Miss International Queen 2018

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]

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

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
Results 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/TerritoryContestantAgeHometown Placements
 ArgentinaSofia Solohaga27—
 AustraliaJacqueline Angliss Gillies26Melbourne 1st Runner-up
 BrazilIzabele Coimbra24— Top 6
 ChinaEllie Cheng24Macau
 ColombiaMia Gomez Brito——
 FranceLivia Nielsen——
 HondurasAmelia Vega—— Top 12
 IndiaNitasha Biswas—Kolkata
 IndonesiaDinda Syarif—Jakarta
 IsraelElian Nesiel25Tel Aviv
 ItalyMarianna Melo—— Top 6
 JapanYuko34Osaka
 LaosLongsy Sinakhone21— Top 12
 MalaysiaSuki Low26Selangor
 MexicoAnahi Cristobal Altuzar24Chiapas Top 12
 MongoliaSolongo25— Top 12
 MyanmarJuana Paing——
   NepalSwastika Lama——
 NicaraguaBarbie D'Ebano25Managua
 PeruGhina Chacon26—
 PhilippinesCarla Marie Madrigal——
 Sri LankaNoel Tokuhisa28— Top 12
 ThailandRinrada Thurapan20Roi Et 2nd Runner-up
 TurkeyNez Sayginer22Antalya
 United KingdomFrancesca Camicia——
 United StatesKataluna Enriquez24California Top 12
 VenezuelaMichel Epalza Betancourt24— Top 6
 VietnamNguyễn Hương Giang26Hanoi WINNER

Debuts
  •  Argentina

Returns

Last competed in 2015:

  •  Australia

Last competed in 2015:

  •  Myanmar

Last competed in 2014:

  •  Mongolia

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.
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