Miss Grand International 2019

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Miss Grand International 2019
Valentina Figuera Morales.png
Date25 October 2019
Presenters
Venue Poliedro de Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela
Broadcaster Televen, YouTube
Entrants60
Placements21
Debuts
  • Armenia
  • Bashkortostan
  • Ireland
  • Réunion
Withdrawals
  • Argentina
  • Belgium
  • Cape Verde
  • Cambodia
  • Cook Islands
  • Denmark
  • England
  • Ethiopia
  • Finland
  • Ghana
  • Hong Kong
  • Jamaica
  • Kazakhstan
  • Kosovo
  • Laos
  • Moldova
  • Mongolia
  • New Zealand
  • Norway
  • Scotland
  • Sierra Leone
  • South Korea
  • Sri Lanka
  • Suriname
  • Taiwan
  • Tanzania
  • Tatarstan
  • US Virgin Islands
  • Wales
  • Zambia
Returns
  • Belarus
  • Curaçao
  • Egypt
  • France
  • Guatemala
  • Italy
  • Latvia
  • Mauritius
  • Nicaragua
  • Nigeria
  • Romania
Winner Valentina Figuera (Venezuela)
Best National CostumeMara Topić (Ecuador)
Best in SwimsuitCarmen Drayton (Panama)
Best Evening Gown Camila Escribens (Peru)
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Miss Grand International 2019 was the seventh edition of Miss Grand International pageant, was held on 25 October 2019, at Poliedro de Caracas in Caracas, Venezuela, [1] [2] [3] where for the first time in the pageant history the host country delegate won the crown. The nineteen-year-old Valentina Figuera was the first Venezuelan representative to win the title since the establishment of the contest. [4] As was normal for the event, she was crowned by her immediate predecessor, Clara Sosa of Paraguay.

Contents

Contestants from 60 countries and territories participated in this year's pageant, [2] with a new crown created by Venezuelan jewelry designer George Wittels, the official jewelry sponsor of the Miss Grand International Organization. However, Security concerns in Venezuela and visa regulation problems caused many representatives to drop out of the contest. [3] [5] The pageant was broadcast on Televen, hosted by Venezuelan TV host Leo Aldana and Miss Grand International 2018 Clara Sosa. [6]

At the end of the final event, the host had announced that the 8th Miss Grand International will take place in Venezuela again in October 2020 but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the organization decided to postpone the pageant to 2021 and move the venue to Bangkok, Thailand instead. [7]

Background

Location

On 15 March 2019, the Miss Grand International Organization announced that the competition would be held on 25 May 2019, at Poliedro de Caracas in Caracas, Venezuela. [8]

Selection of participants

Delegates representing 60 countries and territories were selected to compete in the pageant; [2] three of these delegates were appointed to their titles after an audition process or other internal selection (Cuba, Germany, and Mauritius), [9] [10] two contestants were designated after the withdrawal of the original contestant. Génesis Quintero, who had been crowned "Miss Grand Colombia 2019", was appointed to represent Colombia after Sthefani Rodríguez, the former titleholder, has presented her letter of resignation to the national director Luis Garcés citing personal reasons. [11] [12] Previously, Quintero was the winner of Miss Grand Colombia 2018 but she renounced her title without competing in the international event. [11] [13] Sudawan Kumdee was appointed to the title "Miss Grand Ireland 2019" by the country's national director Manuel Munares after Hollie Hersey, the original titleholder, handed back the national title after being body-shamed by the director. [14] [15] Nine of the total delegates were appointed to their titles without participating in any respective national pageants, including Belarus, Canada, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Estonia, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Latvia]], and Romania.

