Miss International 2019

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Miss International 2019
Sireethorn Leearamwat Miss International 2019.jpg
Sireethorn Leearamwat, Miss International 2019
Date12 November 2019
Presenters
ThemeCheer All Women
Venue Tokyo Dome City Hall, Tokyo, Japan
Broadcaster
Entrants82
Placements15
Debuts
  • Burkina Faso
  • Equatorial Guinea
Withdrawals
  • Cook Islands
  • Cuba
  • Curaçao
  • Egypt
  • Ethiopia
  • Germany
  • Hungary
  • Kenya
  • South Korea
  • Lebanon
  • Madagascar
  • Moldova
Returns
  • Armenia
  • Belarus
  • Belize
  • Cambodia
  • Cameroon
  • Italy
  • Liberia
  • Morocco
  • Nigeria
  • Norway
  • South Sudan
  • Tahiti
  • Tunisia
  • Uganda
  • Zambia
Winner Sireethorn Leearamwat
Thailand
Best National CostumeNguyễn Tường San
Vietnam
PhotogenicNoémie Kribo Milne
Guadeloupe
  2018
2022  

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.

Contents

Contestants from 82 countries and territories participated in this year's Miss International pageant, surpassing the previous record of 77 contestants in 2018, making this edition the biggest turnout in the pageant's history. [4]

The pageant was hosted by Tetsuya Bessho in his sixth consecutive year as host. [5]

Background

Tokyo Dome City Hall, the venue of Miss International 2019. Tokyo Dome night.jpg
Tokyo Dome City Hall, the venue of Miss International 2019.

On April 11, 2019, the Miss International organization announced that the 2019 pageant would be held on November 12, 2019, in Tokyo Dome City Hall, Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan, the competition's venue for the fourth consecutive year. [6] [7]

Results

Placements

PlacementContestant
Miss International 2019
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
3rd runner-up
4th runner-up
Top 8
Top 15

Continental queens

Continental GroupContestant
Africa
Americas
  • Flag of Peru.svg  Peru – María José Barbis
Asia
Europe
Oceania
  • Flag of Hawaii.svg  Hawaii – Eunice Raquel Basco

Special awards

AwardContestant
Miss Photogenic
Miss People's Choice
Best National Costume
  • Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam – Nguyễn Tường San
Best in Evening Gown
Best in Swimsuit
Panasonic Beauty Ambassador
Miss Visit Japan Tourism

Pageant

Following the same format as in the 2018 competition, contestants were classified under five continents: (1) Europe, (2) Oceania, (3) Africa, (4) Americas, and (5) Asia. Competition rounds consisted of national costume, swimwear, and evening gown. The contestants were trimmed to 15 semifinalists. After which, they were narrowed down to the top 8 finalists. The top 8 were then each given a chance to deliver their prepared final speech. The top 5 were then selected: Miss International 2019 and her four runners-up is the same format as in the 2017.

Contestants

82 contestants competed for the title. [9]

