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Miss International (Miss International Beauty or The International Beauty Pageant) is a Japan-based international 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]
Formation | 12 August 1960; 63 years ago (1960-08-12) |
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Type | Beauty pageant |
Headquarters | Tokyo |
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Official language | English |
President | Akemi Shimomura |
Affiliations | Miss Paris Group |
Website | https://www.miss-international.org/en/ |
Along with Miss World, Miss Universe, and Miss Earth, the pageant is one of the Big Four international 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.
The current Miss International is Sireethorn Leearamwat of Thailand, who was crowned at the Miss International 2019 pageant on 12 November 2019 in Tokyo, Kantō, Japan.
In 2020 and again in 2021, the pageant was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[7]