Miss Cosmo 2024

Miss Cosmo 2024
Ketut Permata Juliastrid
Date	5 October 2024
Presenters	Bùi Đức Bảo Kylie Verzosa
Entertainment	Shontelle Hồ Ngọc Hà
Venue	Saigon Riverside Park, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Broadcaster	AXN YouTube VTV9 VieON
Entrants	56
Placements	21
Debuts	Armenia Australia Bangladesh Belgium Bolivia Brazil Cambodia Canada Chile Côte d'Ivoire Crimea Dominican Republic Egypt El Salvador England France Ghana Gibraltar Greece Guatemala Guinea Guyana Honduras Hong Kong India Indonesia Ireland Italy Japan Kyrgyzstan Laos Malaysia Mexico Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Nigeria Pakistan Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Russia Sierra Leone Singapore South Africa Spain Tanzania Thailand Ukraine United States Venezuela Vietnam Zimbabwe
Winner	Ketut Permata Juliastrid Indonesia
Best National Costume	Franki Russell New Zealand
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External videos
LIVE: MISS COSMO 2024 THE GRAND FINALE
LIVE: MISS COSMO 2024 JURY SESSION (Preliminary)

Miss Cosmo 2024 was the inaugural edition of the Miss Cosmo pageant, held at the Saigon Riverside Park in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on 5 October 2024.

At the end of the event, Ketut Permata Juliastrid from Indonesia was crowned by the CEO of the Miss Cosmo Organization, Trần Việt Bảo Hoàng, as the inaugural titleholder. ^[1]

Delegates from fifty-six countries and territories competed in this edition. The hosts for both the preliminary night and the grand finale were Miss International 2016, Kylie Verzosa, and Bùi Đức Bảo. ^[2]

Background

Location and date

The pageant was held at Saigon Riverside Park in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, from 15 September to 5 October 2024, with participants from fifty-nine countries and territories. ^[3] The Miss Cosmo Organization held a press conference to launch the competition on 11 June 2024 in Ho Chi Minh City. ^[4] Licence holders for Miss Cosmo have been officially announced in 82 countries and territories. ^{[5] [6]}

Prize

The winner received a prize of US$100 thousand in cash (over VNĐ2.5 billion) and one year of living in a luxury apartment in Vietnam. The total prizes will be up to US$1 million. ^[7]

Broadcaster

On 27 August 2024, it was announced that AXN will broadcast the grand finale on their channel. ^[8]

Contest regulations

• These are the requirements for contestants. ^[9]
  • All contestants must be between 18 and 30; age cut-off dates may vary by country.
  • Transgender women who are legally identified as women may participate in the pageant.
  • Legal citizenship in the representative country.
  • Not married, no children.
  • No criminal record.

Withdrawals

Two contestants participated in several activities but withdrew from the competition before the final night: London Maria Tucker of the United States Virgin Islands withdrew for unknown reasons, ^[10] and María Alejandra Salazar Rojas of Colombia withdrew due to health issues. ^[11]

Results

Miss Cosmo 2024 participating nations and results

Top 5 Miss Cosmo 2024 in the Final

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Miss Cosmo 2024	Indonesia – Ketut Permata Juliastrid [12]
Runner Up	Thailand – Karnruethai Tassabut
Top 5	Peru – Romina Lozano  United States – Samantha Elliott  Vietnam – Xuân Hạnh Bùi
Top 10	Cambodia – Leakena In Δ  Dominican Republic – Heather Nuñez  Mexico – Melody Murguia  Philippines – Ahtisa Manalo §  Zimbabwe – Ruvimbo Njomboro
Top 21	Bangladesh – Farzana Yasmin Ananna  Brazil – Cristielli Monize Camargo  Chile – Anita-María Rojas  El Salvador – Sofía Cordova  Greece – Konstantina Sotiriou  Guatemala – Ximena Carrillo  Netherlands – Serena Darder  New Zealand – Franki Russell  Puerto Rico – Keylianne Rodríguez  Sierra Leone – Shalom John  South Africa – Lebohang Raputsoe

Notes:
§ – placed into the Top 10 by the Cosmo People's Choice Award (fan voting challenge)
Δ – placed into the Top 21 by the Cosmo Social Ambassador Award (fan voting challenge)

Special awards

Award	Contestant
Best in National Costume [13]	Winner	New Zealand – Franki Russell
	Top 3	Cambodia – Leakena In  Nigeria – Blessing Tamilade Alimi
Cosmo People's Choice Award [14]	Overall Winner	Philippines – Ahtisa Manalo
	The First Station	Philippines – Ahtisa Manalo
	National Pride	Tanzania – Lujeyn Ahmed  Thailand – Karnruethai Tassabut  Philippines – Ahtisa Manalo
	The Big Bang	Philippines – Ahtisa Manalo
Cosmo Social Ambassador [15]	Cambodia – Leakena In
Cosmo Tea Culture Tourism Ambassador [15]	Philippines – Ahtisa Manalo
Cosmo Beauty Icon Award [15]	Indonesia – Ketut Permata Juliastrid
Cosmo Impactful Beauty Award [15]	Singapore – Jade Wu
Best in Evening Gown [15]	Vietnam – Xuân Hạnh Bùi
Women Leadership Award [15]	Nigeria – Blessing Temilade Alimi

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  Map of countries and territories that won at the inaugural edition of the Miss Cosmo pageant, where Indonesia bagged the first crown.

