Miss International 2015

Miss International 2015 was the 55th Miss International pageant, held at the Grand Prince Hotel Takanawa in Tokyo, Japan, on November 5, 2015.^[1]

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
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Valerie Hernandez of Puerto Rico crowned Edymar Martínez of Venezuela as her successor at the end of the event. New crown created and designed by Mikimoto was introduced. The Continental Queens were awarded for the first time in this edition.

Contestants

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

Country/Territory	Contestant	Age	Hometown	Continent
Argentina	Helena Zuiani[citation needed]	19	Córdoba	Americas
Aruba	Laura Marcela Ruiz[citation needed]	23	Oranjestad	Americas
Australia	Larissa Hlinovsky[2]	26	Brisbane	Oceania
Belarus	Alena Savchuk[3]	26	Minsk	Europe
Belgium	Elda Nushi	20	Brussels	Europe
Bolivia	Alejandra Panozo	23	Cochabamba	Americas
Brazil	Isis Stocco	23	Maringá	Americas
Canada	Kathryn Kohut[citation needed]	25	Wetaskiwin	Americas
China	Liu Xinyue[citation needed]	19	Shangqiu	Asia
Colombia	Natalia Ochoa[4]	22	Medellín	Americas
Costa Rica	Melania González[5]	25	San José	Americas
Cuba	Heidy Fass	22	Havana	Americas
Denmark	Mette Riis Sørensen[6]	25	Copenhagen	Europe
Dominican Republic	Irina Peguero	22	Salvaleón de Higüey	Americas
Ecuador	Daniela Armijos[citation needed]	20	Cuenca	Americas
El Salvador	Eugenia Avalos	21	San Salvador	Americas
Finland	Saara Ahlberg[citation needed]	19	Helsinki	Europe
France	Charlotte Pirroni[7]	22	Roquebrune-Cap-Martin	Europe
Gibraltar	Bianca Pisharello[citation needed]	22	Gibraltar	Europe
Guadeloupe	Juliette Alimanda[8]	21	Les Abymes	Americas
Guam	Loriann Rabe[citation needed]	26	Hagåtña	Oceania
Haiti	Marie Vyannie Manard	24	Port-au-Prince	Americas
Hawaii	Brianna Acosta[9]	24	Waialua	Oceania
Honduras	Jennifer Valle	20	Copan	Americas
Hong Kong	Sabrina Yeung[10]	22	Kowloon	Asia
Hungary	Linda Szunai[citation needed]	22	Nagykovácsi	Europe
India	Supriya Aiman[11]	25	Patna	Asia
Indonesia	Chintya Fabyola[citation needed]	20	Pontianak	Asia
Italy	Valentina Paganotto	19	Turin	Europe
Japan	Arisa Nakagawa[12]	19	Tokyo	Asia
Kenya	Eunice Onyango	22	Nairobi	Africa
Korea	Park Ah-reum[13]	24	Daegu	Asia
Lebanon	Cynthia Farah[14]	21	Beirut	Asia
Luxembourg	Natascha Bintz	25	Luxembourg City	Europe
Macau	Ana Choi[15]	24	Macau	Asia
Malaysia	Immaculate Lojuki	21	Kota Kinabalu	Asia
Mauritius	Anoushka Ah Keng	20	Port Louis	Africa
Mexico	Lorena Sevilla[citation needed]	24	Colima	Americas
Moldova	Anastasia Fotachi[16]	20	Chişinău	Europe
Mongolia	Azzaya Tsogt-Ochir[17]	20	Ulaanbaatar	Asia
Myanmar	Emerald Nyein[citation needed]	22	Yangon	Asia
Nepal	Medha Koirala[18]	20	Biratnagar	Asia
Netherlands	Rachel Van Der Meulen	21	Enschede	Europe
New Zealand	Hayley Rose Coombe[citation needed]	23	Palmerston North	Oceania
Nicaragua	Yaoska Ruiz[19]	19	Managua	Americas
Northern Marianas	Jian Joyner	21	Saipan	Oceania
Norway	Cecilie Andrea Røising[20]	18	Sarpsborg	Europe
Panama	Jhasmeiry Herrera Evans	20	Colón	Americas
Paraguay	Mónica Mariani Pascualoto	22	Katueté	Americas
Peru	Cynthia Lucia Toth Montoro[citation needed]	23	Piura	Americas
Philippines	Janicel Lubina[citation needed]	20	Narra	Asia
Poland	Ewa Mielnicka	23	Warsaw	Europe
Portugal	Isabel Vieira	22	Lisbon	Europe
Puerto Rico	Wilmary Monción Román[citation needed]	24	Salinas	Americas
Romania	Andreea Chiru	23	Bucharest	Europe
Russia	Valeria Kufterina[21]	22	Saint Petersburg	Europe
Singapore	Roxanne Zhang[citation needed]	23	Singapore	Asia
Slovak Republic	Barbora Bakošová[citation needed]	19	Bratislava	Europe
Spain	Christina Silva Cano	22	Seville	Europe
Sri Lanka	Angela Jayatissa	24	Kurunegala	Asia
Taiwan	Yan Chen Ning	26	Taichung	Asia
Thailand	Sasi Sintawee[citation needed]	20	Songkhla	Asia
Tunisia	Wahiba Arres[citation needed]	21	Bizerte	Africa
Turkey	Berfu Yıldız[citation needed]	20	İzmit	Europe
Ukraine	Nina Goryniuk	21	Lviv	Europe
United Kingdom	Sophie Loudon	22	Glasgow	Europe
United States	Lindsay Becker	25	Apple Valley	Americas
Venezuela	Edymar Martínez[citation needed]	20	Puerto La Cruz	Americas
Vietnam	Phạm Hồng Thúy Vân[citation needed]	22	Ho Chi Minh City	Asia
Zambia	Brandina Lubuli[22]	20	Mufulira	Africa

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.

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External links

• Official Miss International website