# Miss Grand International 2014

Miss Grand International 2014 was the second edition of the Miss Grand International pageant, held on 7 October 2014 at the Indoor Stadium Huamark in Bangkok, Thailand. Contestants from eighty-five countries and territories competed for the title, of whom the representative of Cuba, Daryanne Lees, was announced the winner and received a reward of 40,000 USD cash. Meanwhile, the representatives of Australia, Canada, Colombia, and Ethiopia were named the runners-up.
The pageant's grand final featured a live performance of Miss Grand International 2013– third runner-up, Ali Forbes, and was broadcast nationwide via the Channel 7, with two Thai television personalities, Matthew Deane and Sonia Couling, as the event's MCs.
Initially, more than ninety candidates were confirmed to participate, withdrawals included, Soumia Benmebrouk of Algeria, Ané Reynolds of South Africa, and Dijana Cvijetic of Switzerland.

## Background
### Date and venue

The pageant press launch was on 18 November 2014, at the Suvarnabhumi Airport, after the arrival of all candidates. At the event, the pageant schedule was announced, with activities running from 19 November to 7 October in three different cities, including Sukhothai, Nakhon Pathom, and Bangkok.
As with the previous edition, the pageant had four main events, including the swimsuit contest, held on 23 November at the Sukhothai Heritage Resort, Sukhothai; the national costume contest, held on 28 November at Sampran Riverside Theater, Nakhon Pathom; and the preliminary and final rounds in Bangkok on 5 and 7 October at the Indoor Stadium Huamark.

### Selection of Participants

Of the eighty-five participating candidates, only eight were elected through Miss Grand National pageants, including the representatives of Albania, Australia, Botswana, Brazil, Curaçao, Kosovo, Philippines, and Thailand. Five candidates were the main winners of other pageants, including Xue Han from Miss China 2014, Bahareh Heidari from the Miss Iran 2014 online pageant, Dajana Laketic – Face of Malta 2014 winner, Jasy ln Tan from Miss Singapore Islandia 2014, and Tashana Losche from Miss Tropical Beauties Suriname 2014. The remaining candidates were either the runners-up in other national pageants or directly picked by national directors without competing in national stages.

## Results
### Placements

Miss Grand International 2014 competition result :
* Miss Grand International 2014 competition result
* Color key:
* Winner  4th runner-up
* 1st runner-up  Top 10
* 2nd runner-up  Top 20
* 3rd runner-up  Unplaced
* Representative determined but not competed
* No representative
| Placement | Contestant |
| Miss Grand International 2014 | Cuba – Daryanne Lees |
| 1st runner-up | Ethiopia – Hiwot Bekele |
| 2nd runner-up | Canada – Kathryn Kohut |
| 3rd runner-up | Australia – Renera Thompson |
| 4th runner-up | Colombia – Mónica Castaño |
| Top 10 | Haiti – Lisa Drouillard  Indonesia – Margenie Winarti  Poland – Angelika Ogryzek  Russia – Yana Dubnik  Thailand – Parapadsorn Vorrasirinda |
| Top 20 | Brazil – Yameme lbrahim  Israel – Hodaya Cohen  Japan – Mieko Takeuchi  Mexico – Marsha Ramírez  Peru – Sophía Venero  Puerto Rico – Rebeca Valentín  Sri Lanka – Iresha Asanki  Ukraine – Nadiya Karplyuk  United Kingdom – Georgia Smith  Venezuela – Alix Sosa |

### Special awards

| Awards | Contestant |
| Best National Costume | Vietnam – Cao Thùy Linh |
| Best Evening Gown | Indonesia – Margenie Winarti |
| Best in Swimsuit | Thailand – Parapadsorn Vorrasirinda |
| Best in Social Media | Japan – Mieko Takeuchi |
| Miss Popular Vote | Cambodia – Tim Sreyneat |

## Pageant
### Format

In the grand final round held on 7 October, after an introduction, twenty contestants, who were selected through the preliminary round held on 5 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

