Miss Grand International 2013

Miss Grand International 2013
Janelee Chaparro
Date	19 November 2013
Presenters	Utt Panichkul Sonia Couling
Entertainment	Thaitanium
Venue	IMPACT Arena, Muang Thong Thani, Nonthaburi, Thailand
Broadcaster	Facebook live Channel 7
Entrants	71
Placements	20
Debuts	Algeria Argentina Australia Belgium Bolivia Brazil Canada China Colombia Cuba Czech Republic Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador England Estonia Ethiopia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Guadeloupe Guatemala Guinea Honduras Hungary India Indonesia Italy Japan Kazakhstan Kenya Kosovo Latvia Lebanon Macau Macedonia Malaysia Mexico Moldova Mongolia Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Norway Pakistan Paraguay Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Romania Russia Serbia Slovakia Spain Sri Lanka Switzerland South Korea Thailand Turkmenistan Uganda Venezuela Vietnam Wales United States Zimbabwe
Winner	Janelee Chaparro, Puerto Rico
Best National Costume	Jie Pan, China
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Miss Grand International 2013 was the first Miss Grand International pageant, held at the Impact Arena in Muang Thong Thani, Nonthaburi, Thailand, on 19 November 2013.

At the end of the event, Janelee Chaparro of Puerto Rico was crowned Miss Grand International 2013. She received a cash prize of US$30,000. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

Background

Date and venue

After Nawat Itsaragrisil ended his role as a producer of the beauty pageant Miss Thailand World for BEC-Tero of Channel 3 in 2012, he established his own pageant, launching Miss Grand Thailand in 2013 in partnership with Channel 3's rival, Channel 7, ^[6] as well as the international platform Miss Grand International, whose first edition's press release was arranged on 22 October 2013, at the Pathumwan Princess Hotel, Bangkok. ^{[7] [8]} In such an event, the pageant schedule was revealed. The pageant camp was set to happen from 3–19 November in three different cities, including Chiang Mai, ^[9] Pattaya, ^[10] and Bangkok. ^{[8] [3] [11] [12] [7] [13] [14] [15] [16]}

The pageant consisted of four main sub-events, including the national costume contest held at the Promenada Resort Mall  [ th ], Chiang Mai, on 8 November; ^{[17] [18]} the swimsuit competition held on 13 October at the Zign Hotel, Pattaya; ^[13] and the preliminary and final rounds held in Bangkok on 17 and 19 October at the IMPACT Arena, Nonthaburi. ^{[7] [8]}

Selection of participants

Since it was the first edition of the pageant, most of its contestants were appointed to compete; some of them were runners-up of other national pageants. Only three countries organized the national pageants individually to select their representatives for Miss Grand, including Malaysia, ^{[19] [20]} Thailand, ^[21] and Zimbabwe. ^{[22] [23]} However, the Zimbabwe winner was later replaced by an appointed representative due to the national team's internal conflicts. ^{[24] [25]}

Results

Placements

Miss Grand International 2013 competition result Color key:   Winner   4th runner-up   1st runner-up   Top 10   2nd runner-up   Top 20   3rd runner-up   Unplaced   Withdrew during the competition   Representative determined but not competed   No representative

Placement	Contestant [26] [27]
Miss Grand International 2013	Puerto Rico – Janelee Chaparro
1st runner-up	Dominican Republic – Chantel Martínez
2nd runner-up	Slovakia – Denisa Pasečiaková
3rd runner-up	Philippines – Annalie Forbes
4th runner-up	Australia – Kelly Louise Maguire
Top 10	Brazil – Tamara de Costa Bicca  Cuba – Jamillette Gaxiola  Latvia – Kristīne Rancāne  Sri Lanka – Dannielle Kerkoven  Venezuela – Mariana Jiménez
Top 20	China – Jie Pan  Colombia – Carolina Betancourth  Ecuador – Alexandra Castillo  Macedonia – Sandra Stefanovska  Myanmar – Htar Htet Htet  Netherlands – Talisa Wolters  Pakistan – Shanzay Hayat  Thailand – Yada Theppanom  United States – Blair Griffith  Zimbabwe – Samantha Thsuma

Special awards

Award	Contestant [3] [4]
Best National Costume	China – Jie Pan
Best Evening Gown	Dominican Republic – Chantel Martínez
Best in Swimsuit	Latvia – Kristīne Rancāne
Miss Popular Vote	Myanmar – Htar Htet Htet

Pageant

Format

In the pageant grand final round held on 19 November, after an introduction section, twenty contestants, who were selected through the preliminary round held on 17 October as well as all pre-pageant scorings, qualified for the top 20, in which each of the qualified candidates competed in the swimsuit. ^{[5] [14]} The score from this round, together with all previous accumulation scores, determined the top 10 finalists who then competed against each other in the evening gown and speech session. ^[5] Based on accumulation scores, the final five were selected to continue in the question and answer portion, where the winner and runners-up were determined. ^{[4] [2] [5] [14]}

Contestants

71 contestants competed for the title.

