Miss International 2017 Explained

Miss International 2017
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Venue:Tokyo Dome City, Tokyo, Japan
Date:November 14, 2017
Broadcaster:Host Broadcaster:

Co-host Broadcaster:
Entrants:69
Placements:15
Winner:Kevin Lilliana
Indonesia
Before:2016
Next:2018

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.[1] [2] 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.[3] [4] [5]

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.[6] [7]

Background

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.[8] [9]

The 2017 edition saw the debuts of Cambodia, Cook Islands and Laos;[10] 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 Argentina, Aruba, Cuba, Denmark, Guam, Ireland, Nigeria, Northern Marianas, Puerto Rico and Sri Lanka have withdrawn from the competition.[11]

Results

Placements

PlacementContestant[12]
Miss International 2017
1st Runner-Up
  • – Chanelle de Lau
2nd Runner-Up
3rd Runner-Up
4th Runner-Up
Top 8
Top 15

Contestants

69 contestants competed for the title of Miss International 2017:[14]

Country/Territory Contestant Age Hometown Continental Group
AustraliaAmber Dew[15] 21Oceania
BelarusPolina Pimahina20MinskEurope
BelgiumVirginie Philippot[16] 24BrusselsEurope
BoliviaCarla Maldonado[17] 22CamiriAmericas
BrazilBruna Zanardo[18] 25Laranjal PaulistaAmericas
CambodiaNheat Sophea 19Phnom PenhAsia
CanadaMarta Stepien[19] 23WindsorAmericas
ChileEstefania Galeota[20] 20CoquimboAmericas
ChinaJia Shi[21] 23JiangsuAsia
ColombiaVanessa Pulgarin25MedellínAmericas
Cook IslandsSilas Tuaputa[22] 21AvaruaOceania
Costa RicaPaola Chacón[23] 26San JoséAmericas
CuraçaoChanelle De Lau[24] 22WillemstadAmericas
Czech RepublicAlice Činčurová21PragueEurope
Dominican RepublicJennifer Valdez19PedernalesAmericas
EcuadorJocelyn Mieles[25] 22MantaAmericas
El SalvadorFátima Mangandi25San SalvadorAmericas
EthiopiaBamlak Dereje20Addis AbabaAfrica
FinlandPihla Koivuniemi22TampereEurope
FranceMaëva Balan24ChallansEurope
GhanaDaniella Akorfa Awuma[26] 24AccraAfrica
GibraltarTessa Britto[27] 21GibraltarEurope
Clotilde Stressais19Basse-TerreAmericas
GuatemalaAna Lucia Villagran24Guatemala CityAmericas
HaitiCaroline Minerve22Port-au-PrinceAmericas
HawaiiCourtney Coleman23HonoluluOceania
HondurasVanessa Villars19TegucigalpaAmericas
Hong KongWing Wong23Hong KongAsia
HungaryRebeka Hartó21BudapestEurope
Ankita Kumari[28] 22JharkhandAsia
IndonesiaKevin Lilliana Junaedy[29] [30] 21BandungAsia
JapanNatsuki Tsutsui23TokyoAsia
South KoreaSeung Woo Nam25SeoulAsia
LaosPhounesup Phonnyotha20Vientiane PrefectureAsia
LebanonDima Safi24BeirutAsia
LithuaniaPatricija Belousova22VilniusEurope
MacauSofia Paiva20TaipaAsia
MalaysiaAnnie Wong Wei Wei20SibuAsia
MauritiusLaetitia Begue21TrioletAfrica
MexicoCitlaly Higuera22Ciudad MaderoAmericas
MoldovaDaniela Bejan22CahulEurope
MongoliaSaikhantamir Amarsanaa22UlaanbaatarAsia
MyanmarSao Yoon Wadi Oo[31] 25TaunggyiAsia
NepalNiti Shah[32] 21GhorahiAsia
NetherlandsNathalie Mogbelzada[33] 20AmsterdamEurope
New ZealandMichelle Isemonger[34] 19AucklandOceania
NicaraguaHelen Martínez22MatagalpaAmericas
NorwayVilde Andresen Bø20TønsbergEurope
PanamaDarelys Santos[35] 23Panama CityAmericas
ParaguayTatiana Rolín[36] 25ObligadoAmericas
PeruTiffany López Borjas[37] 23LimaAmericas
PhilippinesMariel de Leon[38] 23Las PiñasAsia
PolandPaulina Maziarz[39] 20ZwoleńEurope
PortugalAna Marques[40] 19LisbonEurope
RussiaElena Kviatkevich20Saint PetersburgEurope
Sierra LeoneLeone Abie Mansaray22FreetownAfrica
SingaporeKylie Yeo23SingaporeAsia
SlovakiaPetra Varaliová19BardejovEurope
South AfricaTayla Skye Robinson22JohannesburgAfrica
SpainElizabeth Ledesma18TenerifeEurope
SwedenLina Ljungberg20NorrköpingEurope
Xie Lingci25TaipeiAsia
ThailandRatiyaporn Chookaew19SongkhlaAsia
TunisiaKhaoula Gueye23KasserineAfrica
UkraineKseniya Chifa[41] 24ZaporizhiaEurope
United KingdomAshley Powell[42] 22LondonEurope
United StatesShanel James[43] 25BaltimoreAmericas
VenezuelaDiana Croce20CalabozoAmericas
VietnamHuỳnh Thị Thuỳ Dung[44] 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

