9th Miss Grand Thailand pageant
Beauty pageant
Miss Grand Thailand 2022 () is the ninth edition of the Miss Grand Thailand beauty contest, held on 30 April 2022 at Show DC Hall in Bangkok, Thailand. The coronation was initially scheduled in August 2021, however, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the event was rescheduled twice, first in late-2021, and later to 2022. At the end of the event, the appointed Miss Grand Thailand 2021, of Pathum Thani, crowned her successor, Engfa Waraha of Bangkok, a former contestant on the 2018/2019 The Voice Thailand, making her the first representative of the capital city to win the title. Engfa represented the country at Miss Grand International 2022, where she placed as 1st Runner-Up.
Seventy-seven delegates, chosen by various provincial licensees through their provincial pageants, competed for the national title. The event was hosted by Matthew Deane and was beamed live to a virtual audience worldwide via the pageant YouTube channel, named GrandTV.
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Background.
Location and date.
The ninth edition of the Miss Grand Thailand beauty contest was originally scheduled to be held on 21 August 2021, however, the rising cases caused by SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant in Thailand during Mid-2021 caused the organizer to postpone the event to 11 September 2021 and eventually announce to skip the event to be arranged in April 2022 instead. The press conference of the contest was conducted at the PM Center office on 17 January, in which Khon Kaen was announced as the preliminary host province for the swimsuit contest, the darling of the host competition as well as all other ancillary activities during 10–21 April, and the "Show DC Hall" of Bangkok will be served as the venue for the national costume parade, preliminary competition, and the grand final coronation. Moreover, in the same event, the former Miss Grand Thailand Arayha Suparurk was authorized as the general director of the pageant, replacing Supaporn Malisorn, who served in such a position during 2019–2021.
On 14 February 2021, the pageant organizer Miss Grand International Co., Ltd. together with the Thai Fabric Promotion Association of Khon Kaen Province, Khon Kaen Tourist Business Association, and Khon Kaen Chamber of Commerce, signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to host the Miss Grand Thailand 2022 contest in Khon Kaen under the concept of ′"The Iconic of Khon Kaen"′ aiming to promote the provincial tourism industry during the Songkran Festival, the traditional Thai New Year, held during 8–15 April at Sri Chan Road and Kaen Nakhon Lake in the center of Khon Kaen city.
Selection of participants.
Seventy-seven national delegates were selected through the provincial pageants, 52 events in total, held in 44 provinces by several local organizers, who in some cases are responsible for more than one province. The provincial winners hold the title "Miss Grand (Province)" for the year of their reign. Of which, one contestant was replaced after the original contestant; "Aksarapak Chaiammart", who had been crowned Miss Grand Nakhon Sawan 2022, was due to represent the province but the health problem had to resign the title and was replaced by the first runner-up "Aizryh Phipat".
Competition.
Pre-pageant activities.
Pre-pageant voting.
Before the start of the national pageant, public online voting was held on the pageants' official Facebook page, aiming to determine the top 2 winners of each region groups, 8 in total. The result found that the candidates of Chiang Mai, Lampang, Nakhon Pathom, Nonthaburi, Amnat Charoen, Udon Thani, Kanchanaburi, and Surat Thani, were announced as the winner of the first challenging event. All of them received the organizer's special gift set as a reward.
Later in late April 2022, two weeks before the beginning of the pageant boot camp, the second public online voting challenge was additionally launched to select 10 winners, regardless of the geographical region, for joining a special meeting with the president of the contest Nawat Itsaragrisil on 8 March, the voting result is shown below; 
Ancillary activities.
In addition to the sub-contests and challenge events, several ancillary events were programmed to be arranged in this edition, such as a sponsor photo shoot, sightseeing, as well as doing charitable events. One of which, "Miss Grand Land Road" –  a public Marathon charitable event, co-organized by the Student Union of Khon Kaen University (KKUSU) and the Miss Grand International Limited, originally scheduled to happen on 10 April at Khon Kaen University, was entirely canceled due to the serious situation of the COVID-19 pandemic in the preliminary host province.
On 5 April 14 national entrances were favorably chosen by "Ramsita" the main sponsor of the contest, to take the photo shoot used for their commercial purposes, the provinces of those eligible candidates is listed below.
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On the official welcome ceremony night held at Show DC Hall on 9 April, in addition to publicizing the competition details, the event also featured the formal Thai national costume and the creative swimsuit fashion shows worn by seventy-seven national aspirants. Moreover, the presentation of the modern Thai silk dress by the mentioned candidates was also founded at the "Gala Night Thai Silk", arranged in Avani Khon Kaen Hotel &amp; Convention Centre on the following 11 March. In partnership with Netflix, the pageant contents will also be accessible on such a platform; some candidates were elected to shoot the advertising media, namely the representative of Ang Thong, Chumphon, and Phuket.
Sub-contests and special awards.
Miss Grand Morlam contest.
The preliminary round of the Miss Grand Morlam Rising Star was held on 6 April 2022 at Hotel Swissôtel Bangkok Ratchada, in which the panel of judges affiliated with the Mor lam music band "Prathom Bunterng Silp" () select the finalists based on their Mor lam-related performances. Fifty out of the seventy-seven national finalists voluntarily took part in this sub-contest, only 3 candidates were classified for the further round; including Engfa Waraha of Bangkok, Mueanphan Kunket of Prachinburi, and Kittiyaporn Lanont of Sisaket. The event was hosted by Sakul Limpapanon, Mister Eco International Thailand 2018.
