{{notability|1=Events|date=December 2024}} {{Infobox beauty pageant | date = November 11, 2006 | venue = Beijing Exhibition Center, [[Beijing]], China | image = Beijing Exhibition Center (20180130133602).jpg | broadcaster = {{Hlist|[[TV Tokyo]]}} | winner = [[Daniela Di Giacomo]]<ref name="Vina 2015">{{cite web|last=Vina|first=Nguyen|title=All winners of the contest Miss International|website=Global Express News|date=September 28, 2015|url=http://globalexpressnews.blogspot.com/2015/09/all-winners-of-contest-miss_19.html|access-date=January 3, 2016}}</ref> | represented = Venezuela | photogenic = Vasana Wongbuntree (Thailand)<br>Karoliina Yläjoki (Finland) | congeniality = [[Koni Lui]] (Hong Kong) | best national costume = [[Mayte Sánchez]] (Panama) | entrants = 53 | placements = 12 | debuts = {{Hlist|Guadeloupe|Kenya|Martinique|Republic of the Congo|Sudan}} | withdraws = {{Hlist|Bahamas|El Salvador|Greece|Israel|Kazakhstan|Macau|Malaysia|Mongolia|Nicaragua|Paraguay|Sweden|United Kingdom|United States}} | returns = {{Hlist|Egypt|Guatemala|Mexico|Nigeria|Northern Mariana Islands|Russia|Sri Lanka|Vietnam}} | before = [[Miss International 2005|2005]] | next = [[Miss International 2007|2007]] }}
'''Miss International '''2006, the 46th [[Miss International]] pageant, was held both in [[Tokyo]], Japan, and [[Beijing]], China. The contestants arrived in [[Tokyo]], Japan on October 12 and the finals was held on November 11, 2006, at the [[Beijing Exhibition Center]] in [[Beijing]], China. 53 contestants competed. [[Precious Lara Quigaman]] of the [[Philippines]] crowned her successor [[Daniela Di Giacomo]] of [[Venezuela]].<ref name="Vina 2015"/>
==Results== ===Placements=== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;" |- ! Placement ! Contestant |- | Miss International 2006 | * {{flagu|Venezuela}} – [[Daniela di Giacomo|Daniela Di Giacomo]]<ref name="Vina 2015"/> |- | 1st Runner-up | * {{flagu|Panama}} – [[Mayte Sánchez]] |- | 2nd Runner-up | * {{flagu|South Korea}} – Jang Yoon-seo |- | Top 12 | * {{flagu|China}} – Chen Qian * {{flagu|Colombia}} – Karina Guerra * {{flagu|Dominican Republic}} – Wilma Abreu * {{flagu|Guadeloupe|local}} – Meryta Melina * {{flagu|India}} – [[Sonnalli Seygall]] * {{flagu|Japan}} – Mami Sakurai * {{flagu|Puerto Rico}} – Sharon Gómez * {{flagu|Spain}} – Sara Sánchez Torres * {{flagu|Thailand}} – Vasana Wongbuntree |}
===Special awards=== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;" | style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;"| Awards | style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;"| Contestant |- | Miss Photogenic in China | * {{flagu|Finland}} - Karoliina Ylajoki |- | Miss Photogenic in Japan | * {{flagu|Thailand}} - Vasana Wongbuntree |- | Miss Goodwill | * {{flagu|Puerto Rico}} - Sharon Gomez |- | Miss Friendship | * {{flagu|Hong Kong}} - [[Koni Lui]] |- | Miss Vibrant | * {{flagu|Brazil}} - Maria Claudia Barreto |- | Best National Costume | * {{flagu|Panama}} - [[Mayte Sanchez]] |- | Compassionate Award | * {{flagu|China}} - Chen Qian |- | Best Body | * {{flagu|Colombia}} - Karina Guerra |- | Best Preliminary Performance | * {{flagu|Germany}} - Hiltja Muller |- | Best Overall Style | * {{flagu|Venezuela}} - [[Daniela Di Giacomo]] |- | Best Figure | * {{flagu|Venezuela}} - [[Daniela Di Giacomo]] |}
==Contestants== {{Unreferenced section|date=February 2022}} {{div col|colwidth=35em}} * {{flag|Aruba}} - Luizanne Donata * {{flag|Australia}} - Karli Smith * {{flag|Bolivia}} - Pamela Justiniano Saucedo * {{flag|Brazil}} - Maria Cláudia Barreto de Oliveira * {{flag|Canada}} - Emily Ann Kiss * {{flag|China}} - Chen Qian * {{flag|Colombia}} - Karina Guerra Rodríguez * {{flag|Cyprus}} - Elena Georgiou * {{flag|Czech Republic}} - Katerina Pospisilova * {{flag|Dominican Republic}} - Wilma Abreu Nazario * {{flag|Ecuador}} - Denisse Elizabeth Rodríguez Quiñónez * {{flag|Egypt}} - Elham Wagdi Fadel * {{flag|Ethiopia}} - Fethiya Mohammed Seid * {{flag|Finland}} - Karoliina Yläjoki * {{flag|France}} - Marie-Charlotte Meré * {{flag|Germany}} - Hiltja Müller * {{flag|Guadeloupe|local}} - Melina Aurelie Meryta * {{flag|Guatemala}} - Mirna Lissy Salguero