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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, aiming to select the country's representatives to participate at its parent international pageant, Miss Grand International. 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. 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. Background History 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, and was transferred to Renera Thompson in 2015, then to Dani Fitch and Amber Dew in 2017 and 2023, respectively. The first contest of Miss Grand Australia was held in parallel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beauty Pageant
A beauty pageant is a competition that has traditionally focused on judging and ranking the physical attributes of the contestants. Pageants have now evolved to include inner beauty, with criteria covering judging of personality, intelligence, talent, character, and charitable involvement, through private interviews with judges and answers to public on-stage questions. The term beauty pageant refers originally to the Big Four international beauty pageants. Pageant titles are subdivided into Miss, Mrs. or Ms., and Teen – to clearly identify the difference between pageant divisions. Hundreds and thousands of beauty contests are held annually, but the Big Four are considered the most prestigious, widely covered and broadcast by media. For example, ''The Wall Street Journal'', BBC News, CNN, Xinhua News Agency, and global news agencies such as Reuters, Associated Press and Agence France-Presse collectively refer to the four major pageants as "Big Four" namely: Miss Universe, Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sydney
Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountains to the west, Hawkesbury to the north, the Royal National Park to the south and Macarthur to the south-west. Sydney is made up of 658 suburbs, spread across 33 local government areas. Residents of the city are known as "Sydneysiders". The 2021 census recorded the population of Greater Sydney as 5,231,150, meaning the city is home to approximately 66% of the state's population. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2017. Nicknames of the city include the 'Emerald City' and the 'Harbour City'. Aboriginal Australians have inhabited the Greater Sydney region for at least 30,000 years, and Aboriginal engravings and cultural sites are common throughout Greater Sydney. The traditional custodians of the land on which modern Sydney stands are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pacific Press Publishing Association
The Pacific Press Publishing Association, or Pacific Press for short, is one of two major Seventh-day Adventist publishing houses in North America. It was founded in 1874 by James White in Oakland, California, and is now located in Nampa, Idaho. Its titles include theological works as well as books on topics such as vegetarianism and home schooling and owns its own printing operation. It is owned by the North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists. History The Seventh-day Adventist Church was formally organized and named in 1863. It began to realize its great mission to go into all the world and preach the gospel. Consequently, Elders J.N. Loughborough and D.T. Bourdeau came to California in 1866. And by May 1871, there were 130 Adventists in California in the San Francisco and Santa Rosa area. Late in 1872, James and Ellen White and their two sons, Willie and James Edson, came to California in the interest of the newly established work of the church on the Pacific Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sài Gòn Giải Phóng
''Sài Gòn Giải Phóng'' ( en, Liberated Saigon) also known as ''SGGP'' and ''Saigon Giai Phong'', is a Vietnamese Communist Party newspaper published from Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. It is published in Vietnamese, English and Chinese. Its Chinese print version uses Traditional characters Traditional Chinese characters are one type of standard Chinese characters, Chinese character sets of the contemporary written Chinese. The traditional characters had taken shapes since the libian, clerical change and mostly remained in the ..., while its online version's characters can be toggled between Traditional and Simplified ones. References External linksVietnamese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Courier-Mail
''The Courier-Mail'' is an Australian newspaper published in Brisbane. Owned by News Corp Australia, it is published daily from Monday to Saturday in Tabloid (newspaper format), tabloid format. Its editorial offices are located at Bowen Hills, Queensland, Bowen Hills, in Brisbane's inner northern suburbs, and it is printed at Murarrie, Queensland, Murarrie, in Brisbane's eastern suburbs. It is available for purchase throughout Queensland, most regions of Northern New South Wales and parts of the Northern Territory. History The history of ''The Courier-Mail'' is through four Nameplate (publishing), mastheads. The ''Moreton Bay Courier'' later became ''The Courier (Brisbane), The Courier'', then the ''Brisbane Courier'' and, since a merger with the Daily Mail in 1933, ''The Courier-Mail''. The ''Moreton Bay Courier'' was established as a weekly paper in June 1846. Issue frequency increased steadily to bi-weekly in January 1858, tri-weekly in December 1859, then daily under the ed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiền Phong (newspaper)
''Tiền Phong'' ( vi, Báo Tiền Phong, meaning "Vanguard") is a Vietnamese daily newspaper published by the Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union, the youth wing of the Communist Party of Vietnam. It was established during the First Indochina War as one of the first revolutionary newspapers in Vietnam, at about the same time as the predecessors of ''Quan Doi Nhan Dan'' and '' Nhan Dan''. Ton Duc Luong Ton is the name of any one of several units of measure. It has a long history and has acquired several meanings and uses. Mainly it describes units of weight. Confusion can arise because ''ton'' can mean * the long ton, which is 2,240 pounds ... was in charge of illustrations from 1957 to 1982. References External links * Newspapers published in Vietnam Vietnamese-language newspapers Publications with year of establishment missing {{vietnam-newspaper-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
