List of Miss International titleholders

Last updated September 17, 2024

The following is a list of Miss International titleholders from the competition's inaugural edition in 1960 to present.

Miss International titleholders

Year	Represented	Titleholder	Age	Hometown	National title	Date	Location	Entrants
1960	Colombia	Stella Márquez	23	Tumaco	Señorita Colombia 1959	August 12, 1960	Long Beach, United States	52
1961	Netherlands	Stanny van Baer	19	The Hague	Second Runner-up Miss Holland 1961	July 28, 1961		52
1962	Australia	Tania Verstak	20	Sydney	Miss Australia 1962	August 18, 1962		50
1963	Iceland	Guðrún Bjarnadóttir	20	Hafnarfjörður	Ungfru Island 1963	August 16, 1963		46
1964	Philippines	Gemma Cruz ^[1]	21	Manila	Miss Philippines 1964	August 14, 1964		42
1965	Germany	Ingrid Finger	20	Potsdam	Runner-up Miss Germany 1965	August 13, 1965		44
1966	No competition held^{[lower-alpha 1]}
1967	Argentina	Mirta Massa	22	Córdoba	Miss Argentina Internacional 1967	April 29, 1967	Long Beach, United States	46
1968	Brazil	Maria Carvalho	18	Rio de Janeiro	Miss Brazil International 1968	October 9, 1968	Tokyo, Japan	49
1969	United Kingdom	Valerie Holmes	23	London	Miss Britain 1969	September 13, 1969	Tokyo, Japan	48
1970	Philippines	Aurora Pijuan	21	Bacolod	Binibining Pilipinas International 1970	May 16, 1970	Osaka, Japan	47
1971	New Zealand	Jane Hansen	20	Auckland	Miss New Zealand International 1971	May 26, 1971	Long Beach, United States	50
1972	United Kingdom	Linda Hooks	20	Liverpool	Miss Britain 1972	October 6, 1972	Tokyo, Japan	47
1973	Finland	Anneli Björkling	21	Helsinki	Miss Finland International 1973	October 13, 1973	Osaka, Japan	47
1974	United States	Brucene Smith	23	Port Lavaca	Miss International USA 1974	October 9, 1974	Tokyo, Japan	45
1975	Yugoslavia	Lidija Manić	22	Belgrade	Miss Yugoslavia International 1975	November 3, 1975	Motobu, Japan	48
1976	France	Sophie Perin	19	Créteil	Miss France 1975	July 2, 1976	Tokyo, Japan	45
1977	Spain	Pilar Medina	21	Málaga	Miss Spain International 1977	July 1, 1977		48
1978	United States	Katherine Ruth	20	Los Angeles	Miss California International 1978	November 10, 1978		43
1979	Philippines	Melanie Marquez	15	Mabalacat	Binibining Pilipinas International 1979	November 12, 1979		45
1980	Costa Rica	Lorna Chávez	21	San José	Señorita Costa Rica Internacional 1980	November 4, 1980		42
1981	Australia	Jenny Derek	20	Gold Coast	Miss International Australia 1981	September 6, 1981	Kobe, Japan	42
1982	United States	Christie Claridge	19	Los Angeles	Miss California International 1982	October 13, 1982	Fukuoka, Japan	43
1983	Costa Rica	Gidget Sandoval	17	San José	Second Runner-up Señorita Costa Rica 1983	October 11, 1983	Osaka, Japan	41
1984	Guatemala	Ilma Urrutia	22	Villa Nueva	Miss Guatemala 1984	October 30, 1984	Yokohama, Japan	46
1985	Venezuela	Nina Sicilia	22	Caracas	Second Runner-up Miss Venezuela 1985	September 15, 1985	Tsukuba, Japan	43
1986	England	Helen Fairbrother	22	London	Miss England 1986	August 31, 1986	Nagasaki, Japan	46
1987	Puerto Rico	Laurie Simpson	18	San Juan	Miss Puerto Rico 1987	September 13, 1987	Tokyo, Japan	47
1988	Norway	Catherine Gude	22	Oslo	Runner-up Miss Norway 1988	July 17, 1988	Gifu, Japan	46
1989	Germany	Iris Klein	20	Berlin	First Runner-up Miss Germany 1986	September 17, 1989	Kanazawa, Japan	47
1990	Spain	Silvia de Esteban	19	Barcelona	Second Runner-up Miss España 1990	September 16, 1990	Osaka, Japan	50
