# List of Miss Grand International 2023 preliminary contests

MGI 2023 Participants classified by selection methods:
The 11th edition of the Miss Grand International pageant was held at the Phú Thọ Indoor Stadium in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam on October 25, 2023, in which candidates from 71 countries and territories participated. These candidates were elected as the country representatives through different methods, such as through the Miss Grand National which was held to select the country representative for Miss Grand International specifically, or appointed by another national pageant organizer, in which the main winner was sent to compete on other international stages. Some of them were assigned as the representatives without competing at any national pageant in this particular year.

## Overview

As per data collected in the National preliminary contest section, 48 national pageant was held to elect the country representatives for Miss Grand International 2023. Thirty-four of which was the Miss Grand National pageants (A1). Five was other national contests that sent their main winners to Miss Grand International 2023 (A2). Six national contests listed the Miss Grand title as one of the supplement awards (B1). Meanwhile, the remaining 3 contestants later appointed its runner-up as Miss Grand National titleholder (B2), including the representatives of Gibraltar, and Denmark. and Nepal. All the remaining candidates were either determined through the casting or appointed without participating in any respective national pageants (C1 and C2), such as the representative of Hong Kong.
Four replacements and two withdrawal have been observed, including:
* Ecuador: Véronique Michielsen, the winner of Miss Grand Ecuador 2023, was replaced by the first runner-up, Andrea Ojeda Fernández, after getting pregnant during her reign.
* India: The appointed, Kashish Methwani, was replaced by a newly elected, Arshina Sumbul, due to some contract agreement between Miss Grand International PCL and the Miss Grand India license holder.
* Portugal: Anais Cerreira, who was named Miss Grand Portugal 2023 in the Miss República Portuguesa 2023 contest, was replaced by an appointed, Filipa Gama, for undisclosed reasons.
* Trinidad and Tobago: The Miss Grand Trinidad and Tobago 2023 winner, Mileidy Materano, resigned from the title, and the first runner-up, Rebekah Hislop, automatically took over the title and competed internationally as the replacement.
* Guadeloupe: Laura Ballonad, who was named Miss Grand Guadeloupe 2023 in the Miss International Guadeloupe 2023 pageant, did not compete internationally for unrevealed reasons.
* South Sudan: The appointed Amylia Deng was unable to travel to Vietnam due to visa issues, which caused her to withdraw.
In this edition, a total of eleven countries withdrew, five countries debuted, and seven countries returned, making the total 70 countries that participated. The information is summarized below.
| Returns | Withdrawals | Withdrawals | Debuts |
| Last competed in 2015: Greece Last competed in 2016: Switzerland Last competed in 2018: Taiwan Us Virgin Islands Last competed in 2019: Romania Last competed in 2020: Albania Kosovo Last competed in 2021: Egypt | No licensee:  Bangladesh  China  Crimea  Curaçao  Jamaica  Mauritius  Mongolia  Mozambique  Pakistan  Uganda | Representative determined but did not compete: Guadeloupe Portugal South Sudan Sri Lanka | Bonaire  Gibraltar  Seychelles Trinidad and Tobago  Uzbekistan |

