Miss Philippines Blessa Ericha Figueroa managed a Top 5 placement and was crowned third runner-up. Other proclaimed queens were Karen Nunez of Mexico, first runner-up; Selena Ali of Belgium, second runner-up; and Jennifer Prokop of Germany, fourth runner-up. Janelis Leyba, a 20-year-old model from New York, United States, was crowned Miss Asia Pacific International 2024 last night, marking the pageant's glorious comeback after a five-year hiatus and a new leadership.
Miss Philippines Blessa Ericha Figueroa managed a Top 5 placement and was crowned third runner-up. Other proclaimed queens were Karen Nunez of Mexico, first runner-up; Selena Ali of Belgium, second runner-up; and Jennifer Prokop of Germany, fourth runner-up. Janelis was earlier hailed Miss Photogenic and Miss Missosology in the preliminaries.
She is the first American to win the beauty title after placing Top 5 in Miss Supranational USA 2024. During the question and answer segment of the Top 10, Janelis revealed that she was orphaned at an early age: " If I can have a heart-to-heart discussion with anyone, it would be my father, who passed away when I was nine years old. And I would tell him how his passing away has changed my life.
But every day, I wake up, choose to be who I am because of him, and hope that I'm making him proud." The winners of the preliminary events held a few days before securing a fast-track to the Top 20. These were Miss Vietnam Anh Vuong Pham Thi (Best in National Costume), Miss Thailand K.