General references

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Indonesia's Kevin Lilliana wins Miss International 2017. The Jakarta Post. November 14, 2017. September 16, 2018.
  2. News: Indonesia's Kevin Lilliana wins Miss International 2017. Daily Pakistan. November 14, 2017.
  3. Web site: La indonesia Kevin Lilliana se corona Miss Internacional 2017 en Tokio. El Nuevo Herald. November 14, 2017. es.
  4. Web site: Miss Indonesia Kevin Lilliana's speech on 'Unity in Diversity' helps earn her the crown at Miss International 2017 . Coconuts Media. November 15, 2017.
  5. Web site: Stunning costumes at Miss International 2017 pageant. AsiaOne. November 15, 2017.
  6. News: Indonesia's Kevin Lilliana wins Miss International 2017 . Emirates 24/7. November 15, 2017.
  7. News: Indonesian beauty queen crowned Miss International 2017 . India Today. November 15, 2017.
  8. http://plus.wws-channel.com/?p=8757 『第57回ミス・インターナショナル世界大会』ケビン リリアナ(21歳・インドネシア代表)がグランプリ<写真60枚>
  9. https://www.nishinippon.co.jp/item/o/373456/ インドネシア代表が優勝 ミス・インターナショナル <写真60枚>
  10. https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2100606/full/ 『ミス・インターナショナル』頂点にインドネシア代表21歳、ケビン・リリアナさん <写真60枚>
  11. https://mainichi.jp/articles/20171119/k00/00e/040/187000c 『ミキモト真珠島 世界の美女が訪問 現役海女と歓談 <写真60枚>
  12. News: November 14, 2017 . Indonesia's Kevin Lilliana wins Miss International 2017 . Cosmopolitan. August 7, 2024.
  13. News: November 14, 2017. FULL LIST: Winners, Miss International 2017 . Rappler. July 31, 2024.
  14. Web site: Miss International 2017 Contestants . 30 August 2017. Miss-international.org.
  15. Web site: Miss International Australia winner Amber Dew a Lara uni student. Rowan Forster. Geelong Advertiser. September 17, 2017. September 16, 2018.
  16. Web site: Ixelles : Virginie Philippot représentera la Belgique au concours Miss International. BXI. October 27, 2017. September 16, 2018.
  17. Web site: Conoce a la Miss Bolivia Universo 2017. Gente. July 7, 2017. May 16, 2019.
  18. Web site: Bruna Zanardo wins Miss International Brazil 2017. Indian and World Pageant. September 30, 2017. September 16, 2018.
  19. Web site: Local woman Marta Stepien named Miss International Canada. Rob Hindi. iHeartRadio. October 13, 2017. March 24, 2019.
  20. Web site: Conoce a la nueva Miss International Chile. Camila Pino. Fotech.cl. October 1, 2017. March 24, 2019.
  21. Web site: The 57th Miss International Beauty Pageant China Sees Final in Beijing. Yang Yang. Women of China. September 25, 2017. March 29, 2017.
  22. Web site: Cook Islands crowns representative for Miss World, Miss Earth and Miss International 2017. MissNews. August 8, 2017. March 24, 2019.
  23. Web site: Paola Chacón is Miss International Costa Rica 2017. Simeon. Indian and World Pageant. August 24, 2017. March 24, 2019.
