Miss International 2022

Miss International 2022
Jasmin Selberg
Date	13 December 2022
Presenters	Tetsuya Bessho Rachel Chan
Entertainment	Miyavi Kodō
Theme	Beauties For SDGs
Venue	Tokyo Dome City Hall, Tokyo, Japan
Entrants	66
Placements	15
Debuts	Cape Verde Uzbekistan
Withdrawals	Argentina Armenia Aruba Belize Burkina Faso Cameroon China Côte d'Ivoire Equatorial Guinea Ghana Guadeloupe Guam Liberia Morocco Myanmar Netherlands Russia South Sudan Sri Lanka Sweden Tahiti Tunisia Uganda Ukraine Zambia Zimbabwe
Returns	Cuba Germany Greece Jamaica Kenya Namibia South Korea Togo Uruguay
Winner	Jasmin Selberg Germany
Best National Costume	Nigina Fakhriddinova, Uzbekistan
Photogenic	Valeria Gutiérrez, Ecuador
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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.

The coronation was initially scheduled in 2020. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it moved at least twice; first in 2021, ^[1] and later to 13 December 2022. ^{[2] [3]} The cancellations of 2020–21 marked the second time Miss International pageant has been cancelled since 1966, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. ^[4]

Background

Tokyo Dome City Hall at night, the venue of Miss International 2022.

In 2022, the Miss International organization announced that the 2022 pageant would be held on 13 December 2022, in Tokyo Dome City Hall, Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan, the competition's venue for the fifth consecutive year.

Location and date

On 15 January 2020, the Miss International organization announced that the pageant would be held on 21 October 2020 in Tokyo Dome City Hall, Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan. ^[5] However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan, it was announced on 12 June 2020 that the edition would be postponed. ^[6] On 29 January 2021, due to the 2020 Summer Olympics scheduled in Tokyo from July to August 2021, the organization announced that the coronation night would be rescheduled for November 2021 in Pacifico Yokohama, Japan. ^{[7] [8]} On 31 August 2021, due to the rising cases caused by the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant and the continuous COVID-19 travel restrictions would force contestants to have a 14-day quarantine in Japan, the organization announced that the edition would be rescheduled for the second time in late 2022. ^{[2] [3]}

Selection of participants

66 countries and territories have been selected to compete at the 60th anniversary of Miss International 2022 in Japan. This edition will have Beauties For SDGs as the theme to promote the United Nations's Sustainable Development Goals.

This edition will see the debut of Cape Verde and Uzbekistan and the returns of Cuba, Germany, Greece, Jamaica, Kenya, Namibia, Sierra Leone, South Korea and Uruguay. Uruguay last competed in 1999, Greece and Jamaica last competed in 2010, Namibia last competed in 2012, Sierra Leone last competed in 2017, and Cuba, Germany, Kenya and South Korea last competed in 2018.

Result

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Miss International 2022	Germany – Jasmin Selberg [9]
1st runner-up	Cape Verde – Stephany Amado [9] §
2nd runner-up	Peru – Tatiana Calmell [9] §
3rd runner-up	Colombia – Natalia López [9]
4th runner-up	Dominican Republic – Celinee Santos [9]
Top 8	Canada – Madison Kvaltin [9]  Jamaica – Israel Harrison [9]  Spain – Julianna Ro [9]
Top 15	Costa Rica – Mahyla Roth [9]  Finland – Anna Merimää [9]  France – Maya Albert [9]  New Zealand – Lydia Smit [9]  Northern Mariana Islands – Savannah Delos Santos [9] §  Philippines – Hannah Arnold [9]  United Kingdom – Evanjelin Elchmanar [9]

§ – Voted into the Top 15 by viewers

Continental queens

Award	Contestant
Miss International Africa	Cape Verde – Stephany Amado [9]
Miss International America	United States – Corrin Stellakis [9]
Miss International Asia	Japan – Kiko Matsuo [9]
Miss International Europe	Finland – Anna Merimää [9]
Miss International Oceania	New Zealand – Lydia Smit [9]

Special awards

Award	Contestant
Miss Photogenic	Ecuador – Valeria Gutiérrez [9]
Best National Costume	Uzbekistan – Nigina Fakhriddinova [9]
Best in Evening Gown	Peru – Tatiana Calmell [9]
Best in Swimsuit	United Kingdom – Evanjelin Elchmanar [9]

Pageant

Judges

• Pawel Milewski — Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Poland to Japan ^[10]
• Ryohei Miyata — Chairman of the Public Interest Incorporated Association, Nitten ^[10]
• Dewi Sukarno — Socialite, former First Lady of Indonesia ^[10]
• Junko Koshino — Fashion designer ^[10]
• Norika Fujiwara — Miss Nippon 1992, model, and actress ^[10]
• Supapan Pichaironarongsongkram — Chairwoman of Chao Phraya Express Boat ^[10]
• Senko Ikenobo — Headmaster designate at Ikenobō ^[10]
• Soujitsu Kobori — Head of Kobori Enshu school of tea ^[10]
• Sireethorn Leearamwat — Miss International 2019 from Thailand ^[10]
• Akemi Shimomura — President of the Miss International Organization ^[10]