1991	Poland	Agnieszka Kotlarska	19	Wrocław	Miss Polski 1991	October 13, 1991	Tokyo, Japan	51
1992	Australia	Kirsten Davidson	20	Perth	Miss International Australia 1992	October 18, 1992	Nagasaki, Japan	50
1993	Poland	Agnieszka Pachałko	20	Inowrocław	Miss Polski 1993	October 9, 1993	Tokyo, Japan	47
1994	Greece	Christina Lekka	22	Athens	Fifth Runner-up Star Hellas 1994	September 4, 1994	Ise, Japan	50
1995	Norway	Anne Lena Hansen	21	Trondheim	Frøken Norge 1995	September 10, 1995	Tokyo, Japan	47
1996	Portugal	Fernanda Alves	20	Lisbon	Second Runner-up Miss Portugal 1996	October 26, 1996	Kanazawa, Japan	48
1997	Venezuela	Consuelo Adler	20	Caracas	Second Runner-up Miss Venezuela 1997	September 20, 1997	Kyoto, Japan	42
1998	Panama	Lía Borrero	22	Las Tablas	Señorita Panamá 1998	September 26, 1998	Tokyo, Japan	43
1999	Colombia	Paulina Gálvez	19	Cali	Verreina Señorita Colombia 1999	December 14, 1999		51
2000	Venezuela	Vivian Urdaneta	21	Maracaibo	First Runner-up Miss Venezuela 2000	October 4, 2000		56
2001	Poland	Małgorzata Rożniecka	23	Szczecin	First Runner-up Miss Polonia 2000	October 4, 2001		52
2002	Lebanon	Christina Sawaya	22	Bourj Hammoud	Miss Lebanon 2001	September 30, 2002		47
2003	Venezuela	Goizeder Azúa	19	San Felipe	First Runner-up Miss Venezuela 2003	October 8, 2003		45
2004	Colombia	Jeymmy Vargas	21	Cartagena	Verreina Señorita Colombia 2003	October 16, 2004	Beijing, China	58
2005	Philippines	Lara Quigaman	22	Taguig	Binibining Pilipinas International 2005	September 26, 2005	Tokyo, Japan	52
2006	Venezuela	Daniela di Giacomo	21	Caracas	Second Runner-up Miss Venezuela 2005	November 11, 2006	Xianghe, China	53
2007	Mexico	Priscila Perales	24	Guadalajara	Nuestra Belleza México 2006	October 15, 2007	Tokyo, Japan	61
2008	Spain	Alejandra Andreu	18	Zaragoza	Second Runner-up Miss España 2008	November 8, 2008	Cotai Strip, Macau	63
2009	Mexico	Anagabriela Espinoza	21	Monterrey	Nuestra Belleza Mundo México 2008	November 28, 2009	Chengdu, China	65
2010	Venezuela	Elizabeth Mosquera	19	Maracaibo	Second Runner-up Miss Venezuela 2009	November 7, 2010		70
2011	Ecuador	Fernanda Cornejo	22	Quito	Second Runner-up Miss Ecuador 2011	November 6, 2011		67
2012	Japan	Ikumi Yoshimatsu ^{[lower-alpha 2]}	25	Saga	Miss International Japan 2012	October 21, 2012	Okinawa, Japan	69
2013	Philippines	Bea Santiago	23	Cataingan	Binibining Pilipinas International 2013	December 17, 2013	Tokyo, Japan	67
2014	Puerto Rico	Valerie Hernandez	21	San Juan	First Runner-up Nuestra Belleza Puerto Rico 2014	November 11, 2014		73
2015	Venezuela	Edymar Martínez	20	Puerto La Cruz	First Runner-up Miss Venezuela 2014	November 5, 2015		70
2016	Philippines	Kylie Verzosa	24	Baguio	Binibining Pilipinas International 2016	October 27, 2016		69
2017	Indonesia	Kevin Lilliana	21	Bandung	First Runner-up Puteri Indonesia 2017	November 14, 2017		69
2018	Venezuela	Mariem Velazco	20	San Tomé	First Runner-up Miss Venezuela 2017	November 9, 2018		77
2019	Thailand	Sireethorn Leearamwat	25	Bangkok	Miss Thailand 2019	November 12, 2019		83
2020	No competition held due to the COVID-19 pandemic ^{[lower-alpha 3]}^{[lower-alpha 4]}
2021
2022	Germany	Jasmin Selberg	23	Dortmund	Miss International Germany 2022	December 13, 2022	Tokyo, Japan	66
2023	Venezuela	Andrea Rubio	24	Caracas	First Runner-up Miss Venezuela 2022	October 26, 2023	Tokyo, Japan	70

