Initially, more than ninety candidates were confirmed to participate,[11] withdrawals included, Soumia Benmebrouk of Algeria,[12] Ané Reynolds of South Africa,[13] and Dijana Cvijetic of Switzerland.[14]
Background
Date and venue
The pageant press launch was on 18 November 2014, at the Suvarnabhumi Airport, after the arrival of all candidates.[11] At the event, the pageant schedule was announced, with activities running from 19 November to 7 October in three different cities, including Sukhothai,[11][15]Nakhon Pathom,[10] and Bangkok.[11]
As with the previous edition, the pageant had four main events, including the swimsuit contest, held on 23 November at the Sukhothai Heritage Resort, Sukhothai;[16][17] the national costume contest, held on 28 November at Sampran Riverside Theater, Nakhon Pathom;[10] and the preliminary and final rounds in Bangkok on 5 and 7 October at the Indoor Stadium Huamark.[1][18]
Selection of Participants
Of the eighty-five participating candidates, only eight were elected through Miss Grand National pageants, including the representatives of Albania,[19]Australia,[20]Botswana,[21]Brazil,[22]Curaçao,[23]Kosovo,[24]Philippines,[25] and Thailand.[26] Five candidates were the main winners of other pageants, including Xue Han from Miss China 2014,[27] Bahareh Heidari from the Miss Iran 2014 online pageant,[28] Dajana Laketic – Face of Malta 2014 winner,[29] Jasy ln Tan from Miss Singapore Islandia 2014,[30] and Tashana Losche from Miss Tropical Beauties Suriname 2014.[31] The remaining candidates were either the runners-up in other national pageants or directly picked by national directors without competing in national stages.[2]
In the grand final round held on 7 October, after an introduction, twenty contestants, who were selected through the preliminary round held on 5 October as well as all pre-pageant scorings, qualified for the top 20, in which each of the qualified candidates competed in the swimsuit.[9][34] 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.[9][34] 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.[34]
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