Miss International 2017, the 57th Miss International pageant, was held on November 14, 2017 at Tokyo Dome City Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Kylie Verzosa of the Philippines crowned her successor Kevin Lilliana Junaedy of Indonesia at the end of the event. This edition also saw the crowning of the first ever Muslim women to win Miss International, and was the first to win one of the four major international pageants for Indonesia.
The show was hosted by Tetsuya Bessho on his fourth consecutive year. Amy Ota co-hosted the event, with a performance by Chemistry. This is the second time in Miss International history that the finals night saw the return of the previous year's runners-up to crown their respective successors.
Background
On April 4, 2017, it was announced during a broadcast conference by Akemi Shimomura, president of the International Cultural Association, that the 2017 pageant would be held in Tokyo Dome City Hall, Tokyo, Japan for the second consecutive year on Tuesday, November 14, 2017.『第57回ミス・インターナショナル世界大会』ケビン リリアナ（21歳・インドネシア代表）がグランプリ＜写真60枚＞WWSチャンネル、2017年11月17日インドネシア代表が優勝 ミス・インターナショナル ＜写真60枚＞Nishinippon Shimbun、2017年11月14日
The 2017 edition saw the debuts of Cambodia, Cook Islands and Laos;『ミス・インターナショナル』頂点にインドネシア代表21歳、ケビン・リリアナさん ＜写真60枚＞Oricon、2017年11月14日 and the returns of Ethiopia, which last competed in 2009, the Czech Republic in 2010, Lithuania in 2013, Chile and Curaçao in 2014, Mongolia and Paraguay in 2015. Argentina, Aruba, Cuba, Denmark, Guam, Ireland, Nigeria, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and Sri Lanka, withdrew from the competition for unknown reasons.『ミキモト真珠島 世界の美女が訪問 現役海女と歓談 ＜写真60枚＞Mainichi Shimbun、2017年11月19日
Results Placements Placement Contestant Miss International 2017 – Kevin Lilliana Junaedy 1st Runner-Up – Chanelle de Lau 2nd Runner-Up – Diana Croce 3rd Runner-Up – Amber Dew 4th Runner-Up – Natsuki Tsutsui Top 8 – Jocelyn Mieles – Phounesup Phonyotha – Ashley Powell Top 15 – Pihla Koivuniemi – Daniella Akorfa Awuma – Vanessa Villars – Darelys Santos – Petra Varaliová – Tayla Skye Robinson – Ratiyaporn Chookaew
Contestants 69 contestants competed for the title of Miss International 2017: Country/Territory Contestant Age Hometown Continental Group AustraliaAmber Dew21Melbourne Oceania BelarusPolina Pimahina20Minsk Europe BelgiumVirginie Philippot24Brussels Europe BoliviaCarla Maldonado22Camiri Americas BrazilBruna Zanardo25Laranjal Paulista Americas CambodiaNheat Sophea 19Phnom Penh Asia CanadaMarta Stępień23Windsor Americas ChileEstefanía Galeota20Coquimbo Americas ChinaJia Shi23Jiangsu Asia ColombiaVanessa Pulgarin25Medellín Americas Cook IslandsSilas Tuaputa21Avarua Oceania Costa Rica Paola Chacón26San José Americas CuraçaoChanelle de Lau22Willemstad Americas Czech RepublicAlice Činčurová21Prague Europe Dominican RepublicJennifer Valdez19Pedernales Americas EcuadorJocelyn Mieles22Manta Americas El SalvadorFátima Mangandi25San Salvador Americas EthiopiaBamlak Dereje20Addis Ababa Africa FinlandPihla Koivuniemi22Tampere Europe FranceMaëva Balan24Challans Europe GhanaDaniella Akorfa Awuma24Accra Africa GibraltarTessa Britto21Gibraltar Europe GuadeloupeClotilde Stressais19Basse-Terre Americas GuatemalaAna Lucía Villagran24Guatemala City Americas HaitiCaroline Minerve22Port-au-Prince Americas HawaiiCourtney Coleman23Honolulu Oceania HondurasVanessa Villars19Tegucigalpa Americas Hong KongWing Wong23Hong Kong Asia HungaryRebeka Hartó21Budapest Europe India Ankita Kumari22Jharkhand Asia IndonesiaKevin Lilliana Junaedy21Bandung Asia JapanNatsuki Tsutsui23Saitama Asia LaosPhounesup Phonnyotha20Vientiane Prefecture Asia LebanonDima Safi24Beirut Asia LithuaniaPatricija Belousova22Vilnius Europe MacauSofia Paiva20Taipa Asia MalaysiaAnnie Wong Wei Wei20Sibu Asia MauritiusLaetitia Begue21Triolet Africa MexicoCitlaly Higuera22Ciudad Madero Americas MoldovaDaniela Bejan22Cahul Europe MongoliaSaikhantamir Amarsanaa22Ulaanbaatar Asia MyanmarSao Yoon Wadi Oo25TaunggyiAsia NepalNiti Shah21Ghorahi Asia NetherlandsNathalie Mogbelzada20Amsterdam Europe New ZealandMichelle Isemonger19Auckland Oceania NicaraguaHelen Martínez22Matagalpa Americas NorwayVilde Andresen Bø20Tønsberg Europe PanamaDarelys Santos23Panama City Americas ParaguayTatiana Rolín25Obligado Americas PeruTiffany López Borjas23Lima Americas PhilippinesMariel de Leon23Las Piñas Asia PolandPaulina Maziarz20Zwoleń Europe PortugalAna Marques19Lisbon Europe RussiaElena Kviatkevich20Saint Petersburg Europe Sierra LeoneLeone Abie Mansaray22Freetown Africa SingaporeKylie Yeo23Singapore Asia SlovakiaPetra Varaliová19Bardejov Europe South AfricaTayla Skye Robinson22Johannesburg Africa South KoreaSeung Woo Nam25Seoul Asia SpainElizabeth Ledesma18Tenerife Europe SwedenLina Ljungberg20Norrköping Europe TaiwanXie Lingci25Taipei Asia ThailandRatiyaporn Chookaew19Songkhla Asia TunisiaKhaoula Gueye23Kasserine Africa UkraineKseniya Chifa24Zaporizhia Europe United KingdomAshley Powell22London Europe United StatesShanel James25Baltimore Americas VenezuelaDiana Croce20Calabozo Americas VietnamHuỳnh Thị Thuỳ Dung21Ho Chi Minh City Asia
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