71 beauties from around the world are vying for the 49th Miss International crown on November 28, 2009 at the Sichuan International Tennis Hotel, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.

The pageant was originally scheduled to be held at the The Venetian Macao in Macau on November 7, 2009, but the host committee backed out. Alejandra Andreu of Spain will crown her successor at the end of the event.

Here are the official contestants this year:

Argentina, Mercedes Viaña
Aruba, Christina Trejo
Australia, Kelly Louise Maguire
Bahamas, Aisha Delaney
Belarus, Yana Supranovich
Belgium, Cassandra D’Ermilio
Bolivia, Laura Olivera
Brazil, Rayanne Morais
Canada, Chanel Beckenlehner
China, Wang Qian
Chinese, Taipei Yi Chih Chen
Colombia, Lina Mosquera
Costa Rica, Jennifer Miranda
Cuba, Patricia Rosales
Czech Republic, Darja Jacukevičová
Dominican Republic, Victoria Fernández
Ecuador, Isabela Chiriboga
El Salvador, Vanessa Hueck
Ethiopia, Rahel Woldekirkos
Finland, Linda Wikstedt
France, Mathilde Muller
Gabon, Cynthia Mboumba
Georgia, Maria Sarchimelia
Germany, Valora Roucek
Greece, Diana Igropoulou
Guadeloupe, Joelle Clamy
Guam, Clarissa Damian
Guatemala, Angélica Guevara
Honduras, Kenia Andrade
Hong Kong, Germaine Li
India, Harshita Saxena
Indonesia, Ayu Diandra Sari
Japan, Yuka Nakayama
Kenya, Diana Nekoye
Korea, Seo Eun-mi
Kyrgyzstan, Altynai Ismankulova
Latvia, Anda Pudule
Lebanon, Sarah Mansour
Malaysia, Tay Tze Juan
Martinique, Nathaly Peters
Mexico, Anagabriela Espinoza
Moldova, Catalina Stascu
Mongolia, Badamgerel Khurelbaatar
Netherlands, Roline Hund
Nicaragua, Slilma Ulloa
Nigeria, Tyme Mba
Northern Marianas, Sorene Maratita
Norway, Beatrice M. Delås
Panama, Joyce Jacobi
Paraguay, Romina Bogado
Peru, Alejandra Pezet
Philippines, Melody Gersbach
Poland, Angelika Jakubowska
Puerto Rico, Mónica Pastrana
Romania, Iuliana Capsuc
Russia, Ksenia Hrabovskaya
Singapore, Annabelle Liang
Slovakia, Soňa Skoncová
South Africa, Bokang Montjane
Spain, Melanie Santiago
Sudan, Suna William
Tanzania, Hidaya Maheda
Thailand, Picha Nampradit
Turkey, Begüm Yılmaz
Uganda, Pierra Akwero
Ukraine, Dariya Ovcharova
United Kingdom, Chloe-Beth Morgan
USA, Aileen Yapp
Venezuela, Laksmi Rodríguez
Vietnam, Trần Thị Quỳnh

Countries/Territories who withdrew their candiates are Hawaii, Italy, Liberia, New Zealand, Republic of Congo, Serbia, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Suriname and Zambia.

The Philippine delegate is 23-year-old Melody Gersbach, considered as one of the strong contenders this year: