Miss Supranational 2022

Miss Supranational 2022 was the 13th edition of the Miss Supranational pageant, held on 15 July 2022, at Strzelecki Park Amphitheater in Nowy Sącz, Poland. Chanique Rabe of Namibia crowned Lalela Mswane of South Africa at the end of the event.^[2] This edition marked the first back to back win for contestants from Africa, and the first Black woman who won Miss Supranational.^[3]

Miss Supranational 2022
Lalela Mswane, Miss Supranational 2022
Date	15 July 2022
Theme	Aspirational • Inspirational
Venue	Strzelecki Park Amphitheater, Nowy Sącz, Lesser, Poland
Broadcaster	Polsat Globovisión Metro TV (Indonesian TV network) CNN International Zoom (Indian TV channel) Trinidad and Tobago Television[1]
Entrants	69
Placements	24
Debuts	Cambodia Kyrgyzstan Lesotho
Withdrawals	Albania Bahamas Guadeloupe Guyana Norway Russia Rwanda Sierra Leone South Sudan Suriname Sweden
Returns	Argentina Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Cuba Curaçao Denmark Guatemala Hong Kong Kazakhstan Laos Malaysia Mauritius Singapore Turkey Ukraine Uruguay Vietnam Zambia Zimbabwe
Winner	Lalela Mswane South Africa
Congeniality	Jessica Bailey Canada
Best National Costume	Almendra Castillo Peru
Photogenic	Ritika Khatnani India
← 2021 2023 →

Background

Location and date

On 26 April 2022, Gerhard Parzutka von Lipinski, the president of Miss and Mister Supranational, announced that 13th edition of the Miss Supranational competition would return to Nowy Sacz in the Lesser region in June and July, and the final night would be held on 15 July 2022.^[4][5]

Presenters

Anita Nneka Jones returned as host^[6] and joined by Martin Fitch,^[7] with backstage coverage by Ivan Podrez.

• Ivan Podrez, presenter of the Miss Supranational challenges
• Nneka Jones, presenter for Sky News, BBC Radio London and Premier League
• Martin Fitch, presenter and actor ^[7]

Panel of experts

The preliminary competition was broadcast live on the official Miss Supranational YouTube channel at 9pm CET on 12 July 2022.^[8] The preliminary interview judges^[9] and members of a panel of experts were announced.^[10][11]

• Anntonia Porsild – Miss Supranational 2019 from Thailand
• Chanique Rabe – Miss Supranational 2021 from Namibia
• Gerhard Patzutka Von Lipinski – president of the Miss and Mister Supranational organisation
• Valeria Vázquez – Miss Supranational 2018 from Puerto Rico and ambassador for Jubiler Schubert
• Varo Vargas – Mister Supranational 2021 from Peru
• Doda – Polish singer, winner of 130 music awards, activist and member of Mensa Poland (only as final telecast judge)^[11]
• Marcelina Zawadzka – Television Host, model and Miss Polonia 2011 (only as final telecast judge)^[12]
• Monika Lewczuk – Singer and Miss Supranational 2011 from Poland (only as final telecast judge)^[13]
• Andre Sleigh – creative director of the Miss and Mister Supranational (only as preliminary judge)
• Eoanna Constanza – Miss Supranational 2021 4th runner-up from Dominican Republic (only as preliminary judge)
• Valentina Sánchez – Miss Supranational 2021 3rd Runner-up from Venezuela (only as preliminary judge)

New Supranational crown

The new Miss Supranational crown was designed by Ricardo Patraca and was introduced during Miss Supranational 2022 preliminary competition.^[14][15]

Results

Placements

Placement[16]	Contestant
Miss Supranational 2022	South Africa – Lalela Mswane
1st Runner-Up	Thailand – Praewwanich Ruangthong
2nd Runner-Up	Vietnam – Nguyễn Huỳnh Kim Duyên Δ
3rd Runner-Up	Indonesia – Adinda Cresheilla Δ
4th Runner-Up	Venezuela – Ismelys Velásquez
Top 12	Colombia – Valentina Espinosa  Czech Republic – Kristýna Malířová Δ  India – Ritika Khatnani  Kenya – Roleen Mose §  Mauritius – Alexandrine Belle-Étoile  Peru – Almendra Castillo  Poland – Agata Wdowiak
Top 24	Bolivia – Macarena Castillo  Brazil – Giovanna Reis  Ecuador – Valery Carabalí  Ghana – Gifty Boakye Δ  Guatemala – María Fernanda Milián  Hong Kong – Kumiko Lau  Jamaica – Carisa Peart  Malaysia – Melisha Lin  Namibia – Julita Kitwe Mbangula  Philippines – Alison Black  Romania – Andra Tache  Trinidad and Tobago – Christin Coeppicus

