Miss International 2015

Miss International 2015
Miss International 2015
	Edymar Martinez, Miss International 2015
Date	November 5, 2015
Presenters	Tetsuya Bessho; Chisato Kaiho;
Venue	Grand Prince Hotel Takanawa, Tokyo, Japan
Broadcaster	UStream; PlayStation Network;
Entrants	70
Placements	10
Withdrawals	Armenia; Chile; Curaçao; Egypt; Estonia; Gabon; Georgia; Germany; Guatemala; Guyana; Israel; Serbia; Sweden;
Returns	Costa Rica; Denmark; Guadeloupe; Guam; Hawaii; Kenya; Luxembourg; Moldova; Northern Marianas; Tunisia;
Winner	Edymar Martínez ; Venezuela
Best National Costume	Arisa Nakagawa ; Japan
	← 2014 2016 →

Miss International 2015, the 55th Miss International pageant, was held on November 5, 2015 at the Grand Prince Hotel Takanawa in Tokyo, Japan.^[1] Valerie Hernandez of Puerto Rico crowned her successor Edymar Martínez of Venezuela at the end of the event with a new crown created and designed by Mikimoto.^{[citation needed]} The Continental Queens were awarded for the first time in this edition.

The pageant hosted by Tetsuya Bessho on his second consecutive year of Miss International.

Background

On February 21, 2015, it was announced during a missosology conferenced by Akemi Shimomura, the president of the International Cultural Association, this is the second and final consecutive year that the 2015 pageant would be held in Grand Prince Hotel Takanawa, Tokyo, Japan on Thursday, November 5, 2015.^[2]

Results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss International 2015	Venezuela – Edymar Martínez
1st Runner-Up	Honduras – Jennifer Valle
2nd Runner-Up	Kenya – Eunice Onyango
3rd Runner-Up	Vietnam – Phạm Hồng Thúy Vân
4th Runner-Up	United States – Lindsay Becker
Top 10	Brazil – Isis Stocco Mexico – Lorena Sevilla Philippines – Janicel Lubina Thailand – Sasi Sintawee United Kingdom – Sophie Loudon

Continental queens

Award	Contestant
Miss International Africa	Kenya – Eunice Onyango
Miss International America	Aruba – Laura Marcela Ruiz
Miss International Asia	Korea – Park Ah-reum
Miss International Europe	Portugal – Isabel Vieria
Miss International Oceania	Hawaii – Brianna Acosta

Special awards

Award	Contestant
Best in National Costume	Japan – Arisa Nakagawa
Miss Best Dresser	Philippines – Janicel Lubina
Miss Perfect Body	Venezuela – Edymar Martínez
Miss Visit Japan Tourism Ambassador	Argentina – Helena Zuiani
Panasonic Beauty Ambassador	Hawaii – Brianna Acosta Macau – Ana Choi
Miss Global Blue Award	Peru – Cynthia Toth Russia – Valeria Kufterina

Contestants

70 delegates competed in the final night of Miss International 2015.

