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.[1][2][3]

Miss International 2021
Pacifico Yokohama will be the venue of the 60th Miss International
DateOctober, 2021[1][2][3]
VenuePacifico Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan[1][4][2]
Returns

In 2020, the Miss International organization decided to change the age limit from 27 to 29 years old for consideration of candidates who are ceiling the before's limit.

Background
Yokohama at night, the host city of Miss International 2021

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.[1][2][3]

Contestants

As of 29 June 2020, 16 contestants have been selected.

Country/TerritoryDelegateAgeHometownContinental Group
Cook IslandsEmma Tepaeru Kainuku-Walsh[5]26AitutakiOceania
ColombiaMaría Fernanda Aristizábal23QuindíoAmericas
Costa RicaMahyla Roth Benavides[6]21CahuitaAmericas
El SalvadorIris Yazmín Guerra Rivera[7]24Santa AnaAmericas
GuamFranky Lynn Aguon Hill[8]21Chalan Pago-OrdotOceania
HondurasGabriela Irías Paz Morgan22TegucigalpaAmericas
IndonesiaAyu Saraswati[9][10]23DenpasarAsia
JapanChiho Terauchi[11]26TochigiAsia
MacauDinelle Wong Jialat[12]23CotaiAsia
MaltaNicole Gumira Agius[13]25Città VictoriaEurope
MauritiusAva Kancut-Memero[14]24Port LouisAfrica
MexicoYuridia Durán[15]22AhuacatlánAmericas
NicaraguaSherly Esmeralda Casco[16]18JinotegaAmericas
NigeriaPrecious Ngaceng Obisoso[17]24SokotoAfrica
UruguayBetina Jantan Margni Vilas22MontevideoAmericas
United StatesMaritsa Platis[18]19North Myrtle BeachAmericas

Upcoming national pageants

Several national pageants have been rescheduled due to COVID-19 pandemic for further notice.

Country Date
 Cambodia July 4, 2020
 Singapore July 11, 2020
 France July 12, 2020
 Seychelles July 20, 2020[19]
 Finland July 25, 2020[20]
 Slovakia July 25, 2020
 Canada July 26, 2020[21]
 Uganda August 29, 2020
 Dominican Republic September 5, 2020
 Norway September 19, 2020[22]
 Venezuela September 24, 2020[23]
 Sweden September 29, 2020[24]
 Ecuador September, 2020[25]
 Portugal October 3, 2020[26]
 Vietnam October 23, 2020[27]

Notes

Returns

Last competed in 1995:

Last competed in 1999:

Last competed in 2003:

Last competed in 2017:

Last competed in 2018:

Crossovers

These are the contestants who previously competed or will be competing at other international beauty pageants:

Reinado Internacional del Café
Reina Hispanoamericana
Miss Charm

References
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  7. "Costa Maya Festival presents: Miss El Salvador, Iris Yazmin Guerra". sanpedrosun.com. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
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  12. "Miss Macau". Miss Macau Official. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
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  21. "Miss Universe Canada 2020 will be new and improved!". Miss Universe Canada. May 15, 2019.
  22. "Road to Miss Norway 2020 (2020 in the summer)" (in Norwegian). missnorway. February 17, 2020.
  23. "Miss Venezuela 2020 se elegirá el 24 de septiembre". El Universal. June 18, 2020. Retrieved June 19, 2020.
  24. "Final September 29 at Café Opera is completed!". Retrieved 17 February 2020.
  25. "Miss Ecuador 2020". Miss Ecuador. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
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