  24. Web site: Chanelle de Lau participates in Miss International competition. Curacao Chronicle. October 16, 2017. September 17, 2018.
  25. Web site: Miss International Ecuador 2017 is Jocelyn Mieles. The Pageantry. June 5, 2017. September 17, 2018.
  26. Web site: Queen Akorfa Daniella To Represent Ghana At Miss International Pageantry. Joojo Quist. Kuulpeeps. November 13, 2017. May 16, 2019.
  27. Web site: Miss Gib 1st princess leaves for Miss International 2017. Gibraltar Chronicle. October 26, 2017. May 16, 2019.
  28. Web site: Meet 21 Year Old Ankita Kumari, Who Will Compete In Miss International India 2017. Kalpita Deshmukh. The Social Monk. October 25, 2017. May 16, 2019.
  29. News: Indonesian Model Kevin Lilliana Crowned Miss International . Jakarta Globe. November 14, 2017.
  30. Web site: Indonesian Beauty Queen Crowned Miss International 2017 in Tokyo. Latin American Herald Tribune. November 15, 2017. es.
  31. Web site: Sao Yoon Waddy Oo crowned Miss Myanmar International 2017. Coconuts Yangon. August 3, 2017. May 16, 2019.
  32. Web site: Finale of Miss Nepal 2017 beauty pageant held in Kathmandu. https://web.archive.org/web/20190609030910/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-06/03/c_136336989_2.htm. dead. June 9, 2019. Xin Hua. Pratap Thapa. June 3, 2017. May 16, 2019.
  33. Web site: Nathalie Mogbelzada is Miss International Netherlands 2017. MissNews. September 9, 2017. May 16, 2019.
  34. Web site: East Auckland's Miss International jetting off to global spotlight. Tarannum Shaikh. Stuff. July 21, 2017. May 16, 2019.
  35. Web site: Darelys Santos es designada Señorita Panamá para Miss Internacional. El Siglo. September 17, 2017. February 25, 2019.
  36. Web site: Paraguay busca corona de Miss Internacional en Japón. Vanguardia. October 28, 2017. February 25, 2019.
  37. Web site: Tiffany Lopez is Miss International Peru 2017. Simoen. MissNews. September 22, 2017. February 25, 2019.
  38. News: Binibining Pilipinas 2017 winners. Rappler. May 1, 2017. February 25, 2019.
  39. Web site: Paulina Maziarz crowned Miss Polski 2016. The Great Pageant Community. December 5, 2016. February 25, 2019.
  40. Web site: Resultado da final do Miss Portuguesa 2017 direto de Portugal. MissNews. July 8, 2017. April 23, 2019.
  41. Web site: Ukraine crowns 2017 queens for Miss World, International, Earth. Pageant Fame. October 25, 2017. April 23, 2019.
  42. Web site: Ashley Powell crowned Miss International UK 2017. India Times. June 13, 2017. April 23, 2019.
  43. Web site: My Time: Meade High graduate named Miss U.S. International 2017. Jeanette James. Capital Gazette. August 19, 2017. April 23, 2019.
  44. Web site: Đại diện Việt Nam tại Miss International 2017 là Á hậu Thùy Dung. Mai Ngoc. thanhnien.vn. August 3, 2017. April 23, 2019.