Miss International 2018 Explained

Date:9 November 2018
Venue:Tokyo Dome City Hall, Tokyo, Japan
Entrants:77
Placements:15
Broadcaster:Host Broadcaster:
Co-host Broadcaster:
Winner:Mariem Velazco
Represented:Venezuela
Before:2017
Next:2019

Miss International 2018, the 58th Miss International pageant, was held on 9 November 2018, at the Tokyo Dome City Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Kevin Lilliana from Indonesia crowned her successor Mariem Velazco from Venezuela at the end of the event. This marks Venezuela's eighth victory at Miss International - the most in the pageant's history. This is the third time in Miss International history that the finals night saw the return of the previous year's runners-up to crown their respective successors. This year Miss International comeback edition with the theme "Cheer All Woman" alongside Miss International Japan 2019.

A total of 78 contestants from countries and territories competed in this year's Miss International pageant, surpassing the previous record of 73 contestants in 2014, making the biggest turnout in the pageant's history.[1]

The pageant was hosted by Tetsuya Bessho on his fifth consecutive year of Miss International.

Background

Location and date

On 12 April 2018, it was announced during a website conference by Akemi Shimomura, the president of the International Cultural Association and the president of Miss International Organization, that the 2018 pageant would be held in Tokyo Dome City Hall, Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan, for the third consecutive year on Friday, November 9, 2018.[2]

Results

Placements

PlacementContestant[3] [4]
Miss International 2018
1st Runner-Up
2nd Runner-Up
  • – Reabetswe Sechoaro
3rd Runner-Up
  • – Bianca Tirsin
4th Runner-Up
Top 8
  • – Michelle Huet[5]
  • – Hinano Sugimoto
  • – Susana Sanchez
Top 15
  • – Emily Tokić
  • Vania Fitryanti
  • – Esmeralda Malleka
  • – Nebai Torres
  • – Daisy Lezcano
  • – Keeratiga Jaruratjamon
  • – Bohdana Tarasyk

Continental queens

Continental GroupContestant
Africa
America
Asia
Europe
Oceania
  • Guam – Diliana Tuncap

Pageant

Unlike in 2017 contestants were classified under five continents: (1) Europe, (2) Oceania, (3) Africa, (4) Americas, and (5) Asia. During the Competitions Rounds; National Costume, Swimwear, and Evening Gown, then the contestants were trimmed down to 15 Semifinalists, after which, the judges narrowed the finalists down to the Top 8, then judges decided the Top 8 to compete in the question and answer portion. and then the judges choose Top 5 which Miss International 2018 and her four Runners-up like 2017 format.

Contestants

77 contestants competed for the title.

Country/Territory Contestant Age Hometown Continental group
Rocío Magali Pérez22Buenos AiresAmericas
Stephanie Anouk Eman 26OranjestadAmericas
Emily Tokić20CanberraOceania
Kelly Quanten[7] 24 LeuvenEurope
María Elena Antelo24 BeniAmericas
Stephanie Pröglhöf24São José dos CamposAmericas
Camila Gonzalez21 TorontoAmericas
María Pía Vilches[8] 22 La LiguaAmericas
ChinaWang Chaoyuan24 TianjinAsia
ColombiaAnabella Castro21 ValleduparAmericas
Cook IslandsLouisa Purea20AvaruaOceania
Costa RicaGlennys Medina Segura 23GuanacasteAmericas
Cote d'IvoireJemima Gbato 21AbidjanAfrica
CubaJennifer Alvarez Ruiz24 HavanaAmericas
CuraçaoDiona Angela 21WillemstadAmericas
Czech RepublicDaniela Zálešáková 19MostEurope
DenmarkLouise Arild23FrederiksbergEurope
Dominican RepublicStéphanie Bustamante25PatersonAmericas
EcuadorMichelle Huet[9] 23GuayaquilAmericas
EgyptFarah Sedky24CairoAfrica
El SalvadorEna Cea20 Santa AnaAmericas
EthiopiaFrezewd Solomon21Addis AbabaAfrica
FinlandEevi Ihalainen18LappeenrantaEurope
FranceMélanie Labat[10] 23PoussanEurope
GermanyFranciska Acs 23 DüsseldorfEurope
GhanaBenedicta Nana Adjei22 AccraAfrica
GuadeloupeSarah Eruam18Le GosierAmericas
GuamDiliana Tuncap[11] 22 HagåtñaOceania
GuatemalaGabriela Castillo20Guatemala CityAmericas
HaitiCassandra Chéry 23 Port-au-PrinceAmericas
HawaiiOlivia Evelyn Walls[12] 21 HonoluluOceania
HondurasValeria Cardona 20TegucigalpaAmericas
Hong KongCarmaney Wong24KowloonAsia
HungaryFrida Maczkó22VácEurope
IndiaTanishqa Bhosale19PuneAsia
IndonesiaVania Fitryanti21TangerangAsia
JapanHinano Sugimoto21TokyoAsia
KenyaIvy Nyangasi Mido22NairobiAfrica
Piyamarth Phounpaseuth24 Vientiane PrefectureAsia
LebanonRachel Younan23BeirutAsia
MacauCherry Chin24TaipaAsia
MadagascarEsmeralda Malleka25VohemarAfrica
MalaysiaMandy Loo[13] 22GeorgetownAsia
MauritiusAshna Nookooloo22CurepipeAfrica
Nebai Torres25GuadalajaraAmericas
MoldovaDaniela Marin19LeovaEurope
MongoliaMunkhchimeg Batjargal20UlaanbaatarAsia
May Yu Khatar19YangonAsia
Ronali Amatya22 KathmanduAsia
NetherlandsZoë Amber Niewold[14] 20AssenEurope
New ZealandNatasha Kristina Unkovich[15] 24 East AucklandOceania
NicaraguaStefanía Alemán[16] 27MasayaAmericas
Northern Mariana IslandsCeline Cabrera[17] 23SaipanOceania
PanamaShirel Ortiz22 Panama CityAmericas
ParaguayDaisy Diana Lezcano Rojas24San LorenzoAmericas
PeruMarelid Elizabeth Medina[18] 24 CallaoAmericas
Maria Ahtisa Manalo[19] 21 CandelariaAsia
PolandMarta Pałucka26SopotEurope
PortugalCarina Neto21 GondomarEurope
Puerto RicoYarelis Salgado24Toa AltaAmericas
RomaniaBianca Tirsin20AradEurope
RussiaGalina Lukina26UfaAsia
SingaporeEileen Feng22Singapore CityAsia
SlovakiaRadka Grendová20RevúcaEurope
South AfricaReabetswe Sechoaro24PretoriaAfrica
South KoreaYejin Seo21SeoulAsia
SpainSusana Sánchez25HuelvaEurope
Sri LankaNatalee Fernando24ColomboAsia
SwedenIzabell Hahn26LinköpingEurope
Chinese TaipeiKao Man-jung21TaichungAsia
ThailandKeeratiga Jaruratjamon 23 PhitsanulokAsia
UkraineBohdana Tarasyk23Kryvyi RihEurope
United KingdomSharon Gaffka22OxfordEurope
United StatesBonnie Walls24New York CityAmericas
VenezuelaMariem Velazco20San ToméAmericas
VietnamNguyễn Thúc Thùy Tiên[20] 20Ho Chi Minh CityAsia
ZimbabweTania Tatenda Aaron[21] 22HarareAfrica

