Type | International women's beauty pageant |
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Headquarters | Tokyo, Japan |
First edition | 1960 |
Most recent edition | 2023 |
Current titleholder | Andrea Rubio Venezuela |
President | Akemi Shimomura |
Language/s | English |
Website | www |
Miss International (Miss International Beauty or The International Beauty Pageant) is a Japan-based international major beauty pageant organized by the International Culture Association. First held in 1960, [1] [2] it is the fourth largest pageant in the world in terms of the number of national winners participating in the international contest. [3] [4] [5]
Along with Miss World, Miss Universe, and Miss Earth, the pageant is one of the Big Four beauty pageants. [6] The Miss International Organization and the brand are currently owned (since 1968), along with Miss International Japan, by the International Cultural Association and Miss Paris Group.[ citation needed ] The pageant crown used by the organization is supplied and patented by the Mikimoto pearl company.
In 2020 and again in 2021, the pageant was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [7]
The current Miss International is Andrea Rubio of Venezuela who was crowned on 26 October 2023 in Tokyo, Japan.
The pageant was created in Long Beach, California, United States in 1960, [8] after the departure of the Miss Universe pageant to Miami Beach. [9] Hosted in Long Beach until 1967, [10] the pageant moved to Japan from 1968 to 1970, being hosted each year in the same city as the Expo '70. For 1971, it was held in Long Beach again, but since that time it had been held annually in Japan until 2003. Since 2004, it is held in China or Japan. [11] The first winner of the pageant in 1960 was Stella Araneta of Colombia.
Since then, Japan became the host country and the pageant has mostly been held in Japan, around autumn season either in October or November. The pageant is also called "Miss International Beauty". [12] The pageant advocacy is to achieve a world where women can live with positivity, inner strength and individuality. [13] [ non-primary source needed ] The slogan of Miss International is to "correct understanding of Japan in the international community" and "the realization of world peace through mutual understanding". It has also recently adapted the slogan "Cheer All Women". [14] [11]
The winner of Miss International 2012, Ikumi Yoshimatsu of Japan, was stripped of her title and was not able to crown her successor due to conflict with a talent agency that threatened her safety and the pageant night itself; [15] [16] [17] instead Miss International 2008, Alejandra Andreu, crowned Bea Santiago of the Philippines as Miss International 2013. Yoshimatsu was the first titleholder of the pageant from Japan to be dethroned shortly before the end of her reign. [18] [19] [20] The organization was criticized for allegedly asking Yoshimatsu to skip the succession ceremony and "play sick and shut up" in order to avoid a scandal with a Japanese production company whose president was allegedly harassing her. [2] [21] In 2017, Kevin Lilliana Junaedy of Indonesia became the first Muslim woman to win Miss International. [22] [23] [24] 2020 and 2021 edition was the second and third times the pageant has been cancelled since 1966 edition, because of the COVID-19 pandemic and Japanese government banned International events, following the 2020 Summer Olympics postponement. [25]
Edition | Year | Representing | Miss International | National Title | Location | Number of Entrants |
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57th | 2017 | Indonesia | Kevin Lilliana | Puteri Indonesia Lingkungan 2017 | Tokyo, Japan | 69 |
58th | 2018 | Venezuela | Mariem Velazco | Miss Venezuela Internacional 2017 | Tokyo, Japan | 77 |
59th | 2019 | Thailand | Sireethorn Leearamwat | Miss Thailand 2019 | Tokyo, Japan | 83 |
2020 — 2021 | Pageant not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||||
60th | 2022 | Germany | Jasmin Selberg | Miss International Germany 2022 | Tokyo, Japan | 66 |
61st | 2023 | Venezuela | Andrea Rubio | Miss Venezuela Internacional 2022 | Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan | 70 |
† = deceased
A beauty pageant is a competition that has traditionally focused on judging and ranking the physical attributes of the contestants. Pageants have now evolved to include inner beauty, with criteria covering judging of personality, intelligence, talent, character, and charitable involvement, through private interviews with judges and answers to public on-stage questions. The term beauty pageant refers originally to the Big Four international beauty pageants.
Miss Universe is an annual international major beauty pageant that is run by a United States and Thailand-based Miss Universe Organization. Along with Miss World, Miss International, and Miss Earth, it is one of the Big Four beauty pageants.
Miss Earth is an annual international major beauty pageant based in the Philippines that advocates for environmental awareness, conservation and social responsibility. Along with Miss World, Miss Universe, and Miss International, it is one of the Big Four beauty pageants.
Miss Thailand, is a beauty pageant held in Thailand for Thai women, first held on December 10, 1934, in Phra Nakhon District of Bangkok, under the name of Miss Siam. Since 2023, the winner of the pageant represents Thailand at Miss Global.
Miss International 2012, the 52nd Miss International pageant, was held on October 21, 2012, at Okinawa Prefectural Budokan Arena Building in Okinawa, Japan. Fernanda Cornejo from Ecuador crowned her successor Ikumi Yoshimatsu from Japan at the end of the event.
Ikumi Yoshimatsu is a Japanese actress, stunt woman, book author, opinion leader, social activist and beauty queen who was crowned Miss International 2012 in Okinawa. It was Japan's first Miss International win in the 52-year history of the pageant.
This is a list of Indonesia's official representatives and their placements at the Big Four beauty pageants. The country has placed 29 times and won once:
Miss International Japan is a national Beauty pageant in Japan. it was created in 1960 in response to Japan's then-recent lack of finalists at the Miss International pageant.
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. 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.
Kevin Lilliana Junaedy is a presenter, and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss International 2017. She is the first Indonesian and the first Muslim women to win Miss International, and was the first to win one of the four major international pageants for Indonesia. Prior to winning Miss International, she was previously crowned as Puteri Indonesia Lingkungan 2017.
The Phoenix Mikimoto Crown, also informally known as the Mikimoto Crown, is a pageant crown that was worn by Miss Universe titleholders.
Miss International 2019, the 59th Miss International pageant, was held on November 12, 2019, at Tokyo Dome City Hall in Bunkyo district Tokyo, Japan. Mariem Velazco of Venezuela crowned her successor Sireethorn Leearamwat of Thailand at the end of the event.
Jolene Marie Cholock-Rotinsulu is an Indonesian-American beauty pageant titleholder and disability rights activist who won the title of Puteri Indonesia Lingkungan 2019. She represented Indonesia at the Miss International 2019 pageant at the Tokyo Dome City Hall in Tokyo, Japan where she finished as Top 8, continuing the ongoing 4th year placement streaks of Indonesia, consecutively since Felicia Hwang Yi Xin in 2016, Kevin Lilliana in 2017 and Vania Fitryanti in 2018.
Charmaine Chew is a Malaysian beauty pageant titleholder, social media influencer, model and emcee who was crowned Miss International Malaysia 2019.
Sireethorn Leearamwat is a Thai pharmacist and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss International 2019. She is the first woman from Thailand to win Miss International. Prior to winning Miss International, Leearamwat was crowned Miss Thailand 2019.
Miss International 2022 was the 60th Miss International pageant, held at the Tokyo Dome City Hall in Tokyo, Japan on 13 December 2022. Sireethorn Leearamwat of Thailand crowned Jasmin Selberg of Germany as her successor at the end of the event.
Jasmin Selberg is a German beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss International 2022.
Ingrid Fiffi Finger, was named Miss International Beauty Friday.
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