# Miss Supranational 2023

Miss Supranational 2023 was the 14th edition of the Miss Supranational pageant, held at the Strzelecki Park Amphitheater in Nowy Sącz, Małopolska, Poland, on 14 July 2023.
At the end of the event, Andrea Aguilera of Ecuador was crowned by Lalela Mswane of South Africa, as Miss Supranational 2023. marking the country's first victory in the history of the pageant.

## Background
### Selection of participants

Contestants from sixty-five countries and territories were selected to compete in the pageant. One contestant was selected to replace the original dethroned winner.
On November 23, 2022, it was announced that the Miss Supranational Organization had raised its age limit from 28 to 33, citing a survey conducted among the pageant's national license holders.

#### Replacements

Miss Bolivia 2023 Camila Sanabria withdrew for personal reasons and was replaced by Stephanie Terrazas.

#### Debuts, returns, and withdrawals

This edition marked the debuts of Botswana, the Cayman Islands, Mozambique, and the United Kingdom; and the returns of the Bahamas, Cameroon, Croatia, Gibraltar, Nicaragua, ang Togo. Nicaragua last competed in 2013; Gibraltar last competed in 2017; Togo last competed in 2018; Cameroon and Croatia last competed in 2019; while the others last competed in 2021.
Argentina, China, Denmark, England, France, Ireland, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lesotho, Malta, Singapore, and Uruguay withdrew after their respective organizations failed to appoint a delegate, hold a national competition, or lost their national franchise. Although already competed at the Supra Chat event, Francisca Lavandero of Chile withdrew due to difficulties with the Miss Chile organization.
Three other contestants withdrew from the competition having already competed at the Supra Chat event: Klara Musabelliu of Albania, Anita Mikue of Equatorial Guinea, and Fowzia Abdirashid Abdihakin of Somalia withdrew for personal reasons, the latter due to difficulties with her passport.

## Results
### Placements

| Placement | Contestant |
| Miss Supranational 2023 | Ecuador – Andrea Aguilera |
| 1st runner-up | Philippines – Pauline Amelinckx Δ |
| 2nd runner-up | Brazil – Sancler Frantz Δ |
| 3rd runner-up | United Kingdom – Emma Collingridge |
| 4th runner-up | Vietnam – Đặng Thanh Ngân § |
| Top 12 | Dominican Republic – Crystal Matos  Gibraltar – Michelle Lopez Desoisa  India – Pragnya Ayyagari  Mexico – Vanessa López  Netherlands – Luna-Isabella Stienstra  Peru – Valeria Flórez  Puerto Rico – Camille Fabery Diana |
| Top 24 | Botswana – Dabilo Moses  Colombia – Valentina Mora Trujillo  Curaçao – Andreina Pereira Δ  El Salvador – Luciana Martínez  Indonesia – Yasinta Aurellia  Malaysia – Deidre Walker  Poland – Aleksandra Klepaczka  South Africa – Ayanda Thabethe  Spain – Lola Wilson  Thailand – Patraporn Wang  Venezuela – Selene Delgado  Zimbabwe – Sakhile Dube Δ |
§ – placed into the Top 12 by fan-voting challenge
Δ – placed into the Top 24 by fast-track challenges

### Continental Queens of Beauty

| Continent | Contestant |
| Africa | Zimbabwe – Sakhile Zibusiso Dube |
| Americas | Peru – Valeria Flórez Calderón |
| Asia | India – Pragnya Ayyagari |
| Caribbean | Curaçao – Andreina de Andrade Pereira |
| Europe | Gibraltar – Michelle López Desoisa |

### Special awards

| Final Results | Contestant |
| Best National Costume | Thailand – Patraporn Wang |
| Miss Congeniality | South Africa – Ayanda Gugulethu Thabethe |
| Miss Photogenic | El Salvador – Luciana Fernanda Martínez Cienfuegos |
| Miss Talent | South Korea – Juhyeon Roh |
| Miss Influencer | Brazil – Sancler Frantz Könzen |
| Supra Chat | Philippines – Pauline Cucharo Amelinckx |
| Supra Model of the Year | Zimbabwe – Sakhile Zibusiso Dube |
| Supra Fan Vote | Vietnam – Đặng Thanh Ngân |
| Contestants' Choice | Curaçao – Andreina de Andrade Pereira |
| Woman of Substance | Philippines – Pauline Cucharo Amelinckx |

## Challenge events
### Supra Chat

The Supra Chat event began on 7 June 2023 and aired on the official YouTube channel of Miss Supranational, where each candidate introduced themselves to a group of six to eight. The winners of each group participated in the second round of the challenge on 9 July 2023, and the candidate who wins the second round will automatically be in the Top 24. Pauline Amelinckx of the Philippines won this challenge.

