Miss International 2016 Explained

Miss International 2016
Venue:Tokyo Dome City Hall, Tokyo, Japan
Date:October 27, 2016
Winner:Kylie Verzosa
Philippines[1]
Entrants:69
Placements:15
Best National Costume:Brianny Chamorro
Nicaragua
Before:2015
Next:2017

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 was hosted by Tetsuya Bessho on his third consecutive year as host. 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.

Background

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.

Result

Placements

PlacementContestant
Miss International 2016
1st Runner-Up
2nd Runner-Up
3rd Runner-Up
4th Runner-Up
Top 15

Continental Queens

Continental groupContestant
Africa
Americas
Asia
Europe
Oceania
  • – Guinevere Davenport

Special awards

AwardsContestant
Best National Costume
  • – Brianny Chamorro
Miss Best Dresser
Miss Perfect Body
  • – Alina Chirciu
Miss Visit Japan Tourism Ambassador
  • – Phạm Ngọc Phương Linh

Contestants

69 contestants have been confirmed:[5]

Country/Territory Contestant Age Height HometownContinental Group
ArgentinaYoana Don25SelvaAmericas
ArubaTania Nunes20OranjestadAmericas
AustraliaAlexandra Britton23SutherlandOceania
BelarusPalina Tsehalka24SlutskEurope
BelgiumCaroline van Hoye26BrusselsEurope
BoliviaKatherine Añazgo20San LorenzoAmericas
BrazilManoella Alves21NatalAmericas
CanadaAmber Bernachi26WindsorAmericas
ChinaXinna Zhou22BeijingAsia
ColombiaDaniela Herrera21Río de OroAmericas
Costa RicaRaquel Guevara20San JoséAmericas
CubaDania Quesada25HavanaAmericas
DenmarkSara Danielsen23CopenhagenEurope
Dominican RepublicCynthia Núñez24San FranciscoAmericas
EcuadorIvanna Abad23MachalaAmericas
El SalvadorElizabeth Cader20Santa AnaAmericas
FinlandEmilia Seppänen22HelsinkiEurope
FranceKhaoula Najine25RoubaixEurope
GhanaCindy Kofie19AccraAfrica
GibraltarJoseanne Bear24GibraltarEurope
Guadeloupe Presile Adolphe19Le GosierAmericas
GuamAnnalyn Buan23HagåtñaOceania
GuatemalaLaura Vadillo Urrutia23Guatemala CityAmericas
HaitiCassandre Joseph23Port-au-PrinceAmericas
HawaiiGuinevere Davenport21HiloOceania
HondurasAndrea Salinas18DanliAmericas
Hong KongKelly Chan21Hong KongAsia
HungaryCsillag Szabó20BudapestEurope
IndiaRewati Chetri23Guwahati[6] Asia
IndonesiaFelicia Hwang Yi Xin24Bandar LampungAsia
IrelandKatherine Gannon25GalwayEurope
JapanJunna Yamagata22TokyoAsia
KoreaMin Jeong Kim21DaeguAsia
LebanonStephanie Karam24Mexico CityAsia
MacauSulin Ip22MacauAsia
MalaysiaOlivia Nicholas23IpohAsia
MauritiusShavina Hulkua24Port LouisAfrica
MexicoGeraldine Ponce22XaliscoAmericas
MoldovaAlina Chirciu20ChișinăuEurope
MyanmarInngyin Htoo21MandalayAsia
NepalBarsha Lekhi23Saptari DistrictAsia
NetherlandsMelissa Scherpen18EmmenEurope
New ZealandJessica Tyson23AucklandOceania
NicaraguaBrianny Chamorro22ManaguaAmericas
NigeriaIvie Mary Young Akpude22LagosAfrica
Northern MarianasPeachy Quitugua21SaipanOceania
NorwayCamilla Devik20NamsosEurope
PanamaDaniela Ochoa Barragan22Panama CityAmericas
PeruDanea Panta26TrujilloAmericas
PhilippinesKylie Verzosa24BaguioAsia
PolandMagdalena Bieńkowska23MikołajkiEurope
PortugalCarina Frazão20LisbonEurope
Puerto RicoGabriela Berrios25San JuanAmericas
RussiaAlisa Manenok21VladivostokEurope
Sierra LeoneMaseray Swarray19FreetownAfrica
SingaporeWang Hui Qi20SingaporeAsia
Slovak RepublicMichaela Meňkyová22NitraEurope
South AfricaTharina Botes19Cape TownAfrica
SpainAnabel Delgado Torres21MadridEurope
Sri LankaAyesha Fernando25ColomboAsia
SwedenMaria Taipaleenmäki19HalmstadEurope
Taiwan Ai-Ning Tan 18 TaipeiAsia
ThailandPattiya Pongthai24YalaAsia
TunisiaHiba Telmoudi25GabesAfrica
UkraineViktoria Kiose23OdesaEurope
United KingdomRomy Simpkins22BournemouthEurope
United StatesKaityrana Leinbach18CharlotteAmericas
VenezuelaJessica Duarte24CaracasAmericas
VietnamPhạm Ngọc Phương Linh19Ho Chi Minh CityAsia

Notes

Debuts

Returns

Last competed in 1994:

Last competed in 2007:

Last competed in 2013:

Last competed in 2014:

Withdrawals

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: cnnphilippines.com . Miss Philippines Kylie Verzosa crowned Miss International 2016 . CNN Philippines . 27 Oct 2016 . 8 February 2017 . 11 February 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170211155347/http://cnnphilippines.com/lifestyle/2016/10/27/Miss-International-2016-Kylie-Verzosa.html . dead .
  2. Web site: PH bet Kylie Verzosa crowned Miss Int'l 2016. 2021-07-05. Rappler. 27 October 2016 . en.
  3. Web site: FULL LIST: Winners of Miss International 2016. 2021-07-05. Philstar Global.
  4. Web site: PH bet Kylie Verzosa wins Miss International 2016. 2021-07-05. The Summit Express. 27 October 2016 .
  5. Web site: Miss International 2016 Contestants. 6 October 2016. miss-international.org.
  6. Web site: Rewati Chetri Shining at Miss International 2016 » Northeast Today . www.northeasttoday.in . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20161025111247/http://www.northeasttoday.in/rewati-chetri-shining-at-miss-international-2016/ . 2016-10-25.
  7. Web site: Miss Tipperary crowned winner of Miss Ireland in glitzy bash. 21 September 2016. en. irishmirror.
  8. Web site: Felicidades a Fátima Tatiana Rolin Miss Internacional Paraguay 2016. 2 October 2016. Reinas Paraguay on Instagram.
  9. Web site: Miss Turkey 2016 güzelleri belli oldu. 29 September 2016. tr. NTV. 29 September 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161007121244/http://www.ntv.com.tr/galeri/yasam/miss-turkey-2016-guzelleri-belli-oldu,19En7Gs8pkiTbaOyRDdhkw/1tA7unmXfESVVAhHGSNNmg. 7 October 2016. dead.