Eight winners or runner-ups of previous years national pageants were appointed to their national titles, including; Galina Lukina of Bashkortostan, was designated to represent the territory by Luiza Zakiryanova, the director of Miss Bashkortostan. Previously, Lukina had been crowned Miss Bashkortostan 2016, Miss Bikini CIS 2015, as well as the ambassador of peace between Bashkortostan and South Korea. [16] Brenda Castro was appointed to represent Costa Rica by Gerson Jiménez, the director of a newly established reality show pageant "The Finalists", after the Miss Costa Rica organization relinquished the franchise. [17] [18] Castro had been crowned Miss Costa Rica 2015. [18] [19] The Reina de El Salvador 2018, Olga Ortiz, was appointed to participate in the contest by Francisco Cortez, the director of El Certamen Nacional de la belleza El Salvador. [20] Ortiz had previously represented El Salvador at Miss Asia Pacific International 2018 [21] The Netherlands representative, Margaretha de Jong, who has been crowned Miss Beauty of Netherlands 2018 and represented the country at Miss Earth 2018, [22] was appointed to the title by the organization "12 Months of Beauty", the owner of the Netherlands franchise for Miss Grand International. [23] Kamilla Khusainova was designated to represent Russia by "The Volga Model", the organizer of the contest Miss Tourism of Russia. Khusainova was Miss Tatarstan 2018, Miss Tourism Russia 2018, and the winner of an international contest Miss Aura International 2018. [24] Liana Sargsyan, a representative from Armenia who went unplace at Miss World 2017. she was appointed by the national director Janna Gregory, [25] making her the first Armenian delegate participating since the establishment of the contest. [26] Sargsyan had been crowned Miss Armenia 2017. [25] [26] The last three candidates who were appointed to enter the contest was Patrycja Woźniak, the second runner-up Miss Polonia 2018, [27] Nahémy Ceriac, the first runner-up Miss Guadeloupe 2016, [28] and Stephanie Karam, Miss International Lebanon 2016. [29] The remainder of the delegates were selected after winning their respective national pageants, obtaining the runner-up, or receiving a designated supplementary title at a national pageant.

Due to visa issues and security concerns in Venezuela, ten countries decided to withdraw from the competition, including: Cambodia, Denmark, England, Jamaica, Laos, New Zealand, Scotland, South Korea, Wales, and Zambia. [3] [30] [31] Park Serim, who had been crowned Miss Grand Korea 2019, was expected to represent South Korea at the competition. [32] However, due to the deteriorating political situation and safety, the whole area of Venezuela is stated as the "Red Travel Warning Area" by South Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. [33] [34] The Miss Grand Korea organization was strongly suggested and warned not to visit Venezuela unless the purpose of the trip is crucial and essential by the Ministry, making the country's delegate was unable to participate in the pageant. [32] The organization has decided to send the winner to instead compete at the Miss Global 2019. [35] Moreover, Luwi Lusa Kawanda, the representative of Zambia, as well as all three candidates from United Kingdom, also decided to withdraw from the competition and chose to instead participate in Miss International 2019 and Miss Global 2019, recpectively. The rest of withdrawal countries were lack of national franchise owners.

Results

Placements

PlacementContestant [36]
Miss Grand International 2019
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
3rd runner-up
4th runner-up
  • Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil – Marjorie Marcelle
Top 10
Top 20

§ - Voted into Top 10 via Miss Grand Popular Vote

Pageant

Format

As in all previous editions, twenty semifinalists were chosen from the initial pool of 60 delegates through a closed-door interview and a preliminary competition — in swimwear and evening gown—held two days before the finals night. The top 20 then competed in the swimsuit competition, with 9 of them advancing to the Top 10 – the last spot for Top 10 candidate, Nguyễn Hà Kiều Loan of Vietnam, was determined through online voting results, then all Top 10 finalists competed in the evening gown competition and gave their speeches on ‘Stop the War and Violence theme’. After the speech round and evening gown competitions, the judges then selected the top five to where they would then compete in the question-and-answer portion, where all contestants were asked the same question about the ongoing crisis in Venezuela, after which the judges chose Miss Grand International 2019 and her four runners-up.

Selection committee

Preliminary competition

  • Nawat Itsaragrisil – President of Miss Grand International.
  • Teresa Chaivisut – Vice-president of Miss Grand International.
  • Leudys González – CEO of Nuestra Tierra Foundation
  • George Wittels – Jewelry and crown designer.
  • Pedro Durán – Entrepreneur and singer.

