Miss International 2023
Miss International 2023 was the 61st Miss International pageant, held at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan on 26 October 2023. Jasmin Selberg of Germany crowned Andrea Rubio of Venezuela as her successor at the end of the event, marking the ninth time that Venezuela won the competition - the most wins in the pageant's history. Background

Selection of participants
Seventy-three countries and territories selected their delegates as winners, appointed to the position after being runners-up in their national pageant or chosen through a casting process. Replacements 
Stacy Montero was appointed as the new representative of Costa Rica to the pageant after Shakira Graham, the original Miss International Costa Rica, relinquished her title due to problems with the organization. El Salvador appointed Daniella Hidalgo to represent in the pageant after Wendy Portillo, Queen of El Salvador 2023, relinquished her title due to personal reasons. Debuts, returns, and withdrawals 
This edition marked the debuts of Bangladesh, Lesotho, and Pakistan and the returns of Angola, Côte D'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Ghana, Lithuania, Martinique, Moldova, Myanmar, the Netherlands, Serbia, Sri Lanka, Tunisia, Uganda, and Zimbabwe. Angola last competed in 2004, Martinique last competed in 2010, Estonia and Serbia last competed in 2014, Lithuania last competed in 2017, Moldova last competed in 2018, while the others last competed in 2019. Belarus, Cabo Verde, Germany, Haiti, Honduras, Italy, Kenya, Namibia, the Northern Mariana Islands, Romania, Slovakia, Togo, and Uzbekistan withdrew after their respective organizations failed to hold a national competition or appoint a delegate. Results

Placements

§ – Voted into the Top 15 by popularity online voting

Continental queens
The delegates voted for their continental queens. Special awards

Pageant

Format 
The Miss International Organization introduced several specific changes to the format for this edition. Three of the final fifteen delegates were chosen via popularity votes, while the remainder were chosen via the preliminaries and participation in their activities before the finals. They competed in Evening gowns before being narrowed down to Final 7, where the new "Questions & Answers" segment instead of the traditional speech. The delegates had thirty seconds to answer before announcing the runners-up and the new Miss International. Judges 
 Akemi Shimomura — President of the Miss International Organization
 Jasmin Selberg — Miss International 2022 from Germany
 Junko Koshino — Fashion designer
 Laurie Simpson — Miss International 1987 from Puerto Rico
 Norika Fujiwara — Miss Nippon 1992, model and actress
 Roberto Seminario — Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Peru to Japan
 Ryohei Miyata — Chairman of the Public Interest Incorporated Association, Nitten
 Senko Ikenobo — Headmaster designate at Ikenobō
 Soujitsu Kobori — Head of Kobori Enshu school of tea
 Supapan Pichaironarongsongkram — Chairwoman of Chao Phraya Express Boat

Contestants
70 contestants competed for the title. Notes

References

External links
 

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Beauty pageants in Japan
2023 beauty pageants
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