Miss Sierra Leone USA 2013-2014 Ruby B. Johnson: Miss Sierra Leone USA Talks Miss International 2013

Hello world!!!

Hope you and yours are doing well. I'm doing well, thanks be to God. The Miss International Pageant is an annual international beauty pageant held since 1960. Miss International is part of the Big Four international beauty pageants: Miss World, Miss Earth, and Miss Universe. The 53rd edition of Miss International will be held in Tokyo, Japan on December 17th. The current Miss International titleholder is Ikumi Yoshimatsu from Japan.

Reigning Miss International 2012 Ikumi Yoshimatsu from Japan

According to the Miss International Wikipedia page, "contestants are expected to serve as 'Ambassadors of Peace and Beauty', demonstrating tenderness, benevolence, friendship, beauty, intelligence, ability to take action, and, most importantly, a great international sensibility. The ultimate goal of the Miss International beauty pageant is to promote world peace, goodwill, and understanding."

FIRST Miss International with African ancestry: Miss International 2004 Jeymmy Vargas from Colombia

Second Miss International with African ancestry: Miss International 2010 Elizabeth Mosquera from Venezuela

The first woman with some African ancestry to be awarded the title of Miss International was Jeymmy Paola Vargas from Colombia in 2004; the second woman with some African ancestry was Elizabeth Mosquera from Venezuela in 2010. In the 53-year existence of the Miss International pageant, no African nation has ever been awarded the title of Miss International. The highest placement of an African country at this pageant was in 1996; Miss International Tunisia 1996 Ibticem Lahmar placed first runner-up. The Republic of Sierra Leone has never been represented at the Miss International pageant.

Below is a list of the contestants representing African nations in this year's edition of Miss International:

GABON

Miss International Gabon 2013