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Miss Supranational is an annual international female beauty pageant, started in 2009, and with most contests held in Poland. The most recent competition involved candidates from 77 countries.

A parallel male contest, Mister Supranational, began in 2016, also in Poland, most recently involving 41 countries.

The current pageant title holders are Anntonia Porsild of Thailand, and Nate Crnkovich of the United States. They were elected in 2019, but will retain their titles into 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic; 2020 will be the first year that the Miss and Mister Supranational contests were not held since their inception.

Miss Supranational
Miss Supranational is managed by the World Beauty Association S.A., which was founded in 2009 in Panama. The first World Beauty Association president was Tryny Marcela Yandar Lobón, with Gerhard Parzutka von Lipinski from Poland as executive producer, and president of the production company Nowa Scena.

Parzutka von Lipinski has been referred to as the President of Miss Supranational since at least 2017.

The Miss Supranational contests began in 2009 and were held in Poland except 2013 which was in Minsk, Belarus, and 2016, which was co-hosted with Poprad, Slovakia. Mister Supranational also began in 2016, in Krynica-Zdrój, Poland.

The World Beauty Association, based in Hong Kong, organized a rival Miss Supranational 2014 pageant in India which could not be held in person due to responses to the West African Ebola virus epidemic. It crowned one candidate, Jennifer Poleo of Venezuela, remotely, and without runners-up, and did not hold any subsequent contests.

The Miss and Mister Supranational 2020 contests were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with Anntonia Porsild from Thailand and Nate Crnkovich from the United States to retain their respective titles until then.

Editions
The following is a list of Miss Supranational pageant edition and information.

Mister Supranational


In 2016, the Polish businessman, producer, and international director of Miss Supranational Gerardo Von Lipinsky, founded the international male beauty contest, Mister Supranational, together with the Panamanian businesswoman Marcela Lobón, creator of WBA (World Beauty Association). The first edition of the contest was held on December 2, 2016 at the Municipal Sports and Recreation Center (MOSIR), in the city of Krynica-Zdrój, Poland, with the participation of 36 candidates from various countries around the world, with Diego Garcy from Mexico, the first winner of the contest.

Approximately 80 countries have participated in the contest, making it one of the most important male beauty pageants in the world.

Editions
The following is a list of Miss Supranational pageant edition and information.

Miss and Mister Supranational Organization
The following is a list of all Miss and Mister Supranational Organization titleholders from the founding of each pageant until now.

National franchises
National franchises have a lot of latitude in choosing candidates for Miss and Mister Supranational. Some are the winners of individual contests for their Miss Supranational, others get the honor by winning first or second runner-up from contests for candidates to multiple international pageants, and yet others are chosen in different ways.

Australia
Alecia McCallum won Miss Supranational Australia 2018 in a stand-alone pageant.

Croatia
Tihana Babij won Miss Supranational Croatia 2018 after defeating 17 regional Croatia contestants; she herself comes from Vienna and was the representative of the Croatian diaspora.

Ecuador
Justeen Cruz was picked Miss Supranational Ecuador 2020 via an online competition due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Gibraltar
Aisha Benyahya became Miss Supranational Gibraltar 2016 after winning second place at Miss Gibraltar.

India
Asha Bhat, Miss Supranational India 2014, and the eventual winner of Miss United Supranational 2014, had been second runner up at Miss Diva 2014. Srinidhi Shetty was crowned Miss supranational 2016 After winning Miss Diva Supranational Crown in 2016 along side India's representative to Mr Supranational Jitesh Thakur also won Second Runner up title who was also send by Times group and Altamash Faraz became Mister Supranational India 2017.after placing second runner-up in Mr India 2016. In 2018 India won Mr Supranational with Prathamesh making india the only country till date to win both subsidiaries.Shefali Sood became the Miss Supranational India 2019 representative at Miss Diva 2019. Aavriti Choudhary won Miss India Supranational 2020 during Miss Diva 2020.

Indonesia
Puteri Indonesia Pariwisata ((Hanacaraka) ꦦꦸꦠꦺꦫꦶ​ꦆꦤ꧀ꦢꦺꦴꦤꦺꦱ​ꦦꦫꦶꦮꦶꦱꦠ; literally translates into: "Princess Indonesia Tourism" or "Miss Supranational Indonesia") is one of the titles granted by the Puteri Indonesia beauty pageant. The winners of Puteri Indonesia Pariwisata represent Indonesia in Miss Supranational. The president-owner of Puteri Indonesia Pariwisata are The Royal Highest Family of Surakarta Sunanate, Princess Mooryati Soedibyo and Princess Putri Kuswisnuwardhani.

