| Miss Grand International 2013 | |
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| Date | 19 November 2013 |
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| Entertainment | Thaitanium |
| Venue | IMPACT Arena,Muang Thong Thani,Nonthaburi, Thailand |
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| Entrants | 71 |
| Placements | 20 |
| Debuts |
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| Winner | Janelee Chaparro Puerto Rico |
| Best National Costume | Jie Pan China |
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Miss Grand International 2013 was the 1st editionMiss Grand International pageant, held at theImpact Arena in Muang Thong Thani,Nonthaburi, Thailand, on 19 November 2013.
At the end of the event,Janelee Chaparro of Puerto Rico was crowned Miss Grand International 2013. She received a cash prize ofUS$30,000.[1][2][3][4][5]
AfterNawat Itsaragrisil ended his role as a producer of the beauty pageantMiss Thailand World forBEC-Tero ofChannel 3 in 2012, he established his own pageant, launchingMiss Grand Thailand in 2013 in partnership with Channel 3's rival,Channel 7,[6] as well as the international platformMiss Grand International, whose first edition'spress release was arranged on 22 October 2013, at the Pathumwan Princess Hotel,Bangkok.[7][8] In such an event, the pageant schedule was revealed. The pageant camp was set to happen from 3–19 November in three different cities, includingChiang Mai,[9]Pattaya,[10] andBangkok.[8][3][11][12][7][13][14][15][16]
The pageant consisted of four main sub-events, including the national costume contest held at thePromenada Resort Mall [th],Chiang Mai, on 8 November;[17][18] the swimsuit competition held on 13 October at the Zign Hotel,Pattaya;[13] and the preliminary and final rounds held inBangkok on 17 and 19 October at theIMPACT Arena,Nonthaburi.[7][8]
Since it was the first edition of the pageant, most of its contestants were appointed to compete; some of them were runners-up of other national pageants. Only three countries organized the national pageants individually to select their representatives for Miss Grand, includingMalaysia,[19][20]Thailand,[21] andZimbabwe.[22][23] However, the Zimbabwe winner was later replaced by an appointed representative due to the national team's internal conflicts.[24][25]
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| Placement | Contestant[26][27] |
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| Miss Grand International 2013 |
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| 1st runner-up |
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| 2nd runner-up |
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| 4th runner-up |
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| Top 10 |
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| Top 20 |
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| Award | Contestant[3][4] |
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| Best National Costume |
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| Best Evening Gown |
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| Best in Swimsuit |
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| Miss Popular Vote |
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In the pageant grand final round held on 19 November, after an introduction section, twenty contestants, who were selected through the preliminary round held on 17 October as well as all pre-pageant scorings, qualified for the top 20, in which each of the qualified candidates competed in the swimsuit.[5][14] 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.[5] 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.[4][2][5][14]
71 contestants competed for the title.
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