#### First round

* Advanced to the semi-final
| Group | Country 1 | Country 2 | Country 3 | Country 4 | Country 5 | Country 6 | Country 7 | Country 8 |
| 1 | Bolivia | Brazil | Chile | Costa Rica | Mozambique | Panama | Portugal | — |
| 2 | Albania | Belgium | Germany | Gibraltar | Greece | Iceland | Netherlands | Romania |
| 3 | Cambodia | India | Malaysia | Nepal | Thailand | Turkey | Vietnam | — |
| 4 | Botswana | Ghana | Kenya | Namibia | South Africa | Zambia | — | — |
| 5 | Colombia | Ecuador | El Salvador | Mexico | Nicaragua | Paraguay | Venezuela | — |
| 6 | Cameroon | Ivory Coast | Guatemala | Haiti | Mauritius | Togo | — | — |
| 7 | The Bahamas | Canada | Cayman Islands | Curaçao | Jamaica | Nigeria | Trinidad and Tobago | — |
| 8 | Cuba | Dominican Republic | Equatorial Guinea | Peru | Puerto Rico | Spain | — | — |
| 9 | Croatia | Czech Republic | Finland | Poland | Slovakia | Somalia | United Kingdom | — |
| 10 | Hong Kong | Indonesia | Japan | Philippines | South Korea | Ukraine | United States | Zimbabwe |

#### Final round

* Advanced to the Top 24 via Supra Chat.
| Results | Country |
| Winner | Philippines – Pauline Amelinckx |
| Top 5 | Canada – Alexa Marie Grant  India – Pragnya Ayyagari  Peru – Valeria Flórez  South Africa – Ayanda Thabethe |
| Top 10 | Brazil – Sancler Frantz  Haiti – Merlie Fleurizard  Nicaragua – Katherine Burgos Reyes  Romania – Ioana-Izabela Hotăran  United Kingdom – Emma Rose Collingridge |

### Supra Fan-Vote

The Supra Fan-Vote event began on 29 June 2023, and concluded at the pageant on 14 July 2023. The winner of the event will automatically be in the Top 12. Đặng Thanh Ngân of Vietnam won the event.
* Advanced to the Top 12 via Supra Fan-Vote.
| Placement | Contestant |
| Winner | Vietnam – Đặng Thanh Ngân |
| Top 10 | Canada – Alexa Marie Grant  Côte d’Ivoire – Yasmine Wognin  India – Pragnya Ayyagari  Indonesia – Yasinta Aurellia  Japan – Mayuko Hanawa  Malaysia – Deidre Walker  Mozambique – Suema Abdul Rachid  Peru – Valeria Flórez  Philippines – Pauline Amelinckx |

### Supra Model of the Year

Supra Model of the Year was broadcast live via Miss Supranational official YouTube at 6 pm on 9 July 2023. One of the five continental winners will be announced as the winner and be a semi-finalist in the finals.
* Advanced to the top 24 via Supra Model of the Year
| Placement | Contestant | Contestant |
| Winner | Zimbabwe – Sakhile Dube | Zimbabwe – Sakhile Dube |
| Continental Winners | Africa | Zimbabwe – Sakhile Dube |
| Continental Winners | Americas | Colombia – Valentina Mora Trujillo |
| Continental Winners | Asia | Thailand – Patraporn Wang |
| Continental Winners | Caribbean | The Bahamas – Maliqué Maranda |
| Continental Winners | Europe | Czech Republic – Marie Jedličková |
| Top 10 | Côte d’Ivoire – Yasmine Wognin  Malaysia – Deidre Walker  Puerto Rico – Camille Fabery Diana  Spain – Lola Wilson  United States – Rylee Spinks | Côte d’Ivoire – Yasmine Wognin  Malaysia – Deidre Walker  Puerto Rico – Camille Fabery Diana  Spain – Lola Wilson  United States – Rylee Spinks |

