Miss International 2016

Miss International 2016, the 56th Miss International pageant, was held on October 27, 2016 at the Tokyo Dome City Hall in Tokyo, Japan.[2] Edymar Martínez from Venezuela crowned her successor Kylie Verzosa from the Philippines at the end of the event.

Miss International 2016
Miss International 2016, Kylie Verzosa
DateOctober 27, 2016
Presenters
Entertainment
  • Matsuyama Ballet Company
  • StarLights
VenueTokyo Dome City Hall, Tokyo, Japan
Broadcaster
Entrants69
Placements15
Debuts
Withdrawals
Returns
WinnerKylie Verzosa
 Philippines[1]
Best National CostumeBrianny Chamorro
 Nicaragua
Best DresserFelicia Hwang Yi Xin
 Indonesia
Best BodyAlina Chirciu
 Moldova

The pageant hosted by Tetsuya Bessho on his third consecutive year of Miss International. This is the first time in Miss International history that the finals night saw the return of the previous year's runners-up to crown their respective successors.

Background

On February 9, 2016, it was announced by Akemi Shimomura, president of the International Cultural Association, that the 2016 pageant would be held at Tokyo Dome City Hall, Tokyo, Japan for first consecutive year on Thursday, October 27, 2016.

Tokyo Dome City Hall at night

Results

Placements
Results Contestant
Miss International 2016
1st Runner-Up
2nd Runner-Up
3rd Runner-Up
4th Runner-Up
  •  USA – Kaitryana Leinbach
Top 15

Order of announcements
(Vote?

Continental queens
Award Contestant
Miss International Africa
Miss International America
Miss International Asia
Miss International Europe
Miss International Oceania
  •  Hawaii – Guinevere Davenport

Special awards
Award Contestant
Best National Costume
Miss Best Dresser
Miss Perfect Body
Miss Visit Japan Tourism Ambassador
  •  Vietnam – Phạm Ngọc Phương Linh

Contestants

69 contestants have been confirmed:[3]

