Miss Grand International is a beauty pageant franchise based in Thailand. It consists of the annual national pageant Miss Grand Thailand, as well as the international competition Miss Grand International, to which participating rights are licensed to organizers in other countries.
The speech on the 'Stop the wars and violence' campaign of the Top 10 finalists Miss Grand International 2021 at Show DC Hall, Bangkok, Thailand, on 4 December 2021.
Miss Grand International was founded in 2013 by Nawat Itsaragrisil, a Thai television host and producer. The pageant was founded in Thailand amidst a political crisis, inspiring the organizers to use the slogan 'No mob, Stop the Wars' as part of its identity,[3] later rephrased to 'Stop the War and Violence' in the following year.[4][5][6] The pageant aims to promote peace by being against all kinds of conflicts.[7][4]
The contest features contestants selected by licensees in each country. Its first three competitions were held in Thailand under the sponsorship of the country's government and televised worldwide via Channel 7,[5] while subsequent events have also taken place overseas,[20] and was broadcast via the local television channels together with the social media platforms including its official YouTube channel and Facebook page.[21]
In 2019, the pageant was being held in Venezuela amid the country's political crisis; several candidates withdrew from the competition due to security concerns and visa regulation problems, such as South Korea, Cambodia, and Laos.[22][23][24][25] Later in 2020, the pageant was also scheduled to be held in Venezuela on 25 October but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the event was postponed to 2021 and the venue was moved to Bangkok, Thailand.[26] As with the succeeding edition, Miss Grand International 2021 [id], which was also held in Thailand with the preliminary events in Phuket, some ancillary activities was cancelled due to the opposing political views between the organizer and the pro-military governmentlocal community; which caused the application for property use to be revoked.[27][28][29] The local government also declined to facilitate the event arrangement in the province.[27][28][29][30] Since the Thai coup d'état in mid-2014, the organization's personnel have always been showing their political aspects against the country's military government, causing them to receive criticism from the ultraconservative and far-right political citizens, generally called Salim in Thai, on various social media platforms,[31][32][33] and they have also been subjected to legal action after expressing their opinions against a government measure over the police and military violent crackdown on anti-government protests and the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2021.[33][34][35] Many pageant contestants also took action against the Thailandmilitary government for the aforementioned incidents, such as Helen Maher of Scotland and Samantha Bernardo of the Philippines.[36][37]
Contestant selection
Spanish preliminary pageant for Miss Grand International, Miss Grand Spain 2019, held at Hotel Campomar in Cantabria on 6 July 2019
The contestants of each edition of the pageant were selected by the franchise holder in respective countries or territories, through either a national contest, internal casting, or being hand-picked.[38][39] Being a newly established international pageant, almost half of the participated contestants were selected as the national representative without acquiring the national title in the respective state pageant. Nonetheless, in pageant popular countries, especially in Far East and the Americas,[23] annual national pageants are usually being held to crown a winner to compete in the Miss Grand International pageant,[40] for example; Miss Grand Cambodia, Miss Grand Malaysia, Miss Grand Nepal, and Miss Grand Paraguay,[41][42][43][44] some of them were the runner-up or obtained the supplementary title at other national pageants, e.g. the delegates from Femina Miss India (2015–2021), Binibining Pilipinas (2013, 2015 – 2022), Miss Mexico (2017 – 2020), etc.[45][46][47]
Although the title of Miss Grand pageant was global registered copyright, some national or local pageants unrelated to the Miss Grand International has been observed such as the Azerbaijan model search contest named "Miss and Mister Grand Azerbaijan" which was organized by Elxan Pashayev since 2018,[60][61] '"Miss Zimbabwe Grand", headed by Farai Zembeni since 2019, the pageant finalists participate in various continental contests in Africa,[62][63] as well as the local pageant in the Bahamas, "Miss Grand Bahama", established in 1970, which the name "Grand Bahama" refer to the third largest island in the northernmost region of the country.[64]
Contestants by continents
Main pageant
Miss Grand International is the platform's annual international beauty pageant. Its inaugural edition was held in Bangkok in 2013 under sponsorship from Thailand's government[5][65] and featured 73 participating countries; the inaugural titleholder was Janelee Chaparro of Puerto Rico.[66][67] In 2016, the pageant was held for the first time outside Thailand, at Westgate Las Vegas, Las Vegas, US, on 25 October.[21] Since 2015, the grand final is usually held on 25 October each year. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 and 2021 editions of the pageant were delayed, the 2020 edition was first scheduled to be held on 25 October 2020, but was postponed to 27 March 2021, and the venue was also moved to Bangkok, Thailand,[26] similar to the 2021 edition which was held in December 2021, two months behind the traditional schedule.[68]
The current Miss Grand International titleholder is Isabella Menin of Brazil, who was crowned on 25 October 2022 at Sentul International Convention Center, West Java, Indonesia making her the first woman from Brazil to win the crown.
The pre-pageant activities of Miss Grand International usually consist of three main events, the swimsuit competition, a national costume parade, and the preliminary contest. The swimsuit competition is organized at a separate venue to determine the winner of the Best in Swimsuit award while the national costume and the preliminary round of each edition are usually held at the same venue of the grand final round.[77][78] All aforementioned events are live streamed via the pageant's Facebook and YouTube accounts.[78] In the preliminary round, all contestants will compete in swimwear and evening gowns in front of a panel of preliminary judges.[78] Each round of the preliminary competition and the Swimsuit competition will determine the winner of Best Evening Gown and Best in Swimsuit awards which will be announced later on the final stage of the contest as well as the winner of other special awards including Best National Costume and Miss Popular vote. Moreover, the scores from all ancillary events, preliminary competition, together with a closed-door interview portion and the swimsuit competition, also determine the Top 20 finalists during the grand final telecast of the pageant.[79]
List of the main special award winners in the Miss Grand International pageant
The grand final of the pageant is usually broadcast worldwide on television and the social media platforms of the pageant. As the tradition of the pageant, twenty semi-finalists are chosen from the initial pool of contestants through observation during the entire pageant, a closed-door interview, swimsuit round as well as a preliminary competition, which featured contestants competing in swimsuits and evening gowns.[79][86] However, the "Country of the year" was first introduced in 2020 edition, which was selected by the audience on social networks.[7][87] The winner of this category automatically enters the twenty finalists regardless of all previous scores.[87] The Top 20 would then compete in a swimsuit competition, with 10 of them advancing to the Top 10,[86] this number eventually was reduced to 9 with the 10th semi-finalist being the Top Popularity Winner determined through mobile voting,[79][7] all 10 semi-finalists would then compete in an evening gown and give their speeches with a ‘Stop the War and Violence' theme.[88][89]
After the speech round and evening gown competitions, the judges then select the top five to compete in the question-and-answer portion,[86][88] where all entrants will be asked the same question about an ongoing global situation; such as the management of COVID-19 pandemic crisis,[90] the 2016 United States presidential election,[8][70] and the ongoing socioeconomic and political crisis in Venezuela.[91] The judges will select the winner based on their answer and all previous accumulate scores, then the host will sequentially announce the fourth, third and second runners-up.[83][92] The last 2 candidates of the top 5 finalists will stand in the center of the stage then one of them will be named Miss Grand International.[7][83][93][94][92]
The summary of the pageant selection process is shown below.
The events/rounds that are used to determine the qualifier (s).
Awarded, category still exists
Awarded, category renamed
Awarded, category no longer exists
^ abThe winner of Country of the Year award was automatically placed at Top 20 finalists in 2020 edition, regardless of the accumulated score.
^ abThe winner of Miss Popular vote award has been automatically placing at Top 10 finalists since 2015, regardless of the accumulated score.
Crowns and awards
As the tradition of this pageant, the crown of the title holders, known as the Golden Crown, has been set to be changed every 3 years,[96] all versions of the Golden Crown are made of gold and brass for structural integrity, while the exterior is adorned by diamond, and emerald.[20] Its first version was designed by a Thaijewellery design company, God Diamond, headed by Chawalit Chommuang,[97] and was used for the first three editions of the pageant.[20] The crown used from 2016 – 2018 (2nd version) and 2019 – 2021 (3rd version) was designed by an unrevealed company and George Wittels, respectively.[20][73][98]
The latest version of the golden crown, which was going to be used for the 2022 – 2024 edition, was also made by a Venezuelanjewellery designer, George Wittels,[99] who signed as the official jewel sponsor of the Miss Grand International Organization during 2019 – 2024.[73][98] He additionally designed the crown for all four runners-up of the pageant since the 2019 edition, the first time that the organization provided the crown for the runner-up positions.[98]
Since 2014, the organizer has also been offering USD$ 40,000 cash to each year winner for spending a year work as the organization's spokesperson in its campaign,[42][80][83][100] the prize was increased from USD$ 30,000 in 2013;[67][100] however, some Vietnamese media published that Nguyễn Thúc Thùy Tiên earned USD$ 60,000 for winning the contest in 2021.[96] Furthermore, all four runners-up of each edition, also received cash prizes, ABS-CBN reported that Samantha Bernardo of the Philippines got USD$ 6,000 in cash after she had obtained the first runner-up title at the Miss Grand International 2020 pageant in Bangkok, Thailand,[101]Vartika Singh of India received USD$ 4,000 for her second runner-up finish at the 2015 edition,[102][103] and 3,000 and US$$2,000 for the third and fourth runners-up, respectively.[103] Besides the finalists, the winner of each special award also received a prize; approximately USD$ 1,000 – 3,000 according to the 2013 to 2015 contests.[100][103][104][105]
After relinquishing the crown to the successor, the immediate predecessor is provided with a replica tiara; the replica is usually produced by the same designer as its master.
