Miss Tourism International

Miss Tourism International
Formation	1994
Type	Beauty Pageant
Headquarters	Kuala Lumpur
Location	Malaysia
President	Datuk Danny Ooi H.E
Website	Official website

Miss Tourism International is an annual international beauty contest run by the D’ Touch International s Sdn Bhd Foundation.^[1] The beauty pageant had same with Miss Tourism International in Sri Lanka that was held three times (1993, 1996 & 2002). Nevertheless, the pageant not held again.

The contest began in 1994 in Kuching, Malaysia. Malaysia hosts Miss Tourism International every year, except in 2006 it was held outside Malaysia for the first time, in Guangzhou, China. The beauty pageant was not held in 1996, 1997 and 2007.

History

The Miss Tourism International world final is a New Year’s Eve pageant that plays host to more than 30 international beauty queens from around the world.

The inauguration of Miss Tourism International was held in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia in 1994. Introduced by the president and franchise owner, Datuk Danny Ooi, today, Miss Tourism International contest has set its mark^{[clarification needed]} in more than 76 countries.^{[citation needed]}

Titleholders

Year	Date	Location	Entrants	Miss Tourism International	Country	1st Runner Up	Country	2nd Runner Up	Country
1994	March 8	Kuching,  Malaysia	24	Michelle Leigh Holmes		Emelia Abdul Hamid		Jee Young-Min
1995	March 24	Langkawi Island,  Malaysia	24	Marianna Pateli		Lavinia Tan Poh Ling		Kimberly Anne Byers
1998	March 28	Kuala Lumpur,  Malaysia	21	Roksana Jonek		Gabriela Adamcova		Mellany Gabat
1999	October 30	Sunway Lagoon Resort Hotel,  Malaysia	21	Agnieszka Zakreta		Racquel Uy		Ruut Kaangas
2000	November 19	Sunway Lagoon Resort Hotel,  Malaysia	21	Maria Esperanza Acosta Manzano		Maud Garbier		María Cristina López
2001	December 31	Sunway Lagoon Resort Hotel,  Malaysia	26	Candice Pinto		Zuzana Stepanovska		Monika Gruda
2002	December 31	Sunway Lagoon Resort Hotel,  Malaysia	26	Piyanuch Khamboon		Yin Zi		Ebru Günzel
2003	December 31	Sunway Lagoon Resort Hotel,  Malaysia	30	Angela Joan Beck		Victoria Karyda		Xing Hui Yuan
2004	December 31	Sunway Lagoon Resort Hotel,  Malaysia	33	Megha Nabe		Marina Gorobets		María Gabriela Pérez
2005	December 31	Sunway Lagoon Resort Hotel,  Malaysia	36	Isabelle Lamont		Chang Ta-Hsin		Shriya Singh
2006	November 11	Heyuan City, Guangzhou,  China	41	Florina Manea		Tanya Vakil		Maud Tordjman
2008	December 31	Sunway Lagoon Resort Hotel,  Malaysia	44	Manasvi Mamgai		Cibele Mello Franczak		Alma Mulalic
2009	December 31	Sunway Lagoon Resort Hotel,  Malaysia	45	Sarah Elzanowski		Jessica Ibarra		Thays Calmany Neves
2010	December 31	Sunway Lagoon Resort Hotel,  Malaysia	55	Nathalie den Dekker		Holly-Anne Visser		Stephany González
2011	December 31	Sunway Resort Hotel & Spa,  Malaysia	60	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD

By Number of Wins

Country/Territory	Titles	Winning years
Poland	2	1998, 1999
India		2001, 2008
Australia	1	1994
France		2005
Greece		1995
Philippines		2000
Germany		2009
Netherlands		2010
Romania		2006
South Africa		2003
Thailand		2002
USA		2004

Source:^[2]

References

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External links

• Miss Malaysia Pageant Official Site
• Miss Tourism International Official Site