Notes:

§ – placed into the Top 12 by fan-voting challenge

Δ – placed into the Top 24 by fast-track challenges

Continental Queens of Beauty

It was awarded to delegates with the highest placement in the continent without being in the Top 5.

Continent	Contestant	Ref.
Africa	Mauritius – Alexandrine Belle-Étoile	[17]
Americas	Colombia – Valentina Espinosa
Asia	India – Ritika Khatnani
Caribbean	Jamaica – Carisa Peart
Europe	Poland – Agata Wdowiak

Special awards

Final Results	Contestant	Ref.
Best National Costume	Peru – Almendra Castillo	[17]
Miss Congeniality	Canada – Jessica Bailey
Miss Photogenic	India – Ritika Khatnani
Miss Talent	Philippines – Alison Black
Miss Elegance	Turkey – Şira Sahili
Supra Chat	Indonesia – Adinda Cresheilla  Vietnam – Nguyễn Huỳnh Kim Duyên
Supra Model of the Year	Czech Republic – Kristýna Malířová
Supra Influencer	Ghana – Gifty Boakye
Supra Fan-Vote	Kenya – Roleen Mose
Woman of Substance	Namibia – Julita Kitwe Mbangula	[18]

Order of announcements

Top 24 Source:[19]  Czech Republic  Indonesia  Vietnam  Ghana  Peru  South Africa  Romania  Brazil  Kenya  Colombia  Philippines  Ecuador  Trinidad and Tobago  Venezuela  Namibia  Jamaica  Malaysia  India  Poland  Bolivia  Hong Kong  Thailand  Guatemala  Mauritius

Top 12 Source:[20]  Vietnam  Mauritius  Czech Republic  Indonesia  Colombia  Venezuela  Kenya  India  Peru  Thailand  South Africa  Poland

Top 5 Source:[21]  Vietnam  Indonesia  Thailand  South Africa  Venezuela

Challenge events

Fast Track Events

Supra Fan-Vote

The winner of the Supra Fan Vote will automatically advance to the Top 12 finalists of Miss Supranational 2022.

Final Results	Country	Ref.
Winner	Kenya – Roleen Mose	[17]
Top 10	China – Sophia Su  El Salvador – Jennifer Figueroa  Indonesia – Adinda Cresheilla  Netherlands – Serena Darder  Philippines – Alison Black  South Africa – Lalela Mswane  Thailand – Praewwanich Ruangthong  Vietnam – Nguyễn Huỳnh Kim Duyên  Zambia – Savena Mushinge	[22]
Top 13	India – Ritika Khatnani  Japan – Rina Okada  Malaysia – Melisha Lin	[23]

Miss Supra Influencer

On 4 July 2022, Miss Supra Influencer Top 42 finalists were announced via the organization's official Facebook account.^[24] The Top 22 finalists were announced via Miss Supranational official instagram account on 6 July 2022.^[25] The winner will be announced as a semi-finalist during the finals.

