MISS GRAND INTERNATIONAL 2015
2015 October 25
Huamark Indoor Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand
77 participants
NOTE 73 were at the press presentation Oct. 7; 7 more arrived after that & before the swimsuit competition: Egypt, Hungary, Israel, Namibia, Nigeria, Slovakia, South Sudan
Kurdistan withdrew before the swimsuit competition, and Russia left after the swimsuit event. New Zealand left after the interview and before the preliminary show.
Results
1 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Anea Wauneegunn Garcia Dos Santos (2nd RU USA '15) (vacated title 2016 March 24)
2 AUSTRALIA Claire Elizabeth Parker (took over title 2016 April 1, but was dethroned 2019 February 22 for participating in another pageant)
3 INDIA Vartika Singh
4 PHILIPPINES Parul Quitola Shah
5 THAILAND Rattikorn Kunsom
Top 10
BRAZIL Paula Pereira Gomes
COSTA RICA Mariela Aparicio Alfaro (International '10, Mayan Coast '12, Earth '13)
JAPAN Ayaka Tanaka
SPAIN Andrea de Cozar Martín
SRI LANKA Ornella Mariam Jayasiri Gunesekere (International ’10, Tourism Int’l ’11, Supranational '16)
Top 20
ANGOLA Meriam Ndaetowa Kaxuxwena (Tourism Universe '14)
CZECH REPUBLIC Tatana Makarenko (Eurovision ’13, WMU ’14)
FRANCE Eline Lamboley (Supermodel Int'l '15, Exclusive '15)
MEXICO Aracely Azar Saravia
NETHERLANDS Shauny Wilhelmina Bult (Earth '12, International '14)
POLAND Katarzyna Maria Krzeszowska (World ’13, Supranational ’14)
PUERTO RICO Isamar Campos de Jesús
UKRAINE Anastasiya Lenna
USA Lauren Marie Peterson
VENEZUELA Reina del Carmen Rojas Sánchez
Awards
Best National Costume - Philippines
Best National Costume Top 20 - Bolivia, Brazil, Dominican Republic, Ghana, Guyana, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Malaysia, Mexico, Nigeria, Peru, Scotland, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Thailand, Tonga
Miss Popular Vote - Sri Lanka (automatic entry to Top 10)
Miss Popular Vote Top 10 - Albania, Australia, England, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, US Virgin Islands
Best in Swimsuit - Costa Rica
Best in Evening Gown - Japan
Best in Social Media - India
Remainder
ALBANIA Enkelejda Lajci
BELARUS Luliia Kuper
BELGIUM Axelle Stratsaert
BOLIVIA Adriana Delgadillo Galván (International '13)
BULGARIA Veneta Krasimirova Krasteva (Universe ’13, 7 Continents ’14, Tourism Int’l ’14, World Peace ’15)
CAMBODIA Seng Polvithavy
CANADA Jade Caron
CHINA Huili Xie
COLOMBIA Gisella Correa Córdoba
CUBA Maria Elena Manzo
DENMARK Isabella Lyhne Christensen
EGYPT Cherine Shiha
ENGLAND Beth Greenham
ESTONIA Anna-Liisa Virkus (Tourism Metropolitan '16)
ETHIOPIA Bethelhem Belay
GHANA Charlee Esi Bekoe Berbicks (Progress '15)
GUATEMALA Ingrid Analí Calderón Galindo
GUYANA Soyini Asanti Fraser (Earth ’10, Princess World ’11, Jamzone ’14)
HAITI Marie Darline Exumé (Global Int’l ’13, Progress ’14, United Continents ’14)
HONDURAS Nadia Scarleth Morales (Latin America '15)
HONG KONG Janet Choi Hiu-Ying
HUNGARY Dalma Nyitrai (Face of Beauty ’14)
INDONESIA Yolanda Viyanditya Remetwa
IRAN Shadi Osmani
ISRAEL Karin Nakash
ITALY Maria Grazia Murazzani
KENYA Elaine Wairimu Mwangi
KOREA Da-sol Lee
MACAU Chloe Lan Wan-Ling
MACEDONIA Dunavka Trifunovska
MALAYSIA Santhawan Boonratana
MALTA Sarah Marcieca (Pearl of Europe '12)
MOLDOVA Bianca Mihalache
MONGOLIA Khaliunaa Taravchamba Munkhsoyol (Bikini Universe ’13, TMOTW ’15)
MYANMAR San Htate Htar Linn
NAMIBIA Unongo Kutako
NEPAL Jenita Basnet
NIGERIA Ifeoma Jennifer Ohia
NORWAY Sonia Singh (India Worldwide '14)
PANAMA María de los Ángeles Suárez Carrera
PERU Alejandra Almonte Chávez
PORTUGAL Inês Filipa Ferreira Gigante (Freedom of the World ’13)
ROMANIA Georgiana Paula Radu
SCOTLAND Taylor Michelle Stringfellow
SINGAPORE Rouzi Yan
SLOVAK REPUBLIC Andrea Barthalosova
SOUTH AFRICA Magdalena "Maggy" Pieterse (Best Model '12, Supermodel Int'l 14)
SOUTH SUDAN Akan William Awer
SURINAME Svetoisckia Safora Brunswijk Kross
SWEDEN Issabella Georgsson
TAIWAN Viky Lin Yu-Jou
TONGA Sicilia Makisi
TUNISIA Arij Nasri
UGANDA Lilian Gashumba (Oriental Tourism '12)
US VIRGIN ISLANDS Petra Cabrera Badia (World '13)
VIETNAM Le Quyen Nguyen Thi
WALES Danielle Latimer
Withdrew for personal reasons
KURDISTAN Leyli Chupani
NEW ZEALAND Georgette Jackson (ill for a week & withdrew 3 days before the final)
RUSSIA Kseniya Rozenberg
NO SHOWS:
ALGERIA Wassila Sesila Bey Omar (Globe ’14)
ARGENTINA Sol Chaves Aguilar
BANGLADESH Fatimatu Zohra Etisha (Asia Pacific World ’14, Globe Int’l ’14)
ECUADOR María Emilia Cevallos Cuesta
KOSOVO Dardanie Thaqi
MAURITIUS Stacy Ng See Cheong
NICARAGUA Virginia Arcia Claros (Hispanoamericana '12)
RWANDA Doriane Kundwa (FESPAM ‘1)
TANZANIA Jihan Dimachk
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO Loraine Lalloon
REPLACED:
BELGIUM - Axelle Stratsaert
CANADA - Katherine Highgate.
CUBA - Adisleydi Alonso
DENMARK - Amalie Lykke Nygaard
FRANCE - Allison Evrard
HUNGARY - Dalma Nyitrai
MOLDOVA - Ilinca Sturzescu
NAMIBIA - Linda Amadhila
SOUTH SUDAN - Siran Samuel
SOUTH SUDAN - Sarah Gabriel