Country/Territory	Delegate	Age	Hometown
Algeria	Ines Belkacem [28]	21	Algiers
Argentina	Susel Jacquet [29]	24	Corrientes
Australia	Kelly Louise Maguire [27]	26	Sydney
Belgium	Karolien Termonia [28]	26	Limburg
Bolivia	Mariana Garcia [30]	24	La Paz
Brazil	Tamara de Costa Bicca [31]	22	Porto Alegre
Canada	Natalie Carriere [32]	21	Iroquois Falls
China	Jie Pan [33]	20	Beijing
Colombia	Carolina Betancourth [28]	25	Cali
Cuba	Jamillette Gaxiola [34]	23	Havana
Czech Republic	Marketa Brizová [28]	23	Ostrava
Dominican Republic	Chantel Martínez [35]	19	New York
Ecuador	Alexandra Castillo [28]	22	San Lorenzo
England	Julie Montague [28]	23	Liverpool
Egypt	Aya Abdallah Ahmed [36]	23	Alexandria
El Salvador	Elisa Durán [28]	24	San Salvador
Estonia	Evgeniia Forkashi [37]	19	Tallinn
Ethiopia	Helen Getachew [28]	23	Addis Ababa
Finland	Katariina Suuniitty [38]	22	Sastamala
France	Margaux Serenoff [28]	22	Paris
Georgia	Anna Lomidzee [28]	18	Tbilisi
Germany	Diana König [28]	26	Ilmenau
Greece	Anastasia Papatsori [37]	23	Atenas
Guadeloupe	Orphélie Morti [39]	21	Basse-Terre
Guatemala	Michelle Cohn [40]	18	Guatemala City
Guinea	Jasmine Sjöberg Sidibe [37]	23	Conakry
Honduras	Nelly Reyes [41]	21	La Ceiba
Hungary	Eszter Tüzes [28]	20	Budapest
India	Rupa Khurana [42]	23	New Delhi
Indonesia	Novia Indriani Mamuaja [43]	19	Manado
Italy	Katarina Chabrecekova [28]	22	Rome
Japan	Eriko Yoshii  [ ja ] [44]	23	Akita
Kazakhstan	Yuliya Kolesnik [45]	19	Almaty
Kenya	Pauline Akwacha [46]	22	Nairobi
Kosovo	Lirie Sejdija [47]	17	Pristina
Latvia	Kristīne Rancāne [48]	24	Rēzekne
Lebanon	Elizabeth Ojeil [49]	22	Beirut
Macau	Tiffany Wong I Teng [28]	24	Macau
Macedonia	Sandra Stefanovska [50]	21	Skopje
Malaysia	Michelle Moey [37]	22	Kuala Lumpur
Mexico	Laura Elisa Álvarez [49]	23	Mérida
Moldova	Alyona Chitoroaga [51]	25	Chișinău
Mongolia	Delgermaa Enkhtsogt [28]	20	Ulaanbaatar
Myanmar	Htar Htet Htet [11]	24	Kalay
Namibia	Grace Khakhane [37]	23	Windhoek
Nepal	Ashmita Sitoula [52]	21	Jhapa
Netherlands	Talisa Wolters [53]	22	Born
New Zealand	Rachel Hope Crofts [28]	25	Manawatu
Norway	Christine Frestad [54]	22	Flekkefjord
Pakistan	Shanzay Hayat [55]	24	Islamabad
Paraguay	Sendy Cáceres [56]	24	Encarnación
Philippines	Annalie Forbes [57]	20	Malolos
Poland	Anna Moniuszko [58]	20	Bialystok
Portugal	Gilda Marisela Silva [28]	18	Madeira
Puerto Rico	Janelee Chaparro [59]	22	Barceloneta
Romania	Iuliana Vasile [60]	23	Bucharest
Russia	Anyuta Volkova [28]	21	Moscow
Serbia	Milica Stojsavljević [28]	21	Belgrade
Slovakia	Denisa Paseciaková [61]	24	Bratislava
South Korea	Kim Yu-ri [28]	21	Seoul
Spain	Jenifer Guedes [62]	24	Agüimes
Sri Lanka	Dannielle Kerkoven [63]	26	Colombo
Switzerland	Cynthia Montchong [64]	17	Belina
Thailand	Yada Theppanom  [ th ] [21]	21	Prachuap Khiri Khan
Turkmenistan	Natalia Vasileva [49]	23	Ashgabat
Uganda	Pierra Akwero [65]	26	Entebbe
United States	Blair Griffith [66]	25	Denver
Venezuela	Mariana Jiménez [67]	19	La Guaira
Vietnam	Khanh Bich Nguyen [68]	21	Hanoi
Wales	Sophie Jayne Hall [37]	22	Cardiff
Zimbabwe	Samantha Thsuma [24]	23	Bulawayo

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External links

• Miss Grand International official website Archived 30 April 2017 at the Wayback Machine
• Media related to Miss Grand International at Wikimedia Commons