Miss International 2024 was the 62nd Miss International pageant, held on November 12, 2024, at the Tokyo Dome City Hall in Japan.
Andrea Rubio of Venezuela crowned Huỳnh Thị Thanh Thủy of Vietnam as her successor at the end of the event, marking the country's first title in the pageant.
Background
Location and date The Miss International Organization announced that the pageant would take place at Tokyo Dome City Hall, Tokyo, Japan. The preliminary competition was held on November 10, 2024 and the final night on November 12, 2024.
Debuts, returns, and, withdrawals This edition featured the debut of Albania, as well as the return of Bulgaria, which last competed in 1970; Kyrgyzstan in 2013; Luxembourg in 2015; Ireland in 2016; Sierra Leone in 2017; Ethiopia in 2018; Argentina, China, Liberia, South Sudan and Ukraine in 2019; Cape Verde, Honduras, Italy and Romania in 2022.
Angola, Denmark, Estonia, Greece, Jamaica, Lesotho, Lithuania, Martinique, Mauritius, Norway, Pakistan, Serbia, Tunisia, Uganda and Zimbabwe withdrew after their respective organizations failed to hold a national competition or appoint a delegate.
Results Placements Placement Contestant Miss International 2024 – Huỳnh Thị Thanh Thủy 1st Runner-Up – Camila Roca 2nd Runner-Up – Alba Pérez 3rd Runner-Up – Sakra Guerrero 4th Runner-Up – Sophie Kirana Top 8 – Alina Demenťjeva – Samantha Poole – Ewa Jakubiec Top 20 – Selina McCloskey – Akysanna Veiga – Shelbi Byrnes García – Miyuki Cruz ★ – April Tobie – Hannah-Kathleen Hawkshaw – Mei Ueda ★ – Bayaraa Suvd-erdene – Perpetual Ukadike ★ – Belindé Schreuder – Amylia Deng – Oceana Ling-Kurie
★ – Voted into the Top 20 by the viewers
Continental Queens Award Contestant Miss International Africa – Akysanna Veiga Miss International America – Shelbi Byrnes García Miss International Asia Pacific – Mei Ueda Miss International Europe – Hannah-Kathleen Hawkshaw
Special awards Award Contestant Best in Evening Gown – Sofía CajoMiss Fitness – April TobieMiss Photogenic – Valeria Villanueva
Best in National Costume
PlacementCountryWinner – Samantha PooleTop 10 – Miyuki Cruz – Paulethe Cajas – Hermela Niguissie – Camille Platroz – Aiperi Nurbekova – Christina Lazaros – Liliam Ashby Barrera – Apisara Thadadolthip – Sakra Guerrero
Pageant Format The Miss International Organization introduced several specific changes to the format for this edition. During the final competition, all contestants will parade in their national costume. The number of semifinalists were increased to twenty – seventeen of which were chosen through the preliminary competition, while three were chosen through internet voting. The twenty semi-finalists competed in the swimsuit and evening gown competition. Afterwards, eight semifinalists advanced to compete in the question and answer round.
Judges Akemi Shimomura – President of the Miss International Organization Andrea Rubio – Miss International 2023 from Venezuela Hiroshi Tabata – Former commissioner of Japan Tourism Agency Junko Koshino – Fashion designer Norika Fujiwara – Miss Nippon 1992, model and actress Nsenda Lukumwena – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to Japan Ryohei Miyata – Chairman of the Public Interest Incorporated Association, Nitten Soujitsu Kobori – Head of Kobori Enshu school of tea Supapan Pichaironarongsongkram – Chairwoman of Chao Phraya Express Boat Yasuko Ikenobō – Chairwoman of NPO Moegi and member of Yokozuna Deliberation Council
Contestants Seventy-one contestants competed for the title. Country/TerritoryContestantAgeHometown Albania Desara Hatija 18 Tirana Argentina María Agostina Galfre 19 Buenos Aires Australia Selina McCloskey 23 Eleebana Bangladesh Efa Tabassum 28 Rangpur Belgium Luka Deproost 24 Lichtaart Bolivia Camila Roca 26 Santa Cruz Brazil Emilly Soares 18 Ouro Branco Bulgaria Kristiyana Yordanova 27 Provadia Cabo Verde Akysanna Veiga 25 Santa Catarina Cambodia Chanreaksmey Loy 23 Phnom Penh Canada Jessica Bailey 27 Langley Chile Kelsey Kohler 25 Viña del Mar China Shi Xiaoxuan 24 Beijing Colombia Juanita Urrea 24 Armenia Costa Rica Jussan Sandoval 27 Alajuela Côte d'Ivoire Nadine Maulani Konan 23 La Mé Cuba Shelbi Byrnes García 27 Havana Czech Republic Alina Demenťjeva 23 Vienna Dominican Republic Miyuki Cruz 27 Santo Domingo Ecuador Paulethe Cajas 23 Quito El Salvador Luciana Martínez 25 San Salvador Ethiopia Hermela Nigussie 23 Addis Ababa Finland Tiia Aalto 24 Helsinki France Camille Platroz 24 Marseille Ghana Celestina Obeng 28 Tepa Guatemala Helen Morales 27 Puerto Barrios Hawaii Melody Higa 27 Aiea Honduras April Tobie 25 Roatán Hong Kong Beata Zhang 26 Hong Kong India Rashmi Shinde 26 Mumbai Indonesia Sophie Kirana 24 Sleman Ireland Hannah-Kathleen Hawkshaw 26 Dublin Italy Eva Shostak 27 Montefiascone Japan Mei Ueda 26 Uto Kyrgyzstan Aiperi Nurbekova 26 Bishkek Laos Shasikone Shasit 18 Champasak Liberia Kindness Wilson 26 Monrovia Luxembourg Chiara Vanderveeren 28 Leuven Macau Shirley Zhou 21 Macau Malaysia Ashlyn Ooi 27 Penang Mexico Valeria Villanueva 26 Manzanillo Moldova Arina Mardari 21 Strășeni Mongolia Bayaraa Suvd-erdene 21 Khentii Myanmar Khaing Zar Thant 21 Yangon NepalKaruna Rawat 25 Tanahun Netherlands Christina Lazaros 28 Amsterdam New ZealandSamantha Poole 21 Whangārei Nicaragua Mariela Cerros 25 Ocotal Nigeria Perpetual Ukadike 27 Onitsha Panama Liliam Ashby Barrera 24 Panama City Paraguay Jimena Sosa 24 Hohenau Peru Sofía Cajo 26 Ica Philippines Angelica Lopez 23 Bataraza Ewa Jakubiec 29 Wrocław Portugal Maria Rosado 23 Ourém Puerto Rico Zahira Pérez 24 Isabela Romania Miriam Tigau 23 Bucharest Sierra Leone Yalissa Kargbo 25 Freetown Singapore Vanessa Tiara Tay 27 Singapore South Africa Belindé Schreuder 28 Lephalale South Korea Chung Gyu-ri 26 Gangwon South Sudan Amylia Deng 25 Juba Spain Alba Pérez 22 Cádiz Sri Lanka Maya Dmitri 21 Colombo Taiwan 24 Taipei Thailand Apisara Thadadolthip 27 Chiang Mai Ukraine Sofia Zghoba 19 Lviv United Kingdom Tiny Simbani 23 Derby United States Alysa Cook 23 Pace Venezuela Sakra Guerrero 24 San Juan de los Morros Vietnam Huỳnh Thị Thanh Thủy 22 Da Nang
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