Samantha Mae Adaliga Bernardo (©Miss Grand International)

Miss Grand International 2019 Valentina Figuera of Venezuela will crown her successor at Show DC Hall in Huai Khwang district in Bangkok, Thailand on March 27, 2021. There are 63 women competing to inherit the title from her.

After watching the preliminary events, I and my colleagues Erica Diaz Mendoza Lao and Jiro Honda scored all the Miss Grand International 2020 candidates based on the likelihood that they will win the crown, not necessarily based on who we want to win. We combined our scores and this is our collective prediction:

We predict that these candidates will make it to the Top 20 but will not advance to the Top 10:

• Abena Akuaba Appiah, 27, United States
• Iris Miguélez Mendez, 22, Spain
• Maricielo Gamarra Alvarado, 25, Peru
• Monique Alexandria Thomas, 26, Jamaica
• Natalia Manrique Aguilar, 21, Colombia
• Marine Karine Patricia Comby, 20, France
• Alaise Clementino Guedes, 27, Brazil
• Albina Shaikhlislamova, 21, Bashkortostan
• Lady Laura Leon Rosario, 27, Dominican Republic
• Nam Patcharaporn Chantarapadit, 22, Thailand

We predict that these candidates will make it to the Top 10 but will not advance to the Top 5:

• Thaole Ngoc Nguyen, 20, Vietnam
• Sonia Augusta Luna Menendez, 25, Ecuador
• Angela Michelle Leon Yuriar, 19, Mexico
• Eliana Madeleine Rojas Roa, 24, Venezuela
• Mariana Jesica Varela, 24, Argentina

We predict that these will be the Top 5 and the winners:

predicted Miss Grand International 2020 fourth runner-up: 

“Han Lay” Thaw Nandar Aung, 22, Myanmar

predicted Miss Grand International 2020 third runner-up:

Kharisma Aura Islami, 20, Indonesia

predicted Miss Grand International 2020 second runner-up:

Denisa Spergerová, 20, Czech Republic

predicted Miss Grand International 2020 first runner-up:

Samantha Mae Adaliga Bernardo, 27, Philippines

predicted Miss Grand International 2020:

Fabiola Krystal Valentin, 21, Puerto Rico