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The 10th-anniversary edition of the Miss Grand International pageant was held at the Sentul International Convention Center in West Java, Indonesia on October 25, 2022, in which candidates from 68 countries and territories participated. These candidates were elected as the country representatives through different methods, such as through the Miss Grand National which was held to select the country representative for Miss Grand International specifically, or appointed by another national pageant organizer, in which the main winner was sent to compete on other international stages. Some of them were assigned as the representatives without competing at any national pageant in this particular year.

Overview
As per data collected in the National preliminary contest section, 39 national pageant was held to elect the country representatives for Miss Grand International 2022. Twenty-three of which was the Miss Grand National pageants (A1). Seven was other national contests that sent their main winners to Miss Grand International 2023 (A2). Eight national contests listed the Miss Grand title as one of the supplement awards (B1). One pageant, Miss Bolivia, later appointed its runner-up as Miss Grand National titleholder (B2). All the remaining candidates were either determined through the casting or appointed without participating in any respective national pageants (C1 and C2), such as the representative of Mexico. The representatives of Cameroon, Meanwhile, the representative of Kosovo withdrew during the international pageant boot camp due to health issues. • Cuba: Daniela Hernández, who obtained the title from the Miss y Mister Cuba 2022 pageant, was replaced by Fabién Laurencio for undisclosed reasons. • Ecuador: Lisseth Naranjo, former Miss Grand Ecuador who resigned from the title before competing at the international pageant in 2020, was designated as the replacement for Emilia Vásquez, the first runner-up Miss Grand Ecuador 2021 who was appointed the country representative for Miss Grand International 2022, but resigned before competing internationally with undisclosed reasons. Laysha Salazar was then elected as the replacement. • Panama: Laura de Sanctis, former Miss Universe Panamá, was designated Miss Grand Panamá 2022 by a new Miss Grand Panama licensee, Chass Panamá, who took over the franchise from Señorita Panamá in mid-2022. Originally, Katheryn Yejas, one of the finalists of Señorita Panamá 2022 was named Miss Grand Panamá 2022. • Venezuela: Sabrina Deraneck, an appointed representative, resigned from the title, and Luiseth Materán was elected as the replacement. In this 2022 edition, three countries were expected to make their debuts, but two withdrew for unspecified reasons even though their representatives had already been determined; six countries that competed in the 2021 edition withdrew due to a lack of a national licensee, and 15 countries returned to the competition after being absent in the previous editions. Initially, seventy-two countries and territories franchises confirmed that they would send their candidates to Indonesia; however, representatives from Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan, withdrew before the pageant started, while the representative from Kosovo withdrew due to health problems at the fourth day of the pre-final activities, making the finalized total of sixty-eight contestants. The information is summarized below. ==National preliminary pageants==
National preliminary pageants
Thirty-nine countries organized national preliminary pageants (A1 - B2) to select their representatives for Miss Grand International 2022, the competition details are shown in the table below; 23 of which were the Miss Grand national contest (A1), however, 3 of these 39 candidates, the original Belgium, Cuba, and Panamanian representatives who were chosen through the respective national pageants, were later replaced by the other appointed candidates, as mentioned above; ==References==
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