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Miss International Titleholders from 1991 to 2000
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1 November 2019

Miss International Titleholders from 1991 to 2000

Commencing in the year 1960, the Miss International beauty pageant has its name in the Big 4 pageants in the world. The pageants aim to promote ‘Love Peace and Beauty to the World’. The first finale of Miss International was held in the United States, in Long Beach, California in 1960 and this year witnessed the crowning of the 59th Miss International winner. The contestants of this pageant are supposed to serve as ‘Ambassadors of Peace and Beauty’ and are expected to serve their reign with tenderness, generosity, friendship, beauty, intelligence and a great sense of international sensibility. Recently, Miss international established a ‘Miss International Fund’ which donates to UNICEF and other charitable organizations to help underprivileged children. This platform presents the participants with the opportunity to proactively contribute to the community and society on a global level. Angelopedia presents to you the winners from the year 1991 to 2000 are Agnieszka Kotlarska Miss International 1991 from Poland, Kirsten Davidson Miss International 1992 from Australia, Agnieszka Pachalko Miss International 1993 from Poland, Christina Lekka Miss International 1994 from Greece, Anne Lena Hansen Miss International 1995 from Norway, Fernanda Alves Miss International 1996 from Portugal, Consuelo Adler Miss International 1997 from Venezuela, Lía Borrero Miss International 1998 from Panama, Paulina Gálvez Miss International 1999 from Colombia, Vivian Urdaneta Miss International 2000 from Venezuela.

  1. Agnieszka Kotlarska Miss International 1991 from Poland

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    Agnieszka Kotlarska Miss International 1991 from Poland

    Agnieszka Kotlarska from Poland was crowned Miss International 1991 on 13th October 1991 in Tokyo, Japan. The beautiful diva was a Polish fashion model. She was the first Polish winner of the Miss International beauty pageant in 1991 and was 19 years of age by that time. She went on to pursue a modeling career in New York for the likes of Ralph Lauren and Calvin Klein, before returning to Poland to settle in Wrocław. Unfortunately, Agnieszka was stabbed to death by a stalker on August 27, 1996. The attack also injured her husband, Jarosław Świątek. Her 2-year-old daughter was a witness to the attack. May her soul rest in peace!

  2. Kirsten Davidson Miss International 1992 from Australia

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    Kirsten Davidson Miss International 1992 from Australia

    Kirsten Davidson from Australia was crowned Miss International 1992 on 18th October 1992 in Nagasaki, Japan. The beauty was 20 years of age when she won the title and was crowned Miss International 1992. She was the third Australian to win the pageant. She was preceded and succeeded as winner by the Polish delegates. She belonged to Perth which is the capital and the largest city of Australian State of Western Australia. Kirsten competed strongly in the national contest and was titled as Miss International Australia 1992 and then while representing her country in the grand event of Miss International 1992, she again competed strongly and with utmost grace she bested 50 contestants and made to that level.

  3. Agnieszka Pachalko Miss International 1993 from Poland

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    Agnieszka Pachalko Miss International 1993 from Poland

    Agnieszka Pachalko from Poland was crowned Miss International 1993 on 9th October 1993 in Tokyo, Japan. The beauty graduated from High School Jan Kasprowicz in Inowroclaw and she was 20 years of age when she was crowned Miss International. In 1993, Agnes took first place in a beauty contest Miss Polish. It turned out to be a ticket to the world of fashion. In 1994–1999 she worked as a model in Paris, presenting the collections include: Karl Lagerfeld, Chanel, Yves Saint Laurent, Pierre Cardin, Nina Ricci, Loris Azzaro and Luis Ferrau, working alongside such models as: Claudia Schiffer, Linda Evangelista, Carla Bruni and Karen Mulder. In January 1999 was on the cover of a magazine CKM. After returning to the Polish company founded her own clothing.

  4. Christina Lekka Miss International 1994 from Greece

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    Christina Lekka Miss International 1994 from Greece

    Christina Lekka from Greece was crowned Miss International 1994 on 4th September 1994 in Ise, Mie, Japan. She was 22 years of age when she won the title. Christina is a model from Greece who became the first and only woman from her country to win the Miss International pageant. She won the "Ellinida" 1994 title at the Miss Star Hellas pageant. Her Miss International victory came a few months later, when the pageant was held in Ise, Japan.

