Miss Grand International 2014: Special Awards

The Miss Grand International Organization officially announced the prizes for the winners, runner-ups and special awards that will be handed during the 2014 edition.

• Winner: Cash Prize, USD 40,000 and a furnished apartment for her year’s stay in Bangkok
• 1st Runner-up: USD 10000
• 2nd Runner-up: USD 5000
• 3rd Runner-up: USD 2500
• 4th Runner-up: USD 1500

Miss Grand International 2014 kicks off

The second edition of Miss Grand International will take place on Tuesday, October 7th, at the Indoor Stadium Huamark in Bangkok.  Following up their successful debut last year, Thailand is preparing to welcome more than 80 beauties from around the planet to compete for a whooping cash prize of USD 40,000 and an apartment in Bangkok for the titleholder’s year of reign.

As this year’s plans are being finalized, it was revealed that the beauties will have the opportunity to visit Sukhothai Kingdom, the first capital of Thailand.

The competition is scheduled to start in mid-September, so stay tuned for more updates and tidbits from the competition!

Miss World 2005 gets married in Iceland

Unnur Birna, the third woman from Iceland to be crowned Miss World, back in 2005, recently got married in the beautiful countryside of Iceland.

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Yirgalem Hadish Selected As Miss World Ethiopia 2014

Yirgalem Hadish was selected by a panel of celebrity judges and public vote on Facebook to represent Ethiopia in the upcoming Miss World finals to be held in London on December 14th.

 

She is 23 years old and is 1.76cm.

 

Congratulations!

 

courtesy of Gadol Wilson

Kimberly Castillo Is Miss Dominican Republic Universe 2014

25-year old Kimberly Castillo, who represented Higuey, was crowned Miss Dominican Republic Universe 2014 during the annual gala held at the National Theater Eduardo Brito.

Standing 178 cm in height, Kimberly will now represent the Dominican Rep. at the Miss Universe 2014 pageant in a date and place still to be announced.

Santiago (Aletxa Mueses), Dominican Community in Mexico (Dhio Moreno), Distrito Nacioonal (Marimar Lopez) and Punta Cana (Analiz de la Cruz) completed the finalists. 

Reigning Miss Universe Gabriela Isler was a special guest at the gala.

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Miss Trinidad & Tobago Universe 2014

24-year old Jevon King (center) was crowned Miss Trinidad & Tobago 2014 during an event held in the Hilton Trinidad in Port of Spain on August 10th. 

She will represent the world-famous islands in the Miss Universe 2014 pageant in a date and venue to be announced soon.