# Miss Grand International 2013

Miss Grand International 2013 was the first Miss Grand International pageant, held at the Impact Arena in Muang Thong Thani, Nonthaburi, Thailand, on 19 November 2013.
At the end of the event, Janelee Chaparro of Puerto Rico was crowned Miss Grand International 2013. She received a cash prize of US$30,000.

## Background
### Date and venue

After Nawat Itsaragrisil ended his role as a producer of the beauty pageant Miss Thailand World for BEC-Tero of Channel 3 in 2012, he established his own pageant, launching Miss Grand Thailand in 2013 in partnership with Channel 3's rival, Channel 7, as well as the international platform Miss Grand International, whose first edition's press release was arranged on 22 October 2013, at the Pathumwan Princess Hotel, Bangkok. In such an event, the pageant schedule was revealed. The pageant camp was set to happen from 3–19 November in three different cities, including Chiang Mai, Pattaya, and Bangkok.
The pageant consisted of four main sub-events, including the national costume contest held at the Promenada Resort Mall [th], Chiang Mai, on 8 November; the swimsuit competition held on 13 October at the Zign Hotel, Pattaya; and the preliminary and final rounds held in Bangkok on 17 and 19 October at the IMPACT Arena, Nonthaburi.

### Selection of participants

Since it was the first edition of the pageant, most of its contestants were appointed to compete; some of them were runners-up of other national pageants. Only three countries organized the national pageants individually to select their representatives for Miss Grand, including Malaysia, Thailand, and Zimbabwe. However, the Zimbabwe winner was later replaced by an appointed representative due to the national team's internal conflicts.

## Results
### Placements

Miss Grand International 2013 competition result :
* Miss Grand International 2013 competition result
* Color key:
* Winner  4th runner-up
* 1st runner-up  Top 10
* 2nd runner-up  Top 20
* 3rd runner-up  Unplaced
* Withdrew during the competition
* Representative determined but not competed
* No representative
| Placement | Contestant |
| Miss Grand International 2013 | Puerto Rico – Janelee Chaparro |
| 1st runner-up | Dominican Republic – Chantel Martínez |
| 2nd runner-up | Slovakia – Denisa Pasečiaková |
| 3rd runner-up | Philippines – Annalie Forbes |
| 4th runner-up | Australia – Kelly Louise Maguire |
| Top 10 | Brazil – Tamara de Costa Bicca  Cuba – Jamillette Gaxiola  Latvia – Kristīne Rancāne  Sri Lanka – Dannielle Kerkoven  Venezuela – Mariana Jiménez |
| Top 20 | China – Jie Pan  Colombia – Carolina Betancourth  Ecuador – Alexandra Castillo  Macedonia – Sandra Stefanovska  Myanmar – Htar Htet Htet  Netherlands – Talisa Wolters  Pakistan – Shanzay Hayat  Thailand – Yada Theppanom  United States – Blair Griffith  Zimbabwe – Samantha Thsuma |

### Special awards

| Award | Contestant |
| Best National Costume | China – Jie Pan |
| Best Evening Gown | Dominican Republic – Chantel Martínez |
| Best in Swimsuit | Latvia – Kristīne Rancāne |
| Miss Popular Vote | Myanmar – Htar Htet Htet |

## Pageant
### Format

In the pageant grand final round held on 19 November, after an introduction section, twenty contestants, who were selected through the preliminary round held on 17 October as well as all pre-pageant scorings, qualified for the top 20, in which each of the qualified candidates competed in the swimsuit. The score from this round, together with all previous accumulation scores, determined the top 10 finalists who then competed against each other in the evening gown and speech session. Based on accumulation scores, the final five were selected to continue in the question and answer portion, where the winner and runners-up were determined.