Country/Territory	Contestant	Age	Hometown
Argentina	Helena Zuiani^{[citation needed]}	19	Córdoba
Aruba	Laura Marcela Ruiz^{[citation needed]}	23	Oranjestad
Australia	Larissa Hlinovsky^[3]	26	Brisbane
Belarus	Alena Savchuk^[4]	26	Minsk
Belgium	Elda Nushi	20	Brussels
Bolivia	Alejandra Panozo	23	Cochabamba
Brazil	Isis Stocco	23	Maringá
Canada	Kathryn Kohut^{[citation needed]}	25	Wetaskiwin
China	Liu Xinyue^{[citation needed]}	19	Shangqiu
Chinese Taipei	Yan Chen Ning	26	Taichung
Colombia	Natalia Ochoa^[5]	22	Medellín
Costa Rica	Melania González^[6]	25	San José
Cuba	Heidy Fass	22	Havana
Denmark	Mette Riis Sørensen^[7]	25	Copenhagen
Dominican Republic	Irina Peguero	22	Salvaleón de Higüey
Ecuador	Daniela Armijos^{[citation needed]}	20	Cuenca
El Salvador	Eugenia Avalos	21	San Salvador
Finland	Saara Ahlberg^{[citation needed]}	19	Helsinki
France	Charlotte Pirroni^[8]	22	Roquebrune-Cap-Martin
Gibraltar	Bianca Pisharello^{[citation needed]}	22	Gibraltar
Guadeloupe	Juliette Alimanda^[9]	21	Les Abymes
Guam	Loriann Rabe^{[citation needed]}	26	Hagåtña
Haiti	Marie Vyannie Manard	24	Port-au-Prince
Hawaii	Brianna Acosta^[10]	24	Waialua
Honduras	Jennifer Valle	20	Copan
Hong Kong	Sabrina Yeung^[11]	22	Kowloon
Hungary	Linda Szunai^{[citation needed]}	22	Nagykovácsi
India	Supriya Aiman^[12]	25	Patna
Indonesia	Chintya Fabyola^{[citation needed]}	20	Pontianak
Italy	Valentina Paganotto	19	Turin
Japan	Arisa Nakagawa^[13]	19	Tokyo
Kenya	Eunice Onyango	22	Nairobi
Korea	Park Ah-reum^[14]	24	Daegu
Lebanon	Cynthia Farah^[15]	21	Beirut
Luxembourg	Natascha Bintz	25	Luxembourg City
Macau	Ana Choi^[16]	24	Macau
Malaysia	Immaculate Lojuki	21	Kota Kinabalu
Mauritius	Anoushka Ah Keng	20	Port Louis
Mexico	Lorena Sevilla^{[citation needed]}	24	Colima
Moldova	Anastasia Fotachi^[17]	20	Chişinău
Mongolia	Azzaya Tsogt-Ochir^[18]	20	Ulaanbaatar
Myanmar	Emerald Nyein^{[citation needed]}	22	Yangon
Nepal	Medha Koirala^[19]	20	Biratnagar
Netherlands	Rachel Van Der Meulen	21	Enschede
New Zealand	Hayley Rose Coombe^{[citation needed]}	23	Palmerston North
Nicaragua	Yaoska Ruiz^[20]	19	Managua
Northern Marianas	Jian Joyner	21	Saipan
Norway	Cecilie Andrea Røising^[21]	18	Sarpsborg
Panama	Jhasmeiry Herrera Evans	20	Colón
Paraguay	Mónica Mariani Pascualoto	22	Katueté
Peru	Cynthia Lucia Toth Montoro^{[citation needed]}	23	Piura
Philippines	Janicel Lubina^{[citation needed]}	20	Narra
Poland	Ewa Mielnicka	23	Warsaw
Portugal	Isabel Vieira	22	Lisbon
Puerto Rico	Wilmary Monción Román^{[citation needed]}	24	Salinas
Romania	Andreea Chiru	23	Bucharest
Russia	Valeria Kufterina^[22]	22	Saint Petersburg
Singapore	Roxanne Zhang^{[citation needed]}	23	Singapore
Slovak Republic	Barbora Bakošová^{[citation needed]}	19	Bratislava
Spain	Christina Silva Cano	22	Seville
Sri Lanka	Angela Jayatissa	24	Kurunegala
Thailand	Sasi Sintawee^{[citation needed]}	20	Songkhla
Tunisia	Wahiba Arres^{[citation needed]}	21	Bizerte
Turkey	Berfu Yıldız^{[citation needed]}	20	İzmit
Ukraine	Nina Goryniuk	21	Lviv
United Kingdom	Sophie Loudon	22	Glasgow
United States	Lindsay Becker	25	Apple Valley
Venezuela	Edymar Martínez^{[citation needed]}	20	Puerto La Cruz
Vietnam	Phạm Hồng Thúy Vân^{[citation needed]}	22	Ho Chi Minh City
Zambia	Brandina Lubuli^[23]	20	Mufulira

Notes

Returns

Countries and territories when previously withdraw and return this year:

Last competed in 2009:
- Moldova
- Northern Marianas
Last competed in 2010:
- Kenya
Last competed in 2011:
- Hawaii
Last competed in 2012:
- Denmark
Last competed in 2013:
- Costa Rica
- Guadeloupe
- Guam
- Luxembourg
- Tunisia

