Miss Grand Thailand

Background Miss Grand Thailand was founded in 2013 by Nawat Itsaragrisil, a television host and producer who produced Miss Thailand World for BEC-Tero for seven years until 2012. Its inaugural edition was global broadcast on Let's Veit VTC9 of Vietnam, Arirang TV of South Korea, the FashionTV, The winner is the country's representative to Miss Grand International, also launched in 2013. In 2016, Miss Grand Thailand began franchising provincial competitions to organizers, who would produce seventy-seven provincial titleholders to compete at the national pageant. The winner is regularly chosen to be worn by the country's representative at international pageants. In 2020, the pageant ended its partnership with Channel 7 due to internal conflicts with one of the acting board executives and switched to One 31. Under Channel 7, the pageant had the most popular viewership on Thai TV, compared to its rival, Miss Universe Thailand. The COVID-19 pandemic cancelled the pageant in 2020 and 2021 In mid-2021; the provincial pageants could not be held to elect the representatives for the national contest either, and it was decided to designate the first runner-up of the 2020 edition to represent the country Miss Grand International 2021 competition instead. Local pageants are also held in provinces such as Nan and Khon Kaen) to find delegates for the provincial competitions. The provincial winners are titled "Miss Grand (Province)", and are not permitted to participate in any beauty pageants without the organization's consent. Notable contestants Amanda Obdam of Phuket, is a Thai – Canadian model who won Miss Grand Phuket 2016. She then represented her province at the Miss Grand Thailand 2016; and reached the top ten. She served as a mental health ambassador for the Thailand Department of Mental Health, until 2021, she was removed for criticising the government. Who had allegedly engaged in police brutality during the 2020–2021 Thai protests against their pro-military government. Obdam then served as ambassador of the non-governmental organization, the Mirror Foundation,Thailand. This focuses on assisting patients with Psychiatric problems who do not have a place to live. Location and date The following is a list of Miss Grand Thailand pageant edition and information, from its inception in 2013. == Main pageant ==

Ancillary activities The ancillary activities usually consist of three sub-events: the best in swimsuit competition, darling of the host round, and the national costume parade. and 2014 in Buriram Some ancillary winners are automatically advanced to the final round at the finals night or even received a job offer from the affiliated company. For example, the winner of the Best Voice Award in 2017 was placed in the top 12, regardless of their accumulation points, ;Special award winners }} }} }} }} }} }} }} }} }} }} ;Notes :1. No swimsuit contest was held, the winners were determined by the panel of judges during the final competition under the title Miss Being Bodyline in 2013 and Miss Healthy in 2014. :2. Since 2018, the Best Evening Gown award was renamed to the Best Designer award, honored to the designers instead of the province representatives. :3. In 2019, the Miss Popular Vote award was renamed the People Choice award. Grand Final Since the establishment of the pageant, the final coronation is always held in Bangkok, Thailand's capital city. The twenty quarterfinalists will be announced on the stage after the introduction portion. During 2013 – 2018, all quarterfinalists were chosen from the initial pool of delegates through a closed-door interview, swimsuit round, and the preliminary competition, then the judges selected the ten semi-finalists as well as the five finalists based on their performances on the final stage, as usually done in other pageants. Five contestants with the highest preliminary accumulation points from each region advance to the top 20 round. In the semifinalists round (top 10) of the aforementioned system, the remaining 10 candidates compete in an evening gown and deliver their speeches on assigned topics then the judges select the top five finalists, only one candidate of each group together with the other one which is preferentially selected from the initial pool of Top 10 by the president, advance to the top five round and then compete in the question-and-answer portion, where all entrants are asked the same question about the ongoing situations in the country to determine the winner. All selection process above is shown in the diagram below. ==Titleholders==

