| Miss International 2016 | |
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 Miss International 2016, Kylie Verzosa | |
| Date | October 27, 2016 |
| Presenters |
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| Entertainment |
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| Venue | Tokyo Dome City Hall, Tokyo, Japan |
| Broadcaster | |
| Entrants | 69 |
| Placements | 15 |
| Debuts | |
| Withdrawals | |
| Returns | |
| Winner | Kylie Verzosa  Philippines[1] |
| Best National Costume | Brianny Chamorro  Nicaragua |
| Best Dresser | Felicia Hwang Yi Xin  Indonesia |
| Best Body | Alina Chirciu  Moldova |
Miss International 2016, the 56th Miss International pageant, was held on October 27, 2016 at the Tokyo Dome City Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Edymar Martínez from Venezuela crowned her successor Kylie Verzosa from the Philippines at the end of the event.
The pageant hosted by Tetsuya Bessho on his third consecutive year of Miss International. This is the first time in Miss International history that the finals night saw the return of the previous year's runners-up to crown their respective successors.[citation needed]
Background edit
On February 9, 2016, it was announced by Akemi Shimomura, president of the International Cultural Association, that the 2016 pageant would be held at Tokyo Dome City Hall, Tokyo, Japan for first consecutive year on Thursday, October 27, 2016.[citation needed]
Contestants edit
69 contestants have been confirmed:[2]
| Country/Territory | Contestant | Age | Height | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Argentina |
Yoana Don | 25 | 177 cm (5 ft 10 in) | Selva |
 Aruba |
Tania Nunes | 20 | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | Oranjestad |
 Australia |
Alexandra Britton | 23 | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | Sutherland |
 Belarus |
Palina Tsehalka | 24 | 172 cm (5 ft 8 in) | Slutsk |
 Belgium |
Caroline van Hoye | 26 | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | Brussels |
 Bolivia |
Katherine Añazgo | 20 | 172 cm (5 ft 8 in) | San Lorenzo |
 Brazil |
Manoella Alves | 21 | 176 cm (5 ft 9 in) | Natal |
 Canada |
Amber Bernachi | 26 | 165 cm (5 ft 5 in) | Windsor |
 China |
Xinna Zhou | 22 | 179 cm (5 ft 10 in) | Beijing |
 Colombia |
Daniela Herrera | 21 | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | Río de Oro |
 Costa Rica |
Raquel Guevara | 20 | 172 cm (5 ft 8 in) | San José |
 Cuba |
Dania Quesada | 25 | 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) | Havana |
 Denmark |
Sara Danielsen | 23 | 179 cm (5 ft 10 in) | Copenhagen |
 Dominican Republic |
Cynthia Núñez | 24 | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | San Francisco |
 Ecuador |
Ivanna Abad | 23 | 174 cm (5 ft 9 in) | Machala |
 El Salvador |
Elizabeth Cader | 20 | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | Santa Ana |
 Finland |
Emilia Seppänen | 22 | 176.5 cm (5 ft 9 in) | Helsinki |
 France |
Khaoula Najine | 25 | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | Roubaix |
 Ghana |
Cindy Kofie | 19 | 152 cm (5 ft 0 in) | Accra |
 Gibraltar |
Joseanne Bear | 24 | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | Gibraltar |
 Guadeloupe |
Presile Adolphe | 19 | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | Le Gosier |
 Guam |
Annalyn Buan | 23 | 169 cm (5 ft 7 in) | Hagåtña |
 Guatemala |
Laura Vadillo Urrutia | 23 | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | Guatemala City |
 Haiti |
Cassandre Joseph | 23 | 172 cm (5 ft 8 in) | Port-au-Prince |
 Hawaii |
Guinevere Davenport | 21 | 167 cm (5 ft 6 in) | Hilo |
 Honduras |
Andrea Salinas | 18 | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | Danli |
 Hong Kong |
Kelly Chan | 21 | 172 cm (5 ft 8 in) | Hong Kong |
 Hungary |
Csillag Szabó | 20 | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | Budapest |
 India |
Rewati Chetri | 23 | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | Guwahati[3] |
| Indonesia |
Felicia Hwang Yi Xin | 24 | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | Bandar Lampung |
 Ireland |
Katherine Gannon | 25 | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | Galway |
 Japan |
Junna Yamagata | 22 | 164 cm (5 ft 5 in) | Tokyo |
 Korea |
Min Jeong Kim | 21 | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | Daegu |
 Lebanon |
Stephanie Karam | 24 | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | Mexico City |
 Macau |
Sulin Ip | 22 | 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) | Macau |
 Malaysia |
Olivia Nicholas | 23 | 171 cm (5 ft 7 in) | Ipoh |
 Mauritius |