Contestants

Sixty-six contestants competed for the title. ^[11]

Country/Territory	Contestant	Age [lower-alpha 1]	Hometown
Australia	Anjelica Whitelaw [12]	26	Adelaide
Belarus	Karyna Kisialiova	25	Minsk
Belgium	Lore Ven [13]	27	Namur
Bolivia	Carolina Fernández [14]	25	Cobija
Brazil	Isabella Oliveira [15]	24	Rio de Janeiro
Cambodia	Charany Chea [16]	28	Battambang
Canada	Madison Kvaltin [17]	24	Toronto
Cape Verde	Stephany Amado [18]	23	Mindelo
Chile	Catalina Huenulao [19]	24	Temuco
Colombia	Natalia López [20]	23	Circasia
Costa Rica	Mahyla Roth [21]	23	Cahuita
Cuba	Rachel Martín [22]	22	Havana
Czech Republic	Adéla Maděryčová [23]	24	Břeclav
Denmark	Dana Myrvig [24]	26	Copenhagen
Dominican Republic	Celinee Santos [25]	22	La Altagracia
Ecuador	Valeria Gutiérrez [26]	23	Guayaquil
El Salvador	Genesis Fuentes [27]	28	San Salvador
Finland	Anna Merimää [28]	25	Turku
France	Maya Albert [29]	26	Tarn
Germany	Jasmin Selberg [30]	22	Dortmund
Greece	Anna Pavlidou	23	Thessaloniki
Guatemala	Dulce López [31]	27	Huehuetenango
Haiti	Angélique François [32]	26	Port-au-Prince
Hawaii	Priscilla Wang [33]	28	Kailua-Kona
Honduras	Zully Paz [34]	26	San Pedro Sula
Hong Kong	Rosemary Ling [35]	24	Tai Po
India	Zoya Afroz [36]	28	Lucknow
Indonesia	Cindy May McGuire [37]	26	Jakarta
Italy	Beatrice Nardi [38]	28	Parma
Jamaica	Israel Harrison [39]	25	Clarendon
Japan	Kiko Matsuo [40]	23	Nagasaki
Kenya	Cindy Isendi [41]	25	Kakamega
Laos	Puangtip Malichanh [42]	26	Luang Prabang
Macau	Dinelle Wong [43]	27	Cotai
Malaysia	Giselle Tay [44]	28	Kuala Lumpur
Mauritius	Ava Memero [45]	25	Port Louis
Mexico	Yuridia Durán [46]	23	Ahuacatlán
Mongolia	Nomin-Erdene Bayarkhuu [47]	25	Darkhan
Namibia	Erika Kazombaruru [48]	24	Swakopmund
Nepal	Nancy Khadka [49]	24	Biratnagar
New Zealand	Lydia Smit [50]	25	Morrinsville
Nicaragua	Fernanda Salazar [51]	19	Managua
Nigeria	Precious Obisoso [52]	24	Lagos
Northern Mariana Islands	Savannah Delos Santos [53]	25	Saipan
Norway	Romée Dahlen [54]	19	Bjørkelangen
Panama	Ivis Nicole Snyder [55]	25	Los Santos
Paraguay	Ariane Maciel [19]	28	Asunción
Peru	Tatiana Calmell [56]	28	Lima
Philippines	Hannah Arnold [57]	26	Balud
Poland	Sylwia Stasińska [58]	24	Chełm
Portugal	Rita Reis [59]	23	Lisbon
Puerto Rico	Paola González [60]	20	San Sebastián
Romania	Ada-Maria Ileana [61]	25	Bucharest
Singapore	Scarlett Sim [62]	27	Tampines
Slovakia	Viktória Podmanická [63]	21	Banská Bystrica
South Africa	Ferini Dayal [64]	28	Kensington
South Korea	Sujin Kim [65]	25	Daegu
Spain	Julianna Ro [66]	28	Andalusia
Taiwan	Ting-Yi Cheng [67]	27	Magong
Thailand	Ruechanok Meesang [68]	28	Chonburi
Togo	Océane Bellow [69]	25	Atakpamé
United Kingdom	Evanjelin Elchmanar [70]	21	Birmingham
United States	Corrin Stellakis [71]	25	Bridgeport
Uzbekistan	Nigina Fakhriddinova [72]	23	Tashkent
Venezuela	Isbel Parra [73]	28	Caracas
Vietnam	Phạm Ngọc Phương Anh [74]	25	Hồ Chí Minh City

Notes

1. Ages at the time of the pageant

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External links

• Official website