Contestants

60 contestants competed for the title.

Country/TerritoryDelegateAgeHometown
Flag of Albania.svg  Albania Xhensila Shaba [37] 23 Tirana
Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia Lily Sargsyan [38] 19 Yerevan
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Taylor Marlene [39] 24 Gold Coast
Flag of Bashkortostan.svg  Bashkortostan Galina Lukina [16] 27 Ufá
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus Karina Kiseleva [40] 22 Minsk
Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg  Bolivia Carolina Paz Rojas [41] 19 Cochabamba
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Marjorie Marcelle [3] 24 São Paulo
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria Victoria Vaseva [42] 25 Sofia
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Brianna Plouffe [1] 20 Cowansville
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile Francisca Lavandero [43] 19 Los Ángeles
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Deng Jiefang [44] 20 Shanxi
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia Génesis Quintero [11] 27 Arauca
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica Brenda Castro [17] 27 Guápiles
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba Elaine González [45] 25 La Habana
Flag of Curacao.svg  Curaçao Liane Bonofacia [46] 27 Willemstad
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Maria Boichenko [47] 23 Praga
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic Stéphanie Bustamante [44] 27 Paterson
Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador Mara Topić [48] 25Los Angeles
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Esraa Albelasi26 Cairo
Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador Olga Ortiz [20] 25 Usulután
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia Eliise Randmaa [49] 19 Tallinn
Flag of France.svg  France Cassandra De Sousa [50] 25 Dreux
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Lalaine Mahler [9] 19 Swabia
Flag of Guadeloupe (local).svg  Guadeloupe Nahémy Ceriac [51] 22 Les Abymes
Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala Dannia Guevara [52] 22 San Marcos
Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti Josée Isabelle Riché [53] 26 Puerto Príncipe
Flag of India.svg  India Shivani Jadhav [54] 23 Pune
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia Sarlin Delee Jones [55] 18 Kupang
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland Sudawan Kumdee [15] 26 Dublin
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Mirea Sorrentino [56] 22 Pompeya
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Adeline Minatoya [57] 26 Nagano
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia Kate Alexeeva [58] 24 Riga
Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon Stephanie Karam [59] 26 Mexico City
Flag of Macau.svg  Macau Loi Chi Ian [60] 27 Macau
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia Mel Dequanne Abar [61] 20 Kota Kinabalu
Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius Shanone Savatheama [10] 21 Port Louis
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico María Malo [62] 22 Huixquilucan
Flag of Myanmar.svg Myanmar Hmwe Thet Lwin [63] 25 Myeik
Flag of Nepal.svg  Nepal Nisha Pathak [64] 22 Kathmandu
Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua Vanessa Baldizón [65] 22 León
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Favour Ocheche [66] 20 Oturkpo
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Margaretha de Jong [23] 22 Jistrum
Flag of Panama.svg  Panama Carmen Drayton [67] 23 Colón
Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay Milena Rodríguez [46] [68] 20 Encarnación
Flag of Peru.svg  Peru Camila Escribens [2] 21 Long Beach
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Samantha Ashley Lo [5] [69] 26 Cebu City
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Patrycja Woźniak [27] 20 Łódź
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Laura Gameiro [70] 23Paris
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico Hazel Ortíz [71] 22 Morovis
Proposed flag of Reunion (VAR).svg  Réunion Laëtitia Hoareau-Boyer [72] 25 Terre Sainte
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Ramona Vatamanu [73] 27 București
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Kamilla Khusainova [24] 21 Kazan
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Belindé Schreuder [74] 23 Centurion
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Ainara de Santamaría [75] 23 Argoños
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Clara Wahlqvist [76] 20 Tormestorp
Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand Arayha Suparurk [46] [77] 25 Nakhon Phanom
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Viktoriya Myronova [78] 24 Odesa
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Emily Delgado [46] [79] 24 Las Vegas
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela Valentina Figuera [80] 19 Puerto La Cruz
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam Nguyễn Hà Kiều Loan [4] 19 Quảng Nam

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