Miss Grand Australia

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Miss Grand Australia
FormationAugust 30, 2014;10 years ago (2014-08-30)
FounderNadasha 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]

Contents

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]

History

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  [ es ] who was later promoted to take over the winner title after the original winner, Anea Garcia  [ es ] 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]

Editions

Date and venue

Miss Grand Australia Editions
YearEditionDateVenueHost stateEntrantsRef.
2014 [α] 1st30 AugustTRAK Live Lounge Bar, Melbourne Victoria 19 [4]
2016 [β] 2nd14 AugustNIDA Playhouse Theatre, Sydney New South Wales 18 [5] [12]
2017 3rd30 JuneDoltone House - Hyde Park, Sydney
16
 [13] [14]
2018 4th16 June Sofitel Sydney Wentworth, Sydney
28
 [3] [15]
2019 5th8 June
29
2022 6th16 July
20
2023 7th15 JulyRACV City Club, Melbourne Victoria 30 [18] [19]
2024 8th3 August Sofitel Darling Harbour, SydneyNew South Wales21 [20] [21] [22]
Note
1. ^α Held in parallel with Miss Supranational Australia 2014. [4]
2. ^β Held in parallel with Miss Supranational Australia 2016. [5]

Competition results

YearMiss Grand AustraliaRunners-upRef.
1st runner-up2nd runner-up3rd runner-up4th runner-up5th runner-up
2014 Renera Thompson Breanna Herbert— [8] [9]
2016Dani FitchJessica ParrishSophie Grosser— [6] [5]
2017Kassandra KashianMaddison Clare SloaneSophie GrosserAmelia ConwayAlana Thomas— [2]
2018Kimberly GundaniChloe Maddison RyanJasmine LeathamKrishna ShuklaAlana Thomas— [3]
2019Taylor MarleneAnja Christ OffersenLavinia Grace WhiteAlecia MccallumJazel AlarcaJayde Crystal Wright [16] [23]
2022Amber SidneyPaitin PowellBrooke MurrayChristy TaylorLydia Harland— [7]
2023Mikaela-Rose FowlerPaitin PowellBrooke MurraySelina McCloskeyAlecia McCallum— [18] [24]
2024Paitin PowellJada KylePatricia SheeranLetitia WalkerCourtney-Jade Tester— [25]

International competition

The following is a list of Australian representatives who competed at the Miss Grand International pageant.

Color keys
YearTownMiss Grand AustraliaNational title
(Title obtained from the national contest)		Competition performanceNational director
PlacementSpecial awards
2024 Whitsundays Paitin Powell [25] Miss Grand Australia 2024 Unplaced [26] Dani Fitch
2023 Mornington Mikaela-Rose Fowler [18] [24] Miss Grand Australia 2023 UnplacedAmber Sidney
2022 Melbourne Amber Sidney [7] Miss Grand Australia 2022 UnplacedDani Fitch
2021 Sydney Angolina Amores [27] AppointedTop 20
2020 Did not compete
2019 Gold Coast Taylor Marlene [16] [23] Miss Grand Australia 2019 Top 10
2018 Melbourne Kimberly Gundani [3] Miss Grand Australia 2018 Top 20
2017 Sydney Kassandra Kashian [2] Miss Grand Australia 2017 Top 20
2016 Sydney Dani Fitch [6] [5] Miss Grand Australia 2016 Top 20 Renera Thompson
2015 Sydney Claire Elizabeth Parker [10] [α] Appointed1st runner-up [α]
2014 Sydney Renera Thompson [8] [9] Miss Grand Australia 2014 3rd runner-upNadasha Zhang
2013 Sydney Kelly Louise Maguire [8] [28] Appointed4th runner-up
Note
^α Later temporarily assumed Miss Grand International 2015. [10] [11]

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