Gallery of Miss Grand International crowns
The first edition of the golden crown, as worn by Miss Grand International 2014, Lees Garcia
The second edition of the golden crown, as worn by Miss Grand International 2018, Clara Sosa
The third edition of the golden crown, as worn by Miss Grand International 2020, Abena Appiah
Since its founding on 6 November 2013, the Miss Grand beauty pageant franchise has been managed by the Miss Grand International Company Limited (MGI Co.,Ltd.), a privatelimited company based in Thailand, currently headed by Nawat Itsaragrisil,[106] a Thai television host and producer who had previously served as producer of Miss Thailand World for BEC-Tero. After ending his role with BEC-Tero, Nawat signed a business partnership with Channel 7 and subsequently established his national pageant, Miss Grand Thailand in mid-2013 and the newly established international pageant, Miss Grand International, which was later launched in the same year on 19 November.[1][107]
Alongside its flagship beauty pageant, the company eventually expanded and diversified into the food-processing and cosmetics industries in 2018 as well as the talent management sector in 2019.[108]
The MGI Co.,Ltd. was transformed into a public limited company with the registered capital of 105 million Baht (approx. US$30.00 million) on 15 June 2022 and is scheduled to be listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) in late 2022.[108]
Financial performance
For its fiscal year 2021 ending 31 December 2021, the company reported revenues of 345 million Baht; a 1% increase from the previous year, assets of 107 million Baht, and a net profit of 29 million Baht, the last two numbers down from the previous year.[109]
Miss Grand International Co.,Ltd. financial performance (2014 - 2021)[109]
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Controversies
Political-related issues
External video
Han Lay pleads for help for her country on Miss Grand International 2020 stage, on 27 March 2021, YouTube video
Han Lay gave an interview to the BBC about the ongoing democracy protests in Myanmar, YouTube video
At the grand final of the 2020 edition in Bangkok, Thailand, in addition to crowning the winner, the representative of Myanmar, Han Lay, also took the stage to make a declaration against alleged atrocities committed by the Myanmar military in her home country and requested international awareness of the ongoing democratic struggle following the military coup on 1 February 2021.[74][110][111][112] She additionally requested the United Nations to take action against the Myanmar regime and pleaded for urgent international aid for the ongoing bloodshed.[74][110][111][112] Following her speech, she received life-threatening criticisms on her social media accounts, but the vast majority of comments were supportive of her actions.[111] Furthermore, the Myanmar military government allegedly issued an arrest warrant against her under a law against all material intended to cause a member of the armed forces to mutiny or disregard their duty,[113][114] which caused her to apply for refugee status and a work permit in Thailand with the support of Burmese labor in Thailand.[115][113][114] The pageant organizer also supported her with the necessary expenses and hired her as company personnel until she immigrated to Canada for political asylum in late 2021.[115][113][114][116]
Another political impact also occurred in the following edition when the representative of Vietnam, Nguyễn Thúc Thùy Tiên, who was later elected 2021 winner, declared a sentence in Thai during the semi-finalists' speech round that means ' Make the world a better place for everyone' while raising the three-finger salute, a protest symbol inspired by the Hunger Games and has been adopted by many pro-democracy protest movements in Southeast Asian countries, which includes Thailand.[117][118] The aforementioned action has greatly displeased supporters of the Thaimilitary government, causing them to gather to present letters of protest to the Vietnamese embassy in Bangkok, accusing that her action is interfering in Thai internal affairs since the Constitutional Court of Thailand has determined that using the three-finger salute in Thailand is intended to overthrow the Thai regime.[119][120] However, Vietnam's foreign affairs has no official diplomatic responsiveness to such an issue, despite some Thai government's political groups claiming that Vietnam's Ministry of Culture has made a statement to take action and remind her to refrain from making public speeches on issues that may affect Thailand–Vietnam relations.[121][122] In addition, Radio Free Asia also reported that Thuy Tien's speech with the pro-democracy three-finger salute was censored by the Vietnamese government, which does not allow the domestic press to release any media, comments, or explain its meanings. In the case of regulatory violations, all materials were removed shortly after being published. In the days after Thuy Tien's coronation, public compliments and supporting comments for her inspiring three-finger salute movement were observed on various Vietnamese press-released media, but most of those articles or paragraphs shortly disappeared, were no longer accessible, or the details was not mentioned. Moreover, in many press-released videos, the section of such action or even the entire video was removed.[123]
Dethroned/Resignation
Since the establishment of the contest, there was one case of resignation from her title when 2015 Miss Grand International winner Anea Garcia from Rhode Island, a Dominican American model, who later placed third in the Miss USA 2015 pageant then represented Dominican Republic in the Miss Grand International.[124] She stepped down from her reign and was replaced by first runner-up Claire Elizabeth Parker from Australia in which the contest cited "with immediate effect, Miss Anea Garcia will step down from her position as Miss Grand International 2015 due to unable to fulfill and follow the contractual agreement with Miss Grand International Organization."[125][126][127][128] The organization further stated, "her studies were in the way, making it very hard for us to schedule her activities."[124] Garcia was interviewed by The Providence Journal and stated that she resigned since "her safety was in jeopardy when she was sexually assaulted in South Sudan while representing the organization and [they] showed no concern about the incident" after she informed the organizers.[129][130] The Miss Grand International later claimed that Garcia was "dethroned" for being "demanding and disrespectful" and for taking an "inappropriate photo while wearing the crown with a revealing slit in her dress in the upper leg-crotch area," as opposed to the organization's initial press release that she "stepped down."[129]
Parker, who succeeded Anea Garcia as Miss Grand International 2015 after her resignation, was later stripped off from her title in February 2019, almost four years after her reign ended and the organization released a statement that she's no longer be addressed to as Miss Grand International 2015 when she decided to take part in a major national pageant title, Miss Universe Australia 2019 a preliminary of one of the Big Four international beauty pageants, Miss Universe.[131][128]
Several statements and actions made by the pageant's founder, Nawat Itsaragrisil, have attracted controversy to the pageant itself.
In 2016, Nawat was reported by Miss Iceland 2015 Arna Ýr Jónsdóttir to have said that "she's too fat and needed to lose weight" prior to the finals of Miss Grand International 2016 held in Las Vegas on 25 October 2016,[132] eventually dropping out of the pageant before the coronation due to the controversy. Jónsdóttir, a former member of the Icelandic national athletics team, stated "I decided to stand by myself and women in general, I'm not going to have anyone telling me that I am too fat to look good on stage."[133] In a statement, Nawat said that they give similar advice to other contestants who asked what should they do to improve to win. Nawat eventually said that he had spoken with Jónsdóttir along with the company's vice president and clarified matters.[134] The pageant organizers was also accused of withholding her passport and "threatened me by saying, you can get your passport back if you pay 3,000 dollars"[135] after she withdrew from the contest. Jónsdóttir was eventually able to retrieve her passport.[citation needed]
Nawat has also expressed displeasure[136] about the behavior of Filipino pageant fans online. This is after several incidents of Filipino pageant fans attacking him on social media. These incidents include accusations of Nawat rigging the results of Miss Grand International, of him having a bias against Filipina contestants,[137][non-primary source needed][138] an Instagram post where Nawat insinuated that the coronation of Catriona Gray as Miss Universe 2018 was a rigged affair[139] and saying that Miss Philippines 2018 didn't make it due to the rest of the contestants being better than her.[139]
Nawat has also gotten into a verbal row with the Miss Supranational organization after the then reigning Miss Supranational Chanique Rabe did not include Miss Grand into what she considers the "Big Five" of pageants, saying that those pageants were "minor crowns".[140]
Cultural appropriation
The pageant stirred another controversy when the organizers allowed Emily Delgado, who represented the United States in the Miss Grand International 2019 to parade in a Native American-inspired costume with headdress and walked on the stage with stereotypical gestures in which she drew ire in the social media for cultural appropriation.[141] The mockery of the Native values was initially confirmed and denounced by Ashley Callingbull of Alberta’s Enoch Cree Nation, Canada's first Indigenous woman to win the Mrs. Universe title in 2015.[142]
Miss Grand National
In addition to Thailand, several national licensees have been separately organizing their preliminary pageants to select the representatives for the Miss Grand International pageant. As listed below, the lists were divided into 4 geographic continent groups, including; Africa, the Americas, Asia-Oceania, and Europe.
Africa
Legend
Active: The most recent titleholder was chosen through the Miss Grand National pageant.
Inactive: Miss Grand National pageant was defunct, the current titleholder was appointed without organizing any contest, or no representative
Merged: Miss Grand National pageant was merged into other pageants, and one of those pageants' finalists was elected Miss Grand titleholder
Projected: Miss Grand National pageant was supposed to be held in the year mentioned.
Liberia entered the Miss Grand International pageant for the first time in 2021. The country representative was Hajamaya Mulbah, one of the Miss Grand Liberia 2021 finalists, who was promoted to replace the original winner of such a contest, Goretti Itoka.[153][154][155] The organizers cited Itoka wished to relinquish the title willingly, howbeit, Itoka later contended that she was removed without any direct clarification from the organizers.[153][154][155] The Ministry of Information, Culture affairs, and Tourism of Liberia (MICAT) was also involved to manipulate the situation and has sent a communication document to the organizer, however, no organizer's official response.[155]
Botswana joined the Miss Grand International only once in 2014, with the representation of Lillian Lillie Dlamini, who won the inaugural national contest Miss Grand International Botswana 2014, outclassing 12 other finalists,[157] The event was held on 26 July at Cresta Lodge Hotel in Gaborone, under the management of Dineo Matlapeng, a South Africa-based businessperson.[143]
In addition to Thailand, Zimbabwe is one of the other countries that separately held its Miss Grand national contest to select the representative for Miss Grand International in 2013. This inaugural edition of Miss Grand Zimbabwe was organized at Gardens Restaurant in the city of Bulawayo under the direction of the former Miss Tourism Zimbabwe 2010,Samantha Tshuma, which a 22 years old Tanzanian model Fungai Mawada announced the winner at a contest held on 13 July outclassing 15 other finalists.[150][151][152] Nevertheless, Mawada was later disqualified on 2 September by the aforementioned organizer who nominated herself as the country representative at such an international contest and additionally stated that all 16 participating models were not suitable for the international competition,[150][151] causing her to receive negative opinions from several modeling agencies.[150] Tshuma was placed at Top 20 finalist of the swimsuit competition at the Miss Grand International 2013 [es] pageant which was held in Thailand on 19 November.[158]
In the following year, the Miss Grand Zimbabwe organization was also embroiled in a similar scandal when the new franchise holder, Chris Vukani Mhlanga, who was in a relationship with the 2013 national licensee, has unveiled a new country representative, Lillie Chopamba, to replace Marble Nyathi, the finalists who had been nominated from Bulawayo to represent the country at the Miss Grand International 2014 [es] in Bangkok.[158][159] Mhlanga claimed Nyathi's body was not good enough for the international pageant, however, Nyathi argued that she was removed because of refusing Mhlanga's love proposal as well as some financial issues between her and the organizer.[158][159][160] Lillie Chopamba was the last Zimbabwe candidate at Miss Grand International, although the other national pageant with a similar name, Miss Zimbabwe Grand, was held annually since 2019 to determine the winners for several international platforms, but has no affiliation to the Miss Grand International.[62][63]
North America
Legend
Active: The most recent titleholder was chosen through the Miss Grand National pageant.
