Miss International 2022 was the 60th

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pageant, held at the

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, Japan on December 13, 2022. Sireethorn Leearamwat of Thailand crowned

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of Germany as her successor at the end of the event. The coronation was initially scheduled in 2020. However, due to the

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, it moved at least twice; first in 2021, and later to December 13, 2022. The cancellations of 2020–21 marked the second time

pageant has been cancelled since 1966, because of the

Background

In 2022, the Miss International organization announced that the 2022 pageant would be held on December 13, 2022, in

, Bunkyo,

, Japan, the competition's venue for the fifth consecutive year.

Location and date

On 15 January 2020, the

organization announced that the pageant would be held on October 21, 2020 in

, Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan. However, due to the

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, it was announced on 12 June 2020 that the edition would be postponed. On 29 January 2021, due to the

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scheduled in

from July to August 2021, the organization announced that the coronation night would be rescheduled for November 2021 in

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, Japan. On 31 August 2021, due to the rising cases caused by the

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and the continuous

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would force contestants to have a 14-day quarantine in Japan, the organization announced that the edition would be rescheduled for the second time in late 2022.

Selection of participants

66 countries and territories have been selected to compete at the 60th anniversary of Miss International 2022 in Japan. This edition will have Beauties For SDGs as the theme to promote the United Nations's Sustainable Development Goals. This edition will see the debut of Cape Verde and Uzbekistan and the returns of Cuba, Greece, Jamaica, Kenya, Namibia, Sierra Leone, South Korea and Uruguay. Uruguay last competed in

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, Greece and Jamaica last competed in 2010, Namibia last competed in

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, Sierra Leone last competed in

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, and Cuba, Kenya and South Korea last competed in

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Result

Placements

§ – Voted into the Top 15 by viewers

Continental queens

Special awards

Pageant

Judges * Pawel Milewski — Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Poland to Japan * Ryohei Miyata — Chairman of the Public Interest Incorporated Association, Nitten *

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— Socialite, former

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* Junko Koshino — Fashion designer *

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—

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1992, model, and actress * Supapan Pichaironarongsongkram — Chairwoman of

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* Senko Ikenobo — Headmaster designate at

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* Soujitsu Kobori — Head of Kobori Enshu school of tea * Sireethorn Leearamwat — Miss International 2019 from Thailand * Akemi Shimomura — President of the Miss International Organization

Contestants

66 contestants competed for the title.

Notes

References

External links

* {{Miss International 2022 delegates

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