Moscoso * {{flag|Honduras|1949}} - Lissa Diana Viera Sáenz * {{flag|Hong Kong}} - [[Koni Lui]] * {{flag|India}} - [[Sonnalli Seygall]] * {{flag|Japan}} - Mami Sakurai * {{flag|Kenya}} - Rachel Nyameyo * {{flag|Malaysia}} - Iris Hng Choy Yin * {{flag|Martinique|snake}} - Murielle Desgrelle * {{flag|Mexico}} - Alondra del Carmen Robles Dobler * {{flag|Mongolia}} - Bolortuya Dagva * {{flag|New Caledonia|local}} - Fabienne Vidoire * {{flag|New Zealand}} - Claire Beattie * {{flag|Nigeria}} - Misel Uku * {{flag|Northern Mariana Islands}} - Shequita DeLeon Guerrero Bennett * {{flag|Norway}} - Linn Andersen * {{flag|Panama}} - [[Mayte Sánchez|Mayte Sánchez González]] * {{flag|Peru}} - Lissy Consuelo Miranda Muñoz<ref>{{cite news|last=Napa|first=Renzo|title=Nathie Quijano es coronada Miss International Perú 2025|trans-title=Nathie Quijano is crowned Miss International Peru 2025|url=https://rpp.pe/famosos/farandula/nathie-quijano-es-coronada-miss-international-peru-2025-noticia-1632623|date=5 May 2025|access-date=9 May 2025|website=[[Grupo RPP|RPP]]|language=es|archive-date=5 May 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250505184549/https://rpp.pe/famosos/farandula/nathie-quijano-es-coronada-miss-international-peru-2025-noticia-1632623|url-status=live}}</ref> * {{flag|Philippines}} - Denille Lou Valmonte * {{flag|Poland}} - Marta Jakoniuk * {{flag|Puerto Rico}} - Sharon Gómez * {{flag|Republic of the Congo}} - Maurielle Nkouka Massamba * {{flag|Russia}} - Elena Vinogradova * {{flag|Serbia and Montenegro}} - Danka Dizdarevic * {{flag|Singapore}} - Genecia Luo * {{flag|Slovak Republic}} - Dagmar Ivanova * {{flag|South Korea}} - Jang Yoon-seo * {{flag|Spain}} - Sara Sánchez Torres * {{flag|Sri Lanka}} - [[Gayesha Perera]] * {{flag|Sudan}} - Rebecca Chor Malek * {{flag|Taiwan}} - Liu Tzu-Hsuan * {{flag|Tanzania}} - Angel Delight Kileo * {{flag|Thailand}} - Vasana Wongbuntree * {{flag|Turkey}} - Asena Tugal * {{flag|Ukraine}} - Inna Goruk * {{flag|Venezuela}} - [[Daniela di Giacomo|Daniela Anette Di Giacomo Di Giovanni]] * {{flag|Vietnam}} - Vũ Ngọc Diệp {{div col end}}
==Notes== ===Withdrawals=== {{div col|colwidth=22em}} * {{flag|Bahamas}} * {{flag|Greece}} * {{flag|Israel}} * {{flag|Kazakhstan}} * {{flag|Nepal}} * {{flag|United Kingdom}} * {{flag|United States}} {{div col end}} ===Did not compete=== {{div col|colwidth=35em}} * {{flag|Bahamas}} - Sharie Delva * {{flag|Ghana}} - Priscilla Amara Marfo * {{flag|Greece}} - Tzoulia Alexandratou * {{flag|Guyana}} - Kristia Ramlagan * {{flag|Israel}} - Tehila Mor * {{flag|Kazakhstan}} * {{flag|Liberia}} - Bendu Ciapha * {{flag|Malta}} * {{flag|Nepal}} - Bunita Sunuwar * {{flag|Tahiti}} - Salmon Faimano * {{flag|United Kingdom}} - Lucy Avril Evangelista (SF World '05) * {{flag|Uruguay}} - María Alejandra Américo Chacon * {{flag|United States}} - Sara Dee Harrigfeld {{div col end}} ===Crossovers=== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} ;[[Miss Universe]] * [[Miss Universe 2006|2006]]: {{flag|Northern Marianas}} - Shequita Bennett * [[Miss Universe 2009|2009]]: {{flag|Egypt}} - Elham Wagdi ;[[Miss World]] * [[Miss World 2005|2005]]: {{flag|Guadeloupe|local}} - Meryta Melina ;[[Miss Earth]] * [[Miss Earth 2005|2005]]: {{flag|Egypt}} - Elham Wagdi * [[Miss Earth 2007|2007]]: {{flag|Tanzania}} - Angel Delight Kileo ;Miss Intercontinental * 2007: {{flag|Egypt}} - Elham Wagdi (Semi-finalist) ;Miss All Nations * 2010: {{flag|Thailand}} - Vasana Wongbuntree (3rd runner-up) {{col-2}} ;Miss Global Beauty Queen * 2009: {{flag|Thailand}} - Vasana Wongbuntree (Winner, Miss Photogenic, as [[Bangkok]]) ;[[World Miss University]] * 2007: {{flag|Canada}} - Emily Ann Kiss ;Miss Tourism Queen International * 2007: {{flag|Thailand}} - Vasana Wongbuntree (1st runner-up) * 2009: {{flag|Sri Lanka}} - Gayesha Perera (Miss Talent) ;[[Reinado Internacional del Café]] * [[Reinado Internacional del Café 2012|2012]]: {{flag|Canada}} - Emily Ann Kiss {{col-end}} ==References== <references /> {{Miss International 2006 delegates}} {{Miss International}} [[Category:Miss International|2006]] [[Category:2006 in Beijing]] [[Category:2006 beauty pageants]] [[Category:Beauty pageants in China]]