Notes

Returns

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Last competed in 1999:

Last competed in 2011:

Last competed in 2014:

Last competed in 2015:

Last competed in 2016:

Designations

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The 58th Miss International Beauty Pageant. miss-international.org. Miss International Beauty Pageant. 20 April 2018.
  2. Web site: The 58th Miss International Beauty Pageant. miss-international.org . Miss International Beauty Pageant . 20 April 2018 .
  3. News: November 9, 2018 . Ahtisa Manalo finishes first runner-up in Miss International 2018 . ABS-CBN News. November 9, 2018.
  4. News: November 9, 2018 . FULL LIST: Winners, Miss International 2018 . Rappler. July 31, 2024.
  5. Web site: Ahtisa Manalo enters Miss International 2018 Top 15. GMA Integrated News. en. November 9, 2018. 31 July 2024.
  6. News: November 9, 2018 . FULL LIST: Winners, Miss International 2018 . Rappler. July 31, 2024.
  7. Web site: Kelly Quanten will be representing Belgium at the #58thMissInternational Beauty Pageant. https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/Bos7EbBHfDH . 2021-12-26 . registration. Miss International. 9 October 2018.
  8. Web site: Miss Chile International 2018. web.observer.cl. 26 July 2018. es.
  9. Web site: Michelle Huet representara al pais en Miss Internacional. ultimasnoticias.ec. 5 June 2018. es.
  10. Web site: La Sétoise Mélanie Labat a été élue Miss International France. La Voix Du Nord. 23 September 2018. fr.
  11. News: Miss International Guam 2018. Pacific Daily News. 30 October 2017.
  12. Web site: Olivia Evelyn Walls is Miss International Hawaii 2018. Miss International Beauty Pageant. 15 October 2018.
  13. Web site: Miss International Malaysia 2018. https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/BoGQLaiHnda . 2021-12-26 . registration. Miss International. 25 September 2018.
  14. Web site: Miss International Netherlands 2018, Zoë Niewold. Miss Holland Now. 8 October 2018.
  15. News: Unkovich crowned Miss International NZ. Times Online. 15 May 2018.
  16. Web site: Stefanía Alemán es Miss International Nicaragua 2018. Miss Mundo Nicaragua – Sitio Oficial. 15 October 2018. es.
  17. News: Celine Concepcion Cabrera won the title of 2018 Miss Marianas. Saipan Tribune. 26 February 2018.
  18. Web site: Marelid Elizabeth is Miss International Peru 2018. Webstagram. 2 October 2018.
  19. News: Get to know Bb Pilipinas International 2018 Charline C. Rubio. Rappler. 21 March 2018.
  20. Web site: Tien Nguyen will be representing #Vietnam at the #58thMissInternational Beauty Pageant. https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/BoyO9HNHeP8 . 2021-12-26 . registration. Miss International. 11 October 2018.
  21. Web site: Tania Aaron crowned Miss International Zimbabwe 2018. Miss International Beauty Pageant. 15 October 2017.