Traditional placements :* Miss Grand Thailand :* Miss Earth Thailand :* Miss Supranational Thailand :* Miss Intercontinental Thailand :* Miss Tourism Thailand :* The Miss Globe Thailand :* Miss Eco Thailand :* Top Model of the Thailand :* Miss United Continents Thailand :* Face of Beauty Thailand :* Miss Aura Thailand :* Miss Asia Pacific Thailand :* Miss Tourism Queen of the Year Thailand :* Miss Tourism Metropolitan Thailand :* Miss South East Asia Tourism Thailand :* Miss Chinese World Thailand :* Miss Landscapes Thailand :* Miss Globe Thailand :* Dethrone ;Notes :1. For the 2013 edition, the 5th – 2nd placements were announced as Miss Globe Thailand, Miss Intercontinental Thailand, Miss Supranational Thailand, and 1st runner-up Miss Grand Thailand, respectively. :2. For the 2014 edition, the 5th – 2nd placements were announced as Miss Tourism Thailand, Miss Intercontinental Thailand, Miss Supranational Thailand, and Miss Earth Thailand, respectively. :3. For the 2015 edition, the 5th – 2nd placements were announced as First runner-up Miss Grand Thailand, Miss Tourism Thailand, Miss Intercontinental Thailand, and Miss Supranational Thailand, respectively. :4. For the 2016 edition, the 5th – 2nd placements were announced as Miss Top Model Thailand, Miss Tourism Thailand, Miss Intercontinental Thailand, and Miss Supranational Thailand, respectively. Supplemental 5th runners-up Beginning in 2022, the remaining top 10 or 11 finalists were automatically crowned the 5th runners-up. Supplementary Appointee • Since 2014, the remaining contestants have been given supplementary appointments to the titles. == Participating Province finalists ==

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Usually, the Miss Grand Thailand finalists are granted the right to participate in various international contests affiliated with the organization. During 2013–2016, their placements had been being announced under the international pageant titles they acquired the right to participate. Originally, the Organizer IQ Co., Ltd. planned to arrange a press conference of the Miss Earth Thailand 2014 pageant on 5 August, and the coronation night was scheduled on 28 September, to elect the candidate for Miss Earth 2014 but unfortunately lost the franchise to Miss Grand Thailand Ltd. who elected Sasi Sintawee, the first runner-up , to participate in the said international pageant. The resignation of the finalists was observed in 2014, 2015, and 2017 editions; , who has been crowned Miss Supranational Thailand in the 2014 edition, was forced to resign the title due to undisclosed health problems that caused the organization to select Parapadsorn Vorrasirinda, Miss Grand Thailand 2014, to instead compete in ; in which she finished as the first runner-up. but rarely won the main title. The following are the highlights performance of Miss Grand Thailand titleholders in international pageants since its inception in 2013. • One  —  Miss Intercontinental winner: Pataraporn Wang (2014) • One  —  The Miss Globe winner: Chayathanus Saradatta (2025) • Two  —  Miss Tourism International winners: Suphatra Kliangprom (2022) and Tia Li Taveepanichpan (2023) • One  —  Miss Aura International winner: Ketwalee Plobdee (2023) • One  —  Miss Tourism Metropolitan International winner: Amanda Obdam (2016) • One  —  Miss Southeast Asia Tourism Ambassador winner: Yada Theppanom (2015) • One  —  Face of Beauty International winner: Peerachada Khunrak (2019) Current Franchises Color keys Miss Grand International The Miss Globe Miss Tourism International Face of Beauty International Miss Asia Pacific International Miss Aura International Miss Chinese World Miss Eco International Past Franchises Color keys Miss Earth Miss Supranational Miss Intercontinental Miss United Continents Miss Tourism Queen of the Year International Miss Tourism Metropolitan International Miss South East Asia Tourism Ambassadress Miss Landscapes International Top Model of the World Miss Globe International == Controversies ==

Regional dethronement and license termination Since the pageant franchise was distributed to the local organizer in 2016, several incidents of provincial champion dethronement and license cessation have been observed, especially in the first few years of an allotment. However, the provincial pageant was later held again under the direction of a new franchise holder to select a new representative for the national contest. The candidate from Surin province was dethroned due to the aforementioned circumstances as well. In addition, the organization's investigation found a corrupted issue in the regional pageant of Samut Sakhon Province. Therefore, the competition result was not authenticated and the license was transferred to another organizer, who held the substituted contest to elect the replacement later in Bangkok. Following the national contest completion, the Phatthalung titleholder has subsequently been removed from the provincial title in late November as a result of taking part in the Miss International 2017 pageant in Japan without informing the organization. In the 2018 season, two provincial title holders were dismissed and received a permanent prohibition to engage in any exhibition related to Miss Grand Thailand Ltd. when the representatives of Yasothon and Lampang province participated in other contests without completing the year of reign. There have been no more dethronements by the central organizer since then. == See also ==