Miss Grand International 2025
Emma Tiglao
Date	18 October 2025
Presenters	Matthew Deane
Entertainment	Engfa Waraha Pitchapa Justice Kanlayawan Petin
Venue	MGI Hall,Bangkok, Thailand
Broadcaster	YouTube
Entrants	77
Placements	23
Debuts	Iceland Kyrgyzstan Martinique Montenegro Palestine
Withdrawals	Bangladesh Cameroon Chile Côte d'Ivoire Curaçao Gibraltar Greenland Honduras Pakistan Poland Russia Switzerland
Returns	Costa Rica Georgia Guyana Hong Kong Hungary Jamaica Kazakhstan Malta North Macedonia Portugal Slovakia Sri Lanka Sweden Turkey Zambia Zimbabwe
Winner	Emma Tiglao Philippines
Best National Costume	Kaliana Diniz (Brazil) Vishakha Kanwar (India) Sarunrat Puagpipat (Thailand)
Best in Swimsuit	Sarunrat Puagpipat Thailand
Best in Evening Gown	Montserrat Villalva Mexico
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Miss Grand International 2025 was the 13th edition of theMiss Grand International pageant, held at the MGI Hall inBangkok, Thailand, on 18 October 2025.^[1][2]

CJ Opiaza of the Philippines crowned her compatriotEmma Tiglao as her successor at the end of the event.^[2][3] This marks the first back-to-back title in Miss Grand International history.^[3]

Contestants from seventy-seven countries and territories competed in this edition.^[4] The competition was transmitted via the pageant's YouTube channel, GrandTV,^[5] and was hosted byMatthew Deane.^[6] Miss Grand Thailand 2022,Engfa Waraha, Pitchapa Justice, and Kanlayawan Petin performed in this edition.^[7]

In an interview in August 2022, Nawat Itsaragrisil, president of the Miss Grand International Organization, revealed that the host country for Miss Grand International 2025 has already been chosen. However, they will wait to announce it due to contractual obligations.^[8][9][10]

On 18 November 2024, the organization announced on their social media platforms that Thailand will host the pageant for the second year in a row.^[11] The main venue will be the MGI Hall in Bangkok, with pre-pageant events inHua Hin,Prachuap Khiri Khan province.^[12] The grand final will take place on 18 October 2025.^[12]

Contestants from seventy-seven countries and territories were selected to compete in the pageant. Thirty-three of these delegates were appointed to the position after being runners-up in their national pageant, or being chosen through a casting process, while two were selected to replace the original dethroned winner.

On June 5, 2025, the Miss Grand International Organization announced new eligibility rules for contestants on its social media platforms. The new rules state that contestants must be between 18 and 35 years old. This change takes effect starting with the 2025 edition of the competition.^[13]

Miss Grand Venezuela 2024,Tina Batson, resigned due to financial constraints and was replaced by Miss Grand Venezuela 2025,Nariman Battikha.^[14][15] Likewise,Miss Grand Trinidad and Tobago 2025, Tamara Persad, was dethroned for contractual reasons and was replaced by her second runner-up, Monique Joseph.^[16][17]

This edition marked the debuts of Iceland, Kyrgyzstan, Martinique, Montenegro and Palestine. Additionally, this edition featured the returns of Georgia, which last competed in2013; Zimbabwe in2014; Guyana and North Macedonia (Macedonia) in2015; Malta in2016; Slovakia and Hungary in2017; Kazakhstan and Zambia in2018; Guadeloupe in2019; Sweden in2021; Jamaica, Portugal and Sri Lanka in2022; and Costa Rica, Hong Kong and Turkey in2023.

Emilia Dides of Chile withdrew from the competition for personal reasons, and the organization did not appoint a replacement.^[18][19][20] Miss Grand Cameroon 2025, Theresia Mah Awageam and Miss Grand Kenya 2024, Magdalene Takangiro, withdrew from the lack of the required license for their respective national organizations to send a representative.^[21][22][23]

Note:

^∆ Automatically qualified for the Top 10 finalists after winning the Miss Popular Vote award.