  5. Anne Lena Hansen Miss International 1995 from Norway

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    Anne Lena Hansen Miss International 1995 from Norway

    Anne Lena Hansen from Norway was crowned Miss International 1995 on 10th September 1995 in Tokyo, Japan. She was 21 years of age when she won the title. She is a Norwegian actress and also a model. Hansen competed in the Miss Norway pageant, as the delegate of Troms, and won the national title. In November 1994, she was sent to the Miss World pageant in Sun City, South Africa, where she did not place. In September 1995, she was sent to the Miss International pageant at the Shinjuku Pension Hall in Tokyo, Japan defeating 46 other contestants for the title. In Japan she worked as a model for the prestigious Beauty Institute and Fuji Beauty, Takano Yuri, in New York City for Maidenform lingerie and GAP to name some, in Norway for Finesse hair products, Canal Digital and Terra Bank. She has been working as a model both nationally and internationally. In Norway, she has been a part of the agency SB Produksjoner, View Models, and in New York City, she was working for the agency McDonald Richards, Jan Alpert Model Management and during the recent years New York Model Management Group. After several auditions she enrolled in the prestigious Theatre school, ‘The American Academy of Dramatic arts’ in 2000 and is today one of their proud graduates.

  6. Fernanda Alves Miss International 1996 from Portugal

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    Fernanda Alves Miss International 1996 from Portugal

    Fernanda Alves from Portugal was crowned Miss International 1996 on 26th October 1996 in Japan Kanazawa, Japan. She was 20 years of age when she won the title. It was the first time for Portugal to win the crown of Miss International. Fernanda Alves hailed from the city of Lisbon which was considered as the largest city of Portugal and also was the capital. The beauty was a professional model and she worked well in her hometown as well as internationally.

  7. Consuelo Adler Miss International 1997 from Venezuela

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    Consuelo Adler Miss International 1997 from Venezuela

    Consuelo Adler from Venezuela was crowned Miss International 1997 on 20th September 1997 in Japan Kyoto, Japan. The beautiful diva was just 20 years of age when she won the title. She is a top model and became the second Miss International from her country in 1997. A year prior to her win as Miss International, she competed as Miss Miranda in her country's national beauty pageant, Miss Venezuela, obtaining the title of Miss Venezuela International and the Most Beautiful Skin and Photogenic awards. She crowned the new Miss Venezuela International at the 1997 Miss Venezuela pageant the day before she flew to Japan to participate in the pageant that she actually won. After beginning her modeling career in Paris where she did high fashion and major magazines Adler is now working on her acting career in America. Currently as a model, her campaigns and TV commercials include: Sothys, Decleor, Cartier, Clairol, L'Oreal, Samuel Adam's, Johnson & Johnson, Wonderbra, Playtex, Nivea Ann Taylor, Vanity Fair and many others. She is with "Ford Models in United States" and "Vandemast Model Management" in Europe.

  8. Lia Borrero Miss International 1998 from Panama

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    Lia Borrero Miss International 1998 from Panama

    Lía Borrero from Panama was crowned Miss International 1988 on 26th September 1988 in Tokyo, Japan. The beautiful diva was 22 years of age when she won the title. She was the first Panamanian delegate in history to win a major beauty pageant, the title of Miss International 1998. Lía won her first beauty contest in early 1996 when she became queen of the Las Tablas carnival, a title that had previously been won by her aunt by the same name Lía Victoria Borrero de Jurado. She competed in the Miss Panama competition that same year, where she beat other 14 contestants and became Miss Panama 1996. This gave her the opportunity to compete in the Miss Universe 1997 pageant, broadcast live from Miami Beach, Florida. She was a Top 6 finalist, the highest placement ever by a Panamanian at the time (a record that would not be surpassed until 2002). Miss USA, Brook Mahealani Lee would be the eventual winner. Later, she was invited to participate in the Miss International 1998 beauty pageant, where she became the first ever Panamanian to win a major international pageant, overcoming other strong delegates such as Venezuela and Colombia. She worked for the International Culture Association (ICA) during her year-long reign, helping the One Love Fund, a foundation that gives donations to people who suffer from natural disasters, through the creation of goodwill activities.

  9. Paulina Galvez Miss International 1999 from Colombia

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    Paulina Galvez Miss International 1999 from Colombia

    Paulina Gálvez from Colombia was crowned Miss International 1999 on 14th December 1999 in Tokyo, Japan. The beautiful diva was just 19 years of age when she won the title. She became the second representative from her country to win the Miss International pageant in 1999 where she was also adjudged as Miss Photogenic. The diva hails from the city of Cali in the southwest Colombia.

  10. Vivian Urdaneta Miss International 2000 from Venezuela

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    Vivian Urdaneta Miss International 2000 from Venezuela

    Vivian Urdaneta from Venezuela was crowned Miss International 2000 on 4th October 2000 in Tokyo, Japan. The beautiful diva hails from Maracaibo in Venezuela. She was just 21 years of age when she won the title. Urdaneta, who stands 178 cm tall competed as Miss Costa Oriental in her country's national pageant, Miss Venezuela, and obtained the title of Miss Venezuela International. As the official representative of her country to the 2000 Miss International pageant, she competed against 57 other delegates for the crown and won the title of Miss International 2000. She was the third woman to win the title of Miss International for her country Venezuela.

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