Miss Tourism Queen International is an annual Chinese-based international beauty contest established in 2004. In April 2008, Miss Tourism Queen International set the record for the most participants in an international beauty contest with 113 women competed, not just from participating countries and territories, but also contestants from provinces known as tourist destinations like Bali and Fernando de Noronha, and regions of special interest like Borneo, Siberia, and Hawaii..

Miss Tourism Queen International was founded by Mr. Charlie See and currently owned by Exclusive Resources Marketing Pte Ltd or ERM, which is private limited company incorporated, based in Singapore.

The Miss Tourism Queen International 2008 was held from the 20th March to the 10th April in Zhengzhou City, Henan Province, China.

Titleholders

Year	Miss Tourism Queen International	Country	Venue
2004	Zabina Abdul Rashid Khan		Hangzhou, China
2005	Nikoletta Ralli		Hangzhou, China
2006	Justine Vinluan Gabionza		Hangzhou, China
2007	Olga Zarubina		Zhengzhou, China
2008	Silvia Vanessa Cornejo Cerna		Zhengzhou, China

Best performances by continental regions

As of 2008

Region	Best performance
Africa	0 title(s)
Asia	2 titles won by India and Philippines
Americas	1 title won by Peru
Europe	2 titles won by Greece and Russia
Oceania	0 title(s)

Trivia

• Almost all first winners of all the major beauty pageants are of Scandinavian descent: Finland won the Miss Universe 1952, Sweden captured the Miss World 1951, and Denmark gained the Miss Earth 2001. Miss International and Miss Tourism Queen International were the exceptions where Colombia won the Miss International 1960 crown and India won the Miss Tourism Queen International title in 2004.
• Miss Tourism Queen International remains one of the Grand Slam Pageants with no winner resigned or dethroned along with Miss International.

External links

• Miss Tourism Queen International official website

References