Miss International 2017

Miss International 2017
Miss International 2017
	Miss International 2017, Kevin Lilliana Junaedy of Indonesia
Date	November 14, 2017
Presenters	Tetsuya Bessho; Amy Ota;
Entertainment	Chemistry; StarLights;
Venue	Tokyo Dome City, Tokyo, Japan
Broadcaster	Host Broadcaster:; Ustream; PlayStation Network; YouTube; Indosiar; Panamericana Television; NHK; ; Co-host Broadcaster:; TV Tokyo;
Entrants	69
Placements	15
Debuts	Cambodia; Cook Islands; Laos;
Withdrawals	Argentina; Aruba; Cuba; Denmark; Guam; Ireland; Nigeria; Northern Marianas; Puerto Rico; Sri Lanka;
Returns	Chile; Curaçao; Czech Republic; Ethiopia; Lithuania; Mongolia; Paraguay;
Winner	Kevin Lilliana ; Indonesia
Best National Costume	Natsuki Tsutsui ; Japan
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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 of Indonesia at the end of the event.^[2]^[3] This edition also saw the crowning of the first ever moslem women to win Miss International, and was the first to win one of the four major international pageants for Indonesia.^[4]^[5]^[6]

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.^[7]^[8]

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.^[9]^[10]

The 2017 edition saw the debuts of Cambodia, Cook Islands and Laos;^[11] and the returns of Ethiopia has not competed since 2009, Czech Republic since 2010, Lithuania since 2013, Chile and Curacao since 2014, Mongolia and Paraguay since 2015. Argentina, Aruba, Cuba, Denmark, Guam, Ireland, Nigeria, Northern Marianas, Puerto Rico and Sri Lanka have withdrawn from the competition.^[12]

Results

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Miss International 2017	Indonesia – Kevin Lilliana
1st Runner-Up	Curaçao – Chanelle de Lau
2nd Runner-Up	Venezuela – Diana Croce
3rd Runner-Up	Australia – Amber Dew
4th Runner-Up	Japan – Natsuki Tsutsui
Top 8	Ecuador – Jocelyn Mieles Laos – Phounesup Phonyotha United Kingdom – Ashley Powell
Top 15	Finland – Pihla Koivuniemi Ghana – Daniella Akorfa Awuma Honduras – Vanessa Villars Panama – Darelys Santos Slovakia – Petra Varaliová South Africa – Tayla Skye Robinson Thailand – Ratiyaporn Chookaew

Continental queens

Award	Contestant
Miss International Africa	Ghana – Daniella Akorfa Awuma
Miss International America	Bolivia – Carla Maldonado
Miss International Asia	South Korea – Seung Woo Nam
Miss International Europe	United Kingdom – Ashley Powell
Miss International Oceania	New Zealand – Michelle Isemonger

Contestants

69 contestants competed for the title of Miss International 2017:^[13]