Final Results	Country	Ref.
Winner	Ghana – Gifty Boakye	[17]
Top 10 [26]	Ecuador – Valery Carabalí  Finland – Jana Boricheva  France – Valentine Le Corre  Germany – Jasmin Selberg  India – Ritika Khatnani  Malaysia – Melisha Lin  Malta – Nicole Vella  Namibia – Julita Kitwe Mbangula  Singapore – Jiayi Sin	[27]
Top 15 (After 3rd Round Challenge)[28]	Denmark – Johanne Hansen  Netherlands – Serena Darder  Philippines – Alison Black  Portugal – Ana Rita Aguiar  Slovakia – Jana Vozarová	[28]
Top 22 (After 2nd Round Challenge)[29]	Curaçao – Risandra Simon  Haiti – Lynn Rubiane St-Germain  Lesotho – Boitumelo Sehlotho  Peru – Almendra Castillo  Romania – Andra Tache  South Africa – Lalela Mswane  Uruguay – Ximena Bertinat	[25]
Top 42 (After 1st Round Challenge)[30]	Belgium – Thanaree Scheerlinck  Canada – Jessica Bailey  Colombia – Valentina Espinosa  Côte d'Ivoire – Cadic N'guessan  Czech Republic – Kristýna Malířová  Dominican Republic – Emely Ruíz  El Salvador – Jennifer Figueroa  Greece – Eliza Sophia  Indonesia – Adinda Cresheilla  Ireland – Shannon McCullagh  Jamaica – Carisa Peart  Japan – Rina Okada  Laos – Narathip Siripaphanh  Mexico – Regina González  Poland – Agata Wdowiak  Puerto Rico – Ariette Banchs  Spain – Ana Karła Ramírez  Trinidad and Tobago – Christin Coeppicus  United States – Sofia Acosta  Zambia – Savena Mushinge	[24]

Supra Model of the Year

Supra Model of the Year was broadcast live via Miss Supranational official Facebook and YouTube on 3 July 2022.^{[31] [32]} One of the five continental winners will be announced as the winner and be a semi-finalist in the finals.^[33]

Final Results	Country		Ref.
Overall Winner	Czech Republic – Kristýna Malířová		[17]
Continental Winners	Africa	Mauritius – Alexandrine Belle-Étoile	[34][35]
	Americas	Colombia – Valentina Espinosa
	Asia	Vietnam – Nguyễn Huỳnh Kim Duyên
	Caribbean	Jamaica – Carisa Peart
	Europe	Czech Republic – Kristýna Malířová
Top 11	Haiti – Lynn Rubiane St-Germain  India – Ritika Khatnani  Indonesia – Adinda Cresheilla  Panama – Cecilia Medina  Romania – Andra Tache  South Africa – Lalela Mswane

Supra Chat

Round 1

Supra Chat 2022 Episode 1 premiered on Miss Supranational official YouTube channel on 9 June 2022.^[36]

•   Advanced to Semifinal

Group	Country 1	Country 2	Country 3	Country 4	Country 5	Country 6	Country 7	Country 8
1[37]	Greece	India	Lesotho	Nigeria	Poland	Portugal	Romania	Slovakia
2[38]	Bolivia	Canada	Colombia	Costa Rica	Dominican Republic	Guatemala	Iceland	Mexico
3[39]	Belgium	Côte d'Ivoire	Mauritius	Namibia	South Africa	Togo	Turkey	—
4[40]	Curaçao	Ecuador	Haiti	Jamaica	Kenya	Panama	Trinidad and Tobago	United States
5[41]	Cambodia	Hong Kong	Japan	Kazakhstan	Kyrgyzstan	Laos	South Korea	Vietnam
6[42]	Czech Republic	Denmark	Finland	Germany	Malta	Netherlands	Spain	Zambia
7[43]	France	Indonesia	Ireland	Nepal	Philippines	Singapore	Thailand	Zimbabwe
8[44]	Argentina	Brazil	Chile	China	El Salvador	Paraguay	Peru	Puerto Rico
9[45]	Cuba	England	Ghana	Malaysia	Ukraine	Uruguay	Venezuela	—

Semi-finals

•   Advanced to Final

The 18 finalists were split into 2 semi-finals which were filmed in Poland.^[46] 5 winners from each semi-final will be chosen to advance to the finals.^[47][48]

Semi Final	Country 1	Country 2	Country 3	Country 4	Country 5	Country 6	Country 7	Country 8	Country 9
1[49]	Bolivia	Canada	China	Côte d'Ivoire	Haiti	Hong Kong	India	Indonesia	Jamaica
2[50]	Lesotho	Malaysia	Namibia	Nepal	Netherlands	Peru	Venezuela	Vietnam	Zambia

Finals

The winner of each final will be announced as a semi-finalist during the finals.