Inactive: Miss Grand National pageant was defunct, the current titleholder was appointed without organizing any contest, or no representative
Merged: Miss Grand National pageant was merged into other pageants, and one of those pageants' finalists was elected Miss Grand titleholder
Projected: Miss Grand National pageant was supposed to be held in the year mentioned.
Separately organized 3 times; in 2017 and 2018 by Di Benedetto Models agency,[163][164] and another in 2021 by the Pageant Group Canada Inc.[165] The country delegates for the Miss Grand International pageant have been selected via the Miss World Canada competition since 2022.
Organized individually once in 2021 by Saúl Benítez, to elect the winners for the 2021 and 2022 editions of Miss Grand International.[172][173]
Miss Grand Panama [es]
2023
Projected
Under the directorship of Leonardo DePablos, the first edition is scheduled to be held in Mid-2023 to select the representative for the Miss Grand International 2024 pageant.[174]
The Bahamas took part in the Miss Grand International pageant twice in 2016 and 2017, sequentially represented by Selvinique Wright and Rejean Bosh.[176][177] Both of them were appointed to the position without participating in any respective contests. The national preliminary contest of the Bahamas for Miss Grand International was firstly held in 2018 after Navado Dawkins, the Nassau-based designer, purchased the license. Its grand final was happening on 1 July 2018 at Meliá Nassau Beach – All-Inclusive Resort, featuring contestants from 7 cities and districts, including Andros, Eleuthera, Exuma, Grand Bahama, Inagua, New Providence, and the San Salvador,[161][178] in which the representative of New Providence, Dannise Bain – a nineteen years old international model, was named the Miss Grand Bahamas 2018 titleholder and expected to represent the country at Miss Grand International 2018 [es] in Myanmar.[162] Due to visa regulation problems, Bain was unable to participate in such an international platform.[179][non-primary source needed] Since then, no national pageant has additionally been held or appointed country representative for the Miss Grand International.
The highest achievement of the Bahamas at Miss Grand International is the top 10 finalists in the 2016 edition, won by Selvinique Wright who also obtained the Best in Swimsuit of the said edition.[176] Previously, Selvinique competed as Miss Star Fish Bay in the Miss Universe Bahamas 2016 pageant,[176][180] where she finished as top 5 finalists then was selected by such an organization to compete in Las Vegas for the 2016 Miss Grand International title.[180]
b. b Originally crowned first runner-up, took over the title after the original winner resigned.
Canada began to organize the separate event for the Miss Grand International pageant in 2017, under the management of the Calgary-based model agency Di Benedetto Models, headed by Angelo Di Benedetto.[163] However, the winner of the event, Maddison Fysh, resigned the title caused the organizer to appoint their affiliated model –Natalie Allin – to instead compete in the international competition.[181][182] The same incident also happen in 2018, when the runner-up Grace Diamani was promoted to take over the position after the original winner – Veronica Rodriguez – had relinquished the national title for undisclosed reasons.[164]
In 2019, Benedetto lost the franchise to Michelle Weswaldi, the president of the Miss World Canada pageant.[184] Since then, the first runner-up of the said national contest has been assumed Miss Grand Canada,[185] Except in 2021, the Miss World 2020 contest was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which caused the winner of Miss World Canada 2020 to compete at Miss World 2021 instead, and the 2021 national contest was also delayed, the organizer then decided to hold an ad hoc virtual contest to determine the country representative for Miss Grand International 2021 [es]. The contest featured 23 national finalists, in which a Ukrainian-Canadian model Olga Bykadorova was announced the winner.[165][186]
Canada has been sending its delegates to compete in the Miss Grand International since 2013.[187] The highest achievement was the second runner-up in 2014, won by Kathryn Kohut, a model and actress from Alberta.[188][189] Kohut was appointed to compete at such an edition after obtaining the first runner-up in the Miss Earth Canada 2014 contest in Montréal, the event was managed by the Filipino-Canadian organizer Ronaldo Soriano Trono, who served as the national director of Miss Grand Canada and South Korea during 2013 – 2015.[190]
South America
Legend
Active: The most recent titleholder was chosen through the Miss Grand National pageant.
Inactive: Miss Grand National pageant was defunct, the current titleholder was appointed without organizing any contest, or no representative
Merged: Miss Grand National pageant was merged into other pageants, and one of those pageants' finalists was elected Miss Grand titleholder
Projected: Miss Grand National pageant was supposed to be held in the year mentioned.
Separately organized annually since 2015.[204] Its first five editions (2015 – 2019) was arranged under the direction of Boonkerd Angamnuaysiri. Since 2020, the license has belonged to Mohahang Production.[205][206]
Held as a stand-alone contest 3 times during 2018 – 2020.[209] Beginning in 2023, the winner of a newly established national beauty contest, Miss Mega Bintang Indonesia, will be assumed to be Miss Grand Indonesia.[210]
Held as a stand-alone pageant in 2016. The other titleholders were determined through either the Miss Supranational Netherlands (2014 – 2015) or the 12 Months of Beauty (2017 – 2022) pageants.
Held separately twice, in 2015 by Holly Louise, and in 2021 by Megan Darlington.
France
Miss Grand France licensee timeline
France has usually been participating in almost every edition of the Miss Grand International pageant, except in 2018. In the first era of the pageant, its representatives were appointed to join the contest by different national directors. However, after Sonia Mansour, former Miss Grand France, took over the franchise in 2019, the inaugural edition of Miss Grand France was finally happening under her directorship on 4 July 2019, in which Cassandra De Sousa was named the winner, outclassed 8 other national finalists.[229] De Sousa later competed at Miss Grand International 2019 in Venezuela in October that year, unfortunately, she got non-placement.[23]
Later in 2021, Mansour lost the franchise to the other organization, who arranged the contest amid the health restrictions linked to the COVID-19 pandemic, the contest consisted of 5 national finalists, and a 24-year-old model from Aquitaine, Elodie Sirulnick, was announced the winner.[231][238][239] Along with the national crown, Sirulnick also won the prize for the Elegance and the Sympathy special awards.[239] She is the second candidate from France that got placement in the Miss Grand International contest following Eline Lamboley who was placed among the 20 finalists in the Miss Grand International 2015 [es] in Thailand.[240]
The Netherlands has always been conducting the national contest to determine its representatives for the Miss Grand International pageant since 2013,[242][243] except for 2015, 2019 and 2021, when the titleholders were assigned to the position instead of organizing the pageant.[244] In addition to crowning the national winner for the said contest, its candidates for several other international pageants were also chosen on the same stage, such as Miss Supranational Netherlands, Miss Earth Netherlands, etc.[242][245] However, the organizer once conducted the contest to determine Miss Grand Netherlands separately in 2016. The contest was held on 5 June at the Aalsmeer Studios in the city of Aalsmeer featured 4 national finalists,[245] in which an artist from Utrecht, Floor Masselink, was crowned Miss Grand Netherlands 2016.[245][246] In 2020, the pageant was held virtually, due to the COVID-19 pandemic,[247]
The Miss Grand Netherlands beauty pageant comes under the franchise of 12 Months of Beauty, which is run by Robin and Stefan Hoven – Lieuw Choy, the national directors.[248][249][250][251] Their first placement at Miss Grand International is top 20 finalists in 2013, won by Talisa Wolters who obtained the Miss Grand national title after participating in Miss Grand & Supranational Netherlands 2013 contest, also held by Robin and Stefan.[242] The Netherlands representatives also got the same placement in 2015, 2017 and 2021.[75][252]
National franchises have a lot of latitude in choosing candidates for Miss Grand International. Some are the winners of individual contests for their Miss Grand International, 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.
The following is the list of Miss Grand International participating countries and territories, the competition result, as well as the national licensee entities since 2013. The list was divided into 6 groups based on the geographic continents.
Africa
Color key:
Declared as the winner
10 Top 10 finalists
C Withdrew during the competition
First runner-up
20 Top 20 finalists
R Representative determined but did not compete
Second runner-up
Y Unplaced
N No representative
Third runner-up
Fourth runner-up
Miss Grand national licensees in African countries. The list can be scrolled manually or interactively.
