Miss International 2024

Miss International 2024
Date	November 12, 2024
Presenters	Maxwell Powers Nahoko Bolden Andrea Rubio
Entertainment	Little Glee Monster Shinji Takeda
Venue	Tokyo Dome City Hall, Tokyo, Japan
Entrants	71
Placements	20
Debuts	Albania
Withdrawals	Angola Denmark Estonia Greece Jamaica Lesotho Lithuania Martinique Mauritius Norway Pakistan Serbia Tunisia Uganda Zimbabwe
Returns	Argentina Bulgaria Cape Verde China Ethiopia Honduras Ireland Italy Kyrgyzstan Liberia Luxembourg Romania Sierra Leone South Sudan Ukraine
Winner	Huỳnh Thị Thanh Thủy Vietnam
Best National Costume	Samantha Poole New Zealand
Photogenic	Valeria Villanueva Mexico
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Miss International 2024 was the 62nd Miss International pageant, held on November 12, 2024, at the Tokyo Dome City Hall in Japan. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Andrea Rubio of Venezuela crowned Huỳnh Thị Thanh Thủy of Vietnam as her successor at the end of the event, marking the country's first title in the pageant. ^[5]

Background

Location and date

The Miss International Organization announced that the pageant will take place at Tokyo Dome City Hall, Tokyo, Japan. The preliminary competition was held on November 10, 2024 and the final night on November 12, 2024.

Debuts, returns and withdrawals

This edition featured the debut of Albania, as well as the return of Bulgaria who last competed in 1970; Kyrgyzstan in 2013; Luxembourg in 2015; Ireland in 2016; Sierra Leone in 2017; Ethiopia in 2018; Argentina, China, Liberia, South Sudan and Ukraine in 2019; Cape Verde, Honduras, Italy and Romania, who last competed in 2022.

Angola, Denmark, Estonia, Greece, Jamaica, Lesotho, Lithuania, Martinique, Mauritius, Norway, Pakistan, Serbia, Tunisia, Uganda and Zimbabwe withdrew after their respective organizations failed to hold a national competition or appoint a delegate. ^[6]

Results

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Miss International 2024	Vietnam – Huỳnh Thị Thanh Thủy [5]
1st Runner-Up	Bolivia – Camila Roca [5]
2nd Runner-Up	Spain – Alba Pérez [5]
3rd Runner-Up	Venezuela – Sakra Guerrero [5]
4th Runner-Up	Indonesia – Sophie Kirana [5]
Top 8	Czech Republic – Alina Dementjeva [5]   New Zealand – Samantha Poole [5]   Poland – Ewa Jakubiec [5]
Top 20	Australia – Selina McCloskey [7]   Cape Verde – Akysanna Veiga [7]   Cuba – Shelbi Byrnes Garcia [7]   Dominican Republic – Miyuki Cruz § [7]   Honduras – April Tobie [7]   Ireland – Hannah-Kathleen Hawkshaw [7]   Japan – Mei Ueda § [7]   Mongolia – Bayaraa Suvd-erdene [7]   Nigeria – Perpetual Ukadike § [7]   South Africa – Belindé Schreuder [7]   South Sudan – Amylia Deng [7]   Taiwan – Oceana Lin-Kurie [7]

§ – Voted into the Top 20 by the viewers

Continental Queens

Award	Contestant
Miss International Africa	Cape Verde – Akysanna Veiga [8]
Miss International America	Cuba – Shelbi Byrnes Garcia [8]
Miss International Asia Pacific	Japan – Mei Ueda [8]
Miss International Europe	Ireland – Hannah-Kathleen Hawkshaw [8]

Special awards

Award	Contestant
Miss Fitness	Honduras – April Tobie [8]
Miss Photogenic	Mexico – Valeria Villanueva [8]
Best in Evening Gown	Peru – Sofia Cajo [8]

Best in National Costume

Placement	Country
Winner	New Zealand – Samantha Poole
Top 10	Dominican Republic – Miyuki Cruz   Ecuador – Paulethe Cajas   Ethiopia – Hermela Niguissie   France – Camille Platroz   Kyrgyzstan – Aiperi Nurbekova   Netherlands – Christina Lazaros   Panama – Liliam Ashby Barrera   Thailand – Apisara Thadadolthip   Venezuela – Sakra Guerrero

Pageant

Judges

• Akemi Shimomura – President of the Miss International Organization
• Andrea Rubio – Miss International 2023 from Venezuela
• Hiroshi Tabata – Former commissioner of Japan Tourism Agency
• Junko Koshino – Fashion designer
• Norika Fujiwara – Miss Nippon 1992, model and actress
• Nsenda Lukumwena – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to Japan
• Ryohei Miyata – Chairman of the Public Interest Incorporated Association, Nitten
• Soujitsu Kobori – Head of Kobori Enshu school of tea
• Supapan Pichaironarongsongkram – Chairwoman of Chao Phraya Express Boat
• Yasuko Ikenobō – Chairwoman of NPO Moegi and member of Yokozuna Deliberation Council

