Miss Grand International 2014 | |
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Date | 7 October 2014 |
Presenters | |
Entertainment | Ali Forbes |
Venue | Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok, Thailand |
Broadcaster | |
Entrants | 85 |
Placements | 20 |
Debuts |
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Withdrawals |
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Winner | Daryanne Lees (Cuba) |
Best National Costume | Cao Ling (Vietnam) |
Miss Grand International 2014 was the second edition of the Miss Grand International pageant, [1] [2] held on 7 October 2014 at the Indoor Stadium Huamark in Bangkok, Thailand. [1] [3] [4] Contestants from eighty-five countries and territories competed for the title, [1] [5] of whom the representative of Cuba, Daryanne Lees, was announced the winner and received a reward of 40,000 USD cash. [6] [7] Meanwhile, the representatives of Australia, Canada, Colombia, and Ethiopia were named the runners-up. [5] [7] [8]
The pageant's grand final featured a live performance of Miss Grand International 2013–3rd runner-up, Ali Forbes, [1] [9] and was broadcast nationwide via the Channel 7, [1] [10] with two Thai television personalities, Matthew Deane and Sonia Couling, as the event's MCs. [1]
Initially, more than ninety candidates confirmed to participate, [11] but some of them withdrew for unknown reasons, such as Soumia Benmebrouk of Algeria, [12] Ané Reynolds of South Africa, [13] and Dijana Cvijetic of Switzerland. [14]
The pageant press release was conducted after the arrival of all candidates on 18 November 2014, at the Suvarnabhumi Airport. [11] In the event, the pageant schedule was revealed: its activities was set to happen from 19 November to 7 October in three different cities, including Sukhothai, [11] [15] Nakhon Pathom, [10] and Bangkok. [11]
Same as the previous edition, the pageant consisted of 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]
Of all eighty-five participating candidates, only eight were elected through the 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 the Miss China 2014 pageant, [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 the Miss Tropical Beauties Suriname 2014 contest. [31] The remaining candidates were either the runners-up in other national pageants or directly hand-picked by the national directors without competing in the national stages. [2]
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Placement | Contestant |
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Miss Grand International 2014 | |
1st runner-up | |
2nd runner-up | |
3rd runner-up | |
4th runner-up | |
Top 10 | |
Top 20 |
Awards | Contestant |
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Best National Costume | |
Best Evening Gown | |
Best in Swimsuit | |
Best in Social Media | |
Miss Popular Vote |
In the pageant grand final round held on 7 October after an introduction section, 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]
85 contestants competed for the title.
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