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For the most recent edition see Miss Grand International 2022 For the upcoming edition see Miss Grand International 2023 Miss Grand International is a beauty pageant franchise based in Thailand It consists of the annual national pageant Miss Grand Thailand as well as the international competition Miss Grand International to which participating rights are licensed to organizers in other countries Miss Grand InternationalEstablished6 November 2013 9 years ago 2013 11 06 FounderNawat ItsaragrisilTypeBeauty pageantHeadquartersBangkokLocationThailandOfficial languageEnglishParent organizationMGI PLCBudgetUS 21 45 million as of 2020 1 Websitemissgrandinternational comThe current Miss Grand International titleholder is Isabella Menin of Brazil who was crowned on 25 October 2022 at Sentul International Convention Center in Sentul City West Java Indonesia 2 Contents 1 History 2 Contestant selection 3 Main pageant 3 1 Pre pageant activities 3 2 Grand Final 3 3 Crowns and awards 3 4 Titleholders 4 Miss Grand International Limited 4 1 Financial performance 4 2 Leadership 4 3 Major Shareholder 5 Controversies 5 1 Political related issues 5 2 Dethroned Resignation 5 3 Nawat Itsaragrisil 5 4 Cultural appropriation 6 Miss Grand National 6 1 Africa 6 1 1 Liberia 6 1 2 Botswana 6 1 3 Zimbabwe 6 2 North America 6 2 1 Bahamas 6 2 2 Canada 6 3 South America 6 4 Asia and Oceania 6 5 Europe 6 5 1 France 6 5 2 Netherlands 7 Participating countries and territories 7 1 Africa 7 2 Asia 7 3 Europe 7 4 North America 7 5 Oceania 7 6 South America 8 See also 9 References 10 External linksHistory source source source source source source source source source source source source source source The speech on the Stop the wars and violence campaign of the Top 10 finalists Miss Grand International 2021 at Show DC Hall Bangkok Thailand on 4 December 2021 Miss Grand International was founded in 2013 by Nawat Itsaragrisil a Thai television host and producer The pageant was founded in Thailand amidst a political crisis inspiring the organizers to use the slogan No mob Stop the Wars as part of its identity 3 later rephrased to Stop the War and Violence in the following year 4 5 6 The pageant aims to promote peace by being against all kinds of conflicts 7 4 The pageant has primarily been focusing on humanitarian issues with the reigning titleholders dedicating their year to work as the organization s spokesperson as well as involved in the charity events related to the said campaigns 7 8 For instance corresponding with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees UNHCR to raise funds available for humanitarian aid 9 visiting and donated necessities to the internally displaced people in the refugee camps 10 11 12 13 being the guest speaker at the related events and act as the ambassador of the NGOs e g Catholic Medical Mission Board Model United Nations 14 15 or taking part in any projects of the local charitable organization in the visited countries 14 16 17 Before 2021 the winner of the contest together with all runners up often serve as the campaigners of the Tourism Authority of Thailand to promote the tourism industry of the pageant based country 18 19 The contest features contestants selected by licensees in each country Its first three competitions were held in Thailand under the sponsorship of the country s government and televised worldwide via Channel 7 5 while subsequent events have also taken place overseas 20 and was broadcast via the local television channels together with the social media platforms including its official YouTube channel and Facebook page 21 In 2019 the pageant was being held in Venezuela amid the country s political crisis several candidates withdrew from the competition due to security concerns and visa regulation problems such as South Korea Cambodia and Laos 22 23 24 25 Later in 2020 the pageant was also scheduled to be held in Venezuela on 25 October but due to the COVID 19 pandemic the event was postponed to 2021 and the venue was moved to Bangkok Thailand 26 As with the succeeding edition Miss Grand International 2021 id which was also held in Thailand with the preliminary events in Phuket some ancillary activities was cancelled due to the opposing political views between the organizer and the pro military government local community which caused the application for property use to be revoked 27 28 29 The local government also declined to facilitate the event arrangement in the province 27 28 29 30 Since the Thai coup d etat in mid 2014 the organization s personnel have always been showing their political aspects against the country s military government causing them to receive criticism from the ultraconservative and far right political citizens generally called Salim in Thai on various social media platforms 31 32 33 and they have also been subjected to legal action after expressing their opinions against a government measure over the police and military violent crackdown on anti government protests and the handling of the COVID 19 pandemic in early 2021 33 34 35 Many pageant contestants also took action against the Thailand military government for the aforementioned incidents such as Helen Maher of Scotland and Samantha Bernardo of the Philippines 36 37 Contestant selection Spanish preliminary pageant for Miss Grand International Miss Grand Spain 2019 held at Hotel Campomar in Cantabria on 6 July 2019 The contestants of each edition of the pageant were selected by the franchise holder in respective countries or territories through either a national contest internal casting or being hand picked 38 39 Being a newly established international pageant almost half of the participated contestants were selected as the national representative without acquiring the national title in the respective state pageant Nonetheless in pageant popular countries especially in Far East and the Americas 23 annual national pageants are usually being held to crown a winner to compete in the Miss Grand International pageant 40 for example Miss Grand Cambodia Miss Grand Malaysia Miss Grand Nepal and Miss Grand Paraguay 41 42 43 44 some of them were the runner up or obtained the supplementary title at other national pageants e g the delegates from Femina Miss India 2015 2021 Binibining Pilipinas 2013 2015 2022 Miss Mexico 2017 2020 etc 45 46 47 Despite not being considered an economically popular event in Europe and Africa many countries have conducted national pageants for instance Miss Grand Albania 48 Miss Grand Kosovo 49 Miss Grand Spain 50 51 Miss Grand France 52 Miss Grand Italy 53 and Miss Grand South Africa In Spain Italy and many countries in Asia each administrative division i e province state region holds a preliminary competition to choose their delegate for the national pageant 50 53 54 55 Moreover in some provinces of Spain Malaysia and Thailand local pageants are also held to determine delegates for the provincial competition in which winners hold the title Miss Grand Province for the year of their reign 50 56 55 Unfortunately cultural impediments in the swimsuit competition have precluded some countries such as ultraconservative and Muslim countries from participating 57 58 while some countries have not participated because of a lacking of funding 59 Although the title of Miss Grand pageant was global registered copyright some national or local pageants unrelated to the Miss Grand International has been observed such as the Azerbaijan model search contest named Miss and Mister Grand Azerbaijan which was organized by Elxan Pashayev since 2018 60 61 Miss Zimbabwe Grand headed by Farai Zembeni since 2019 the pageant finalists participate in various continental contests in Africa 62 63 as well as the local pageant in the Bahamas Miss Grand Bahama established in 1970 which the name Grand Bahama refer to the third largest island in the northernmost region of the country 64 Contestants by continentsMain pageantMiss Grand International is the platform s annual international beauty pageant Its inaugural edition was held in Bangkok in 2013 under sponsorship from Thailand s government 5 65 and featured 73 participating countries the inaugural titleholder was Janelee Chaparro of Puerto Rico 66 67 In 2016 the pageant was held for the first time outside Thailand at Westgate Las Vegas Las Vegas US on 25 October 21 Since 2015 the grand final is usually held on 25 October each year However due to the COVID 19 pandemic the 2020 and 2021 editions of the pageant were delayed the 2020 edition was first scheduled to be held on 25 October 2020 but was postponed to 27 March 2021 and the venue was also moved to Bangkok Thailand 26 similar to the 2021 edition which was held in December 2021 two months behind the traditional schedule 68 The current Miss Grand International titleholder is Isabella Menin of Brazil who was crowned on 25 October 2022 at Sentul International Convention Center West Java Indonesia making her the first woman from Brazil to win the crown Edition Date Final venue Host country Entrants Ref 2013 19 November Impact Arena Muang Thong Thani Nonthaburi Thailand 71 66 2014 7 October Indoor Stadium Huamark Bangkok 85 69 2015 25 October 77 65 2016 Westgate Las Vegas Las Vegas Nevada United States 74 70 2017 Vinpearl Convention Center Phu Quốc Vietnam 77 71 2018 The One Entertainment Park Yangon Myanmar 75 72 2019 Poliedro de Caracas Caracas Venezuela 60 73 2020 27 March 2021 Show DC Hall Bangkok Thailand 63 74 2021 4 December 59 68 2022 25 October Sentul International Convention Center West Java Indonesia 68 75 2023 TBA Vietnam 76 Pre pageant activities The pre pageant activities of Miss Grand International usually consist of three main events the swimsuit competition a national costume parade and the preliminary contest The swimsuit competition is organized at a separate venue to determine the winner of the Best in Swimsuit award while the national costume and the preliminary round of each edition are usually held at the same venue of the grand final round 77 78 All aforementioned events are live streamed via the pageant s Facebook and YouTube accounts 78 In the preliminary round all contestants will compete in swimwear and evening gowns in front of a panel of preliminary judges 78 Each round of the preliminary competition and the Swimsuit competition will determine the winner of Best Evening Gown and Best in Swimsuit awards which will be announced later on the final stage of the contest as well as the winner of other special awards including Best National Costume and Miss Popular vote Moreover the scores from all ancillary events preliminary competition together with a closed door interview portion and the swimsuit competition also determine the Top 20 finalists during the grand final telecast of the pageant 79 List of the main special award winners in the Miss Grand International pageant Edition Best in Swimsuit Best National Costume Best Evening Gown Miss Popular Vote Best Social Media Ref 2013 Latvia China Dominican Republic Myanmar Award given since 2014 67 2014 Thailand Vietnam Indonesia Cambodia Japan 69 2015 Costa Rica Philippines Japan Sri Lanka India 80 2016 Bahamas Indonesia England Korea Jamaica 8 2017 Costa Rica Indonesia China Indonesia Paraguay 71 2018 Cuba Peru Thailand Vietnam Indonesia 81 2019 Panama Ecuador Peru Vietnam Not Awarded 82 2020 Brazil 3 Countries Guatemala Japan Thailand Mexico Malaysia 83 2021 Puerto Rico 3 Countries Angola Malaysia Peru Thailand Cambodia 84 2022 Not Awarded 4 Countries Peru Thailand United Kingdom Vietnam Mexico Mauritius Czech Republic 85 Grand Final source source source source source source source source source source source source source source The opening show of the 2021 grand final performed by Abena Appiah Miss Grand International 2020 es together with all 2021 delegates The grand final of the pageant is usually broadcast worldwide on television and the social media platforms of the pageant As the tradition of the pageant twenty semi finalists