Miss Grand International 2014

Contestants from eighty-five countries and territories competed for the title, of whom the representative of Cuba, Daryanne Lees, was announced the winner and received a reward of 40,000 USD cash. Meanwhile, the representatives of Australia, Canada, Colombia, and Ethiopia were named the runners-up.

Miss Grand International 2014
Daryanne Lees
Date	7 October 2014
Presenters	Matthew Deane Sonia Couling
Entertainment	Ali Forbes
Venue	Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok, Thailand
Broadcaster	Facebook live Channel 7
Entrants	85
Placements	20
Debuts	Albania Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Cambodia Cameroon Chile Costa Rica Curaçao Guam Haiti Hong Kong Iran Israel Ivory Coast Kurdistan Luxembourg Malta Mauritius Nicaragua Nigeria Panama Peru Samoa Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Singapore South Sudan Suriname Sweden Tahiti Taiwan Tanzania Ukraine United Kingdom United States Virgin Islands
Withdrawals	Algeria Egypt England El Salvador Georgia Guadeloupe Guatemala Guinea Honduras Italy Kenya Latvia Macedonia Moldova Namibia Serbia Switzerland Turkmenistan Uganda Wales
Winner	Daryanne Lees (Cuba)
Best National Costume	Cao Ling (Vietnam)
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The pageant's grand final featured a live performance of Miss Grand International 2013–3rd runner-up, Ali Forbes, and was broadcast nationwide via the Channel 7, with two Thai television personalities, Matthew Deane and Sonia Couling, as the event's MCs.

Initially, more than ninety candidates confirmed to participate, but some of them withdrew for unknown reasons, such as Soumia Benmebrouk of Algeria, Ané Reynolds of South Africa, and Dijana Cvijetic of Switzerland.

Date and venue

The pageant press release was conducted after the arrival of all candidates on 18 November 2014, at the Suvarnabhumi Airport. In the event, the pageant schedule was revealed: its activities was set to happen from 19 November to 7 October in three different cities, including Sukhothai, Nakhon Pathom, and Bangkok.

Same as the previous edition, the pageant consisted of four main events, including the swimsuit contest, held on 23 November at the Sukhothai Heritage Resort, Sukhothai; the national costume contest, held on 28 November at Sampran Riverside Theater, Nakhon Pathom; and the preliminary and final rounds in Bangkok on 5 and 7 October at the Indoor Stadium Huamark.

Selection of Participants

Of all eighty-five participating candidates, only eight were elected through the Miss Grand National pageants, including the representatives of Albania, Australia, Botswana, Brazil, Curaçao, Kosovo, Philippines, and Thailand. Five candidates were the main winners of other pageants, including Xue Han from the Miss China 2014 pageant, Bahareh Heidari from the Miss Iran 2014 online pageant, Dajana Laketic – Face of Malta 2014 winner, Jasy ln Tan from Miss Singapore Islandia 2014, and Tashana Losche from the Miss Tropical Beauties Suriname 2014 contest. The remaining candidates were either the runners-up in other national pageants or directly hand-picked by the national directors without competing in the national stages.

Placements

Miss Grand International 2014 competition result   Color key:   Winner   4th runner-up   1st runner-up   Top 10   2nd runner-up   Top 20   3rd runner-up   Unplaced   Representative determined but not competed   No representative

Format

In the pageant grand final round held on 7 October after an introduction section, twenty contestants, who were selected through the preliminary round held on 5 October as well as all pre-pageant scorings, qualified for the top 20, in which each of the qualified candidates competed in the swimsuit. The score from this round, together with all previous accumulation scores, determined the top 10 finalists who then competed against each other in the evening gown and speech session. Based on accumulation scores, the final five were selected to continue in the question and answer portion, where the winner and runners-up were determined.

85 contestants competed for the title.

