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Miss Grand International
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Established19 November 2013; 7 years ago (2013-11-19)
FounderNawat Itsaragrisil
TypeBeauty Pageant
HeadquartersBangkok
Location
  • Thailand
Official language
English
Websitemissgrandinternational.com

Miss Grand International is a beauty pageant franchise based in Thailand. It was founded in 2013 by media personality Nawat Itsaragrisil, and 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 current Miss Grand International titleholder is Abena Appiah of the United States, who was crowned on 27 March 2021 at Show DC Hall in Bangkok, Thailand making her the first woman from the United States to win the crown, the first black woman to do so.

History[]

The Miss Grand franchise was established in 2013 by Nawat Itsaragrisil, a television host and producer who had previously served as producer of the beauty pageant Miss Thailand World for BEC-Tero (owner of the television network Channel 3) for seven years until 2012.[1] He also served as a national director of Miss Earth Thailand.[2] After ending his role with BEC-Tero, Nawat subsequently established his own pageant, launching Miss Grand Thailand in 2013 in partnership with Channel 7.[1] In 2016, Miss Grand Thailand began franchising the provincial competitions to individual organizers, who would name 77 provincial titleholders to compete in the national pageant.[3] In 2020, the pageant was dropped by Channel 7 and switched to broadcasting on One 31 instead.[4] Under Channel 7, the pageant was the most popular in Thailand in terms of television viewership, with ratings ranging from 1.479 to 1.886 during 2017 to 2019. (It received ratings of 1.886 compared to Miss Universe Thailand's 1.581 in 2017, the last year the latter was broadcast on Channel 3.)[5] The figure dropped to 0.750 in 2020, after it switched to One 31.[6] (Miss Universe Thailand achieved ratings of 0.765 that year, under its new broadcaster PPTV.)[7]

The winner of Miss Grand Thailand is the country's representative to the international competition Miss Grand International, which was also launched in 2013.[8] The pageant features contestants selected by licensees in each country.[3] The first three competitions were held in Thailand, while subsequent events have also taken place overseas, beginning in 2016.[9] In 2020, the pageant was scheduled to be held on October 25, 2020 in Venezuela but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the organization decided to postpone the 8th edition of the pageant to 2021 and move the venue to Bangkok, Thailand.[10]

Controversies[]

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, who later placed third in the Miss USA 2015 pageant but represented another country (Dominican Republic) in the Miss Grand International.[11] 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."[12][13][14][15] The organization further stated, "her studies were in the way, making it very hard for us to schedule her activities."[11] 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.[16][17] 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."[16]

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.[18][15]

Fat shaming by organizers[]

In 2016, Miss Grand International drew criticism after fat shaming Miss Iceland, Arna Ýr Jónsdóttir that "she's too fat and needed to lose weight" prior to the finals of Miss Grand International 2016 held in Las Vegas on October 25, 2016.[19] Jónsdóttir a former member of the Icelandic national athletics team was given a spot in the top 10 of the competition, but she declined. She 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."[20] She eventually dropped from the pageant few days prior to the coronation.[21] The pageant organizers then withheld her passport after she withdrew from the contest but she eventually retrieved her passport back from the organizers and said, "they [organizers] tried extortion, they threatened me by saying, you can get your passport back if you pay 3,000 dollars."[22]

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.[23] 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.[24]

Editions[]

The farewell speech of Ariska Putri Pertiwi Miss Grand International 2016 at the 2017 final competition in Vietnam.[25]

The following is a list of all Miss Grand International Organization editions from the founding of each pageant.

Miss Grand International[]

The following is a list of Miss Grand International pageant edition and information, from its inception in 2013.

Edition Date Final venue Host country Entrants
2013[26] November 19 Impact Arena, Muang Thong Thani, Nonthaburi Thailand 71
2014[27] October 7 Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok 85
2015[28] October 25 77
2016[29] Westgate Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada United States 76
2017[30] Vinpearl Convention Center, Phú Quốc Vietnam 77
[31] The One Entertainment Park, Yangon Myanmar 75
2019[32] Poliedro de Caracas, Caracas Venezuela 60
2020[33] March 27, 2021 Show DC Hall, Bangkok Thailand 63
December 4, 2021 Phuket Thailand TBA

Miss Grand Thailand[]

The following is a list of Miss Grand Thailand pageant edition and information, from its inception in 2013.

Edition Date Final venue Entrants
2013[34] May 7 Bangkok Convention Centre, CentralWorld, Bangkok 37
2014[35] June 17 50
2015[36] May 12 Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok
2016[37] June 26 77
2017[38] July 8 Bangkok International Trade and Exhibition Centre, Bangkok
2018[39] July 14
2019[40] July 13
2020[41] September 19
2021 The contest has been canceled due to COVID-19.  because they cannot find representatives in each province to enter the contest.
2022 Show DC Hall, Bangkok 77

Miss Grand International[]

Titleholders[]

The following is a list of all Miss Grand International Organization titleholders and runners-up from the founding of each pageant. This table shows the top-five finalists of each competition, from its inception in 2013.

