77 Miss Grand International 2026 candidates to compete in New Delhi

The Miss Grand International 2026 coronation ceremony will be held at the Indira Gandhi Arena in New Delhi, India on October 10, 2026. It is the 14th edition of the international beauty pageant founded by Nawat Itsaragrisil of Thailand.

Miss Grand International 2026 contestants

A total of 77 women will compete for the Miss Grand International 2026 crown. Here are the candidates:

This is an ongoing list. It will be updated regularly.

1. Sara Shehu, 22, Albania
2. Cat Jane Shepherd, 26, Australia
3. Kaithlyn Da Rocha, 27, Bolivia
4. Paula Assunção, 33, Brazil
5. Alyanni Gómez, 25, Cuba
6. Dominique Alagia, 21, Czech Republic
7. Keitty Familia, 19, Dominican Republic
8. Shyare Andrade, 23, Ecuador
9. Valeria Amaya, 19, El Salvador
10. Adelaide Somuah Twum, 29, Ghana
11. Ximena Carrillo, 22, Guatemala
12. Emely Alemán, 27, Honduras
13. Xuebing Liu, 27, Hong Kong
14. Lakshita Thilagaraj, 23, India
15. Dilza Salsabila, 25, Indonesia
16. Simone Gardner, 30, Jamaica
17. Sara Chiba, 21, Japan
18. Anel Emel, 21, Kazakhstan
19. Rufina Gasanova, 22, Kyrgyzstan
20. Minshi Lin, 23, Macau
21. Sdivya Trisni, 22, Malaysia
22. Natalia Galea, 27, Malta
23. Pety Juarez, 29, Mexico
24. Regina Ganzenko, 24, Moldova
25. Christine Nan Seng, 20, Myanmar
26. Sumnima Puri, 23, Nepal
27. Beau Megan Goos, 22, Netherlands
28. Emily Faulkner, 22, New Zealand
29. Uzogheli Ifeoma, 21, Nigeria
30. Erica Iren Vihovde, 22, Norway
31. Micaela Viveros, 21, Paraguay
32. Angelica Danao Lopez, 25, Philippines
33. Milena Rabelo, 27, Portugal
34. Roxana Perla Ngouadi, 24, Republic of the Congo
35. Adel Caroline Jusu, 24, Sierra Leone
36. Nicole Bacon, 23, Singapore
37. Viktória Kloknerová, 21, Slovakia
38. Estèe-Mari Smit, 18, South Africa
39. Lang Sa, 28, South Korea
40. Akoi Arok, 29, South Sudan
41. Alba María Ruiz, 22, Spain
42. Jihan Dimack, 30, Tanzania
43. Pathama Jitsawat, 33, Thailand
44. Maria Kolotilo, 24, Ukraine
45. Pooja Ghodekar, 25, United Kingdom
46. Victoria Oluwakotanmi, 25, United States
47. Francie Millan, 24, Uruguay
48. Lady Di Mosquera, 26, Venezuela
49. Emoura Phạm, 26, Vietnam
50. Charity Mumba, 26, Zambia
51. Shelly Usman, 27, Zimbabwe

The following were originally listed as candidates. However, they withdrew from the competition even before it started.

1. Matangaro Tarabay (Cook Islands)
2. Nina Izadpanah (Iran)

Miss Grand International 2025

Emma Tiglao represented the Philippines at Miss Grand International 2025 and competed against 76 other candidates at the MGI Hall in Bangkok, Thailand on October 18, 2025. She won the title.

Runner-up to Tiglao was Sarunrat Puagpipat of Thailand. The respective second, third and fourth runners-up were Aitana Jiménez of Spain, Faith Maria Porter of Ghana and Nariman Batikha of Venezuela.