List of Miss International runners-up and finalists explained

The Miss International pageant is part of the Big Four international beauty pageants and is established in 1960, with the first edition being held at Long Beach, California, United States, the same venue where the first edition of the Miss Universe pageant was staged in 1952 (until 1959 when it moved to Miami Beach, Florida, due to this establishment) and now currently is located in Japan. In the entire 53-year history of the pageant, The first winner of Miss International 2012, Ikumi Yoshimatsu of Japan was dethroned and did not crown her successor due to contract dispute with another talent agency but was not replaced.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Table of Miss International runner-up and finalists

From 1960 to 1965, 1967–1979, 2008, and 2011–2019, the pageant has awarded a Top 5 with the Miss International, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Runner-Up being awarded. On the other hand, from 1980 to 2007 and 2009–2010, the pageant has awarded a Top 3 with the Miss International, 1st, and 2nd Runner-Up being awarded. Each runner-up was given a sash, plaque/trophy and a crown, apart from the winner (the first to do before it was also done by rival pageant Miss Earth). Only the 1966 and 2020 editions were cancelled.Here is the list of the top delegates of Miss International, since its inception in 1960. The crowning of the runners-up was to see last year's Top 5 winners from 2016 to 2018.

Since the pageant is based in Japan, to understand carefully, the Japanese ranking for contest is usually as follows:

• 第1位 means 1st-Place finisher being designated as Miss International
• 第2位 means 2nd-Place finisher being designated as 1st Runner-Up
• 第3位 means 3rd-Place finisher being designated as 2nd Runner-Up
• 第4位 means 4th-Place finisher being designated as 3rd Runner-Up
• 第5位 means 5th-Place finisher being designated as 4th Runner-Up

Year	Miss International	1st Runner-Up	2nd Runner-Up	3rd Runner-Up	4th Runner-Up
				Joyce Kay
	Stam van Baer			Edna MacVicar Canada	Sigrun Ragnarsdottir Iceland
	Tania Verstak Australia	María Bueno Argentina		Catharina Lodders
		Diane Westbury			Choi Yoo-mi
				Tracy Ingram	Maila Maria Östring Finland
	Ingrid Finger			Marie Tapare
1966	The 1966 edition was cancelled due to disputes over pageant organizers as to whether they should continue staging the pageant
				Martha Quimper Suárez Peru	Gisella Ma Ka-Wai
					Rungtip Pinyo Thailand
	Valerie Holmes	Satu Charlotta Östring Finland		Jeanette Biffiger Switzerland	Usanee Phenphimol Thailand
			Karen Papworth Australia		Susan Greaves New Zealand
			Evelyn Santos Camus Philippines		Hannele Halme Finland
	Linda Hooks				Lindsay Bloom United States
		Zoe Spink
		Joanna Booth		Micheline Mira Vehiatua
	Lidija Manić
			Nafisa Ali India
		Dagmar Wöhrl		Prunella Julle Nickson
				Petra Brinkmann
			Elisabeth Schmidt Austria
	Lorna Chávez Costa Rica			colspan=2 rowspan=2
	Jenny Derek Australia	Taiomara Borchardt Brazil	Michelle Rocca Ireland
					Norma Méndez Mexico
	Gidget Sandoval Costa Rica			colspan=2 rowspan=25
	Ilma Urrutia Guatemala	Miriam Leyderman	Gunilla Maria Kohlström Sweden
	Nina Sicilia		Jacqueline Schuman Netherlands
	Helen Fairbrother	Pia Rosenberg Larsen Denmark	Martha Merino Ponce de León Mexico
			Rosa Isela Fuentes Mexico
	Iris Klein	Aneta Kręglicka Poland	Carolina Omaña
		Ingrid Ondrovichova	Nadine Atangan Tanega
		Catherine Clarysse France	Marketa Silna
	Kirsten Davidson Australia		Yum Jung-ah
		Ilmira Shamsutdinova	Nataliya Victorovna Romanenko Ukraine
			Carmen María Vicente Abellam Spain
		Ana María Amorer	Renata Hornofová Czech Republic
		Ibticem Lahmar Tunisia	Claudia Mendoza Colombia
	Consuelo Adler	Diya Abraham India	Marie Pauline Borg France
		Daniela Kosán Montcourt	Shvetha Jaishankar India
			Saija Palin Finland
	Vivian Urdaneta	Son Tae-young	Svetlana Goreva
	Małgorzata Rożniecka Poland	Aura Zambrano	Tatiana Pavlova
			Hana Urushima Japan
	Goizeder Azúa		Suvi Hartlin Finland
			Susanna Laine Finland
	Daniela Di Giacomo		Jang Yoon-seo
		Despoina Vlepaki Greece	Yulia Sindzeyeva Belarus
				Changwen Liu China	Zuzana Putnářová Czech Republic
	Anagabriela Espinoza Mexico	Seo Eun-mi		colspan=2 rowspan=2
	Elizabeth Mosquera		Yuan Siyi China
		Jessica Barboza		Desireé del Río Puerto Rico	Keity Drennan Panama
		Viivi Suominen Finland			Nicole Huber Paraguay
				Brigitta Otvos Hungary	Lorena Hermida Colombia
			Punika Kulsoontornrut Thailand	Victoria Tooby United Kingdom
	Edymar Martínez			Phạm Hồng Thúy Vân	Lindsay Becker United States
					Kaityrana Leinbach United States
	Kevin Lilliana Indonesia	Chanelle De Lau	Diana Croce	Amber Dew Australia	Natsuki Tsutsui Japan
	Mariem Velazco	Ahtisa Manalo Philippines			Anabella Castro Colombia
		Andrea Toscano Mexico			Harriotte Lane United Kingdom
2020	The 2020 and 2021 editions were cancelled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic for the health and safety of contestants
2021
		Stephany Amado			Celinee Santos Dominican Republic
	Andrea Rubio	Sofía Osío Colombia			Vanessa Hayes

