Miss Grand International 2018 was the sixth edition of the Miss Grand International pageant,[1] held on October 25, 2018, at the One Entertainment Park in Yangon, Myanmar,[2][3] making it the first time the mainstream international pageant was held in Myanmar.[4] Contestants from seventy-five countries and territories competed for the title,[5] of whom Clara Sosa of Paraguay was announced the winner and was crowned by Miss Grand International 2017, Jose Lora of Peru.[6][7]
| Miss Grand International 2018 | |
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| Date | October 25, 2018 |
| Presenters | Xian Lim |
| Venue | The One Entertainment Park Yangon, Myanmar |
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| Entrants | 75 |
| Placements | 20 |
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| Withdrawals |
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| Winner | Clara Sosa Paraguay |
| Best National Costume | Andrea Moberg, Peru |
The pageant's grand final round was hosted by a Filipino TV personality, Xian Lim.[5][8][9]
Background
Date and venue
Two months after Miss Grand International 2017, the pageant organization announced that the next edition of the contest would be held in Yangoon, Myanmar on October 25, 2018.[4]
Selection of participants
Contestants from 75 countries and territories were selected to compete in the competition.[5] Thirty-one of these delegates were determined through the national pageant. Fourteen were appointed to their positions after being runner-ups in their national pageant or being selected through a casting process. Thirty delegates were appointed to the title without participating in any respective national pageants in this particular year.[10][11][12]
The original representatives of Albania,[13] Canada,[14] Colombia,[15] Kosovo,[16] and Spain,[17] who were elected through the national pageant, resigned from the titles, which caused the national directors to promote the runner-up to take over the title or appoint other delegates as replacements.[15][17][18] Meanwhile, the representatives of Bahamas, Namibia, and Singapore, who were also elected through the national pageants, did not enter the pageant, and no replacements were assigned.[19]
The representatives of Miss Grand Guatemala and Miss Grand Honduras were also appointed to participate but did not compete for undisclosed reasons, while the representative of Miss Grand Lithuania, Jurate Stasiunaite, withdrew during the international pageant for personal reasons.[20]
Results
Placements
| Placement | Contestant [21] |
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| Miss Grand International 2018 | |
| 1st runner-up | |
| 2nd runner-up |
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| 3rd 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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Note:
§ – Voted into the Top 10 by viewers.
Special awards
| Award | Contestant[1][5] |
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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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| Best in Social Media |
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| Miss Popular Vote |
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Pageant
Format
In the grand final round on October 25, after an introduction section, twenty-one contestants, who were selected through the preliminary round held on October 23 as well as all pre-pageant scorings, qualified for the quarterfinal round,[22] in which each of the qualified candidates competed in the swimsuit.[1] The score from the quarterfinals, as well as all previous accumulation scores, determined the nine semifinal finalists, together with the winner of the Miss Popular vote, which was elected through public voting, completed the top ten.[1][5]
The ten finalists competed against each other in the evening gown and speech session, then the final five were selected to continue in the question and answer portion, in which the winner and all four runners-up were determined.[1][5]
The panel of judges in the preliminary round, including:[22]
- Nawat Itsaragrisil – President of Miss Grand International
- Teresa Chaivisut – Vice president of Miss Grand International
- Janelee Chaparro – Miss Grand International 2013
- Claire Elizabeth Parker – Miss Grand International 2015
- Ariska Putri Pertiwi – Miss Grand International 2016
- Ivan Gunawan – Indonesian television personality and fashion designer
Contestants
75 contestants competed for the title