Selection committee

Board of judges

• Paula Shugart — former President of the Miss Universe Organization ^[16]
• Pham Quang Vinh — former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam, and former Ambassador of Vietnam to the United States ^[17]
• Nguyễn Huỳnh Kim Duyên — Miss Universe Vietnam 2021 and Miss Supranational Vietnam 2022 ^[18]
• George Chien — Co-Founder, CEO and President of KC Global Media ^[19]
• Harnaaz Sandhu — Miss Universe 2021 ^[20]
• H'Hen Niê — Miss Universe Vietnam 2017 ^[21]

Contestants

Fifty-six contestants competed for the title. ^[22]

Country/Territory	Contestant	Age [a]	Hometown
Armenia	Lilia Gzraryan [23]	20	Yerevan
Australia	Lydia Caisley Harland [24]	25	Canberra
Bangladesh	Farzana Yasmin Ananna [25] [26]	24	Khulna
Belgium	Dina Derboven [27]	19	Zemst
Bolivia	Hazel Holters [28]	29	La Paz
Brazil	Cristielli Monize Camargo [29]	30	Brasília
Cambodia	Leakena In [30]	22	Phnom Penh
Canada	Dominique Doucette [31]	28	Campbellton
Chile	Anita-María Rojas [32]	24	La Florida
Côte d'Ivoire	Danielle Boué [33]	22	Bingerville
Crimea	Anna Baranova [34]	21	Kerch
Dominican Republic	Heather Nuñez [27]	28	Santo Domingo
Egypt	Nourhan Al Hossini [35]	25	Alexandria
El Salvador	Sofía Cordova [36]	25	San Salvador
England	Charlotte Grant [37]	24	Liverpool
France	Pauline Thimon [27]	28	Paris
Ghana	Ohema Afranie Constance [27]	21	Accra
Gibraltar	Akisha Ferrell [27]	22	Gibraltar
Greece	Konstantina Sotiriou [38]	24	Serres
Guatemala	Ximena Carrillo [27]	19	Guatemala City
Guinea	Saran Kourouma [39]	21	Conakry
Guyana	Misha Caleb [40]	24	Nabaclis
Honduras	Britthany Marroquín [41]	21	Copán
Hong Kong	Trinity Lo [42]	29	Hong Kong City
India	Rajashree Dowarah [43]	19	Assam
Indonesia	Ketut Permata Juliastrid [44]	20	Denpasar
Ireland	Katie O'Connor [27]	21	Dublin
Italy	Valentina Filippi [27]	28	Carrù
Japan	Chika Mizuno [27]	28	Tokyo
Kyrgyzstan	Ekaterina Zabolotnova [27]	29	Bishkek
Laos	Soliya Bounsayngam [27]	23	Sainyabuli
Malaysia	Saranya Naidu [45]	23	Penang
Mexico	Melody Murguia [46]	23	Nacozari
Nepal	Nimita Regmi [47]	24	Kathmandu
Netherlands	Serena Darder [48]	24	Badhoevedorp
New Zealand	Franki Russell [49]	30	Dunedin
Nicaragua	Julia Aguilar [50]	20	Granada
Nigeria	Blessing Tamilade Alimi [27]	24	Ilorin
Pakistan	Anniqa Jamal Iqbal [51]	22	Lahore
Peru	Romina Lozano [52]	27	Bellavista
Philippines	Ahtisa Manalo [53] [54]	27	Candelaria
Poland	Weronika Kietlińska [27]	25	Ostróda
Portugal	Stéphanie Rodrigues [27]	26	Fafe
Puerto Rico	Keylianne Rodríguez [55]	23	Dorado
Russia	Alisa Oganezova	21	Moscow
Sierra Leone	Shalom John [27]	30	Freetown
Singapore	Jade Wu [27]	26	Singapore
South Africa	Lebohang Raputsoe [56]	25	Sharpeville
Spain	Alexandra Cucu [57]	22	Málaga
Tanzania	Lujeyn Ahmed [27]	18	Dodoma
Thailand	Karnruethai Tassabut [58]	29	Ubon Ratchathani
Ukraine	Anastasiya Panova [59]	30	Kryvyi Rih
United States	Samantha Elliott [27]	23	Freeport
Venezuela	Zaren Loyo [60]	28	Barquisimeto
Vietnam	Xuân Hạnh Bùi [61]	22	Ninh Bình
Zimbabwe	Ruvimbo Njomboro [62]	21	Hwange

Notes

1. Ages at the time of the pageant

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External links

• Official website