Miss International 2015

Miss International 2015
Date	November 5, 2015
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

Miss International 2015, the 55th Miss International pageant, 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.^[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	USA – 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 National Costume	Japan - Arisa Nakagawa
Best Dresser	Philippines - Janicel Lubina
Miss Perfect Body	Venezuela - Edymar Martínez

Contestants

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

Country/Territory	Contestant	Age	Hometown
Argentina	Helena Zuiani[3]	19	Córdoba
Aruba	Laura Marcela Ruiz[4]	23	Oranjestad
Australia	Larissa Hlinovsky[5]	26	Brisbane
Belarus	Alena Savchuk[6]	26	Minsk
Belgium	Elda Nushi[7]	20	Brussels
Bolivia	Alejandra Panozo[8]	23	Cochabamba
Brazil	Isis Stocco[9]	23	Maringá
Canada	Kathryn Kohut[10]	25	Wetaskiwin
China	Liu Xinyue[11]	19	Shangqiu
Chinese Taipei	Yan Chen Ning	26	Taichung
Colombia	Natalia Ochoa[12]	22	Medellín
Costa Rica	Melania Gonzalez[13]	25	San José
Cuba	Heidy Fass	22	Havana
Denmark	Mette Riis Sørensen[14]	25	Copenhagen
Dominican Republic	Irina Peguero[15]	22	Salvaleón de Higüey
Ecuador	Daniela Armijos[16]	20	Cuenca
El Salvador	Eugenia Avalos[17]	21	San Salvador
Finland	Saara Ahlberg[18]	19	Helsinki
France	Charlotte Pirroni[19]	22	Roquebrune-Cap-Martin
Gibraltar	Bianca Pisharello[20]	22	Gibraltar
Guadeloupe	Juliette Alimanda[21]	21	Les Abymes
Guam	Loriann Rabe[22]	26	Hagåtña
Haiti	Marie Vyannie Manard[23]	24	Port-au-Prince
Hawaii	Brianna Acosta[24]	24	Waialua
Honduras	Jennifer Valle[25]	20	Copan
Hong Kong	Sabrina Yeung[26]	22	Kowloon
Hungary	Linda Szunai[27]	22	Nagykovácsi
India	Supriya Aiman[28]	25	Patna
Indonesia	Chintya Fabyola[29]	20	Pontianak
Italy	Valentina Paganotto[30]	19	Turin
Japan	Arisa Nakagawa[31]	19	Tokyo
Kenya	Eunice Onyango[32]	22	Nairobi
Korea	Park Ah-reum[33]	24	Daegu
Lebanon	Cynthia Farah[34]	21	Beirut
Luxembourg	Natascha Bintz[35]	25	Luxembourg City
Macau	Ana Choi[36]	24	Macau
Malaysia	Immaculate Lojuki[37]	21	Kota Kinabalu
Mauritius	Anoushka Ah Keng[38]	20	Port Louis
Mexico	Lorena Sevilla[39]	24	Colima
Moldova	Anastasia Fotachi[40]	20	Chişinău
Mongolia	Azzaya Tsogt-Ochir[41]	20	Ulaanbaatar
Myanmar	Emerald Nyein[42]	22	Yangon
Nepal	Medha Koirala[43]	20	Kathmandu
Netherlands	Rachel Van Der Meulen[44]	21	Enschede
New Zealand	Hayley Rose Coombe[45]	23	Palmerston North
Nicaragua	Yaoska Ruiz[46]	19	Managua
Northern Mariana Islands	Jian Joyner[47]	21	Saipan
Norway	Cecilie Andrea Røising[48]	18	Sarpsborg
Panama	Jhasmeiry Herrera Evans[49]	20	Colón
Paraguay	Mónica Mariani Pascualoto[50]	22	Katueté
Peru	Cynthia Lucia Toth Montoro[51]	23	Piura
Philippines	Janicel Lubina[52]	20	Narra
Poland	Ewa Mielnicka[53]	23	Warsaw
Portugal	Isabel Vieira[54]	22	Lisbon
Puerto Rico	Wilmary Moncion-Roman[55]	24	Salinas
Romania	Andreea Chiru[56]	23	Bucharest
Russia	Valeria Kufterina[57]	22	Saint Petersburg
Singapore	Roxanne Zhang[58]	23	Singapore
Slovak Republic	Barbora Bakošová[59]	19	Bratislava
Spain	Christina Silva Cano[60]	22	Seville
Sri Lanka	Angela Jayatissa[61]	24	Kurunegala
Thailand	Sasi Sintawee[62]	20	Songkhla
Tunisia	Wahiba Arres[63]	21	Bizerte
Turkey	Berfu Yıldız[64]	20	İzmit
United Kingdom	Sophie Loudon[65]	22	Glasgow
Ukraine	Nina Goryniuk	21	Lviv
USA	Lindsay Becker[66]	25	Apple Valley
Venezuela	Edymar Martínez[67]	20	Puerto La Cruz
Vietnam	Phạm Hồng Thúy Vân[68]	22	Ho Chi Minh City
Zambia	Brandina Lubuli[69]	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 Pageant
•  Chile – No Pageant
•  Curaçao – No Pageant
•  Egypt – Miss Egypt is postponed, Miss International Egypt will compete in 2017.
•  Estonia – No Pageant
•  Gabon – Due to organization setting, Anis Christine Pitty Yaya leaved the crown of Miss International Gabon.
•  Georgia – No Pageant
•  Germany – No Pageant
•  Guatemala – Due to personal reasons, Saida Jerónimo could not travel to the pageant.
•  Guyana – No Pageant
•  Israel – Due to lack of sponsorship, Miss International Israel decide to withdraw.
•  Serbia – Due to lack of sponsorship, there is no appointment to Miss Serbia at the Miss International.
•  Sweden – Due to personal reasons, Isabella Jedler Forsman went home and left Miss International.^[70]

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External links

• Official Miss International website