Miss Grand International 2025

Miss Grand International 2025 will be the 13th edition of the Miss Grand International pageant to be held in 2025.

Miss Grand International 2025
Date	2025
Venue	Thailand
Broadcaster	YouTube
Returns	Hong Kong Kenya Malta Portugal Sri Lanka
← 2024

Rachel Gupta of India will crown her successor at the end of the event.^[1]

Background

Location and date

According to the interview given by the contest president, Nawat Itsaragrisil, in August 2022, the host country for Miss Grand International 2025 was already decided but could not be revealed at the moment due to a contractual agreement.^[2][3][4]

However, on November 18, 2024, the Miss Grand International organization announced on their social media accounts that Thailand would host the pageant for the second consecutive year.^[5]

Selection of participants

As of 1 February 2025, four delegates have been confirmed: one won the crown as a supplemental award in a multiple-title national pageant, two earned their titles by competing in a 2025 national pageant, and one was appointed.

Debuts, returns and withdrawals

This edition features the return of Malta which last competed in 2016; Kenya in 2020; Portugal and Sri Lanka in 2022; and China (Hong Kong) in 2023.

Contestants

The following contestants will compete for the title:

Country/Territory	Contestant	Age[a]	Hometown
Canada	Layanna Robinson[6]	22	Victoria
Kenya	Magdalene Takangiro[6]	24	Lokitaung
Malta	Shailey Micallef[7]	22	Floriana
Venezuela	Tina Batson[8]	25	Barcelona

Upcoming national pageants

Country/Territory	Date
Myanmar	February 2025[9]
Thailand	29 March 2025[10]
Paraguay	March 2025[11]
Czech Republic	3 May 2025[12][13]
Dominican Republic
Guatemala	May 2025[14][15][16]
Laos
Mexico
South Africa	28 June 2025[17]
Puerto Rico	June 2025[18][19]
Spain
Brazil	5 July 2025[20]
Australia	2025[21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37]
Cameroon
China
Colombia
Cuba
Germany
Ghana
Hong Kong
India
Italy
Japan
Nepal
Portugal
Sri Lanka
Tanzania
Trinidad and Tobago
United States
Vietnam

Notes

1. Ages at the time of the pageant

References

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External links

• Miss Grand International official website