Miss Grand Netherlands 2023

Miss Grand Netherlands 2023
Miss Grand Netherlands 2023
	Melissa Bottema, the winner of the contest
Date	4 June 2023
Presenters	Marit Beets
Venue	Claus Event Center, Hoofddorp
Broadcaster	Facebook
Entrants	11
Placements	5
Winner	Melissa Bottema; (Groningen)
Photogenic	Merel Bakker; (Gelderland)
	← 2018 2024 →

Last updated February 14, 2024

**Miss Grand Netherlands 2023 competition result by province**
Groningen Friesland Drenthe Overijssel North Holland Flevo- land Gelderland Utrecht South Holland North Brabant Limburg Zeeland
Winner	Fourth runner-up
First runner-up	Unplaced
Second runner-up	Withdrew
Third runner-up	No representative

Miss Grand Netherlands 2023 was the fourth edition of the Miss Grand Netherlands beauty pageant, held on June 4, 2023,^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] at the Claus Event Center in the city of Hoofddorp.^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7] Eleven candidates, who qualified for the national stage through an audion held in February and then were assigned to represents one of the country's provinces, competed for the title.^[2]

At the end of the event, the representative of Groningen, Melissa Bottema, was announced the winner, outclassing the other ten finalists.^[3]^[4]^[8]^[9] Meanwhile, Amber Tamara of Flevoland and Merel Bakker of Gelderland were named the first and second runners-up, respectively.^[3] Bottema was crowned by Miss Grand Netherlands 2022, Marit Beets, and obtained the right to represent the country at the Miss Grand International 2023 pageant,^[2] to be held in Vietnam on October 25.^[7]^[10]^[11]

Result

Position	Candidate^[3]
Miss Grand Netherlands 2023	Groningen – Melissa Bottema
1st runners-up	Flevoland – Amber Tamara Rustenberg
2nd runners-up	Gelderland – Merel Bakker
3rd runners-up	Drenthe – Bo Grooten
4th runners-up	South Holland – Merel van Roon
Special Awards^[3]
Miss BaroQco	Groningen – Melissa Bottema
Miss Fit and Shape	Flevoland – Amber Tamara Rustenberg
Miss Photogenic	Gelderland – Merel Bakker
Miss Social Media	Flevoland – Amber Tamara Rustenberg

Candidates

Originally, 12 candidates were confirmed to participate,^[1] of whom, the representative of Zeeland, Rebecca Zuidweg, withdrew due to personal reasons, making the finalized total of 11 contestants.^[3]

Drenthe – Bo Grooten^[10]
Flevoland – Amber Tamara Rustenberg
Friesland – Esmee van der Meulen^[6]
Gelderland – Merel Bakker
Groningen – Melissa Bottema
Limburg – Yarah Mookhram
North Brabant – Carmen Kara^[5]
North Holland – Tene Donzo
Overijssel – Robin Danique Mulder
South Holland – Merel van Roon^[7]
Utrecht – Chimène Colijn
Zeeland – Rebecca Zuidweg (Withdrew)

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1 2 3 Razu Tasnif (June 4, 2023). "Miss Grand Netherlands 2023 Live Free Online". Campbell Health Solutions, Inc. Archived from the original on June 5, 2023. Retrieved June 5, 2023.
1 2 3 4 5 6 "Melissa Bottema Is Miss Grand Netherlands 2023". Misshollandnow.com. June 5, 2023. Archived from the original on June 6, 2023. Retrieved June 6, 2023.
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[twe-1] 1 2 "Amber Rustenberg in de race voor Miss Grand Netherlands 2023" (in Dutch). Zeewolde Actueel. May 23, 2023. Archived from the original on June 7, 2023. Retrieved June 7, 2023.

[ven-2] 1 2 3 Razu Tasnif (June 4, 2023). "Miss Grand Netherlands 2023 Live Free Online". Campbell Health Solutions, Inc. Archived from the original on June 5, 2023. Retrieved June 5, 2023.

[result-3] 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Melissa Bottema Is Miss Grand Netherlands 2023". Misshollandnow.com. June 5, 2023. Archived from the original on June 6, 2023. Retrieved June 6, 2023.

[esp-4] 1 2 3 "Melissa Bottema es coronada Miss Grand Países Bajos 2023" (in Spanish). Diario del Sur [ de ]. June 6, 2023. Archived from the original on June 7, 2023. Retrieved June 7, 2023.

[dtv-5] 1 2 Marijn Donkers (March 31, 2023). "Udense Miss Beauty over haar jeugdtrauma: 'Een broertje en twee zusjes verloren'" (in Dutch). DTV Nieuws [ nl ]. Archived from the original on April 4, 2023.

[fries-6] 1 2 De Friese Meren (April 17, 2023). "Miss Esmee van der Meulen uit Lemmer maakt zich sterk voor normaliseren huidziekten" (in Dutch). Drimble [ nl ]. Archived from the original on April 19, 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2023.

[south-7] 1 2 3 Martijn Kuiler (April 9, 2023). "Merel (19) opnieuw in finale missverkiezing". www.hetkontakt.nl (in Dutch). Archived from the original on April 19, 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2023.

[viet-8] "Vẻ nóng bỏng của người đẹp Hà Lan sang Việt Nam thi hoa hậu" (in Vietnamese). Tiền Phong. June 6, 2023. Archived from the original on June 6, 2023.

[9] "Vẻ nóng bỏng của người đẹp Hà Lan sang Việt Nam thi hoa hậu". Afamily.vn (in Vietnamese). June 6, 2023. Archived from the original on June 7, 2023. Retrieved June 7, 2023.

[dren-10] 1 2 Esselien de Groot (March 31, 2023). "Bo Grooten is Miss Grand Drenthe". Coevordernieuws.nl (in Dutch). Archived from the original on April 4, 2023. Retrieved April 5, 2023.

[dren2-11] Rick Jongsma (April 3, 2023). "Bo Grooten is miss grand Drenthe 2023" (in Dutch). Drents Nieuws. Archived from the original on April 4, 2023. Retrieved April 5, 2023.

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