Formation | August 30, 2014 |
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Founder | Nadasha Zhang |
Type | Beauty pageant |
Headquarters | Sydney |
Location | |
Membership | Miss Grand International |
Official language | English |
National Director | Amber Dew |
Parent organization | Rise Academy (2017 – Present) |
Website | Official Website |
Miss Grand Australia is an annual national female beauty pageant in Australia founded in 2014 by Nadasha Zhang, [1] aiming to select the country's representatives to participate at its parent international pageant, Miss Grand International. [2] [3] Its first two editions were held concurrently with Miss Supranational Australia before being held separately after the license was transferred to Dani Fitch in 2017. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
The reigning Miss Grand Australia is Mikaela-Rose Fowler from Victoria who was crowned on 15 July 2023 at the RACV City Club, she will represent the country in Miss Grand International 2023 to be held on 25 October 2023 in Vietnam. [7]
Australia has usually been sending its representative to compete at the Miss Grand International since 2013. In 2013–2014, the license belonged to Nadasha Zhang, [1] and was transferred to Renera Thompson in 2015, [1] then to Dani Fitch and Amber Dew in 2017 and 2023, respectively. [1] [6]
The first contest of Miss Grand Australia was held in parallel with Miss Supranational Australia in 2014, featuring 19 national finalists, [4] of which "Renera Thompson" was named the winner. [8] [9] Thompson later participated in Miss Grand International 2014 in Thailand, where she was elected the third runner-up. [8] Later in 2016, the contest was also held in parallel with Miss Supranational Australia, [5] however, after the license was purchased by Dani Fitch in the following year, the Miss Grand Australia pageant has been arranged independently since then. [2] [3] [6]
Since their first participation in 2013, Australian representatives have consistently placed at least among the top 20 finalists, except in 2022. The highest performance was the first runner-up in 2015, obtained by Claire Elizabeth Parker who was later promoted to take over the winner title after the original winner, Anea Garcia of the Dominican Republic, had been dethroned. [10] However, Parker was later delegitimized from the position in 2019 due to partaking in Miss Universe Australia 2019. [10] [11]
Year | Edition | Date | Venue | Host state | Entrants | Ref. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2014 [α] | 1st | 30 August | TRAK Live Lounge Bar, Melbourne | Victoria | 19 | [4] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016 [β] | 2nd | 14 August | NIDA Playhouse Theatre, Sydney | New South Wales | 18 | [5] [12] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017 | 3rd | 30 June | Doltone House - Hyde Park, Sydney | 16 | [13] [14] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018 | 4th | 16 June | Sofitel Sydney Wentworth, Sydney | 28 | [3] [15] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | 5th | 8 June | 29 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | 6th | 16 July | 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023 | 7th | 15 July | RACV City Club, Melbourne | Victoria | 30 | [18] [19] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2024 | 8th | 3 August | Sofitel Darling Harbour, Sydney | New South Wales | 21 | [20] [21] [22] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Year | Miss Grand Australia | Runners-up | Ref. | ||||
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1st runner-up | 2nd runner-up | 3rd runner-up | 4th runner-up | 5th runner-up | |||
2014 | Renera Thompson | Breanna Herbert | — | [8] [9] | |||
2016 | Dani Fitch | Jessica Parrish | Sophie Grosser | — | [6] [5] | ||
2017 | Kassandra Kashian | Maddison Clare Sloane | Sophie Grosser | Amelia Conway | Alana Thomas | — | [2] |
2018 | Kimberly Gundani | Chloe Maddison Ryan | Jasmine Leatham | Krishna Shukla | Alana Thomas | — | [3] |
2019 | Taylor Marlene | Anja Christ Offersen | Lavinia Grace White | Alecia Mccallum | Jazel Alarca | Jayde Crystal Wright | [16] [23] |
2022 | Amber Sidney | Paitin Powell | Brooke Murray | Christy Taylor | Lydia Harland | — | [7] |
2023 | Mikaela-Rose Fowler | Paitin Powell | Brooke Murray | Selina McCloskey | Alecia McCallum | — | [18] [24] |
2024 | Paitin Powell | Jada Kyle | Patricia Sheeran | Letitia Walker | Courtney-Jade Tester | — |
The following is a list of Australian representatives who competed at the Miss Grand International pageant.
Year | Representative | Original national title | Competition performance | National director | Ref. | |
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Placement | Special award | |||||
2013 | Kelly Louise Maguire | Appointed | 4th runner-up | — | Nadasha Zhang | [8] [25] |
2014 | Renera Thompson | Miss Grand Australia 2014 | 3rd runner-up | — | [8] [9] | |
2015 | Claire Elizabeth Parker [α] | Appointed | 1st runner-up | — | Renera Thompson | [10] |
2016 | Dani Fitch | Miss Grand Australia 2016 | Top 20 | — | [6] [5] | |
2017 | Kassandra Kashian | Miss Grand Australia 2017 | Top 20 | — | Dani Fitch | [2] |
2018 | Kimberly Gundani | Miss Grand Australia 2018 | Top 20 | — | [3] | |
2019 | Taylor Marlene | Miss Grand Australia 2019 | Top 10 | — | [16] [23] | |
2020 | No representative | |||||
2021 | Angolina Amores | Appointed | Top 20 | — | Dani Fitch | [26] |
2022 | Amber Sidney | Miss Grand Australia 2022 | Unplaced | — | [7] | |
2023 | Mikaela-Rose Fowler | Miss Grand Australia 2023 | Unplaced | — | Amber Sidney | [18] [24] |
2024 | Paitin Powell | Miss Grand Australia 2024 | TBA |
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