18-year-old Alejandra Andreu from Spain bested 62 other contestants from around the world to become the 48th Miss International.

Starmometer’s pick, Miss Colombia, ended up winning first runner-up. Our very own Patricia Fernandez was among the Top 12 finalists.

Here’s the complete results of the 2008 Miss International Pageant which was held at The Venetian in Macau Saturday night:

MISS INTERNATIONAL 2008:
SPAIN, Alejandra Andreu

1st Runner Up:
COLOMBIA, Maria Cristina Diaz Granados

2nd Runner Up:
POLAND, Anna Tarnowska

3rd Runner Up:
CHINA, Chang Wen Liu

4th Runner Up:
CZECH REPUBLIC, Zuzana Putnarova

The Top 12 finalists were announced in alphabetical order. All of them took part in a “dance competition” of some sort wherein they had to jump on a small stage and strut their stuff to the music of “When I Grow Up” by the Pussycat Dolls and “4 Minutes” by Madonna among others (4 Minutes is a good song for Miss Earth by the way).

The Top 12:

CHINA
COLOMBIA
CZECH REPUBLIC
ECUADOR
JAPAN
LEBANON
PHILIPPINES
POLAND
PUERTO RICO
SPAIN
TURKEY
VENEZUELA

SPECIAL AWARDS:

MISS PHOTOGENIC: Spain

BEST NATIONAL COSTUME: Aruba

MISS NATURAL BEAUTY: Belarus

MISS FRIENDSHIP: El Salvador

We’ve got 8 out of 12!!!

Tomorrow, Spain’s delegate for Miss Earth 2008 is also a very strong candidate that could deliver a back-to-back victory to this European country. Our Top 16 pick for Miss Earth 2008 coming right up…