Miss Grand International 2018 was the sixth Miss Grand International pageant, held at the One Entertainment Park in Yangon, Myanmar, on October 25, 2018.
María José Lora of Peru crowned Clara Sosa of Paraguay as her successor at the end of the event.
Background Date and venue Two months after Miss Grand International 2017, the pageant organization announced that the next edition of the contest would be held in Yangoon, Myanmar on October 25, 2018.
Selection of participants
Contestants from 75 countries and territories were selected to compete in the competition. Thirty-one of these delegates were determined through the national pageant. Fourteen were appointed to their positions after being runner-ups in their national pageant or being selected through a casting process. Thirty delegates were appointed to the title without participating in any respective national pageants in this particular year.
The original representatives of Albania, Canada, Colombia, Kosovo, and Spain, who were elected through the national pageant, resigned from the titles, and caused the national directors to promote the runner-up to the title or appoint another delegate as replacement. The representatives of Bahamas, Namibia, and Singapore, were also elected through the national pageants, did not enter the pageant, and no replacements were assigned.
The representatives of Guatemala and Honduras were also appointed to participate but did not compete for undisclosed reasons. Miss Grand Lithuania, Jūratė Stasiūnaitė, withdrew during the pageant for personal reasons.
Results Placements PlacementContestant Miss Grand International 2018 – Clara Sosa 1st Runner-Up – Meenakshi Chaudhary 2nd Runner-Up – Nadia Purwoko 3rd Runner-Up – Nicole Colón 4th Runner-Up – Haruka OdaTop 10 – Meyté Brito – Lezly Díaz – Patricia López – Biliannis Alvarez – Bùi Phương Nga §Top 20 – Kimberly Gundani – Gabrielle Vilela – Nicole Menayo – Gladys Carredeguas – Aim Isengalieva – Hayley Robinson – Andrea Moberg – Talia Aibedullina – Pawani Vithanage – Hanna Louise Haag – Nam-oey Chanaphan § – Voted into the Top 10 by viewers and awarded as Miss Popular Vote
Special awards AwardContestantBest National Costume – Andrea MobergBest Evening Gown – Nam-oey ChanaphanBest in Swimsuit – Gladys CarredeguasBest in Social Media – Nadia PurwokoMiss Popular Vote – Bùi Phương Nga
Pageant Format In the grand final round on October 25, after an introduction section, twenty-one contestants, who were selected through the preliminary round held on October 23 as well as all pre-pageant scorings, qualified for the quarterfinal round, in which each of the qualified candidates competed in the swimsuit. The score from the quarterfinals, as well as all previous accumulation scores, determined the nine semifinal finalists, together with the winner of the Miss Popular vote, which was elected through public voting, completed the top ten.
The ten finalists competed against each other in the evening gown and speech session, then the final five were selected to continue in the question and answer portion, in which the winner and all four runners-up were determined.
The panel of judges in the preliminary round, including: Nawat Itsaragrisil – President of Miss Grand International Teresa Chaivisut – Vice president of Miss Grand International Janelee Chaparro – Miss Grand International 2013 from Puerto Rico Lees García – Miss Grand International 2014 from Cuba Claire Elizabeth Parker – Miss Grand International 2015 from Australia Ariska Putri Pertiwi – Miss Grand International 2016 from Indonesia Ivan Gunawan – Indonesian television personality and fashion designer
Contestants 75 contestants competed for the title Country/TerritoryDelegateAgeHometown AlbaniaKlaudia Kalia18Tirana ArgentinaJulieta Riveros21Cordoba AustraliaKimberly Gundani26Melbourne BelgiumElisabeth Moszkowicz26Brussels BoliviaElena Romero19Chuquisaca BrazilGabrielle Vilela26Rio de Janeiro BulgariaBeloslava Yordanova22Sofia CambodiaLika Dy20Kampong Chhnang CanadaGrace Diamani25OntarioPrissy Gomes25Tarrafal ChileMaría Catalina Flores Vargas23Santiago ChinaWanxin Xing24Beijing ColombiaSheyla Quizena21Barranquilla Cook IslandsTeau McKenzie23Avarua Costa RicaNicole Menayo24Heredia CubaGladys Carredeguas25Havana Czech RepublicKristýna Langová19Prague DenmarkNatasja Kunde17Copenhagen Dominican RepublicMayté Brito27San Cristobal EcuadorBlanca Arambulo28Guayaquil El SalvadorGénesis Fuentes24San Salvador EnglandChristina Baker23London EstoniaKarolin Kippasto22Tartu EthiopiaSamrawit Azmeraw23Addis Ababa FinlandErika Helin24Helsinki GermanyMona Schafnitzl24Bavaria GhanaHelen Matey24Accra GuadeloupeMéghan Monrose24Saint-Claude HaitiValierie Alcide23Port-au-Prince Hong KongEleanor Lam24Hong Kong IndiaMeenakshi Chaudhary21Haryana IndonesiaNadia Purwoko26Bengkulu JamaicaKadejah Anderson22Kingston JapanHaruka Oda24Saitama KazakhstanAim Isengalieva23Astrakhan KosovoSongyl Meniqi22Pristina LaosNobphalat Sikaiphak21Vientiane LebanonAnastasia Abou Mitri27Beirut MacauDébora de Oliveira22Macau MalaysiaDebra Jeanne Poh22Penang MexicoLezly Díaz23Jalisco MoldovaAlexandra Predus27Bucharest MongoliaBurte-Ujin Anu20Ulaanbaatar MyanmarSumyat Phoo23Naypyidaw NepalUrussa Joshi26Kathmandu NetherlandsKimberley Xhofleer 24Limburg New ZealandHayley Robinson26Auckland NorwayMaria Barbantonis27Oslo PanamaGabriela Mornhinweg22Panama City ParaguayClara Sosa24Asuncion PeruAndrea Moberg25Loreto PhilippinesEva Patalinjug24Cebu PolandMalwina Ratajczak19Szczecin PortugalPriscila Alves23Setubal Puerto RicoNicole Colón25San Juan RussiaTalia Aibedullina22Ulyanovsk ScotlandOlivia McPike20Edinburgh Sierra LeoneFanta Kabia21Freetown South AfricaMisha Christie van Blommestein26Pretoria South KoreaMin Choi26Seoul SpainPatricia López19Murcia Sri LankaPawani Vithanage23Colombo SurinameSafina Barsatie25Paramaribo SwedenHanna Louise Haag22Gefle TaiwanTania Tan Yi Rong 26Taipei TanzaniaQueen Mugesi Ainory Gesase18Dodoma TatarstanZulfiya Sharafeeva24Kazan ThailandNamoey Chanaphan25Chaiyaphum UkraineYana Laurinaichute26Kyiv United StatesPaola Cossyleon24Chicago United States Virgin IslandsMorgan Evans27Saint Croix VenezuelaBiliannis Alvarez20Falcon VietnamBùi Phương Nga20Ha Tinh WalesLauren Parkinson23Cardiff ZambiaIsabel Chikoti27Chingola
References
External links Miss Grand International official website