Miss International 2020 pageant gets cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

Miss International announced the official cancellation of its pageant for 2020, due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

"Taking into consideration the health and safety issues, as well as the ongoing global impact caused by the Covid-19 Pandemic, we have come to a conclusion to cancel this year’s Miss International 2020 pageant, which was originally scheduled to be held this fall," the pageant organization wrote in their announcement post on Instagram.

 

 

 

 

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Notice of Cancellation of Miss International 2020 LINK: https://www.miss-international.org/en/news/200612/

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Jun 12, 2020 at 12:56am PDT

The pageant organization expressed their deepest regret to their participants and supporters, saying the next edition, which will be dubbed as the 60th Miss International Beauty Pageant, will be scheduled in the fall of 2021.

"Details of which will be announced in due time," they wrote.

"Rest assured that through our slogan 'Cheer All Women' we are still committed on pursuing our goal of supporting all women, and continuing with the legacy of this beauty pageant, which is to promote 'friendship and goodwill with other countries in the world' and the 'realization of world peace through international exchange'," International Cultural Association Chairperson Akemi Shumomura wrote.

In 2019, lawyer Patch Magtanong represented the Philippines in the Miss International pageant and finished her stint in the Top 8. — Jannielyn Ann Bigtas/LA, GMA News