Puteri Indonesia Pariwisata is traditionally crowned in March, alongside the celebration of International Women's Day. The first Puteri Indonesia Pariwisata to compete in Miss Supranational was Cok Istri Krisnanda Widani from Bali in 2013. The 2011 and 2012 winners (Alessandra Khadijah Usman and Andi Tenri Gusti Harnum Utari Natassa) competed in Miss Asia Pacific World. The participation of Indonesia in Miss Supranational were continuing by Intan Aletrino became Miss Supranational Indonesia 2016 by winning Puteri Indonesia Pariwisata 2016. Karina Nadila Niab was Miss Supranational Indonesia 2017 after winning Puteri Indonesia Pariwisata 2017, and since then the winner of Puteri Indonesia Pariwisata was automatically represent Indonesia to Miss Supranational till now.

In 2019, Joko Widodo announced the Puteri Indonesia Organization as "National Intangible Cultural Heritage of Indonesia", which carries the values of Indonesian culture and society togetherness, to celebrate the role of women in the creative industry, environment, tourism, education and social awareness. In line with that, Angela Tanoesoedibjo the eldest daughter of media magnate MNC Group Hary Tanoesoedibjo and Miss Indonesia President and Chief Executive Officer Liliana Tanaja Tanoesoedibjo chosen as The Deputy of Ministry of tourism and Creative Economy of The Republic of Indonesia by the President of Indonesia, Joko Widodo at the Istana Negara Palace in Central Jakarta. Generally, the final coronation night of the pageant was annually broadcast on Indosiar, but the 2007 and 2019–present edition was broadcast on SCTV, which means both of SCM Network Televisions is the official broadcaster of Puteri Indonesia.

The reigning Puteri Indonesia Pariwisata 2020 is Jihane Almira Chedid of Central Java, who was crowned on 6 March 2020 in Jakarta Convention Center. She will represent Indonesia at the 12th edition of Miss Supranational 2021 beauty pageant.

Gallery of winners: The winners of Puteri Indonesia Pariwisata (Miss Supranational Indonesia)

Jamaica
Franz Christie was chosen Mister Supranational Jamaica 2017 at the United Nations Pageants, separately from and before the Miss Supranational Jamaica candidate. Rayon Davis and Kimberly Dawkins were chosen Mister and Miss Jamaica Supranational 2019 together.

Japan
Yurika Nakamoto was selected Miss Supranational Japan 2018, defeating 30 candidates, at the same pageant that also selected Miss United Continents Japan 2018, and Miss Asia Pacific International Japan 2018.

Laos
Kithsada Vongsaysavath was selected Miss Supranational Lao 2017 after winning second runner-up at Miss Grand Laos 2017.

Mauritius
Urvashi Hureeram became Miss Supranational Mauritius 2019 as first runner-up to Miss Universe Mauritius 2019.

Nigeria
Oluchi Kalu became Miss Supranational Nigeria 2019 after being first runner-up at the 2019 Beauty of Africa International Pageant.

Philippines
When Elaine Kay Moll won first runner-up in Binibining Pilipinas 2012, she didn't expect to be sent to Miss Supranational in Poland, but she was sent, and won third runner-up. Jehza Mae Huelar won Miss Philippines Supranational 2018, due to getting second runner-up in Binibining Pilipinas 2018. Resham Saeed was Miss Supranational Philippines 2019, after getting second runner-up in Binibining Pilipinas 2019. The Philippine Miss Supranational contest franchise moved from Binibining Pilipinas to Miss World Philippines in 2020.

Myanmar
Khin Wint Wah was selected as the first Miss Supranational Myanmar, in 2013, by defeating 99 other contestants in a general knowledge test, rather than a beauty contest. Swe Zin Htet became Miss Supranational Myanmar 2016 by winning the Miss Golden Land Myanmar contest, which also sent contestants to Miss Earth, Miss Intercontinental, Face of Beauty International, Miss Tourism International and Miss Globe.

Nepal
Dr. Santosh Upadhyaya won the first Mister Supra-star Search 2020, and was given the first Mister Supranational Nepal 2021 title. He will represent Nepal in 5th edition of Mister Supranational 2021 in Poland.

Rwanda
Aurore Mutesi Kayibanda competed in Miss Supranational 2013 after winning Miss Rwanda 2012. Shanita Munyana won Miss Supranational Rwanda in 2019, winning Rwf1 million.

South Africa
Belinde Schroeder was crowned Miss Supranational South Africa 2018. The Miss South Africa pageant also began selecting candidates for Miss Supranational South Africa in 2020.

Trinidad & Tobago
Yia-Loren Gomez was the first Miss Trinidad and Tobago Supranational in 2019.

United States
In the United States, there are statewide Miss Supranational titles. Angela Ritossa was Miss Ohio Supranational 2017 before competing for Miss Supranational United States.

Since February 2018, the Miss Supranational USA franchise has been owned and directed by Cecilio Asuncion, founder of transgender modeling agency Slay Model Management.

Vietnam
Nguyen Thi Le Quyen became Miss Supranational Vietnam 2015 after winning second runner-up in Miss Ao Dai Vietnam, and also represented the country in Miss Grand International 2015.