Country/Territory	Contestant	Age	Hometown	Continental Group
Australia	Amber Dew^[14]	21	Melbourne	Oceania
Belarus	Polina Pimahina^{[designations 1]}	20	Minsk	Europe
Belgium	Virginie Philippot^[15]	24	Brussels	Europe
Bolivia	Carla Maldonado^[16]	22	Camiri	Americas
Brazil	Bruna Zanardo^[17]	25	Laranjal Paulista	Americas
Cambodia	Nheat Sophea	19	Phnom Penh	Asia
Canada	Marta Stepien^[18]	23	Windsor	Americas
Chile	Estefania Galeota^[19]	20	Coquimbo	Americas
China	Jia Shi^[20]	23	Jiangsu	Asia
Colombia	Vanessa Pulgarin	25	Medellín	Americas
Cook Islands	Silas Tuaputa^[21]	21	Avarua	Oceania
Costa Rica	Paola Chacón^[22]	26	San José	Americas
Curaçao	Chanelle De Lau^[23]^{[designations 2]}	22	Willemstad	Americas
Czech Republic	Alice Činčurová	21	Prague	Europe
Dominican Republic	Jennifer Valdez	19	Pedernales	Americas
Ecuador	Jocelyn Mieles^[24]	22	Manta	Americas
El Salvador	Fátima Mangandi	25	San Salvador	Americas
Ethiopia	Bamlak Dereje	20	Addis Ababa	Africa
Finland	Pihla Koivuniemi	22	Tampere	Europe
France	Maëva Balan	24	Challans	Europe
Ghana	Daniella Akorfa Awuma^[25]	24	Accra	Africa
Gibraltar	Tessa Britto^[26]	21	Gibraltar	Europe
Guadeloupe	Clotilde Stressais	19	Basse-Terre	Americas
Guatemala	Ana Lucia Villagran	24	Guatemala City	Americas
Haiti	Caroline Minerve	22	Port-au-Prince	Americas
Hawaii	Courtney Coleman	23	Honolulu	Oceania
Honduras	Vanessa Villars	19	Tegucigalpa	Americas
Hong Kong	Wing Wong	23	Hong Kong	Asia
Hungary	Rebeka Hartó	21	Budapest	Europe
India	Ankita Kumari^[27]	22	Jharkhand	Asia
Indonesia	Kevin Lilliana Junaedy^[28]^[29]	21	Bandung	Asia
Japan	Natsuki Tsutsui	23	Tokyo	Asia
Korea	Seung Woo Nam	25	Seoul	Asia
Laos	Phounesup Phonnyotha	20	Vientiane Prefecture	Asia
Lebanon	Dima Safi	24	Beirut	Asia
Lithuania	Patricija Belousova	22	Vilnius	Europe
Macau	Sofia Paiva	20	Taipa	Asia
Malaysia	Annie Wong Wei Wei	20	Sibu	Asia
Mauritius	Laetitia Begue	21	Triolet	Africa
Mexico	Citlaly Higuera	22	Ciudad Madero	Americas
Moldova	Daniela Bejan	22	Cahul	Europe
Mongolia	Saikhantamir Amarsanaa	22	Ulaanbaatar	Asia
Myanmar	Sao Yoon Wadi Oo^[30]	25	Taunggyi	Asia
Nepal	Niti Shah^[31]	21	Ghorahi	Asia
Netherlands	Nathalie Mogbelzada^[32]	20	Amsterdam	Europe
New Zealand	Michelle Isemonger^[33]	19	Auckland	Oceania
Nicaragua	Helen Martínez	22	Matagalpa	Americas
Norway	Vilde Andresen Bø	20	Tønsberg	Europe
Panama	Darelys Santos^[34]^{[designations 3]}	23	Panama City	Americas
Paraguay	Tatiana Rolín^[35]	25	Obligado	Americas
Peru	Tiffany López Borjas^[36]	23	Lima	Americas
Philippines	Mariel de Leon^[37]	23	Las Piñas	Asia
Poland	Paulina Maziarz^[38]	20	Zwoleń	Europe
Portugal	Ana Marques^[39]	19	Lisbon	Europe
Russia	Elena Kviatkevich	20	Saint Petersburg	Europe
Sierra Leone	Leone Abie Mansaray	22	Freetown	Africa
Singapore	Kylie Yeo	23	Singapore	Asia
Slovakia	Petra Varaliová	19	Bardejov	Europe
South Africa	Tayla Skye Robinson	22	Johannesburg	Africa
Spain	Elizabeth Ledesma	18	Tenerife	Europe
Sweden	Lina Ljungberg	20	Norrköping	Europe
Chinese Taipei	Xie Lingci	25	Taipei	Asia
Thailand	Ratiyaporn Chookaew^{[designations 4]}	19	Songkhla	Asia
Tunisia	Khaoula Gueye	23	Kasserine	Africa
Ukraine	Kseniya Chifa^[40]	24	Zaporizhia	Europe
United Kingdom	Ashley Powell^[41]	22	London	Europe
United States	Shanel James^[42]	25	Baltimore	Americas
Venezuela	Diana Croce	20	Calabozo	Americas
Vietnam	Huỳnh Thị Thuỳ Dung^[43]^{[designations 5]}	21	Ho Chi Minh City	Asia

Notes

Debuts

Cambodia
Cook Islands
Laos

Returns

Last competed in 2009:

Ethiopia

Last competed in 2010:

Czech Republic

Last competed in 2013:

Lithuania

Last competed in 2014:

Chile
Curacao

Last competed in 2015:

Mongolia
Paraguay

Designations

^ BELARUS – Polina Pimakhina was appointed Miss International Belarus 2017 by Olga Serejnikova, the national director of Miss Belarus pageant. Polina was crowned Miss Supranational Belarus 2016 and was among the Top 25 at Miss Supranational 2016 pageant, also was among the Top 6 at Top Model of the World 2017.
^ CURAÇAO – Chanelle De Lau was appointed Miss International Curaçao 2017 by Chris Puesan, the new national director of Miss International Curaçao Organization after three years of absence because unclear reason and was acquired the Miss International new franchise owner pageant for Curaçao. Chanelle was crowned Miss Curacao 2016 and was failed to placed at Miss Universe 2016.
^ PANAMA – Darelys Santos was appointed to represent Panama by Justine Pasek, a national director of Senorita Panama for franchise holder of Miss International pageant. Santos crowned the 1st Runner-up at the Senorita Panama 2017 pageant.
^ THAILAND – Ratiyaporn Chookaew was appointed to represent Thailand at the Miss International 2017 pageant, by Pawina Bumrungrot, National Director of ERM Marketing Co., Ltd. Ratiyaporn was place the Top 10 at the Miss Grand Thailand 2017 pageant.
^ VIETNAM – Huỳnh Thị Thùy Dung was appointed to represent Vietnam by Elite Models Vietnam, an franchise holder of Miss International pageant in Vietnam. Dung crowned the 2nd Runner-up at the Miss Vietnam 2016 pageant.

Designations

Cambodia - Miss International Cambodia 2017, Nheat Sophea was appointed by BK'A Entertainment .Co., Ltd. Nheat Sophea was 1st Runner-up of Miss Grand Cambodia 2017.
Canada - Miss International Canada 2017, Marta Magdalena Stepien was appointed by Dennis Davila, president of Miss Universe Canada organization (Beauties of Canada). Marta was the 1st runner up at Miss Universe Canada 2017.
Ethiopia - Miss International Ethiopia 2017, Bamlak Dereje was appointed by Henock Leuleseged, National Director of Miss International Ethiopia. Bamlak is Ethiopian Model in Addis Ababa.
Haiti - Miss International Haiti 2017, Caroline Minerve was appointed by Chris Puesan, the CEO of Miss Haiti. Caroline was the 1st Runner-up of Miss Haiti 2017.
Laos - Miss International Laos 2017, Phounesup Phonnyotha was appointed by Miss Lao Co., Ltd., Phounesup Phonnyotha was 1st Runner-up of Miss Grand Laos 2017.
Lithuania - Miss International Lithuania 2017, Patricija Belousova was appointed by Closed election Miss International Lithuania franchise holder in Vilnius. Patricija was Miss Lithuania 2014.
Macau - Miss International Macau 2017, Sofia Paiva was appointed by Macau Pageant Alliance, which is an organisation has been sending Macau's delegates to various international beauty contests after Miss Macau beauty pageant was last held in 2009.
Mexico - Miss Mexico International 2017, Citlali Higuera was appointed by Lupita Jones, the national director of Miss Mexico. Citlali was the 1st Runner-up of Miss Mexico 2017.
Moldova - Miss International Moldova 2017, Daniela Bejan was appointed by Miss Bikini Moldova Organizer. Daniela is a model.
Norway - Miss International Norway 2017, Vilde Andresen Bø was appointed by the Miss Norway beauty pageant, after an announcement made by the same in its official web page. Andresen Bø was the 2nd Runner-up of Miss Norway 2017.
Tunisia - Miss International Tunisia 2017, Khaoula Gueye was appointed by Aida Antar. Khaoula was the 2nd Runner-up of Miss Tunisia 2016.
Venezuela - Miss Venezuela Internacional 2017, Diana Croce was appointed by Osmel Sousa, the national director of Miss Venezuela pageant. Croce was the 1st Runner-up of Miss Venezuela 2016.

Withdraws

Argentina - Agustina Belén Garro
Aruba - No Contest.
Cuba – Claudia Moras Báez
Denmark – Natasja Voldstedlund, withdrew due to illness.
Ireland - No Contest.
Nigeria - No Contest.
Northern Marianas - Contest Postponed. The upcoming Miss Marianas will hold after Miss International 2017.
Puerto Rico – Beverly Rodriguez did not participate. No delegate is going to be sent this year because of the hurricanes that affected the island.
Sri Lanka - The Miss Sri Lanka 2017 held in special award ceremony. The organizer has only crowned one winner to Miss Universe.