Miss Grand Australia is an annual national beauty pageant in Australia established in 2014 by Nadasha Zhang to select the country's representative for the Miss Grand International pageant.
The first two editions were held jointly with Miss Supranational Australia before the pageant became a stand-alone competition in 2017, when Dani Fitch assumed the national license.
Since Australia's debut at Miss Grand International in 2013, its representatives have consistently placed among the Top 20 finalists, except in 2022. The country's best result came in 2015, when Claire Elizabeth Parker inherited the Miss Grand International title after the original winner was dethroned.
History Australia has regularly sent representatives to compete at the Miss Grand International pageant since 2013. The Australian license was initially held by Nadasha Zhang from 2013 to 2014, before being transferred to Renera Thompson in 2015, Dani Fitch in 2017, and Amber Dew in 2023.
The first Miss Grand Australia contest was held jointly with Miss Supranational Australia in 2014, featuring 19 national finalists, with Renera Thompson winning the Miss Grand Australia title. Thompson later represented Australia at Miss Grand International 2014 in Thailand, where she finished as the third runner-up. The two pageants were again held jointly in 2016. After Dani Fitch acquired the national license in the following year, Miss Grand Australia has since been organized as a stand-alone pageant.
Since its debut in 2013, Australia has consistently placed among the Top 20 finalists at Miss Grand International, except in 2022. The country's highest achievement came in 2015, when Claire Elizabeth Parker finished as the first runner-up and was later elevated to the winner's position after the original titleholder, of the Dominican Republic, was dethroned. Parker was subsequently stripped of the title in 2019 after competing in Miss Universe Australia 2019.
Editions Location and date
Edition Date Final venue Entrants 1st 30 August 2014 TRAK Live Lounge Bar, Melbourne, Victoria 2nd 14 August 2016 NIDA Playhouse Theatre, Sydney, New South Wales 3rd 30 June 2017 Doltone House - Hyde Park, Sydney, New South Wales 4th 16 June 2018Sofitel Sydney Wentworth, Sydney, New South Wales 5th 8 June 2019 6th 16 July 2022 7th 15 July 2023 RACV City Club, Melbourne, Victoria 8th 3 August 2024 Sofitel Darling Harbour, Sydney, New South Wales 9th 26 July 2025The Imperial Hotel, Gold Coast, Queensland 10th 20 June 2026 Notes
Competition result
EditionWinnerRunners-up First Second Third Fourth Fifth1st Renera Thompson Breanna Herbert colspan=4 2nd Dani Fitch Jessica Parrish Sophie Grosser colspan=3 3rd Kassandra Kashian Maddison Clare Sloane Sophie Grosser Amelia Conway Alana Thomas rowspan=2 4th Kimberly Gundani Chloe Maddison Ryan Jasmine Leatham Krishna Shukla Alana Thomas 5th Taylor Curry Marlene Anja Christ Offersen Lavinia White Alecia McCallum Jazel Alarca Jayde Crystal Wright 6th Amber Sidney Paitin Powell Brooke Murray Christy Taylor Lydia Harland rowspan=3 7th Mikaela-Rose Fowler Paitin Powell Brooke Murray Selina McCloskey Alecia McCallum 8th Paitin Powell Jada Kyle Patricia Sheeran Letitia Walker Courtney-Jade Tester 9th Gabriella Oxley Jada Kyle Rebecca Shandley Kiara McCarthy Rattana Luangnan Annabelle Munt 10th Cat Jane Shepherd Jamie Boyd Mischa Edwards Valentina Namnoum Sarah Rose
International competition The following is a list of Australian representatives who competed at the Miss Grand International pageant. Color keys
YearTownMiss Grand AustraliaTitlePlacementSpecial AwardsNational Director2026 Perth Cat Jane Shepherd Miss Grand Australia 2026 TBASophia Harris &Charlotte Allison-Bruce2025 Gold Coast Gabriella Oxley Miss Grand Australia 2025 Unplaced2024 Whitsundays Paitin Powell Miss Grand Australia 2024 Unplaced Dani Fitch2023 Mornington Mikaela-Rose Fowler Miss Grand Australia 2023 Unplaced Amber Sidney2022 Melbourne Amber Sidney Miss Grand Australia 2022 UnplacedDani Fitch2021 Sydney Angolina Amores Appointed Top 20 colspan=6 2019 Gold Coast Taylor Marlene Miss Grand Australia 2019 Top 102018 Melbourne Kimberly Gundani Miss Grand Australia 2018 Top 202017 Sydney Kassandra Kashian Miss Grand Australia 2017 Top 202016 Sydney Dani Fitch Miss Grand Australia 2016 Top 20Renera Thompson2015 Sydney Claire Elizabeth Parker Appointed Winner2014 Sydney Renera Thompson Miss Grand Australia 2014 3rd runner-upNadasha Zhang2013 Sydney Kelly Louise Maguire Appointed 4th runner-up
Notes
Winner gallery
References
External links
Miss Grand Australia official website