Miss Grand International 2026

Miss Grand International 2026
Date10 October 2026
VenueIndira Gandhi Arena, New Delhi, India
Debuts
  • Republic of the Congo
Returns
  • Chile
  • Côte d'Ivoire
  • Honduras
  • Moldova
  • Norway
  • Russia
  • Sierra Leone
  • South Sudan
  • Ukraine
  • Uruguay

Miss Grand International 2026 will be the 14th Miss Grand International pageant, scheduled to be held at the Indira Gandhi Arena in New Delhi, India, on 10 October 2026.

Emma Tiglao of the Philippines will crown her successor at the end of the event.

Background

Location and date

On October 18, 2025, during the finale of the Miss Grand International 2025 pageant, India was officially announced as the host country for the 2026 pageant, with the grand final scheduled for October 2026, with the pageant's activities will be held across three cities: Jaipur, Agra, and New Delhi.[1][2][3]

The organizers announced that the Indira Gandhi Arena in New Delhi, India, would be the venue for the preliminary and final rounds of the pageant. The contestants are scheduled to arrive on 18 September.[4] On 26 August, the organizers announced the competition schedule, with the national costume show scheduled for 5 October, the preliminary competition for 7 October, and the final competition for 10 October.[5]

Selection of participants

Among the delegates designated as of August 2026, two was appointed to compete as the runner-up in their national pageant[a][b] while two were selected to replace an original winner due to resignation or replacement.[8][9]

Replacements

Hyun-jin Kim of South Korea was replaced by Lang Sa for an unknown reason. [8][10] Rebecca Attiogbe was initially appointed as the representative for Ghana.[11] She was subsequently replaced by Adelaide Somuah.[9]

Debuts returns and withdrawals

This will see the debuts of Republic of the Congo. Additionally, there will be the return of South Sudan, which last competed in 2017; Moldova, Norway and Sierra Leone in 2018; Uruguay in 2020; Ukraine in 2023; and Chile, Côte d'Ivoire, Honduras and Russia in 2024.[12][13]

Matangaro Tarabay of the Cook Islands and Nina Izadpanah of Iran withdrew from the competition.[14][15][16]

Contestants

The following contestants have been confirmed.

Country/TerritoryContestantAge[c]HometownRef.
AlbaniaSara Shehu22Tirana[17]
AustraliaCat Jane Shepherd26Perth
BoliviaKaithlyn da Rocha27Cochabamba
BrazilPaula Assunção33Foz do Iguaçu[5]
CanadaPatricia Seward26Vancouver
ChileIgnacia Michelson33Santiago[18]
Costa RicaCatalina Murillo28Heredia[19]
Côte d'IvoireMarlène Kouassi27Abidjan[20]
CubaAlyanni Gómez25Guanajay
Czech RepublicDominique Alagia21Prague[21]
Dominican RepublicKeitty Familia19Santo Domingo[22]
EcuadorShyare Andrade23Portoviejo[23]
EgyptSara Gouda29Cairo
El SalvadorValeria Amaya19Santa Tecla[24]
FranceAxelle Varin20Honfleur
GeorgiaIoanna Shervashidze18Tbilisi
GhanaAdelaide Somuah29Accra[25]
GuatemalaXimena Carrillo22Guatemala City[26]
HondurasEmely Alemán27Catacamas[27]
Hong KongXuebing Liu27Kowloon[28]
IndiaLakshita Thilagaraj23Chennai[29]
IndonesiaDilza Salsabila25Batam[30]
JamaicaSimone Gardner30Kingston[31]
JapanSara Chiba21Higashiura[32]
KazakhstanAnel Emel21Almaty[33]
KyrgyzstanRufina Gasanova22Kara-Balta
LaosLouise Chanthalangsy24Vientiane
MacauMinshi Lin23Shenzhen[28]
MalaysiaVyan Trisni22Selangor
MaltaNatalia Galea27Birkirkara[34]
MexicoPety Juárez29Angostura[35]
MoldovaRegina Ganzenko24Chișinău[36]
MyanmarChristine Nan Seng20Hpakant
NepalSumnima Puri23Birendranagar
NetherlandsBeau Megan Goos22Groningen
New ZealandEmily Faulkner22Dunedin
NigeriaUzogheli Ifeoma21Lagos[37]
NorwayErica Iren Vihovde22Haugesund
ParaguayMicaela Viveros21Pedro Juan Caballero[38]
PeruZuliet Seminario26Arequipa[39]
PhilippinesAngelica Lopez25Bataraza[40]
PortugalMilena Rabelo27Lisbon
Puerto RicoVicky Carbonell24Toa Baja
Republic of the CongoRoxana Ngouadi24Brazzaville
Sierra LeoneAdel Caroline Jusu24Pujehun
SingaporeNicole Bacon23Toa Payoh[41]
SlovakiaViktória Kloknerová21Pezinok[42]
South AfricaEstèe-Mari Smit18Roodepoort[43]
South KoreaLang Sa28Seoul
South SudanAkoi Arok29Melbourne
SpainAlba María Ruiz22Baeza[44]
TanzaniaJihan Dimack30Dar es Salaam[45]
ThailandPatthama Jitsawat33Surin[46]
UkraineMaria Kolotilo24Kyiv[47]
United KingdomPooja Ghodekar25Mumbai[48]
United StatesVictoria Oluwakotanmi25San Antonio[49]
UruguayFrancie Millan24New Orleans[50]
VenezuelaLady Di Mosquera26Carora[51]
VietnamEmoura Phạm26Ho Chi Minh City[52]
ZambiaCharity Mumba26Ndola[53]
ZimbabweShelly Usman27Gweru

Upcoming national pageants

Country/TerritoryDate
Sri Lanka[54]31 August 2026
China[55]1 September 2026
Italy[56]6 September 2026
Nicaragua[57]2026
Russia[58]

Notes

  1. ↑ Vyan Trisni of Malaysia was the first runner-up in Miss Grand Malaysia 2026.[6]
  2. ↑ Victoria Oluwakotanmi of the United States was the first runner-up in Miss Grand United States 2026[7]
  3. ↑ Ages at the time of the pageant

References

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