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Miss International 2017
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
Best DresserKevin Lilliana
 Indonesia
Best BodyAmber Dew
 Australia
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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][4] 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.[5][6][7]

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. This is also the first time for Indonesia to win the Miss International pageant, one of the big four international beauty pageants.[8][9]

Background

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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.[10][11]

The 2017 edition saw the debuts of Cambodia, Cook Islands and Laos;[12] 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 Argentina, Aruba, Cuba, Denmark, Guam, Ireland, Nigeria, Northern Marianas, Puerto Rico and Sri Lanka have withdrawn from the competition.[13]

Results

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Placements

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Results 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

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(Vote?

Continental queens

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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
  •   Korea – Seung Woo Nam
Miss International Europe
Miss International Oceania

Contestants

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Sixty-nine contestants competed for the title of Miss International 2017:[14]

Country/Territory Contestant Age Hometown
  Australia Amber Dew[15] 21 Melbourne
  Belarus Polina Pimahina[designations 1] 20 Minsk
  Belgium Virginie Philippot[16] 24 Brussels
  Bolivia Carla Maldonado[17] 22 Camiri
  Brazil Bruna Zanardo[18] 25 Laranjal Paulista
  Cambodia Nheat Sophea 19 Phnom Penh
  Canada Marta Stepien[19] 23 Windsor
  Chile Estefania Galeota[20] 20 Coquimbo
  China Jia Shi[21] 23 Jiangsu
  Colombia Vanessa Pulgarin 25 Medellín
  Cook Islands Silas Tuaputa[22] 21 Avarua
  Costa Rica Paola Chacón[23] 26 San José
  Curaçao Chanelle De Lau[24][designations 2] 22 Willemstad
  Czech Republic Alice Činčurová 21 Prague
  Dominican Republic Jennifer Valdez 19 Pedernales
  Ecuador Jocelyn Mieles[25] 22 Manta
  El Salvador Fátima Mangandi 25 San Salvador
  Ethiopia Bamlak Dereje 20 Addis Ababa
  Finland Pihla Koivuniemi 22 Tampere
  France Maëva Balan 24 Challans
  Ghana Daniella Akorfa Awuma[26] 24 Accra
  Gibraltar Tessa Britto[27] 21 Gibraltar
  Guadeloupe Clotilde Stressais 19 Basse-Terre
  Guatemala Ana Lucia Villagran 24 Guatemala City
  Haiti Caroline Minerve 22 Port-au-Prince
  Hawaii Courtney Coleman 23 Honolulu
  Honduras Vanessa Villars 19 Tegucigalpa
  Hong Kong Wing Wong 23 Hong Kong
  Hungary Rebeka Hartó 21 Budapest
  India Ankita Kumari[28] 22 Jharkhand
  Indonesia Kevin Lilliana Junaedy[29][30] 21 Bandung
  Japan Natsuki Tsutsui 23 Tokyo
  Korea Seung Woo Nam 25 Seoul
  Laos Phounesup Phonnyotha 20 Vientiane Prefecture
  Lebanon Dima Safi 24 Beirut
  Lithuania Patricija Belousova 22 Vilnius
  Macau Sofia Paiva 20 Taipa
  Malaysia Annie Wong Wei Wei 20 Sibu
  Mauritius Laetitia Begue 21 Triolet
  Mexico Citlaly Higuera 22 Ciudad Madero
  Moldova Daniela Bejan 22 Cahul
  Mongolia Saikhantamir Amarsanaa 22 Ulaanbaatar
  Myanmar Sao Yoon Wadi Oo[31] 25 Taunggyi
  Nepal Niti Shah[32] 21 Ghorahi
  Netherlands Nathalie Mogbelzada[33] 20 Amsterdam
  New Zealand Michelle Isemonger[34] 19 Auckland
  Nicaragua Helen Martínez 22 Matagalpa
  Norway Vilde Andresen Bø 20 Tønsberg
  Panama Darelys Santos[35][designations 3] 23 Panama City
  Paraguay Tatiana Rolín[36] 25 Obligado
  Peru Tiffany López Borjas[37] 23 Lima
  Philippines Mariel de Leon[38] 23 Las Piñas
  Poland Paulina Maziarz[39] 20 Zwoleń
  Portugal Ana Marques[40] 19 Lisbon
  Russia Elena Kviatkevich 20 Saint Petersburg
  Sierra Leone Leone Abie Mansaray 22 Freetown
  Singapore Kylie Yeo 23 Singapore
  Slovakia Petra Varaliová 19 Bardejov
  South Africa Tayla Skye Robinson 22 Johannesburg
  Spain Elizabeth Ledesma 18 Tenerife
  Sweden Lina Ljungberg 20 Norrköping
  Chinese Taipei Xie Lingci 25 Taipei
  Thailand Ratiyaporn Chookaew[designations 4] 19 Songkhla
  Tunisia Khaoula Gueye 23 Kasserine
  Ukraine Kseniya Chifa[41] 24 Zaporizhia
  United Kingdom Ashley Powell[42] 22 London
  USA Shanel James[43] 25 Baltimore
  Venezuela Diana Croce 20 Calabozo
  Vietnam Huỳnh Thị Thuỳ Dung[44][designations 5] 21 Ho Chi Minh City

Notes

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Debuts

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Returns

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Last competed in 2009:

Last competed in 2010:

Last competed in 2013:

Last competed in 2014:

Last competed in 2015:

Designations

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  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

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  •   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

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  •   Argentina - Agustina Belén Garro
  •   Aruba - No Contest.
  •   Cuba – Claudia Moras Báez
  •   Denmark – Natasja Voldstedlund, withdrew due to illness.
  •   Guam – The directors of Miss Universe Guam are still in the process of recruiting eligible competitors. Miss Guam pageant rescheduled to January 2018.[45]
  •   Ireland - No Contest.
  •   Nigeria - No Contest.
  •   Northern Marianas - Contest Postponed. The upcoming Miss Marianas will hold after Miss International 2017.
  •   Puerto RicoBeverly 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

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  • "Miss International 2017". miss-international.org. Miss International Beauty Pageant. Retrieved November 24, 2017.

References

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  45. ^ Miss Guam 2018
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