Miss Tourism International is an annual international beauty pageant run and owned by Malaysia–based D’Touch International Sdn. Bhd. Foundation.
The current Miss Tourism International is Zuzanna Balonek from Poland. She was crowned on October 18, 2025, at the Resorts World Genting, Genting Highlands, Bentong, Pahang, Malaysia.
History The Miss Tourism International is a pageant that plays host to many internationalism beauty Queens from around the world. The pageant was first held in 1994 at Kuching, Sarawak, where 24 contestants completed. In 2011, the pageant was live telecast on RTM1 and witnessed by thousands of relievers at Dataran Merdeka prior to the 2012 countdown.
Also in 2002, the first live internet broadcast of the event occurred. In 2022, the pageant was hosted again in Kuching, Sarawak for the second time. The pageant was held for 18 days from 11 to 28 November.
Titleholders Color keys Miss Tourism International Miss Tourism Queen of the Year International Miss Tourism Metropolitan International Miss Tourism Global Miss Tourism Cosmopolitan International Dreamgirl of the Year International Miss South East Asia Tourism Ambassadress Miss Intercontinental International (Former Titles) EditionYearMiss Tourism InternationalRunners-UpSpecial AwardsDateVenueHost countryEntrantsRef.FirstSecondThirdFourthFifthSixth1st1994Michelle HolmesEmylia Abdul HamidJee Young-minBarkha MadanRiza N. Martinez rowspan="15" rowspan="22" 6 MayKuching, SarawakMalaysia242nd1995Maria PatelliLavinia TanKimberly ByersSherilyne Uy ReyesHeidy Esquivel24 MarchLangkawi Island, Kedah243rd1998Roksana JonekGabriela AdamcovaMellany GabatOoi Bee BeeMiriam Vivas Luna30 MarchSunway Lagoon Resort Hotel, Bandar Sunway, Subang, Selangor214th1999Agnieszka ZakretaRaquel UyRuut KaangasNirachala Kumya Nidia Jiménez 30 October215th2000Maria Esperanza ManzanoMaud GarnierMaría Cristina López PalaciosOlesya KrakhmalyovaLourdes Martinez 19 November176th2001Candice PintoZuzana StepanovskaMonika GrudaAmy Yan WeiLyndel Soon31 December267th2002Piyanuch KhamboonYin ZiEbru GünzelAida OsmanovicMaha Hojeaj31 December268th2003Angela BeckVictoria KarydaXing Hui YuanLaura RomeroZuzana Putnarova31 December309th2004Megha NabeMarina GorobetsMaría Gabriela Pérez DellapíaGuan Shan ShanAshikeen Abd Rahman31 December3310th2005Isabelle LamontChang Ta-HsinShriya SinghMaria-Madalena ErgatiPorntip Prasertsong31 December3611th2006Florina ManeaTanya VakilMaud TordjmanAna Maria GonzálezNino Abashisze12 November4112th2008Manasvi MamgaiCristine FranczakAlma MulalicAnanya ChinsangchaiRuby Wong31 December4513th2009Sarah ElzanowskiJéssica Carely Ibarra PetitThays Calmany NevesEdwina MarcusGabriela Korinkova31 December4514th2010Nathalie Den DekkerHolly-Anne VisserStephany Andreína González SocorroBarbara SalvadorBorgoljin Bayarsaikhan31 December5515th2011Aileen Gabriella RobinsonCarolina Del CarmenPatsaraporn KhonkhamhaengAmanda LeongJana Kopecka31 December5416th2012Rizzini Alexis Gomez †Monika RadulovicMarielis Alejandra Castellanos PérezLourdes Maria del CarmenJun Yong WanSuputra Chucharoen31 December5517th2013Angeli Dione GomezSunidporn SrisuwanSarah CzarnuchMichelle Alexis TorresThaarah GanesanPhan Hoang Thu31 DecemberPutrajaya Marriott Hotel, IOI Resort, Sepang Utara, Putrajaya6218th2014Faddya Ysabel Halabi TroisiWarangkanang Wutthayakorn Glennifer Perido Charina Bartels Sun Wen Cong Nguyen Dieu Linh31 December6019th2016Ariel PearseThaina MagalhaesTasha RossXimena DelgadoDikna Faradiba31 December4620th2017Jannie Loudette Alipo-onMaja