Miss International 2017

Miss International 2017, the 57th Miss International pageant, was held on November 14, 2017 at Tokyo Dome City Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Kylie Verzosa of the Philippines crowned her successor Kevin Lilliana Junaedy of Indonesia at the end of the event.[2][3][4] This edition also saw the crowning of the first ever moslem women to win Miss International, and was the first to win one of the four major international pageants for Indonesia.[5][6][7]

Miss International 2017
Miss International 2017, Kevin Lilliana Junaedy of Indonesia
DateNovember 14, 2017
Presenters
Entertainment
VenueTokyo Dome City, Tokyo, Japan
BroadcasterHost Broadcaster:

Co-host Broadcaster:
Entrants69
Placements15
Debuts
Withdrawals
Returns
WinnerKevin Lilliana Junaedy
 Indonesia
Best National CostumeNatsuki Tsutsui
 Japan
Best DresserKevin Lilliana Junaedy
 Indonesia
Best BodyAmber Dew
 Australia

The show was hosted by Tetsuya Bessho on his fourth consecutive year. Amy Ota co-hosted the event, with a performance by Chemistry. This is the second time in Miss International history that the finals night saw the return of the previous year's runners-up to crown their respective successors. This is also the first time for Indonesia to win the Miss International pageant, one of the big four international beauty pageants.[8][9]

Background
Kevin Lilliana after crowning, together with Madame Akemi Shimomura, Fumiaki Matsumoto and the top 5 finalists.

On April 4, 2017, it was announced during a broadcast conference by Akemi Shimomura, president of the International Cultural Association, that the 2017 pageant would be held in Tokyo Dome City Hall, Tokyo, Japan for the second consecutive year on Tuesday, November 14, 2017.[10][11]

The 2017 edition saw the debuts of Cambodia, Cook Islands and Laos;[12] and the returns of Ethiopia has not competed since 2009, Czech Republic since 2010, Lithuania since 2013, Chile and Curacao since 2014, Mongolia and Paraguay since 2015. Argentina, Aruba, Cuba, Denmark, Guam, Ireland, Nigeria, Northern Marianas, Puerto Rico and Sri Lanka have withdrawn from the competition.[13]

Results

Placements
Results Contestant
Miss International 2017
1st Runner-Up
2nd Runner-Up
3rd Runner-Up
4th Runner-Up
  •  Japan – Natsuki Tsutsui
Top 8
Top 15

Order of announcements
(Vote?

Continental queens
Tokyo Dome City Hall at night, the venue of Miss International 2017.
Award Contestant
Miss International Africa
  •  Ghana – Daniella Akorfa Awuma
Miss International America
Miss International Asia
  •  Korea – Seung Woo Nam
Miss International Europe
Miss International Oceania

Contestants

Sixty-nine contestants competed for the title of Miss International 2017:[14]

