Miss Grand International 2014 was the second edition of the Miss Grand International pageant, held on 7 October 2014 at the Indoor Stadium Huamark in Bangkok, Thailand. Contestants from eighty-five countries and territories competed for the title, of whom the representative of Cuba, Lees García, was announced the winner and received a reward of 40,000 USD cash. Meanwhile, the representatives of Australia, Canada, Colombia, and Ethiopia were named the runners-up.
The pageant's grand final featured a live performance of Miss Grand International 2013 – third runner-up, Ali Forbes, and was broadcast nationwide via the Channel 7, with two Thai television personalities, Matthew Deane and Sonia Couling, as the event's MCs.
Initially, more than ninety candidates were confirmed to participate, withdrawals included, Soumia Benmebrouk of Algeria, Ané Reynolds of South Africa, and Dijana Cvijetic of Switzerland.
Background Date and venue The pageant press launch was on 18 November 2014, at the Suvarnabhumi Airport, after the arrival of all candidates. At the event, the pageant schedule was announced, with activities running from 19 November to 7 October in three different cities, including Sukhothai, Nakhon Pathom, and Bangkok.
As with the previous edition, the pageant had four main events, including the swimsuit contest, held on 23 November at the Sukhothai Heritage Resort, Sukhothai; the national costume contest, held on 28 November at Sampran Riverside Theater, Nakhon Pathom; and the preliminary and final rounds in Bangkok on 5 and 7 October at the Indoor Stadium Huamark.
Selection of Participants Of the eighty-five participating candidates, only eight were elected through Miss Grand National pageants, including the representatives of Albania, Australia, Botswana, Brazil, Curaçao, Kosovo, Philippines, and Thailand. Five candidates were the main winners of other pageants, including Xue Han from Miss China 2014, Bahareh Heidari from the Miss Iran 2014 online pageant, Dajana Laketic – Face of Malta 2014 winner, Jasy ln Tan from Miss Singapore Islandia 2014, and Tashana Losche from Miss Tropical Beauties Suriname 2014. The remaining candidates were either the runners-up in other national pageants or directly picked by national directors without competing in national stages.
Results Placements PlacementContestantMiss Grand International 2014 Cuba – Lees García1st runner-up Ethiopia – Hiwot Bekele (Dethroned)2nd runner-up Canada – Kathryn Kohut3rd runner-up Australia – Renera Thompson4th runner-up Colombia – Mónica CastañoTop 10 Haiti – Lisa Drouillard Indonesia – Margenie Winarti Poland – Angelika Ogryzek Russia – Yana Dubnik Thailand – Parapadsorn DisdamrongTop 20 Brazil – Yameme lbrahim Israel – Hodaya Cohen Japan – Mieko Takeuchi Mexico – Marsha Ramírez Peru – Sophía Venero Puerto Rico – Rebeca Valentín Sri Lanka – Iresha Asanki Ukraine – Nadiya Karplyuk United Kingdom – Georgia Smith Venezuela – Alix Sosa
Special awards AwardsContestantBest National Costume – Thùy Linh CaoBest Evening Gown – Margenie WinartiBest in Swimsuit – Parapadsorn DisdamrongBest in Social Media – Mieko TakeuchiMiss Popular Vote – Tim Sreyneat
Pageant Format In the grand final round held on 7 October, after an introduction, twenty contestants, who were selected through the preliminary round held on 5 October as well as all pre-pageant scorings, qualified for the top 20, in which each of the qualified candidates competed in the swimsuit. The score from this round, together with all previous accumulation scores, determined the top 10 finalists who then competed against each other in the evening gown and speech session. Based on accumulation scores, the final five were selected to continue in the question and answer portion, where the winner and runners-up were determined.
Contestants 85 contestants competed for the title. Country/Territory Delegate Age Hometown Albania 19Tirana Argentina 19Buenos Aires Australia 27Sydney Belgium 23Malle Bolivia 18Santa Cruz de la Sierra Bosnia and Herzegovina 25Bihać Botswana 18Gaborone Brazil 23Criciúma Cambodia 24Phnom Penh Cameroon 18Yaoundé Canada 23Wetaskiwin Chile 21Temuco China 24Beijing Colombia 25Palmira Costa Rica 26San José Côte d'Ivoire 20Yamoussoukro Cuba 27Havana Curaçao 22Willemstad Czech Republic 23Brno Dominican Republic 19New York City Ecuador 25Guayaquil Estonia 23Viljandi Ethiopia 23Addis Ababa Finland 26Turku France 21Perpignan Germany 22Eschweiler Greece 22Athens Guam 22Asan Haiti 23Port-au-Prince Hong Kong 23Hong Kong Hungary 21Budapest India 22Mumbai Indonesia 22Pekanbaru Iran 24Tehran Israel 22Beersheba Japan 21Kobe Kazakhstan 19Aktau Kosovo 21Gjilan Kurdistan 25Stockholm Lebanon 22Zahlé Luxembourg 21Luxembourg City Macau 24Macau Malaysia 25Kuala Lumpur Malta 25Swatar Mauritius 23Curepipe Mexico 22Mérida Mongolia 23Ulaanbaatar Myanmar 21Kachin Nepal 19Sankhuwasabha Netherlands 18Zwolle New Zealand 18Auckland Nicaragua 20Managua Nigeria 25Abuja Norway 24Asker Pakistan 25Karachi Panama 24Macaracas Paraguay 20Encarnación Peru 24Chiclayo Philippines 18Mindoro Oriental Poland 22Szczecin Portugal 23Angra do Heroísmo Puerto Rico 19 Dorado Romania 28Brașov Russia 22Novosibirsk Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 22Kingstown Samoa 20Apia Singapore 22Singapore Slovakia 21Bratislava South Korea 26Seoul South Sudan 20Juba Spain 19Almería Sri Lanka 23Colombo Suriname 25Paramaribo Sweden 21Estocolmo Tahiti 22Papeete Taiwan 24Taipei Tanzania 20Dar es Salaam Thailand 23Nakhon Ratchasima Ukraine 23Volinia United Kingdom 20Liverpool United States 18Washington D. C. United States Virgin Islands 22Charlotte Amalie Venezuela 25Caracas Vietnam 23Ho Chi Minh City Zimbabwe 23Harare
References
External links Miss Grand International official website