# Miss International 2017

Miss International 2017, the 57th Miss International pageant, was held on November 14, 2017 at Tokyo Dome City Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Kylie Verzosa of the Philippines crowned her successor Kevin Lilliana of Indonesia at the end of the event. This edition also saw the crowning of the first ever Muslim women to win Miss International, and was the first to win one of the four major international pageants for Indonesia.
The show was hosted by Tetsuya Bessho on his fourth consecutive year. Amy Ota co-hosted the event, with a performance by Chemistry. This is the second time in Miss International history that the finals night saw the return of the previous year's runners-up to crown their respective successors.

## Background

On April 4, 2017, it was announced during a broadcast conference by Akemi Shimomura, president of the International Cultural Association, that the 2017 pageant would be held in Tokyo Dome City Hall, Tokyo, Japan for the second consecutive year on Tuesday, November 14, 2017.
The 2017 edition saw the debuts of Cambodia, Cook Islands and Laos; and the returns of Ethiopia has not competed since 2009, Czech Republic since 2010, Lithuania since 2013, Chile and Curacao since 2014, Mongolia and Paraguay since 2015. Argentina, Aruba, Cuba, Denmark, Guam, Ireland, Nigeria, Northern Marianas, Puerto Rico and Sri Lanka withdrew from the competition.

## Results
### Placements

| Placement | Contestant |
| Miss International 2017 | Indonesia – Kevin Lilliana |
| 1st Runner-Up | Curaçao – Chanelle de Lau |
| 2nd Runner-Up | Venezuela – Diana Croce |
| 3rd Runner-Up | Australia – Amber Dew |
| 4th Runner-Up | Japan – Natsuki Tsutsui |
| Top 8 | Ecuador – Jocelyn Mieles  Laos – Phounesup Phonyotha  United Kingdom – Ashley Powell |
| Top 15 | Finland – Pihla Koivuniemi  Ghana – Daniella Akorfa Awuma  Honduras – Vanessa Villars  Panama – Darelys Santos  Slovakia – Petra Varaliová  South Africa – Tayla Skye Robinson  Thailand – Ratiyaporn Chookaew |