Notes:

↑ The 1965 reigning titleholder Ingrid Finger remained Miss International until 1967 because of the cancellation of the 1966 pageant.
↑ Dethroned. The 2012-crowned Ikumi Yoshimatsu was dethroned shortly before the end of her reign, but she was not replaced.^[2]^[3]
↑ The 2019 reigning titleholder Sireethorn Leearamwat will remain Miss International until 2021 due to the cancellation of the 2020 pageant because of the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic.
↑ The 2021 edition was moved to 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[4]

Countries by number of wins

Country or territory	Titles	Year(s)
Venezuela	9	1985, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2010, 2015, 2018, 2023
Philippines	6	1964, 1970, 1979, 2005, 2013, 2016
Germany	3	1965, 1989, 2022
Spain		1977, 1990, 2008
Colombia		1960, 1999, 2004
Poland		1991, 1993, 2001
Australia		1962, 1981, 1992
United States		1974, 1978, 1982
Puerto Rico	2	1987, 2014
Mexico		2007, 2009
Norway		1988, 1995
Costa Rica		1980, 1983
United Kingdom		1969, 1972
Thailand	1	2019
Indonesia		2017
Japan		2012
Ecuador		2011
Lebanon		2002
Panama		1998
Portugal		1996
Greece		1994
England		1986
Guatemala		1984
France		1976
Yugoslavia		1975
Finland		1973
New Zealand		1971
Brazil		1968
Argentina		1967
Iceland		1963
Netherlands		1961

Dethroned not replaced wins

Country or territory	Titles	Year(s)
Japan	1	2012

Continent or region	Titles	Years
Asia	1	2012

Continents by number of wins

Continent or region	Titles	Years
Europe	21	1961, 1963, 1965, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2001, 2008, 2022
South America	14	1960, 1967, 1968, 1985, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2018, 2023
North America	11	1974, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1998, 2007, 2009, 2014
Asia	10	1964, 1970, 1979, 2002, 2005, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2019
Oceania	4	1962, 1971, 1981, 1992
Africa	0

Winners gallery

Miss International 2023
Andrea Rubio,
Venezuela
Miss International 2022
Jasmin Selberg,
Germany
Miss International 2019
Sireethorn Leearamwat,
Thailand
Miss International 2017
Kevin Lilliana,
Indonesia
Miss International 2016
Kylie Verzosa,
Philippines
Miss International 2015
Edymar Martinez,
Venezuela
Miss International 2014
Valerie Hernandez,
Puerto Rico
Miss International 2013
Bea Santiago,
Philippines
Miss International 2012
Ikumi Yoshimatsu,
Japan
Miss International 2011
Fernanda Cornejo,
Ecuador
Miss International 2009
Anagabriela Espinoza,
Mexico
Miss International 2005
Lara Quigaman,
Philippines
Miss International 2004
Jeymmy Vargas,
Colombia
Miss International 1996
Fernanda Alves,
Portugal
Miss International 1991
[[Agnieszka Kotlarska (model)|]],
Poland
Miss International 1973
Anneli Björkling,
Finland
Miss International 1967
Mirta Massa,
Argentina
Miss International 1961
Stanny van Baer,
Netherlands

