Miss International

For the most recent competition, see Miss International 2024.

Miss International
TypeInternational women's beauty pageant
HeadquartersTokyo, Japan
First edition1960
Most recent edition2024
Current titleholderHuỳnh Thị Thanh Thủy
Vietnam
President
Akemi Shimomura
LanguageEnglish
Websitewww.miss-international.org Edit this at Wikidata

Miss International (Miss International Beauty or The International Beauty Pageant) is a Japan-based international major beauty pageant organized by the International Culture Association. First held in 1960,[1][2] it is the fourth largest pageant in the world in terms of the number of national winners participating in the international contest.[3][4][5]

Along with Miss World, Miss Universe, and Miss Earth, the pageant is one of the Big Four beauty pageants.[6] The Miss International Organization and the brand are currently owned (since 1968), along with Miss International Japan, by the International Cultural Association and Miss Paris Group.[citation needed] The pageant crown used by the organization is supplied and patented by the Mikimoto pearl company.

In 2020 and again in 2021, the pageant was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[7]

The current Miss International is Huỳnh Thị Thanh Thủy of Vietnam, who was crowned on 12 November 2024 in Tokyo, Japan.

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