### Miss Supra Influencer

The Miss Influencer challenges started on 14 June 2023 at 1:00 pm. The first social media challenge began on their official Facebook page and was followed by their Instagram account on June 15; each challenge will last five days. Influencer Challenge 4 took place on Facebook, which started on Sunday, 25 June, at 9:00 am, and ended on Monday, 26 June, at 6:00 pm. Only non-qualifying delegates were eligible in the next two rounds.
| Final Results | Final Results | Country |
| Winner | Winner | Brazil – Sancler Frantz |
| Top 7 | Challenge 1 (Facebook) | Vietnam – Đặng Thanh Ngân |
| Top 7 | Challenge 2 (Instagram) | Mexico – Vanessa López (Tied)  Paraguay – Fabiola Martínez (Tied) |
| Top 7 | Challenge 3 (Youtube) | Philippines – Pauline Amelinckx |
| Top 7 | Challenge 4 (Facebook) | Canada – Alexa Marie Grant |
| Top 7 | Challenge 5 (Instagram) | Brazil – Sancler Frantz  Indonesia – Yasinta Aurellia |

### Miss Talent

Twenty-nine talent entries were presented on Miss Supranational official YouTube channel on June 19, and votes were cast. The Top 7 entries were chosen by online voting. On the day of the talent show, Miss Canada, Alexa Marie Grant, was added to the line-up as a request by the official host hotel.
The final eight competed in the first Supra Talent 2023 finals with Mister Supranational 2023 Talent Finalists, broadcast live via Miss & Mister Supranational official YouTube at 10 pm on 9 July 2023.
| Results | Country |
| Winner | South Korea – Juhyeon Roh |
| Top 8 | Canada – Alexa Marie Grant  Hong Kong – Vinci Yuk Yu Chan  Iceland – Ísabella Þorvaldsdóttir  India – Pragnya Ayyagari  Japan – Mayuko Hanawa  Malaysia – Deidre Walker  Bahamas – Malique Maranda |
| Top 29 | Botswana – Dabilo Moses  Cambodia – Chily Tevy  Cuba – Monica Aguilar  Curacao – Andreina Pereira  Czech Republic – Marie Jedličková  Gibraltar – Michelle Lopez Desoisa  Guatemala – Naida Estubier  Indonesia – Yasinta Aurellia  Jamaica – Thalia Malcolm  Mexico – Vanessa López  Mozambique – Suema Abdul Rachid  Nepal – Sama Parajuli  Netherlands – Luna-Isabella Stienstra  Paraguay – Fabiola Martínez  Peru – Valeria Flórez  Portugal – Elodie Lopes  Thailand – Patraporn Wang  Trinidad and Tobago – Cadiesha Joseph  Turkey – Selin Erberk Gürdikyan  Ukraine – Alina Liashuk  Zimbabwe – Sakhile Dube |

## Pageant
### Panel of experts

* Luis Daniel Gálvez – Mister Supranational 2022 from Cuba
* Srinidhi Shetty – Miss Supranational 2016 from India
* Lalela Mswane – Miss Supranational 2022 from South Africa
* Adinda Cresheilla – Miss Supranational 2022 third runner-up from Indonesia (preliminary judge)
* Andre Sleigh – Creative director of the Miss and Mister Supranational (preliminary judge)
* Gerhard Patzutka Von Lipinski – president of the Miss and Mister Supranational organisation (final telecast judge)
* Marcelina Zawadzka – television host, model and Miss Polonia 2011 (final telecast judge)
* Robert Czepiel – General Director of Jubiler Schubert / World of Amber (final telecast judge)
* Shontelle – singer and songwriter from Barbados (final telecast judge)

