Miss Russia is the winner of MTQI 2009

Miss Russia receives the new MTQI official crown from Silvia Cornejo, MTQI 2008.

23-year-old Ekaterina Grushanina of Russia was crowned Miss Tourism Queen Int’l 2009 tonight, in Zhengzhou, China. She edged out Miss Brazil, Vivian Noronha Cia (1st ru), Miss Guinea, Safia Souare (2nd ru), Miss China (3rd ru), and Miss French Polynesia (4th ru).

In the top 20 were the representatives of Singapore, Montenegro, Turkmenistan, Nigeria, Puerto Rico, New Zealand, France, Canada, Malaysia, Phuket, Poland, Guatemala, Altai, Kyrgyzstan and Romania.

The 5 continental queens have been informed today during rehearsals that they have all assured spots among the top 20 semi-finalists. They are Turkmenistan (Asia), Nigeria (Africa), Puerto Rico (Americas), Montenegro (Europe) and New Zealand (Oceania).