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| Formation | August 30, 2014; 11 years ago (2014-08-30) |
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| Founder | Nadasha Zhang |
| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | Sydney |
| Location | |
| Membership | Miss Grand International |
Official language | English |
National Directors | Charlotte & Sophia Allison-Bruce |
Parent organization |
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| Website | Official Website |
Miss Grand Australia is an annual national female beauty pageant inAustralia established in 2014 by Nadasha Zhang,[1] to select Australian representatives for its parent stage,Miss Grand International.[2][3] Its first two editions were co-organized with the Miss Supranational Australia pageant, after which it was conducted separately with the transfer of the license to Dani Fitch in 2017.[2][3][4][5][6]
The reigning Miss Grand Australia is Mikaela-Rose Fowler fromVictoria who was crowned on 15 July 2023 at the RACV City Club, she will represent the country inMiss Grand International 2023 to be held on 25 October 2023 inVietnam.[7]
Australia has usually been sending its representative to compete at theMiss Grand International since 2013. In 2013–2014, the license belonged to Nadasha Zhang,[1] and was transferred toRenera 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 inMiss Grand International 2014 inThailand, 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 byClaire Elizabeth Parker [es] who was later promoted to take over the winner title after the original winner,Anea Garcia [es] of theDominican Republic, had been dethroned.[10] However, Parker was later delegitimized from the position in 2019 due to partaking inMiss Universe Australia 2019.[10][11]
| Edition | Date | Final venue | Host state | Entrants | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 30 August 2014 | TRAK Live Lounge Bar,Melbourne | Victoria | 19 | [4][a] |
| 2nd | 14 August 2016 | NIDA Playhouse Theatre,Sydney | New South Wales | 18 | [5][12][b] |
| 3rd | 30 June 2017 | Doltone House - Hyde Park,Sydney | 16 | [13][14] | |
| 4th | 16 June 2018 | Sofitel Sydney Wentworth,Sydney | 28 | ||
| 5th | 8 June 2019 | 29 | |||
| 6th | 16 July 2022 | 20 | |||
| 7th | 15 July 2023 | RACV City Club, Melbourne | Victoria | 30 | [18][19] |
| 8th | 3 August 2024 | SofitelDarling Harbour, Sydney | New South Wales | 21 | [20][21][22] |
| 9th | 26 July 2025 | The Imperial Hotel,Gold Coast | Queensland | 19 | [23][24][25] |
| Edition | Winner | Runners-up | Ref. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First | Second | Third | Fourth | Fifth | |||
| 1st | Renera Thompson (New South Wales) | Breanna Herbert (Victoria) | Not awarded | ||||
| 2nd | Dani Fitch (New South Wales) | Jessica Parrish (Victoria) | Sophie Grosser (South Australia) | Not awarded | |||
| 3rd | Kassandra Kashian (New South Wales) | Maddison Clare Sloane (New South Wales) | Sophie Grosser (South Australia) | Amelia Conway (New South Wales) | Alana Thomas (New South Wales) | Not awarded | |
| 4th | Kimberly Gundani (Victoria) | Chloe Maddison Ryan (Capital Territory) | Jasmine Leatham (Victoria) | Krishna Shukla (Capital Territory) | Alana Thomas (New South Wales) | ||
| 5th | Taylor Curry Marlene (Queensland) | Anja Christ Offersen (Queensland) | Lavinia Grace White (New South Wales) | Alecia McCallum (New South Wales) | Jazel Alarca (New South Wales) | Jayde Crystal Wright (New South Wales) | |
| 6th | Amber Sidney (Victoria) | Paitin Powell (Queensland) | Brooke Murray (New South Wales) | Christy Taylor (New South Wales) | Lydia Harland (New South Wales) | Not awarded | |
| 7th | Mikaela-Rose Fowler (Victoria) | Paitin Powell (Queensland) | Brooke Murray (New South Wales) | Selina McCloskey (New South Wales) | Alecia McCallum (New South Wales) | ||
| 8th | Paitin Powell (Queensland) | Jada Kyle (Victoria) | Patricia Sheeran (New South Wales) | Letitia Walker (New South Wales) | Courtney-Jade Tester (Western Australia) | [28] | |
| 9th | Gabriella Oxley (Queensland) | Jada Kyle (Victoria) | Rebecca Shandley (New South Wales) | Kiara McCarthy (New South Wales) | Rattana Luangnan (Western Australia) | Annabelle Munt (Queensland) | [25][29] |
The following is a list of Australian representatives who competed at the Miss Grand International pageant.
| Year | Town | Miss Grand Australia | Title | Placement | Special Awards | National Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Gold Coast | Gabriella Oxley[25] | Miss Grand Australia 2025 | Unplaced | Sophia Harris & Charlotte Allison-Bruce | |
| 2024 | Whitsundays | Paitin Powell[28][30] | Miss Grand Australia 2024 | Unplaced | Dani Fitch | |
| 2023 | Mornington | Mikaela-Rose Fowler[18][27] | Miss Grand Australia 2023 | Unplaced | Amber Sidney | |
| 2022 | Melbourne | Amber Sidney[7] | Miss Grand Australia 2022 | Unplaced | Dani Fitch | |
| 2021 | Sydney | Angolina Amores[31] | Appointed | Top 20 | ||
| Did not compete in 2020 | ||||||
| 2019 | Gold Coast | Taylor Marlene[16][26] | 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] | Appointed | Winner[a] | ||
| 2014 | Sydney | Renera Thompson[8][9] | Miss Grand Australia 2014 | 3rd runner-up | Nadasha Zhang | |
| 2013 | Sydney | Kelly Louise Maguire[8][32] | Appointed | 4th runner-up | ||
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