Country/TerritoryContestantAgeHometownContinental Group
Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina Milena Judt22 Buenos Aires Americas
Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia Sona Danielyan [10] 23 Yerevan Europe
Flag of Aruba.svg Aruba Daniella Piazzi25 Oranjestad Americas
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Monique Shippen [11] 26 Sydney Oceania
Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus Maria Perviy [12] 22 Minsk Europe
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium Rachel Nimegeers23 Antwerp Europe
Flag of Belize.svg Belize Selena Maria Urias [designations 1] 24 Belize City Americas
Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg Bolivia Valentina Pérez Medina21 Sucre Americas
Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Carolina Stankevicius Cruz24 Rio de Janeiro Americas
Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Burkina Faso Wendlasida Flora Ouedraogo26 Ouagadougou Africa
Flag of Cambodia.svg Cambodia Kachnak Thyda Bon25 Phnom Penh Asia
Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon Angèle Kossinda [designations 2] 26 Douala Africa
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Megha Sandhu23 Montreal Americas
Flag of Chile.svg Chile Ximena Huala Alcaino18 Santiago Americas
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China Teng Yun-Xuan [13] 26 Beijing Asia
Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia Alejandra Vengoechea [designations 3] 21 Barranquilla Americas
Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica Tamara Dal Maso [designations 4] 21 San José Americas
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Cote d'Ivoire Tara Gueye22 Abidjan Africa
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic Andrea Prchalová19 Havlíčkův Brod Europe
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark Anna Diekelmann26 Frederiksberg Europe
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic Zaidy Bello27 Santo Domingo Americas
Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador Alegría Tobar Cordovéz25 Quito Americas
Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador Elena Batlle [14] [designations 5] 25 San Salvador Americas
Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg Equatorial Guinea Arsenia Chanque Bosepe19 Baney Africa
Flag of Finland.svg Finland Jutta Kyllönen21 Oulu Europe
Flag of France.svg France Solène Barbot24 Paris Europe
Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana Princess Owusua Gyamfi25 Accra Africa
Flag of Guadeloupe (local).svg Guadeloupe Noémie Kribo Milne21 Baie-Mahault Americas
Flag of Guam.svg Guam Athena McNinch [replacements 1] 22 Mangilao Oceania
Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala Stephanie Sical24 Quiché Americas
Flag of Haiti.svg Haiti Lory-Anne Charles20 Port-au-Prince Americas
Flag of Hawaii.svg Hawaii Eunice Raquel Basco24 Honolulu Oceania
Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg Honduras Ariana Bustillo27 Tegucigalpa Americas
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong Kaye Cheung25 Kowloon Asia
Flag of India.svg India Simrithi Bathija 20 Mumbai Asia
Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia Jolene Marie Rotinsulu [15] 23 Manado Asia
Flag of Italy.svg Italy Francesca Giordano18 Rome Europe
Flag of Japan.svg Japan Tomomi Okada22 Tokyo Asia
Flag of Laos.svg Laos Phaithida Phothisane26 Vientiane Asia
Flag of Liberia.svg Liberia Naomi Nucia Glay27 Monrovia Africa
Flag of Macau.svg Macau Bobo Leong Lok Hei26 Macau Asia
Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia Charmaine Chew [designations 6] 23 Alor Setar Asia
Flag of Mauritius.svg Mauritius Nidhishwaree Ruchpaul20 Pamplemousses Africa
Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico Andrea Toscano [designations 7] 20 Manzanillo Americas
Flag of Mongolia.svg Mongolia Gunjidmaa Jargalsaikhan25 Ulaanbaatar Asia
Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco Sonia Ait Mansour26 Rabat Africa
Flag of Myanmar.svg Myanmar Khin Ohmar Myint23 Yangon Asia
Flag of Nepal.svg Nepal Meera Kakshapati24 Bhaktapur Asia
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands Elize Joanne de Hong25 Rotterdam Europe
Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand Nikita Ah Horan18 Auckland Oceania
Flag of Nicaragua.svg Nicaragua María Gabriela Saballos19 Managua Americas
Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria Alice Duke Inyang [designations 8] 23 Lagos Africa
Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands.svg Northern Marianas Shannon Tudela Sasamoto20 Saipan Oceania
Flag of Norway.svg Norway Henriette Janssen Hauge19 Akershus Europe
Flag of Panama.svg Panama Betzaida Rodriguez23 Las Tablas Americas
Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay Elida Lezcano19 Villa Elisa Americas
Flag of Peru.svg Peru María José Barbis23 Chiclayo Americas
Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines Bea Magtanong 25 Bataan Asia
Flag of Poland.svg Poland Karina Szczepanek24 Warsaw Europe
Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal Ana Rita Aguiar22 Vale de Cambra Europe
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico Ivana Carolina Irizarry26 Río Grande Americas
Flag of Romania.svg Romania Andreea Maria Coman26 Bucharest Europe
Flag of Russia.svg Russia Marina Oreshkina25 Vladivostok Asia
Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore Charlotte Lucille Chia21 Singapore Asia
Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovak Republic Alica Ondrášová23 Bratislava Europe
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa Nicole Middleton24 Pretoria Africa
Flag of South Sudan.svg South Sudan Acholly Ngaceng Arow25 Juba Africa
Flag of Spain.svg Spain Claudia Cruz21 Murcia Europe
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka Pawani Vithanage25 Colombo Asia
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Paulina Kielczewska23 Stockholm Europe
Flag of French Polynesia.svg Tahiti Poevai Garnier22 Pape'ete Oceania
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei Joyce Yi Shu-Chiu26 Tainan Asia
Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand Sireethorn Leearamwat 25 Bangkok Asia
Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia Sarra Brahmi25 Sousse Africa
Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda Evelyn Namatovu Karonde23 Kampala Africa
Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine Marina Kiose24 Odesa Europe
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom Harriotte Lane18 Newcastle Europe
Flag of the United States.svg United States Ghazal Gill23 Los Angeles Americas
Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela Melissa Jiménez 20 Maracaibo Americas
Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam Nguyễn Tường San19 Hanoi Asia
Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia Luwi Kawanda [designations 9] 25 Lusaka Africa
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe Jemimah Kandemiiri24 Harare Africa

