Miss Grand International 2024
12th Miss Grand International competition, beauty pageant edition From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Miss Grand International 2024 was the 12th Miss Grand International pageant, held at the MGI Hall in Bangkok, Thailand, on 25 October 2024.[2][3][4][5][6] Contestants from 68 countries and territories competed for the title.[7][8]
| Miss Grand International 2024 | |
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| Date | 25 October 2024 |
| Presenters | Matthew Deane |
| Venue | MGI Hall, Bangkok, Thailand |
| Broadcaster | YouTube |
| Entrants | 68 |
| Placements | 20 |
| Debuts | Greenland |
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| Returns |
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| Winner | Rachel Gupta India |
| Best National Costume |
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| Best in Swimsuit | Talita Hartmann Brazil |
| Best in Evening Gown | Sage-La’Parriea Yakubu Ghana |
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| Grand final competition | |
| Preliminary competition |
The contest was won by 20-year-old model representing India, Rachel Gupta, who was crowned by her predecessor Luciana Fuster of Peru,[9][10][11] making her the first Indian representative to win the pageant.[11]
The pageant was hosted by Thai-Australian television personality Matthew Deane and was transmitted to audiences worldwide via the pageant's YouTube channel, GrandTV.[8]
Background
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Location and date
In June 2022, the president of the contest, Nawat Itsaragrisil, stated that the host country for Miss Grand International 2025 was already decided but could not be revealed for contractual reasons,[12][13][14] while the host country for the 2024 edition was in the process of negotiation.[12]
The mutual agreement between Myanmar and the Miss Grand International PCL was reached in July 2022, with the memorandum of understanding between the local organizer, Glamorous International, and the MGI PCL, signed in early 2023, at the MGI Hall, Bangkok, Thailand.[15] It was then officially announced on the grand final stage of Miss Grand International 2023 on 25 October 2023;[16] however, Miss Grand International Organization later announced on 22 May 2024 that Myanmar was no longer the host country for the contest due to domestic political crisis.[17] Cambodia and Thailand were elected as the replacements.[4][5]
Initially, the pageant was scheduled for Cambodia from 3 – 15 October 2024, and included one of the main events, the best-in-swimsuit contest on 9 October. The remaining sub-contests, including the national costume contest, the preliminary round, and the grand final, was set for Thailand.[18][19] It was announced on 6 October that all the remaining sub-contests would be relocated to Thailand due to the Cambodian organizer's contractual failures and conflicts between the domestic organizer and Miss Grand International organisation.[20] The licence of Miss Grand Cambodia organizer, HK7 Co., Ltd., was removed by the Miss Grand International company.[21] On October 8, Nawat Itsaragrisil held a press conference with the Thai media regarding host country issues and announced that, in addition to Bangkok, the pageant's activities were scheduled in Pattaya from 11 – 16 October.[22]
Selection of participants
Three delegates won their titles as a supplemental title in a multiple-award national pageant.Thirty-two delegates were appointed to their titles without competing in a 2024 national pageant.
Debuts, returns and withdrawals
In addition to the debut of Greenland,[23] this edition has the returns of Cameroon and Côte d'Ivoire which last competed in 2014; New Zealand and Tanzania in 2018; Macau in 2019; Armenia in 2021; and Bangladesh, China, Curaçao and Pakistan in 2022.
Eight countries that competed at Miss Grand International 2023 did not select nor appoint a representative for this edition. Sabina Saharova of Latvia and Inês Perestrello of Portugal appointed a representative,[24] but both of them did not compete for undisclosed reasons.
Five delegates withdrew during the pageant camp: Sotheary Bee of Cambodia, who withdrew from the competition due to the conflict between her director and the Miss Grand International organization,[25] while Macarena Chamberlain of Costa Rica, Kaylie Cheung of Hong Kong and Kateryna Bilyk of Ukraine withdrew due to health issues.[26][27][28] Madeleine Malmberg of Norway did not attend the final night for undisclosed reasons.
