Miss International 2018
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| Miss International 2018 | |
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| Date | 9 November 2018 |
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| Theme | “Cheer All Women” |
| Venue | Tokyo Dome City Hall, Tokyo, Japan |
| Broadcaster | Host Broadcaster: Co-host Broadcaster: |
| Entrants | 77 |
| Placements | 15 |
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| Winner | Mariem Velazco Venezuela |
Miss International 2018 was the 58th edition of the Miss International pageant, held at the Tokyo Dome City Hall in Tokyo, Japan, on 9 November 2018.
Kevin Lilliana Junaedy of Indonesia crowned Mariem Velazco of Venezuela as her successor at the end of the event. This marks Venezuela's eighth victory at Miss International - the most in the pageant's history.
A total of 78 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.[1]
Location and date
On 12 April 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.[2]
Results
Placements
| Placement | Contestant[3][4] |
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| Miss International 2018 |
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| 1st Runner-Up |
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| 2nd Runner-Up |
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| 3rd Runner-Up |
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| 4th Runner-Up |
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| Top 8[5] |
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| Top 15[5] |
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Continental queens
| Continental Group | Contestant |
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| Africa |
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| America |
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| Asia |
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| Europe |
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| Oceania |
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Pageant
Unlike in 2017 contestants were classified under five continents: (1) Europe, (2) Oceania, (3) Africa, (4) Americas, and (5) 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/Territory | Contestant | Age | Hometown | Continental group |
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 Argentina | Rocío Magalí Pérez[designations 1] | 22 | Buenos Aires | Americas |
 Aruba | Stephanie Anouk Eman [designations 2] | 26 | Oranjestad | Americas |
 Australia | Emily Tokić | 20 | Canberra | Oceania |
 Belgium | Kelly Quanten[6][designations 3] | 24 | Leuven | Europe |
 Bolivia | María Elena Antelo | 24 | Beni | Americas |
 Brazil | Stephanie Pröglhöf | 24 | São José dos Campos | Americas |
 Canada | Camila Gonzalez | 21 | Toronto | Americas |
 Chile | María Pía Vilches[7] | 22 | La Ligua | Americas |
 China | Wang Chaoyuan | 24 | Tianjin | Asia |
 Colombia | Anabella Castro[designations 4] | 21 | Valledupar | Americas |
 Cook Islands | Louisa Purea | 20 | Avarua | Oceania |
 Costa Rica | Glennys Medina Segura | 23 | Guanacaste | Americas |
 Côte d'Ivoire | Jemima Gbato | 21 | Abidjan | Africa |
 Cuba | Jennifer Alvarez Ruíz | 24 | Havana | Americas |
 Curaçao | Diöna Angela | 21 | Willemstad | Americas |
 Czech Republic | Daniela Zálešáková | 19 | Most | Europe |
 Denmark | Louise Arild | 23 | Frederiksberg | Europe |
 Dominican Republic | Stéphanie Bustamante | 25 | Paterson | Americas |
