friendship  HONG KONG

Photogenic  JAPAN

Best National Costume  ARUBA

Remainder

ARGENTINA  Paula Quiroga Sotelo

ARMENIA  Rita Tsatryan

ARUBA  Jonella Oduber

AUSTRALIA  Danielle Byrnes

BOLIVIA  Angélica Olavarría Vaca

BRAZIL  Carolina Prates Nery

CANADA  Justine Stewart

CHINA  Lina Ding

COLOMBIA  Ana Milena Lamus Rodríguez

CONGO (Brazzaville)  Jolette Sven Wamba Miylou (Tourism Queen Int'l '07)

COSTA RICA  Ibis Leonela Paniagua Viales

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC  Ana Carolina Viñas Machado (Coffee '07, 2nd RU Reina Internacional Del Trópico '07, winner Miss Tourism Latino '07)

ECUADOR  Jéssica Maena Ortiz Campos

EGYPT  Madonna Khaled Adib

EL SALVADOR  Ledin Damas

ETHIOPIA  Kidan Tesfahun

FINLAND  Joanna Väre

FRANCE  Sophie Vouzelaud

GERMANY  Svetlana Tsys

GUADELOUPE  Ann-Love Viranin

GUATEMALA  Alida Maria Boer Reyes (1st RU Teen International '00, Universe '07, World '09)

HONDURAS  Margarita Valle

INDIA  Esha Gupta

LATVIA  Laura Fogele

LEBANON  Grace Bejjani

LIBERIA  Harriette Thomas

MALAYSIA  Yennie Lim Nee

MONGOLIA  Gerelchuluun Baatarchuluun (Tourism Metropolitan Int'l '07)

NEW ZEALAND  Kyla Hei Hei

NIGERIA  Sokari Akanibo

PANAMA  Stephanie Joan Araúz Shaw

PARAGUAY  Daiana Natalia Ferreira da Costa

PERU  Luisa Fernanda Monteverde Manrique

PHILIPPINES  Nadia Lee Cien de la Cruz Shami

POLAND  Dorota Gawron (Universe '07, winner Baltic Sea and Scandinavia '07)

SERBIA  Teodora Marcic (Universe '07)

SINGAPORE  Christabelle Tsai

SLOVAK REPUBLIC  Kristina Valuskova

SURINAME  Chantyn Melissa Maria Ramdas

TAIWAN  Tzu-Wei Hung 

TANZANIA  Jamilla Munisi

THAILAND  Chompoonek Badinworawat

UKRAINE  Mariya Varyvoda

UNITED KINGDOM  Samantha Freedman

USA  April Strong

VIETNAM  Thuy Duong Pham Thi 

Withdrew (after organizers realized that Margarita Island is part of Venezuela)

MARGARITA ISLAND  Jennifer Maduro

NO SHOWS:

BAHAMAS  Melissa Key

CAMEROON  Marthe Nathalie Houag

GHANA  Dilys Zahabi

NORWAY  Karoline Kleven

SUDAN  Yar Ong’a

ZAMBIA  Karishma Patel

REPLACED:

CANADA  Alice Panikian (Top 10 Universe '06)

GUATEMALA  Hania Hernandez

HONDURAS  Yasmina Roman

THAILAND  Prapaphan Phongsitthong

UKRAINE  Galena Andreyeva

DEBUTS:  Armenia, Belarus

WITHDRAWALS:  Cyprus, Kenya, Martinique, New Caledonia, Northern Marianas, Norway, South Sudan

RETURNS:  Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Greece, Indonesia, Latvia, Lebanon, Liberia, Paraguay, Suriname, United Kingdom, United States