are chosen from the initial pool of contestants through observation during the entire pageant a closed door interview swimsuit round as well as a preliminary competition which featured contestants competing in swimsuits and evening gowns 79 86 However the Country of the year was first introduced in 2020 edition which was selected by the audience on social networks 7 87 The winner of this category automatically enters the twenty finalists regardless of all previous scores 87 The Top 20 would then compete in a swimsuit competition with 10 of them advancing to the Top 10 86 this number eventually was reduced to 9 with the 10th semi finalist being the Top Popularity Winner determined through mobile voting 79 7 all 10 semi finalists would then compete in an evening gown and give their speeches with a Stop the War and Violence theme 88 89 After the speech round and evening gown competitions the judges then select the top five to compete in the question and answer portion 86 88 where all entrants will be asked the same question about an ongoing global situation such as the management of COVID 19 pandemic crisis 90 the 2016 United States presidential election 8 70 and the ongoing socioeconomic and political crisis in Venezuela 91 The judges will select the winner based on their answer and all previous accumulate scores then the host will sequentially announce the fourth third and second runners up 83 92 The last 2 candidates of the top 5 finalists will stand in the center of the stage then one of them will be named Miss Grand International 7 83 93 94 92 The summary of the pageant selection process is shown below Miss Grand International Selection Criteria 95 EventsRounds AwardsPost crowneddomestic activities International pageant campAncillary events Online processes Closed door interview Sub contests Preliminary contest Grand finalSwimsuit competition National costume section Swimsuit round Evening gown round Swimsuit round Evening gown round Speech round Q amp A portionQuarter finalist Top 20 1 spot 2020 2022 i Semi finalist Top 10 1 spot 2015 present ii Finalist Top 5 WinnerSpecial awardsCountry of the year Twice in 2020 2022 i Best National costume 2016 present 2013 presentBest in Swimsuit 2016 present 2013 present 2013 presentBest Evening gown 2021 present 2013 presentBest Social media 2014 presentMiss Popular vote ii 2013 present The events rounds that are used to determine the qualifier s Awarded category still exists Awarded category renamed Awarded category no longer exists a b The winner of Country of the Year award was automatically placed at Top 20 finalists in 2020 edition regardless of the accumulated score a b The winner of Miss Popular vote award has been automatically placing at Top 10 finalists since 2015 regardless of the accumulated score Crowns and awards As the tradition of this pageant the crown of the title holders known as the Golden Crown has been set to be changed every 3 years 96 all versions of the Golden Crown are made of gold and brass for structural integrity while the exterior is adorned by diamond and emerald 20 Its first version was designed by a Thai jewellery design company God Diamond headed by Chawalit Chommuang 97 and was used for the first three editions of the pageant 20 The crown used from 2016 2018 2nd version and 2019 2021 3rd version was designed by an unrevealed company and George Wittels respectively 20 73 98 The latest version of the golden crown which was going to be used for the 2022 2024 edition was also made by a Venezuelan jewellery designer George Wittels 99 who signed as the official jewel sponsor of the Miss Grand International Organization during 2019 2024 73 98 He additionally designed the crown for all four runners up of the pageant since the 2019 edition the first time that the organization provided the crown for the runner up positions 98 Since 2014 the organizer has also been offering USD 40 000 cash to each year winner for spending a year work as the organization s spokesperson in its campaign 42 80 83 100 the prize was increased from USD 30 000 in 2013 67 100 however some Vietnamese media published that Nguyễn Thuc Thuy Tien earned USD 60 000 for winning the contest in 2021 96 Furthermore all four runners up of each edition also received cash prizes ABS CBN reported that Samantha Bernardo of the Philippines got USD 6 000 in cash after she had obtained the first runner up title at the Miss Grand International 2020 pageant in Bangkok Thailand 101 Vartika Singh of India received USD 4 000 for her second runner up finish at the 2015 edition 102 103 and 3 000 and US 2 000 for the third and fourth runners up respectively 103 Besides the finalists the winner of each special award also received a prize approximately USD 1 000 3 000 according to the 2013 to 2015 contests 100 103 104 105 After relinquishing the crown to the successor the immediate predecessor is provided with a replica tiara the replica is usually produced by the same designer as its master Gallery of Miss Grand International crowns The first edition of the golden crown as worn by Miss Grand International 2014 Lees Garcia The second edition of the golden crown as worn by Miss Grand International 2018 Clara Sosa The third edition of the golden crown as worn by Miss Grand International 2020 Abena AppiahTitleholders For full list and details see List of Miss Grand International titleholders Edition Country Titleholder National Title Venue of Competition Number of Entrants2022 Brazil Isabella Menin Miss Grand Brazil 2022 Sentul City Indonesia 682021 Vietnam Nguyễn Thuc Thuy Tien Miss Grand Vietnam 2021 Bangkok Thailand 592020 United States Abena Appiah Miss Grand United States of America 2020 632019 Venezuela Valentina Figuera El Concurso by Osmel Sousa 2018 Caracas Venezuela 602018 Paraguay Clara Sosa Miss Grand Paraguay 2018 Yangon Myanmar 75Winners gallery Miss Grand International 2022Isabella Menin Brazil Miss Grand International 2021Nguyễn Thuc Thuy Tien Vietnam Miss Grand International 2020Abena Appiah United States Miss Grand International 2019Valentina Figuera Venezuela Miss Grand International 2018Clara Sosa Paraguay Miss Grand International 2017Maria Jose Lora Peru Miss Grand International 2016Ariska Putri Pertiwi Indonesia Miss Grand International 2015Claire Elizabeth Parker Australia Miss Grand International 2014Lees Garcia Cuba Miss Grand International 2013Janelee Chaparro Puerto RicoCountry Territory by number of winsList of countries by number of Miss Grand International wins Number of win s Country Territory Years1 Brazil 2022 Vietnam 2021 United States 2020 Venezuela 2019 Paraguay 2018 Peru 2017 Indonesia 2016 Australia a 2015 Dominican Republic b Cuba 2014 Puerto Rico 2013 Miss Grand International s winning countries and territories by the number of wins 1 title 1 dethroned title 1 temporarily assumed title 2 titles Notes Originally placed 1st runner up Assumed as the winner after the original titleholder was dethroned DethronedMiss Grand International LimitedSince its founding on 6 November 2013 the Miss Grand beauty pageant franchise has been managed by the Miss Grand International Company Limited MGI Co Ltd a private limited company based in Thailand currently headed by Nawat Itsaragrisil 106 a Thai television host and producer who had previously served as producer of Miss Thailand World for BEC Tero After ending his role with BEC Tero Nawat signed a business partnership with Channel 7 and subsequently established his national pageant Miss Grand Thailand in mid 2013 and the newly established international pageant Miss Grand International which was later launched in the same year on 19 November 1 107 Alongside its flagship beauty pageant the company eventually expanded and diversified into the food processing and cosmetics industries in 2018 as well as the talent management sector in 2019 108 The MGI Co Ltd was transformed into a public limited company with the registered capital of 105 million Baht approx US 30 00 million on 15 June 2022 and is scheduled to be listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand SET in late 2022 108 Financial performance For its fiscal year 2021 ending 31 December 2021 the company reported revenues of 345 million Baht a 1 increase from the previous year assets of 107 million Baht and a net profit of 29 million Baht the last two numbers down from the previous year 109 Miss Grand International Co Ltd financial performance 2014 2021 109 YearIndicator 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021Revenue 1 04 2 53 149 13 7 25 187 15 19 08 163 04 33 25 74 26 131 43 295 23 341 67 159 95 345 10 1 00 Net profit 2 76 1 62 437 70 0 97 39 76 2 77 184 34 1 13 59 23 7 72 583 99 44 30 473 89 29 01 34 51 Asset 1 77 3 08 130 96 12 19 296 08 6 85 43 81 7 94 15 98 38 87 389 42 116 15 198 82 106 68 8 15 Net profit margin Not available 63 98 13 42 14 51 3 39 5 87 12 96 8 41 Note Value in million BahtLeadership The template below Empty section is being considered for deletion See templates for discussion to help reach a consensus This section is empty You can help by adding to it June 2022 Major Shareholder The template below Empty section is being considered for deletion See templates for discussion to help reach a consensus This section is empty You can help by adding to it June 2022 ControversiesPolitical related issues External video Han Lay pleads for help for her country on Miss Grand International 2020 stage on 27 March 2021 YouTube video Han Lay gave an interview to the BBC about the ongoing democracy protests in Myanmar YouTube videoAt the grand final of the 2020 edition in Bangkok Thailand in addition to crowning the winner the representative of Myanmar Han Lay also took the stage to make a declaration against alleged atrocities committed by the Myanmar military in her home country and requested international awareness of the ongoing democratic struggle following the military coup on 1 February 2021 74 110 111 112 She additionally requested the United Nations to take action against the Myanmar regime and pleaded for urgent international aid for the ongoing bloodshed 74 110 111 112 Following her speech she received life threatening criticisms on her social media accounts but the vast majority of comments were supportive of her actions 111 Furthermore the Myanmar military government allegedly issued an arrest warrant against her under a law against all material intended to cause a member of the armed forces to mutiny or disregard their duty 113 114 which caused her to apply for refugee status and a work permit in Thailand with the support of Burmese labor in Thailand 115 113 114 The pageant organizer also supported her with the necessary expenses and hired her as company personnel until she immigrated to Canada for political asylum in late 2021 115 113 114 116 Another political impact also occurred in the following edition when the representative of Vietnam Nguyễn Thuc Thuy Tien who was later elected 2021 winner declared a sentence in Thai during the semi finalists speech round that means Make the world a better place for everyone while raising the three finger salute a protest symbol inspired by the Hunger Games and has been adopted by many pro democracy protest movements in Southeast Asian countries which includes Thailand 117 118 The aforementioned action has greatly displeased supporters of the Thai military government causing them to gather to present letters of protest to the Vietnamese embassy in Bangkok accusing that her action is interfering in Thai internal affairs since the Constitutional Court of Thailand has determined that using the three finger salute in Thailand is intended to overthrow the Thai regime 119 120 However Vietnam s foreign affairs has no official diplomatic responsiveness to such an issue despite some Thai government s political groups claiming that Vietnam s Ministry of Culture has made a statement to take action and remind her to refrain from making public speeches on issues that may affect Thailand Vietnam relations 121 122 In addition