SieronLois TangelJulia HortaDiana HillsPanghom Kamalrut6 DecemberJohor Bahru, Johor4921st2018Astari Indah VernideaniSarah Chebet PkyachSandra CallahanLaura SkuteneJulieane FernandezCaenne Ng21 DecemberSunway Resort Hotel & Spa, Bandar Sunway, Selangor4522nd2019Cyrille PayumoGabriella MandolangKateryna KachashviliJoanna BabynkoSotima JohnChompoonut Phungphon8 November3923rd2020Maria Balicki VinharskiPatchaploy RueandaluangClarita Mawarni SalemTereza BohuslavovaKate MooreLuz Elva Claros GallardoLim Sue Anne17 January 2021Virtual PageantVirtual Pageant3124th2021Jessy Silana WongsodiharjoLily Anni Sofia KorpelaHoang Thi Huong Ly Toluwalope OlarewajuHow Zoe EeAraceli DominguezKeinth Jensen Petrasanta19 December4425th2022Suphatra KliangpromLaura Virginia Zabaleta CasadoMaria Angelica PantalianoCrystal Huang RuojiaAlysa CookAbigail CurdPhoebe Ong Yi Huui25 NovemberRaia Hotel & Convention Centre, Kuching, SarawakMalaysia4026th2023Tia Li TaveepanichpanEmily CosseyJeanette ReyesJen Cheang Shi HuiKarlee DavisJeanette Reyes25 NovemberSabah International Convention Centre, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah4427th2024Liana BarridoNattha IntasaoMilena Paola Soto PérezGrace RichardsonAlbina KostikovaNicole BaconVu Quynh Trang13 DecemberSunway Resort Hotel, Bandar Sunway, Subang, Selangor4028th2025Zuzanna BalonekChristine Eds EneroBai Duo Lan (Doris Bai)Andrea PinedaMitchelle OtienoSasicha DuangketTan Sanh Vy Vo18 OctoberResorts World Genting, Genting Highlands, Bentong, Pahang37
Country by number of wins Country/TerritoryTitlesWinning years 6 2000, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2019, 2024 3 1998, 1999, 2025 2002, 2022, 2023 22018, 2021 2001, 2008 1 2020 2016 2014 2011 2010 2009 2006 2005 2004 2003 19951994 Continents by number of wins ContinentTitlesYearsAsia132000, 2001, 2002, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024Europe81995, 1998, 1999, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2025Americas32004, 2014, 2020Oceania21994, 2014Africa12003 Gallery of winners
Miss Tourism Queen of the Year International Founded in 1993, this pageant was originally titled Miss Queen of the Year International. It was created to provide a platform for young women to showcase their leadership, personality, and commitment to tourism promotion.
Over the decades, it has evolved into a global brand that focuses on the "Queen of the Year" as a symbol of elegance and a spokesperson for international tourism and cultural exchange. Color keys Miss Tourism Metropolitan International Miss Tourism Global Miss Tourism Cosmopolitan International Dreamgirl of the Year International EditionYearTitleholderRunners-UpVenueHost countryEntrantsDateRef.FirstSecondThirdFourth1st1993Rita OmvikJilly EdwardsMarzenna WolskaCeleste WeaverSusan ManenKuala LumpurMalaysia2027 June2nd1994Georgina DenahyBeatrice VornicuTerezie DobrovolnaSusana Galvez EscobedoJanet Chew 2416 July3rd1995Johanna RostenPrevitha ThiyagarajahKimberly LawrenceMônica Guimarães FerreiraMarita Nagel2218 June4th1996Sherylle Capili SantarinKimberly TanKarolina LappoKarla Hannalore ForkelSari Nieminen2415 July5th1997Kastany VásquezSilje Skaug SyvertsenPreciosa Reyes ValenciaAnna FizekValerie Hunter2415 June1999Racquel UyNo runners-up as no pageant was held; 1st Runner-up Miss Tourism International 19996th2000Evelyn López SandovalChristie Ann PecsonJenni Maria DahlmanKanithakan SaengprachaksakulaSimone Lima FreireKuala LumpurMalaysia191 July2001Zuzana StepanovskaNo runners-up as no pageant was held; 