Miss Grand Angola 2023 | |
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Date | September 2, 2023 |
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Venue | Epic Sana Hotel, Luanda |
Broadcaster | YouTube |
Entrants | 10 |
Placements | 7 |
Winner | Eugénia das Neves (Luanda) |
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Miss Grand Angola 2023 Grand final competition, on September 2, 2023, Youtube Video |
Miss Grand Angola 2023 was the inaugural edition of the Miss Grand Angola pageant, [1] [2] [3] held on September 2, 2023, [2] [3] at the Epic Sana Hotel, Luanda. [4] [5] [6] Ten candidates who qualified for the national final round through an audition held on July 9, 2023, at the Mundo da Casa Shopping Mall (MDC), competed for the title. [2] [3] [7] Of whom, a 24-year-old administrative assistant from Luanda, Eugénia das Neves, was elected the winner. [5] [6] [8] Eugénia will later represent the country at the international parent stage, Miss Grand International 2023, to be held in Vietnam on October 25 this year. [2] [3]
The grand final round of the contest was hosted by Mister Angola 2017, Bráulio Anderson, and Miss Angola 2014, Whitney Shikongo, [9] and was highlighted by live performances of two music bands, Bass and Heroide. [8]
The pageant was financially supported by the MDC Shopping Mall, Água Perla, Kabuiza, and Opal Negra, with an online news portal, Platinaline, as the official media partner. [2] [3]
After two years of returning to join the Miss Grand International pageant, a scheme to conduct the first national contest of Miss Grand Angola was observed in early-July 2023 when the national licensee team led by former Miss Grand Angola, Márcia de Menezes, ran an audition in the MDC Shopping Mall in Luanda to select the national aspirants for the national final contest, which was scheduled for September. [7] [10] The final twelve of the qualified candidates were later revealed in mid-July; however, the details of the competition have not been announced yet. [2] [3]
The judges for the audition round included:
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Miss Grand Angola 2023 |
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1st runner-up |
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2nd runner-up |
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3rd runner-up |
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4th runner-up |
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Top 7 |
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Initially, twelve candidates qualified for the national final, but two of them withdrew, making the finalized total of ten candidates. [4]
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