Miss International 2017

Miss International 2017
Miss International 2017, Kevin Junaedy
Date	November 14, 2017
Presenters	Tetsuya Bessho Amy Ota
Entertainment	Chemistry StarLights
Venue	Tokyo Dome City, Tokyo, Japan
Broadcaster	Host Broadcaster: Ustream PlayStation Network YouTube Indosiar Panamericana Televisión NHK [1] Co-host Broadcaster: TV Tokyo
Entrants	69
Placements	15
Debuts	Cambodia Cook Islands Laos
Withdrawals	Argentina Aruba Cuba Denmark Guam Ireland Nigeria Northern Mariana Islands Puerto Rico Sri Lanka
Returns	Chile Curaçao Czech Republic Ethiopia Lithuania Mongolia Paraguay
Winner	Kevin Lilliana Junaedy Indonesia
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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 Junaedy of Indonesia at the end of the event. ^{[2] [3]} This edition also saw the crowning of the first ever Muslim women to win Miss International, and was the first to win one of the four major international pageants for Indonesia. ^{[4] [5] [6]}

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. ^{[7] [8]}

Background

Kevin Lilliana Junaedy 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. ^{[9] [10]}

The 2017 edition saw the debuts of Cambodia, Cook Islands and Laos; ^[11] and the returns of Ethiopia, which last competed in 2009, the Czech Republic in 2010, Lithuania in 2013, Chile and Curaçao in 2014, Mongolia and Paraguay in 2015. Argentina, Aruba, Cuba, Denmark, Guam, Ireland, Nigeria, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and Sri Lanka, withdrew from the competition for unknown reasons. ^[12]

Results

Placements

Placement	Contestant [13]
Miss International 2017	Indonesia – Kevin Lilliana Junaedy [14]
1st Runner-Up	Curaçao – Chanelle de Lau [14]
2nd Runner-Up	Venezuela – Diana Croce [14]
3rd Runner-Up	Australia – Amber Dew [14]
4th Runner-Up	Japan – Natsuki Tsutsui [14]
Top 8	Ecuador – Jocelyn Mieles [13]  Laos – Phounesup Phonyotha [13]  United Kingdom – Ashley Powell [13]
Top 15	Finland – Pihla Koivuniemi [13]  Ghana – Daniella Akorfa Awuma [13]  Honduras – Vanessa Villars [13]  Panama – Darelys Santos [13]  Slovakia – Petra Varaliová [13]  South Africa – Tayla Skye Robinson [13]  Thailand – Ratiyaporn Chookaew [13]

Contestants

69 contestants competed for the title of Miss International 2017: ^[15]

