# Miss International 2022

Miss International 2022 was the 60th edition of the Miss International pageant, held at the Tokyo Dome City Hall in Tokyo, Japan, on 13 December 2022.
Sireethorn Leearamwat of Thailand crowned Jasmin Selberg of Germany as her successor at the end of the event.
The coronation was initially scheduled in 2020. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it moved at least twice; first in 2021, and later to 13 December 2022. The cancellations of 2020–21 marked the second time Miss International pageant has been cancelled since 1966, because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

## Background

In 2022, the Miss International organization announced that the 2022 pageant would be held on 13 December 2022, in Tokyo Dome City Hall, Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan, the competition's venue for the fifth consecutive year.

### Location and date

On 15 January 2020, the Miss International organization announced that the pageant would be held on 21 October 2020 in Tokyo Dome City Hall, Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan, it was announced on 12 June 2020 that the edition would be postponed. On 29 January 2021, due to the 2020 Summer Olympics scheduled in Tokyo from July to August 2021, the organization announced that the coronation night would be rescheduled for November 2021 in Pacifico Yokohama, Japan. On 31 August 2021, due to the rising cases caused by the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant and the continuous COVID-19 travel restrictions 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, Germany, Greece, Jamaica, Kenya, Namibia, Sierra Leone, South Korea and Uruguay. Uruguay last competed in 1999, Greece and Jamaica last competed in 2010, Namibia last competed in 2012, Sierra Leone last competed in 2017, and Cuba, Germany, Kenya and South Korea last competed in 2018.

## Result
### Placements

| Placement | Contestant |
| Miss International 2022 | Germany – Jasmin Selberg |
| 1st runner-up | Cape Verde – Stephany Amado § |
| 2nd runner-up | Peru – Tatiana Calmell § |
| 3rd runner-up | Colombia – Natalia López |
| 4th runner-up | Dominican Republic – Celinee Santos |
| Top 8 | Canada – Madison Kvaltin  Jamaica – Israel Harrison  Spain – Julianna Ro |
| Top 15 | Costa Rica – Mahyla Roth  Finland – Anna Merimää  France – Maya Albert  New Zealand – Lydia Smit  Northern Mariana Islands – Savannah Delos Santos §  Philippines – Hannah Arnold  United Kingdom – Evanjelin Elchmanar |
§ – Voted into the Top 15 by viewers

### Continental queens

| Award | Contestant |
| Miss International Africa | Cape Verde – Stephany Amado |
| Miss International America | United States – Corrin Stellakis |
| Miss International Asia | Japan – Kiko Matsuo |
| Miss International Europe | Finland – Anna Merimää |
| Miss International Oceania | New Zealand – Lydia Smit |

### Special awards

| Award | Contestant |
| Miss Photogenic | Ecuador – Valeria Gutiérrez |
| Best National Costume | Uzbekistan – Nigina Fakhriddinova |
| Best in Evening Gown | Peru – Tatiana Calmell |
| Best in Swimsuit | United Kingdom – Evanjelin Elchmanar |

## 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
* Dewi Sukarno — Socialite, former First Lady of Indonesia
* Junko Koshino — Fashion designer
* Norika Fujiwara — Miss Nippon 1992, model, and actress
* Supapan Pichaironarongsongkram — Chairwoman of Chao Phraya Express Boat
* Senko Ikenobo — Headmaster designate at Ikenobō
* 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

