Isabella Menin | |
---|---|
Born | Isabella Novaes Menin June 2, 1996 |
Alma mater | University College London |
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
Beauty pageant titleholder | |
Title | Miss Grand Brazil 2022 Miss Grand International 2022 |
Major competition(s) | Miss Grand Brazil 2022 (Winner) Miss Grand International 2022 (Winner) |
Website | isamenin |
Isabella Novaes Menin (born June 2, 1996) is a Brazilian model and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Grand International 2022. [1] [2] [3] She is the first Brazilian woman to win the Miss Grand International pageant. [4] [5]
Isabella Menin is of Brazilian and Italian descent, [6] and was born into a family of businessperson in Marília, a city in the midwestern region of the state of São Paulo. [6] [7] Her mother, Adriana Novaes, is a former Miss Marília winner and a candidate in many international contests. [1] [6] [7] [8] She is also the great-granddaughter of businessman, Lazaro Ramos Novaes, and granddaughter of Alfredo Novaes, two of the biggest names in the early industrialization of Marília. [7]
During 2015 – 2016, she studied business and managerial economics program at a sixth form private school, David Game College, graduated first-class honors in a Bachelor degree of Economincs from University of Westminster in early 2019 and earned a master's degree in Finance from University College London in 2020. [9] [10] Before entering Miss Grand Brazil pageant in 2022, she worked as an international model and a paraplanner for Thomson Tyndall, a financial planning and investment management private firm in the United Kingdom. [6] [11]
Isabella also established a charitable organization named "Beyond Project", which supports associations for people with disabilities in Brazil. [6] [10] [12]
Since she grew up in a family that was usually involved in beauty pageants, her mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother had all previously won beauty pageants; she entered a beauty pageant at the age of three with the encouragement and support of her mother and has won several mini-miss titles, [1] [2] [6] [12] including Miss Goiás, Miss Student of Marilia, Miss Teen Marilia, and Miss Teen São Paulo, as well as the international title Miss Teen International in 2013. [6]
Menin represented Alto Cafezal at Miss Grand Brazil 2022, competed against 30 other candidates, and won the national title. [13] She then represented the country in Miss Grand International 2022 and also won the competition, held on October 25, 2022, at Sentul International Convention Center in West Java, Indonesia, when she was crowned by outgoing titleholder Miss Grand International 2021, Nguyễn Thúc Thùy Tiên of Vietnam. [14] [15] She is the first titleholder from Brazil as Miss Grand International. [4] [5] She is also the first titleholder from Brazil to win a major international beauty pageant since Larissa Ramos that was the last Brazilian competitor who won Miss Earth 2009.
During the top ten speech round, in which all ten qualified competitors had to present a message to accompany the pageant campaign "Stop the wars and violence," Menin declared: [5] [14]
Do you know what is one of the most expensive problems in the world? Every five hours a child is killed. When a child is killed, part of society was also deleted. We should work together to promote education, instead of meeting each other in war. Because we humans will have different races but we have one thing in common, humanity. Let's work together and build a good foundation for our world.
The last stage was a question-answer round, with the host posing the same question to all top five finalists, "Currently there is a war between Russia and Ukraine. Russia’s president has ordered an invasion of Ukraine, killing people, destroying architecture, and create uncertainties in the future. If you have the opportunity to send a message to President Putin, what will you say in 1 minute?" Menin replied: [16]
I would tell President Putin that they share history with Ukraine for long, long years, and also they share the most important thing – the same fate as humans. War just brings pain. We need to start thinking what you can do, even if it's a small action, to work towards diplomacy and understanding. Because together, conflict and pain can rise – but we can rise above violence and brutality.
Daryanne Lees Garcia is a Cuban-Puerto Rican model and beauty queen who represented Cuba at Miss Grand International 2014 where she won the title.
Miss Grand International also known as Miss Grand is an international beauty pageant franchise that was based in Thailand. It consists of the annual national pageant Miss Grand Thailand, as well as the international competition Miss Grand International, to which participating rights are licensed to organizers in other countries. The franchise has been owned and run by a Thai stock exchange-listed company with the same name, also known as MGI PCL, since its inception in 2013, with Nawat Itsaragrisil as the president.
Miss Grand Thailand is a Thai beauty pageant that has been held annually since 2013 to select who represents Thailand at Miss Grand International. The pageant has been owned by Nawat Itsaragrisil since its inception and was previously broadcast on Channel 7 from 2013 – 2019 then instead switched to be aired on One 31 after the pageant ends its partnership with the Channel 7 in 2020.
Miss Grand Thailand 2022 is the ninth edition of the Miss Grand Thailand beauty contest, held on 30 April 2022 at Show DC Hall in Bangkok, Thailand. The coronation was initially scheduled in August 2021, however, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the event was rescheduled twice, first in late-2021, and later to 2022. At the end of the event, the appointed Miss Grand Thailand 2021, Indy Johnson of Pathum Thani, crowned her successor, Engfa Waraha of Bangkok, a former contestant on the 2018/2019 The Voice Thailand, making her the first representative of the capital city to win the title. Engfa represented the country at Miss Grand International 2022, where she placed as 1st Runner-Up.
Miss Grand International 2022 was the tenth edition of the Miss Grand International pageant, held on 25 October 2022 at Sentul International Convention Center in Bogor Regency of West Java, Indonesia.