Notes

Debuts

Returns

Last competed in 1969:

Last competed in 2008:

Last competed in 2009:

Last competed in 2012:

Last competed in 2013:

Last competed in 2014:

Last competed in 2015:

Last competed in 2016:

Last competed in 2017:

Designations

  1. BELIZE — Selena Urias was appointed to represent Belize at the Miss International pageant, by Enrique De Leon, the national director of Miss Belize National Pageant.
  2. CAMEROON — Angele Kossinda was appointed Miss International Cameroon 2019. She was Miss Earth Cameroon 2017 and Top 16 finalist at Miss Earth 2017. She soon became Miss Universe Cameroon 2020 and went to compete in Miss Universe 2020, but was unplaced.
  3. COLOMBIA — Maria Vengoechea was appointed to represent Colombia at Miss International 2019, by Raimundo Aungulo the President of Miss Colombia Pageant. Vengoechea was 2nd runner-up in Miss Colombia 2019.
  4. COSTA RICA — Tamara Dal Maso was appointed to represent Costa Rica at Miss International 2019, by Reinas de Costa Rica Organization.
  5. EL SALVADOR — Elena Batlle was appointed as Miss International El Salvador 2019 after Francisco Cortez became the new national director of Miss International El Salvador.
  6. MALAYSIA — Charmaine Chew Qi En was appointed by Miss International Malaysia Organization, the official new license holder of Miss International in Malaysia. Chew placed as the Top 10 finalist at Miss Universe Malaysia 2018.
  7. MEXICO – Andrea Toscano was appointed as Miss International Mexico 2019, by Lupita Jones the President of Mexicana Universal pageant. Toscano represented Mexico in Miss Universe 2018, but was unplaced.
  8. NIGERIA — Alice Duke Inyang was appointed to represent Nigeria at the Miss International pageant, by Daniel Opuene, the national director of Beauty of African International Pageant.
  9. ZAMBIA — Miss Grand Zambia 2019 was appointed as Miss International Zambia 2019 due to the unstable political situation in Venezuela which is the host country of Miss Grand International 2019. Luwi was second runner-up at Miss Universe Zambia 2017.

Replacements

  1. GUAM — Kirsten Lydia Dahilig, Miss International Guam 2019, was replaced by Athena McNinch by Joyce Bamba, the license holder for Miss International of Miss Guam after Lydia did not meet the minimum age requirements for the Miss International pageant. McNinch was crowned as Miss Guam 2018 and later competed at Miss Universe 2018, but was unplaced.

Withdrawals

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