Final Results	Final 1[51]	Final 2[52]	Ref.
Winner	Indonesia – Adinda Cresheilla	Vietnam – Nguyễn Huỳnh Kim Duyên	[17]
Top 5	Bolivia – Macarena Castillo  China – Sophia Su  Haiti – Lynn Rubiane St-Germain  Hong Kong – Kumiko Lau	Malaysia – Melisha Lin  Namibia – Julita Kitwe Mbangula  Netherlands – Serena Darder  Zambia – Savena Mushinge	[53][54]

Non-Fast Track Events

Miss Talent

Talent competition were held on 3 July 2022, during the charity auction ‘Evening of Fashion and Culture for Ukraine’.^[55] The delayed broadcast of the competition were official premiered via Miss Supranational YouTube channel on 4 July 2022.^[31][56][57] Miss Malaysia, Melisha Lin was included in the line-up but were not chosen as a finalist.^[55]

Final Results	Country	Ref.
Winner	Philippines – Alison Black	[17]
Top 3	India – Ritika Khatnani  Japan – Rina Okada	[58]
Top 6	Indonesia – Adinda Cresheilla  Jamaica – Carisa Peart  Mexico – Regina González	[59]

Miss Elegance

Miss Elegance competition were held on 8 July 2022. The delayed broadcast of the competition were official premiered via Miss Supranational YouTube channel on 9 July 2022.^[60] Miss Turkey, Şira Sahilli, was named as the winner at the end of the event.^[61]

Final Results	Country	Ref.
Miss Elegance	Turkey – Şira Sahilli	[62]
1st Runner-Up	Argentina – Maira Acst
2nd Runner-Up	Thailand – Praewwanich Ruangthong
Top 15	Brazil – Giovanna Reis  Ecuador – Valery Carabalí  Guatemala – María Fernanda Milián  Indonesia – Adinda Cresheilla  Japan – Rina Okada  Kazakhstan – Aigerim Baitore  Laos – Narathip Siripaphanh  Nigeria – Adaeze Chineme  Panama – Cecilia Medina  Spain – Ana Karla Ramírez  Trinidad and Tobago – Christin Coeppicus  Ukraine – Diana Mironenko

Contestants

69 contestants competed for Miss Supranational 2022:^[63]

