Miss Grand International 2017

Miss Grand International 2017
	File:Maria Jose Lora.png María José Lora Loayza – Miss Grand International 2017
Date	October 25, 2017
Presenters	Xian Lim; Nicole Ignacio Cordoves;
Venue	Vinpearl Convention Center, Phú Quốc, Vietnam
Broadcaster	Channel 7; YouTube;
Entrants	77
Placements	20
Debuts	Fiji; Laos; Northern Ireland; Sierra Leone; Tatarstan;
Withdrawals	Aruba; Iraq; Italy; Latvia; Luxembourg; Malta; Mauritius; Moldova; Norway; Poland; Romania; Rwanda; Singapore; Suriname; Switzerland; Tahiti; Taiwan; Turkey; Uruguay;
Returns	Argentina; Belarus; Bulgaria; Cambodia; Chile; Finland; Germany; Guadeloupe; Haiti; Lebanon; Mongolia; Nepal; Serbia; Sweden; Tanzania; Uganda; US Virgin Islands;
Winner	María José Lora Loayza; Peru
Best National Costume	Dea Goesti Rizkita Koswara; Indonesia
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Miss Grand International 2017 was the 5th Miss Grand International pageant. It was held on October 25, 2017, at the Vinpearl Convention Center in Phú Quốc, Vietnam. Ariska Putri Pertiwi of Indonesia crowned María José Lora Loayza of Peru at the end of the event.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]

Contestants from 77 countries and territories competed in this year's Miss Grand International pageant. The pageant was hosted by Xian Lim and Nicole Ignacio Cordoves.

Results[edit]

Placements[edit]

Results	Contestant
Miss Grand International 2017	Peru - María José Lora Loayza
1st Runner-Up	Venezuela - Tulia Rosa María Alemán Ferrer
2nd Runner-Up	Philippines - Elizabeth Durado Clenci
3rd Runner-Up	Puerto Rico - Brenda Azaria Jiménez Hernández
4th Runner-Up	Czech Republic - Nikola Ulirová
Top 10	Indonesia - Dea Goesti Rizkita Koswara § South Sudan - Eyga Mojus Thailand - Premika Pamela Pasinetti Ukraine - Snizhana Tanchuk Vietnam - Nguyễn Trần Huyền My
Top 20	Australia - Kassandra Kashian Brazil - Caroline Venturini China - Xuejiao Chen Costa Rica - María Amalia Matamoros Solís India - Anukriti Gusain Laos - Chinnaly Norasing Mexico - Yoana Gutiérrez Vázquez Netherlands - Kelly van den Dungen Paraguay - Lía Aymara Duarte Ashmore Russia - Svetlana Khokhlova

§ – Voted into the Top 10 via internet.

Special Awards[edit]

Award	Contestant
Best National Costume	Indonesia - Dea Goesti Rizkita Koswara
Best in Evening Gown	China - Xuejiao Chen
Best in Swimsuit	Costa Rica - María Amalia Matamoros Solís
Best Social Media	Paraguay - Lía Aymara Duarte Ashmore
Miss Popular Vote	Indonesia - Dea Goesti Rizkita Koswara
Miss Healthy & Beauty by Dr. Thanh	Vietnam - Nguyễn Trần Huyền My
Paradise Cave Heritage	Thailand - Premika Pamela Pasinetti

Contestants[edit]

77 contestants competed for the title.^[10]