Countries/Territories by number of Runners-up

1st Runner-Up

The first Runner-Up of each edition of Miss International is the second placer behind the candidate who is crowned as Miss International (first placer). In some cases, she shall take over the title of Miss International, if:

• The outgoing titleholder cannot fulfill her duties. This could happen and may result to resignation, giving up the title, or dethronement
• The titleholder is dethroned due to deeds that violate the organization's policies. This has only happened in 2012.

第2位 who means the second place finisher being designated as 1st runner-up has been awarded sixty-one times (1960–2023).

This table lists the number of 1st Runner-Up titles by country. There are some special considerations:

• As Japan was dethroned of the Miss International title in 2012, the Miss International position was not taken by the first runner-up.

The current 1st Runner-Up is Sofía Osío from Colombia, elected on October 26, 2023 in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan.

Country/Territory	Titles	Year(s)
United States	7	1964, 1965, 1979, 1980, 1985, 1988, 2004
	5	1984, 1995, 1998, 2001, 2011
Colombia	3	2008, 2014, 2023
Australia		1972, 1983, 2016
Finland		1969, 1975, 2012
India		1960, 1997, 2003
Brazil		1961, 1976, 1981
Thailand	2	1971, 2010
		2000, 2009
Greece		1992, 2007
France		1991, 2002
Spain		1982, 1999
United Kingdom		1973, 1974
Argentina		1962, 1970
Cape Verde	1	2022
Mexico		2019
Philippines		2018
		2017
Honduras		2015
Netherlands		2013
Panama		2006
Dominican Republic		2005
Tunisia		1996
Aruba		1994
		1993
		1990
Poland		1989
Belgium		1987
Denmark		1986
Norway		1978
Germany		1977
Sweden		1968
Israel		1967
		1963

2nd Runner-Up

The second Runner-Up of each edition of Miss International is the third placer behind the candidate who is crowned as Miss International (first placer) and the first Runner-Up (second placer).

第3位 who means the third place finisher being designated as 2nd runner-up has been awarded sixty-one times (1960–2023).

This table lists the number of 2nd Runner-Up titles by country.

The current 1st Runner-Up is Camila Díaz from Peru, elected on October 26, 2023 in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan.

Country/Territory	Titles	Year(s)
Finland		1974, 1999, 2003, 2005
India	3	1975, 1976, 1998
Spain		1961, 1980, 1994
Austria		1963, 1979, 1982
Peru	2	2022, 2023
		1989, 2017
Indonesia		1977, 2016
		1992, 2006
		2000, 2001
Australia		1970, 1988
Mexico		1986, 1987
Iceland		1960, 1973
Philippines		1971, 1972
United States		1967, 1968
Uganda	1	2019
South Africa		2018
Kenya		2015
Thailand		2014
New Zealand		2013
Sri Lanka		2012
Mongolia		2011
China		2010
United Kingdom		2009
Poland		2008
Belarus		2007
		2004
Japan		2002
France		1997
Colombia		1996
Czech Republic		1995
Ukraine		1993
		1991
		1990
Netherlands		1985
Sweden		1984
Denmark		1983
Ireland		1981
Belgium		1978
Nicaragua		1969
Italy		1965
Brazil		1964
Panama		1962

3rd Runner-Up

The third Runner-Up of each edition of Miss International is the fourth placer behind the candidate who is crowned as Miss International (first placer), the first Runner-Up (second placer) and the second Runner-Up (third placer). In the years of 1980-2007 and 2009-2010 the titles were not given.

第4位 who means the fourth place finisher being designated as 3rd runner-up has been awarded thirty-one times (1960–1979; 2008; 2011–2023).