## Contestants

69 contestants competed for the title of Miss International 2017:
| Country/Territory | Contestant | Age | Hometown | Continental Group |
| Australia | Amber Dew | 21 | Melbourne | Oceania |
| Belarus | Polina Pimahina | 20 | Minsk | Europe |
| Belgium | Virginie Philippot | 24 | Brussels | Europe |
| Bolivia | Carla Maldonado | 22 | Camiri | Americas |
| Brazil | Bruna Zanardo | 25 | Laranjal Paulista | Americas |
| Cambodia | Nheat Sophea | 19 | Phnom Penh | Asia |
| Canada | Marta Stepien | 23 | Windsor | Americas |
| Chile | Estefania Galeota | 20 | Coquimbo | Americas |
| China | Jia Shi | 23 | Jiangsu | Asia |
| Colombia | Vanessa Pulgarin | 25 | Medellín | Americas |
| Cook Islands | Silas Tuaputa | 21 | Avarua | Oceania |
| Costa Rica | Paola Chacón | 26 | San José | Americas |
| Curaçao | Chanelle De Lau | 22 | Willemstad | Americas |
| Czech Republic | Alice Činčurová | 21 | Prague | Europe |
| Dominican Republic | Jennifer Valdez | 19 | Pedernales | Americas |
| Ecuador | Jocelyn Mieles | 22 | Manta | Americas |
| El Salvador | Fátima Mangandi | 25 | San Salvador | Americas |
| Ethiopia | Bamlak Dereje | 20 | Addis Ababa | Africa |
| Finland | Pihla Koivuniemi | 22 | Tampere | Europe |
| France | Maëva Balan | 24 | Challans | Europe |
| Ghana | Daniella Akorfa Awuma | 24 | Accra | Africa |
| Gibraltar | Tessa Britto | 21 | Gibraltar | Europe |
| Guadeloupe | Clotilde Stressais | 19 | Basse-Terre | Americas |
| Guatemala | Ana Lucia Villagran | 24 | Guatemala City | Americas |
| Haiti | Caroline Minerve | 22 | Port-au-Prince | Americas |
| Hawaii | Courtney Coleman | 23 | Honolulu | Oceania |
| Honduras | Vanessa Villars | 19 | Tegucigalpa | Americas |
| Hong Kong | Wing Wong | 23 | Hong Kong | Asia |
| Hungary | Rebeka Hartó | 21 | Budapest | Europe |
| India | Ankita Kumari | 22 | Jharkhand | Asia |
| Indonesia | Kevin Lilliana Junaedy | 21 | Bandung | Asia |
| Japan | Natsuki Tsutsui | 23 | Tokyo | Asia |
| South Korea | Seung Woo Nam | 25 | Seoul | Asia |
| Laos | Phounesup Phonnyotha | 20 | Vientiane Prefecture | Asia |
| Lebanon | Dima Safi | 24 | Beirut | Asia |
| Lithuania | Patricija Belousova | 22 | Vilnius | Europe |
| Macau | Sofia Paiva | 20 | Taipa | Asia |
| Malaysia | Annie Wong Wei Wei | 20 | Sibu | Asia |
| Mauritius | Laetitia Begue | 21 | Triolet | Africa |
| Mexico | Citlaly Higuera | 22 | Ciudad Madero | Americas |
| Moldova | Daniela Bejan | 22 | Cahul | Europe |
| Mongolia | Saikhantamir Amarsanaa | 22 | Ulaanbaatar | Asia |
| Myanmar | Sao Yoon Wadi Oo | 25 | Taunggyi | Asia |
| Nepal | Niti Shah | 21 | Ghorahi | Asia |
| Netherlands | Nathalie Mogbelzada | 20 | Amsterdam | Europe |
| New Zealand | Michelle Isemonger | 19 | Auckland | Oceania |
| Nicaragua | Helen Martínez | 22 | Matagalpa | Americas |
| Norway | Vilde Andresen Bø | 20 | Tønsberg | Europe |
| Panama | Darelys Santos | 23 | Panama City | Americas |
| Paraguay | Tatiana Rolín | 25 | Obligado | Americas |
| Peru | Tiffany López Borjas | 23 | Lima | Americas |
| Philippines | Mariel de Leon | 23 | Las Piñas | Asia |
| Poland | Paulina Maziarz | 20 | Zwoleń | Europe |
| Portugal | Ana Marques | 19 | Lisbon | Europe |
| Russia | Elena Kviatkevich | 20 | Saint Petersburg | Europe |
| Sierra Leone | Leone Abie Mansaray | 22 | Freetown | Africa |
| Singapore | Kylie Yeo | 23 | Singapore | Asia |
| Slovakia | Petra Varaliová | 19 | Bardejov | Europe |
| South Africa | Tayla Skye Robinson | 22 | Johannesburg | Africa |
| Spain | Elizabeth Ledesma | 18 | Tenerife | Europe |
| Sweden | Lina Ljungberg | 20 | Norrköping | Europe |
| Taiwan | Xie Lingci | 25 | Taipei | Asia |
| Thailand | Ratiyaporn Chookaew | 19 | Songkhla | Asia |
| Tunisia | Khaoula Gueye | 23 | Kasserine | Africa |
| Ukraine | Kseniya Chifa | 24 | Zaporizhia | Europe |
| United Kingdom | Ashley Powell | 22 | London | Europe |
| United States | Shanel James | 25 | Baltimore | Americas |
| Venezuela | Diana Croce | 20 | Calabozo | Americas |
| Vietnam | Huỳnh Thị Thuỳ Dung | 21 | Ho Chi Minh City | Asia |