Miss Peru to reign as Miss Grand International 2017
27 year-old Miss Grand Peru was
crowned Miss Grand International 2017 in the largest island in Vietnam — Phu Quoc, Vietnam. Maria Jose Laura took the crown
ahead of contestants from Venezuela, the Philippines, Czech Republic and Puerto Rico.
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"If I have to issue a law that punishes people that make the war and violence, i will take them to live in refugee camps so they can feel the pain, the suffering and the devastation the families go through because of war and violence. I will take them from a certain amount of time to live in a refugee camps. That will be my law for the people that creates war and violence."
Laura won over runner-up Miss
Grand Venezuela Tulia Aleman Ferrer. The second runner-up was Miss Grand
Philippines, Elizabeth Durano Clenci while Nikola Uhlirova of Czech Republic and of Brenda Azaria Jimenez of Puerto Rico were crowned third and fourth runners-up, respectively.
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Miss Grand Peru beat 76
contestants to take the crown from 2016 winner, Miss Indonesia, Arista Putri
Pertiwi.
The winner of Miss Popular Vote which give her the right to passed directly to the top 10 finalists was Miss Grand Indonesia Dea Goesti Rizkita. The other delegates who made it to the top 10 were Miss Grand Ukrain Snizhana Tanchuk, Miss Grand South Sudan Eyga Mojus, Miss Grand Thailand Premika Pamela and the host country Miss Grand Vietnam Huyen My Tran Nguyen.
The other delegates who made it to the top 20 were:
Miss Grand Australia, Kassandra Kashian
Miss Grand Paraguay, Lia Duarte Ashomore
Miss Grand Mexico, Yoana Gutierrez
Miss Grand Brazil, Caroline Venturini
Miss Grand Costa Rica, Maria Amalia Matamoros
Miss Grand Netherlands, Kelly Van Den Dungen
Miss Grand China, Xuejiao Chen
Miss Grand Russia, Svetlana Khokhlova
Miss Grand India, Anukriti Gussain
Miss Grand Laos, Chinnaly Norasing
Rizkita, one of the crowd favorites, also won for her national costume while Miss Grand Paraguay Lia Duarte Ashomore won the Best in Social Media Award.
On the other hand, Miss Grand Costa Rica Maria Amalia Matamoros and Miss Grand China Xuejiao Chen won the Best in Swimsuit and Evening Gown awards, respectively.
Miss Grand International is a pageant for peace. The main advocacy of the pageant is to bring peace and to show awareness of the negative effects of war through this pageant.
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| Photo courtesy| missgrandinternational.com |
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| Photo courtesy| missgrandinternational.com |
Miss Grand Australia, Kassandra Kashian
Miss Grand Paraguay, Lia Duarte Ashomore
Miss Grand Mexico, Yoana Gutierrez
Miss Grand Brazil, Caroline Venturini
Miss Grand Costa Rica, Maria Amalia Matamoros
Miss Grand Netherlands, Kelly Van Den Dungen
Miss Grand China, Xuejiao Chen
Miss Grand Russia, Svetlana Khokhlova
Miss Grand India, Anukriti Gussain
Miss Grand Laos, Chinnaly Norasing
Rizkita, one of the crowd favorites, also won for her national costume while Miss Grand Paraguay Lia Duarte Ashomore won the Best in Social Media Award.
On the other hand, Miss Grand Costa Rica Maria Amalia Matamoros and Miss Grand China Xuejiao Chen won the Best in Swimsuit and Evening Gown awards, respectively.
Miss Grand International is a pageant for peace. The main advocacy of the pageant is to bring peace and to show awareness of the negative effects of war through this pageant.
Nicole Cordoves, Miss Grand International 2016 1st runner-up and Filipino actor Xian Lim hosted the event.
This was the second straight
year the Thailand-based Miss Grand International pageant has been held outside
Thailand.
Congratulations to all the winners!
Congratulations to all the winners!
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