Miss International 2019


Miss International 2019, the 59th Miss International pageant, was held on November 12, 2019 at Tokyo Dome City Hall in Bunkyo district, Tokyo, Japan. Mariem Velazco of Venezuela crowned her successor Sireethorn Leearamwat of Thailand at the end of the event.
Contestants from 83 countries and territories participated in this year's Miss International pageant, surpassing the previous record of 77 contestants in 2018, making this edition the biggest turnout in the pageant's history.
The pageant was hosted by Tetsuya Bessho in his sixth consecutive year as host.

Background

On April 11, 2019, the Miss International organization announced that the 2019 pageant would be held on November 12, 2019 in Tokyo Dome City Hall, Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan, the competition's venue for the fourth consecutive year.

Results

Placements

Continental queens

Special awards

Pageant

Following the same format as in the 2018 competition, contestants were classified under five continents: Europe, Oceania, Africa, Americas, and Asia. Competition rounds consisted of national costume, swimwear, and evening gown. The contestants were trimmed to 15 semifinalists. After which, they were narrowed down to the top 8 finalists. The top 8 were then each given a chance to deliver their prepared final speech. The top 5 were then selected: Miss International 2019 and her four runners-up is the same format as in the 2017.

Contestants

83 contestants competed for the title.
Country/TerritoryContestantAgeHometownContinental Group
ArgentinaMilena Sofía Judt22Buenos AiresAmericas
ArmeniaSona Danielyan23YerevanEurope
ArubaDaniella Piazzi25OranjestadAmericas
AustraliaMonique Shippen26SydneyOceania
BelarusMaria Perviy22MinskEurope
BelgiumRachel Nimegeers23AntwerpEurope
BelizeSelena Maria Urias24Belize CityAmericas
BoliviaValentina Pérez Medina24SucreAmericas
BrazilCarolina Stankevicius Cruz24Rio de JaneiroAmericas
Burkina FasoWendlasida Flora Ouedraogo26OuagadougouAfrica
CambodiaKachnak Thyda Bon25Phnom PenhAsia
CameroonAngèle Kossinda26DoualaAfrica
CanadaMegha Sandhu23MontrealAmericas
ChileXimena Huala Alcaino18SantiagoAmericas
ChinaTeng Yun-Xuan26BeijingAsia
ColombiaAlejandra Vengoechea21BarranquillaAmericas
Costa RicaTamara Dal Maso21San JoséAmericas
Cote d'IvoireTara Gueye22AbidjanAfrica
Czech RepublicAndrea Prchalová19Havlíčkův BrodEurope
DenmarkAnna Diekelmann26FrederiksbergEurope
Dominican RepublicZaidy Bello27Santo DomingoAmericas
EcuadorAlegría Tobar Cordovéz25QuitoAmericas
El SalvadorElena Batlle25San SalvadorAmericas
Equatorial GuineaArsenia Chanque Bosepe19BaneyAfrica
FinlandJutta Kyllönen21OuluEurope
FranceSolène Barbot24ParisEurope
GermanyAnnabella Fleck22MunichEurope
GhanaPrincess Owusua Gyamfi25AccraAfrica
GuadeloupeNoémie Kribo Milne21Baie-MahaultAmericas
GuamAthena McNinch22MangilaoOceania
GuatemalaStephanie Sical24QuichéAmericas
HaitiLory-Anne Charles20Port-au-PrinceAmericas
HawaiiEunice Raquel Basco24HonoluluOceania
HondurasAriana Bustillo27TegucigalpaAmericas
Hong KongKaye Cheung25KowloonAsia
IndiaSimrithi Bathija20MumbaiAsia
IndonesiaJolene Marie Rotinsulu23ManadoAsia
ItalyFrancesca Giordano18RomeEurope
JapanTomomi Okada22TokyoAsia
LaosPhaithida Phothisane26VientianeAsia
LiberiaNaomi Nucia Glay27MonroviaAfrica
MacauBobo Leong Lok Hei26MacauAsia
MalaysiaCharmaine Chew23Alor SetarAsia
MauritiusNidhishwaree Ruchpaul20PamplemoussesAfrica
MexicoAndrea Toscano20ManzanilloAmericas
MongoliaGunjidmaa Jargalsaikhan25Ulaan BataarAsia
MoroccoSonia Ait Mansour26RabatAfrica
MyanmarKhin Ohmar Myint23YangonAsia
NepalMeera Kakshapati24BhaktapurAsia
NetherlandsElize Joanne de Hong25RoterdamEurope
New ZealandNikita Ah Horan18AucklandOceania
NicaraguaMaría Gabriela Saballos19ManaguaAmericas
NigeriaAlice Duke Inyang23LagosAfrica
Northern MarianasShannon Tudela Sasamoto20SaipanOceania
NorwayHenriette Janssen Hauge19AkershusEurope
PanamaBetzaida Rodriguez23Las TablasAmericas
ParaguayElida Lezcano19Villa ElisaAmericas
PeruMaría José Barbis23ChiclayoAmericas
PhilippinesBea Magtanong25BataanAsia
PolandKarina Szczepanek24WarsawEurope
PortugalAna Rita Aguiar22Vale de CambraEurope
Puerto RicoIvana Carolina Irizarry26Río GrandeAmericas
RomaniaAndreea Maria Coman26BucharestEurope
RussiaMarina Oreshkina25VladivostokAsia
SingaporeCharlotte Lucille Chia21SingaporeAsia
Slovak RepublicAlica Ondrášová23BratislavaEurope
South AfricaNicole Middleton24Cape TownAfrica
South SudanAcholly Ngaceng Arow25JubaAfrica
SpainClaudia Cruz21MurciaEurope
Sri LankaPawani Vithanage25ColomboAsia
SwedenPaulina Kielczewska23StockholmEurope
TahitiPoevai Garnier22Pape'eteOceania
TaiwanJoyce Yi Shu-Chiu26TainanAsia
ThailandSireethorn Leearamwat25BangkokAsia
TunisiaSarra Brahmi25SousseAfrica
UgandaEvelyn Namatovu Karonde23KampalaAfrica
UkraineMarina Kiose24OdessaEurope
United KingdomHarriotte Lane18NewcastleEurope
United StatesGhazal Gill23Los AngelesAmericas
VenezuelaMelissa Jiménez20MaracaiboAmericas
VietnamNguyễn Tường San19HanoiAsia
ZambiaLuwi Kawanda25LusakaAfrica
ZimbabweJemimah Kandemiiri24HarareAfrica

Debuts

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Replacements

Withdrawals

Contestants who previously competed or will be competing at other international beauty pageants:
;Miss Universe
;Miss Earth
;Miss Supranational
;Miss Grand International
;Miss Asia Pacific International
;Miss Intercontinental
;Top Model of the World
;Miss Eco International
;Miss Tourism International
;Miss Tourism World
;Miss Tourism Queen International
;Miss Tourism and Culture Universe
;Miss Europe
;Reina Hispanoamericana
;Reina Del Tropico
;Queen Beauty Universe
;Face of Beauty International
;World Miss University