Miss International 2023 was the 61st edition of the Miss International pageant, held at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan, on 26 October 2023.
Jasmin Selberg of Germany crowned Andrea Rubio of Venezuela as her successor at the end of the event, marking the ninth time that Venezuela won the competition - the most wins in the pageant's history.
Background
Location and date On 30 March 2023, the Miss International Organization announced that the pageant was scheduled to take place at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium, instead of the usual Tokyo Dome City Hall, on 26 October 2023.
Selection of participants According to Stephen Diaz, head director of the International Cultural Association, the non-profit organization that organizes the pageant, the organization has set the limit of the number of contestants competing to eighty. In the end, contestants from seventy countries and territories were selected to compete in the competition. Two contestants were selected to replace the original dethroned winner.
Replacements Stacy Montero was appointed as the new representative of Costa Rica to the pageant after Shakira Graham, the original Miss International Costa Rica, relinquished her title due to problems with the organization. El Salvador appointed Daniella Hidalgo to represent in the pageant after Wendy Portillo, Queen of El Salvador 2023, relinquished her title for personal reasons.
Debuts, returns, and withdrawals This edition marked the debuts of Bangladesh, Lesotho, and Pakistan, and the returns of Angola, Côte d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Ghana, Lithuania, Martinique, Moldova, Myanmar, the Netherlands, Serbia, Sri Lanka, Tunisia, Uganda, and Zimbabwe. Angola, which last competed in 2004, Martinique in 2010, Estonia and Serbia in 2014, Lithuania in 2017, Moldova in 2018, while the others in 2019. Belarus, Cape Verde, Germany, Haiti, Honduras, Italy, Kenya, Namibia, the Northern Mariana Islands, Romania, Slovakia, Togo, and Uzbekistan withdrew after their respective organizations failed to hold a national competition or appoint a delegate.
Results
Placements Placement Contestant Miss International 2023 – Andrea Rubio 1st Runner-Up – Sofía Osío 2nd Runner-Up – Camila Díaz 3rd Runner-Up – Nicole Borromeo 4th Runner-Up – Vanessa Hayes Top 7 – Itzia García § – Supaporn Ritthipruek Top 15 – Nassita Diako § – Yamilex Hernández – Zoi Asoumanaki – Verna Leung – Cassandra Yap – Linette Clément – Amanda Solís – Nguyễn Phương Nhi §
§ – Voted into the Top 15 by the viewers
Continental Queens Award Contestant Miss International Africa – Mercy Jane Adorkor Pappoe Miss International Americas – Kenyatta Beazer Miss International Asia-Pacific – Emily Yau Miss International Europe – Alisha Cowie
Special awards Award Contestant Best in Evening Gown – Farhana Nariswari Best in Swimsuit – Charlotte Muziri Best National Costume – Teresa SaraMiss Photogenic – Georgia Waddington
Pageant
Format The Miss International Organization introduced several specific changes to the format for this edition. During the final competition, all contestants will only parade in evening gowns. Fifteen semifinalists were chosen to compete in the final competition– twelve of which were chosen through the preliminary competition, while three were chosen through internet voting. The fifteen semi-finalists competed in the evening competition. Afterward, seven semifinalists advanced to compete in the question and answer round.
Judges Akemi Shimomura – President of the Miss International Organization Jasmin Selberg – Miss International 2022 from Germany Junko Koshino – Fashion designer Laurie Simpson – Miss International 1987 from Puerto Rico Norika Fujiwara – Miss Nippon 1992, model and actress Roberto Seminario – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Peru to Japan Ryohei Miyata – Chairman of the Public Interest Incorporated Association, Nitten Senko Ikenobo – Headmaster designate at Ikenobō Soujitsu Kobori – Head of Kobori Enshu school of tea Supapan Pichaironarongsongkram – Chairwoman of Chao Phraya Express Boat
Contestants Seventy contestants competed for the title. Country/Territory Contestant Age Hometown 26 Soyo Australia 23 Armidale Bangladesh 23 Khulna Belgium 25 Zwalm Bolivia24Santa Cruz de la Sierra Brazil22Rio Grande do Norte 21 Phnom Penh Canada26Windsor Chile22Valparaíso Colombia23Barranquilla Costa Rica 21Limón Côte d'Ivoire25Dimbokro Cuba 24 San Antonio de los Baños Czech Republic 22Prague 26 Copenhagen Dominican Republic23La Vega Ecuador 21 Guayaquil El Salvador 24 Sensuntepeque Estonia26Tallinn Finland 27 Savonlinna France18Mérignac 25 Accra Greece 22 Rethymno Guatemala 24 Guatemala City Hawaii 24 O'ahu Hong Kong 25 Kowloon IndiaPraveena Aanjna24Udaipur Indonesia 27 Bandung Jamaica 22 Manchester Parish Japan 26 Tokyo 27 Bokeo Lesotho 21 Maseru Lithuania 26Vilnius 28Santo António MalaysiaCassandra Yap24Johor Bahru Martinique Pauline Thimon 26 Fort-de-France 23Grand Port District Mexico 22 Manzanillo Moldova 19Chișinău Mongolia 24 Ulaanbaatar Myanmar23Yangon 25Lalitpur Netherlands 25 Utrecht New Zealand 21 Christchurch Nicaragua 20 Managua Nigeria 27 Lagos 19 Fredrikstad Pakistan 26 Lahore 26 Limón Paraguay 24 Asunción Peru 23 Chorrillos Philippines 22 Cebu City 22 Ślesin 27Lisbon Puerto Rico 25 Rio Grande 19Niš Singapore 22 Singapore South Africa 20 Edenvale24Seoul Spain 26 Agüimes Sri Lanka 21 Colombo Taiwan 26 Taipei Thailand 27 Lamphun Tunisia 27 Tunis Uganda23 Kampala United Kingdom 24 Newcastle United States 25 Baltimore Venezuela Andrea Rubio 24 Caracas VietnamNguyễn Phương Nhi21Thanh Hóa Zimbabwe26Masvingo
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