Sixty-six contestants competed for the title.
| Country/Territory | Contestant | Age | Hometown |
| Australia | Anjelica Whitelaw | 26 | Adelaide |
| Belarus | Karyna Kisialiova | 25 | Minsk |
| Belgium | Lore Ven | 27 | Namur |
| Bolivia | Carolina Fernández | 25 | Cobija |
| Brazil | Isabella Oliveira | 24 | Rio de Janeiro |
| Cambodia | Charany Chea | 28 | Battambang |
| Canada | Madison Kvaltin | 24 | Toronto |
| Cape Verde | Stephany Amado | 23 | Mindelo |
| Chile | Catalina Huenulao | 24 | Temuco |
| Colombia | Natalia López | 23 | Circasia |
| Costa Rica | Mahyla Roth | 23 | Cahuita |
| Cuba | Rachel Martín | 22 | Havana |
| Czech Republic | Adéla Maděryčová | 24 | Břeclav |
| Denmark | Dana Myrvig | 26 | Copenhagen |
| Dominican Republic | Celinee Santos | 22 | La Altagracia |
| Ecuador | Valeria Gutiérrez | 23 | Guayaquil |
| El Salvador | Genesis Fuentes | 28 | San Salvador |
| Finland | Anna Merimää | 25 | Turku |
| France | Maya Albert | 26 | Tarn |
| Germany | Jasmin Selberg | 22 | Dortmund |
| Greece | Anna Pavlidou | 23 | Thessaloniki |
| Guatemala | Dulce López | 27 | Huehuetenango |
| Haiti | Angélique François | 26 | Port-au-Prince |
| Hawaii | Priscilla Wang | 28 | Kailua-Kona |
| Honduras | Zully Paz | 26 | San Pedro Sula |
| Hong Kong | Rosemary Ling | 24 | Tai Po |
| India | Zoya Afroz | 28 | Lucknow |
| Indonesia | Cindy May McGuire | 26 | Jakarta |
| Italy | Beatrice Nardi | 28 | Parma |
| Jamaica | Israel Harrison | 25 | Clarendon |
| Japan | Kiko Matsuo | 23 | Nagasaki |
| Kenya | Cindy Isendi | 25 | Kakamega |
| Laos | Puangtip Malichanh | 26 | Luang Prabang |
| Macau | Dinelle Wong | 27 | Cotai |
| Malaysia | Giselle Tay | 28 | Kuala Lumpur |
| Mauritius | Ava Memero | 25 | Port Louis |
| Mexico | Yuridia Durán | 23 | Ahuacatlán |
| Mongolia | Nomin-Erdene Bayarkhuu | 25 | Darkhan |
| Namibia | Erika Kazombaruru | 24 | Swakopmund |
| Nepal | Nancy Khadka | 24 | Biratnagar |
| New Zealand | Lydia Smit | 25 | Morrinsville |
| Nicaragua | Fernanda Salazar | 19 | Managua |
| Nigeria | Precious Obisoso | 24 | Lagos |
| Northern Mariana Islands | Savannah Delos Santos | 25 | Saipan |
| Norway | Romée Dahlen | 19 | Bjørkelangen |
| Panama | Ivis Nicole Snyder | 25 | Los Santos |
| Paraguay | Ariane Maciel | 28 | Asunción |
| Peru | Tatiana Calmell | 28 | Lima |
| Philippines | Hannah Arnold | 26 | Balud |
| Poland | Sylwia Stasińska | 24 | Chełm |
| Portugal | Rita Reis | 23 | Lisbon |
| Puerto Rico | Paola González | 20 | San Sebastián |
| Romania | Ada-Maria Ileana | 25 | Bucharest |
| Singapore | Scarlett Sim | 27 | Tampines |
| Slovakia | Viktória Podmanická | 21 | Banská Bystrica |
| South Africa | Ferini Dayal | 28 | Kensington |
| South Korea | Sujin Kim | 25 | Daegu |
| Spain | Julianna Ro | 28 | Andalusia |
| Taiwan | Ting-Yi Cheng | 27 | Magong |
| Thailand | Ruechanok Meesang | 28 | Chonburi |
| Togo | Océane Bellow | 25 | Atakpamé |
| United Kingdom | Evanjelin Elchmanar | 21 | Birmingham |
| United States | Corrin Stellakis | 25 | Bridgeport |
| Uzbekistan | Nigina Fakhriddinova | 23 | Tashkent |
| Venezuela | Isbel Parra | 28 | Caracas |
| Vietnam | Phạm Ngọc Phương Anh | 25 | Hồ Chí Minh City |