The Miss International 2013 Pageant was held December 17 at the Shinagawa Prince Hotel Hall, Tokyo, Japan. Miss Philippines, Bea Rose Santiago was crowned Miss International 2013 at the end of the event (watch the crowning moment here).
Bea Rose Santiago (check out her winning answer in q&a here) bested 66 lovely ladies from all over the globe in the 53rd edition of Miss International to get the night's most coveted crown. Bea was the Philippines' 5th Miss International winner following Gemma Cruz-Araneta (1964), Aurora Pijuan (1970) Melanie Marquez (1979) and Precious Lara Quigaman (2005).
Here are the winners of the 2013 Miss International:
Miss
International 2013 – Philippines, Bea Rose
Santiago
1st runner-up – Netherlands,
Nathalie den Dekker
2nd runner-up – New
Zealand, Casey Radley
Top 5 finalist – Colombia,
Lorena Hermida
Top 5 finalist – Hungary,
Brigitta Ötvős
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Top
15 semi-finalists
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Gibraltar, Jamielee
Randall
Brazil, Cristina
Alves Da Silva
Puerto Rico, Ashley
Beth Pérez
Ecuador, Nathaly
Arroba Hurtado
USA, Andrea Neu
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Lithuania, Elma
Segzdaviciute
Iceland, Sigrún
Eva Ármannsdóttir
Russia, Olga
Gaidabura
Thailand, Chonticha
Tiengtham
Spain, Araceli
Carrilero Martínez
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Special
Awards
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Best in National
Costume – Aruba, Erialda Croes
Miss Photogenic – Lithuania, Elma Segzdaviciute
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Miss Internet – Macau,
Adela Ka-Wai Sou
Miss Friendship – New
Zealand, Casey Radley
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Miss International 2012 Ikumi Yoshimatsu of Japan was not able to crown her successor because she was barred from attending the event due to her involvement in a media scandal. The Miss International organizers did not want the controversy to overshadow the event and hence asked her to voluntarily refrain from attending.
According to reports, Ikumi Yoshimatsu filed a criminal complaint against a top talent agency executive for obstruction of business, stalking, intimidation and extortion. She accused the executive of threatening her life after she refused to sign in the said agency and forming her own instead.
In lieu of Ikumi, the new Miss International 2013 was crowned by 2008 titleholder, Alejandra Andreu of Spain.
In lieu of Ikumi, the new Miss International 2013 was crowned by 2008 titleholder, Alejandra Andreu of Spain.
This recent victory in Miss International sealed the deal for the Philippines to become the country of the year when it comes to pageants. This 2013, the Philippines bagged three crowns—Miss Supranational (Mutya Datul), Miss World (Megan Young) and Miss International (Bea Santiago).
