# Miss Cosmo 2024

Miss Cosmo 2024 was the inaugural edition of the Miss Cosmo pageant, held at the Saigon Riverside Park in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on 5 October 2024.
At the end of the event, Ketut Permata Juliastrid of Indonesia was crowned by the president of the Miss Cosmo Organization, Trần Việt Bảo Hoàng, as the inaugural titleholder.
Delegates from fifty-six countries and territories competed in this edition. Kylie Verzosa, Miss International 2016, and Bùi Đức Bảo served as the host for both the preliminary night and the grand finale.

## Background
### Location and date

The pageant was held at Saigon Riverside Park in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, from 15 September to 5 October 2024, with participants from fifty-nine countries and territories. The Miss Cosmo Organization held a press conference to launch the competition on 11 June 2024 in Ho Chi Minh City. Miss Cosmo licence holders have been officially announced from 82 countries and territories.

### Prize

The prize included US$100 thousand in cash (more than VNđ2.5 billion), one year of living in a luxury apartment in Vietnam. The total prizes will be up to US$1 million.

### Broadcaster

On 27 August 2024, it was announced that AXN will broadcast the grand finale on their channel.

### Contest regulations

* These are the requirements for contestants.
** All contestants must be between the ages of 18 and 30, age cut-off dates may vary by country.
** Transgender women who are legally identified as women may participate in the pageant.
** Legal citizenship in the representative country.
** Not married, no children.
** No criminal record.

### Withdrawals

Two contestants were present in many activities, but withdrew from the competition before the final night: United States Virgin Islands (reason not given) and Colombia (health issues).

## Results
### Placements

| Placement | Contestant |
| Miss Cosmo 2024 | Indonesia – Ketut Permata Juliastrid |
| Runner-Up | Thailand – Karnruethai Tassabut |
| Top 5 | Peru – Romina Lozano  United States – Samantha Jo Elliott  Vietnam – Bùi Thị Xuân Hạnh |
| Top 10 | Cambodia – Leakena In Δ  Dominican Republic – Heather Nuñez  Mexico – Melody Murguia  Philippines – Ahtisa Manalo §  Zimbabwe – Ruvimbo Njomboro |
| Top 21 | Bangladesh – Farzana Yasmin Ananna  Brazil – Cristielli Monize Camargo  Chile – Anita-María Rojas  El Salvador – Sofia Cordova  Greece – Konstantina Sotiriou  Guatemala – Ximena Carrillo  Netherlands – Serena Darder  New Zealand – Franki Russell  Puerto Rico – Keylianne Rodríguez  Sierra Leone – Shalom John  South Africa – Lebohang Raputsoe |
Notes: § – placed into the Top 10 by the Cosmo People's Choice Award (fan voting challenge) Δ – placed into the Top 21 by the Cosmo Social Ambassador Award (fan voting challenge)

### Special awards

| Award | Contestant | Contestant |
| Best in National Costume | Winner | New Zealand – Franki Russell |
| Best in National Costume | Top 3 | Cambodia – Leakena In  Nigeria – Blessing Tamilade Alimi |
| Cosmo People's Choice Award | Overall Winner | Philippines – Ahtisa Manalo |
| Cosmo People's Choice Award | The First Station | Philippines – Ahtisa Manalo |
| Cosmo People's Choice Award | National Pride | Tanzania – Lujeyn Ahmed  Thailand – Karnruethai Tassabut  Philippines – Ahtisa Manalo |
| Cosmo People's Choice Award | The Big Bang | Philippines – Ahtisa Manalo |
| Cosmo Social Ambassador | Cambodia – Leakena In | Cambodia – Leakena In |
| Cosmo Tea Culture Tourism Ambassador | Philippines – Ahtisa Manalo | Philippines – Ahtisa Manalo |
| Cosmo Beauty Icon Award | Indonesia – Ketut Permata Juliastrid | Indonesia – Ketut Permata Juliastrid |
| Cosmo Impactful Beauty Award | Singapore – Jiahui Jade Wu | Singapore – Jiahui Jade Wu |
| Best in Evening Gown | Vietnam – Bùi Thị Xuân Hạnh | Vietnam – Bùi Thị Xuân Hạnh |
| Women Leadership Award | Nigeria – Blessing Temilade Alimi | Nigeria – Blessing Temilade Alimi |
* Map of countries and territories that won at the inaugural edition of the Miss Cosmo pageant, where Indonesia bagged the first crown.