Country/TerritoryContestantAgeHeightHometown
ArgentinaYoana Don25177 cm (5 ft 10 in)Selva
ArubaTania Nunes20175 cm (5 ft 9 in)Oranjestad
AustraliaAlexandra Britton23178 cm (5 ft 10 in)Sutherland
BelarusPalina Tsehalka24172 cm (5 ft 8 in)Slutsk
BelgiumCaroline van Hoye26170 cm (5 ft 7 in)Brussels
BoliviaKatherine Añazgo20172 cm (5 ft 8 in)San Lorenzo
BrazilManoella Alves21176 cm (5 ft 9 in)Natal
CanadaAmber Bernachi26165 cm (5 ft 5 in)Windsor
ChinaXinna Zhou22179 cm (5 ft 10 in)Beijing
ColombiaDaniela Herrera21175 cm (5 ft 9 in)Río de Oro
Costa RicaRaquel Guevara20172 cm (5 ft 8 in)San José
CubaDania Quesada25168 cm (5 ft 6 in)Havana
DenmarkSara Danielsen23179 cm (5 ft 10 in)Copenhagen
Dominican RepublicCynthia Núñez24180 cm (5 ft 11 in)San Francisco
EcuadorIvanna Abad23174 cm (5 ft 9 in)Machala
El SalvadorElizabeth Cader20170 cm (5 ft 7 in)Santa Ana
FinlandEmilia Seppänen22176.5 cm (5 ft 9 in)Helsinki
FranceKhaoula Najine25170 cm (5 ft 7 in)Roubaix
GhanaCindy Kofie19152 cm (5 ft 0 in)Accra
GibraltarJoseanne Bear24173 cm (5 ft 8 in)Gibraltar
GuadeloupePresile Adolphe19173 cm (5 ft 8 in)Le Gosier
GuamAnnalyn Buan23169 cm (5 ft 7 in)Hagåtña
GuatemalaLaura Vadillo Urrutia23170 cm (5 ft 7 in)Guatemala City
HaitiCassandre Joseph23172 cm (5 ft 8 in)Port-au-Prince
HawaiiGuinevere Davenport21167 cm (5 ft 6 in)Hilo
HondurasAndrea Salinas18175 cm (5 ft 9 in)Danli
Hong KongKelly Chan21172 cm (5 ft 8 in)Hong Kong
HungaryCsillag Szabó20173 cm (5 ft 8 in)Budapest
IndiaRewati Chetri23173 cm (5 ft 8 in)Guwahati[4]
IndonesiaFelicia Hwang Yi Xin24173 cm (5 ft 8 in)Bandar Lampung
IrelandKatherine Gannon25173 cm (5 ft 8 in)Galway
JapanJunna Yamagata22164 cm (5 ft 5 in)Tokyo
KoreaMin Jeong Kim21180 cm (5 ft 11 in)Daegu
LebanonStephanie Karam24170 cm (5 ft 7 in)Mexico City
MacauSulin Ip22168 cm (5 ft 6 in)Macau
MalaysiaOlivia Nicholas23171 cm (5 ft 7 in)Ipoh
MauritiusShavina Hulkua24168 cm (5 ft 6 in)Port Louis
MexicoGeraldine Ponce22179 cm (5 ft 10 in)Xalisco
MoldovaAlina Chirciu20175 cm (5 ft 9 in)Chisinau
MyanmarInngyin Htoo21167 cm (5 ft 6 in)Mandalay
NepalBarsha Lekhi23170 cm (5 ft 7 in)Saptari District
NetherlandsMelissa Scherpen18174 cm (5 ft 9 in)Emmen
New ZealandJessica Tyson23173 cm (5 ft 8 in)Auckland
NicaraguaBrianny Chamorro22168 cm (5 ft 6 in)Managua
NigeriaIvie Mary Young Akpude22179 cm (5 ft 10 in)Lagos
Northern MarianasPeachy Quitugua21164 cm (5 ft 5 in)Saipan
NorwayCamilla Devik20175 cm (5 ft 9 in)Namsos
PanamaDaniela Ochoa Barragan22170 cm (5 ft 7 in)Panama City
PeruDanea Panta26175 cm (5 ft 9 in)Trujillo
PhilippinesKylie Verzosa24174 cm (5 ft 9 in)Baguio
PolandMagdalena Bieńkowska23173 cm (5 ft 8 in)Mikolajki
PortugalCarina Frazão20170 cm (5 ft 7 in)Lisbon
Puerto RicoGabriela Berrios25175 cm (5 ft 9 in)San Juan
RussiaAlisa Manenok21182 cm (6 ft 0 in)Vladivostok
Sierra LeoneMaseray Swarray19170 cm (5 ft 7 in)Freetown
SingaporeWang Hui Qi20175 cm (5 ft 9 in)Singapore
Slovak RepublicMichaela Meňkyová22179 cm (5 ft 10 in)Nitra
South AfricaTharina Botes19179 cm (5 ft 10 in)Cape Town
SpainAnabel Delgado Torres21170 cm (5 ft 7 in)Madrid
Sri LankaAyesha Fernando25174 cm (5 ft 9 in)Colombo
SwedenMaria Taipaleenmäki19177 cm (5 ft 10 in)Halmstad
Chinese TaipeiAi-Ning Tan18163 cm (5 ft 4 in)Taipei
ThailandPattiya Pongthai24178 cm (5 ft 10 in)Yala
TunisiaHiba Telmoudi25178 cm (5 ft 10 in)Gabes
UkraineViktoria Kiose23172 cm (5 ft 8 in)Odessa
United KingdomRomy Simpkins22168 cm (5 ft 6 in)Bournemouth
USAKaityrana Leinbach18173 cm (5 ft 8 in)Charlotte
VenezuelaJessica Duarte24177 cm (5 ft 10 in)Caracas
VietnamPhạm Ngọc Phương Linh19173 cm (5 ft 8 in)Ho Chi Minh

Notes

Debuts

Returns

Last competed in 1994:

Last competed in 2007:

Last competed in 2013:

Last competed in 2014:

Withdrawals
  •  Italy - No pageant.
  •  Kenya - No pageant.
  •  Luxembourg - Did not Compete.
  •  Mongolia - No pageant.
  •  Paraguay - Tatiana Rolín has been selected as Miss Internacional Paraguay 2016 seven days before the pageant begins. She will not compete in this edition due to schedule time and visa requirement. She will be competing at the next edition of Miss International pageant.[6]
  •  Romania - No pageant.
  •  Turkey - Çagla Çukurova has been selected as Miss Turkey International 2016. Due to schedule time and visa requirement, she cannot compete at the Miss International 2016.[7]
  •  Zambia - No pageant.

References
  1. "Miss Philippines Kylie Verzosa crowned Miss International 2016". http://cnnphilippines.com/lifestyle/2016/10/27/Miss-International-2016-Kylie-Verzosa.html. CNN Philippines. 27 Oct 2016. Archived from the original on 2008-10-23. External link in |website= (help)
  2. "Miss International 2016 to be held in Tokyo, Japan on Thursday, October 27th". Archived from the original on 4 June 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  3. "Miss International 2016 Contestants". miss-international.org. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  4. http://www.northeasttoday.in/rewati-chetri-shining-at-miss-international-2016/
  5. "Miss Tipperary crowned winner of Miss Ireland in glitzy bash". irishmirror. 21 September 2016.
  6. "Felicidades a Fátima Tatiana Rolin Miss Internacional Paraguay 2016". Reinas Paraguay on Instagram. 2 October 2016.
  7. "Miss Turkey 2016 güzelleri belli oldu" (in Turkish). NTV. 29 September 2016. Archived from the original on 7 October 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
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