The judging panel of the event includes;
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The final round of the contest was organized with the full show of "Prathom Bunterng Silp" band on 26 April at Show DC Hall in Huai Khwang, also hosted by "Sakul Limpapanon" and was beamed live on Facebook as a pay-to-access event. All three finalist of the contest performed their Morlam skill featuring the main artist of the band, however, all these finalists was later named the winners on the national coronation night on 30 April, and receive the prize of ฿50,000 Baht cash each (approx. US$1,500). The winner of the Miss Grand Morlam contest has to sign the contract to work as the Mor lam performer for the aforementioned music band for 1 year.
The final competition result is shown below;
Miss Pond's Fresh Face challenge.
The "Miss Pond's Fresh Face ()" challenging event was held by the Unilever Thailand on 6 April 2022 at Hotel Swissôtel Bangkok Ratchada, in which the 77 aspirants of the national tilt appeared without makeup for the judging for the Miss Pond's Fresh Face title. "Amanda Jensen" of Phuket was later announced the challenging winner on the grand coronational round at Show DC Hall on 30 April.
The judging panel of the event includes;
The winner of the Miss Pond's Fresh Face challenge received the prize of ฿100,000 Baht cash (approx. US$3,000) and has to sign a 1-year contract to work as the brand ambassador for Pond's Thailand.
Isan Costume competition.
Under the collaboration between Miss Grand International Limited and Khon Kaen University, the Isan creative costume competition was held on the outdoor stage of the Art and Culture Museum in Khon Kaen University on 13 March, in which 77 national candidates competed in creative style Isan costumes sewed by different local designers. The representative of Surin, Pa-ornrat Pinmueang, was named the winner at the end of the event and received cash of ฿100,000 Baht (approx. US$3,000) as a prize. Pinmueang wore the Galemore witch apparel "()" of Kuy people, an indigenous ethnic group in Surin province. The event was hosted by Arthit Mekarkard Mister National Thailand 2016 and Sakul Limpapanon Mister Eco International Thailand 2018.
The judging panel includes;
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The competition result is shown below;
Swimsuit contest.
The swimsuit contest of the Miss Grand Thailand 2022 pageant was done on 16 April 2022, hosted by Pamela Pasinetti Miss Grand Thailand 2017, and was beamed live to a virtual audience via the official YouTube channel, named GrandTV, and its Facebook Live coverage from the Khon Kaen Hall of CentralPlaza Khon Kaen in Khon Kaen. Each national delegate wore the same type of swimsuit designed by the organizer and paraded one by one in front of the panel of judges. The score for this event, together with the swimsuit section on the preliminary stage on 27 April was used to determine the "Best in Swimsuit" winner, which was later announced on the national final stage on 30 April, the representative of Chiang Mai, Athita Payak, is the conqueror of such.
In addition to searching for the aforementioned title, the event was also used to determine the first 8 finalists who will advance to compete for the "Devonte Men's Women Style" title, the winner of which will obtain cash of ฿500,000 Baht (approx. USD$15,000) as a prize and has to sign a 1-year contract to serve as the ambassador for the brand.
The judging panel includes;
Miss Darling of Khon Kaen contest.
The competition for the annual special title of "Miss Darling of Khon Kaen" "()" was held on 17 April at Khon Kaen Hall of CentralPlaza Khon Kaen, and beamed live worldwide to a virtual audience via the organizer YouTube channel, aiming to determine the most favorite candidate for the pageant host province. The event was hosted by Arthit Mekakard, Mister National Thailand 2016, and Pamela Pasinetti Miss Grand Thailand 2017. According to all previous editions of Miss Grand Thailand, the winners of "Miss Darling of the Host province" always secure their position among the top 5 finalists at the final national contest.
The contestants were classified under four geographical regions namely; northern, northeastern, central, and southern, regardless of the government administrative regions, each group consisted of 17, 20, 22, and 18 provinces, respectively. Each delegate was introduced in the first opening parade with the same style of simple Isan costume and then competed in the evening gown round. Five contestants with the highest accumulation points from each region advanced to the top 20 round, and only two delegates of each regional group qualified for the further round. The winner of the fast track (automatic advancement) title, "Miss G-Rich", which was chosen by one of the event's sponsors, as well as the winner of "Miss Popularity", were automatically placed among the top 10 finalists, where all entrants were asked the same question about a Thai politician recently accused of sexual harassment. After the first Q&amp;A round, the judges then selected the top five candidates regardless of the regional groups to compete in the final question-and-answer portion which all top 5 finalists were questioned about the problem related to the Khon Kaen local government administration and other national political issues. At the end of the event, a 21-year-old Thai-Iranian, "Ornpreeya Nesa Mahmoodi" of Ang Thong province was named the winner and received cash of ฿50,000 Baht as a prize, and the first runner-up is belonging to the representative of Bangkok "Engfa Waraha" who received a prize of ฿20,0000 Baht for such position while all other three of top 5 finalists from Nan, Khon Kaen and Chonburi were announced the second runners-up and obtained cash of ฿10,0000 Baht each.
The judging panel includes;
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In addition to crown the main title, the winners of other special awards given by the local organizer were also determined, as listed below.
The competition results summary is shown in the diagram below.
Wink White's Challenge.
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Devonte's Challenge.
Devonte's Men was one of the sponsors of 2022 Miss Grand Thailand pageant. As a representative of the company, "Kittikun Tansuhat" attended the swimsuit contest held at Khon Kaen Hall of CentralPlaza Khon Kaen on 16 April, to determine 8 eligible candidates who later took part in several challenger events together with other 2 finalists selected through the public online voting. The challenge events aimed to select the winner who will serve as its brand ambassador for 1 year. The representative of Phuket, Amanda Jensen, was named the challenging winner on the final night competition on