# Miss Grand International 2024

Miss Grand International 2024 was the 12th Miss Grand International pageant, held at the MGI Hall in Bangkok, Thailand, on 25 October 2024. Contestants from 68 countries and territories competed for the title.
The contest was won by 20-year-old model representing India, Rachel Gupta, who was crowned by her predecessor Luciana Fuster of Peru, making her the first Indian representative to win the pageant.
The pageant was hosted by Thai-Australian television personality Matthew Deane and was transmitted to audiences worldwide via the pageant's YouTube channel, GrandTV.

## Background
### Location and date

In June 2022, the president of the contest, Nawat Itsaragrisil, stated that the host country for Miss Grand International 2025 was already decided but could not be revealed for contractual reasons, while the host country for the 2024 edition was in the process of negotiation.
The mutual agreement between Myanmar and the Miss Grand International PCL was reached in July 2022, with the memorandum of understanding between the local organizer, Glamorous International, and the MGI PCL, signed in early 2023, at the MGI Hall, Bangkok, Thailand. It was then officially announced on the grand final stage of Miss Grand International 2023 on 25 October 2023; however, Miss Grand International Organization later announced on 22 May 2024 that Myanmar was no longer the host country for the contest due to domestic political crisis. Cambodia and Thailand were elected as the replacements.
Initially, the pageant was scheduled for Cambodia from 3 – 15 October 2024, and included one of the main events, the best-in-swimsuit contest on 9 October. The remaining sub-contests, including the national costume contest, the preliminary round, and the grand final, was set for Thailand. It was announced on 6 October that all the remaining sub-contests would be relocated to Thailand due to the Cambodian organizer's contractual failures and conflicts between the domestic organizer and Miss Grand International organisation. The licence of Miss Grand Cambodia organizer, HK7 Co., Ltd., was removed by the Miss Grand International company. On October 8, Nawat Itsaragrisil held a press conference with the Thai media regarding host country issues and announced that, in addition to Bangkok, the pageant's activities were scheduled in Pattaya from 11 – 16 October.

### Selection of participants

Three delegates won their titles as a supplemental title in a multiple-award national pageant.Thirty-two delegates were appointed to their titles without competing in a 2024 national pageant.

### Debuts, returns and withdrawals

In addition to the debut of Greenland, this edition has the returns of Cameroon and Côte d'Ivoire which last competed in 2014; New Zealand and Tanzania in 2018; Macau in 2019; Armenia in 2021; and Bangladesh, China, Curaçao and Pakistan in 2022.
Eight countries that competed at Miss Grand International 2023 did not select nor appoint a representative for this edition. Latvia and Portugal appointed a representative, but both of them did not compete for undisclosed reasons.
Five delegates withdrew during the pageant camp: Sotheary Bee of Cambodia, who withdrew from the competition due to the conflict between her director and the Miss Grand International organization, while Macarena Chamberlain of Costa Rica, Kaylie Cheung of Hong Kong and Kateryna Bilyk of Ukraine withdrew due to health issues. Madeleine Malmberg of Norway did not attend the final night for undisclosed reasons.

