Miss International 2023

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.^[2][3][4]

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.^[3] 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.

Placements

§ – Voted into the Top 15 by the viewers

Special awards

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.^[12] 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.^[13]

Judges

• Akemi Shimomura – President of the Miss International Organization^[14]
• Jasmin Selberg – Miss International 2022 from Germany^[14]
• Junko Koshino – Fashion designer^[14]
• Laurie Simpson – Miss International 1987 from Puerto Rico^[14]
• Norika Fujiwara – Miss Nippon 1992, model and actress^[14]
• Roberto Seminario – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Peru to Japan^[14]
• Ryohei Miyata – Chairman of the Public Interest Incorporated Association, Nitten^[14]
• Senko Ikenobo – Headmaster designate at Ikenobō^[14]
• Soujitsu Kobori – Head of Kobori Enshu school of tea^[14]
• Supapan Pichaironarongsongkram – Chairwoman of Chao Phraya Express Boat^[14]