Miss International Queen 2018
DateMarch 9, 2018
VenuePattaya City, Thailand
BroadcasterGMM 25
Entrants28
Placements14
DebutsArgentina
Returns
  • Australia
  • Myanmar
  • Mongolia
  • Nicaragua
WinnerNguyễn Hương Giang
 Vietnam
CongenialityAmelia Vega
 Honduras
Best National CostumeDinda Syarif
 Indonesia
Best Evening GownMichel Epalza Betancourt
 Venezuela
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Miss International Queen 2018, the 13th Miss International Queen pageant, was held on March 9, 2018, at Pattaya City in Thailand. Jiratchaya Sirimongkolnawin from Thailand crowned her successor Nguyễn Hương Giang from Vietnam[1] at the end of the event.[2]

Starting from 2018, the pageant requires only one delegate from each country unlike past editions. The mission of the pageant aims towards LGBTQ and Transgender awareness and equality in both society and workforce, while all the monetary profits of the actual televised show goes to the Royal Charity AIDS Foundation of Thailand.

Results

Placements

Placement Contestant
Miss International Queen 2018
1st Runner-Up
2nd Runner-Up
Top 6
Top 12

§ – Placed into the Top 12 by winning Most Popular Introductory Video

Special awards

Award Contestant
Best National Costume
  •  Indonesia – Dinda Syarif
Miss Congeniality
  •  Honduras – Amelia Vega
Miss Photogenic
  •  Brazil – Izabele Coimbra
Best in Evening Gown
  •  Venezuela – Michel Epalza Betancourt
Best in Talent
  •  Vietnam – Nguyễn Hương Giang
Most Popular Introductory Video
  •  Vietnam – Nguyễn Hương Giang

Best in Talent

Award Contestant
Winner
  •  Vietnam – Nguyễn Hương Giang
1st Runner-up
  •  Venezuela – Michel Epalza Betancourt
2nd Runner-up
  •  Italy – Marianna Melo
Top 14
  •  Brazil – Izabele Coimbra
  •  France – Livia Nielsen
  •  Honduras – Amelia Vega
  •  India – Nitasha Biswas
  •  Indonesia – Dinda Syarif
  •  Israel – Elian Nesiel
  •  Laos – Longsy Sinakhone
  •  Mongolia – Solongo
  •  Sri Lanka – Noel Tokuhisa
  •  Thailand – Rinrada Thurapan
  •  United States – Kataluna Enriquez

Contestants

28 contestants competed for the title.

Country/Territory Contestant Age Hometown Placements
 Argentina Sofia Solohaga 27 —
 Australia Jacqueline Angliss Gillies 26 Melbourne 1st Runner-up
 Brazil Izabele Coimbra 24 — Top 6
 China Ellie Cheng 24 Macau
 Colombia Mia Gomez Brito — —
 France Livia Nielsen — —
 Honduras Amelia Vega — — Top 12
 India Nitasha Biswas — Kolkata
 Indonesia Dinda Syarif — Jakarta
 Israel Elian Nesiel 25 Tel Aviv
 Italy Marianna Melo — — Top 6
 Japan Yuko 34 Osaka
 Laos Longsy Sinakhone 21 — Top 12
 Malaysia Suki Low 26 Selangor
 Mexico Anahi Cristobal Altuzar 24 Chiapas Top 12
 Mongolia Solongo 25 — Top 12
 Myanmar Juana Paing — —
   Nepal Swastika Lama — —
 Nicaragua Barbie D'Ebano 25 Managua
 Peru Ghina Chacon 26 —
 Philippines Carla Marie Madrigal — —
 Sri Lanka Noel Tokuhisa 28 — Top 12
 Thailand Rinrada Thurapan 20 Roi Et 2nd Runner-up
 Turkey Nez Sayginer 22 Antalya
 United Kingdom Francesca Camicia — —
 United States Kataluna Enriquez 24 California Top 12
 Venezuela Michel Epalza Betancourt 24 — Top 6
 Vietnam Nguyễn Hương Giang 26 Hanoi WINNER

Debuts

Returns

Last competed in 2015:

Last competed in 2015:

Last competed in 2014:

References

  1. ^ "Bringing home tolerance". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 2021-01-03.
  2. ^ "Transgender pageant crowns Miss Vietnam as the new Miss International Queen". Transgenderfeed. March 17, 2018. Retrieved September 27, 2021.

External links

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