Miss International 2025 was the 63rd edition of the Miss International pageant, held on 27 November 2025 in Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan.
At the end of the event, Thanh Thủy Huỳnh of Vietnam crowned Catalina Duque of Colombia as her successor at the conclusion of the event, it is the country's first victory after 21 years, and it's overall fourth victory in the pageant.
Eighty contestants from countries and territories participated in this year.
Background
Location and date The Miss International Organization announced on 24 March 2025 that the pageant will take place in Tokyo, Japan where the winner will be crowned on 27 November 2025. The contest held in the Yoyogi National Stadium's Second Gymnasium in Shibuya, Tokyo, as was Miss International 2023.
Selection of participants Replacements Miss International Tunisia, Lamis Redissi was to compete, but was replaced by Nourane Khammari, after her organization sent her to Miss World 2025. Khammari was then replaced by Oumaima Moussa for undisclosed reasons.
Miss Hong Kong International Winnie Chan relinquished her title for personal reasons, and was replaced by Alicia Mui.
Debuts, returns and withdrawals This edition marked the debuts of Montenegro, Réunion, and Turks and Caicos Islands and the returns of Malta which last competed in 2003, Tanzania in 2011; the United States Virgin Islands in 2012; Turkey in 2015; the Cook Islands in 2018; Russia in 2019; Kenya and Namibia in 2022; and Angola, Denmark, Greece, Jamaica, Mauritius, Norway, Pakistan, Tunisia and Zimbabwe in 2023.
Miss International Kyrgyzstan 2025, Suzanna Umetova was replaced by Miss Kyrgyzstan 2025, Ayana Rasul by the Miss Kyrgyzstan organization for unknown reasons. Rasul also withdrew from the competition. Lara Doval of Germany also withdrew.
Results Placements Placement Contestant Miss International 2025 – Catalina Duque 1st Runner-Up – Yollanda Chimbarami 2nd Runner-Up – Paola Guzmán 3rd Runner-Up – Melliza Xaviera 4th Runner-Up – Myrna EsguerraTop 10 – Rachel Murgel – Anita Maspons – Nan Inzali ★ ‡ – Verónica Iglesias – Sheneli Romaya Top 20 – Lauriela Martins – Roosh Sindhu – Shanté Jarrett – Ai Nozaki – Natalia Garibay – Serena Darder – Nathie Quijano – Sinamile Dlamini ★ – Jarupiya Boribalburibhand – Nicky Kandola ★
‡ – Voted into the Top 10 by the viewers★ – Voted into the Top 20 by the viewers
Continental Queens Award Contestant Miss International Africa – Yollanda Chimbarami Miss International Americas – Farrah Grant Miss International Asia Pacific – Katrina Wan Miss International Europe – Sophie Wallace
Special awards Award Contestants Best in Evening Gown – Jessia Islam Best in Talent – Zoe Hoff Miss Elegance – Simona Procházková Miss Fitness – Anita Maspons Miss Friendship – Ai Nozaki Miss Photogenic – Ekaterina Romanova Miss Sustainable Beauty – Fridah Kariuki People's Choice Award – Nan Inzali
Best in National Costume Placement Contestant Winner – Portia Akua Mensah 1st Runner-Up – Kiều Duy Nguyễn 2nd Runner-Up – Efrazia Makene
Pageant Venezuelan model and Miss International 2023, Andrea Rubio, Miss International Japan 2019, Tomomi Okada, and American voice actor, Maxwell Powers served as the presenters.
Format Just like the previous edition, the number of semifinalists maintained 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, the competition introduced a new stage in which the top ten semifinalists each presented their chosen Sustainable Development Goal (SDG). From ten, five semifinalists were advanced to compete in the question and answer round.
Selection committee Akemi Shimomura – President of the Miss International Organization Hiroshi Tabata – Former commissioner of Japan Tourism Agency Junko Koshino – Japanese fashion designer Oğuzhan Ertuğrul – Turkish ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of Turkey to Japan Ryohei Miyata – Chairman of the Public Interest Incorporated Association, Nitten Senko Ikenobo – Japanese headmaster designate at Ikenobō Soujitsu Kobori – Head of Kobori Enshu school of tea Supapan Pichaironarongsongkram – Thai chairwoman of Chao Phraya Express Boat Thanh Thủy Huỳnh – Miss International 2024 from Vietnam Teodolinda Rosa Rodrigues Coelho – Angolan ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of Angola to Japan
Contestants 80 contestants competed for the title. Country/Territory Contestant Age Hometown Albania 25 Lezhë Angola 27 Cabinda Argentina 27 Posadas Australia 25 Sydney Bangladesh 26 Dhaka Belgium 27 Brussels Bolivia 22 Cochabamba Brazil 24 Rosário do Sul Cambodia 24 Kampot Canada 24 Belleville Chile 24 Talca China 21 Shanghai Colombia 26 Medellín Cook Islands 24 Avarua Costa Rica 23 Siquirres Cuba 27 Havana Czech Republic 25 Znojmo Denmark 23 Herlev Dominican Republic 22 Santo Domingo Ecuador 25 Guayaquil El Salvador 24 Santa Tecla Ethiopia 22 Addis Ababa Finland 22 Tampere France 24 Martinique Ghana 21 Tema Greece 24 Piraeus Guatemala 21 Chiquimula Hawaii 18 Hilo Honduras 21 Siguatepeque Hong Kong 22 Hong Kong India 26 Nagpur Indonesia 26 Jakarta Italy 19 Naples Jamaica 24 Montego Bay Japan 23 Yamanashi Kenya 28 Kiambere Liberia 23 Bong County Macau 26 Macau Malaysia 25 Johor Malta 22 Għargħur Mauritius 24 Port Louis Mexico 25 Puerto Vallarta Mongolia 22 Ulaanbaatar Montenegro 20 Tuzi Myanmar 24 Hakha Namibia 27 Otjinene Nepal 26 Sudurpashchim Netherlands 25 Badhoevedorp New Zealand 25 Auckland Nicaragua 24 Granada Nigeria 28 Anambra Norway 22 Fredrikstad Pakistan 20 Jhelum Paraguay 20 Encarnación Peru 22 Lima Philippines 24 Pidigan Poland 20 Katowice Portugal 24 Porto Puerto Rico 26 Cataño Réunion 24 Saint-Joseph Romania 27 Bucharest Russia 23 Saint Petersburg Singapore 26 Singapore South Africa 25 Johannesburg South Korea 28 Seoul Spain 22 Puerto de la Cruz Sri Lanka 18 Ja-Ela Taiwan 18 Taoyuan Tanzania 23 Dar es Salaam Thailand 25 Bangkok Tunisia 24 M'saken Turkey 25 Ankara Turks and Caicos Islands 27 North Caicos Ukraine 22 Uman United Kingdom 27 Falkirk United States 27 Washington, D.C. United States Virgin Islands 27 Charlotte Amalie Venezuela 27 Caracas Vietnam 21 Vĩnh Long Zimbabwe 26 Mashonaland Central
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