Miss Grand International 2014 was the second edition of the Miss Grand International pageant, held on 7 October 2014 at the Indoor Stadium Huamark in 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– third 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 were confirmed to participate, withdrawals included, Soumia Benmebrouk of Algeria, Ané Reynolds of South Africa, and Dijana Cvijetic of Switzerland.
Background
Date and venue
The pageant press launch was on 18 November 2014, at the Suvarnabhumi Airport, after the arrival of all candidates. At the event, the pageant schedule was announced, with activities running from 19 November to 7 October in three different cities, including Sukhothai, Nakhon Pathom, and Bangkok.
As with the previous edition, the pageant had four main events, including the swimsuit contest, held on 23 November at the Sukhothai Heritage Resort, Sukhothai; the national costume contest, held on 28 November at Sampran Riverside Theater, Nakhon Pathom; and the preliminary and final rounds in Bangkok on 5 and 7 October at the Indoor Stadium Huamark.
Selection of Participants
Of the eighty-five participating candidates, only eight were elected through 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 Miss China 2014, 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 Miss Tropical Beauties Suriname 2014. The remaining candidates were either the runners-up in other national pageants or directly picked by national directors without competing in national stages.
Results
Placements
Pageant
Format
In the grand final round held on 7 October, after an introduction, twenty contestants, who were selected through the preliminary round held on 5 October 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 Archived 30 April 2017 at the Wayback Machine