1st Runner-up Miss Tourism International 20012002Yin ZiNo runners-up as no pageant was held; 1st Runner-up Miss Tourism International 20022003Victoria KarydaNo runners-up as no pageant was held; 1st Runner-up Miss Tourism International 20037th2004Anush GrigorianColleen Francisca PereiraAna GerasimovskaYekaterina FilimonovaLiis LassChangshaChina3129 October8th2005Shen Chia-HuiAlmagul SagnayevaEdita HortovaKarina Rebeca NaumannRuta BartkeviciuteWuhan416 November9th2006Ampika ChuanpreechaHuang Cheng-ChiehTereza SchmiedJana DolezelovaZhanar SmagulovaPetaling JayaMalaysia3730 December2008Cristine FranczakNo runners-up as no pageant was held; 1st Runner-up Miss Tourism International 20082009Jéssica Carely Ibarra PetitNo runners-up as no pageant was held; 1st Runner-up Miss Tourism International 200910th2010Ha Hyun-jungRieke CarolineTereza FajksovaMichelle Li DanVasilina VelichkoQuinzhouChina7525 September11th2011Urvashi RautelaIvanna GorscharAmanda WareckaEugenee Ooi Pyung Hee KongYingtan535 November12th2012Asta JakumaiteKim Young-jooLiu Yan JunSarah Laerke PedersenNuria Aida CardosoNanjing494 December2013Sunidporn SrisuwanNo runners-up as no pageant was held; 1st Runner-up Miss Tourism International 20132014Warangkanang WutthayakornNo runners-up as no pageant was held; 1st Runner-up Miss Tourism International 201413th2015Leren Mae BautistaSheila KiraboIrmina PreisegalaviciuteTanja Yr AstthorsdottirChandni SharmaKuala LumpurMalaysia5731 December14th2016Sofía SaavedraWang MengAndreea-Liliana PopescuChristy TaylorDamanpreet Kaur BrarShanghaiChina5518 December15th2017Katya YakimovaOriana NevoraBelvy Naa Teide OforiSusanna LehtsaluGantulga SodgerelShanghai Marriott Parkview Hotel, ShanghaiChina5422 December2019Gabriella MandolangNo runners-up as no pageant was held; 1st Runner-up Miss Tourism International 20182020Patchaploy RueandaluangNo runners-up as no pageant was held; 1st Runner-up Miss Tourism International 20192021Lily KorpelaNo runners-up as no pageant was held; 1st Runner-up Miss Tourism International 20212022Laura Virginia Zabaleta CasadoNo runners-up as no pageant was held; 1st Runner-up Miss Tourism International 20222023Emily CosseyNo runners-up as no pageant was held; 1st Runner-up Miss Tourism International 20232024Natta IntasaoNo runners-up as no pageant was held; 1st Runner-up Miss Tourism International 20242025Christine Eds EneroNo runners-up as no pageant was held; 1st Runner-up Miss Tourism International 2025 No contest Miss Tourism Queen of the Year International
Country by number of wins Country/TerritoryTitlesWinning years52006, 2013, 2014, 2020, 202441996, 1999, 2015, 202522009, 20221995, 2021120232019201720162012201120102008200520042003200220012000199719941993 Continents by number of wins ContinentTitlesYearsAsia111996, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2019, 2020, 2024Europe81993, 1995, 2001, 2003, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2021, 2023, 2025Americas61997, 2000, 2008, 2009, 2016, 2022Oceania11994Africa0 Gallery of winners
Miss Tourism Metropolitan International Miss Tourism Metropolitan International is a world-class beauty pageant established in 2007. It was founded by Tan Sri Datuk Danny Ooi, the President of D’Touch International (Malaysia), who also manages the Miss Tourism International and Miss Chinese World brands.
The pageant was created with a specific focus on "Metropolitan Tourism," aiming to highlight the cultural richness, modern lifestyle, and tourism potential of major cities around the globe.