^‡ Automatically qualified for the Top 22 finalists after winning the Country's Power of the Year award.

^☆ Automatically qualified for the Top 22 finalists after winning the Grand Talent award.

On 24 September 2025, voting for the pre-arrival voting challenge began on the pageant's official Facebook and Instagram pages by sharing photos of the contestants. People could participate by liking and sharing the posts, which would determine the contestants' scores. The ten contestants with the highest scores will earn the chance to attend a special formal dinner with senior executives of the organization on 1 October 2025.^[29][30]

The ten winners of the pre-arrival voting include: Kaliana Diniz of Brazil, Samantha Quenedit of Ecuador, Ana-Sofía Lendl of Guatemala, Montserrat Villalva of Mexico, Cecilia Romero of Paraguay, Flavia López of Peru,Emma Tiglao of the Philippines, Aitana Jiménez of Spain, Sarunrat Puagpipat of Thailand, andNariman Battikha of Venezuela.^[31]

Voting for Country's Power of the Year began on 8 October 2025 on the pageant's official Facebook and Instagram pages. During this round, the portraits of all contestants were shared with the public. The contestant with the most reactions will automatically be part of the Top 20 semi-finalists in the grand final on 18 October 2025.^[32]

The Grand Talent competition started with the auditions round on 3 October 2025 at the MGI Hall.^[36] Fifteen contestants passed the auditions and moved on to the final round, which took place at the same venue on 13 October 2025.^[37][38] From the final round, five finalists were selected,^[38] and the winner of theGrand Talent Competition will be automatically be part of the Top 22 semi-finalists.^[38][39]

The Swimsuit competition took place at the InterContinental Resort inHua Hin,Prachuap Khiri Khan on 9 October 2025, and was livestreamed through the pageant’s official YouTube channel, GrandTV.^[40][41] Twenty semi-finalists will be selected in this competition: ten will be selected by the judges, while the remaining ten will be decided through public voting. From the twenty, one candidate will be proclaimed as a winner and will be awarded as Best in Swimsuit during the main pageant on 18 October 2025.^[40]

The National costume Competition took place at the MGI Hall on 13 October 2025 and was livestreamed through the pageant’s official YouTube channel, GrandTV.^[4] Twenty semi-finalists will be selected in this competition: ten will be selected by the judges, while the remaining ten will be decided through public voting. From the twenty, three costumes will be announced as winners during the main pageant on 18 October 2025.^[38]

Seventy-seven contestants competed for the title.^[44]

