Miss Grand Australia 2023 was the seventh edition of the

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pageant, held on July 15, 2023, at the RACV City Club located in the

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state,

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. 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

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er and disability support worker from

, 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,

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, to be held in

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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

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to raise funds available for rescuing children from

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and

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. This edition was the first Miss Grand Australia contest managed by Amber Sidney after she took over the license from a former licensee, Dani Fitch, who served as the national director of the contest from 2017 to 2022.

Result

Candidates

Thirty candidates from seven

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competed for the title.

References

External links

* {{Miss Grand International titleholders Miss Grand Australia Grand Australia July 2023 events in Australia 2023 awards in Australia