Miss Supranational 2023 was the 14th edition of the Miss Supranational pageant, held at the Strzelecki Park Amphitheater in Nowy Sącz, Lesser, 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 Camila Sanabria of Bolivia 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, which last competed in 2013; Gibraltar in 2017; Togo in 2018; Cameroon and Croatia 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 PlacementContestantMiss Supranational 2023 – Andrea Aguilera1st Runner-up – Pauline Amelinckx Δ2nd Runner-up – Sancler Frantz Δ3rd Runner-up – Emma Collingridge4th Runner-up – Đặng Thanh Ngân ★Top 12 – Crystal Matos – Michelle Lopez Desoisa – Pragnya Ayyagari – Vanessa López Quijada – Luna-Isabella Stienstra – Valeria Flórez – Camille FaberyTop 24 – Dabilo Moses – Valentina Mora Trujillo – Andreina Pereira Δ – Luciana Martínez – Yasinta Aurellia – Deidre Walker – Aleksandra Klepaczka – Ayanda Thabethe – Lola Wilson – Patraporn Wang – Selene Delgado – Sakhile Dube Δ ★ – placed into the Top 12 by fan-voting challenge
Δ – placed into the Top 24 by fast-track challenges
Continental titleholders ContinentContestantAfrica – Sakhile DubeAmericas – Valeria FlórezAsia – Pragnya AyyagariCaribbean – Andreina PereiraEurope – Michelle López Desoisa
Special awards Award ContestantBest National Costume – Patraporn Wang Miss Congeniality – Ayanda ThabetheMiss Photogenic – Luciana MartínezMiss Talent – Juhyeon RohWoman of Substance – Pauline Amelinckx
Fast track challenges Challenge ContestantSupra Chat – Pauline AmelinckxSupra Model of the Year – Sakhile DubeSupra Influencer – Sancler FrantzSupra Fan Vote – Đặng Thanh NgânContestants' Choice – Andreina Pereira
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
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Final round Advanced to the Top 24 via Supra Chat.
ResultsCountryWinner – Pauline AmelinckxTop 5 – Alexa Marie Grant – Pragnya Ayyagari – Valeria Flórez – Ayanda ThabetheTop 10 – Sancler Frantz – Merlie Fleurizard – Katherine Burgos Reyes – Ioana-Izabela Hotăran – Emma 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.
PlacementContestantWinner – Đặng Thanh NgânTop 10 – Alexa Marie Grant – Yasmine Wognin – Pragnya Ayyagari – Yasinta Aurellia – Mayuko Hanawa – Deidre Walker – Suema Abdul Rachid – Valeria Flórez – 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
PlacementContestantWinner – Sakhile DubeContinental WinnersAfrica – Sakhile DubeAmericas – Valentina Mora TrujilloAsia – Patraporn WangCaribbean – Maliqué Maranda BoweEurope – Marie JedličkováTop 10 – Yasmine Wognin/ – Deidre Walker – Camille Fabery – Lola Wilson – 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 ResultsCountryRef.Winner – Sancler FrantzTop 7 Challenge 1 (Facebook) – Đặng Thanh Ngân Challenge 2 (Instagram) – Vanessa López Quijada – Fabiola Martínez Challenge 3 (Youtube) – Pauline Amelinckx Challenge 4 (Facebook) – Alexa Marie Grant Challenge 5 (Instagram) – Sancler Frantz – 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 CountryRef.Winner – Juhyeon Roh Top 8 – Maliqué Maranda Bowe – Alexa Marie Grant – Vinci Yuk Yu Chan – Ísabella Þorvaldsdóttir – Pragnya Ayyagari – Mayuko Hanawa – Deidre Walker Top 29 – Dabilo Moses – Chily Tevy – Monica Aguilar – Andreina Pereira – Marie Jedličková – Michelle Lopez Desoisa – Naida Estubier – Yasinta Aurellia – Thalia Malcolm – Vanessa López Quijada – Suema Abdul Rachid – Sama Parajuli – Luna-Isabella Stienstra – Fabiola Martínez – Valeria Flórez – Elodie Lopes – Patraporn Wang – Cadiesha Joseph – Selin Erberk Gürdikyan – Alina Liashuk – 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 Bahamas Maliqué Maranda Bowe 22 Grand Bahama Caribbean 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 Côte 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 21Helsinki 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 Quijada 28 Nogales Americas Mozambique Suema Abdul Rachid 26 Montepuez Africa Namibia Romiley Hoffmann 21 Windhoek Africa Nepal Sama Parajuli 22Pokhara Asia Netherlands Luna-Isabella Stienstra 20 Heerlen Europe NicaraguaKatherine 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 Gugulethu Thabethe 23 Pietermaritzburg Africa South Korea Juhyeon Roh 22 Seoul Asia Spain Lola Wilson 18 Málaga Europe Thailand Patraporn Wang28 Bangkok Asia 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
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