Country/Territory	Delegate	Age	Hometown
Albania	Vivian Canaj	19	Tirana
Argentina	Nadina Vallina	19	Buenos Aires
Australia	Renera Thompson	27	Sydney
Belgium	Sarah De Groof	23	Malle
Bolivia	Camila Lepere	18	Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Alma Jasić	25	Bihać
Botswana	Lillian Dlamini	18	Gaborone
Brazil	Yameme lbrahim	23	Criciúma
Cambodia	Tim Sreyneat	24	Phnom Penh
Cameroon	Laeticia Ndzana	18	Yaoundé
Canada	Kathryn Kohut	23	Wetaskiwin
Chile	Karla Bovet	21	Temuco
China	Henan Xue Han	24	Beijing
Colombia	Mónica Castaño	25	Palmira
Costa Rica	Anniel Quesada	26	San José
Cuba	Lees García	27	Havana
Curaçao	Silvienne Winklaar	22	Willemstad
Czech Republic	Jana Zapletarová	23	Brno
Dominican Republic	Germania Martínez	19	New York City
Ecuador	Irene Zabala	25	Guayaquil
Estonia	Maria Raja	23	Viljandi
Ethiopia	Hiwot Bekele	23	Addis Ababa
Finland	Sanna-Kaisa Saari	26	Turku
France	Norma Julia	21	Perpignan
Germany	Johanna Acs	22	Eschweiler
Greece	Anastasia Terzi	22	Athens
Guam	Naiomie Santos	22	Asan
Haiti	Lisa Drouillard	23	Port-au-Prince
Hong Kong	Joane Mo	23	Hong Kong
Hungary	Réka Lukács	21	Budapest
India	Monica Sharma	22	Mumbai
Indonesia	Margenie Winarti [id]	22	Pekanbaru
Iran	Bahareh Heidari	24	Tehran
Israel	Hodaya Cohen	22	Beersheba
Ivory Coast	Richlove Amissah	20	Yamoussoukro
Japan	Mieko Takeuchi [ja]	21	Kobe
Kazakhstan	Aidana Elemesova	19	Aktau
Kosovo	Naile Thaqi	21	Gjilan
Kurdistan	Dalia Rebwar Hassan	25	Stockholm
Lebanon	Eliane Kerdy	22	Zahlé
Luxembourg	Corinne Semedo Furtado	21	Luxembourg City
Macau	Matilda Lp	24	Macau
Malaysia	Jane Koo Wai Kuan	25	Kuala Lumpur
Malta	Dajana Laketic	25	Swatar
Mauritius	Dolesswaree Charun	23	Curepipe
Mexico	Marsha Ramírez	22	Mérida
Mongolia	Battogtokh Buyantogtokh	23	Ulaanbaatar
Myanmar	M Ja Seng	21	Kachin
Nepal	Shrijana Regmi	19	Sankhuwasabha
Netherlands	Francis Everduim	18	Zwolle
New Zealand	Maddieson White	18	Auckland
Nicaragua	María Alejandra Gross	20	Managua
Nigeria	Tessy Kiri Bibowei	25	Abuja
Norway	Caroline Munthe	24	Asker
Pakistan	Laila Khan Niazi	25	Karachi
Panama	Carmen De Gracia	24	Macaracas
Paraguay	Gissella Sotomayor	20	Encarnación
Peru	Sophía Venero	24	Chiclayo
Philippines	Kimberly Karlsson	18	Mindoro Oriental
Poland	Angelika Ogryzek [pl]	22	Szczecin
Portugal	Maria Emilia Araújo [pt]	23	Angra do Heroísmo
Puerto Rico	Rebeca Valentín	19	Dorado
Romania	Delia Duca	28	Brașov
Russia	Yana Dubnik	22	Novosibirsk
Samoa	Renee Logova	20	Apia
Singapore	Jasy ln Tan	22	Singapore
Slovakia	Veronika Janisova	21	Bratislava
South Korea	Sung Hye-won	26	Seoul
South Sudan	Diana Stevens	20	Juba
Spain	Nazaret Hurtado	19	Almería
Sri Lanka	Iresha Asanki	23	Colombo
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Kaylee Shallow	22	Kingstown
Suriname	Tashana Lösche	25	Paramaribo
Sweden	Pamela Olivera	21	Estocolmo
Tahiti	Kohotu Ariitai	22	Papeete
Chinese Taipei	Kiki Chen	24	Taipei
Tanzania	Lorraine Marriot	20	Dar es Salaam
Thailand	Parapadsorn Disdamrong	23	Nakhon Ratchasima
Ukraine	Nadiya Karplyuk	23	Volinia
United Kingdom	Georgia Smith	20	Liverpool
United States	Sara Platt	18	Washington D. C.
United States Virgin Islands	Wilma Echandy	22	Charlotte Amalie
Venezuela	Alix Sosa	25	Caracas
Vietnam	Cao Thùy Linh	23	Ho Chi Minh City
Zimbabwe	Lillie Chopamba	23	Harare