Miss International 2018

Miss International 2018 was the 58th edition of the Miss International pageant, held at the Tokyo Dome City Hall in Tokyo, Japan, on 9 November 2018.

Kevin Lilliana Junaedy of Indonesia crowned Mariem Velazco of Venezuela as her successor at the end of the event. This marks Venezuela's eighth victory at Miss International - the most in the pageant's history.

A total of 78 contestants from countries and territories competed in this year's Miss International pageant, surpassing the previous record of 73 contestants in 2014, making the biggest turnout in the pageant's history.

Background

Location and date On 12 April 2018, it was announced during a website conference by Akemi Shimomura, the president of the International Cultural Association and the president of Miss International Organization, that the 2018 pageant would be held in Tokyo Dome City Hall, Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan, for the third consecutive year on Friday, November 9, 2018.

Results Placements Placement Contestant Miss International 2018 – Mariem Velazco 1st Runner-Up – Ahtisa Manalo 2nd Runner-Up – Reabetswe Sechoaro 3rd Runner-Up – Bianca Tirsin 4th Runner-Up – Anabella Castro Top 8 – Michelle Huet – Hinano Sugimoto – Susana Sánchez Top 15 – Emily Tokić – Vania Fitryanti Herlambang – Esmeralda Malleka – Nebai Torres – Daisy Lezcano – Keeratiga Jaruratjamon – Bohdana Tarasyk

Continental queens Continental Group Contestant Africa – Reabetswe Sechoaro America – Rocío Pérez Asia – Eileen Feng Europe – Zoë Amber Niewold Oceania – Diliana Tuncap

Pageant Unlike in 2017 contestants were classified under five continents: (1) Europe, (2) Oceania, (3) Africa, (4) Americas, and (5) Asia. During the Competitions Rounds; National Costume, Swimwear, and Evening Gown, then the contestants were trimmed down to 15 Semifinalists, after which, the judges narrowed the finalists down to the Top 8, then judges decided the Top 8 to compete in the question and answer portion. and then the judges choose Top 5 which Miss International 2018 and her four Runners-up like 2017 format.

Contestants 77 contestants competed for the title. Country/Territory Contestant Age Hometown Continental group Rocío Magalí Pérez22Buenos AiresAmericas Stephanie Anouk Eman 26OranjestadAmericas Emily Tokić20CanberraOceania Kelly Quanten 24 LeuvenEurope María Elena Antelo24 BeniAmericas Stephanie Pröglhöf24São José dos CamposAmericas Camila Gonzalez 21 TorontoAmericas María Pía Vilches22 La LiguaAmericas ChinaWang Chaoyuan24 TianjinAsia ColombiaAnabella Castro21 ValleduparAmericas Cook IslandsLouisa Purea20AvaruaOceania Costa RicaGlennys Medina Segura 23GuanacasteAmericas Côte d'IvoireJemima Gbato 21AbidjanAfrica CubaJennifer Alvarez Ruíz 24 HavanaAmericas CuraçaoDiöna Angela 21WillemstadAmericas Czech RepublicDaniela Zálešáková 19MostEurope DenmarkLouise Arild23FrederiksbergEurope Dominican RepublicStéphanie Bustamante25PatersonAmericas EcuadorMichelle Huet23GuayaquilAmericas EgyptFarah Sedky24CairoAfrica El SalvadorEna Cea 20 Santa AnaAmericas EthiopiaFrezewd Solomon21Addis AbabaAfrica FinlandEevi Ihalainen18LappeenrantaEurope FranceMélanie Labat23PoussanEurope GermanyFranciska Acs 23 DüsseldorfEurope GhanaBenedicta Nana Adjei 22 AccraAfrica GuadeloupeSarah Eruam18Le GosierAmericas GuamDiliana Tuncap 22 HagåtñaOceania GuatemalaGabriela Castillo20Guatemala CityAmericas HaitiCassandra Chéry 23 Port-au-PrinceAmericas HawaiiOlivia Evelyn Walls21 HonoluluOceania HondurasValeria Cardona 20TegucigalpaAmericas Hong KongCarmaney Wong24KowloonAsia HungaryFrida Maczkó22VácEurope IndiaTanishqa Bhosale19PuneAsia IndonesiaVania Fitryanti Herlambang21TangerangAsia JapanHinano Sugimoto21TokyoAsia KenyaIvy Nyangasi Mido22NairobiAfrica Piyamarth Phounpaseuth 24 Vientiane PrefectureAsia LebanonRachel Younan23BeirutAsia MacauCherry Chin24TaipaAsia MadagascarEsmeralda Malleka25VohemarAfrica MalaysiaMandy Loo22GeorgetownAsia MauritiusAshna Nookooloo22CurepipeAfrica Mexico Nebai Torres25GuadalajaraAmericas MoldovaDaniela Marin19LeovaEurope MongoliaMunkhchimeg Batjargal20UlaanbaatarAsia Myanmar May Yu Khatar19YangonAsia Ronali Amatya 22 KathmanduAsia NetherlandsZoë Amber Niewold 20AssenEurope New ZealandNatasha Kristina Unkovich24 East AucklandOceania NicaraguaStefanía Alemán27MasayaAmericas Northern Mariana IslandsCeline Cabrera23SaipanOceania PanamaShirel Ortiz 22 Panama CityAmericas ParaguayDaisy Diana Lezcano Rojas 24San LorenzoAmericas PeruMarelid Elizabeth Medina 24 CallaoAmericas Maria Ahtisa Manalo21 CandelariaAsia PolandMarta Pałucka26SopotEurope PortugalCarina Neto 21 GondomarEurope Puerto RicoYarelis Salgado24Toa AltaAmericas RomaniaBianca Tirsin20AradEurope RussiaGalina Lukina26UfaAsia SingaporeEileen Feng22 Singapore CityAsia SlovakiaRadka Grendová20RevúcaEurope South AfricaReabetswe Sechoaro24PretoriaAfrica South KoreaYejin Seo21SeoulAsia SpainSusana Sánchez25HuelvaEurope Sri LankaNatalee Fernando24ColomboAsia SwedenIzabell Hahn26LinköpingEurope TaiwanKao Man-jung21TaichungAsia Thailand Keeratiga Jaruratjamon 23 PhitsanulokAsia UkraineBohdana Tarasyk23Kryvyi RihEurope United KingdomSharon Gaffka22OxfordEurope United StatesBonnie Walls24New York CityAmericas VenezuelaMariem Velazco20San ToméAmericas VietnamNguyễn Thúc Thùy Tiên20Ho Chi Minh CityAsia ZimbabweTania Tatenda Aaron22HarareAfrica

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