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References

General

West, Donald (ed.). "International". pageantopolis.com. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

Specific

↑ "The nose flute player is beauty queen". The Straits Times. 8 June 1964. p. 3. Retrieved 14 November 2023– via National Library Board.
↑ Ornos, Riza (17 December 2013). "No Farewell Walk for Miss International 2012 Reigning Queen Ikumi Yoshimatsu". International Business Times . Retrieved 15 January 2018.
↑ Adalia, JB (17 December 2013). "Miss Philippines Wins Miss International 2013". Kicker Daily. Archived from the original on 16 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
↑ "Miss International 2021 moved to 2022". 31 August 2021. Archived from the original on August 31, 2021.

External links

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[2] The 1965 reigning titleholder Ingrid Finger remained Miss International until 1967 because of the cancellation of the 1966 pageant.

[5] Dethroned. The 2012-crowned Ikumi Yoshimatsu was dethroned shortly before the end of her reign, but she was not replaced.^[2]^[3]

[6] The 2019 reigning titleholder Sireethorn Leearamwat will remain Miss International until 2021 due to the cancellation of the 2020 pageant because of the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic.

[8] The 2021 edition was moved to 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[4]

[1] "The nose flute player is beauty queen". The Straits Times. 8 June 1964. p. 3. Retrieved 14 November 2023– via National Library Board.

[3] Ornos, Riza (17 December 2013). "No Farewell Walk for Miss International 2012 Reigning Queen Ikumi Yoshimatsu". International Business Times . Retrieved 15 January 2018.

[4] Adalia, JB (17 December 2013). "Miss Philippines Wins Miss International 2013". Kicker Daily. Archived from the original on 16 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

[7] "Miss International 2021 moved to 2022". 31 August 2021. Archived from the original on August 31, 2021.

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Titleholders Runners-up and finalists Editions

v t e Miss International titleholders
1960s	Stella Márquez (1960) Stanny van Baer (1961) Tania Verstak (1962) Guðrún Bjarnadóttir (1963) Gemma Cruz (1964) Ingrid Finger (1965) Mirta Massa (1967) Maria Carvalho (1968) Valerie Holmes (1969)
1970s	Aurora Pijuan (1970) Jane Hansen (1971) Linda Hooks (1972) Anneli Björkling (1973) Brucene Smith (1974) Lidija Manić (1975) Sophie Perin (1976) Pilar Medina (1977) Katherine Ruth (1978) Melanie Marquez (1979)
1980s	Lorna Chávez (1980) Jenny Derek (1981) Christie Claridge (1982) Gidget Sandoval (1983) Ilma Urrutia (1984) Nina Sicilia (1985) Helen Fairbrother (1986) Laurie Simpson (1987) Catherine Gude (1988) Iris Klein (1989)
1990s	Silvia de Esteban (1990) Agnieszka Kotlarska (1991) Kirsten Davidson (1992) Agnieszka Pachałko (1993) Christina Lekka (1994) Anne Lena Hansen (1995) Fernanda Alves (1996) Consuelo Adler (1997) Lía Borrero (1998) Paulina Gálvez (1999)
2000s	Vivian Urdaneta (2000) Małgorzata Rożniecka (2001) Christina Sawaya (2002) Goizeder Azúa (2003) Jeymmy Vargas (2004) Lara Quigaman (2005) Daniela di Giacomo (2006) Priscila Perales (2007) Alejandra Andreu (2008) Anagabriela Espinoza (2009)
2010s	Elizabeth Mosquera (2010) Fernanda Cornejo (2011) Ikumi Yoshimatsu (2012) Bea Santiago (2013) Valerie Hernandez (2014) Edymar Martínez (2015) Kylie Verzosa (2016) Kevin Lilliana (2017) Mariem Velazco (2018) Sireethorn Leearamwat (2019)
2020s	Jasmin Selberg (2022) Andrea Rubio (2023)