## National preliminary contest

The following is a list of Miss Grand International 2023's national preliminary contests, which were categorized by the country representative selection methods.
Map shows Miss Grand International 2023 participating countries and territories, classified by representative selection methods :
* Color keys
* A1: Main winner of the Miss Grand National pageant, e.g., Miss Grand Spain of Spain.
* A2: Main winner of the national contest with other pageant names apart from Miss Grand, e.g., Nuestra Belleza Puerto Rico [es] of Puerto Rico.
* B1: Obtained Miss Grand National as the supplementary title at other national pageants, e.g., the representative from Miss World Canada of Canada.
* B2: Appointed Miss Grand National after (1) obtaining any other supplementary positions at other national pageants in 2023 or (2) finishing other placements other than the main winner at the previous Miss Grand National edition.
* C1: Determined through the casting or audition processes.
* C2: Appointed with no pageant held
* D0: Did not participate/ to be determined
List of the national preliminary pageants (A1 – B2) for the Miss Grand International 2023 contest, by the coronation date :
| Country/Territory | Pageant | Type | Date and Venue | Entrants | Ref. |
| Total: 48 pageants | Total: 48 pageants | – | – | | – |
| Honduras | Miss Grand Honduras | A1 | July 10, 2022 at La Galería, Tegucigalpa | 18 | |
| Venezuela | Miss Grand Venezuela | A1 | August 13, 2022 at Teatro Municipal of Caracas, Capital District | 22 | |
| Canada | Miss World Canada | B1 | November 13, 2022 at Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts, Richmond Hill | 50 | |
| Gibraltar | Miss Gibraltar | B2 | November 23, 2022, at the Alameda Open Air Theatre, Gibraltar | 12 | |
| Bonaire | Miss Bonaire | A2 | December 5, 2022, at the Marriott Bonaire Courtyard, Kralendijk | 3 | |
| Spain | Miss Grand Spain | A1 | March 25, 2023, at Centro Comercial Martiánez Shopping Mall, Puerto de la Cruz, Santa Cruz de Tenerife | 34 | |
| Paraguay | Miss Grand Paraguay | A1 | April 2, 2023, at the Paseo Events Center, Asunción | 24 | |
| Puerto Rico | Nuestra Belleza Puerto Rico | A2 | April 13, 2023, at Hotel The Condado Plaza Hilton, San Juan | 16 | |
| Ecuador | Miss Grand Ecuador | A1 | April 15, 2023, at TC Television Studios, Guayaquil | 7 | |
| Thailand | Miss Grand Thailand | A1 | April 29, 2023, at Show DC Hall, Bangkok | 77 | |
| Czech Republic | Miss Czech Republic | B1 | May 13, 2022, at Forum Karlín [cs], Prague | 11 | |
| Nicaragua | Miss Grand Nicaragua | A1 | May 24, 2023, at Holiday Inn Managua Convention Center, Managua | 12 | |
| South Korea | Miss Grand Korea | A1 | June 4, 2023 at Grand Walkerhill Seoul Hotel, Seoul | 18 | |
| Netherlands | Miss Grand Netherlands | A1 | June 4, 2023, at the Claus Park Collection, Hoofddorp | 11 | |
| Indonesia | Miss Mega Bintang Indonesia | A2 | June 8, 2023, at Ciputra Artpreneur, Jakarta | 20 | |
| Brazil | Miss Grand Brazil | A1 | June 10, 2023, at Recanto Cataratas Thermas Resort, Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná | 28 | |
| Italy | Miss Grand Italy | A1 | June 11, 2023, at the Grand Hotel Pianeta Maratea, Maratea, Potenza | 46 | |
| Colombia | Miss Grand Colombia | A1 | June 18, 2023, at the Mayor Auditorium CUN, Bogota | 23 | |
| Chile | Miss Grand Chile | A1 | June 18, 2023, at the Teatro ICTUS, Santiago de Chile | 6 | |
| Peru | Miss Grand Peru | A1 | June 22, 2023, the América Televisión Studio, Lima | 12 | |
| Belgium | Miss Grand Belgium | A1 | June 25, 2023, at AED Studios, Lint | 9 | |
| Bolivia | Miss Bolivia | B1 | July 1, 2023, at the Salón Sirionó de la FexpoCruz, Santa Cruz de la Sierra | 27 | |
| Philippines | Miss Grand Philippines | A1 | July 13, 2023, at SM Mall of Asia Arena, Bay City, Pasay, Metro Manila | 30 | |
| Australia | Miss Grand Australia | A1 | July 15, 2023, at RACV City Club, Melbourne | 30 | |
| Japan | Miss Grand Japan | A1 | July 16, 2023, at the Tokyo FM Hall Center, Chiyoda, Tokyo | 14 | |
| South Africa | Miss Grand South Africa | A1 | July 22, 2023, at the Atterbury Theatre, Pretoria | 25 | |
| Laos | Miss Grand Laos | A1 | July 29, 2023, at the National Convention Center (NCC), Vientiane | 18 | |
| El Salvador | CNB Grand El Salvador | A1 | July 29, 2023, at the FEPADE Theater, San Salvador | 14 | |
| Dominican Republic | Miss Grand Dominican Republic | A1 | August 5, 2023, at the Cibao Grand Theatre [es], Santiago de los Caballeros | 18 | |
| France | Miss Grand France | A1 | August 13, 2023, at the La Salicorne Restaurant, Saujon, Charente-Maritime | 8 | |
| United Kingdom | Miss Grand United Kingdom | A1 | August 13, 2023, at the Aures London, London | 5 | |
| Malaysia | Miss Grand Malaysia | A1 | August 14, 2023, in the Zodiac Theatre, 7th floor Genting Dream Cruise | 11 | |
| United States | Miss Grand United States | A1 | August 17, 2023, at the Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare Hotel & Conference Center, Chicago, Illinois | 25 | |
| Cambodia | Miss Grand Cambodia | A1 | August 19, 2023, in the Koh Pich Theatre, Phnom Penh | 25 | |
| Cuba | Miss Grand Cuba | A1 | August 20, 2023, at the Tampa Marriott Westshore, Tampa, Florida, United States | 5 | |
| Vietnam | Miss Grand Vietnam | A1 | August 26, 2023, at the Phú Thọ Indoor Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City | 44 | |
| Denmark | Miss Denmark | B2 | August 27, 2023, the Cirkusbygningen, Copenhagen | 30 | |
| Guadeloupe | Miss International Guadeloupe | B1 | August 29, 2023, at the An Kann' La Restaurant, Les Abymes | 12 | |
| Mexico | Miss Grand Mexico | A1 | August 30, 2023, at the Modular Inés Arredondo (MIA), Culiacán, Sinaloa | 5 | |
| Angola | Miss Grand Angola | A1 | September 2, 2023, at the Epic Sana Hotel, Luanda | 10 | |
| Egypt | Miss Egypt | B1 | September 2, 2023, at the Triumph Luxury Hotel, Cairo | 33 | |
| Germany | Miss From Germany | A2 | September 9, 2023, in theatre of the Hotel Dolce, Bad Nauheim | 8 | |
| Nepal | Miss Universe Nepal | B2 | September 9, 2023, at the Godavari Sunrise Convention Center, Lalitpur | 37 | |
| Singapore | Miss Grand Singapore | A1 | September 9, 2023, at the Black Studio, Stamford Arts Centre | 17 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Miss & Mister Grand Trinidad and Tobago | A1 | September 10, 2023, at the Banquet and Conference Centre MovieTowne Mall, Port of Spain | 15 | |
| Portugal | Miss República Portuguesa | B1 | September 16, 2023, at the Cine-Teatro Messias, Mealhada | 12 | |
| India | Miss Grand India | A1 | September 19, 2023, at the Rambagh Palace Hotel, Jaipur, Rajasthan | 18 | |
| Ukraine | Queen of Ukraine | A2 | Private virtual pageant | N/A | |
| Note ^α : Miss Grand Czech Republic 2023 was organized as a sub-contest of the Miss Czech Republic 2023 pageant with the same batch of candidates, and the Miss Grand Czech Republic 2023 titleholder was excluded from the main pageant's gala final. ||||||