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 of Indonesia at the end of the event.[2][3] 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.[4][5][6]

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
 Indonesia
Best National CostumeNatsuki Tsutsui
 Japan

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.[7][8]

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.[9][10]

The 2017 edition saw the debuts of Cambodia, Cook Islands and Laos;[11] 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 Argentina, Aruba, Cuba, Denmark, Guam, Ireland, Nigeria, Northern Marianas, Puerto Rico and Sri Lanka have withdrawn from the competition.[12]

Results

Placements
Placement 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
Miss International Europe
Miss International Oceania

Contestants

69 contestants competed for the title of Miss International 2017:[13]

Country/TerritoryContestantAgeHometownContinental Group
Australia AustraliaAmber Dew[14]21MelbourneOceania
Belarus BelarusPolina Pimahina[designations 1]20MinskEurope
Belgium BelgiumVirginie Philippot[15]24BrusselsEurope
Bolivia BoliviaCarla Maldonado[16]22CamiriAmericas
Brazil BrazilBruna Zanardo[17]25Laranjal PaulistaAmericas
Cambodia CambodiaNheat Sophea19Phnom PenhAsia
Canada CanadaMarta Stepien[18]23WindsorAmericas
Chile ChileEstefania Galeota[19]20CoquimboAmericas
China ChinaJia Shi[20]23JiangsuAsia
Colombia ColombiaVanessa Pulgarin25MedellínAmericas
Cook Islands Cook IslandsSilas Tuaputa[21]21AvaruaOceania
Costa Rica Costa RicaPaola Chacón[22]26San JoséAmericas
Curaçao CuraçaoChanelle De Lau[23][designations 2]22WillemstadAmericas
Czech Republic Czech RepublicAlice Činčurová21PragueEurope
Dominican Republic Dominican RepublicJennifer Valdez19PedernalesAmericas
Ecuador EcuadorJocelyn Mieles[24]22MantaAmericas
El Salvador El SalvadorFátima Mangandi25San SalvadorAmericas
Ethiopia EthiopiaBamlak Dereje20Addis AbabaAfrica
Finland FinlandPihla Koivuniemi22TampereEurope
France FranceMaëva Balan24ChallansEurope
Ghana GhanaDaniella Akorfa Awuma[25]24AccraAfrica
Gibraltar GibraltarTessa Britto[26]21GibraltarEurope
Guadeloupe GuadeloupeClotilde Stressais19Basse-TerreAmericas
Guatemala GuatemalaAna Lucia Villagran24Guatemala CityAmericas
Haiti HaitiCaroline Minerve22Port-au-PrinceAmericas
Hawaii HawaiiCourtney Coleman23HonoluluOceania
Honduras HondurasVanessa Villars19TegucigalpaAmericas
Hong Kong Hong KongWing Wong23Hong KongAsia
Hungary HungaryRebeka Hartó21BudapestEurope
India IndiaAnkita Kumari[27]22JharkhandAsia
Indonesia IndonesiaKevin Lilliana Junaedy[28][29]21BandungAsia
Japan JapanNatsuki Tsutsui23TokyoAsia
South Korea KoreaSeung Woo Nam25SeoulAsia
Laos LaosPhounesup Phonnyotha20Vientiane PrefectureAsia
Lebanon LebanonDima Safi24BeirutAsia
Lithuania LithuaniaPatricija Belousova22VilniusEurope
Macau MacauSofia Paiva20TaipaAsia
Malaysia MalaysiaAnnie Wong Wei Wei20SibuAsia
Mauritius MauritiusLaetitia Begue21TrioletAfrica
Mexico MexicoCitlaly Higuera22Ciudad MaderoAmericas
Moldova MoldovaDaniela Bejan22CahulEurope
Mongolia MongoliaSaikhantamir Amarsanaa22UlaanbaatarAsia
Myanmar MyanmarSao Yoon Wadi Oo[30]25TaunggyiAsia
Nepal NepalNiti Shah[31]21GhorahiAsia
Netherlands NetherlandsNathalie Mogbelzada[32]20AmsterdamEurope
New Zealand New ZealandMichelle Isemonger[33]19AucklandOceania
Nicaragua NicaraguaHelen Martínez22MatagalpaAmericas
Norway NorwayVilde Andresen Bø20TønsbergEurope
Panama PanamaDarelys Santos[34][designations 3]23Panama CityAmericas
Paraguay ParaguayTatiana Rolín[35]25ObligadoAmericas
Peru PeruTiffany López Borjas[36]23LimaAmericas
Philippines PhilippinesMariel de Leon[37]23Las PiñasAsia
Poland PolandPaulina Maziarz[38]20ZwoleńEurope
Portugal PortugalAna Marques[39]19LisbonEurope
Russia RussiaElena Kviatkevich20Saint PetersburgEurope
Sierra Leone Sierra LeoneLeone Abie Mansaray22FreetownAfrica
Singapore SingaporeKylie Yeo23SingaporeAsia
Slovakia SlovakiaPetra Varaliová19BardejovEurope
South Africa South AfricaTayla Skye Robinson22JohannesburgAfrica
Spain SpainElizabeth Ledesma18TenerifeEurope
Sweden SwedenLina Ljungberg20NorrköpingEurope
Chinese Taipei Chinese TaipeiXie Lingci25TaipeiAsia
Thailand ThailandRatiyaporn Chookaew[designations 4]19SongkhlaAsia
Tunisia TunisiaKhaoula Gueye23KasserineAfrica
Ukraine UkraineKseniya Chifa[40]24ZaporizhiaEurope
United Kingdom United KingdomAshley Powell[41]22LondonEurope
United States United StatesShanel James[42]25BaltimoreAmericas
Venezuela VenezuelaDiana Croce20CalabozoAmericas
Vietnam VietnamHuỳnh Thị Thuỳ Dung[43][designations 5]21Ho Chi Minh CityAsia

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.
  •  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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