Designations

Brazil – Isis Stocco was appointed as "Miss International Brazil 2015". She was 3rd runner-up Miss Brasil 2013.
Hawaii – Brianna Acosta was appointed as "Miss Hawaii International 2015" by the Miss Hawaii International Organization under Harrison Productions LLC. She was Miss Hawaii USA 2013. Hawaiian representative attends as Miss Hawaii (special region of Miss International).
Honduras – Jennifer Valle was appointed as "Miss International Honduras 2015" by Senorita Honduras Organization. She was Senorita Honduras 2012.
Hungary – Linda Szunai was appointed as "Miss International Hungary 2015" by Miss International Hungary Organization. She was Miss World Hungary 2011.
Panama – Jhasmeiry Herrera Evans was appointed as "Miss International Panama 2015" by Olais Padilla, National Director of Miss International Panama. She was 2nd runner-up Miss Panama 2015.
Poland – Ewa Mielnicka was appointed as "Miss International Poland 2015" by Miss Polski Organization. Up to now Miss International franchise belonged to Miss Polonia whereas Miss Polski used to send Polish delegates to Miss World between 2007 and 2014.
Sri Lanka – Angela Jayatissa was appointed as "Miss International Sri Lanka 2015" by Miss Sri Lanka Organization. She was 2nd runner-up Miss Sri Lanka 2011.

Withdrawals

Armenia – No contest
Chile – No contest
Curaçao – No contest
Egypt – Miss Egypt got postponed, Miss International Egypt will compete in 2018.
Estonia – No contest
Gabon – Due to organization issues. Anis Christine Pitty Yaya withdrew from Miss International.
Georgia – No contest
Germany – No contest
Guatemala – Due to personal reasons, Saida Jerónimo did not complete.
Guyana – No contest
Israel – Due to lack of sponsorship.
Serbia – Due to lack of sponsorship.
Sweden – Due to personal reasons, Isabella Jedler Forsman withdrew at the last minute.^[24]

References

^ "Miss International Trivia: Surprising Facts And Controversies". Yibada. October 14, 2015. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
^ http://www.missosology.info/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=596709
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^ "Miss Belarus for Miss International 2015". vk.com. 30 September 2015.
^ "Senorita Colombia 2014". sucre.gov.co. Archived from the original on 2017-03-11. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
^ "Melania González Monge (COSTA RICA 2014)". pageant-mania.ephpbb.com. Archived from the original on 16 February 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
^ "Miss Rungsted Kyst wins Miss Universe Denmark 2015". pageantsnews.com. Archived from the original on 2015-08-16. Retrieved 2015-08-16.
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External links

Official Miss International website

[Yibada_2015-1] "Miss International Trivia: Surprising Facts And Controversies". Yibada. October 14, 2015. Retrieved January 3, 2016.

[2] ttp://www.missosology.info/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=596709

[3] "Miss International Australia 2015". Miss International Australia. 20 September 2015.

[4] "Miss Belarus for Miss International 2015". vk.com. 30 September 2015.

[5] "Senorita Colombia 2014". sucre.gov.co. Archived from the original on 2017-03-11. Retrieved 20 July 2015.

[6] "Melania González Monge (COSTA RICA 2014)". pageant-mania.ephpbb.com. Archived from the original on 16 February 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2016.

[7] "Miss Rungsted Kyst wins Miss Universe Denmark 2015". pageantsnews.com. Archived from the original on 2015-08-16. Retrieved 2015-08-16.

[8] Damien Mercereau (December 7, 2014). "Miss France 2015 : Camille Cerf, portrait d'une nouvelle reine de beauté". lefigaro.fr (in French). Le Figaro. Retrieved December 8, 2014.

[9] "MISS WORLD GUADALUPE 2015". Retrieved 4 January 2016.

[10] MidWeek Staff. "Hot Shots 8/19/15". MidWeek. Retrieved 4 January 2016.

[11] "Security Check Required". Retrieved 4 January 2016.

[12] "India". miss-international.org. October 16, 2015. Archived from the original on November 5, 2015.

[13] "MISS INTERNATIONAL JAPÓN 2015". Retrieved 4 January 2016.

[14] "Lee Min-ji crowned Miss Korea 2015". The Korea Times. July 10, 2015. Retrieved August 31, 2015.

[15] "Security Check Required". Retrieved 4 January 2016.

[16] "Security Check Required". Retrieved 4 January 2016.

[17] "Ea va reprezenta Republica Moldova la Miss International 2015. Câţi ani are Anastasia Fotachi". REALITATEA.NET. 4 January 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2016.

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[20] "Miss Nicaragua 2015: Daniela Torres (Spanish News)". www.hoy.com.ni. hoy.com.ni. 7 March 2015. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2015.

[21] "Miss Universe Norway 2015". www.tpnnews.one. Archived from the original on September 30, 2015. Retrieved August 30, 2015.

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[23] "Brandina goes for Miss International - Zambia Daily Mail". Zambia Daily Mail. Retrieved 4 January 2016.

[24] "Miss Sweden HAS LEFT MISS INTERNATIONAL!". Retrieved 4 January 2016.

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