## Results
### Placements

Miss Grand International 2024 competition result :
| Placement | Contestant | Miss Grand International 2024 competition result  PH IN  FR MM BR Color key:  Winner 5th runners-up (Top 10)  1st runner-up Top 20  2nd runner-up Unplaced  3rd runner-up Withdrew  4th runner-up No representative |
| Miss Grand International 2024 | India – Rachel Gupta | Miss Grand International 2024 competition result  PH IN  FR MM BR Color key:  Winner 5th runners-up (Top 10)  1st runner-up Top 20  2nd runner-up Unplaced  3rd runner-up Withdrew  4th runner-up No representative |
| 1st runner-up | Philippines – Christine Juliane Opiaza | Miss Grand International 2024 competition result  PH IN  FR MM BR Color key:  Winner 5th runners-up (Top 10)  1st runner-up Top 20  2nd runner-up Unplaced  3rd runner-up Withdrew  4th runner-up No representative |
| 2nd runner-up | Myanmar – Thae Su Nyein (Dethroned) | Miss Grand International 2024 competition result  PH IN  FR MM BR Color key:  Winner 5th runners-up (Top 10)  1st runner-up Top 20  2nd runner-up Unplaced  3rd runner-up Withdrew  4th runner-up No representative |
| 3rd runner-up | France – Safiétou Kabengele | Miss Grand International 2024 competition result  PH IN  FR MM BR Color key:  Winner 5th runners-up (Top 10)  1st runner-up Top 20  2nd runner-up Unplaced  3rd runner-up Withdrew  4th runner-up No representative |
| 4th runner-up | Brazil – Talita Hartmann | Miss Grand International 2024 competition result  PH IN  FR MM BR Color key:  Winner 5th runners-up (Top 10)  1st runner-up Top 20  2nd runner-up Unplaced  3rd runner-up Withdrew  4th runner-up No representative |
| Top 10 (5th runners-up) | Dominican Republic – María Felix  Indonesia – Nova Liana  Peru – Arlette Rujel  Spain – Susana Medina  United Kingdom – Amy Viranya Berry | Miss Grand International 2024 competition result  PH IN  FR MM BR Color key:  Winner 5th runners-up (Top 10)  1st runner-up Top 20  2nd runner-up Unplaced  3rd runner-up Withdrew  4th runner-up No representative |
| Top 20 | Colombia – Maria Angelica Valero  Curaçao – Akisha Albert  El Salvador – Giulia Zanoni  Guatemala – Cristina Gonzalo  Japan – Luma Naomi Shigemitsu  Malaysia – Melisha Lin  Mexico – Tania Estrada  Paraguay – Sharon Capó  Thailand – Malin Chara-anan  United States Virgin Islands – Samantha Keaton | Miss Grand International 2024 competition result  PH IN  FR MM BR Color key:  Winner 5th runners-up (Top 10)  1st runner-up Top 20  2nd runner-up Unplaced  3rd runner-up Withdrew  4th runner-up No representative |

#### Note

* ↑ Automatically qualified for the top 10 finalists after winning the Miss Popular Vote award.
* ↑ Automatically qualified for the top 20 finalists after winning the Country's Power of the Year award.

### Special awards

| Award | Contestant |
| Best National Costume | Brazil – Talita Hartmann  Ecuador – María José Vera  Honduras – Yariela García |
| Best in Evening Gown | Ghana – Sage-La’Parriea Yakubu |
| Best in Swimsuit | Brazil – Talita Hartmann |
| Miss Popular Vote | Indonesia – Nova Liana |
| Country's Power of the Year | Thailand – Malin Chara-anan |
| Grand Voice Award | Trinidad and Tobago – Kristina James |

### Sponsor awards

| Award | Contestant |
| Miss Charming | Indonesia – Nova Liana |
| Miss Beauty Skin | Myanmar – Thae Su Nyein  Thailand – Malin Chara-anan |
| I'Aura Queen | Myanmar – Thae Su Nyein |