 Ecuador | Michelle Huet[8] | 23 | Guayaquil | Americas |
 Egypt | Farah Sedky | 24 | Cairo | Africa |
 El Salvador | Ena Cea | 20 | Santa Ana | Americas |
 Ethiopia | Frezewd Solomon | 21 | Addis Ababa | Africa |
 Finland | Eevi Ihalainen | 18 | Lappeenranta | Europe |
 France | Mélanie Labat[9] | 23 | Poussan | Europe |
 Germany | Franciska Acs | 23 | Düsseldorf | Europe |
 Ghana | Benedicta Nana Adjei | 22 | Accra | Africa |
 Guadeloupe | Sarah Eruam | 18 | Le Gosier | Americas |
 Guam | Diliana Tuncap[10] | 22 | Hagåtña | Oceania |
 Guatemala | Gabriela Castillo | 20 | Guatemala City | Americas |
 Haiti | Cassandra Chéry[replacements 1] | 23 | Port-au-Prince | Americas |
 Hawaii | Olivia Evelyn Walls[12] | 21 | Honolulu | Oceania |
 Honduras | Valeria Cardona[replacements 2] | 20 | Tegucigalpa | Americas |
 Hong Kong | Carmaney Wong | 24 | Kowloon | Asia |
 Hungary | Frida Maczkó | 22 | Vác | Europe |
 India | Tanishqa Bhosale | 19 | Pune | Asia |
 Indonesia | Vania Fitryanti Herlambang | 21 | Tangerang | Asia |
 Japan | Hinano Sugimoto | 21 | Tokyo | Asia |
 Kenya | Ivy Nyangasi Mido[designations 5] | 22 | Nairobi | Africa |
 Laos | Piyamarth Phounpaseuth | 24 | Vientiane Prefecture | Asia |
 Lebanon | Rachel Younan | 23 | Beirut | Asia |
 Macau | Cherry Chin | 24 | Taipa | Asia |
 Madagascar | Esmeralda Malleka | 25 | Vohemar | Africa |
 Malaysia | Mandy Loo[13] | 22 | Georgetown | Asia |
 Mauritius | Ashna Nookooloo | 22 | Curepipe | Africa |
 Mexico | Nebai Torres[designations 6] | 25 | Guadalajara | Americas |
 Moldova | Daniela Marin[designations 7] | 19 | Leova | Europe |
 Mongolia | Munkhchimeg Batjargal | 20 | Ulaanbaatar | Asia |
 Myanmar | May Yu Khatar | 19 | Yangon | Asia |
 Nepal | Ronali Amatya | 22 | Kathmandu | Asia |
 Netherlands | Zoë Amber Niewold[14] | 20 | Assen | Europe |
 New Zealand | Natasha Kristina Unkovich[15] | 24 | East Auckland | Oceania |
 Nicaragua | Stefanía Alemán[16] | 27 | Masaya | Americas |
 Northern Mariana Islands | Celine Cabrera[17] | 23 | Saipan | Oceania |
 Panama | Shirel Ortiz | 22 | Panama City | Americas |
 Paraguay | Daisy Diana Lezcano Rojas | 24 | San Lorenzo | Americas |
 Peru | Marelid Elizabeth Medina[18] | 24 | Callao | Americas |
 Philippines | Maria Ahtisa Manalo[19] | 21 | Candelaria | Asia |
 Poland | Marta Pałucka | 26 | Sopot | Europe |
 Portugal | Carina Neto | 21 | Gondomar | Europe |
 Puerto Rico | Yarelis Salgado[designations 8] | 24 | Toa Alta | Americas |
 Romania | Bianca Tirsin | 20 | Arad | Europe |
 Russia | Galina Lukina | 26 | Ufa | Asia |
 Singapore | Eileen Feng | 22 | Singapore City | Asia |
 Slovakia | Radka Grendová | 20 | Revúca | Europe |
 South Africa | Reabetswe Sechoaro | 24 | Pretoria | Africa |
 South Korea |
Yejin Seo[designations 9] | 21 | Seoul | Asia |
 Spain | Susana Sánchez | 25 | Huelva | Europe |
 Sri Lanka | Natalee Fernando | 24 | Colombo | Asia |
 Sweden | Izabell Hahn | 26 | Linköping | Europe |
 Taiwan | Kao Man-jung | 21 | Taichung | Asia |
 Thailand | Keeratiga Jaruratjamon | 23 | Phitsanulok | Asia |
 Ukraine | Bohdana Tarasyk | 23 | Kryvyi Rih | Europe |
 United Kingdom | Sharon Gaffka | 22 | Oxford | Europe |
 United States | Bonnie Walls | 24 | New York City | Americas |
 Venezuela | Mariem Velazco | 20 | San Tomé | Americas |
 Vietnam | Nguyễn Thúc Thùy Tiên[20][replacements 3] | 20 | Ho Chi Minh City | Asia |
 Zimbabwe | Tania Tatenda Aaron[21] | 22 | Harare | Africa |
