Miss Grand Phuket (Thai: มิสแกรนด์ภูเก็ต) is a Thai provincial beauty pageant which selects a representative from Phuket province for the Miss Grand Thailand national competition,[1][2][3][4] held annually since 2016 with entrepreneur Teerasak Pholngam (ธีรศักดิ์ ผลงาม) as the director.[1][2]
 | |
| Formation | April 21, 2016 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Teerasak Pholngam |
| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | Phuket |
| Location | |
Membership | Miss Grand Thailand |
Official language | Thai |
Provincial Director | Teerasak Pholngam |
| Summary result of Phuket representatives at Miss Grand Thailand | |
|---|---|
| Placement | Number(s) |
| Winner | 2 |
| 1st runner-up | 2 |
| 2nd runner-up | 0 |
| 3rd runner-up | 0 |
| 4th runner-up | 0 |
| Top 10/12 | 3 |
| Top 20 | 1 |
Since the first competition in the Miss Grand Thailand pageant in 2016, Phuket's representatives won the main title twice; in 2018 and 2024, won by Nam-oey Chanaphan and Malin Chara-anan,[5][6] and were named the first runner-up twice; in 2022 and 2023 by Amanda Jensen and Tia Li Taveepanichpan, respectively.[7][8]
History
In 2016, after Miss Grand Thailand began franchising the provincial competitions to individual organizers, who would name seventy-seven provincial titleholders to compete in the national pageant, the license for Phuket province was purchased by a local entrepreneur, Teerasak Pholngam (ธีรศักดิ์ ผลงาม),[1] who later organized the first Miss Grand Phuket competition on 21 April 2016,[1][2] in which a Thai-Canadian model, Amanda Obdam, was elected as the first Miss Grand Phuket titleholder.[2]
The pageant was skipped once; in 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand, the national organizer was unable to organize the national event, and the country representative for the international tournament was appointed instead.[9]
Some former Miss Grand Phuket titleholders later participated in other national contests, such as Amanda Obdam, who later won the Miss Universe Thailand 2020 pageant and was placed among the top 10 finalists in the Miss Universe 2020 pageant held in the United States,[10][11] and Tharina Botes who won the title of Miss Thailand World in 2023.[12]
- Winner gallery
Amanda Obdam
Miss Grand Phuket 2016
Nam–Oey Chanaphan
Miss Grand Phuket 2018
Amanda Jensen
Miss Grand Phuket 2022
Malin Chara-anan
Miss Grand Phuket 2024
Editions
The following table details the Miss Grand Phuket's editions held annually since 2016.
| Edition | Date | Final venue | Entrants | Winner | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 21 April 2016 | Phuket Grand Ballroom, Royal Phuket City Hotel, Phuket | 21 | Amanda Obdam | [1][2] |
| 2nd | 22 April 2017 | 20 | Wimwipha Bu-nga-ngam | ||
| 3rd | 30 March 2018 | Phuket Rajabhat University Conference Center, Phuket | Nam-oey Chanaphan | [4][14] | |
| 4th | 27 April 2019 | Novotel Phuket City Phokeethra, Phuket | 21 | Tharina Botes | [15][16] |
| 5th | 2 August 2020 | Simon Cabaret Phuket Theater, Kathu | 12 | Auranunpas Intarungsee | [17][18] |
| 6th | 19 February 2022 | Ramada Plaza Chao Fah Phuket, Phuket | 9 | Amanda Jensen | [19][20] |
| 7th | 27 January 2023 | Saphan Hin 4000 Seat Municipal Stadium, Phuket | 20 | Tia Taveepanichpan | [21][22] |
| 8th | 10 November 2023 | 18 | Malin Chara-anan |
National competition
The following is a list of Phuket representatives who competed at the Miss Grand Thailand pageant.
| Year | Representative | Original provincial title | Placement at Miss Grand Thailand | Provincial director | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Romanized name | Thai name | |||||
| 2016 | Amanda Obdam | อแมนด้า ออบดัม | Miss Grand Phuket 2016 | Top 10 | Teerasak Pholngam | [24] |
| 2017 | Wimwipha Bu-nga-ngam | วิมพ์วิภา บุหงางาม | Miss Grand Phuket 2017 | Top 12 | [25] | |
| 2018 | Nam-oey Chanaphan | น้ำอ้อย ชนะพาล | Miss Grand Phuket 2018 | Winner | ||
| 2019 | Tharina Botes | ทารีน่า โบเทส | Miss Grand Phuket 2019 | Top 10 | [26] | |
| 2020 | Auranunpas Intarungsee | อรณัญช์ภัสร์ อินทะรังสี | Miss Grand Phuket 2020 | Top 20 | [27] | |
| 2022 | Amanda Jensen | อแมนด้า เจนเซ่น | Miss Grand Phuket 2022 | 1st runner-up | [7] | |
| 2023 | Tia Taveepanichpan | เทีย ทวีพาณิชย์พันธุ์ | Miss Grand Phuket 2023 | 1st runner-up | [8] | |
| 2024 | Malin Chara-anan | มาลิน ชระอนันต์ | Miss Grand Phuket 2024 | Winner | [6] | |
References
External links
Media related to Miss Grand Phuket at Wikimedia Commons- Miss Grand Thailand official website
