Miss Grand Australia 2023

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Miss Grand Australia 2023
Mikaela-Rose Fowler 2.png
Mikaela-Rose Fowler, the winner of the contest
Date15 July 2023
VenueRACV City Club, Melbourne
Broadcaster YouTube
Entrants30
Placements10
WinnerMikaela-Rose Fowler
(Victoria)
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External videos
Nuvola apps kaboodle.svg Miss Grand Australia 2023 Grand final competition, on July 15, 2023, Youtube Video

Miss Grand Australia 2023 was the seventh edition of the Miss Grand Australia pageant, held on July 15, 2023, [1] [2] [3] at the RACV City Club located in the capital of Victoria state, Greater Melbourne. [3] [4] Thirty candidates, who have qualified for the national pageant through an online profile screening performed from February to March, competed for the title, and a 28-year-old ADHDer and disability support worker from Victoria, Mikaela-Rose Fowler, was announced the winner. [1] [2] [5] Her court consisted of four runners-up including Paitin Louise Powell 1st runner-up, Brooke Murray 2nd runner-up, Selina McCloskey 3rd runner-up, and Alecia McCallum 4th runner-up. Fowler will later represent the country at the parent international stage, Miss Grand International 2023, to be held in Vietnam on October 25. [6] [7]

Contents

In cooperation with Destiny Rescue, the pageant also ran as a charity event on June 4 at the Tide On The Jetty Manly in the city of Brisbane to raise funds available for rescuing children from sexual exploitation and human trafficking. [4] [8] [9]

This edition was the first Miss Grand Australia contest managed by Amber Sidney after she took over the license from a former licensee, Dani Fitch, [10] [11] who served as the national director of the contest from 2017 to 2022. [10] [12]

Result

PositionDelegate [1] [2] [5]
Miss Grand Australia 2023
  • Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Victoria – Mikaela-Rose Fowler
1st runner-up
  • Flag of Queensland.svg Queensland – Paitin Louise Powell
2nd runner-up
  • Flag of New South Wales.svg New South Wales Brooke Murray
3rd runner-up
  • Flag of New South Wales.svg New South Wales – Selina McCloskey
4th runner-up
  • Flag of New South Wales.svg New South Wales – Alecia McCallum

Candidates

Thirty candidates from seven states and territories of Australia competed for the title. [13] [9]

Flag of the Australian Capital Territory.svg Team Capital TerritoryFlag of New South Wales.svg Team New South WalesFlag of Victoria (Australia).svg Team Victoria
  • Lydia Caisley
  • Krishna Shukla
  • Alecia McCallum
  • Amberley Mauigoa
  • Brooke Murray
  • Cristina Casanovi
  • Kayte Keryniotis
  • Letitia Walker
  • Phoebe Lohrey
  • Selina McCloskey
  • Abi Grigsby Abigrigsby
  • Anna Naseisa Ma'u Ma'ilei
  • Dragana Baranov
  • Francesca Valentino
  • Jacquelyn Mangubat
  • Lara Cunningham
  • Liliane Fobbi
  • Mikaela-Rose Fowler
  • Nicole Wilson
  • Nimesha Hewage
  • Pattarawan Khraipukhiaw
  • Tahlia Edmonds
  • Windy Wulandari Binti Anif
Flag of Western Australia.svg Team Western Australia
  • Kim Tang
  • Taylor Sharpe
Flag of Tasmania.svg Team TasmaniaFlag of Queensland.svg Team Queensland
  • Kimmi Jayne
  • Ariel Beninca
  • Paitin Louise Powell
  • Sofia Valdez
  • Tori Castner
Flag of South Australia.svg Team South Australia
  • Marie Dimopoulos

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