Miss Grand Netherlands 2018 was the third edition of theMiss Grand Netherlands beauty pageant, held at the Apollo Hotel,Vinkeveen,Netherlands, on June 17, 2018.[1][2] Ten candidates who qualified through the casting process held earlier in March competed for the title,[2][3] and a businessperson fromNorth Brabant, Kimberley Xhofleer, was named the winner.[1][4] Kimberley then represented the country at theMiss Grand International 2018 pageant inYangon,Myanmar, but was unplaced.[5]
Initially, the pageant was expected to be participated by twelve national candidates. Still, two of them, Deborah van Hemert ofGelderland and Ashley van Bree ofOverijssel withdrew for undisclosed reasons.[6][7]
Moreover, the first runner-up in the pageant, Safina Barsatie ofSouth Holland, who was born inSuriname's capital,Paramaribo, was later appointed as "Miss Grand Suriname 2018",[8] but she also was unplaced at the international contest in Myanmar.[5]