The Regal Queens of Miss Grand International

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Janelee Chaparro Miss Grand International 2013 from Puerto Rico

Janelee Chaparro hailing from Puerto Rico was crowned as Miss Grand International 2013. Janelee competed at Mundo De Puerto Rico 2011 pageant where she placed as first runner-up. She later went on to represent Puerto Rico at Miss World 2012 where she finished in the Top 30. During her reign, Janelee travelled to Myanmar, Cambodia, Malaysia, South Sudan, Thailand, Puerto Rico, Singapore and Philippines

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Daryanne Lees Miss Grand International 2014 from Cuba

Daryanne Lees from Cuba was crowned as Miss Grand International 2014. Daryanne has many titles under her belt. The beauty competed at Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2008 and was awarded Best National Costume. She previously won Miss Tampa USA 2008. She also won the title of Miss Florida US International in 2009.

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Claire Elizabeth Parker Miss Grand International 2015 from Australia

Initially, Anea Garcia from Dominican Republic was crowned as Miss Grand International 2015. But due to certain issues, Anea was dethroned and Claire Parker from Australia was crowned as the new Miss Grand International 2015. Parker previously competed at the Miss Universe pageant for the year 2011 and 2015, but couldn’t place. Vietnam , China , Cambodia , Great Britain , Nepal , Japan and Malaysia, are some of the countries Claire visited during her reign.

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Ariska Putri Pertiwi Miss Grand International 2016 from Indonesia

Miss Grand International 2016 title was won by Indonesian beauty Ariska Putri. Ariska has always been into beauty pageants since the age of 14. Citra Putri Indonesia 2009, Putri Tenun 2009, and Gadis Sampul 2009, are some of the titles she has won. Ariska has a sister who is 17 years younger to her.

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Maria Jose Lora Miss Grand International 2017 from Peru

Maria Jose Lora hailing from Peru was crowned as Miss Grand International 2017. Maria is listed as Co-Founder of La 'Belle Model Management, a model based management in Los Angeles, USA where she helps in developing the talents of the models. Maria apparently also has a salsa dance talent and she is also fond of learning new languages. Maria loves doing Muay Thai sports and surfing which also helps her in maintaining the shape and fitness of her body.

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Clara Sosa Perdomo Miss Grand International 2018 from Paraguay

María Clara Sosa Perdomo (born 25 September 1993) was crowned Miss Grand International 2018 on 25th October 2018 at the finale held in Myanmar. Clara, who is a model and a television host from Paraguay, became the first winner from her country and second South American beauty to win the title of Miss Grand International. In response to the final question for top five finalists "If you were crowned Miss Grand International 2018 tonight and you could choose one country for your first visit to run your first 'Stop the War and Violence Campaign', which country would you choose and what would be your message to them?", Clara replied "If I have the honour of being Miss Grand International 2018, I would choose to visit Donald Trump, because the United States of America is an example for other countries. So my first message for him would be to be an example of peace, love, and tolerance".

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Valentina Figuera Miss Grand International 2019 from Venezuela

The 19-year-old beauty stands 184 cm tall. She is also the CEO of Fundación Ni Una Sonrisa Menos. When asked the question that is ‘What is the best thing you can think of, from Venezuela to tell the world and why?’, the stunner answered by saying that the people of the country give out an extremely friendly vibe. They have it in them to always give their best shot at whatever it is that they do. She further added that this is a positive message and an inspiration to the rest of the world to be like the people of her native country, Venezuela.

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Abena Appiah Miss Grand International 2020 from United States Of America

Evelyn Abena Appiah was crowned Miss Grand International 2020 at the coronation night held on 27th March 2021 in Thailand. She succeeds Miss Grand International 2019 Valentina Figuera of Venezuela. She is 27 years of age and stands 178 cm tall. Abena is not new to the pageantry world as she has previously represented Ghana at Miss Earth 2019 where she was placed at the Top 20 and was also the part of Miss Universe 2014. The diva won Miss Talent Ghana in 2012 and Top Model Ghana 2013 after which she represented Ghana in the Top Model of The World pageant held in Egypt. Abena holds a degree in Bachelor of Science and Communication. For her Q/A, she was asked, “With the current Covid-19 situation between shutting down the country for the safety of the people knowing that the country economic will collapsed and open the country to keep economic running and taking the risk of Covid-19 consequences. Which will you choose and why?” to which she replied, “I believe in proper solution and whenever there is a problem, we should sit down and find a proper solution. I would shut down the country because I believe that people come first; my people. If I was the governor/president of my country, I would do what is right for my people and by shutting down the country will give me proper time to analyse on what is going on and provide for my people and I would shut down the country.”

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Nguyen Thuc Thuy Tien Miss Grand International 2021 from Vietnam

Miss Grand International 2021, the 9th edition of the international pageant, was held tonight at the SHOW DC Hall in Bangkok where Vietnamese beauty Nguyen Thúc Thuy Tien created history by becoming the first diva from her country to win the coveted Miss Grand International 2021 crown. She succeeds and was crowned by Miss Grand International 2020 Abena Appiah of USA. Nguyen Thúc Thuy Tiên gave a stellar performance exuding confidence at the finale. The 23-year-old beauty is not new to the pageant world as she represented Vietnam at Miss International 2018 and was highly praised for her performance throughout the competition; however, she was not placed. Fortunately, her experience there worked in her favour this time as she made a historic win for Vietnam.

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Isabella Menin Miss Grand International 2022 from Brazil

Miss Grand International 2022 was the 10th-anniversary edition of the Miss Grand International pageant which was held on 25th October 2022 at Sentul International Convention Center in Bogor Regency of West Java province, Indonesia. The grand celebration saw the crowning of Isabella Menin of Brazil as the new queen. She succeeds and was crowned by Miss Grand International 2021 Nguyrn Thúc Thùy Tiên of Vietnam. Isabella Menin became the first Brazilian to win the MGI crown. Born on 2nd June 1996, Isabella is of mixed heritage; she is of Italian and Brazilian descent. Isabella was born in a business family in Marília. Isabella studied the business and managerial economics program at an London-based independent school, David Game College from 2015-2016. She, then, graduated first-class honors, obtaining a bachelor’s degree of Economics from University of Westminster in 2019. Isabella earned a master's degree in Finance from University College London in 2020. Before competing at Miss Grand Brazil 2022, the Brazilian beauty worked as an international model. She also worked as a paraplanner for Thomson Tyndall, a financial planning and investment management private firm in the United Kingdom. Isabella also established a charitable organization named Beyond Project, which supports associations for people with disabilities in Brazil. The project will first begin in Brazil and then aim to spread globally. The main aim is to help improve infrastructure and provide essential equipment for the disabled, in addition to contributing to their basic needs, all for the benefit of the assisted institutions.