Miss International

The International Beauty Pageant is the 4th largest beauty pageant.pan.

Until Miss Earth began, Miss International was the 3rd largest pageant in the world.

A Festival of Beauty and even the Olympics of Beauty , the pageant is not based just on looks. Contestants serve as Ambassadors of Peace and Beauty, showing tenderness, benevolence, friendship, beauty, intelligence, ability to take action, and a great international sensibility.

The goal of Miss International as a beauty pageant is in promoting world peace, goodwill, and understanding.

59 delegates will compete in Beijing, China on November the 11th, 2006. Miss International 2005, Precious Lara Quigaman will crown her successor on November 11, 2006.

Miss Thailand Vasana Wongbuntree holds a plaque after being chosen Miss Photogenic in the Miss International 2006 pageant press conference in Tokyo Friday, Oct. 13, 2006. The final of the annual beauty pageant takes place in Beijing, Saturday, Nov. 11. Miss International 2006 updates

Miss Puerto Rico Sharon Gomez upon being elected Miss Good Will 2006 during the Miss Japan 2007 pageant, a sub-event of the Miss International 2006 contest in Tokyo.

Champions
Year Miss International Country Venue
1960 Maria Stella Márquez Zawadzky Colombia Long Beach, USA
1961 Stam Van Baer Netherlands Long Beach, USA
1962 Tania Verstak Australia Long Beach, USA
1963 Guorún Bjarnadóttir Iceland Long Beach, USA
1964 Gemma Teresa Guerrero Cruz Philippines Long Beach, USA
1965 Ingrid Finger Germany Long Beach, USA
1966 No pageant
1967 Mirta Teresita Massa Argentina Long Beach, USA
1968 Maria da Gloria Carvalho Brazil Tokyo, Japan
1969 Valerie Susan Holmes England, UK Tokyo, Japan
1970 Aurora McKenny Pijuan Philippines Osaka, Japan
1971 Jane Cheryl Hansen New Zealand Long Beach, USA
1972 Linda Hooks England, UK Tokyo, Japan
1973 Tuula Anneli Björkling Finland Osaka, Japan
1974 Karen Brucene Smith USA Tokyo, Japan
1975 Ladija Vera Manic Yugoslavia1 Motobu, Japan
1976 Sophie Sonia Perin France Tokyo, Japan
1977 Pilar Medina Canadell Spain Tokyo, Japan
1978 Katherine Patricia Ruth USA Tokyo, Japan
1979 Mimilanie Laurel Marquez Philippines Tokyo, Japan
1980 Lorna Marlene Chavez Costa Rica Tokyo, Japan
1981 Jenny Annette Derck Australia Kobe, Japan
1982 Christie Ellen Claridge USA 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, UK 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 Anna Lena Hansen Norway Tokyo, Japan
1996 Fernanda Alves Portugal Kanazawa, Japan
1997 Consuelo Adler Hernández Venezuela Kyoto, Japan
1998 Lía Victoria Borrero González Panama Tokyo, Japan
1999 Paulina Margarita Gálvez Pineda Colombia Tokyo, Japan
2000 Vivian Inés Urdaneta Rincón Venezuela Tokyo, Japan
2001 Malgorzata Rozniecka Poland Tokyo, Japan
2002 Christina Sawaya Lebanon Tokyo, Japan
2003 Goizeder Victoria Azúa Barríos Venezuela Tokyo, Japan
2004 Jeymmy Paola Vargas Gómez Colombia Beijing, China
2005 Precious Lara Quigaman Philippines Tokyo, Japan
2006 Beijing, China

The number of times each nation has won:

4 occasions: Philippines, Venezuela
3 occasions: Australia, Colombia, UK, Poland, USA
2 occasions: Costa Rica, Germany, Norway, Spain
1occasion: Argentina, Brazil, Finland, France, Greece, Guatemala, Iceland, Lebanon, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Panama, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Yugoslavia1
1: Yugoslavia no longer exists as a nation

Trivia

All the UK champions to have won were from England.
The very 1st Miss Universe, the very first Miss Asia, and the very first Miss International, all married Filipino men.
Since 1966 Miss International was cancelled, 1965 winner Ingrid Finger's reign was the longest among titleholders, totaling 624 days (more than 20 months). For a 1 year reign, the longest belonged to her successor, Miss International 1967 Mirta Teresita Massa who held the title for 529 days. The shortest reign was that of 1975 Ladija Vera Manic, which spanned just 242 days..

It was created in Long Beach, California, USA in 1960 after the departure Miss Universe to Miami Beach. It was Hosted in Long Beach until 1967, the pageant moved to Japan from 1968 – 1970, hosted each year in the same city as the Japan Expo. For 71 and 72, it was held in Long Beach again, but since it has been held annually in Japan.

Bio's of previous champions

Precious Lara San Agustín Quigaman (born January 3, 1983), is a model and freelance webpage writer who won the 2005 Miss International beauty pageant held at Tokyo, Japan. She is the fourth Filipina to have won the crown. a registered nurse. She was born in Taguig, Philippines and spent her growing years in Biñan, Laguna and eventually in Bahrain

Jeymmy Paola Vargas Gómez was born In Cartagena, Colombia. She became the 3rd Colombian to win Miss International. Now starting a tv career in Bogotá.