Miss International 2004

Miss International 2004, the 44th Miss International pageant, was held on October 16, 2004 at the Workers Indoor Arena in Beijing, China. This is the first time event to be held in China for contest was being held outside of Japan and the United States are headquarter's homecountry. 58 contestants from all over the world competed for the crown. Miss International 2003, Goizeder Azua of Venezuela, crowned her successor Jeymmy Vargas of Colombia as the new Miss International.^[1]

Miss International 2004
Jeymmy Vargas, Miss International 2004
Date	October 16, 2004
Venue	Workers Indoor Arena, Beijing, China
Broadcaster	TV Tokyo
Entrants	58
Placements	15
Debuts	Angola Romania Zambia
Withdrawals	Argentina Croatia Guatemala Latin Mexico Malta Native American Vietnam
Returns	Australia Bahamas Czech Republic Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Hawaii Hungary Iceland Latvia Lebanon Mongolia New Caledonia Norway Panama Peru Poland Senegal
Winner	Jeymmy Vargas[1] Colombia
Congeniality	Fu Sze-Sze Hong Kong
Best National Costume	Sun Yue China
Photogenic	Sodtuya Chadraabal Mongolia
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Results

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Miss International 2004	Colombia – Jeymmy Vargas
1st Runner-Up	United States – Amy Lynne Holbrook
2nd Runner-Up	Greece – Olga Kypriotou
Top 15	China – Sun Yue  France – Lucie Degletagne  Germany – Natascha Borger  India – Mihika Verma  Japan – Tamiko Kawahara  Latvia – Jeļena Keirāne  Mongolia – Sodtuya Chadraabal  Philippines – Margaret Ann Bayot  Russia – Nataliya Kolodeznikova  South Korea – Kim In-ha  Spain – Cristina Torres Domínguez  United Kingdom – Laura Shields

Special awards

Awards	Contestant
Miss Friendship	Hong Kong - Fu Sze Sze-Wai
Miss Photogenic	Mongolia - Sodtuya Chadraabal
Best National Costume	China - Sun Yue
Miss Goodwill	Russia - Nataliya Kolodeznikova

Contestants

• Angola – Telma de Jesus Esperanca Sonhi
• Aruba – Ysaura Giel
• Australia – Lacey Davis
• Bahamas – Shantell Nicole Hall^[2]
• Bolivia – Vanessa Patricia Morón Jarzun
• Brazil – Grazielli Massafera
• Canada – Adelynn Cupino
• Chile – Francisca Valenzuela Rendic
• China – Sun Yue
• Colombia – Jeymmy Vargas
• Costa Rica – Tatiana Vargas Cruz
• Cyprus – Demetra Mouski
• Czech Republic – Michaela Wostlová
• Dominican Republic – Carol María Arciniegas
• Ecuador – Irene Andrea Zunino Garcia
• Egypt – Dina Abel
• El Salvador – Andrea Hernández
• Ethiopia – Helina Mezegbu
• Finland – Henna Ylilauri
• France – Lucie Degletagne
• Germany – Natascha Vanessa Börger Sevilla
• Greece – Olga Kypriotou
• Hawaii – Kellie Peterson
• Hong Kong – Fu Sze-Sze
• Hungary – Blanka Bakos
• Iceland – Halldora Rut Bjarnadottir
• India – Mihika Verma
• Israel – Li'or Keren
• Japan – Tamiko Kawahara
• Latvia – Jeļena Keirāne
• Lebanon – Nataly Nasrallah
• Malaysia – Lim Lee Ching
• Mexico – Bernadette Gonzalez
• Mongolia – Sodtuya Chadraabal
• New Caledonia – Yvana Parotu
• Northern Mariana Islands – Kenyelyn Litumular Arriola
• Norway – Stephanie Eide Furuguiel
• Panama – Anabella Isabel Hale Ruíz
• Peru – Aldana Joyce García Jahnsen^[3]
• Philippines – Margaret Ann "Maan" Awitan Bayot^[4]
• Poland – Marta Matyjasik
• Puerto Rico – Meredith Herrera
• Romania – Ramona-Angela Raut
• Russia – Nataliya Kolodeznikova
• Senegal – Aminata Dieye
• Serbia and Montenegro – Jasna Bozovic
• Singapore – Sherry Ng Yun Feng
• Slovakia – Aneta Kailingová
• South Korea – Kim In-ha
• Spain – Cristina Torres Domínguez
• Thailand – Sunisa Pasuk
• Tunisia – Rym Laalai
• Turkey – Gulsah Sahin
• Ukraine – Yuliya Kumpan
• United Kingdom – Laura Shields
• United States – Amy Lynne Holbrook
• Venezuela – Eleidy Aparicio
• Zambia – Cynthia Kanema

Notes

Did not compete

• Belize – Farah Carisa Evans
• Nigeria – Ene Maya Lawani
• Paraguay – Myriam Raquel Rodriguez
• Sri Lanka – Shehara Silva
• Tahiti – Tania Tinirauarii