## Contestants

Sixty-five contestants competed for the title.
| Country/Territory | Contestant | Age | Hometown | Continental Group |
| Belgium | Jana Meskens | 21 | Sint-Amands | Europe |
| Bolivia | Stephanie Terrazas | 27 | Cochabamba | Americas |
| Botswana | Dabilo Moses | 22 | Gaborone | Africa |
| Brazil | Sancler Frantz | 32 | Arroio do Tigre | Americas |
| Cambodia | Chily Tevy | 26 | Phnom Penh | Asia |
| Cameroon | Kevine Ghomba | 27 | Douala | Africa |
| Canada | Alexa Marie Grant | 21 | Toronto | Americas |
| Cayman Islands | Melissa Bridgemohan | 25 | West Bay | Caribbean |
| Colombia | Valentina Mora | 25 | Medellín | Americas |
| Costa Rica | Margaret Gray | 21 | San José | Americas |
| Cote d'Ivoire | Yasmine Wognin | 23 | Abidjan | Africa |
| Croatia | Anetta Rajkovic | 19 | Vinkovci | Europe |
| Cuba | Monica Aguilar | 24 | Camagüey | Caribbean |
| Curaçao | Andreina Pereira | 28 | Willemstad | Caribbean |
| Czech Republic | Marie Jedličková | 25 | Štěchovice | Europe |
| Dominican Republic | Crystal Matos | 26 | Santo Domingo | Caribbean |
| Ecuador | Andrea Aguilera | 22 | Ventanas | Americas |
| El Salvador | Luciana Martínez | 24 | Santa Ana | Americas |
| Finland | Linda Heinonen | 21 | Helsinki | Europe |
| Germany | Maria Ignat | 24 | Frankfurt | Europe |
| Ghana | Helen Demey Matey | 28 | Somanya | Africa |
| Gibraltar | Michelle Lopez Desoisa | 23 | Westside | Europe |
| Greece | Maria Cholidou | 22 | Thessaloniki | Europe |
| Guatemala | Naida Estubier | 23 | Paris | Americas |
| Haiti | Merlie Fleurizard | 31 | Port-au-Prince | Caribbean |
| Hong Kong | Vinci Yuk Yu Chan | 28 | Hong Kong | Asia |
| Iceland | Ísabella Þorvaldsdóttir | 20 | Garðabær | Europe |
| India | Pragnya Ayyagari | 21 | Hyderabad | Asia |
| Indonesia | Yasinta Aurellia | 19 | Sidoarjo | Asia |
| Jamaica | Thalia Malcolm | 27 | Kingston | Caribbean |
| Japan | Mayuko Hanawa | 27 | Shimotsuma | Asia |
| Kenya | Martha Mwikali | 29 | Mariakani | Africa |
| Malaysia | Deidre Walker | 28 | Tambunan | Asia |
| Mauritius | Nilmani Hurlall | 23 | Mahébourg | Africa |
| Mexico | Vanessa López | 28 | Nogales | Americas |
| Mozambique | Suema Abdul Rachid | 26 | Montepuez | Africa |
| Namibia | Romiley Hoffmann | 21 | Windhoek | Africa |
| Nepal | Sama Parajuli | 22 | Pokhara | Asia |
| Netherlands | Luna-Isabella Stienstra | 20 | Heerlen | Europe |
| Nicaragua | Katherine Burgos Reyes | 22 | Tipitapa | Americas |
| Nigeria | Genevieve Ukatu | 27 | Nnewi | Africa |
| Panama | Jillyan Chue | 27 | Colón | Americas |
| Paraguay | Fabiola Martínez | 30 | Villarrica | Americas |
| Peru | Valeria Flórez | 26 | Lima | Americas |
| Philippines | Pauline Amelinckx | 27 | Tubigon | Asia |
| Poland | Aleksandra Klepaczka | 23 | Brójce | Europe |
| Portugal | Elodie Lopes | 23 | Lisbon | Europe |
| Puerto Rico | Camille Fabery | 26 | Cataño | Caribbean |
| Romania | Ioana-Izabela Hotăran | 20 | Arad | Europe |
| Slovakia | Simona Leskovská | 32 | Bratislava | Europe |
| South Africa | Ayanda Thabethe | 23 | Pietermaritzburg | Africa |
| South Korea | Juhyeon Roh | 22 | Seoul | Asia |
| Spain | Lola Wilson | 18 | Málaga | Europe |
| Thailand | Patraporn Wang | 28 | Bangkok | Asia |
| The Bahamas | Maliqué Maranda | 22 | Grand Bahama | Caribbean |
| Togo | Mathilde Honyiglo | 28 | Lomé | Africa |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Cadiesha Joseph | 28 | Gasparillo | Caribbean |
| Turkey | Selin Erberk Gürdikyan | 23 | Istanbul | Europe |
| Ukraine | Alina Liashuk | 29 | Rivne Oblast | Europe |
| United Kingdom | Emma Rose Collingridge | 25 | Suffolk | Europe |
| United States | Rylee Spinks | 22 | Sparks | Americas |
| Venezuela | Selene Delgado | 27 | Guatire | Americas |
| Vietnam | Đặng Thanh Ngân | 24 | Sóc Trăng | Asia |
| Zambia | Candy Mathews | 33 | Lusaka | Africa |
| Zimbabwe | Sakhile Dube | 26 | Harare | Africa |