Miss Grand International 2013 was the 1st edition 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 .
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 , 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 PlacementContestant Miss Grand International 2013 – Janelee Chaparro 1st runner-up – Chantel Martínez 2nd runner-up – Denisa Pasečiaková 3rd runner-up – Annalie Forbes 4th runner-up – Kelly MaguireTop 10 – Tamara de Costa Bicca – Jamillette Gaxiola – Kristīne Rancāne – Dannielle Kerkoven – Mariana JiménezTop 20 – Jie Pan – Carolina Betancourth – Alexandra Castillo – Sandra Stefanovska – Htar Htet Htet – Talisa Wolters – Shanzay Hayat – Yada Theppanom – Blair Griffith – Samantha Thsuma
Special awards AwardContestant Best National Costume – Jie Pan Best Evening Gown – Chantel Martínez Best in Swimsuit – Kristīne Rancāne Miss Popular Vote – 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 21Algiers Argentina 24Corrientes Australia 26Sydney Belgium 26Limburg Bolivia 24La Paz Brazil 22Porto Alegre Canada 21Iroquois Falls China 20Beijing Colombia 25Cali Cuba 23Havana Czech Republic 23Ostrava Dominican Republic 19New York Ecuador 22San Lorenzo Egypt 23Alexandria El Salvador 24San Salvador England 23Liverpool Estonia 19Tallinn Ethiopia 23Addis Ababa Finland 22Sastamala France 22Paris Georgia 18Tbilisi Germany 26Ilmenau Greece 23Atenas Guadeloupe 21Basse-Terre Guatemala 18Guatemala City Guinea 23Conakry Honduras 21La Ceiba Hungary 20Budapest India 23New Delhi Indonesia 19Manado Italy 22Rome Japan 23Akita Kazakhstan 19Almaty Kenya 22Nairobi Kosovo 17Pristina Latvia 24Rēzekne Lebanon 22Beirut Macau 24Macau Macedonia 21Skopje Malaysia 22Kuala Lumpur Mexico 23Mérida Moldova 25Chișinău Mongolia 20Ulaanbaatar Myanmar 24Kalay Namibia 23Windhoek Nepal 21Jhapa Netherlands 22Born New Zealand 25Manawatū District Norway 22Flekkefjord Pakistan 24Islamabad Paraguay 24Encarnación Philippines 20Malolos Poland 20Białystok Portugal 18Madeira Puerto Rico 22Barceloneta Romania 23Bucharest Russia 21Moscow Serbia 21Belgrade Slovakia 24Bratislava South Korea 21Seoul Spain 24Agüimes Sri Lanka 26Colombo Switzerland 17Belina Thailand 21Prachuap Khiri Khan Turkmenistan 23Ashgabat Uganda 26Entebbe United States 25Denver Venezuela 19La Guaira Vietnam 21Hanoi Wales 22Cardiff Zimbabwe 23Bulawayo
References
External links Miss Grand International official website