Shavina Hulkua | 24 | 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) | Port Louis |
 Mexico |
Geraldine Ponce | 22 | 179 cm (5 ft 10 in) | Xalisco |
| Moldova |
Alina Chirciu | 20 | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | Chisinau |
 Myanmar |
Inngyin Htoo | 21 | 167 cm (5 ft 6 in) | Mandalay |
 Nepal |
Barsha Lekhi | 23 | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | Saptari District |
 Netherlands |
Melissa Scherpen | 18 | 174 cm (5 ft 9 in) | Emmen |
 New Zealand |
Jessica Tyson | 23 | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | Auckland |
| Nicaragua |
Brianny Chamorro | 22 | 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) | Managua |
 Nigeria |
Ivie Mary Young Akpude | 22 | 179 cm (5 ft 10 in) | Lagos |
 Northern Marianas |
Peachy Quitugua | 21 | 164 cm (5 ft 5 in) | Saipan |
 Norway |
Camilla Devik | 20 | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | Namsos |
 Panama |
Daniela Ochoa Barragan | 22 | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | Panama City |
 Peru |
Danea Panta | 26 | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | Trujillo |
| Philippines |
Kylie Verzosa | 24 | 174 cm (5 ft 9 in) | Baguio |
 Poland |
Magdalena Bieńkowska | 23 | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | Mikolajki |
 Portugal |
Carina Frazão | 20 | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | Lisbon |
 Puerto Rico |
Gabriela Berrios | 25 | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | San Juan |
 Russia |
Alisa Manenok | 21 | 182 cm (6 ft 0 in) | Vladivostok |
 Sierra Leone |
Maseray Swarray | 19 | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | Freetown |
 Singapore |
Wang Hui Qi | 20 | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | Singapore |
 Slovak Republic |
Michaela Meňkyová | 22 | 179 cm (5 ft 10 in) | Nitra |
 South Africa |
Tharina Botes | 19 | 179 cm (5 ft 10 in) | Cape Town |
 Spain |
Anabel Delgado Torres | 21 | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | Madrid |
 Sri Lanka |
Ayesha Fernando | 25 | 174 cm (5 ft 9 in) | Colombo |
 Sweden |
Maria Taipaleenmäki | 19 | 177 cm (5 ft 10 in) | Halmstad |
 Chinese Taipei |
Ai-Ning Tan | 18 | 163 cm (5 ft 4 in) | Taipei |
 Thailand |
Pattiya Pongthai | 24 | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | Yala |
 Tunisia |
Hiba Telmoudi | 25 | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | Gabes |
 Ukraine |
Viktoria Kiose | 23 | 172 cm (5 ft 8 in) | Odessa |
 United Kingdom |
Romy Simpkins | 22 | 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) | Bournemouth |
 USA |
Kaityrana Leinbach | 18 | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | Charlotte |
 Venezuela |
Jessica Duarte | 24 | 177 cm (5 ft 10 in) | Caracas |
 Vietnam |
Phạm Ngọc Phương Linh | 19 | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | Ho Chi Minh |
Notes edit
Debuts edit
Returns edit
Last competed in 1994:
Last competed in 2007:
Last competed in 2013:
Last competed in 2014:
Withdrawals edit
Italy - No pageant.
Kenya - No pageant.
Luxembourg - Did not Compete.
Mongolia - No pageant.
Paraguay - Tatiana Rolín has been selected as Miss Internacional Paraguay 2016 seven days before the pageant begins. She will not compete in this edition due to schedule time and visa requirement. She will be competing at the next edition of Miss International pageant.[5]
Romania - No pageant.
Turkey - Çagla Çukurova has been selected as Miss Turkey International 2016. Due to schedule time and visa requirement, she cannot compete at the Miss International 2016.[6]
Zambia - No pageant.
References edit
- ^ "Miss Philippines Kylie Verzosa crowned Miss International 2016". cnnphilippines.com. CNN Philippines. 27 Oct 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Miss International 2016 Contestants". miss-international.org. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
- ^ http://www.northeasttoday.in/rewati-chetri-shining-at-miss-international-2016/
- ^ "Miss Tipperary crowned winner of Miss Ireland in glitzy bash". irishmirror. 21 September 2016.
- ^ "Felicidades a Fátima Tatiana Rolin Miss Internacional Paraguay 2016". Reinas Paraguay on Instagram. 2 October 2016.
- ^ "Miss Turkey 2016 güzelleri belli oldu" (in Turkish). NTV. 29 September 2016. Archived from the original on 7 October 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
External links edit
Miss International 2016 national titleholders | |
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[[:Category:2016 beauty pageants]] [[:Category:Miss International|2016]] [[:Category:Beauty pageants in Japan]] [[:Category:2016 in Tokyo]]