Engfa Waraha, nicknamed Mook, is a Thai singer, actress and beauty queen from Bangkok province. She was previously known for her first appearance on the seventh season of the Voice Thailand In 2022, she won the national contest of Miss Grand Thailand 2022 as the representative of the capital city Bangkok,. She represented Thailand at Miss Grand International 2022 held in Indonesia on 25 of October, where she placed as first runner up.
Miss Grand Thailand 2023 was the 10th edition of the Miss Grand Thailand pageant, held at Show DC Hall in Bangkok on 29 April 2023, while the initial pageant activities was decided to be done in the province of Chiang Mai. Engfa Waraha of Bangkok crowned Thaweeporn Phingchamrat of Chumphon at the end of the event. She will represent Thailand at Miss Grand International 2023 in Vietnam.
Miss Grand Italy or Miss Grand International Italy is a national female beauty pageant in Italy, held annually since 2019, aiming to select the country representative for Miss Grand International, which is an annual international beauty pageant promoting World Peace and against all kinds of conflicts. The pageant has been being managed by a Benevento-based event organizer MUPI SRL., chaired by Giuseppe Puzio, since its establishment.
Miss Grand Dominican Republic is a female national beauty pageant in the Dominican Republic, founded in 2016 by a Dominican American business person, Chantel Martinez, with the aim of selecting a country representative to participate in its parent pageant, Miss Grand International. After Chantel Martinez ended the partnership with the Miss Grand International in 2019, the competition franchise was taken over by different local organizers, such as the Iconic Model Search Inc. of Joe Amhed (2022) and Misses of Dominican Republic-related personels.
Miss Grand Colombia 2022 was the second edition of the Miss Grand Colombia beauty pageant, held on June 24, 2022, at the Hotel Grand Park, Bogotá. At the end of the event, a twenty-eight-year-old Colombian American from Houston, Priscilla Londoño, was announced the winner, outclassing the other twenty contestants. She then represented Colombia at the parent international contest, Miss Grand International 2022, held on October 25 in Indonesia, where she was placed among the top 10 finalists. On the occasion of celebrating the pageant's first decade anniversary, Priscilla was also assumed by the international organizer to be one of the fifth runners-up, and she then spent a few months of her reign working with the organization in Indonesia and Thailand.
Miss Grand Brazil 2022 was the fourth edition of the Miss Grand Brazil beauty pageant, held on July 28, 2022, at the Caesb Headquarters in Brasília. Thirty-one contestants, who qualified for the national stage either through state contests held by the Concurso Nacional de Beleza or being appointed, competed for the title, of whom a 26-year-old financial planner and international model from Marília representing the Alto Cafezal Region, Isabella Menin, was elected the winner. She then represented Brazil at the Miss Grand International 2022 held that year on October 25 in Indonesia, and won the first place, making her the first Brazilian representative to win the Miss Grand International title.
Miss Grand Thailand 2024 was the 11th edition of the Miss Grand Thailand pageant, held on April 6, 2024, at the organizer-owned hall, MGI Hall, located in the Bravo BKK Mall, Bangkok. Representatives of seventy-seven administrative divisions of the country competed for the title, of whom a 27-year-old Thai-Singaporean beauty influencer and entrepreneur representing Phuket, Malin Chara-anan, was announced the winner. Malin was crowned by Miss Grand Thailand 2023, Thaweeporn Phingchamrat of Chumphon, and will represent Thailand at the international pageant, Miss Grand International 2024, to held on 25 October 2024 in Myanmar.
Miss Grand Australia 2022 was the sixth edition of the Miss Grand Australia pageant, held on July 16, 2022, at the Sofitel Sydney Wentworth, Sydney. Twenty-one candidates from different states and territories of Australia competed for the title as well as the right to represent the country at its parent international stage, Miss Grand International 2022.
Miss Grand Mauritius is a national beauty pageant title awarded to Mauritian representatives competing at the Miss Grand International contest. The title was first awarded in 2014 to an interior designer and model, Dolesswaree Charun, and that year's licensee was Raj Ramrachia of the Miss India Mauritius pageant. However, Charun failed to qualify for the semifinal round on the international stage held in Thailand on October 7, 2014.
Miss Grand Phuket is a Thai provincial beauty pageant which selects a representative from Phuket province for the Miss Grand Thailand national competition, held annually since 2016 with entrepreneur Teerasak Pholngam as the director.
Miss Grand Bangkok or Miss Grand Krung Thep Maha Nakhon is a Thai provincial beauty pageant which selects a representative from Bangkok for the Miss Grand Thailand national competition, founded in 2016 by a Bangkok-based model and actress Russamee Tongsiripaisri.
Miss Grand Chiang Mai is a Thai provincial beauty pageant which selects a representative from Chiang Mai province for the Miss Grand Thailand national competition, founded in 2016 by an event organizer, Adisorn Suddee, who was also the president of Chiang Mai-based international male pageant, Mister Global.
Miss Grand Chumphon is a Thai provincial beauty pageant which selects a representative from Chumphon province for the Miss Grand Thailand national competition, founded in 2017, by a Chumphon-based tutor, Montri Siriwatanavarakorn.
Miss Grand Ranong is a Thai provincial beauty pageant which selects a representative from Ranong province for the Miss Grand Thailand national competition, founded in 2017, by a Ranong-based entrepreneur, Nanmanat Wuttipattarapakorn.