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Miss Grand Australia

Miss Grand Australia is an annual national female beauty pageant in Australia founded in 2014 by Nadasha Zhang,[1] aiming to select the country's representatives to participate at its parent international pageant, Miss Grand International.[2][3] Its first two editions were held concurrently with Miss Supranational Australia before being held separately after the license was transferred to Dani Fitch in 2017.[2][3][4][5][6]

Miss Grand Australia
FormationAugust 30, 2014; 10 years ago (2014-08-30)
FounderNadasha Zhang
TypeBeauty pageant
HeadquartersSydney
Location
Membership
Miss Grand International
Official language
English
National Director
Amber Dew
Parent organization
Rise Academy (2017 – Present)
WebsiteOfficial Website

The reigning Miss Grand Australia is Mikaela-Rose Fowler from Victoria who was crowned on 15 July 2023 at the RACV City Club, she will represent the country in Miss Grand International 2023 to be held on 25 October 2023 in Vietnam.[7]

History

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Australia has usually been sending its representative to compete at the Miss Grand International since 2013. In 2013–2014, the license belonged to Nadasha Zhang,[1] and was transferred to Renera Thompson in 2015,[1] then to Dani Fitch and Amber Dew in 2017 and 2023, respectively.[1][6]

The first contest of Miss Grand Australia was held in parallel with Miss Supranational Australia in 2014, featuring 19 national finalists,[4] of which "Renera Thompson" was named the winner.[8][9] Thompson later participated in Miss Grand International 2014 in Thailand, where she was elected the third runner-up.[8] Later in 2016, the contest was also held in parallel with Miss Supranational Australia,[5] however, after the license was purchased by Dani Fitch in the following year, the Miss Grand Australia pageant has been arranged independently since then.[2][3][6]

Since their first participation in 2013, Australian representatives have consistently placed at least among the top 20 finalists, except in 2022. The highest performance was the first runner-up in 2015, obtained by Claire Elizabeth Parker [es] who was later promoted to take over the winner title after the original winner, Anea Garcia [es] of the Dominican Republic, had been dethroned.[10] However, Parker was later delegitimized from the position in 2019 due to partaking in Miss Universe Australia 2019.[10][11]

Editions

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Date and venue

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Miss Grand Australia Editions
Year Edition Date Venue Host state Entrants Ref.
2014[α] 1st 30 August TRAK Live Lounge Bar, Melbourne Victoria 19 [4]
2016[β] 2nd 14 August NIDA Playhouse Theatre, Sydney New South Wales 18 [5][12]
2017 3rd 30 June Doltone House - Hyde Park, Sydney
16
 [13][14]
2018 4th 16 June Sofitel Sydney Wentworth, Sydney
28
 [3][15]
2019 5th 8 June
29
[16]
2022 6th 16 July
20
[17]
2023 7th 15 July RACV City Club, Melbourne Victoria 30 [18][19]
2024 8th 3 August Sofitel Darling Harbour, Sydney New South Wales 21 [20][21][22]
Note
1. ^α Held in parallel with Miss Supranational Australia 2014.[4]
2. ^β Held in parallel with Miss Supranational Australia 2016.[5]

Competition results

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Year Miss Grand Australia Runners-up Ref.
1st runner-up 2nd runner-up 3rd runner-up 4th runner-up 5th runner-up
2014 Renera Thompson Breanna Herbert — [8][9]
2016 Dani Fitch Jessica Parrish Sophie Grosser — [6][5]
2017 Kassandra Kashian Maddison Clare Sloane Sophie Grosser Amelia Conway Alana Thomas — [2]
2018 Kimberly Gundani Chloe Maddison Ryan Jasmine Leatham Krishna Shukla Alana Thomas — [3]
2019 Taylor Marlene Anja Christ Offersen Lavinia Grace White Alecia Mccallum Jazel Alarca Jayde Crystal Wright [16][23]
2022 Amber Sidney Paitin Powell Brooke Murray Christy Taylor Lydia Harland — [7]
2023 Mikaela-Rose Fowler Paitin Powell Brooke Murray Selina McCloskey Alecia McCallum — [18][24]
2024 Paitin Powell Jada Kyle Patricia Sheeran Letitia Walker Courtney-Jade Tester — [25]
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  •  
    Miss Grand Australia 2024
    Paitin Powell
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    Miss Grand Australia 2023
    Mikaela-Rose Fowler
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    Miss Grand Australia 2022
    Amber Sidney
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    Miss Grand Australia 2021
    Angolina Amores
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    Miss Grand Australia 2015
    Claire Elizabeth Parker
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    Miss Grand Australia 2014
    Renera Thompson

International competition

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The following is a list of Australian representatives who competed at the Miss Grand International pageant.

Color keys
  •   : Declared as the winner
  •   : Ended as a runner-up (Top 5)
  •   : Ended as a finalist (Top 10)
  •   : Ended as a semifinalist (Top 20/21)
  •   : Ended as special awards winner
Year Town Miss Grand Australia National title
(Title obtained from the national contest) 		Competition performance National director
Placement Special awards
2024 Whitsundays Paitin Powell[25] Miss Grand Australia 2024 Unplaced[26] Dani Fitch
2023 Mornington Mikaela-Rose Fowler[18][24] Miss Grand Australia 2023 Unplaced Amber Sidney
2022 Melbourne Amber Sidney[7] Miss Grand Australia 2022 Unplaced Dani Fitch
2021 Sydney Angolina Amores[27] Appointed Top 20
2020 Did not compete
2019 Gold Coast Taylor Marlene[16][23] Miss Grand Australia 2019 Top 10
2018 Melbourne Kimberly Gundani[3] Miss Grand Australia 2018 Top 20
2017 Sydney Kassandra Kashian[2] Miss Grand Australia 2017 Top 20
2016 Sydney Dani Fitch[6][5] Miss Grand Australia 2016 Top 20 Renera Thompson
2015 Sydney Claire Elizabeth Parker[10][α] Appointed 1st runner-up[α]
2014 Sydney Renera Thompson[8][9] Miss Grand Australia 2014 3rd runner-up Nadasha Zhang
2013 Sydney Kelly Louise Maguire[8][28] Appointed 4th runner-up
Note
^α Later temporarily assumed Miss Grand International 2015.[10][11]