Radio Free Asia also reported that Thuy Tien s speech with the pro democracy three finger salute was censored by the Vietnamese government which does not allow the domestic press to release any media comments or explain its meanings In the case of regulatory violations all materials were removed shortly after being published In the days after Thuy Tien s coronation public compliments and supporting comments for her inspiring three finger salute movement were observed on various Vietnamese press released media but most of those articles or paragraphs shortly disappeared were no longer accessible or the details was not mentioned Moreover in many press released videos the section of such action or even the entire video was removed 123 Dethroned Resignation Since the establishment of the contest there was one case of resignation from her title when 2015 Miss Grand International winner Anea Garcia from Rhode Island a Dominican American model who later placed third in the Miss USA 2015 pageant then represented Dominican Republic in the Miss Grand International 124 She stepped down from her reign and was replaced by first runner up Claire Elizabeth Parker from Australia in which the contest cited with immediate effect Miss Anea Garcia will step down from her position as Miss Grand International 2015 due to unable to fulfill and follow the contractual agreement with Miss Grand International Organization 125 126 127 128 The organization further stated her studies were in the way making it very hard for us to schedule her activities 124 Garcia was interviewed by The Providence Journal and stated that she resigned since her safety was in jeopardy when she was sexually assaulted in South Sudan while representing the organization and they showed no concern about the incident after she informed the organizers 129 130 The Miss Grand International later claimed that Garcia was dethroned for being demanding and disrespectful and for taking an inappropriate photo while wearing the crown with a revealing slit in her dress in the upper leg crotch area as opposed to the organization s initial press release that she stepped down 129 Parker who succeeded Anea Garcia as Miss Grand International 2015 after her resignation was later stripped off from her title in February 2019 almost four years after her reign ended and the organization released a statement that she s no longer be addressed to as Miss Grand International 2015 when she decided to take part in a major national pageant title Miss Universe Australia 2019 a preliminary of one of the Big Four international beauty pageants Miss Universe 131 128 Nawat Itsaragrisil Main article Nawat Itsaragrisil Several statements and actions made by the pageant s founder Nawat Itsaragrisil have attracted controversy to the pageant itself In 2016 Nawat was reported by Miss Iceland 2015 Arna Yr Jonsdottir to have said that she s too fat and needed to lose weight prior to the finals of Miss Grand International 2016 held in Las Vegas on 25 October 2016 132 eventually dropping out of the pageant before the coronation due to the controversy Jonsdottir a former member of the Icelandic national athletics team stated I decided to stand by myself and women in general I m not going to have anyone telling me that I am too fat to look good on stage 133 In a statement Nawat said that they give similar advice to other contestants who asked what should they do to improve to win Nawat eventually said that he had spoken with Jonsdottir along with the company s vice president and clarified matters 134 The pageant organizers was also accused of withholding her passport and threatened me by saying you can get your passport back if you pay 3 000 dollars 135 after she withdrew from the contest Jonsdottir was eventually able to retrieve her passport citation needed Nawat has also expressed displeasure 136 about the behavior of Filipino pageant fans online This is after several incidents of Filipino pageant fans attacking him on social media These incidents include accusations of Nawat rigging the results of Miss Grand International of him having a bias against Filipina contestants 137 non primary source needed 138 an Instagram post where Nawat insinuated that the coronation of Catriona Gray as Miss Universe 2018 was a rigged affair 139 and saying that Miss Philippines 2018 didn t make it due to the rest of the contestants being better than her 139 Nawat has also gotten into a verbal row with the Miss Supranational organization after the then reigning Miss Supranational Chanique Rabe did not include Miss Grand into what she considers the Big Five of pageants saying that those pageants were minor crowns 140 Cultural appropriation The pageant stirred another controversy when the organizers allowed Emily Delgado who represented the United States in the Miss Grand International 2019 to parade in a Native American inspired costume with headdress and walked on the stage with stereotypical gestures in which she drew ire in the social media for cultural appropriation 141 The mockery of the Native values was initially confirmed and denounced by Ashley Callingbull of Alberta s Enoch Cree Nation Canada s first Indigenous woman to win the Mrs Universe title in 2015 142 Miss Grand NationalIn addition to Thailand several national licensees have been separately organizing their preliminary pageants to select the representatives for the Miss Grand International pageant As listed below the lists were divided into 4 geographic continent groups including Africa the Americas Asia Oceania and Europe Africa Legend Active The most recent titleholder was chosen through the Miss Grand National pageant Inactive Miss Grand National pageant was defunct the current titleholder was appointed without organizing any contest or no representative Merged Miss Grand National pageant was merged into other pageants and one of those pageants finalists was elected Miss Grand titleholder Projected Miss Grand National pageant was supposed to be held in the year mentioned Pageant Debutedition Status Note Miss Grand Botswana 2014 Inactive Held only once in 2014 by a South Africa based businessperson Dineo Matlapeng 143 Miss Grand Ghana 2020 Active Separately organized 2 times in 2020 by Legacy Pageants Limited and another in 2022 by Akuaba Entertainment Miss Grand Liberia 2021 Inactive Due to the COVID 19 outbreak the pageant was held virtually Miss Grand Namibia 2015 Inactive Held as a stand alone contest three times during 2015 2018 by Magnolia Events Management ML Events Artistry 144 145 146 147 Miss Grand Nigeria 2015 Merged Individually organized twice in 2015 and 2016 Since 2020 the titleholder has been determined through The Nigerian Queen pageant Miss Grand South Africa 2015 Active Held annually since 2015 by difference organizers Miss Grand Tanzania 2017 Inactive Happened once in 2017 by Rasheedah Jamaldin 148 149 Miss Grand Zimbabwe 2013 Inactive Held once in 2013 by Samantha Tshuma 150 151 152 Liberia Liberia entered the Miss Grand International pageant for the first time in 2021 The country representative was Hajamaya Mulbah one of the Miss Grand Liberia 2021 finalists who was promoted to replace the original winner of such a contest Goretti Itoka 153 154 155 The organizers cited Itoka wished to relinquish the title willingly howbeit Itoka later contended that she was removed without any direct clarification from the organizers 153 154 155 The Ministry of Information Culture affairs and Tourism of Liberia MICAT was also involved to manipulate the situation and has sent a communication document to the organizer however no organizer s official response 155 The Miss Grand Liberia 2021 is the inaugural edition of Miss Grand Liberia beauty contest due to the COVID 19 outbreak the pageant was held virtually via Zoom application featuring 9 national finalists in which a social media marketing strategist and the former Miss Mano River Union Goretti Itoka was elected as the national winner 153 156 Botswana Botswana joined the Miss Grand International only once in 2014 with the representation of Lillian Lillie Dlamini who won the inaugural national contest Miss Grand International Botswana 2014 outclassing 12 other finalists 157 The event was held on 26 July at Cresta Lodge Hotel in Gaborone under the management of Dineo Matlapeng a South Africa based businessperson 143 Miss Grand Botswana National Finalists 1 EditionDistrict 1st 2nd2014 TBDCentral Tsaone BoikhutsoChobe Modeline MbaakanyiFrancistown Gaborone Lillian Molose W Ghanzi Oweditse PhirinyaneJwaneng Onalenna PhofediKgalagadi Kefilwe BarobetseKgatleng Andreanne GasebalweKweneng Gaolebale LekauLobatse Gomolemo Majafhe Miss Grand Botswana National Finalists 2 EditionDistrict 1st 2nd2014 TBDNgamiland Tebogo LebannaNorth East Carole NgisiOrapa Selebi Phikwe Southern Lebogang KaisaraSouth East Kelly CharlesSowa Total 13Color keys W Winner R Runners up Unplaced Zimbabwe In addition to Thailand Zimbabwe is one of the other countries that separately held its Miss Grand national contest to select the representative for Miss Grand International in 2013 This inaugural edition of Miss Grand Zimbabwe was organized at Gardens Restaurant in the city of Bulawayo under the direction of the former Miss Tourism Zimbabwe 2010 Samantha Tshuma which a 22 years old Tanzanian model Fungai Mawada announced the winner at a contest held on 13 July outclassing 15 other finalists 150 151 152 Nevertheless Mawada was later disqualified on 2 September by the aforementioned organizer who nominated herself as the country representative at such an international contest and additionally stated that all 16 participating models were not suitable for the international competition 150 151 causing her to receive negative opinions from several modeling agencies 150 Tshuma was placed at Top 20 finalist of the swimsuit competition at the Miss Grand International 2013 es pageant which was held in Thailand on 19 November 158 In the following year the Miss Grand Zimbabwe organization was also embroiled in a similar scandal when the new franchise holder Chris Vukani Mhlanga who was in a relationship with the 2013 national licensee has unveiled a new country representative Lillie Chopamba to replace Marble Nyathi the finalists who had been nominated from Bulawayo to represent the country at the Miss Grand International 2014 es in Bangkok 158 159 Mhlanga claimed Nyathi s body was not good enough for the international pageant however Nyathi argued that she was removed because of refusing Mhlanga s love proposal as well as some financial issues between her and the organizer 158 159 160 Lillie Chopamba was the last Zimbabwe candidate at Miss Grand International although the other national pageant with a similar name Miss Zimbabwe Grand was held annually since 2019 to determine the winners for several international platforms but has no affiliation to the Miss Grand International 62 63 North America Legend Active The most recent titleholder was chosen through the Miss Grand National pageant Inactive Miss Grand National pageant was defunct the current titleholder was appointed without organizing any contest or no representative Merged Miss Grand National pageant was merged into other pageants and one of those pageants finalists was elected Miss Grand titleholder Projected Miss Grand National pageant was supposed to be held in the year mentioned Pageant Debutedition Status Note Miss Grand Bahamas 2018 Inactive Held only once in 2018 by Navado Dawkins 161 162 Miss Grand Canada 2017 Merged Separately organized 3 times in 2017 and 2018 by Di Benedetto Models agency 163 164 and another in 2021 by the Pageant Group Canada Inc 165 The country delegates for the Miss Grand International pageant have been selected via the Miss World Canada competition since 2022 Miss Grand Costa Rica 2022 Active Held once in 2022 by the Concurso Nacional de Belleza de Costa Rica es CNB Costa Rica 166 Miss Grand Cuba 2023 Projected Miss Grand Dominican Republic 2016 Inactive Held once in 2016 by Chantel Martinez