The contest final took place on Thursday night at the Koral Hotel in Sozopol. Liljana Ilievska from Macedonia, Santa Kola from Latvia, and Gulsem Ali from Turkey came second, third, and fourth, respectively.
The Bulgarian representative, Stela Yosifova, was declared “Best Model” by the jury. Emily Clark from Cuba received the special award of the Koral Hotel.
Liljana Ilievska of Macedonia was also selected as the official face of the sponsors of the contest, Lexim. Noriko Ono from Japan was declared Miss Famous, and was awarded a weekly vacation at Bulgaria’s mountain resort of Borovetz.
Fourteen girls from 14 countries took part in the Miss Summer International 2009 contest, whose main objective is to promote the resort of Sozopol as an international tourist destination.