Miss Grand International 2024 | |
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Date | 25 October 2024 |
Presenters | Matthew Deane |
Venue | Yangon, Myanmar |
Broadcaster | YouTube |
Placements | 20 |
Returns | |
Miss Grand International 2024 will be the 12th edition of the Miss Grand International pageant, to be held in Yangon, Myanmar [1] [2] [3] on 25 October 2024 [4] [5] making it the second time the country to host the Miss Grand International pageant. [5] [6]
At the end of the event, Luciana Fuster of Peru will crown her successor.
According to Bright TV, after the release of the 4th generation of the pageant's main winner crown in June 2022, the president of the contest, Nawat Itsaragrisil, additionally stated that the host country for Miss Grand International 2025 was already decided but could not be revealed at the moment due to some contract agreement, [7] [8] [9] while the host country for the 2024 edition was in the process of negotiation. [7]
The mutual agreement between the 2024 host country, Myanmar, and the Miss Grand International PCL was reached in July 2022 with the memorandum of understanding between the Myanmar local organizer, Glamorous International, and the MGI PCL, signed in early 2023, at the MGI Hall, Bangkok, Thailand. [10] It was then officially announced on the grand final stage of Miss Grand International 2023 on 25 October 2023, but the pageant's further schedule has not been revealed yet. [1] [3]
Contestants from thirteen countries and territories have been selected to compete. Two of these delegates won the title as a supplemental title in the multiple-award national pageant and four were appointed to the title without competing in the 2024 national pageant.
As of 28 April 2024, thirteen contestants have been confirmed.
Country/Territory | Contestant | Age [lower-alpha 1] | Hometown |
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Albania | Elsa Alijaj [11] | 23 | Laç |
Argentina | Alejandra Morales [12] | 27 | Córdoba |
Cameroon | Sharlynn Acha [13] | 21 | Tiko |
Canada | Alivia Croal [14] | 22 | Selwyn |
Ecuador | María José Vera [13] | 25 | Valencia |
El Salvador | Alexia Pacheco [15] | 19 | Santa Ana |
Gibraltar | Lauren Shephard [13] | 24 | Gibraltar |
Honduras | Cecilia García [16] | 21 | Tegucigalpa |
Myanmar | Thae Su Nyein [17] | 17 | Yangon |
Panama | Yanelys Bergantiño [18] | 22 | Guararé |
Paraguay | Sharon Capó [19] | 24 | Pedro Juan Caballero |
Thailand | Malin Chara-anan [20] | 27 | Phuket |
US Virgin Islands | Samantha Keaton [21] | 24 | Austin |
Country/Territory | Date |
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Guatemala | 1 May 2024 [22] |
France | 8 May 2024 [23] |
Czech Republic | 11 May 2024 [24] |
Spain | 11 May 2024 [25] |
Indonesia | 19 May 2024 [26] |
South Africa | 1 June 2024 [27] |
Belgium | 15 June 2024 [28] |
Trinidad and Tobago | 28 June 2024 [29] |
Cambodia | June 2024 [30] |
Italy | June 2024 [31] |
Malaysia | June 2024 [32] |
Venezuela | June 2024 [33] |
Japan | 20 July 2024 [34] |
India | July 2024 [35] |
Nicaragua | July 2024 [36] |
Colombia | 4 August 2024 [37] |
United States | 12 August 2024 [38] |
Nepal | 17 August 2024 [39] |
Brazil | 31 August 2024 [40] |
Australia | August 2024 [41] |
Denmark | 1 September 2024 [42] |
South Korea | 6 September 2024 [43] |
Portugal | September 2024 [44] |
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