VNExpress
''VnExpress'' is a Vietnamese online newspaper, run by FPT Group. It was the first newspaper in Vietnam that was not produced in paper format.Chúc mừng 10 năm thành lập Báo điện tử VnExpress Báo Công an nhân dân. It is one of the most popular websites in according to Alexa Internet
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Miss Grand Australia 2023
Miss Grand Australia 2023 was the seventh edition of the Miss Grand Australia pageant, held on July 15, 2023, at the RACV City Club located in the capital of Victoria state, Greater Melbourne. Thirty candidates, who have qualified for the national pageant through an online profile screening performed from February to March, competed for the title, and a 28-year-old ADHDer and disability support worker from Victoria, Mikaela-Rose Fowler, was announced the winner. Her court consisted of four runners-up including Paitin Louise Powell 1st runner-up, Brooke Murray 2nd runner-up, Selina McCloskey 3rd runner-up, and Alecia McCallum 4th runner-up. Fowler will later represent the country at the parent international stage, Miss Grand International 2023, to be held in Vietnam on October 25. In cooperation with Destiny Rescue, the pageant also ran as a charity event on June 4 at the Tide On The Jetty Manly in the city of Brisbane to raise funds available for rescuing children from sexual exp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss Grand Australia 2022
Miss Grand Australia 2022 was the sixth edition of the Miss Grand Australia pageant, held on July 16, 2022, at the Sofitel Sydney Wentworth, Sydney. Twenty-one candidates from different states and territories of Australia competed for the title as well as the right to represent the country at its parent international stage, Miss Grand International 2022. At the end of the event, a 26-year-old communications coordinator from the state of Victoria, Amber Sidney, was named the winner, while Paitin Powell from the state of Queensland was named the first runner-up. Amber later represented Australia at the aforementioned international contest in Indonesia on October 25, but was unplaced, making her the first Australian representative to be disqualified at the Miss Grand International. References External links * {{Miss Grand International titleholders Grand Australia 2022 File:2022 collage V1.png, Clockwise, from top left: Road junction at Yamato-Saidaiji Station several hours ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss Grand Australia 2019
Miss Grand Australia 2019 was the fifth edition of the Miss Grand Australia pageant, held on June 16, 2019, at the Sofitel Sydney Wentworth, Sydney, where a 24-year-old disability support worker from Gold Coast, Taylor Marlene, was announced the winner, outclassing other twenty-one candidates. Meanwhile, Anja Christ Offersen, Lavinia Grace White, Alecia Mccallum, Jazel Alarca, and Jayde Crystal Wright were named runners-up. Taylor later represented Australia at the Miss Grand International 2019 pageant in Venezuela, and was placed among the top 10 finalists. The following is the list of the 27 national finalists of the Miss Grand Australia 2019 pageant, Five of them withdrew before entering the final round of the pageant, making the finalized total of 22 contestants. References External links * {{Miss Grand International titleholders 2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Repre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sofitel Sydney Wentworth
The Sofitel Sydney Wentworth (also referred to as the Wentworth Hotel) is a heritage-listed luxury five-star hotel located at 61-101 Phillip Street in the Sydney central business district, New South Wales, Australia. The Wentworth Hotel on this site opened in December 1966, to a design by associate architects Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and Laurie & Heath in the Post-war International Style, replacing the original Wentworth Hotel on Lang Street, which had operated since 1855 as one of Sydney's most prominent hotels. Originally owned and operated by Qantas, the hotel was operated by Sheraton from 1982, Rydges from 1995, and has been operated by Sofitel since 2004. The hotel stands at a height of , with 20 floors and 436 hotel rooms. History Development The history of the hotel dates back to 1855, when the Wentworth Hotel was first opened as a boarding house on Lang Street further to the west in inner Sydney. Owned and run by the Maclurcan family, the Wentworth Hotel eventually ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss Grand Australia 2018
Miss Grand Australia 2018 was the fourth edition of the Miss Grand Australia pageant, held on June 16, 2018, at the Sofitel Sydney Wentworth, Sydney, where a 26-year-old Zimbabwe-born law student from Melbourne, Kimberly Gundani, was announced the winner, outclassing other forty-one finalists. Meanwhile, Chloe Maddison Ryan, Jasmine Leatham, Krishna Shukla, and Alana Thomas were named the runners-up. Kimberly later represented the country at the Miss Grand International 2018 pageant in Myanmar, and was placed among the top 20 finalists. The pageant also raised over A$50,000, which was donated to the UN Women, a United Nations entity working for gender equality and the empowerment of women. Candidates The following is the list of the 42 candidates for the Miss Grand Australia 2018 pageant, 25 of these contestants are national finalists, while the remaining 17 contestants are wildcard entries. References External links * {{Miss Grand International titleholders, state=expande ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
