Miss International 2018, the 58th Miss International pageant, was held on 9 November 2018, at the Tokyo Dome City Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Kevin Lilliana from Indonesia crowned her successor Mariem Velazco from Venezuela at the end of the event. This marks Venezuela's eighth victory at Miss International - the most in the pageant's history. This is the third time in Miss International history that the finals night saw the return of the previous year's runners-up to crown their respective successors. This year Miss International comeback edition with the theme "Cheer All Woman" alongside Miss International Japan 2019.

A total of 78 contestants from countries and territories competed in this year's Miss International pageant, surpassing the previous record of 73 contestants in 2014, making the biggest turnout in the pageant's history.

The pageant was hosted by Tetsuya Bessho on his fifth consecutive year of Miss International.

Background

Location and date

On 12 April 2018, it was announced during a website conference by Akemi Shimomura, the president of the International Cultural Association and the president of Miss International Organization, that the 2018 pageant would be held in Tokyo Dome City Hall, Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan, for the third consecutive year on Friday, November 9, 2018.

Results

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Placements

Placement	Contestant
Miss International 2018	Venezuela – Mariem Velazco
1st Runner-Up	Philippines – Ahtisa Manalo
2nd Runner-Up	South Africa – Reabetswe Sechoaro
3rd Runner-Up	Romania – Bianca Tirsin
4th Runner-Up	Colombia – Anabella Castro
Top 8	Ecuador – Michelle Huet  Japan – Hinano Sugimoto  Spain – Susana Sanchez
Top 15	Australia – Emily Tokić  Indonesia – Vania Fitryanti  Madagascar – Esmeralda Malleka  Mexico – Nebai Torres  Paraguay – Daisy Lezcano  Thailand – Keeratiga Jaruratjamon  Ukraine – Bohdana Tarasyk

Continental queens

Continental Group	Contestant
Africa	South Africa – Reabetswe Sechoaro
America	Argentina – Rocío Pérez
Asia	Singapore – Eileen Feng
Europe	Netherlands – Zoë Amber Niewold
Oceania	Guam – Diliana Tuncap

Special awards

Award	Contestant
Best National Costume	Ecuador – Michelle Huet
Miss Best Dresser	Mexico – Nebai Torres
Miss Perfect Body	Curaçao – Diona Angela
Miss Visit Japan Tourism Ambassador	China – Wang Chaoyuan
Panasonic Beauty Ambassador	Indonesia – Vania Fitryanti Herlambang
Missosology's People's Choice	Philippines – Ahtisa Manalo

Pageant

Unlike in 2017 contestants were classified under five continents: (1) Europe, (2) Oceania, (3) Africa, (4) Americas, and (5) Asia. During the Competitions Rounds; National Costume, Swimwear, and Evening Gown, then the contestants were trimmed down to 15 Semifinalists, after which, the judges narrowed the finalists down to the Top 8, then judges decided the Top 8 to compete in the question and answer portion. and then the judges choose Top 5 which Miss International 2018 and her four Runners-up like 2017 format.

Contestants

77 contestants competed for the title.