This table lists the number of 3rd Runner-Up titles by country.

The current 3rd Runner-Up is Nicole Borromeo from the Philippines, elected on October 26, 2023 in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan.

Country/Territory	Titles	Year(s)
United States		1963, 1971, 1975, 1976
Colombia	2	2019, 2022
		1965, 1974
		1960, 1964
Philippines	1	2023
Romania		2018
Australia		2017
Nicaragua		2016
		2015
United Kingdom		2014
Hungary		2013
Dominican Republic		2012
Puerto Rico		2011
China		2008
Finland		1979
Germany		1978
		1977
Spain		1973
Brazil		1972
Japan		1970
Switzerland		1969
Denmark		1968
Peru		1967
Netherlands		1962
Canada		1961

4th Runner-Up

The fourth Runner-Up of each edition of Miss International is the fifth placer behind the candidate who is crowned as Miss International (first placer), the first Runner-Up (second placer), the second Runner-Up (third placer) and the third Runner-Up (fourth placer). In the years of 1980-2007 and 2009-2010 the titles were not given.

第5位 who means the fifth place finisher being designated as 4th runner-up has been awarded thirty-one times (1960–1979; 2008; 2011–2023).

This table lists the number of 4th Runner-Up titles by country.

The current 4th Runner-Up is Vanessa Hayes from Bolivia, elected on October 26, 2023 in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan.

Country/Territory	Titles	Year(s)
United States		1960, 1962, 1972, 1977, 2015, 2016
Japan	3	1976, 1979, 2017
Finland		1964, 1971, 2014
Colombia	2	2013, 2018
Brazil		1965, 1975
Thailand		1968, 1969
	1	2023
Dominican Republic		2022
United Kingdom		2019
Paraguay		2012
Panama		2011
Czech Republic		2008
Mexico		1982
Ireland		1978
Australia		1974
Philippines		1973
New Zealand		1970
Hong Kong		1967
		1963
Iceland		1961