Country/TerritoryContestantAgeHometown
AustraliaAmber Dew[15]21Melbourne
BelarusPolina Pimahina[designations 1]20Minsk
BelgiumVirginie Philippot[16]24Brussels
BoliviaCarla Maldonado[17]22Camiri
BrazilBruna Zanardo[18]25Laranjal Paulista
CambodiaNheat Sophea19Phnom Penh
CanadaMarta Stepien[19]23Windsor
ChileEstefania Galeota[20]20Coquimbo
ChinaJia Shi[21]23Jiangsu
ColombiaVanessa Pulgarin25Medellín
Cook IslandsSilas Tuaputa[22]21Avarua
Costa RicaPaola Chacón[23]26San José
CuraçaoChanelle De Lau[24][designations 2]22Willemstad
Czech RepublicAlice Činčurová21Prague
Dominican RepublicJennifer Valdez19Pedernales
EcuadorJocelyn Mieles[25]22Manta
El SalvadorFátima Mangandi25San Salvador
EthiopiaBamlak Dereje20Addis Ababa
FinlandPihla Koivuniemi22Tampere
FranceMaëva Balan24Challans
GhanaDaniella Akorfa Awuma[26]24Accra
GibraltarTessa Britto[27]21Gibraltar
GuadeloupeClotilde Stressais19Basse-Terre
GuatemalaAna Lucia Villagran24Guatemala City
HaitiCaroline Minerve22Port-au-Prince
HawaiiCourtney Coleman23Honolulu
HondurasVanessa Villars19Tegucigalpa
Hong KongWing Wong23Hong Kong
HungaryRebeka Hartó21Budapest
IndiaAnkita Kumari[28]22Jharkhand
IndonesiaKevin Lilliana Junaedy[29][30]21Bandung
JapanNatsuki Tsutsui23Tokyo
KoreaSeung Woo Nam25Seoul
LaosPhounesup Phonnyotha20Vientiane Prefecture
LebanonDima Safi24Beirut
LithuaniaPatricija Belousova22Vilnius
MacauSofia Paiva20Taipa
MalaysiaAnnie Wong Wei Wei20Sibu
MauritiusLaetitia Begue21Triolet
MexicoCitlaly Higuera22Ciudad Madero
MoldovaDaniela Bejan22Cahul
MongoliaSaikhantamir Amarsanaa22Ulaanbaatar
MyanmarSao Yoon Wadi Oo[31]25Taunggyi
NepalNiti Shah[32]21Ghorahi
NetherlandsNathalie Mogbelzada[33]20Amsterdam
New ZealandMichelle Isemonger[34]19Auckland
NicaraguaHelen Martínez22Matagalpa
NorwayVilde Andresen Bø20Tønsberg
PanamaDarelys Santos[35][designations 3]23Panama City
ParaguayTatiana Rolín[36]25Obligado
PeruTiffany López Borjas[37]23Lima
PhilippinesMariel de Leon[38]23Las Piñas
PolandPaulina Maziarz[39]20Zwoleń
PortugalAna Marques[40]19Lisbon
RussiaElena Kviatkevich20Saint Petersburg
Sierra LeoneLeone Abie Mansaray22Freetown
SingaporeKylie Yeo23Singapore
SlovakiaPetra Varaliová19Bardejov
South AfricaTayla Skye Robinson22Johannesburg
SpainElizabeth Ledesma18Tenerife
SwedenLina Ljungberg20Norrköping
Chinese TaipeiXie Lingci25Taipei
ThailandRatiyaporn Chookaew[designations 4]19Songkhla
TunisiaKhaoula Gueye23Kasserine
UkraineKseniya Chifa[41]24Zaporizhia
United KingdomAshley Powell[42]22London
USAShanel James[43]25Baltimore
VenezuelaDiana Croce20Calabozo
VietnamHuỳnh Thị Thuỳ Dung[44][designations 5]21Ho Chi Minh City

Notes

Debuts

Returns

Last competed in 2009:

Last competed in 2010:

Last competed in 2013:

Last competed in 2014:

Last competed in 2015:

Designations
  1. BELARUS – Polina Pimakhina was appointed Miss International Belarus 2017 by Olga Serejnikova, the national director of Miss Belarus pageant. Polina was crowned Miss Supranational Belarus 2016 and was among the Top 25 at Miss Supranational 2016 pageant, also was among the Top 6 at Top Model of the World 2017.
  2. CURAÇAO – Chanelle De Lau was appointed Miss International Curaçao 2017 by Chris Puesan, the new national director of Miss International Curaçao Organization after three years of absence because unclear reason and was acquired the Miss International new franchise owner pageant for Curaçao. Chanelle was crowned Miss Curacao 2016 and was failed to placed at Miss Universe 2016.
  3. PANAMA – Darelys Santos was appointed to represent Panama by Justine Pasek, an national director of Senorita Panama for franchise holder of Miss International pageant. Santos crowned the 1st Runner-up at the Senorita Panama 2017 pageant.
  4. THAILAND – Ratiyaporn Chookaew was appointed to represent Thailand at the Miss International 2017 pageant, by Pawina Bumrungrot, National Director of ERM Marketing Co.,Ltd. Ratiyaporn was place the Top 10 at the Miss Grand Thailand 2017 pageant.
  5. VIETNAM – Huỳnh Thị Thùy Dung was appointed to represent Vietnam by Elite Models Vietnam, an franchise holder of Miss International pageant in Vietnam. Dung crowned the 2nd Runner-up at the Miss Vietnam 2016 pageant.