85 contestants competed for the title.
| Country/Territory | Delegate | Age | Hometown |
| Albania | Vivian Canaj | 19 | Tirana |
| Argentina | Nadina Vallina | 19 | Buenos Aires |
| Australia | Renera Thompson | 27 | Sydney |
| Belgium | Sarah De Groof | 23 | Malle |
| Bolivia | Camila Lepere | 18 | Santa Cruz de la Sierra |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Alma Jasić | 25 | Bihać |
| Botswana | Lillian Dlamini | 18 | Gaborone |
| Brazil | Yameme lbrahim | 23 | Criciúma |
| Cambodia | Tim Sreyneat | 24 | Phnom Penh |
| Cameroon | Laeticia Ndzana | 18 | Yaoundé |
| Canada | Kathryn Kohut | 23 | Wetaskiwin |
| Chile | Karla Bovet | 21 | Temuco |
| China | Henan Xue Han | 24 | Beijing |
| Colombia | Mónica Castaño | 25 | Palmira |
| Costa Rica | Anniel Quesada | 26 | San José |
| Cuba | Daryanne Lees | 27 | Havana |
| Curaçao | Silvienne Winklaar | 22 | Willemstad |
| Czech Republic | Jana Zapletarová | 23 | Brno |
| Dominican Republic | Germania Martínez | 19 | New York City |
| Ecuador | Irene Zabala | 25 | Guayaquil |
| Estonia | Maria Raja | 23 | Viljandi |
| Ethiopia | Hiwot Bekele | 23 | Addis Ababa |
| Finland | Sanna-Kaisa Saari | 26 | Turku |
| France | Norma Julia | 21 | Perpignan |
| Germany | Johanna Acs | 22 | Eschweiler |
| Greece | Anastasia Terzi | 22 | Athens |
| Guam | Naiomie Santos | 22 | Asan |
| Haiti | Lisa Drouillard | 23 | Port-au-Prince |
| Hong Kong | Joane Mo | 23 | Hong Kong |
| Hungary | Réka Lukács | 21 | Budapest |
| India | Monica Sharma | 22 | Mumbai |
| Indonesia | Margenie Winarti [id] | 22 | Pekanbaru |
| Iran | Bahareh Heidari | 24 | Tehran |
| Israel | Hodaya Cohen | 22 | Beersheba |
| Ivory Coast | Richlove Amissah | 20 | Yamoussoukro |
| Japan | Mieko Takeuchi [ja] | 21 | Kobe |
| Kazakhstan | Aidana Elemesova | 19 | Aktau |
| Kosovo | Naile Thaqi | 21 | Gjilan |
| Kurdistan | Dalia Rebwar Hassan | 25 | Stockholm |
| Lebanon | Eliane Kerdy | 22 | Zahlé |
| Luxembourg | Corinne Semedo Furtado | 21 | Luxembourg City |
| Macau | Matilda Lp | 24 | Macau |
| Malaysia | Jane Koo Wai Kuan | 25 | Kuala Lumpur |
| Malta | Dajana Laketic | 25 | Swatar |
| Mauritius | Dolesswaree Charun | 23 | Curepipe |
| Mexico | Marsha Ramírez | 22 | Mérida |
| Mongolia | Battogtokh Buyantogtokh | 23 | Ulaanbaatar |
| Myanmar | M Ja Seng | 21 | Kachin |
| Nepal | Shrijana Regmi | 19 | Sankhuwasabha |
| Netherlands | Francis Everduim | 18 | Zwolle |
| New Zealand | Maddieson White | 18 | Auckland |
| Nicaragua | María Alejandra Gross | 20 | Managua |
| Nigeria | Tessy Kiri Bibowei | 25 | Abuja |
| Norway | Caroline Munthe | 24 | Asker |
| Pakistan | Laila Khan Niazi | 25 | Karachi |
| Panama | Carmen De Gracia | 24 | Macaracas |
| Paraguay | Gissella Sotomayor | 20 | Encarnación |
| Peru | Sophía Venero | 24 | Chiclayo |
| Philippines | Kimberly Karlsson | 18 | Mindoro Oriental |
| Poland | Angelika Ogryzek [pl] | 22 | Szczecin |
| Portugal | Maria Emilia Araújo [pt] | 23 | Angra do Heroísmo |
| Puerto Rico | Rebeca Valentín | 19 | Dorado |
| Romania | Delia Duca | 28 | Brașov |
| Russia | Yana Dubnik | 22 | Novosibirsk |
| Samoa | Renee Logova | 20 | Apia |
| Singapore | Jasy ln Tan | 22 | Singapore |
| Slovakia | Veronika Janisova | 21 | Bratislava |
| South Korea | Sung Hye-won | 26 | Seoul |
| South Sudan | Diana Stevens | 20 | Juba |
| Spain | Nazaret Hurtado | 19 | Almería |
| Sri Lanka | Iresha Asanki | 23 | Colombo |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Kaylee Shallow | 22 | Kingstown |
| Suriname | Tashana Lösche | 25 | Paramaribo |
| Sweden | Pamela Olivera | 21 | Estocolmo |
| Tahiti | Kohotu Ariitai | 22 | Papeete |
| Chinese Taipei | Kiki Chen | 24 | Taipei |
| Tanzania | Lorraine Marriot | 20 | Dar es Salaam |
| Thailand | Parapadsorn Vorrasirinda | 23 | Nakhon Ratchasima |
| Ukraine | Nadiya Karplyuk | 23 | Volinia |
| United Kingdom | Georgia Smith | 20 | Liverpool |
| United States | Sara Platt | 18 | Washington D. C. |
| United States Virgin Islands | Wilma Echandy | 22 | Charlotte Amalie |
| Venezuela | Alix Sosa | 25 | Caracas |
| Vietnam | Cao Thùy Linh | 23 | Ho Chi Minh City |
| Zimbabwe | Lillie Chopamba | 23 | Harare |