Year Miss Grand International Runners-Up Ref.
First Second Third Fourth
2021 TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA
2020  USA
Abena Appiah 		 Philippines
Samantha Bernardo 		 Guatemala
Ivana Batchelor 		 Indonesia
Aurra Kharisma 		 Brazil
Lala Guedes
2019  Venezuela
Valentina Figuera 		 Mexico
Maria Malo 		 Thailand
Arayha Suparurk 		 Panama
Carmen Drayton 		 Brazil
Marjorie Marcelle
2018  Paraguay
Clara Sosa 		 India
Meenakshi Chaudhary 		 Indonesia
Nadia Purwoko 		 Puerto Rico
Nicole Colon 		 Japan
Haruka Oda
2017  Peru
Maria Jose Lora 		 Venezuela
Tulia Aleman 		 Philippines
Elizabeth Clenci 		 Puerto Rico
Brenda Jimenez 		 Czech Republic
Nikola Uhlirova
2016  Indonesia
Ariska Putri Pertiwi 		 Philippines
Nicole Ignacio Cordoves 		 Thailand
Supaporn Malisorn 		 Puerto Rico
Madison Anderson 		 USA
Michelle Leon
2015  Dominican Republic *
Anea Garcia 		 Australia ^
Claire Elizabeth Parker 		 India
Vartika Singh 		 Philippines
Parul Shah 		 Thailand
Rattikarn Kunsom
2014  Cuba
Lees Garcia 		 Ethiopia
Hiwot Mamo 		 Canada
Kathryn Kohut 		 Australia
Renera Thompson 		 Colombia
Monica Castano
2013  Puerto Rico
Janelee Chaparro 		 Dominican Republic
Chantelan Martinez 		 Slovak Republic
Denisa Paseciakova 		 Philippines
Annalie Forbes 		 Australia
Kelly Louise Maguire
Notes

a. * Dethroned

b. ^ Originally crowned 1st Runner-Up. Took over title after original winner was dethroned.

Country/Territory by number of wins[]

List of countries by number of Miss Grand International wins
Number of wins Country/Territory Years
1  USA 2020
 Venezuela 2019
 Paraguay 2018
 Peru 2017
 Indonesia 2016
 Australia 2015*
 Dominican Republic 2015*
 Cuba 2014
 Puerto Rico 2013

Miss Grand Thailand[]

This table shows the top-five finalists of each competition, from its inception in 2013.

The provincial representative competition started in 2016.

Titleholders[]

Year Miss Grand Thailand Runners-Up Ref.
First Second Third Fourth
2021  Pathum Thani
Indy Johnson 		The contest has been canceled due to COVID-19.  because they cannot find representatives in each province to enter the contest.
2020  Ranong
Patcharaporn Chantarapadit 		 Pathum Thani
Indy Johnson 		 Nakhon Si Thammarat
Patchaploy Rueandaluang 		 Chiang Rai
Juthamas Mekseree 		 Mukdahan
Nutnicha Srithongsuk
2019  Nakhon Phanom
Arayha Suparurk 		 Nan
Peerachada Khunrak 		 Chiang Mai
Naruemon Kampan 		 Trat
Maneerat Daengprasert 		 Phang Nga
Chompoonuch Puengpon
2018  Phuket
Nam–Oey Chanaphan 		 Nakhon Pathom
Jiratchaya Sukinta 		 Sakon Nakhon
Ingchanok Prasart 		 Buriram
Nantapak Kraiha 		 Sa Kaeo
Methawee Theerateekul
2017  Krabi
Pamela Pasinetti 		 Kamphaeng Phet
Chatnalin Chotjirawarachat 		 Prachuap Khiri Khan
Sarucha Nilchan 		 Chanthaburi
Thaweeporn Prinkchumrud 		 Sisaket
Kamolrat Thanont
2016  Songkhla
Supaporn Malisorn 		 Ratchaburi
Chatchadaporn Kimakorn 		 Sing Buri
Atitaya Khunnalapat 		 Chonburi
Pinicha Kitkasempongsa 		 Phetchaburi
Anchana Archklom
2015  Songkhla
Rattikorn Kunsom 		 Roi Et
Tharathip Sukdharunpatr 		 Nakhon Pathom
Boonyanee Sungpirom 		 Chonburi
Chonthicha Imjunya 		 Chonburi
Sakonwan Saetiao
 Nakhon Ratchasima
Parapadsorn Vorrasirinda 		 Songkhla
Sasi Sintawee 		 Bangkok
Ananya Mongkolthai 		 Bangkok
Phataraporn Wang 		 Nakhon Sawan
Warangkanang Wutthayangkorn
 Prachuap Khiri Khan
Yada Theppanom 		 Bangkok
Kanikar Phusri 		 Nakhon Si Thammarat
Thanyaporn Srisen 		 Phitsanulok
Keeratika Sawangjaeng 		 Phuket
Sopapan Viroonmas

Gallery of winners[]

Miss Grand International[]

Miss Grand Thailand[]

See also[]

  • List of beauty contests

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