Miss International - Women

May 23, 2012


		1 Introduction 2 The winners 3 Statistics 4 Other organizations of the same name 5 See also 6 External links

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Miss International

Wikipedia

Miss International is the fourth largest beauty pageant (officially titled "The International Beauty Pageant") that was created in Long Beach, California|Long Beach, California, United States|USA in 1960. It was formerly the third largest pageant until Miss Earth began. Hosted there until 1967, it then moved to Japan from 1968-1970, being hosted each year in the same city as the Japan Expo. For 1971 and 1972, it was held in Long Beach again, but since that time it has been held annually in Japan.

Also called a "Festival of Beauty" and even the "Olympics of Beauty," this pageant is not based on looks alone. Contestants are expected to serve as "Ambassadors of Peace and Beauty," showing tenderness, benevolence, friendship, beauty, intelligence, ability to take action, and, most importantly, a great international sensibility.

The ultimate goal of the Miss International beauty pageant is to promote world peace, goodwill, and understanding.

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The winners

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Year	Miss International	From	Venue
1960	Maria Stella M??rquez Zawadzky	Colombia	Long Beach, California\|Long Beach, United States
1961	Stam Van Baer	the Netherlands	Long Beach, California\|Long Beach, United States
1962	Tania Verstak	Australia	Long Beach, California\|Long Beach, United States
1963	Gu??r??n Bjarnad??ttir	Iceland	Long Beach, California\|Long Beach, United States
1964	Gemma Teresa Guerrero Cruz	Philippines	Long Beach, California\|Long Beach, United States
1965	Ingrid Finger	Germany	Long Beach, California\|Long Beach, United States
1966	No pageant
1967	Mirta Teresita Massa	Argentina	Long Beach, California\|Long Beach, United States
1968	Maria da Gloria Carvalho	Brazil	Tokyo, Japan
1969	Valerie Susan Holmes	England	Tokyo, Japan
1970	Aurora McKenny Pijuan	Philippines	Osaka, Japan
1971	Jane Cheryl Hansen	New Zealand	Long Beach, California\|Long Beach, United States
1972	Linda Hooks	England	Tokyo, Japan
1973	Tuula Anneli Bjorkling	Finland	Osaka, Japan
1974	Karen Brucene Smith	United States	Tokyo, Japan
1975	Ladija Vera Manic	Yugoslavia<sup>1</sup>	Motobu, Japan
1976	Sophie Sonia Perin	France	Tokyo, Japan
1977	Pilar Medina Canadell	Spain	Tokyo, Japan
1978	Katherine Patricia Ruth	United States	Tokyo, Japan
1979	Mimilanie Laurel Marquez	Philippines	Tokyo, Japan
1980	Lorna Marlene Chavez	Costa Rica	Tokyo, Japan
1981	Jenny Annette Derek	Australia	Kobe, Japan
1982	Christie Ellen Claridge	United States	Fukuoka, Fukuoka\|Fukuoka, Japan
1983	Gidget Sandoval	Costa Rica	Osaka, Japan
1984	Ilma Julieta Urrutia Chang	Guatemala	Yokohama, Japan
1985	Alejandrina "Nina" Sicilia Hernandez	Venezuela	Tsukuba, Japan
1986	Helen Fairbrother	England	Nagasaki, Japan
1987	Laurie Tamara Simpson	Puerto Rico	Tokyo, Japan
1988	Catherine Alexandra Gude	Norway	Gifu, Japan
1989	Iris Klein	Germany	Kanazawa, Japan
1990	Silvia de Esteban Niubo	Spain	Osaka, Japan
1991	Agnieszka Kotlarska	Poland	Tokyo, Japan
1992	Kirsten Marise Davidson	Australia	Nagasaki, Japan
1993	Agnieszka Pachalko	Poland	Tokyo, Japan
1994	Christina Lekka	Greece	Ise, Japan
1995	Anne Lena Hansen	Norway	Tokyo, Japan
1996	Fernanda Alves	Portugal	Kanazawa, Japan
1997	Consuelo Adler Hern??ndez	Venezuela	Kyoto, Japan
1998	L??a Victoria Borrero Gonz??lez	Panama	Tokyo, Japan
1999	Paulina Margarita G??lvez Pineda	Colombia	Tokyo, Japan
2000	Vivian In??s Urdaneta Rinc??n	Venezuela	Tokyo, Japan
2001	Małgorzata Rożniecka	Poland	Tokyo, Japan
2002	Christina Sawaya	Lebanon	Tokyo, Japan
2003	Goizeder Victoria Az??a Barr??os	Venezuela	Tokyo, Japan
2004	Jeymmy Paola Vargas G??mez	Colombia	Beijing, China
2005	Precious Lara Quigaman	Philippines	Tokyo, Japan

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Statistics

The number of times each country has won:

4 times Philippines, Venezuela

3 times Australia, Colombia, Poland, United States

2 times Costa Rica, Germany, Norway, Spain, United Kingdom

1 time Argentina, Brazil, England, Finland, France, Greece, Guatemala, Iceland, Lebanon, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Panama, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Yugoslavia<sup>1</sup>

<small>1: Yugoslavia no longer exists as a country</small>

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Other organizations of the same name

There is another pageant of the same name in the USA which should not be confused with this one. The USA-based organization was founded in 1986, originally as the "Mrs. International" pageant for married women, but later added the "Miss International" and "Miss Teen International" competitions as well. There is no affiliation between the two organizations.

Christine Mancini controls an additional Miss International pageant for drag queen|female impersonators.

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