Country/Territory	Delegate	Age[a]	Hometown	Continental Group
Argentina	Maira Acst[63][64]	24	Corrientes	Americas
Belgium	Thanaree Scheerlinck[63][64]	26	Wemmel	Europe
Bolivia	Macarena Castillo[65]	24	Tupiza	Americas
Brazil	Giovanna Reis[66]	21	Cascavel	Americas
Cambodia	Leakena In[67]	23	Siem Reap	Asia
Canada	Jessica Bailey[68]	24	Langley	Americas
Chile	Constanza Araos[63][64]	24	Coquimbo	Americas
China	Sophia Su[63][64]	27	Harbin	Asia
Colombia	Valentina Espinosa[69]	24	Cartagena	Americas
Costa Rica	Natalia González[63][64]	23	San José	Americas
Côte d'Ivoire	Cadic N'guessan[70]	22	Abidjan	Africa
Cuba	Liz Rodríguez[63][64]	18	Camagüey	Caribbean
Curaçao	Risandra Simon[71]	24	Willemstad	Caribbean
Czech Republic	Kristýna Malířová[72]	23	Čížkovice	Europe
Denmark	Johanne Hansen[63][64]	20	Næstved	Europe
Dominican Republic	Emely Ruíz[63][64]	29	Mao	Caribbean
Ecuador	Valery Carabalí [73]	23	Guayaquil	Americas
El Salvador	Jennifer Figueroa[63][64]	21	Santa Ana	Americas
England	Kate Marie[63][64]	28	Coventry	Europe
Finland	Jana Boricheva[63][64]	20	Turenki	Europe
France	Valentine Le Corre[63][64]	21	Paris	Europe
Germany	Jasmin Selberg[63][64]	22	Dortmund	Europe
Ghana	Gifty Boakye[63][64]	29	Akwatia	Africa
Greece	Eliza Sophia[74]	20	Athens	Europe
Guatemala	María Fernanda Milián[63][64]	25	Cobán	Americas
Haiti	Lynn Rubiane St-Germain[63][64]	28	Port-au-Prince	Caribbean
Hong Kong	Kumiko Lau[75]	28	Tai Po	Asia
Iceland	Íris Freyja Salguero[76]	23	Mosfellsbær	Europe
India	Ritika Khatnani[77]	20	Pune	Asia
Indonesia	Adinda Cresheilla[78]	24	Surabaya	Asia
Ireland	Shannon McCullagh[63][64]	25	Belfast	Europe
Jamaica	Carisa Peart[79]	27	Saint Ann Parish	Caribbean
Japan	Rina Okada[80]	27	Sapporo	Asia
Kazakhstan	Aigerim Baitore[63][64]	24	Almaty	Asia
Kenya	Roleen Mose[63][64]	19	Nairobi	Africa
Kyrgyzstan	Shirin Alaychieva[81]	18	Osh	Asia
Laos	Narathip Siripaphanh[82]	24	Vientiane	Asia
Lesotho	Boitumelo Sehlotho[83]	20	Maseru	Africa
Malaysia	Melisha Lin[84]	25	Batu Caves	Asia
Malta	Nicole Vella[85]	22	Rabat	Europe
Mauritius	Alexandrine Belle-Étoile[citation needed]	25	Curepipe	Africa
Mexico	Regina González[63][64]	20	Zapopan	Americas
Namibia	Julita Kitwe Mbangula[86]	26	Oshakati	Africa
Nepal	Keshu Khadka[63][64]	28	Lalitpur	Asia
Netherlands	Serena Darder[63][64]	22	Badhoevedorp	Europe
Nigeria	Adaeze Chineme[87]	26	Umuahia	Africa
Panama	Cecilia Medina[88]	29	Panama City	Americas
Paraguay	Violeta Van Humbeck[89]	29	Hernandarias	Americas
Peru	Almendra Castillo[90]	27	Lima	Americas
Philippines	Alison Black[91]	23	Las Piñas	Asia
Poland	Agata Wdowiak[92]	26	Łódź	Europe
Portugal	Ana Rita Aguiar[63][64]	25	Vale de Cambra	Europe
Puerto Rico	Ariette Banchs[63][64]	23	Ponce	Caribbean
Romania	Andra Tache[93]	18	Brașov	Europe
Singapore	Jiayi Sin[63][64]	23	Toa Payoh	Asia
Slovakia	Jana Vozarová[94]	21	Púchov	Europe
South Africa	Lalela Mswane[95]	25	Richards Bay	Africa
South Korea	Cheryun Song[63][64]	20	Seoul	Asia
Spain	Ana Karla Ramírez[63][64]	25	Málaga	Europe
Thailand	Praewwanich Ruangthong[96]	29	Chumphon	Asia
Trinidad and Tobago	Christin Coeppicus[63][64]	24	Princes Town	Caribbean
Turkey	Şira Sahilli[97]	22	Istanbul	Europe
Ukraine	Diana Mironenko[63][64]	28	Odesa	Europe
United States	Sofia Acosta[98]	26	Miami	Americas
Uruguay	Ximena Bertinat[63][64]	27	Colonia Valdense	Americas
Venezuela	Ismelys Velásquez[99]	22	La Guaira	Americas
Vietnam	Nguyễn Huỳnh Kim Duyên[100]	26	Cần Thơ	Asia
Zambia	Savena Mushinge[63][64]	25	Lusaka	Africa
Zimbabwe	Kimberly Tatenda[63][64]	24	Masvingo	Africa

Notes

1. Ages at the time of the pageant

Debuts

• Cambodia
• Kyrgyzstan
• Lesotho

Returns

Last competed in 2012: Cuba Last competed in 2013: Uruguay Last competed in 2015: Curaçao Hong Kong

Last competed in 2017: Kazakhstan Zimbabwe Last competed in 2018: Denmark Malaysia

Last competed in 2019: Argentina Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Guatemala Laos Mauritius Singapore Turkey Ukraine Vietnam Zambia

Withdrawals

• Albania
• Bahamas
• Guadeloupe
• Guyana
• Norway
• Russia - In light of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Miss Supranational organization barred Russia from competing.^[101][102]
• Rwanda - Charlotte Umulisa pulled put of the competition after the Rwandan government suspended all pageants in the country.^[103]
• Sierra Leone
• South Sudan
• Sweden
• Suriname
• Togo - Mathilde Honyiglo took part in Episode 3 of Supra Chat 2022 with no show in Poland and will instead compete in the following edition.^[104]