Miss International 2013 was the 53rd Miss International pageant, held at the Shinagawa Prince Hotel Hall in Tokyo, Japan, on December 17, 2013. This was the second consecutive year Japan hosted the pageant.
At the end of the event, Alejandra Andreu, Miss International 2008, crowned Bea Rose Santiago of the Philippines as Miss International 2013, it was the fifth victory of the Philippines in the pageant.
The incumbent titleholder Miss International 2012 Ikumi Yoshimatsu of Japan was barred from attending the event due to her involvement in a scandal where a media executive Genichi Taniguchi allegedly harassed and intimidated Ms. Yoshimatsu for not signing on to a talent agency with ties to the Japanese Yakuza or underworld.http://iwj.co.jp/wj/open/archives/116796M/
Background On September 6, 2013, it was announced by Akemi Shimomura, the president of the International Cultural Association, that the 2013 pageant will be held in Shinagawa Prince Hotel Hall, Tokyo, Japan on December 17, 2013.
Results Placements Placement Contestant Miss International 2013 – Bea Santiago 1st Runner-Up – Nathalie den Dekker 2nd Runner-Up – Casey Radley 3rd Runner-Up – Brigitta Otvos 4th Runner-Up – Lorena Hermida Top 15 – Cristina Alves Da Silva – Nathaly Arroba – Jamielee Randall § – Sigrún Eva Ármannsdóttir – Elma Segzdaviciute – Ashley Beth Pérez – Olga Gaidabura – Araceli Carrilero – Chointicha Tiengtham – Andrea Neu § - Fan Vote Winner
Contestants Country/Territory Contestant Age Hometown Continental Group Erialda Croes 23 Oranjestad Americas Johanna Parker 23 Sydney Oceania Ekaterina Sarafanova 21 Brussels Europe Adriana Delgadillo 22 Chuquisaca Americas Brazil Cristina Alves Da Silva 24 Parnamirim Americas Sarah Ainsley Harrison 25 Ottawa Americas Jin Ying 22 Beijing Asia Colombia Lorena Hermida 24 Pitalito Americas Andrea Rojas 21 Palmares Americas Carmen Muñoz Guzmán 21 Licey al Medio Americas Ecuador Nathaly Arroba Hurtado 23 Guayaquil Americas Yaritza Rivera 19 San Salvador Americas Madli Vilsar 22 Kuressaare Europe Helianna Ylimaula 23 Siuntio Europe Gabon Reilly Makaya 24 Tchibanga Africa Oksana Koroleva 22 Berlin Europe Jamielee Randall 22 Gibraltar Europe Megane Monrose 18 Basse-Terre Americas Lirone Veksler 20 Hagåtña Oceania Sara Guerrero 24 Salamá Americas Clara Luce Lafond 21 Port-au-Prince Americas Moon Lau 22 Hong Kong Asia Brigitta Ötvös 21 Budapest Europe Sigrún Eva Ármannsdóttir 20 Akranes Europe Gurleen Grewal 21 Chandigarh Asia Marisa Sartika Maladewi 20 Palembang Asia Sara Cavagnari 25 Reggio Emilia Europe Yukiko Takahashi 24 Tokyo Asia Meerim Erkinbayeva 22 Bishkek Asia Layla Yarak 21 Beirut Asia Elma Segzdavičiūtė 18 Vilnius Europe Corrine Semedo Furtado 23 Luxembourg Europe Adela Ka-Wai Sou 23 Macau Asia Charissa Chong Su Huey 19 Kuala Lumpur Asia Mexico Miroslava Montemayor 23 Monterrey Americas Anu Namshir 22 Ulan Bator Asia Gonyi Aye Kyaw 22 Mandalay Asia Shritima Shah 21 Kathmandu Asia Nathalie den Dekker 23 Amstelveen Europe Casey Radley 20 Auckland Oceania Celeste Castillo 19 Managua Americas Betzy Madrid 19 Panama City Americas Marta Raviolo 22 Coronel Oviedo Americas Maria Gracia Figueroa 23 Lima Americas Philippines Bea Santiago 23 Cataingan Asia Katarzyna Oracka 25 Warsaw Europe Ana Claudia Ornelas 20 Lisbon Europe Ashley Beth Pérez 22 San Juan Americas Diana Maria Tiron 19 Bucharest Europe Olga Gaidabura 20 Bashkortostan Europe Jia Min Chew 23 Singapore Asia Nikoleta Duchoňová 19 Trebatice Europe Cindy Rosslind 23 Cape Town Africa Han Ji-eun 21 Incheon Asia Ayak Abiel 22 Juba Africa Araceli Carrilero Martínez 21 Albacete Europe Cherelen Van Bastasa 22 Paramaribo Americas Eleonore Lilja 20 Stockholm Europe Ohana Huber 20 Papeete Oceania Xiao-wen Chen 22 Taipei Asia Thailand Chonticha Tiengtham 18 Chonburi Asia Sondes Zamouri 24 Menzel Bourguiba Africa Margaryta Gorbyk 23 Kyiv Europe Elizabeth Greenham 20 Ferndale Europe Andrea Neu 23 Durango Americas Venezuela Elián Herrera 22 Cagua Americas Lô Thị Hương Trâm"Lo Thi Huong Tram - Miss Vietnam International 2013" 24 Nghệ An Asia
Notes Replacements - Deedee Zibara was replaced by Layla Yarak, the 1st runner-up after Zibara could not compete due to some serious issues between her and the committee.
References
External links Official website