Miss Planet International

Type	International female beauty pageant
Headquarters	Phnom Penh, Cambodia
First edition	2019
Most recent edition	2023
Current titleholder	Worawalan Phutklang Thailand
President	Halley Amin
CEO	Pedro Francisco
Language/s	Khmer , English
Website	missplanetinternational.com

Miss Planet International is an international beauty pageant that is held annually to choose the Champion of the World, who will spread a positive message about sustainability, and the fulfillment of the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals.^[1][2][3][4]

The Miss Planet International 2023 is Worawalan Phutklang from Thailand. This is the first time Thailand has won a crown and the third edition of Miss Planet International. She has won this title on November 19, 2023, at Koh Pich, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.^{[5][6][7][8][9][10]}

History

The first edition of Miss Planet International pageant was held at the Diamond Island Theater on March 1st, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Monique Best from South Africa was crowned as Miss Planet International 2019.^[11]

Miss Planet International 2019 titleholder was awarded as Youth Ambassador by the Business Chamber of her city and she was recognized with a membership by the Seattle Latino Chamber of Commerce because of her international humanitarian labor.^[12]

Editions

Titleholder

Miss Planet International has been running for 3 years and has also crowned all 3 winners.

Year	Miss Planet International	Runner up						Ref.
		1st Runner up	2nd Runner up	3rd Runner up	4th Runner up	5th Runner-up	6th Runner-up
2023	Thailand Worawalan Phutklang	Brazil Loraine Lumatelli	Vietnam Kateryn Kim Diep	United States Angelica Briceno	Venezuela Marian Pérez	Japan Yumiko Nishimori	Russia Alina Garaeva	[5][6][7][8][9][10]
2022	Philippines Maria Luisa Varela	Zimbabwe Jemima Ruth Mandemwa	Japan Ono Aya	Vietnam Tiffany Ha	Finland Katariina Juselius	Latvia Alina Safronova	Cambodia Srey Leak Pok	[14][15][16][17][18][19]
2021	2020 Pageant was cancelled due to the host country's Ebola outbreak.
2019	South Africa Monique Best	Thailand Marisa Phonthirat	Malaysia Vivian Lin	Paraguay Nicole Cano	Philippines Krizia Nicole Apao Vargas	Russia Guzaliya Izmailova	Not awarded	[23][24][25][26]

Country/Territory by number of wins

Country/Territory	Titles	Year(s)
Thailand	1	2023
Philippines		2022
South Africa		2019

Controversy

The 2022 event, scheduled to be held in Uganda, was cancelled due to a lack of support from some countries. The originally planned coronation night on November 19th for the pageant was rescheduled due to tensions in Uganda sparked by an Ebola outbreak. These circumstances led local organizers to delay the competition, which Herlene Nicole Budol wasn't initially expected to participate in.^{[27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36]} The current national license holder of the pageant, Wilbert Tolentino, initiated the claim that MPI broke the agreement while he was the licensee holder at that time.^[37]