Contestants

Seventy-one contestants competed for the title. ^[6]

Country/Territory	Contestant	Age [a]	Hometown
Albania	Desara Hatija [9]	18	Tirana
Argentina	María Agostina Galfre [10]	19	Buenos Aires
Australia	Selina McCloskey [11]	23	Eleebana
Bangladesh	Efa Tabassum [6]	28	Rangpur
Belgium	Luka Deproost [6]	24	Lichtaart
Bolivia	Camila Roca [12]	26	Santa Cruz
Brazil	Emilly Soares [13]	18	Ouro Branco
Bulgaria	Kristiyana Yordanova [14]	27	Provadia
Cambodia	Chanreaksmey Loy [15]	23	Phnom Penh
Canada	Jessica Bailey [6]	27	Langley
Cape Verde	Akysanna Veiga [16]	25	Santa Catarina
Chile	Kelsey Kohler [6]	25	Viña del Mar
China	Shi Xiaoxuan [6]	24	Beijing
Colombia	Juanita Urrea [17]	24	Armenia
Costa Rica	Jussan Sandoval [6]	27	Alajuela
Côte d'Ivoire	Nadine Maulani Konan [6]	23	La Mé
Cuba	Shelbi Byrnes Garcia [6]	27	Havana
Czech Republic	Alina Dementjeva [18]	23	Vídeň
Dominican Republic	Miyuki Cruz [19]	27	Santo Domingo
Ecuador	Paulethe Cajas [20]	23	Quito
El Salvador	Luciana Martínez [21]	25	San Salvador
Ethiopia	Hermela Nigussie [22]	23	Addis Ababa
Finland	Tiia Aalto [23]	24	Helsinki
France	Camille Platroz [24]	24	Marseille
Ghana	Celestina Obeng [6]	28	Tepa
Guatemala	Helen Morales [25]	27	Puerto Barrios
Hawaii	Melody Higa [6]	27	Aiea
Honduras	April Tobie [26]	25	Roatán
Hong Kong	Beata Zhang [6]	26	Hong Kong
India	Rashmi Shinde [27]	26	Mumbai
Indonesia	Sophie Kirana [28]	24	Sleman
Ireland	Hannah-Kathleen Hawkshaw [29]	26	Dublin
Italy	Eva Shostak [6]	27	Montefiascone
Japan	Mei Ueda [30]	26	Uto
Kyrgyzstan	Aiperi Nurbekova [6]	26	Bishkek
Laos	Shasikone Shasit [31]	18	Champasak
Liberia	Kindness Wilson [6]	26	Monrovia
Luxembourg	Chiara Vanderveeren [6]	28	Leuven
Macau	Shirley Zhou [6]	21	Macau
Malaysia	Ashlyn Ooi [32]	27	Penang
Mexico	Valeria Villanueva[ citation needed ]	26	Manzanillo
Moldova	Arina Mardari [6]	21	Strășeni
Mongolia	Bayaraa Suvd-erdene [33]	21	Khentii
Myanmar	Khaing Zar Thant [6]	21	Yangon
Nepal	Karuna Rawat [34]	25	Tanahun
Netherlands	Christina Lazaros [35]	28	Amsterdam
New Zealand	Samantha Poole [36]	21	Whangārei
Nicaragua	Mariela Cerros [37]	25	Ocotal
Nigeria	Perpetual Ukadike [38]	27	Onitsha
Panama	Liliam Ashby Barrera [39]	24	Panama City
Paraguay	Jimena Sosa [40]	24	Hohenau
Peru	Sofia Cajo [41]	26	Ica
Philippines	Angelica Lopez [42]	23	Bataraza
Poland	Ewa Jakubiec [43]	27	Wrocław
Portugal	Maria Rosado [6]	23	Ourém
Puerto Rico	Zahira Mariel [44]	24	Isabela
Romania	Miriam Tigau [6]	23	Bucharest
Sierra Leone	Yalissa Kargbo [6]	25	Freetown
Singapore	Vanessa Tiara Tay [45]	27	Singapore
South Africa	Belindé Schreuder [46]	28	Lephalale
South Korea	Chung Gyu-ri [47]	26	Gangwon
South Sudan	Amylia Deng [6]	25	Juba
Spain	Alba Perez [6]	22	Cádiz
Sri Lanka	Maya Dmitri [48]	21	Colombo
Taiwan	Oceana Lin-Kurie [49]	24	Taipei
Thailand	Apisara Thadadolthip [50]	27	Chiang Mai
Ukraine	Sofia Zghoba [6]	19	Lviv
United Kingdom	Tiny Simbani [51]	23	Derby
United States	Alysa Cook [52]	23	Pace
Venezuela	Sakra Guerrero [53]	24	San Juan de los Morros
Vietnam	Huỳnh Thị Thanh Thủy [54]	22	Da Nang

Notes

1. Ages during the competition

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External links

• Official website