Country/Territory	Contestant	Age	Hometown
Argentina	Yoana del Carmen Don Marozzi	26	Selva
Australia	Kassandra Kashian	22	Sydney
Bahamas	Rejean Bosh	22	Harbour Island
Belarus	Marina Denisovna Panova	19	Minsk
Belgium	Rachel Corinne Nimegeers	21	Antwerp
Bolivia	Mariem Suárez Cuéllar	21	Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Brazil	Caroline Venturini	22	Rio Grande do Sul
Bulgaria	Ralitsa Kandova	21	Sofia
Cambodia	Khloem Sreykea	18	Phnom Penh
Canada	Natalie Allin	24	Jasper
Chile	Nicole Andrea Ebner Blanco	26	Santiago
China	Xuejiao Chen	27	Shanghai
Colombia	Francy Yurany Castaño Suárez	23	Santander de Quilichao
Costa Rica	María Amalia Matamoros Solís	27	Grecia
Cuba	Lisandra Delgado Nápoles	27	Havana
Czech Republic	Nikola Ulirová	19	Baška
Denmark	Iben Haahr Berner	23	Odense
Dominican Republic	Surahai Reyes Lample	21	Santo Domingo
Ecuador	Analía Viviana Vernaza Daulón	23	Quito
Egypt	Merna Ayman Hosny	25	Cairo
England	Nikuthaba "Noky" Simbani	19	Derby
Estonia	Susanna Lehtsalu	24	Tallinn
Ethiopia	Selamawit Teklay	22	Mekelle
Fiji	Nadine Roberts	22	Sydney
Finland	Eveliina Tikka	22	Helsinki
France	Sonia Ait Mansour	24	Paris
Germany	Juliane Rohlmann	26	Berlin
Guadeloupe	Krystel Landry	24	Les Abymes
Guatemala	Karen Alejandra Castro Mayén	25	Huehuetenango
Haiti	Jennifer Alexis	24	Port-au-Prince
Hong Kong	Hoi Lam Law	25	Victoria
Hungary	Dalma Kármán	22	Tápióbicske
India	Anukriti Gusain	22	Lansdowne
Indonesia	Dea Goesti Rizkita Koswara	24	Bandung
Jamaica	Jenaae Dawn Jackson	27	Kingston
Japan	Erika Tsuji	27	Kyoto
Laos	Chinnaly Norasing	18	Vientiane
Lebanon	Christine Houry	25	Beirut
Lithuania	Irmina Preišegalavičiūtė	20	Panevėžys
Macau	Kayii Lei	24	Macau City
Malaysia	Sanjeda John	25	Sabah
Mexico	Yoana Gutiérrez Vázquez	23	San Miguel el Alto
Mongolia	Anujin Sugirjav	20	Ulaanbaatar
Myanmar	Aye Chan Moe	24	Yangon
Nepal	Zeenus Lama	25	Chitwan
Netherlands	Kelly van den Dungen	23	Amsterdam
New Zealand	Meghan Kenney	22	Auckland
Nicaragua	Martha Soledad Meza Tercero	25	Estelí
Nigeria	Princess Omowunmi Agunbiade	21	Port Harcourt
Northern Ireland	Chloe Louise Davies	20	Derry
Panama	Andrea María Torres Mojica	26	Santiago de Veraguas
Paraguay	Lía Aymara Duarte Ashmore	22	Villarrica
Peru	María José Lora Loayza	27	Trujillo
Philippines	Elizabeth Durado Clenci	26	Mandaue
Portugal	Diana Sofía Santos Silva	21	Porto
Puerto Rico	Brenda Azaria Jiménez Hernández	22	Mayagüez
Russia	Svetlana Khokhlova	22	Saint Petersburg
Scotland	Amy Meisak	24	Hamilton
Serbia	Maja Smiljković	24	Niš
Sierra Leone	Nyallay Sia Kamara	23	Freetown
Slovakia	Klaudia Kurucz	24	Dunajská Streda
South Africa	Yajna Debideen	23	Durban
South Korea	Ha Young Park	25	Gyeonggi
South Sudan	Eyga Mojus	26	Juba
Spain	Mariana Isabel Rico Sambrano	17	Málaga
Sri Lanka	Paththage Visna Kaumini Fernando	26	Negombo
Sweden	Maja Westlin	19	Umeå
Tanzania	Batuli Mohamed Rashid	20	Dar es Salaam
Tatarstan	Aigul Zaripova	26	Kazan
Thailand	Premika Pamela Pasinetti	24	Krabi
Uganda	Priscilla Achieng	24	Tororo
Ukraine	Snizhana Tanchuk	26	Lviv
United States	Taylor Leigh Kessler	21	Houston
US Virgin Islands	Brianna Marie Key	26	Houston
Venezuela	Tulia Rosa María Alemán Ferrer	24	Mene de Mauroa
Vietnam	Nguyễn Trần Huyền My	22	Hanoi
Wales	Nadia Suliman	24	Swansea

Withdrawn Contestants[edit]

Albania - Klaudia Kalia
Iran - Sonia Beytoushi Anvar Saleh
Ireland - Ashleigh Coyle
Kosovo - Nora Muja
Malta - Caricia Sammut
Morocco - Farina Raani Alhaj
Namibia - Ruusa Angula
Norway - Vilde Andresen Bø
Singapore - Crystal Lim
Suriname - Shamira Nadine Jap
Switzerland - Mariela Nova
Trinidad and Tobago - Melissa Aguilleira

Replaced Contestants[edit]