Country/Territory	Contestant	Age[a]	Hometown
Albania	Dajana Gjoka[45]	23	Mirditë
Angola	Elizandra da Costa[46]	24	Talatona
Argentina	Elena Mateo[47]	27	Juan Bautista Alberdi
Armenia	Lilia Gzraryan[48]	22	Yerevan
Australia	Gabriella Oxley[49]	25	Gold Coast
Belgium	Jane Baesen[50]	18	Bierges
Bolivia	Alexandra Rocha[51]	28	Cochabamba
Brazil	Kaliana Diniz[52]	25	Nova Floresta
Canada	Layanna Robinson[53]	23	Victoria
China	Nora Xiong[54]	27	Shenzhen
Colombia	Laura Ramos[55]	29	Bogotá
Costa Rica	Kristel Gómez[56]	31	San José
Cuba	Daylin Rodríguez[57]	20	Isla de la Juventud
Czech Republic	Markéta Mörwicková[58]	21	Prague
Denmark	Emilie Andersen[59]	21	Odense
Dominican Republic	Madelyn Mejía[60]	28	Baní
Ecuador	Samantha Quenedit[61]	25	Quito
Egypt	Manar El Saaidy[62]	24	Cairo
El Salvador	Lucianne Herrera[63]	19	Colón
France	Elisa Mysyshyne[64]	25	Paris
Georgia	Teona Kbilashvili[65]	28	Tbilisi
Germany	Sadina Dudić[66]	27	Sanski Most
Ghana	Faith Maria Porter[67]	26	Bowie
Guatemala	Ana-Sofía Lendl[68]	27	Vienna
Guyana	Lieve Blanckaert[69]	27	Georgetown
Haiti	Valentchina Dantes[70]	27	Artibonite
Hong Kong	Jo An Ma[71]	27	Hong Kong
Hungary	Szonja Dudik[72]	26	Veresegyház
Iceland	Brynja Mary Sverrisdóttir[73]	21	Reykjavík
India	Vishakha Kanwar[74]	21	Kota
Indonesia	Vina Sitorus[75]	26	Medan
Italy	Elisa Crocchianti[76]	25	Rome
Jamaica	Matea Mahal Smith[77]	23	Kingston
Japan	Erika Ishibashi[78]	28	Sumida
Kazakhstan	Tomiris Kadyrkhan[79]	23	Kyzylorda
Kosovo	Brikena Selmani[80]	25	Prizren
Kyrgyzstan	Medina Ermekova[81]	17	Bishkek
Laos	Sirisopha Phimmakaisone[82]	26	Champasak
Macau	Elena Wang[83]	25	Coloane
Malaysia	Viviana Lin Winston[84]	26	Sri Aman
Malta	Shailey Micallef[85]	23	Floriana
Martinique	Axelle René[86]	24	Le Robert
Mexico	Montserrat Villalva[87]	26	Mixquiahuala
Montenegro	Llaura Maroviq[88]	18	Ulcinj
Myanmar	Jaukang Nu San Pan[89]	22	Namhkam
Nepal	Jessica Singh Thakuri[90]	18	Lalitpur
Netherlands	Rosalie Esmee Hooft[91]	24	Tiel
New Zealand	Gazelle Garcia[92]	34	Auckland
Nicaragua	Daniesca Granja[93]	19	Juigalpa
Nigeria	Joy Omachonu[94]	24	Abuja
North Macedonia	Ilirjana Saliu[95]	25	Kumanovo
Palestine	Yara Bishi[96]	24	Ramallah
Panama	Isamar Herrera[97]	31	Alanje
Paraguay	Cecilia Romero[98]	21	Caazapá
Peru	Flavia López[99]	20	Trujillo
Philippines	Emma Tiglao[100]	30	Mabalacat
Portugal	Silvia Oliveira[101]	27	Aveiro
Puerto Rico	Sarahí Figueroa[102]	28	Dorado
Singapore	Rose Pang[103]	30	Singapore
Slovakia	Mária Glatzová[104]	29	Prešov
South Africa	Boitshepo Lamola[105]	20	Soshanguve
South Korea	Gyu-ri Kim[106]	27	Gyeongbuk
Spain	Aitana Jiménez[107]	25	Arona
Sri Lanka	Tishani Perera[108]	21	Colombo
Sweden	Alexandra Timmros[109]	24	Linköping
Taiwan	Xinya Chen[59]	27	Macau
Tanzania	Beatrice Alex Akyoo[110]	25	Dar es Salaam
Thailand	Sarunrat Puagpipat[111]	29	Nakhon Si Thammarat
Trinidad and Tobago	Monique Joseph[17]	27	Speyside
Turkey	Ilayda Anik[112]	28	Istanbul
United Kingdom	Harriotte Lane[113]	24	Newcastle
United States	Ivana Garcia[114]	23	Orlando
United States Virgin Islands	Giselle Burgos[59]	27	Boyle Heights
Venezuela	Nariman Battikha[15]	30	Maturín
Vietnam	Yến Nhi Nguyễn[115]	21	Dak Lak
Zambia	Anna Musonda[116]	26	Chongwe
Zimbabwe	Chelsea Mandizha[117]	32	Harare

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