Country/Territory	Contestant	Age	Hometown	Continental group
Argentina	Rocío Magali Pérez	22	Buenos Aires	Americas
Aruba	Stephanie Anouk Eman	26	Oranjestad	Americas
Australia	Emily Tokić	20	Canberra	Oceania
Belgium	Kelly Quanten	24	Leuven	Europe
Bolivia	María Elena Antelo	24	Beni	Americas
Brazil	Stephanie Pröglhöf	24	São José dos Campos	Americas
Canada	Camila Gonzalez	21	Toronto	Americas
Chile	María Pía Vilches	22	La Ligua	Americas
China	Wang Chaoyuan	24	Tianjin	Asia
Colombia	Anabella Castro	21	Valledupar	Americas
Cook Islands	Louisa Purea	20	Avarua	Oceania
Costa Rica	Glennys Medina Segura	23	Guanacaste	Americas
Cote d'Ivoire	Jemima Gbato	21	Abidjan	Africa
Cuba	Jennifer Alvarez Ruiz	24	Havana	Americas
Curaçao	Diona Angela	21	Willemstad	Americas
Czech Republic	Daniela Zálešáková	19	Most	Europe
Denmark	Louise Arild	23	Frederiksberg	Europe
Dominican Republic	Stéphanie Bustamante	25	Paterson	Americas
Ecuador	Michelle Huet	23	Guayaquil	Americas
Egypt	Farah Sedky	24	Cairo	Africa
El Salvador	Ena Cea	20	Santa Ana	Americas
Ethiopia	Frezewd Solomon	21	Addis Ababa	Africa
Finland	Eevi Ihalainen	18	Lappeenranta	Europe
France	Mélanie Labat	23	Poussan	Europe
Germany	Franciska Acs	23	Düsseldorf	Europe
Ghana	Benedicta Nana Adjei	22	Accra	Africa
Guadeloupe	Sarah Eruam	18	Le Gosier	Americas
Guam	Diliana Tuncap	22	Hagåtña	Oceania
Guatemala	Gabriela Castillo	20	Guatemala City	Americas
Haiti	Cassandra Chéry	23	Port-au-Prince	Americas
Hawaii	Olivia Evelyn Walls	21	Honolulu	Oceania
Honduras	Valeria Cardona	20	Tegucigalpa	Americas
Hong Kong	Carmaney Wong	24	Kowloon	Asia
Hungary	Frida Maczkó	22	Vác	Europe
India	Tanishqa Bhosale	19	Pune	Asia
Indonesia	Vania Fitryanti	21	Tangerang	Asia
Japan	Hinano Sugimoto	21	Tokyo	Asia
Kenya	Ivy Nyangasi Mido	22	Nairobi	Africa
Laos	Piyamarth Phounpaseuth	24	Vientiane Prefecture	Asia
Lebanon	Rachel Younan	23	Beirut	Asia
Macau	Cherry Chin	24	Taipa	Asia
Madagascar	Esmeralda Malleka	25	Vohemar	Africa
Malaysia	Mandy Loo	22	Georgetown	Asia
Mauritius	Ashna Nookooloo	22	Curepipe	Africa
Mexico	Nebai Torres	25	Guadalajara	Americas
Moldova	Daniela Marin	19	Leova	Europe
Mongolia	Munkhchimeg Batjargal	20	Ulaanbaatar	Asia
Myanmar	May Yu Khatar	19	Yangon	Asia
Nepal	Ronali Amatya	22	Kathmandu	Asia
Netherlands	Zoë Amber Niewold	20	Assen	Europe
New Zealand	Natasha Kristina Unkovich	24	East Auckland	Oceania
Nicaragua	Stefanía Alemán	27	Masaya	Americas
Northern Mariana Islands	Celine Cabrera	23	Saipan	Oceania
Panama	Shirel Ortiz	22	Panama City	Americas
Paraguay	Daisy Diana Lezcano Rojas	24	San Lorenzo	Americas
Peru	Marelid Elizabeth Medina	24	Callao	Americas
Philippines	Maria Ahtisa Manalo	21	Candelaria	Asia
Poland	Marta Pałucka	26	Sopot	Europe
Portugal	Carina Neto	21	Gondomar	Europe
Puerto Rico	Yarelis Salgado	24	Toa Alta	Americas
Romania	Bianca Tirsin	20	Arad	Europe
Russia	Galina Lukina	26	Ufa	Asia
Singapore	Eileen Feng	22	Singapore City	Asia
Slovakia	Radka Grendová	20	Revúca	Europe
South Africa	Reabetswe Sechoaro	24	Pretoria	Africa
South Korea	Yejin Seo	21	Seoul	Asia
Spain	Susana Sánchez	25	Huelva	Europe
Sri Lanka	Natalee Fernando	24	Colombo	Asia
Sweden	Izabell Hahn	26	Linköping	Europe
Chinese Taipei	Kao Man-jung	21	Taichung	Asia
Thailand	Keeratiga Jaruratjamon	23	Phitsanulok	Asia
Ukraine	Bohdana Tarasyk	23	Kryvyi Rih	Europe
United Kingdom	Sharon Gaffka	22	Oxford	Europe
United States	Bonnie Walls	24	New York City	Americas
Venezuela	Mariem Velazco	20	San Tomé	Americas
Vietnam	Nguyễn Thúc Thùy Tiên	20	Ho Chi Minh City	Asia
Zimbabwe	Tania Tatenda Aaron	22	Harare	Africa