## Contestants

71 contestants competed for the title.
| Country/Territory | Delegate | Age | Hometown |
| Algeria | Ines Belkacem | 21 | Algiers |
| Argentina | Susel Jacquet | 24 | Corrientes |
| Australia | Kelly Louise Maguire | 26 | Sydney |
| Belgium | Karolien Termonia | 26 | Limburg |
| Bolivia | Mariana Garcia | 24 | La Paz |
| Brazil | Tamara de Costa Bicca | 22 | Porto Alegre |
| Canada | Natalie Carriere | 21 | Iroquois Falls |
| China | Jie Pan | 20 | Beijing |
| Colombia | Carolina Betancourth | 25 | Cali |
| Cuba | Jamillette Gaxiola | 23 | Havana |
| Czech Republic | Marketa Brizová | 23 | Ostrava |
| Dominican Republic | Chantel Martínez | 19 | New York |
| Ecuador | Alexandra Castillo | 22 | San Lorenzo |
| England | Julie Montague | 23 | Liverpool |
| Egypt | Aya Abdallah Ahmed | 23 | Alexandria |
| El Salvador | Elisa Durán | 24 | San Salvador |
| Estonia | Evgeniia Forkashi | 19 | Tallinn |
| Ethiopia | Helen Getachew | 23 | Addis Ababa |
| Finland | Katariina Suuniitty | 22 | Sastamala |
| France | Margaux Serenoff | 22 | Paris |
| Georgia | Anna Lomidzee | 18 | Tbilisi |
| Germany | Diana König | 26 | Ilmenau |
| Greece | Anastasia Papatsori | 23 | Atenas |
| Guadeloupe | Orphélie Morti | 21 | Basse-Terre |
| Guatemala | Michelle Cohn | 18 | Guatemala City |
| Guinea | Jasmine Sjöberg Sidibe | 23 | Conakry |
| Honduras | Nelly Reyes | 21 | La Ceiba |
| Hungary | Eszter Tüzes | 20 | Budapest |
| India | Rupa Khurana | 23 | New Delhi |
| Indonesia | Novia Indriani Mamuaja | 19 | Manado |
| Italy | Katarina Chabrecekova | 22 | Rome |
| Japan | Eriko Yoshii [ja] | 23 | Akita |
| Kazakhstan | Yuliya Kolesnik | 19 | Almaty |
| Kenya | Pauline Akwacha | 22 | Nairobi |
| Kosovo | Lirie Sejdija | 17 | Pristina |
| Latvia | Kristīne Rancāne | 24 | Rēzekne |
| Lebanon | Elizabeth Ojeil | 22 | Beirut |
| Macau | Tiffany Wong I Teng | 24 | Macau |
| Macedonia | Sandra Stefanovska | 21 | Skopje |
| Malaysia | Michelle Moey | 22 | Kuala Lumpur |
| Mexico | Laura Elisa Álvarez | 23 | Mérida |
| Moldova | Alyona Chitoroaga | 25 | Chișinău |
| Mongolia | Delgermaa Enkhtsogt | 20 | Ulaanbaatar |
| Myanmar | Htar Htet Htet | 24 | Kalay |
| Namibia | Grace Khakhane | 23 | Windhoek |
| Nepal | Ashmita Sitoula | 21 | Jhapa |
| Netherlands | Talisa Wolters | 22 | Born |
| New Zealand | Rachel Hope Crofts | 25 | Manawatu |
| Norway | Christine Frestad | 22 | Flekkefjord |
| Pakistan | Shanzay Hayat | 24 | Islamabad |
| Paraguay | Sendy Cáceres | 24 | Encarnación |
| Philippines | Annalie Forbes | 20 | Malolos |
| Poland | Anna Moniuszko | 20 | Bialystok |
| Portugal | Gilda Marisela Silva | 18 | Madeira |
| Puerto Rico | Janelee Chaparro | 22 | Barceloneta |
| Romania | Iuliana Vasile | 23 | Bucharest |
| Russia | Anyuta Volkova | 21 | Moscow |
| Serbia | Milica Stojsavljević | 21 | Belgrade |
| Slovakia | Denisa Paseciaková | 24 | Bratislava |
| South Korea | Kim Yu-ri | 21 | Seoul |
| Spain | Jenifer Guedes | 24 | Agüimes |
| Sri Lanka | Dannielle Kerkoven | 26 | Colombo |
| Switzerland | Cynthia Montchong | 17 | Belina |
| Thailand | Yada Theppanom [th] | 21 | Prachuap Khiri Khan |
| Turkmenistan | Natalia Vasileva | 23 | Ashgabat |
| Uganda | Pierra Akwero | 26 | Entebbe |
| United States | Blair Griffith | 25 | Denver |
| Venezuela | Mariana Jiménez | 19 | La Guaira |
| Vietnam | Khanh Bich Nguyen | 21 | Hanoi |
| Wales | Sophie Jayne Hall | 22 | Cardiff |
| Zimbabwe | Samantha Thsuma | 23 | Bulawayo |