## Ancillary events
### Fan vote

On 30 September 2024, the pre-arrival voting challenge was launched on the pageant's official Facebook page and Instagram account where the portrait of each contestant was posted. The ten contestants with the most scores, calculated from the number of likes and shares on their portrait photos, acquired the right to attend the special dinner with the pageant president, Nawat Itsaragrisil, and the vice president, Teresa Chaivisut, on 4 October.
The second voting challenge is for the Country's Power of the Year award, in which the winner automatically qualifies for the top 20 finalists in the grand final round. It was launched from 20 – 25 October 2024 with sixty-nine contestants participating in the qualification round. Only sixteen with the highest points, calculated based on the number of likes and specific reactions to their portrait posted on the pageant's Instagram and Facebook page, qualify for the second round. The qualified candidates were divided into four groups. The same voting procedure was then used to determine the group winner to compete in the knockout round, where the top rank of each fixture progressed to the final round. Malin Chara-anan of Thailand was named the challenge winner, while Thae Su Nyein of Myanmar was the runner-up.
Another fan vote, Miss Popular Vote, in which the winner earns the automatic spot in the pageant's top 10 finalists, was open from 6 to 25 October via the pageant's official website. At the end of the voting period, Nova Liana of Indonesia, was announced as the winner.
The challenging results are shown below.
| Pre-arrival voting winners | Country's Power of the Year | Country's Power of the Year |
| Cambodia – Sotheary Bee  India – Rachel Gupta  Indonesia – Nova Liana  Mexico – Tania Estrada  Myanmar – Thae Su Nyein  Paraguay – Sharon Capó  Philippines – Christine Opiaza  Spain – Susana Medina  Thailand – Malin Chara-anan  Vietnam – Võ Lê Quế Anh | Winner | Thailand – Malin Chara-anan |
| Cambodia – Sotheary Bee  India – Rachel Gupta  Indonesia – Nova Liana  Mexico – Tania Estrada  Myanmar – Thae Su Nyein  Paraguay – Sharon Capó  Philippines – Christine Opiaza  Spain – Susana Medina  Thailand – Malin Chara-anan  Vietnam – Võ Lê Quế Anh | Runner-up | Myanmar – Thae Su Nyein |
| Cambodia – Sotheary Bee  India – Rachel Gupta  Indonesia – Nova Liana  Mexico – Tania Estrada  Myanmar – Thae Su Nyein  Paraguay – Sharon Capó  Philippines – Christine Opiaza  Spain – Susana Medina  Thailand – Malin Chara-anan  Vietnam – Võ Lê Quế Anh | Top 4 | India – Rachel Gupta  Peru – Arlette Rujel |
| Cambodia – Sotheary Bee  India – Rachel Gupta  Indonesia – Nova Liana  Mexico – Tania Estrada  Myanmar – Thae Su Nyein  Paraguay – Sharon Capó  Philippines – Christine Opiaza  Spain – Susana Medina  Thailand – Malin Chara-anan  Vietnam – Võ Lê Quế Anh | Top 16 | Angola – Nacira Amaral  Brazil – Talita Hartmann  Colombia – Angelica Valero  Guatemala – Cristina Gonzalo  Indonesia – Nova Liana  Malaysia – Melisha Lin  Mexico – Tania Estrada  Paraguay – Sharon Capó  Philippines – Christine Opiaza  Spain – Susana Medina  Venezuela – Anna Blanco  Vietnam – Võ Lê Quế Anh |

### Grand Voice award

The qualifying rounds of the singing challenge for the Grand Voice Award was held on 9 October at the Proud Fha Italian Restaurant in Bangkok. All 71 contestants participated in the event, and 30 qualified for the second round where the number of qualifiers was then reduced to 15. The third round of the challenge was held at the Golden Tulip Sovereign Hotel to determine the final 3. These three contestants competed against each other in the final round on the preliminary night on 22 October in Bangkok, and Kristina James of Trinidad and Tobago was announced the challenge winner at the grand final competition held on 25 October.
| Position | Contestant |
| Winner | Trinidad and Tobago – Kristina James |
| Top 3 | Netherlands – Ashley Brown  Venezuela – Anna Blanco |
| Top 15 | Canada – Alivia Croal  France – Safiétou Kabengele  Greenland – Naja Mathilde Rosing  Hong Kong – Kaylie Cheung  Kosovo – Engjellushe Zhuniqi  Malaysia – Melisha Lin  Nigeria – Roseline Orji  Norway – Madeleine Malmberg  Philippines – Christine Opiaza  United Kingdom – Amy Viranya Berry  United States – Cora Griffen  Vietnam – Võ Lê Quế Anh |
| Top 30 | Albania – Elsa Alijaj  Armenia – Haykanush Mkrtchyan  Bangladesh – Jessia Islam  Cuba – Lourdes Feliu  Dominican Republic – Maria Felix  El Salvador – Giulia Zanoni  India – Rachel Gupta  Indonesia – Nova Liana  Macau – Ohm Zhang  Myanmar – Thae Su Nyein  Nepal – Prema Lamgade  Peru – Arlette Rujel  Poland – Aleksandra Wielogórska  Spain – Susana Medina  Switzerland – Dalia Kramer |