Miss International runners-up and finalists table position

Country or territory	X	Miss International	1st Runner-Up	2nd Runner-Up	3rd Runner-Up	4th Runner-Up
	16	9 (1985, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2010, 2015, 2018, 2023)	5 (1984, 1995, 1998, 2001, 2011)	2 (1989, 2017)	×	×
Philippines	11	6 (1964, 1970, 1979, 2005, 2013, 2016)	1 (2018)	2 (1971, 1972)	1 (2023)	1 (1973)
United States	22	3 (1974, 1978, 1982)	7 (1964, 1965, 1979, 1980, 1985, 1988, 2004)	2 (1967, 1968)	4 (1963, 1971, 1975, 1976)	6 (1960, 1962, 1972, 1977, 2015, 2016)
Australia	10	3 (1962, 1981, 1992)	3 (1972, 1983, 2016)	2 (1970, 1988)	1 (2017)	1 (1974)
Spain	9	3 (1977, 1990, 2008)	2 (1982, 1999)	3 (1961, 1980, 1994)	1 (1973)	×
Colombia	11	3 (1960, 1999, 2004)	3 (2008, 2014, 2023)	1 (1996)	2 (2019, 2022)	2 (2013, 2018)
Poland	5	3 (1991, 1993, 2001)	1 (1989)	1 (2008)	×	×
Germany	5	3 (1965, 1989, 2022)	1 (1977)	×	1 (1978)	×
United Kingdom	7	2 (1969, 1972)	2 (1973, 1974)	1 (2009)	1 (2014)	1 (2019)
Mexico	6	2 (2007, 2009)	1 (2019)	2 (1986, 1987)	×	1 (1982)
Norway	3	2 (1988, 1995)	1 (1978)	×	×	×
Puerto Rico	3	2 (1987, 2014)	×	×	1 (2011)	×
Costa Rica	2	2 (1980, 1983)	×	×	×	×
Finland	12	1 (1973)	3 (1969, 1975, 2012)	4 (1974, 1999, 2003, 2005)	1 (1979)	3 (1964, 1971, 2014)
Brazil	8	1 (1968)	3 (1961, 1976, 1981)	1 (1964)	1 (1972)	2 (1965, 1975)
Thailand	6	1 (2019)	2 (1971, 2010)	1 (2014)	×	2 (1968, 1969)
Greece	4	1 (1994)	2 (1992, 2007)	1 (2004)	×	×
France	4	1 (1976)	2 (1991, 2002)	1 (1997)	×	×
Argentina	3	1 (1967)	2 (1962, 1970)	×	×	×
Netherlands	4	1 (1961)	1 (2013)	1 (1985)	1 (1962)	×
Panama	4	1 (1998)	1 (2006)	1 (1962)	×	1 (2011)
	4	1 (1986)	1 (1963)	×	2 (1960, 1964)	×
Iceland	4	1 (1963)	×	2 (1960, 1973)	×	1 (1961)
Indonesia	3	1 (2017)	×	2 (1977, 2016)	×	×
Japan	6	1 (2012)	×	1 (2002)	1 (1970)	3 (1976, 1979, 2017)
New Zealand	3	1 (1971)	×	1 (2013)	×	1 (1970)
Ecuador	1	1 (2011)	×	×	×	×
Lebanon	1	1 (2002)	×	×	×	×
Portugal	1	1 (1996)	×	×	×	×
Guatemala	1	1 (1984)	×	×	×	×
	1	1 (1975)	×	×	×	×
India	6	×	3 (1960, 1997, 2003)	3 (1975, 1976, 1998)	×	×
	5	×	2 (2000, 2009)	2 (1992, 2006)	×	1 (1963)
	3	×	1 (1993)	2 (2000, 2001)	×	×
Denmark	3	×	1 (1986)	1 (1983)	1 (1968)	×
	2	×	1 (1990)	1 (1991)	×	×
Belgium	2	×	1 (1987)	1 (1978)	×	×
Sweden	2	×	1 (1968)	1 (1984)	×	×
Dominican Republic	3	×	1 (2005)	×	1 (2012)	1 (2022)
Cape Verde	1	×	1 (2022)	×	×	×
	1	×	1 (2017)	×	×	×
Honduras	2	×	1 (2015)	×	×	1 (1981)
Tunisia	1	×	1 (1996)	×	×	×
Aruba	1	×	1 (1994)	×	×	×
Israel	1	×	1 (1967)	×	×	×
Austria	3	×	×	3 (1963, 1979, 1982)	×	×
Peru	3	×	×	2 (2022, 2023)	1 (1967)	×
Nicaragua	2	×	×	1 (1969)	1 (2016)	×
China	2	×	×	1 (2010)	1 (2008)	×
	2	×	×	1 (1990)	1 (1977)	×
Czech Republic	2	×	×	1 (1995)	×	1 (2008)
Ireland	2	×	×	1 (1981)	×	1 (1978)
Uganda	1	×	×	1 (2019)	×	×
South Africa	1	×	×	1 (2018)	×	×
Kenya	1	×	×	1 (2015)	×	×
Sri Lanka	1	×	×	1 (2012)	×	×
Mongolia	1	×	×	1 (2011)	×	×
Belarus	1	×	×	1 (2007)	×	×
Ukraine	1	×	×	1 (1993)	×	×
Italy	1	×	×	1 (1965)	×	×
	2	×	×	×	2 (1965, 1974)	×
Romania	1	×	×	×	1 (2018)	×
	1	×	×	×	1 (2015)	×
Hungary	1	×	×	×	1 (2013)	×
Switzerland	1	×	×	×	1 (1969)	×
Canada	1	×	×	×	1 (1961)	×
Paraguay	1	×	×	×	×	1 (2012)
Hong Kong	1	×	×	×	×	1 (1967)
	1	×	×	×	×	1 (2023)
Total	240	61	61	61	31	31

The country/territory who assumed a position is indicated in bold
The country/territory who was dethroned, resigned or originally held the position is indicated in striketrough
The country/territory who was dethroned, resigned or originally held the position but was not replaced is indicated underlined

Continental Queens

Since 2015, the Miss International pageant has awarded Continental Queens chosen by the delegates themselves. From 2023, the continental group of Oceania was combined with the Asian group to become Asia-Pacific.

Year	Miss International Africa	Miss International America	Miss International Asia	Miss International Asia-Pacific	Miss International Europe	Miss International Oceania
			Park Ah-reum	N/A		Brianna Acosta
				N/A	Melissa Scherpen Netherlands	Guinevere Davenport
	Daniella Akorfa Awuma Ghana	Carla Maldonado	Seung Woo Nam	N/A
				N/A		Diliana Tuncap Guam
				N/A		Eunice Raquel Basco
	Stephany Amado Cape Verde			N/A	Anna Merimää Finland
			N/A	Emily Yau		N/A

See also

• List of Miss International titleholders
• List of Miss Earth elemental queens
• List of Miss Universe runners-up and finalists
• List of Miss World runners-up and finalists
• Big Four international beauty pageants

Notes and References

1. News: Japanese Miss International 2012, dethroned after harassment scandal. News. Tokyo Times. 17 December 2013. Tokyo Times. 15 January 2018.
2. News: No Farewell Walk for Miss International 2012 Reigning Queen Ikumi Yoshimatsu. Ornos. Riza. 17 December 2013. International Business Times. 15 January 2018.
3. News: Miss Philippines Wins Miss International 2013. Adalia. JB. 17 December 2013. Kicker Daily. 15 January 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180116081117/http://kickerdaily.com/posts/2013/12/miss-philippines-wins-miss-international-2013/. 16 January 2018. dead.