the first runner up Miss Grand International 2013 es 167 168 Miss Grand Guatemala es 2023 Projected Miss Grand Honduras 2022 Active First organized in 2022 to determine country representative for the 2022 and 2023 editions of Miss Grand International 169 170 171 Miss Grand Mexico es 2023 Projected Miss Grand Nicaragua 2021 Active Organized individually once in 2021 by Saul Benitez to elect the winners for the 2021 and 2022 editions of Miss Grand International 172 173 Miss Grand Panama es 2023 Projected Under the directorship of Leonardo DePablos the first edition is scheduled to be held in Mid 2023 to select the representative for the Miss Grand International 2024 pageant 174 Miss Grand United States 2016 Active Held annually since 2016 175 Bahamas The Bahamas took part in the Miss Grand International pageant twice in 2016 and 2017 sequentially represented by Selvinique Wright and Rejean Bosh 176 177 Both of them were appointed to the position without participating in any respective contests The national preliminary contest of the Bahamas for Miss Grand International was firstly held in 2018 after Navado Dawkins the Nassau based designer purchased the license Its grand final was happening on 1 July 2018 at Melia Nassau Beach All Inclusive Resort featuring contestants from 7 cities and districts including Andros Eleuthera Exuma Grand Bahama Inagua New Providence and the San Salvador 161 178 in which the representative of New Providence Dannise Bain a nineteen years old international model was named the Miss Grand Bahamas 2018 titleholder and expected to represent the country at Miss Grand International 2018 es in Myanmar 162 Due to visa regulation problems Bain was unable to participate in such an international platform 179 non primary source needed Since then no national pageant has additionally been held or appointed country representative for the Miss Grand International The highest achievement of the Bahamas at Miss Grand International is the top 10 finalists in the 2016 edition won by Selvinique Wright who also obtained the Best in Swimsuit of the said edition 176 Previously Selvinique competed as Miss Star Fish Bay in the Miss Universe Bahamas 2016 pageant 176 180 where she finished as top 5 finalists then was selected by such an organization to compete in Las Vegas for the 2016 Miss Grand International title 180 Canada Miss Grand Canada Editions Year Edition Date Winner Candidates RegionalPageants Placementat MGI2017 1st 16 Jul Maddison Fysh a N A Did not compete Natalie Allin 181 182 b Unplaced2018 2nd 26 Aug Veronica Rodriguez 183 164 a 15 Did not competeGrace Diamani 164 b Unplaced2021 3rd 18 Jun Olga Bykadorova 165 23 UnplacedNotes a a Resigned b b Originally crowned first runner up took over the title after the original winner resigned Canada began to organize the separate event for the Miss Grand International pageant in 2017 under the management of the Calgary based model agency Di Benedetto Models headed by Angelo Di Benedetto 163 However the winner of the event Maddison Fysh resigned the title caused the organizer to appoint their affiliated model Natalie Allin to instead compete in the international competition 181 182 The same incident also happen in 2018 when the runner up Grace Diamani was promoted to take over the position after the original winner Veronica Rodriguez had relinquished the national title for undisclosed reasons 164 In 2019 Benedetto lost the franchise to Michelle Weswaldi the president of the Miss World Canada pageant 184 Since then the first runner up of the said national contest has been assumed Miss Grand Canada 185 Except in 2021 the Miss World 2020 contest was canceled due to the COVID 19 pandemic which caused the winner of Miss World Canada 2020 to compete at Miss World 2021 instead and the 2021 national contest was also delayed the organizer then decided to hold an ad hoc virtual contest to determine the country representative for Miss Grand International 2021 es The contest featured 23 national finalists in which a Ukrainian Canadian model Olga Bykadorova was announced the winner 165 186 Canada has been sending its delegates to compete in the Miss Grand International since 2013 187 The highest achievement was the second runner up in 2014 won by Kathryn Kohut a model and actress from Alberta 188 189 Kohut was appointed to compete at such an edition after obtaining the first runner up in the Miss Earth Canada 2014 contest in Montreal the event was managed by the Filipino Canadian organizer Ronaldo Soriano Trono who served as the national director of Miss Grand Canada and South Korea during 2013 2015 190 South America Legend Active The most recent titleholder was chosen through the Miss Grand National pageant Inactive Miss Grand National pageant was defunct the current titleholder was appointed without organizing any contest or no representative Merged Miss Grand National pageant was merged into other pageants and one of those pageants finalists was elected Miss Grand titleholder Projected Miss Grand National pageant was supposed to be held in the year mentioned Pageant Debutedition Status Note Miss Grand Brazil 2014 Active Held annually since 2014 191 192 193 Miss Grand Chile 2017 Active Organized annually since 2017 by different organizers 194 195 Miss Grand Colombia 2018 Active Held individually twice in 2018 by Top 3 Latam 196 and 2022 by Cesar Prado 197 Miss Grand Ecuador 2021 Inactive Held separately once in 2021 by Tahiz Panuz the president of the CNB Ecuador 198 Miss Grand Paraguay 2017 Active Separately held annually since 2017 by Mygami Producciones SRL 199 200 Miss Grand Venezuela 2022 Active First organized in 2022 to determined the country representative for Miss Grand International 2023 201 202 Asia and Oceania In Asia and Oceania several national pageants was established to determine their representative for Miss Grand International specifically including Legend Active The most recent titleholder was chosen through the Miss Grand National pageant Inactive Miss Grand National pageant was defunct the current titleholder was appointed without organizing any contest or no representative Merged Miss Grand National pageant was merged into other pageants and one of those pageants finalists was elected Miss Grand titleholder Projected Miss Grand National pageant was supposed to be held in the year mentioned Pageant Debutedition Status Note Miss Grand Australia 2014 Active Held annually since 2014 by difference organizers 203 Miss Grand Cambodia 2015 Active Separately organized annually since 2015 204 Its first five editions 2015 2019 was arranged under the direction of Boonkerd Angamnuaysiri Since 2020 the license has belonged to Mohahang Production 205 206 Miss Grand China Cancelled The inaugural edition was expected to be held in 2021 but was canceled due to the COVID 19 pandemic 207 208 Miss Grand Indonesia 2015 Merged Held as a stand alone contest 3 times during 2018 2020 209 Beginning in 2023 the winner of a newly established national beauty contest Miss Mega Bintang Indonesia will be assumed to be Miss Grand Indonesia 210 Miss Grand Japan 2015 Active Held annually since 2015 by Eriko Yoshi ja 211 Miss Grand Korea 2017 Inactive Held annually since 2017 by difference organizers 212 213 Miss Grand Laos 2017 Active Held individually 3 times in 2017 2018 and 2022 214 215 Miss Grand Malaysia 2013 Active Held annually since 2013 by differnce three organizers 216 Miss Grand Myanmar 2016 Inactive Separately held once in 2016 by Style Plus H 217 Miss Grand Nepal 2016 Active Held annually since 2016 by differnce three organizers 218 Miss Grand Philippines 2014 Merged Separately held once in 2014 During 2015 2022 the franchise belonged to the Binibining Pilipinas 219 Miss Grand Sri Lanka 2016 Inactive Held twice in 2016 and 2018 220 221 Miss Grand Thailand 2013 Active Held annually since 2013 222 Miss Grand Vietnam 2022 Active Held only once in late 2022 by Sen Vang Entertainment 223 Europe Legend Active The most recent titleholder was chosen through the Miss Grand National pageant Inactive Miss Grand National pageant was defunct the current titleholder was appointed without organizing any contest or no representative Merged Miss Grand National pageant was merged into other pageants and one of those pageants finalists was elected Miss Grand titleholder Projected Miss Grand National pageant was supposed to be held in the year mentioned Pageant Debutedition Status Note Miss Grand Albania 2014 Inactive Held in parallel with Miss Grand Kosovo from 2014 to 2018 then was separated into a stand alone contest in 2019 224 225 226 Miss Grand Belgium 2021 Active Under the direction of Carolyn Collinda the contest was organized twice in 2021 and 2022 227 228 Miss Grand France 2019 Active Held annually since 2019 229 230 231 232 Miss Grand Italy 2019 Active Held annually since 2019 by Giuseppe Puzio 233 234 235 Miss Grand Kosovo 2014 Inactive Held in parallel with Miss Grand Albania from 2014 to 2018 then was separated into a stand alone contest in 2019 Miss Grand Netherlands 2016 Merged Held as a stand alone pageant in 2016 The other titleholders were determined through either the Miss Supranational Netherlands 2014 2015 or the 12 Months of Beauty 2017 2022 pageants Miss Grand Spain 2016 Active Under the management of Vicente Gonzalez the pageant has been organized as a stand alone pageant since 2016 236 237 Miss Grand United Kingdom 2015 Inactive Held separately twice in 2015 by Holly Louise and in 2021 by Megan Darlington France Miss Grand France licensee timeline France has usually been participating in almost every edition of the Miss Grand International pageant except in 2018 In the first era of the pageant its representatives were appointed to join the contest by different national directors However after Sonia Mansour former Miss Grand France took over the franchise in 2019 the inaugural edition of Miss Grand France was finally happening under her directorship on 4 July 2019 in which Cassandra De Sousa was named the winner outclassed 8 other national finalists 229 De Sousa later competed at Miss Grand International 2019 in Venezuela in October that year unfortunately she got non placement 23 Later in 2021 Mansour lost the franchise to the other organization who arranged the contest amid the health restrictions linked to the COVID 19 pandemic the contest consisted of 5 national finalists and a 24 year old model from Aquitaine Elodie Sirulnick was announced the winner 231 238 239 Along with the national crown Sirulnick also won the prize for the Elegance and the Sympathy special awards 239 She is the second candidate from France that got placement in the Miss Grand International contest following Eline Lamboley who was placed among the 20 finalists in the Miss Grand International 2015 es in Thailand 240 Miss Grand France Editions Year Edition Date Venue Winner Entrants Regional pageants Placements at MGI2019 1th 4 July No data available Cassandra De Sousa 229 9 Unplaced2020 2nd 5 July Marine Comby 230 241 13 Unplaced2021 3rd 13 July Elodie Sirulnick 231 238 239 5 Top 20 75 2022 4th 3 September Le Mughal restaurant Chartres Lucie Carbone 232 10 UnplacedNetherlands Miss Grand Netherlands titleholders Francis Everduim 2014 Nathalie Mogbelzada 2021 The Netherlands has always been conducting the national contest to determine its representatives for the Miss Grand International pageant since 2013 242 243 except for 2015 2019 and 2021 when the titleholders were assigned to the position instead of organizing the pageant 244 In addition to crowning the national winner for the said contest its candidates for several other international pageants were also chosen on the same stage such as Miss Supranational Netherlands Miss Earth Netherlands etc 242 245 However the organizer once conducted the contest to determine Miss Grand Netherlands separately in 2016 The contest was held on 5 June at the Aalsmeer Studios in the city of Aalsmeer featured 4 national finalists 245 in which an artist from Utrecht Floor Masselink was