Bahamas - Tiasha Lewis ➜ Rejean Bosh
Bolivia - Eliana Villegas Timm ➜ Mariem Suárez Cuéllar
Canada - Maddison Fysh ➜ Natalie Allin
Cuba - Rachel Vásquez ➜ Yvette Blaess ➜ Lisandra Delgado Nápoles
Denmark - Natasha Helms ➜ Iben Haahr Berner
Dominican Republic - Leydi Guzmán ➜ Surahai Reyes Lample
Ecuador - María José Villacís Avendaño ➜ Analía Viviana Vernaza Daulón
Ethiopia - Hanna Abate ➜ Selamawit Teklay
Hungary - Noemi Pasztor ➜ Dalma Kármán
Myanmar - Shwe Eain Si ➜ Aye Chan Moe
Russia - Zulfiya Valeryevna Sharafeeva ➜ Svetlana Khokhlova
Sierra Leone - Rubie Nenneh Timbo ➜ Nyallay Sia Kamara

Notes[edit]

Debuts[edit]

Fiji
Laos
Northern Ireland

Sierra Leone
Tatarstan

Returns[edit]

Last competed in 2013:

Guadeloupe
Serbia

Last competed in 2014:

Argentina
Chile
Finland
Germany
Lebanon
Tanzania

Last competed in 2015:

Belarus
Bulgaria
Cambodia
Haiti
Mongolia
Nepal
Sweden
Uganda
US Virgin Islands

Withdrawals[edit]

Aruba
Iraq
Italy
Latvia
Luxembourg
Malta
Mauritius
Moldova
Norway
Poland

Romania
Rwanda
Singapore
Suriname
Switzerland
Tahiti
Taiwan
Turkey
Uruguay

References[edit]

↑ "Maria Jose Lora from Peru crowned Miss Grand International 2017". Miss India Beauty Pageants. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
↑ "María José Lora From Peru Crowned Miss Grand International 2017". The Kaleidoscope of Pageantry. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
↑ "Maria Jose Lora from Peru wins Miss Grand International 2017". The Great Pageant Community. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
↑ "Peru Wins Miss Grand International 2017". Critical Beauty. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
↑ "Maria Jose Lora of Peru wins Miss Grand International 2017". SGGPNews. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
↑ "Miss Grand International 2017 es Perú" (in spanish). Perubeauties.org. Retrieved 25 October 2017.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
↑ "MARÍA JOSÉ LORA GANÓ EL MISS GRAND INTERNATIONAL 2017" (in spanish). Panamericana TV. Retrieved 25 October 2017.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
↑ "Perú se convierte en Miss Grand International 2017" (in spanish). Metro Puerto Rico. Retrieved 25 October 2017.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
↑ "Peruana María José Lora ganó el Miss Grand Internacional 2017" (in spanish). El Comercio Perú. Retrieved 26 October 2017.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
↑ "Contestants – Miss Grand International 2017". Instagram. Retrieved 2022-07-23.

External links[edit]

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[1] "Maria Jose Lora from Peru crowned Miss Grand International 2017". Miss India Beauty Pageants. Retrieved 25 October 2017.

[2] "María José Lora From Peru Crowned Miss Grand International 2017". The Kaleidoscope of Pageantry. Retrieved 25 October 2017.

[3] "Maria Jose Lora from Peru wins Miss Grand International 2017". The Great Pageant Community. Retrieved 25 October 2017.

[4] "Peru Wins Miss Grand International 2017". Critical Beauty. Retrieved 25 October 2017.

[5] "Maria Jose Lora of Peru wins Miss Grand International 2017". SGGPNews. Retrieved 26 October 2017.

[6] "Miss Grand International 2017 es Perú" (in spanish). Perubeauties.org. Retrieved 25 October 2017.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)

[7] "MARÍA JOSÉ LORA GANÓ EL MISS GRAND INTERNATIONAL 2017" (in spanish). Panamericana TV. Retrieved 25 October 2017.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)

[8] "Perú se convierte en Miss Grand International 2017" (in spanish). Metro Puerto Rico. Retrieved 25 October 2017.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)

[9] "Peruana María José Lora ganó el Miss Grand Internacional 2017" (in spanish). El Comercio Perú. Retrieved 26 October 2017.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)

[10] "Contestants – Miss Grand International 2017". Instagram. Retrieved 2022-07-23.

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v t e Miss Grand International titleholders
2010s	Janelee Chaparro (2013) Daryanne Lees (2014) Anea Garcia/Claire Elizabeth Parker (2015) Ariska Putri Pertiwi (2016) María José Lora (2017) Clara Sosa (2018) Valentina Figuera (2019)
2020s	Abena Appiah (2020)