Miss Polo International

Miss Polo International

Formation	2018;7 years ago (2018)
Type	Beauty pageant
Headquarters	Abuja
Location	Nigeria
Official language	English
President	Ibife Alufohai [1]
Website	polointernational.org

Miss Polo International is an international beauty pageant with a focus on the sport of polo. ^[2] It was created in Nigeria by Ibife Alufohai in 2018. ^[3] It was established help give participants a platform that seeks to bring people from around the world together to promote the participation of women in global activities and improve educational opportunities. ^{[4] [5] [6]}

The current titleholder of Miss Polo International 2019 is Dewanti Kumala from Indonesia, who was crowned on 14 September 2019 at Jumeirah Zabeel Saray in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. ^[7]

History

The pageant started in Abuja, Nigeria in 2018. Nasneen Sheikh from India, representing Miss Polo India was crowned the first Miss Polo International in Abuja, Nigeria. ^{[8] [9] [10] [11]} In 2019, the second edition was hosted in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Dewanti Kumala from Indonesia, representing Miss Polo Indonesia was crowned as the winner. ^{[12] [13]}

Miss Polo International is a non-swimsuit/non-bikini beauty pageant instead participants have five components that go into their score: a project, an interview, fashion, sports wear, and evening gown. ^[14] The aims of the pageant are to promote education and carry out charitable acts globally, especially in the most impoverished regions of the world. ^{[15] [16]} The pageant seeks to promote the beauty found within everyone including emotional intelligence, giftedness, and team spirit. ^{[17] [18]} In order to participate in the pageant contestants must have a background in volunteering in their local community. ^[19] The winner of the pageant serves as an ambassador and works to improve educational initiatives and work to host fundraisers. ^{[19] [20]}

Titleholders

Year	Miss Cosmopolitan World	Runners-up				Venue	Entrants	Ref.
		First	Second	Third	Fourth
2018	India Nasneen Sheikh	Cameroon Foje Jencey	Japan Yoho Otomo	Not awarded		Abuja, Nigeria	17	[21]
2019	Indonesia Dewanti Kumala	Philippines Joanne Ayrra Averilla	Turkey Sandra Zemaityte	Not awarded		Dubai, United Arab Emirates	30	[22]
2020–2023 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2024	Colombia Patricia Escalante	Mexico Esther Cardenas Camacho	United Arab Emirates Lucy Mila	Not awarded		Dubai, United Arab Emirates		[23]

Countries/Territories by number of wins

Country/Territory	Titles	Year(s)
Colombia	1	2024
Indonesia		2019
India		2018

Continents by number of wins

Continents	Titles	Country (Number)
Americas	0	Colombia (1)
Europe	0
Asia	2	India (1),  Indonesia (1)
Africa	0
Oceania	0

See also

• List of beauty pageants

References

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