Miss Intercontinental

All you want to know about Miss Intercontinental

Miss Intercontinental began in 1971 but it started officially as the Miss Teenage Intercontinental beauty pageant in 1973. The pageant was organized by Rene Lacle.

Miscellaneous pageants (1971 & 1972)
Aruba Version (1973–1983)
- It was started as the Miss Teenage Intercontinental in 1973 in Oranjestad, Aruba.
- Its name was changed to Miss Teen Intercontinental in 1979.
- Its name was changed to Miss Intercontinental in 1982.
- It was discontinued in 1984.
Miscellaneous pageants (1985 & 1987 )
Nigeria Version (1986 & 1988–1991)
- It was started in 1986 in Lagos, Nigeria.
- It was done in 1987 but title was announced for 1988.
- In 1989 winner from Nigeria resigned and title awarded to first runner-up from Dominican Rep.
- In 1991, there were two contests: by Nigerian and Aruban organizers.
- It was discontinued in 1992.
Aruba New Version (1991–1992)
- It was started in 1991 in Bonn Germany by Aruban organizers.
- It was continued until 1992, when it began to be produced by German organizers.
Germany Version (1991–2006)

1 Expected contestants
2 2001 to Date
3 Miss Intercontinental 2008
4 Titleholders
5 External links

Expected contestants

The 2008 Miss Intercontinental Beauty Pageant Finals will take place on Saturday, 25th of October 2008, in the Music and Festivaldom in Zabrze, Poland. Miss Lebanon Nancy Afiouny will crown her successor

As of September 6, 2008, 2 delegates had been selected.

Country	Contestant	Age	Height (cm)	Hometown
Germany	Svetlanan Tsys ^[1]	19	172	Berlin
Thailand	Pirada Kajornmalee ^[2]	22	170	Samut Prakarn

2001 to Date

Although Miss Intercontinental is sometimes claimed to be one to the top Grand Slam pageants in the world of beauty, it remains a low level pageant that struggles to find delegates and host countries to make it a world class pageant as the name suggest, it also suffers from claims over who actually owns the trademark Miss Intercontinental, WBO claims to own in in Europe but another company claims to own it in China.

Year	Date	City	Country	Entries
2001	June 21	Coburg	Germany	33
2002	June 8	Fürth	Germany	33
2003	July 2	Berlin	Germany	34
2004	July 24	Huhhot	China	54
2005	July 30	Huangshan	China	61
2006	October 15	Nassau	Bahamas	45
2007	October 13	Mahe	Seychelles	41
2008	October	Schlesien	Poland	TBD

It's highest number of delegate count was in 2005 in China where they had 61 delegates, since then however they have struggled and had as few as 41 delegates in 2007. The contest has been reduced to going to small islands like the Seychelles and the Bahamas due to a lack of the organisations ability to sell the pageant to major countries, part of the reason seems to be the huge franchise / hosting fee demanded estimated to be in excess of US$500,000.

The pageant also suffers from allegations of predetermined outcomes and political influence when picking its winners some National Directors have been known to been asked by the organization to sit on the Jury, a move unheard of in most International pageants.

The winner of Miss Intercontinental does not have any significant or visible role in the world of pageants and she is far from a celebrity along the lines of Miss Earth, Miss Universe or Miss World.

Miss Intercontinental 2008

Titleholders

Version	Year	Miss Intercontinental	Country	Venue
Miscellaneous pageants	1971	Magnolia Martinez	Peru
Miscellaneous pageants	1972	Jane Vieira Macambira	Brazil
Aruba Version	1973	Barbara Jean Sergi	United States	Oranjestad, Aruba
	1974	Maria Emilia de los Ríos	Venezuela	Oranjestad, Aruba
	1975	Shohreh Nikpour	Iran	Oranjestad, Aruba
	1976	Ivania Navarro Yenic	Nicaragua	Oranjestad, Aruba
	1977	Elizabeth Ann Jones	England	Oranjestad, Aruba
	1978	Elizabeth Anita Reddi	India	Oranjestad, Aruba
	1979	Maryanne Shaugnessey	United States	Oranjestad, Aruba
	1980	Elizabeth Gasiewicz	Argentina	Punto Fijo, Venezuela
	1981	Cristiane Lisita Passos	Brazil	Barranquilla, Colombia
	1982	Jodee Joy Dominici	United States	Cartagena, Colombia
	1983	Brigitte Bergman	Netherlands	Oranjestad, Aruba
	1984	NOT HELD
Miscellaneous pageants	1985	Sumaya Heinsen	Dominican Republic
Nigeria Version	1986	Elizabeth Robinson	Puerto Rico	Lagos, Nigeria
Miscellaneous pageants	1987	Patricia Kuypers	Peru
Nigeria Version	1988	Joan Maynard	Curaçao	Lagos, Nigeria
	1989	Bianca Onoh (resigned)	Nigeria	Lagos, Nigeria
	1989	Brenda Marte Lajara (replaced)	Dominican Republic	Lagos, Nigeria
	1990	Sandra Foster	Jamaica	Holland, Netherlands
	1991	Carmen Linda Díaz	Puerto Rico	Lagos, Nigeria
Aruba New Version	1991	Alyona Ivanova	Russia	Bonn, Germany
Aruba New Version	1992	Susanne Petry	Germany	Eschweiler, Germany
Germany Version	1993	Verona Feldbusch	Germany	Dresden, Germany
	1994	Kimberly Anne Byers	United States	Düsseldorf, Germany
	1995	Melissa Cortez	US Virgin Islands	Dresden, Germany
	1996	Timeri Baudry	Tahiti	Trier, Germany
	1997	Lara Dutta	India	Freiburg, Germany
	1998	Janaína Vizeu Berenhauser Borba	Brazil	Bad Lausick, Germany
	1999	Mine Erbaykent	Turkey	Bochum, Germany
	2000	Sabrina Schepmann	Germany	Kaiserslautern, Germany
	2001	Ligia Fernanda Petit Vargas	Venezuela	Coburg, Germany
	2002	Rychacviana Coffie	Curaçao	Fürth, Germany
	2003	Dominique Hourani	Lebanon	Berlin, Germany
	2004	Deisy Catalina Valencia Deossa	Colombia	Hohhot, China
	2005	Emmarys Diliana Pinto Peralta	Venezuela	Huangshan, China
	2006	Katarína Manová	Slovakia	Nassau, Bahamas
	2007	Nancy Afiouni	Lebanon	Mahé, Seychelles