Miss Grand International 2023

Location and date On 25 June 2022, the organizer of the Miss Grand International pageant, MGI PCL, announced on their official social media that the 11th edition of the contest was scheduled to be held in Vietnam on 25 October 2023. This will be the second time for Vietnam to host the contest; the first was in 2017 at the Vinpearl Convention Center on Phú Quốc island. with an international press release at the Saigon South Marina Club on 5 July. with eventsin cities including Hanoi, Hạ Long, Da Nang, Hội An, Huế, and Ho Chi Minh City, from 3–25 October. Selection of participants Contestants from sixty-nine countries and territories were selected to compete in the competition. Forty-three of these were selected through their respective national pageants, four were appointed having been runners-up in their national pageants, or were selected through a casting process, twenty-three were appointed to the title without participating in any national pageant. The original representatives of Ecuador, India, Portugal, and Trinidad and Tobago were unable to compete for various reasons, which caused their national directors to promote the runners-up to the title or assign other participants as replacements. At this competition, six countries were expected to debut. Eleven countries that competed at the 10th edition withdrew due to a lack of national licensees, and eight countries returned to the competition after being absent in previous contests. Initially, seventy-four country and territory franchises confirmed that they would send their candidates to Vietnam. Those that did not compete were Equatorial Guinea (failed to appoint a delegate), Miss Grand Guadeloupe (unknown reasons), Miss Grand South Sudan (visa problems), Miss Grand Sri Lanka (family death), and Miss Grand Portugal (refused to participate). == Results ==

Placements § – Voted into the Top 10 by viewers and awarded as Miss Popular Vote ‡ – Voted into the Top 20 by viewers and awarded as Country's Power of the Year Special awards == Ancillary events ==

Fan vote On 28 September 2023, one week before the pageant schedule, pre-arrival voting on the organizer's Facebook and Instagram pages was launched. The five contestants with the most scores, calculated by the number of likes and shares on their portrait photos posted on the mentioned social media platforms, acquired the right to be present at the exclusive dinner with the pageant president, Nawat Itsaragrisil, and the vice president, Teresa Chaivisut, on October 4, at the Grand K Hotel Suites Hanoi. Another voting challenge with the same strategy, Best in Áo dài, was started after the end of the first voting event, in which the contestants were divided into three geographical groups namely Asia & Oceania, Europe & Africa, and America & Latin America. Two winners of each group obtained the right to have a special talk with the pageant's director at the Citadines Marina Halong, Hạ Long, on 8 October. Country's Power of the Year challenge The Country's Power of the Year award returned after being introduced for the first time in 2020, with fans able to vote for delegates to advance to the Top 20 through Instagram and Facebook. All candidates were divided into ten groups for the first round. The winner of each of these two groups will have competed against each other in the final voting round and the winner automatically be part of the Top 20. Grand Voice contest The audition round of the Grand Voice Award singing contest is scheduled for 14 October 2023, at the Nami Beach Club – Mikazuki Japanese Resort and Spa in Da Nang. About 40 delegates applied for the audition round, The last five contestants competed again on the preliminary night held on 22 October at the Phú Thọ Indoor Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, and the winner was announced on the grand final stage on 25 October. Best in Swimsuit The Best in Swimsuit contest was organized at the Da Nang Mikazuki Japanese Resorts & Spa on 12 October 2023; however, due to contestants falling due to wearing high heels in a rainstorm, the contest was held again as the indoor event on 14 October 2023. The challenge's qualified finalists were elected through both the public vote and directly chosen by the panel of judges. The winner of which was announced in the pageant grand final held on 25 October. The top 20, top 10, and top 6 qualified costumes were determined through both public vote and the judges' selection; ==Pageant==

Format As previously done in 2022, twenty semi-finalists were selected to continue in the competition. The results of the preliminary competition — which consisted of the swimsuit competition, the evening gown competition, the closed-door interviews, and other pageant activities determined the nineteen semi-finalists who advanced in the first cut. The winner of the Country of the Year award, determined through public voting, completed the twenty semi-finalists, who then competed at the swimsuit competition. Then, five finalists were chosen to compete at the question and answer portion where the winner and the first to fourth runners-up were determined. The remainder of the ten semi-finalists were enthroned as fifth runners-up. • Hoàng Thanh Nga — Mrs. Vietnam 2022 • Nguyễn Thị Như Lan — Vietnamese businesswoman • Phạm Kim Dung — Miss Grand Vietnam national director • Teresa Chaivisut — Vice president Miss Grand International PCL • Nawat Itsaragrisil — President Miss Grand International PCL • Isabella Menin — Miss Grand International 2022 from Brazil • Nguyễn Thúc Thùy Tiên — Miss Grand International 2021 from Vietnam ;Final competition • Hà Kiều Anh — Miss Vietnam 1992 • Hoàng Thanh Nga — Mrs. Vietnam 2022 • Nguyễn Thị Như Lan — Vietnamese businesswoman ==Contestants==

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