crowned Miss Grand Netherlands 2016 245 246 In 2020 the pageant was held virtually due to the COVID 19 pandemic 247 The Miss Grand Netherlands beauty pageant comes under the franchise of 12 Months of Beauty which is run by Robin and Stefan Hoven Lieuw Choy the national directors 248 249 250 251 Their first placement at Miss Grand International is top 20 finalists in 2013 won by Talisa Wolters who obtained the Miss Grand national title after participating in Miss Grand amp Supranational Netherlands 2013 contest also held by Robin and Stefan 242 The Netherlands representatives also got the same placement in 2015 2017 and 2021 75 252 Miss Grand Netherlands Editions Year Edition Date Final venue Winner Candidates Provincial pageants Placements at MGI2013 1th 23 June Hotel van der Valk Schiphol Hoofddorp 253 Talisa Wolters 242 12 Top 202014 2nd 1 June Francis Everduim 254 255 10 Unplaced2015 No pageant held Shauny Built 245 No pageant held Top 202016 3rd 5 June Aalsmeer Studios Aalsmeer Floor Masselink 245 4 Unplaced2017 4th 26 March Crown Theatre Aalsmeer 250 251 Kelly van den Dungen 256 257 8 Top 202018 5th 5 June Apollo Hotel Vinkeveen 258 Kimberley Xhofleer 258 259 260 12 Unplaced2019 No pageant held Margaretha de Jong 261 262 No pageant held Unplaced2020 6th 8 November Online Pageant 247 Suzan Lips 263 12 Unplaced2021 No pageant held Nathalie Yasmin 75 244 No pageant held Top 20Participating countries and territoriesNational franchises have a lot of latitude in choosing candidates for Miss Grand International Some are the winners of individual contests for their Miss Grand International 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 The following is the list of Miss Grand International participating countries and territories the competition result as well as the national licensee entities since 2013 The list was divided into 6 groups based on the geographic continents Africa Color key Declared as the winner 10 Top 10 finalists C Withdrew during the competition First runner up 20 Top 20 finalists R Representative determined but did not compete Second runner up Y Unplaced N No representative Third runner up Fourth runner upMiss Grand national licensees in African countries The list can be scrolled manually or interactively Country territory Year of participation 264 265 Year 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Licensee Algeria 2010s No pageant Y N N N N N N2020s N N N to be determined Current Former licensee2013 2015 Miss Algeria Organization Angola 2010s No pageant N N 20 N N N N2020s N 20 Y to be determined Current Marcia de Menezes 2021 present 266 Former licensees2015 Meriam Kaxuxwena Botswana 2010s No pageant N Y N N N N N2020s N N N to be determined Current Former licensees2014 Dineo Matlapeng 267 non primary source needed Cameroon 2010s No pageant R Y N N N N N2020s N N N to be determined Current Former licensees2014 2016 Miss Prestige Cameroun Organization Cape Verde 2010s No pageant N N N N N Y N2020s N N N to be determined Current Former licensees2018 Priscilla Gomes Congo Democratic Republic of the 2010s No pageant N R N N N N N2020s N N R to be determined Current Former licensees2014 Naise Gumanda2022 Caroline Konde 268 Egypt 2010s No pageant Y N Y Y Y N Y2020s Y Y N to be determined Current Former licensees 2013 2021 Miss Egypt Org 269 Ethiopia 2010s No pageant Y Y Y Y N N2020s N N N to be determined Current Former licensees2013 2017 Miss Ethiopia Organization Ghana 2010s No pageant N N Y N N Y N2020s R N Y to be determined Current Abena Appiah 2022 present 270 Former licensees2015 2016 Charlee Berbicks2018 Oklepeme Foundation2020 Legacy Pageants Ltd Guinea 2010s No pageant Y N N N N N N2020s N N N to be determined Current Former licensees2013 Jasmine Sjoberg Sidibe Ivory Coast 2010s No pageant N Y N N N N N2020s N N N to be determined Current Former licensees2014 Richlove Amissah Kenya 2010s No pageant Y N Y N N N N2020s 20 N N to be determined Current Former licensees2013 Ashleys Limited2015 Miss Earth Kenya Organization 271 2020 Irene Mukii Liberia 2010s No pageant N N N N N N N2020s N Y N to be determined Current Former licensees2021 Miss Grand Liberia Org 153 154 155 Mauritius 2010s No pageant N Y N Y N N Y2020s Y Y 10 to be determined Current Former licensees2014 Miss India Worldwide Mauritius Organization2016 Miss Supranational Mauritius Organization2019 2022 Ahmad Abbas 272 Mozambique 2010s No pageant N N N N N N N2020s N N Y to be determined Current Pinto Musica 2022 Present 273 Former licenseesNo former licensee Namibia 2010s No pageant Y R Y R R R N2020s N N N to be determined Current Former licensees2013 Beauties of Africa Inc 2015 2016 Magnolia Events Management 145 144 By Magnolia Kuhanga 147 Nigeria 2010s No pageant R Y Y Y Y N Y2020s Y 20 20 to be determined Current The Nigerian Queen Org 2020 present 274 Former licensees2014 2019 Miss Earth Nigeria Organization2015 2017 Miss Grand Nigeria Organization 275 276 By Loveth Ajufoh 275 Reunion 2010s No pageant N N N N N N Y2020s N N N to be determined Current Former licensees2019 Laetitia Hoareau Boyer Rwanda 2010s No pageant N N N Y N N N2020s N N N to be determined Current Former licensees2016 Sonia Gisa Sierra Leone 2010s No pageant N N N N Y Y N2020s N N N to be determined Current Former licensees2017 2019 IAMSL Pageant Agency South Africa 2010s No pageant N N Y Y Y Y 202020s Y Y to be determined Current Maggy Dee Productions 2015 Present 277 Former licensees2015 Reinhardt Drewel Foundation South Sudan 2010s No pageant N Y Y Y 10 N N2020s N N N to be determined Current Former licensees2014 2017 Atong Demach 278 Tanzania 2010s No pageant N Y N N Y Y N2020s N N N to be determined Current Former licensees2014 2015 Miss Tanzania Organization2017 2018 Rasheedah Jamaldin 148 Tunisia 2010s No pageant N N Y N N N N2020s N N N to be determined Current Former licensees2015 Miss Tunisie Organization Uganda 2010s No pageant Y N Y N Y N N2020s N N Y to be determined Current Oliver Nakakande Foundation 2022 present 279 Former licensees2013 2015 2017 Afrost Uganda Marketing Ltd Zambia 2010s No pageant N N N N N Y R2020s N N N to be determined Current Former licensees2018 2019 Isabel Chikoti 280 Zimbabwe 2010s No pageant Y Y N N N N N2020s N N N to be determined Current Former licensees2013 Samantha Tshuma 150 2014 Chris Vukani Mhlanga 158 159 Asia Color key Declared as the winner 10 Top 10 finalists C Withdrew during the competition First runner up 20 Top 20 finalists R Representative determined but did not compete Second runner up Y Unplaced N No representative Third runner up Fourth runner upMiss Grand national licensees in Asian countries The list can be scrolled manually or interactively Country territory Year of participation 264 265 Year 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Licensee Armenia 2010s No pageant N N N N N N Y2020s N Y N to be determined Current Former licensee2019 Janna Gregory 281 2021 Miss Armenia Org 282 Bangladesh 2010s No pageant R R R N N N N2020s N Y Y to be determined Current Hiam Amani Hafizuddin 2021 present Former licensees2013 2014 Miss Bangladesh Organization Bashkortostan 2010s No pageant N N N N N N Y2020s Y N N to be determined Current Former licensees2019 2020 Miss Bash Models Agency Cambodia 2010s No pageant R Y Y R Y Y R2020s 20 10 10 to be determined Current Sokunthea Im 2023 present 283 Former licensees2014 2019 Boonkerd Angamnuaysiri 284 2020 2022 Phalitakam Mohahang Co Ltd Mohahang Production 2020 present 285 286 China 2010s No pageant 20 Y Y Y 20 Y Y2020s Y R Y to be determined Current Shirley Yu 2022 present Former licensees2013 2019 Guangzhou Zhoumeng Marketing Co Ltd 287 2020 2021 Xin Fu Lai Enterprise Management Co Ltd 288 non primary source needed Georgia 2010s No pageant Y N N N N N N2020s N N N to be determined Current Former licensees2013 IC Model Management Hong Kong 2010s No pageant N Y Y Y Y Y N2020s N Y Y to be determined Current Sasha Wasee 2022 Present Former licensees2013 Macau Pageant Alliance2015 2018 Adam Lee2020 2021 Xin Fu Lai Enterprise Management Co Ltd 288 India 2010s No pageant Y Y Y 20 Y2020s Y 20 Y to be determined Current Glamanand Entertainment Pvt Ltd 2020 2022 Present 289 Former licensees2013 2014 Indian Princess Organization2015 2019 2021 The Times Group 290 Indonesia 2010s No pageant Y 10 Y 10 Y2020s 10 to be determined Current Yayasan Dunia Mega Bintang Ivan Gunawan 2020 present 291 Former licensees2013 2016 2017 Yayasan Puteri Indonesia id 292 2014 2015 El John Pageants id 2018 2019 Dharma Gantari Foundation 293 Iran 2010s No pageant N Y Y N N N N2020s Y N N to be determined Current Former licensee2014 2015 2020 Miss Iran Organization Iraq 2010s No pageant N N N Y N N N2020s N N N to be determined Current Former licensee2016 Klaodia Khalaf Israel 2010s No pageant R 20 Y N N N N2020s N N N to be determined Current Former licensee2013 2015 Yael Markovich Japan 2010s No pageant Y 20 10 Y Y 202020s 20 Y Y to be determined Current Eriko Inoda 2016 Present 294 Former licensee2013 2015 Stephen I Diaz Kazakhstan 2010s No pageant Y Y N N N 20 N2020s N N N to be determined Current Former licensee2013 2015 Miss Grand Kazakhstan Organization By AIM Studio 2018 Miss Tourism Russia Organization Kurdistan 2010s No pageant N Y C N N N N2020s N N N to be determined Current Former licensees2014 2015 Dalia Rebwar Hassan 295 Kyrgyzstan 2010s No pageant N N N N N N N2020s N N R to be determined Current Miss Kyrgyzstan 2022 present 296 Former licenseesNo former licensee Laos 2010s No pageant N N N N 20 Y R2020s Y Y Y to be determined Current Saikeo Sidavong 2018 Present 297 Former licensees2017 Hongkham Souvannavong Miss Laos Ltd 58 Lebanon 2010s No pageant Y Y N N Y Y Y2020s N N N to be determined Current Former licensee2013 2019 Al Sawsan International Foundation Macau 2010s No pageant Y Y Y 10 Y Y Y2020s N N N to be determined Current Former licensee2013 2019 Macau Pageant Alliance Malaysia 2010s No pageant Y Y Y 20 Y Y Y2020s 10 20 Y to be determined Current HyperLive Entertainment Pte Ltd 2022 present 298 Former licensee2013 2014 Anson Chong 216 non primary source needed 2015 2021 Introducing Malaysia 299 Mongolia 2010s No pageant Y Y Y N Y N N2020s N N Y to be determined Current Anton Sergeevi 2022 TBD Former licensee2013 2015 2017 2018 Miss World Mongolia Organization Myanmar 2010s No pageant 20 Y Y Y Y Y Y2020s 20 20 Y to be determined Current Glamorous International 2021 present Former licensee2013 2014 Miss Golden Land Myanmar Organization2015 2016 Style Plus H2017 2020 Miss Universe Myanmar Organization 300 Nepal 2010s No pageant Y Y Y N Y Y Y2020s Y Y Y to be determined Current Izodom Nepal amp Cosmo Group 2020 Present 301 Former licensee2013 2016 Looks Entertainment Pvt Ltd Mero Looks 218 302 2017 2019 RK Entertainment Group 303 Pakistan 2010s No pageant Y Y N N N N N2020s N Y Y to be determined Current Hiam Amani Hafizuddin 2021 present Former licensees2013 2014 Miss Pakistan World Organization Philippines 2010s No pageant Y Y Y2020s Y 10 to be determined Current Stella Marquez Araneta 2015 present 219 Former licensees2013 2014 Miss Grand Philippines Org By John Dela Vega 219 Siberia 2010s No pageant N N N N N N N2020s N Y N to be determined Current Former licensees2021 Anton Sergeevi Singapore 2010s No pageant C Y Y Y R R N2020s N N Y to be determined Current Iqmal Muhammad 2022 present Former licensees2013 Miss Singapore World Organization 304 2014 Islandia Group Limited2015 2018 ERM Singapore Marketing Group 305 South Korea 2010s No pageant Y Y Y 10 Y Y R2020s Y Y Y to be determined Current Korea Premium Brand Association 2020 Present 306 307 Former licensees2013 2015 Ronaldo Soriano Trono2016 2019 1L2H Ltd 306 Sri Lanka 2010s No pageant 10 20 10 Y Y 20 N2020s Y Y Y to be determined Current Brian Kerkoven 2013 Present 308 Former licenseesNo former licensee Taiwan 2010s No pageant N Y Y Y N Y N2020s N N N to be determined Current Former licensees2014 2016 Miss Chinese Taipei Organization2018 Tania Tan Yi Rong span, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
