Miss International 2021


Miss International 2021, will be the 60th anniversary of the Miss International pageant, to be held in October, 2021 at Pacifico Yokohama in Yokohama, Japan. Sireethorn Leearamwat of Thailand will crown her successor at the end of the event. This will be the second time the pageant has been cancelled since 1966.
In 2020, the Miss International organization decided to change the age limit from 27 to 30 years old for consideration of candidates who are ceiling the before's limit.

Background

On January 22, 2020, the Miss International organization announced that the 2020 pageant would be held on October 21, 2020 in Tokyo Dome City Hall, Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan, while the contestants will spend some days in Yokohama.
Later on, it was revealed that the 60th anniversary of Miss International will be entirely hosted by the city of Yokohama due to Tokyo being hosted the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the annual 2020 competition was cancelled, making the second time in the pageant's history has ever cancelled, the first was in 1966 when Long Beach, United States had decided to discontinue the pageant permanently. With the final gala will be held in October 2021 at Pacifico Yokohama, a few months after the now-rescheduled Olympics.

Contestants

As of, 17 contestants have been selected.
Country/TerritoryDelegateAgeHometownContinental Group
Cook IslandsEmma Tepaeru Kainuku-Walsh26AitutakiOceania
ColombiaMaría Fernanda Aristizábal23QuindíoAmericas
Costa RicaMahyla Roth Benavides21CahuitaAmericas
Czech RepublicNatálie Kočendová20KarvináEurope
El SalvadorIris Guerra24Santa AnaAmericas
GuamFranky Lynn Aguon Hill21Chalan Pago-OrdotOceania
HondurasGabriela Irías Paz22TegucigalpaAmericas
IndonesiaAyu Saraswati23DenpasarAsia
JapanChiho Terauchi26TochigiAsia
MacauDinelle Wong Jialat23CotaiAsia
MaltaNicole Agius25Città VictoriaEurope
MauritiusAva Memero24Port LouisAfrica
MexicoYuridia Durán22AhuacatlánAmericas
NicaraguaSherly Casco18JinotegaAmericas
NigeriaPrecious Obisoso24SokotoAfrica
UruguayBetina Margni Vilas22MontevideoAmericas
United StatesMaritsa Platis19South CarolinaAmericas

Upcoming national pageants

Several national pageants have been rescheduled due to COVID-19 pandemic for further notice.
CountryDate
'August 17, 2020
'August 25, 2020
'August 25, 2020
'August 29, 2020
'September 5, 2020
'September 19, 2020
September 24, 2020
September 29, 2020
'September, 2020
October 3, 2020
'October 23, 2020
June 17, 2021

Returns

Last competed in 1995:
Last competed in 1999:
Last competed in 2003:
Last competed in 2017:
Last competed in 2018:
These are the contestants who previously competed or will be competing at other international beauty pageants:
; Reinado Internacional del Café
; Reina Hispanoamericana
; Miss Charm