Results
Placements
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Special awards
Sponsor awards
Ancillary events
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Fan vote
On 30 September 2024, the pre-arrival voting challenge was launched on the pageant's official Facebook page and Instagram account where the portrait of each contestant was posted.[31] The ten contestants with the most scores, calculated from the number of likes and shares on their portrait photos, acquired the right to attend the special dinner with the pageant president, Nawat Itsaragrisil, and the vice president, Teresa Chaivisut, on 4 October.[31][32]
The second voting challenge is for the Country's Power of the Year award, in which the winner automatically qualifies for the top 20 finalists in the grand final round.[33][34] It was launched from 20 – 25 October 2024 with sixty-nine contestants participating in the qualification round. Only sixteen with the highest points, calculated based on the number of likes and specific reactions to their portrait posted on the pageant's Instagram and Facebook page, qualify for the second round.[33] The qualified candidates were divided into four groups.[34] The same voting procedure was then used to determine the group winner to compete in the knockout round, where the top rank of each fixture progressed to the final round. Malin Chara-anan of Thailand was named the challenge winner, while Thae Su Nyein of Myanmar was the runner-up.[10]
Another fan vote, Miss Popular Vote, in which the winner earns the automatic spot in the pageant's top 10 finalists,[35][36] was open from 6 to 25 October via the pageant's official website.[35] At the end of the voting period, Nova Liana of Indonesia, was announced as the winner.[10]
The challenging results are shown below.
| Pre-arrival voting winners[32] | Country's Power of the Year | ||
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| Top 16[33] |
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Grand Voice award
The qualifying rounds of the singing challenge for the Grand Voice Award was held on 9 October at the Proud Fha Italian Restaurant in Bangkok.[38][39] All 71 contestants participated in the event, and 30 qualified for the second round where the number of qualifiers was then reduced to 15. The third round of the challenge was held at the Golden Tulip Sovereign Hotel to determine the final 3.[38][40] These three contestants competed against each other in the final round on the preliminary night on 22 October in Bangkok,[18][19] and Kristina James of Trinidad and Tobago was announced the challenge winner at the grand final competition held on 25 October.[10]
| Position | Contestant |
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| Top 3[40] |
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| Top 15[38] |
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| Top 30[41] |
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Best in Swimsuit
The best-in-swimsuit round was scheduled for 13 October 2024 on the OceanSky Cruise in Pattaya Bay.[42][43] Seventy contestants participated; Kaylie Cheung of Hong Kong was absent due to health issues. Only twenty contestants, 10 elected via the public vote and the others 10 by the panel of judges, were nominated for the award.[43] Three winners of this sub-contest were later announced in the grand final round on 25 October 2024 in Bangkok.[44]
The panel of judges for this section, including Nawat Itsaragrisil – the pageant's president, Teresa Chaivisut – the pageant's vice president, and Luciana Fuster – Miss Grand International 2023.[43]
| Position | Contestant | |
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| Top 20 | Judges[45] |
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| Vote[46] |
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National Costume contest
The competition for the Best in National Costume Award took place on 20 October 2024 at the MGI Hall, Bravo BKK Mall, Bangkok, with 69 contestants participating.[47][48] Only 22 costumes; 10 via public vote, and the other 12 selected by the judges, qualify for the second scoring round,[49] in which the number was reduced to 10 costumes; 5 selected by vote and the remaining half to be picked by the judges.[49][50]
The event, which was hosted by Miss Grand International 2023 – Luciana Fuster and an MGI's MC – Sakul Limpapanon, was transmitted to audiences worldwide via the pageant's Youtube channel and Facebook page.[48]
| Position | Contestant | |
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| Top 10 | Judges[51] |
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| Top 22 | Judges[49] |
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Main pageant
Format
As done since 2013, twenty semi-finalists will be selected to continue in the competition.[33] All accumulated scores, together with the preliminary round held on 22 October, which consisted of the swimsuit and the evening gown round, determined the 19 semifinalists. The winner of the Country of the Year award, determined through public voting, completed the twenty semi-finalists,[33] who then paraded in the swimsuit competition. Afterward, the final 10 were named: 9 from the custom selection and another one was the Miss Popular Vote winner.[35][36] These 10 finalists competed in the evening gown and speech segments to determine the top 5 candidates who later entered the question-and-answer round. Based on all accumulated scores, the runners-up and winner were named at the end of the event.[8]
Contestants
68 contestants competed for the title:
Notes
References
External links
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