Designations
  •  Cambodia - Miss International Cambodia 2017, Nheat Sophea was appointed by BK'A Entertainment .Co., Ltd. Nheat Sophea was 1st Runner-up of Miss Grand Cambodia 2017.
  •  Canada - Miss International Canada 2017, Marta Magdalena Stepien was appointed by Dennis Davila, president of Miss Universe Canada organization (Beauties of Canada). Marta was the 1st runner up at Miss Universe Canada 2017.
  •  Ethiopia - Miss International Ethiopia 2017, Bamlak Dereje was appointed by Henock Leuleseged, National Director of Miss International Ethiopia. Bamlak is Ethiopian Model in Addis Ababa.
  •  Haiti - Miss International Haiti 2017, Caroline Minerve was appointed by Chris Puesan, the CEO of Miss Haiti. Caroline was the 1st Runner-up of Miss Haiti 2017.
  •  Laos - Miss International Laos 2017, Phounesup Phonnyotha was appointed by Miss Lao Co., Ltd., Phounesup Phonnyotha was 1st Runner-up of Miss Grand Laos 2017.
  •  Lithuania - Miss International Lithuania 2017, Patricija Belousova was appointed by Closed election Miss International Lithuania franchise holder in Vilnius. Patricija was Miss Lithuania 2014.
  •  Macau - Miss International Macau 2017, Sofia Paiva was appointed by Macau Pageant Alliance, which is an organisation has been sending macau's delegates to various international beauty contests after Miss Macau beauty pageant was last held in 2009.
  •  Mexico - Miss Mexico International 2017, Citlali Higuera was appointed by Lupita Jones, the national director of Miss Mexico. Citlali was the 1st Runner-up of Miss Mexico 2017.
  •  Moldova - Miss International Moldova 2017, Daniela Bejan was appointed by Miss Bikini Moldova Organizer. Daniela is a model.
  •  Norway - Miss International Norway 2017, Vilde Andresen Bø was appointed by the Miss Norway beauty pageant, after an announcement made by the same in its official web page. Andresen Bø was the 2nd Runner-up of Miss Norway 2017.
  •  Tunisia - Miss International Tunisia 2017, Khaoula Gueye was appointed by Aida Antar. Khaoula was the 2nd Runner-up of Miss Tunisia 2016.
  •  Venezuela - Miss Venezuela Internacional 2017, Diana Croce was appointed by Osmel Sousa, the national director of Miss Venezuela pageant. Croce was the 1st Runner-up of Miss Venezuela 2016.

Withdraws
  •  Argentina - Agustina Belén Garro
  •  Aruba - No Contest.
  •  Cuba – Claudia Moras Báez
  •  Denmark – Natasja Voldstedlund, withdrew due to illness.
  •  Guam – The directors of Miss Universe Guam are still in the process of recruiting eligible competitors. Miss Guam pageant rescheduled to January 2018.[45]
  •  Ireland - No Contest.
  •  Nigeria - No Contest.
  •  Northern Marianas - Contest Postponed. The upcoming Miss Marianas will hold after Miss International 2017.
  •  Puerto Rico – Beverly Rodriguez did not participate. No delegate is going to be sent this year because of the hurricanes that affected the island.
  •  Sri Lanka - The Miss Sri Lanka 2017 held in special award ceremony. The organizer has only crowned one winner to Miss Universe.

General references
  • "Miss International 2017". miss-international.org. Miss International Beauty Pageant. Retrieved November 24, 2017.

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