Tokyo [Japan], Nov 10 (ANI/Sputnik): Venezuelan model Mariem Velazco, 22, has won Japan's Miss International Beauty pageant 2018 title, succeeding Kevin Lilliana, of Indonesia.

Contestants from South Africa, Romania, and Colombia bagged the second, third, and fourth positions respectively.

The Tokyo-based international beauty contest organised by The International Culture Association has been held annually in Japan since 1960, remaining the fourth largest pageant in the world.

Velazco was earlier crowned Miss Venezuela International 2017. (ANI/Sputnik)

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