Miss Grand International 2026 will be the 14th Miss Grand International pageant, scheduled to be held at the MGI Hall in Bangkok, Thailand on 10 October 2026.
Emma Tiglao of the Philippines will crown her successor at the end of the event.
Background Location and date On 18 October 2025 at Miss Grand International 2025, India was announced as the host country for the 2026 contest in October 2026. Events would be held across three cities: Jaipur, Agra, and New Delhi. It was later announced announced that the New Delhi venue would be the Indira Gandhi Arena in New Delhi, with contestants arriving on 18 September. On 26 August, the organizers announced the competition schedule, with the national costume show scheduled for 5 October, the preliminary competition for 7 October, and the final competition for 10 October.
On 3 September 2026, the Miss Grand International (MGI) announced that all events in India had been discontinued, and would be relocated to the MGI Hall in Bangkok, Thailand. The decision followed the host country’s failure to fulfill its contractual obligations and meet the standards agreed upon with Miss Grand International. The agreement had stipulated five-star standards for both hospitality and production throughout the competition. After discussions and efforts to resolve the issues, the Miss Grand International Organization stated that the required standards had not been met, terminated its activities in India, and moved the contest to Thailand.
Selection of participants Three participants were appointed to compete as the runner-up in their national pageant, while four were selected to replace an original winner.
The license holders in Luxembourg, and Morocco have paid the franchise fees but will not send representatives to compete.
Replacements Hyun-jin Kim of South Korea was replaced by Lang Sa for undisclosed reasons, while Sara Gouda of Egypt was succeeded by Menna El Batran following a change in the license holder. Rebecca Attiogbe of Ghana and Erica Iren Vihovde of Norway were replaced by Adelaide Somuah and Ayu Zhafira Kynbråten.
Returns and withdrawals South Sudan returned having last competed in 2017; Moldova, Norway and Sierra Leone in 2018; Lebanon in 2019; Iran and Uruguay in 2020; Mongolia in 2022; Romania in 2023; and Bangladesh, Chile, Côte d'Ivoire, Honduras, Pakistan, and Russia in 2024.
Matangaro Tarabay of the Cook Islands, Rufina Gasanova of Kyrgyzstan, Sarah-Louisa Rohrer of Switzerland, Maria Kolotilo of Ukraine, and Charity Mumba of Zambia withdrew from the competition.
Pageant The pageant will be broadcast on GrandTV’s YouTube channel. Format The grand final will be contested by 78 delegates. Twenty will advance to the semi-final, including three fast-track winners of the Grand Talent, Country Power of the Year, and Miss Popular Vote, with the remaining seventeen selected by the judges. The semi-finalists will then compete in the swimsuit round.
Ten contestants will advance to the next round, with nine selected by the judges and one by public online voting. This round will comprise the evening gown competition and the "Stop the War" speech segment. A final five will be selected, with four chosen by the judges and one by public online voting. The winner and runners-up will then be announced following the final Question and Answer round.
Fast-track and sub-events Grand Talent The preliminary round of the Grand Talent competition was held on 24 September, with the contestants narrowed down to fifteen and then to seven on the same day. The seven finalists will compete in the final round at the MGI Hall, with the winner automatically qualifying for the top 20 at the final. Placement Contestant Winner TBDTop 7 – Hana Dědková – Keitty Familia – Sara Chiba – Regina Ganzenko – Andrijana Delibašić – Vicky Carbonell – Victoria OluwakotanmiTop 15 – Shyare Andrade – Emely Alemán – Pety Juárez – Nicole Bacon – Estèe-Mari Smit – Alba María Ruiz – Patthama Jitsawat – Emoura Phạm
Country Power of the Year The "Country Power of the Year" fast-track winner will be determined through public voting on social media. The first round narrowed the contestants down to 40 and concluded on 27 September. These were then divided into four groups of 10, with another round of voting selecting two contestants from each group. This round concluded on 30 September. The remaining eight contestants then advanced to the third round, where the top four were determined through paid voting on the official website. Votes from this round also counted toward the "Miss Popular Vote" competition.
In the quarter-final round, public voting was conducted through the official Instagram account, with three of the remaining four contestants advancing to the semi-final round. The final two contestants were then determined through paid voting on the official website. The overall winner will automatically advance to the Top 20 at the grand coronation night.
PlacementContestant Winner Top 3 – Shyare Andrade – Jihan Dimack – Emoura Phạm Top 4 – Ignacia Michelson Top 8 – Ximena Carrillo – Zara Younus – Micaela Viveros – Angelica Lopez Top 40 – Marlène Kouassi
Contestants
Country/Territory Contestant Age Hometown Albania 22 Tirana Armenia 25 Sisian Australia 26 Perth Bangladesh 25 Chittagong Belgium 21 Bierges Bolivia 27 Cochabamba Brazil 33 Foz do Iguaçu Canada 29 Vancouver Chile 33 Santiago China 24 Suzhou Colombia 20 Cartagena Costa Rica 28 Heredia Côte d'Ivoire 27 Aboisso Cuba 25 Guanajay Czech Republic 25 Ostrava Dominican Republic 19 Santo Domingo Ecuador 23 Portoviejo Egypt 22 Cairo El Salvador 19 Santa Tecla France 20 Honfleur Georgia 18 Tbilisi Ghana 29 Kwahu Guatemala 22 Guatemala City Guyana 27 New Haven Haiti 26 Puerto Plata Honduras 27 Catacamas Hong Kong 27 Kowloon India 23 Chennai Indonesia 25 Batam Iran 26 Tehran Italy 27 Civitavecchia Jamaica 30 Kingston Japan 21 Higashiura Kazakhstan 28 Almaty Kosovo 23 Pristina Laos 24 Vientiane Lebanon 24 Beirut Malaysia 22 Selangor Malta 27 Birkirkara Mexico 29 Angostura Moldova 24 Chișinău Mongolia 24 Ulaanbaatar Montenegro 26 Podgorica Myanmar 20 Hpakant Nepal 23 Birendranagar Netherlands 22 Groningen New Zealand 22 Dunedin Nicaragua 27 Managua Nigeria 21 Lagos Norway 23 Lørenskog Pakistan 25 Islamabad Paraguay 21 Pedro Juan Caballero Peru 26 Arequipa Philippines 25 Bataraza Portugal 27 Lisbon Puerto Rico 24 Toa Baja Romania 27 Râmnicu Vâlcea Russia 24 Saratov Sierra Leone 24 Pujehun Singapore 23 Toa Payoh Slovakia 21 Pezinok South Africa 18 Roodepoort South Korea 28 Seoul South Sudan 29 Melbourne Spain 22 Baeza Sri Lanka 20 Colombo Taiwan 25 Taipei Tanzania 30 Dar es Salaam Thailand 33 Surin Turkey 19 Alanya United Kingdom 25 Mumbai United States 25 San Antonio United States Virgin Islands 25 O'Fallon Uruguay 24 New Orleans Venezuela 26 Carora Vietnam 26 Ho Chi Minh City Zimbabwe 27 Lekki
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References
External links Miss Grand International official website