### Best in Swimsuit

The best-in-swimsuit round was scheduled for 13 October 2024 on the OceanSky Cruise in Pattaya Bay. Seventy contestants participated; Kaylie Cheung of Hong Kong was absent due to health issues. Only twenty contestants, 10 elected via the public vote and the others 10 by the panel of judges, were nominated for the award. Three winners of this sub-contest were later announced in the grand final round on 25 October 2024 in Bangkok.
The panel of judges for this section, including Nawat Itsaragrisil – the pageant's president, Teresa Chaivisut – the pageant's vice president, and Luciana Fuster – Miss Grand International 2023.
| Position | Position | Contestant |
| Winner | Winner | Brazil – Talita Hartmann |
| Top 20 | Judges | Curacao – Akisha Albert  Dominican Republic – Maria Felix  El Salvador – Giulia Zanoni  France – Safiétou Kabengele  India – Rachel Gupta  Ivory Coast – Aya Kadjo  Malaysia – Melisha Lin  Spain – Susana Medina  United States Virgin Islands – Samantha Keaton |
| Top 20 | Vote | Colombia – Angelica Valero  Guatemala – Cristina Gonzalo  Indonesia – Nova Liana  Mexico – Tania Estrada  Myanmar – Thae Su Nyein  Paraguay – Sharon Capó  Peru – Arlette Rujel  Philippines – Christine Opiaza  Thailand – Malin Chara-anan  Vietnam – Võ Lê Quế Anh |

### National Costume contest

The competition for the Best in National Costume Award took place on 20 October 2024 at the MGI Hall, Bravo BKK Mall, Bangkok, with 69 contestants participating. Only 22 costumes; 10 via public vote, and the other 12 selected by the judges, qualify for the second scoring round, in which the number was reduced to 10 costumes; 5 selected by vote and the remaining half to be picked by the judges.
The event, which was hosted by Miss Grand International 2023 – Luciana Fuster and an MGI's MC – Sakul Limpapanon, was transmitted to audiences worldwide via the pageant's Youtube channel and Facebook page.
| Position | Position | Contestant |
| Winners | Winners | Brazil – Talita Hartmann  Ecuador – María José Vera  Honduras – Yariela García |
| Top 10 | Judges | Malaysia – Melisha Lin  United Kingdom – Amy Viranya Berry |
| Top 10 | Vote | Guatemala – Cristina Gonzalo  Indonesia – Nova Liana  Myanmar – Thae Su Nyein  Thailand – Malin Chara-anan  Vietnam – Võ Lê Quế Anh |
| Top 22 | Judges | Czech Republic – Veronica Biasiol  Japan – Naomi Shigemitsu  Korea – Chang Yu-hyun  New Zealand – Alyssa Roberts  Nigeria – Roseline Orji  Panama – Yanelys Bergantiño  Puerto Rico – Mariangie Alicea  Spain – Susana Medina |
| Top 22 | Vote | Haiti – Shaika Cadet  Mexico – Tania Estrada  Peru – Arlette Rujel  Philippines – Christine Opiaza |

## Main pageant
### Format

As done since 2013, twenty semi-finalists will be selected to continue in the competition. All accumulated scores, together with the preliminary round held on 22 October, which consisted of the swimsuit and the evening gown round, determined the 19 semifinalists. The winner of the Country of the Year award, determined through public voting, completed the twenty semi-finalists, who then paraded in the swimsuit competition. Afterward, the final 10 were named: 9 from the custom selection and another one was the Miss Popular Vote winner. These 10 finalists competed in the evening gown and speech segments to determine the top 5 candidates who later entered the question-and-answer round. Based on all accumulated scores, the runners-up and winner were named at the end of the event.

