Miss International 2002, the 42nd Miss International pageant, was held on 30 September 2002 in Tokyo, Japan at the Century Hyatt. Małgorzata Rożniecka of Poland crowned her successor Christina Sawaya of Lebanon at the end of the event.

This edition also saw the crowning of the first-ever woman of Middle Eastern descent to win Miss International, Christina Sawaya representing Lebanon.

Results

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Miss International 2002	Lebanon – Christina Sawaya
1st Runner-up	France – Emmanuelle Jagodsinski
2nd Runner-up	Japan – Hana Urushima
Top 12	Czech Republic – Lenka Taussigová  Dominican Republic – Jeimi Hernández  South Korea – Gi Yoon-joo  Nicaragua – Marianela Lacayo  Poland – Monika Angermann  Senegal – Mame Diarra Mballo  Spain – Laura Espinosa  Thailand – Piyanuch Khamboon  Turkey – Nihan Akkus

Contestants