## Selection committee
### Board of judges

* Paula Shugart — former President of the Miss Universe Organization
* Pham Quang Vinh — former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam, and former Ambassador of Vietnam to the United States
* Nguyễn Huỳnh Kim Duyên — Miss Universe Vietnam 2021 and Miss Supranational Vietnam 2022
* George Chien — Co-Founder, CEO and President of KC Global Media
* Harnaaz Sandhu — Miss Universe 2021
* H'Hen Niê — Miss Universe Vietnam 2017

## Contestants

Fifty-six contestants competed for the title.
| Country/Territory | Contestant | Age | Hometown |
| Armenia | Lilia Gzraryan | 20 | Yerevan |
| Australia | Lydia Caisley | 25 | Canberra |
| Bangladesh | Farzana Yasmin Ananna | 24 | Khulna |
| Belgium | Dina Derboven | 19 | Zemst |
| Bolivia | Hazel Holters | 29 | La Paz |
| Brazil | Cristielli Monize Camargo | 30 | Brasília |
| Cambodia | Leakena In | 22 | Phnom Penh |
| Canada | Dominique Doucette | 28 | Campbellton |
| Chile | Anita-María Rojas | 24 | La Florida |
| Côte d'Ivoire | Danielle Boué | 22 | Bingerville |
| Crimea | Anna Baranova | 21 | Kerch |
| Dominican Republic | Heather Nuñez | 28 | Santo Domingo |
| Egypt | Nourhan El Hossini | 25 | Alexandria |
| El Salvador | Sofia Cordova | 25 | San Salvador |
| England | Charlotte Grant | 24 | Liverpool |
| France | Pauline Thimon | 28 | Paris |
| Ghana | Ohema Afranie | 21 | Accra |
| Gibraltar | Akisha Ferrell | 22 | Gibraltar |
| Greece | Konstantina Sotiriou | 24 | Serres |
| Guatemala | Ximena Carrillo | 19 | Guatemala City |
| Guinea | Saran Kourouma | 21 | Conakry |
| Guyana | Misha Caleb | 24 | Nabaclis |
| Honduras | Britthany Marroquín | 21 | Copán |
| Hong Kong | Trinity Lo | 29 | Hong Kong City |
| India | Rajashree Dowarah | 19 | Assam |
| Indonesia | Ketut Permata Juliastrid | 20 | Denpasar |
| Ireland | Katie O'Connor | 21 | Dublin |
| Italy | Valentina Filippi | 28 | Carrù |
| Japan | Chika Mizuno | 28 | Tokyo |
| Kyrgyzstan | Ekaterina Zabolotnova | 29 | Bishkek |
| Laos | Soliya Bounsayngam | 23 | Sainyabuli |
| Malaysia | Saranya Naidu | 23 | Penang |
| Mexico | Melody Murguia | 23 | Tucson |
| Nepal | Nimita Regmi | 24 | Kathmandu |
| Netherlands | Serena Darder | 24 | Badhoevedorp |
| New Zealand | Franki Russell | 30 | Dunedin |
| Nicaragua | Julia Aguilar | 20 | Granada |
| Nigeria | Blessing Tamilade Alimi | 24 | Ilorin |
| Pakistan | Anniqa Jamal Iqbal | 22 | Lahore |
| Peru | Romina Lozano | 27 | Bellavista |
| Philippines | Ahtisa Manalo | 27 | Candelaria |
| Poland | Weronika Kietlińska | 25 | Ostróda |
| Portugal | Stéphanie Rodrigues | 26 | Fafe |
| Puerto Rico | Keylianne Rodríguez | 23 | Dorado |
| Russia | Alisa Oganezova | 21 | Moscow |
| Sierra Leone | Shalom John | 30 | Freetown |
| Singapore | Jiahui Jade Wu | 26 | Singapore |
| South Africa | Lebohang Raputsoe | 25 | Sharpeville |
| Spain | Alexandra Cucu | 22 | Málaga |
| Tanzania | Lujeyn Ahmed | 18 | Dodoma |
| Thailand | Karnruethai Tassabut | 29 | Ubon Ratchathani |
| Ukraine | Anastasiia Panova | 30 | Kryvyi Rih |
| United States | Samantha Jo Elliott | 23 | Freeport |
| Venezuela | Zaren Loyo | 28 | Barquisimeto |
| Vietnam | Bùi Thị Xuân Hạnh | 22 | Ninh Bình |
| Zimbabwe | Ruvimbo Njomboro | 21 | Hwange |