## Contestants

68 contestants competed for the title:
| Country/Territory | Contestant | Age | Hometown |
| Albania | Elsa Alijaj | 23 | Laç |
| Angola | Nacira Amaral | 20 | Dombe Grande |
| Argentina | Alejandra Morales | 27 | Córdoba |
| Armenia | Haykanush Mkrtchyan | 23 | Yerevan |
| Australia | Paitin Powell | 26 | Whitsundays |
| Bangladesh | Jessia Islam | 25 | Dhaka |
| Belgium | Jennifer Louise | 22 | Heuvelland |
| Bolivia | Carolina Granier | 26 | La Paz |
| Brazil | Talita Hartmann | 27 | São Vicente do Sul |
| Cameroon | Sharlynn Acha | 21 | Tiko |
| Canada | Alivia Croal | 23 | Selwyn |
| Chile | Gabriella Álvez | 27 | Temuco |
| China | Zhongyi Sun | 24 | Guilin |
| Colombia | Maria Angelica Valero | 30 | Cúcuta |
| Cuba | Lourdes Feliu | 23 | La Lisa |
| Curaçao | Akisha Albert | 29 | Willemstad |
| Czech Republic | Veronica Biasiol | 26 | Prague |
| Denmark | Cecilia Presmann | 23 | Bangkok |
| Dominican Republic | Maria Felix | 24 | Santo Domingo |
| Ecuador | María José Vera | 26 | Valencia |
| Egypt | Zeina Emara | 29 | Cairo |
| El Salvador | Giulia Zanoni | 19 | San Salvador |
| France | Safiétou Kabengele | 26 | Le Val-d'Hazey |
| Germany | Phi-Nhung Ilynn Sasolith | 26 | Cologne |
| Ghana | Sage-La’Parriea Yakubu | 24 | Accra |
| Gibraltar | Faith Torres | 23 | Gibraltar |
| Greenland | Naja Mathilde Rosing | 26 | Nuuk |
| Guatemala | Cristina Gonzalo | 21 | Antigua Guatemala |
| Haiti | Shaika Lorvengie Cadet | 24 | Port-au-Prince |
| Honduras | Yariela García | 27 | Tegucigalpa |
| India | Rachel Gupta | 20 | Jalandhar |
| Indonesia | Nova Liana | 23 | Empat Lawang |
| Italy | Micaela Vietto | 29 | Farigliano |
| Ivory Coast | Aya Kadjo | 28 | Yamoussoukro |
| Japan | Luma Naomi Shigemitsu | 21 | Aichi |
| Korea | Chang Yu-hyun | 27 | Seoul |
| Kosovo | Engjellushe Zhuniqi | 26 | Priština |
| Laos | Pimai Vongsomphou | 28 | Paksong |
| Macau | Ohm Zhang | 24 | Santo António |
| Malaysia | Melisha Lin | 26 | Batu Caves |
| Mexico | Tania Estrada | 28 | Vicente Guerrero |
| Myanmar | Thae Su Nyein | 18 | Yangon |
| Nepal | Prema Lamgade | 24 | Bhairahawa |
| Netherlands | Ashley Brown | 20 | Amsterdam |
| New Zealand | Alyssa Roberts | 21 | Auckland |
| Nicaragua | Isabella Salgado | 27 | Chinandega |
| Nigeria | Roseline Orji | 23 | Lagos |
| Pakistan | Roma Michael | 29 | Lahore |
| Panama | Yanelys Bergantiño | 22 | Guararé |
| Paraguay | Sharon Capó | 24 | Pedro Juan Caballero |
| Peru | Arlette Rujel | 25 | Callao |
| Philippines | Christine Juliane Opiaza | 26 | Castillejos |
| Poland | Aleksandra Wielogórska | 20 | Warsaw |
| Puerto Rico | Mariangie Alicea | 26 | Juana Diaz |
| Russia | Renata Nadrshina | 23 | Ufa |
| Singapore | Anisah Rahmat | 23 | Singapore |
| South Africa | Sharné Dheochand | 21 | Newcastle |
| Spain | Susana Medina | 25 | Telde |
| Switzerland | Dalia Kramer | 28 | Zürich |
| Taiwan | Yuhan Chen | 25 | Taiwan |
| Tanzania | Fatma Suleiman | 23 | Kinondoni |
| Thailand | Malin Chara-anan | 28 | Phuket City |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Kristina James | 25 | El Dorado |
| United Kingdom | Amy Viranya Berry | 26 | Grimsby |
| United States | Cora Griffen | 28 | Columbus |
| United States Virgin Islands | Samantha Keaton | 23 | San Antonio |
| Venezuela | Anna Patricia Blanco | 24 | Caracas |
| Vietnam | Võ Lê Quế Anh | 23 | Quảng Nam |