Miss International 2018


Miss International 2018, the 58th Miss International pageant, was held on November 9, 2018 at the Tokyo Dome City Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Kevin Liliana from Indonesia crowned her successor Mariem Velazco from Venezuela at the end of the event. This is the third time in Miss International history the crowning of the runners-up was to see last year's Top 5 winners. This year Miss International comeback edition with the theme "Cheer All Woman" alongside Miss International Japan 2019.
A total of 77 contestants from countries and territories competed in this year's Miss International pageant, surpassing the previous record of 73 contestants in 2014, making the biggest turnout in the pageant's history.
The pageant was hosted by Tetsuya Bessho on his fifth consecutive year of Miss International.

Background

In April 12, 2018, it was announced during a website conference by Akemi Shimomura, the president of the International Cultural Association and the president of Miss International Organization, that the 2018 pageant would be held in Tokyo Dome City Hall, Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan, for the third consecutive year on Friday, November 9, 2018.

Results

Placements

Continental queens

Special awards

Pageant

Unlike in 2017 contestants were classified under five continents: Europe, Oceania, Africa, Americas, and Asia. During the Competitions Rounds; National Costume, Swimwear, and Evening Gown, then the contestants were trimmed down to 15 Semifinalists, after which, the judges narrowed the finalists down to the Top 8, then judges decided the Top 8 to compete in the question and answer portion. and then the judges choose Top 5 which Miss International 2018 and her four Runners-up like 2017 format.

Contestants

77 contestants competed for the title.
Country or territoryContestantAgeHometownContinental group
ArgentinaRocío Magali Pérez22Buenos AiresAmericas
ArubaStephanie Anouk Eman 26OranjestadAmericas
AustraliaEmily Tokić20CanberraOceania
BelgiumKelly Quanten24LeuvenEurope
BoliviaMaría Elena Antelo24BeniAmericas
BrazilStephanie Pröglhöf24São José dos CamposAmericas
CanadaCamila Gonzalez21TorontoAmericas
ChileMaría Pía Vilches22La LiguaAmericas
ChinaWang Chaoyuan24TianjinAsia
ColombiaAnabella Castro21ValleduparAmericas
Cook IslandsLouisa Purea20AvaruaOceania
Costa RicaGlennys Medina Segura23GuanacasteAmericas
Cote d'IvoireJemima Gbato21AbidjanAfrica
CubaJennifer Alvarez Ruiz24HavanaAmericas
CuraçaoDiona Angela21WillemstadAmericas
Czech RepublicDaniela Zálešáková19MostEurope
DenmarkLouise Arild23FrederiksbergEurope
Dominican RepublicStéphanie Bustamante25PatersonAmericas
EcuadorMichelle Huet22GuayaquilAmericas
EgyptFarah Sedky24CairoAfrica
El SalvadorEna Cea20Santa AnaAmericas
EthiopiaFrezewd Solomon21Addis AbabaAfrica
FinlandEevi Ihalainen18LappeenrantaEurope
FranceMélanie Labat23PoussanEurope
GermanyFranciska Acs23DüsseldorfEurope
GhanaBenedicta Nana Adjei22East LegonAfrica
GuadeloupeSarah Eruam18Le GosierAmericas
GuamDiliana Tuncap22HagåtñaOceania
GuatemalaGabriela Castillo20Guatemala CityAmericas
HaitiCassandra Chéry23Port-au-PrinceAmericas
HawaiiOlivia Evelyn Walls21HonoluluOceania
HondurasValeria Cardona20TegucigalpaAmericas
Hong KongCarmaney Wong24KowloonAsia
HungaryFrida Maczkó22VácEurope
IndiaTanishqa Bhosale19PuneAsia
IndonesiaVania Fitryanti21TangerangAsia
JapanHinano Sugimoto21TokyoAsia
KenyaIvy Nyangasi Mido22NairobiAfrica
KoreaYejin Seo21SeoulAsia
LaosPiyamarth Phounpaseuth24Vientiane PrefectureAsia
LebanonRachel Younan23BeirutAsia
MacauCherry Chin24TaipaAsia
MadagascarEsmeralda Malleka25VohemarAfrica
MalaysiaMandy Loo22GeorgetownAsia
MauritiusAshna Nookooloo22CurepipeAfrica
Mexico Nebai Torres25GuadalajaraAmericas
MoldovaDaniela Marin19LeovaEurope
MongoliaMunkhchimeg Batjargal20UlaanbaatarAsia
MyanmarMay Yu Khatar19YangonAsia
NepalRonali Amatya22KathmanduAsia
NetherlandsZoë Amber Niewold20AssenEurope
New ZealandNatasha Kristina Unkovich24East AucklandOceania
NicaraguaStefanía Alemán27MasayaAmericas
Northern MarianasCeline Cabrera23SaipanOceania
PanamaShirel Ortiz22Panama CityAmericas
ParaguayDaisy Diana Lezcano Rojas24San LorenzoAmericas
PeruMarelid Elizabeth Medina24CallaoAmericas
PhilippinesMaria Ahtisa Manalo21CandelariaAsia
PolandMarta Pałucka26SopotEurope
PortugalCarina Neto21GondomarEurope
Puerto RicoYarelis Salgado24Toa AltaAmericas
RomaniaBianca Tirsin20AradEurope
RussiaGalina Lukina26UfaAsia
SingaporeEileen Feng22Singapore CityAsia
SlovakiaRadka Grendová20RevúcaEurope
South AfricaReabetswe Sechoaro24PretoriaAfrica
SpainSusana Sánchez25HuelvaEurope
Sri LankaNatalee Fernando24ColomboAsia
SwedenIzabell Hahn26LinköpingEurope
Chinese TaipeiKao Man-jung21TaichungAsia
ThailandKeeratiga Jaruratjamon23PhitsanulokAsia
UkraineBohdana Tarasyk23Kryvyi RihEurope
United KingdomSharon Gaffka22OxfordEurope
USABonnie Walls24New York CityAmericas
VenezuelaMariem Velazco19San ToméAmericas
VietnamNguyễn Thúc Thuỳ Tiên20Ho Chi Minh CityAsia
ZimbabweTania Tatenda Aaron22HarareAfrica

Returns

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Designations

Withdrawals