Country/Territory	Contestant	Age	Hometown	Continental Group
Australia	Amber Dew [16]	21	Melbourne	Oceania
Belarus	Polina Pimahina [designations 1] [ citation needed ]	20	Minsk	Europe
Belgium	Virginie Philippot [17]	24	Brussels	Europe
Bolivia	Carla Maldonado [18]	22	Camiri	Americas
Brazil	Bruna Zanardo [19]	25	Laranjal Paulista	Americas
Cambodia	Nheat Sophea[ citation needed ]	19	Phnom Penh	Asia
Canada	Marta Stępień [20]	23	Windsor	Americas
Chile	Estefanía Galeota [21]	20	Coquimbo	Americas
China	Jia Shi [22]	23	Jiangsu	Asia
Colombia	Vanessa Pulgarin [ citation needed ]	25	Medellín	Americas
Cook Islands	Silas Tuaputa [23]	21	Avarua	Oceania
Costa Rica	Paola Chacón [24]	26	San José	Americas
Curaçao	Chanelle de Lau [25] [designations 2] [ citation needed ]	22	Willemstad	Americas
Czech Republic	Alice Činčurová[ citation needed ]	21	Prague	Europe
Dominican Republic	Jennifer Valdez[ citation needed ]	19	Pedernales	Americas
Ecuador	Jocelyn Mieles [26]	22	Manta	Americas
El Salvador	Fátima Mangandi[ citation needed ]	25	San Salvador	Americas
Ethiopia	Bamlak Dereje[ citation needed ]	20	Addis Ababa	Africa
Finland	Pihla Koivuniemi[ citation needed ]	22	Tampere	Europe
France	Maëva Balan[ citation needed ]	24	Challans	Europe
Ghana	Daniella Akorfa Awuma [27]	24	Accra	Africa
Gibraltar	Tessa Britto [28]	21	Gibraltar	Europe
Guadeloupe	Clotilde Stressais[ citation needed ]	19	Basse-Terre	Americas
Guatemala	Ana Lucía Villagran[ citation needed ]	24	Guatemala City	Americas
Haiti	Caroline Minerve[ citation needed ]	22	Port-au-Prince	Americas
Hawaii	Courtney Coleman[ citation needed ]	23	Honolulu	Oceania
Honduras	Vanessa Villars[ citation needed ]	19	Tegucigalpa	Americas
Hong Kong	Wing Wong[ citation needed ]	23	Hong Kong	Asia
Hungary	Rebeka Hartó[ citation needed ]	21	Budapest	Europe
India	Ankita Kumari [29]	22	Jharkhand	Asia
Indonesia	Kevin Lilliana Junaedy [30] [31]	21	Bandung	Asia
Japan	Natsuki Tsutsui[ citation needed ]	23	Tokyo	Asia
Laos	Phounesup Phonnyotha[ citation needed ]	20	Vientiane Prefecture	Asia
Lebanon	Dima Safi[ citation needed ]	24	Beirut	Asia
Lithuania	Patricija Belousova[ citation needed ]	22	Vilnius	Europe
Macau	Sofia Paiva[ citation needed ]	20	Taipa	Asia
Malaysia	Annie Wong Wei Wei[ citation needed ]	20	Sibu	Asia
Mauritius	Laetitia Begue[ citation needed ]	21	Triolet	Africa
Mexico	Citlaly Higuera[ citation needed ]	22	Ciudad Madero	Americas
Moldova	Daniela Bejan[ citation needed ]	22	Cahul	Europe
Mongolia	Saikhantamir Amarsanaa[ citation needed ]	22	Ulaanbaatar	Asia
Myanmar	Sao Yoon Wadi Oo [32]	25	Taunggyi	Asia
Nepal	Niti Shah [33]	21	Ghorahi	Asia
Netherlands	Nathalie Mogbelzada [34]	20	Amsterdam	Europe
New Zealand	Michelle Isemonger [35]	19	Auckland	Oceania
Nicaragua	Helen Martínez[ citation needed ]	22	Matagalpa	Americas
Norway	Vilde Andresen Bø[ citation needed ]	20	Tønsberg	Europe
Panama	Darelys Santos [36] [designations 3] [ citation needed ]	23	Panama City	Americas
Paraguay	Tatiana Rolín [37]	25	Obligado	Americas
Peru	Tiffany López Borjas [38]	23	Lima	Americas
Philippines	Mariel de Leon [39]	23	Las Piñas	Asia
Poland	Paulina Maziarz [40]	20	Zwoleń	Europe
Portugal	Ana Marques [41]	19	Lisbon	Europe
Russia	Elena Kviatkevich[ citation needed ]	20	Saint Petersburg	Europe
Sierra Leone	Leone Abie Mansaray[ citation needed ]	22	Freetown	Africa
Singapore	Kylie Yeo[ citation needed ]	23	Singapore	Asia
Slovakia	Petra Varaliová[ citation needed ]	19	Bardejov	Europe
South Africa	Tayla Skye Robinson[ citation needed ]	22	Johannesburg	Africa
South Korea	Seung Woo Nam[ citation needed ]	25	Seoul	Asia
Spain	Elizabeth Ledesma[ citation needed ]	18	Tenerife	Europe
Sweden	Lina Ljungberg[ citation needed ]	20	Norrköping	Europe
Taiwan	Xie Lingci[ citation needed ]	25	Taipei	Asia
Thailand	Ratiyaporn Chookaew [designations 4] [ citation needed ]	19	Songkhla	Asia
Tunisia	Khaoula Gueye	23	Kasserine	Africa
Ukraine	Kseniya Chifa [42]	24	Zaporizhia	Europe
United Kingdom	Ashley Powell [43]	22	London	Europe
United States	Shanel James [44]	25	Baltimore	Americas
Venezuela	Diana Croce [ citation needed ]	20	Calabozo	Americas
Vietnam	Huỳnh Thị Thuỳ Dung [45] [designations 5] [ citation needed ]	21	Ho Chi Minh City	Asia

Notes

Debuts

•  Cambodia
•  Cook Islands
•  Laos

Returns

Last competed in 2009:

•  Ethiopia

Last competed in 2010:

•  Czech Republic

Last competed in 2013:

•  Lithuania

Last competed in 2014:

•  Chile
•  Curacao

Last competed in 2015:

•  Mongolia
•  Paraguay

Designations

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 Curaçao 2016 and was failed to placed at Miss Universe 2016.
3. PANAMA – Darelys Santos was appointed to represent Panama by Justine Pasek, a national director of Señorita Panamá for franchise holder of Miss International pageant. Santos crowned the 1st Runner-Up at the Señorita Panamá 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.

General references

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

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External links

• Official website