References

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  2. ^ a b c d e "Kassandra Kashian wins Miss Grand Australia 2017". Pacific Press Publishing Association. 2017. Archived from the original on 10 August 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Kimberly Gundani crowned Miss Grand Australia 2018". Times of India. 17 June 2018. Archived from the original on 8 June 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  4. ^ a b c d Douglas Estwick (30 August 2014). "Belinda Cameron set on business success and Miss Supranational". The Courier-Mail. Archived from the original on 8 June 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  5. ^ a b c d e f "Silka Kurzak is Miss Supranational Australia 2016". Times of India. 17 August 2016. Archived from the original on 12 August 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  6. ^ a b c d e "Meet The Stunning Dani Fitch: The National Director Of Miss Grand Australia". StarCentral Magazine. 2017. Archived from the original on 8 August 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  7. ^ a b c Duy Nam (19 July 2022). "Á hậu 3 tại Hoa hậu Quốc tế 2017 bất ngờ gác lại danh hiệu để tìm tấm vé đến với Miss Grand 2022". Kênh 14 (in Vietnamese). Archived from the original on 8 August 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  8. ^ a b c d e "Miss Grand International runner up in bikini". Times of India. 5 November 2016. Archived from the original on 10 August 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  9. ^ a b c "Người đẹp Cuba đăng quang Miss Grand International 2014". Sài Gòn Giải Phóng (in Vietnamese). 8 October 2014. Archived from the original on 10 August 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  10. ^ a b c d "Miss Grand International 2015 stripped of her title – BeautyPageants". Times of India. Archived from the original on 10 August 2022. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  11. ^ a b Thiên Anh (23 March 2019). "Cựu Hoa hậu Hòa bình nhận 'vé vớt' thi Miss Universe Australia". iOne (in Vietnamese). Archived from the original on 14 February 2021. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  12. ^ "Dani Fitch crowned Miss Grand Australia 2016". Times of India. 16 August 2016. Archived from the original on 8 June 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  13. ^ "Kymberlee Street, the next Miss Grand Australia? - Kymberlee Street, ang susunod na Miss Grand Australia". SBS. 2017. Archived from the original on 8 June 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  14. ^ Alex Lafrentz (9 May 2017). "Brace Yourself, Sydney: The 2017 Miss Grand Australia National Finals Is Heading Your Way". StarCentral Magazine. Archived from the original on 8 August 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  15. ^ Annalyn Violata (9 June 2018). "Kymberlee Street, the next Miss Grand Australia?". SBS. Archived from the original on 8 June 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  16. ^ a b c "Taylor Marlene Curry crowned Miss Grand Australia 2019". Times of India. 13 June 2019. Archived from the original on 8 June 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  17. ^ "Just over one month until we crown our Miss Grand Australia 2022!". Miss Grand Australia. 6 June 2022. Archived from the original on 10 February 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  18. ^ a b c Trang Shaelyn (17 July 2023). "Vietnamese designer's dress wins Best Evening Gown at Miss Grand Australia". VNExpress. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
  19. ^ "Tân Miss Grand Australia đăng quang nhờ "xin vía" trang phục của NTK Việt Nam" (in Vietnamese). Tiền Phong. 17 July 2023. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
  20. ^ Jonathon Moron (15 July 2024). "Beauty queen's harrowing story: 'I was forced into child prostitution'". The Mercury. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  21. ^ "The Grand Gala: Miss Grand Australia National Finals in support of Destiny Rescue". humanitix.com. 2024. Archived from the original on 19 July 2024. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  22. ^ Rifai (21 May 2024). "18 Potret Finalis Miss Grand Australia 2024, Ada Keturunan Indonesia!" (in Indonesian). IDN Times. Archived from the original on 19 July 2024. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  23. ^ a b "Winner of Miss Grand Australia - Taylor Marlene Curry". F Magazine [fr]. 24 June 2019. Archived from the original on 8 August 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  24. ^ a b "Peru wins Miss Grand International 2023; PH makes early exit". ABS-CBN. 25 October 2023. Archived from the original on 25 October 2023. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  25. ^ a b "Whitsunday Local Crowned Miss Grand Australia 2024". Mackay and Whitsunday Life. 7 August 2024. Archived from the original on 7 August 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  26. ^ Josiah Antonio (25 October 2024). "India wins Miss Grand International 2024; PH bet CJ Opiaza is 1st runner-up". ABS-CBN News. Archived from the original on 25 October 2024. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
  27. ^ "Miss Grand International 2021: conoce el día, hora, participantes y cómo ver EN VIVO el certamen internacional". La República (in Spanish). 4 December 2021. Archived from the original on 10 August 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  28. ^ "Miss Grand International Finals: Top 5 Contestants & Pageant Highlights". The Free Libraly. 9 November 2013. Archived from the original on 10 August 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
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