Miss Grand International 2014

Miss Grand International 2014 was the second edition of the Miss Grand International pageant, held on October 7, 2014, at the Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok, Thailand. Contestants from eighty-five countries and territories competed for the title, of whom the representative of Cuba, Daryanne Lees, 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 2013–3rd 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 confirmed to participate, but some of them withdrew for unknown reasons, such as Soumia Benmebrouk of Algeria, Ané Reynolds of South Africa, and Dijana Cvijetic of Switzerland.

Background

Date and venue

The pageant press release was conducted after the arrival of all candidates on November 18, 2014, at the Suvarnabhumi Airport. In the event, the pageant schedule was revealed: its activities was set to happen from November 19 to October 7 in three different cities, including Sukhothai, Nakhon Pathom, and Bangkok.

Same as the previous edition, the pageant consisted of four main events, including the swimsuit contest, held on November 23 at the Sukhothai Heritage Resort, Sukhothai; the national costume contest, held on November 28 at Sampran Riverside Theater, Nakhon Pathom; and the preliminary and final rounds in Bangkok on October 5 and 7 at the Indoor Stadium Huamark.

Selection of Participants

Of all eighty-five participating candidates, only eight were elected through the 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 the Miss China 2014 pageant, 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 the Miss Tropical Beauties Suriname 2014 contest. The remaining candidates were either the runners-up in other national pageants or directly hand-picked by the national directors without competing in the national stages.

Results

Placements

Special awards

Pageant

Format

In the pageant grand final round held on October 7, after an introduction section, twenty contestants, who were selected through the preliminary round held on October 5 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.

References

External links

Miss Grand International official website
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