Miss Grand Int´l 2020: see who made it to Thailand and who´s still missing
Valentina Figuera, Miss Grand International 2019, is back in Thailand to crown her successor. Several delegates have arrived at Suvarnabhumi Airport today.
Today international airports all over the world welcomed some of the most beautiful young girls on the planet, all with a common destination: Bangkok, Thailand. Airplanes leaving from four continents (only Oceania, in whose countries the measures to prevent covid-19 are extreme, will not have representatives at Miss Grand International 2020), tore through the skies of the planet carrying illustrious and dreamy passengers.
The following representatives either landed on Thai soil or are on their way to Bangkok: Albania, Fjorela Lezo; Argentina, Mariana Jesica Varela; Belarus, Polli Cannabis; Brazil, Lala Guedes; Bulgaria, Viktoria Lazarova; Cambodia, Chily Liv; Canada, Sara Michelle Winter; Chile, Valentina Benavente; China, Fiona Tao; Colombia, Natalia Manrique Aguilar; Costa Rica, Gabriela Jara; Crimea, Sofia Kim; Czech Republic, Denisa Spergerová; Dominican Republic, Lady Leon; Ecuador, Sonia Luna Menéndez; Egypt, Virginia Hany; El Salvador, Luciana Martinez Cienfuegos; England, Stephanie Wyatt; Finland, Liina Malinen; France, Marine Comby; Germany, Arlinda Prenaj; Guatemala, Ivana Batchelor; Indonesia, Aurra Kharishma; Iran, Ayda Mirahmadi; Ireland, Tirna Slevin; Italy, Filomena Venuso; Jamaica, Monique Thomas; Japan, Ruri Saji; Kenya, Irene Ng’endo; Korea, Hyunyoung Lee; Kosovo, Frontina Gashi; Malaysia, Jasebel Robert; Mexico, Angela Leon Yuriar; Myanmar, Han Lay; Netherlands, Susan Lips; Nicaragua, Teresa Pérez Moreno; Nigeria, Chikaodili Nna-Udosen; Panama, Angie Keith; Paraguay, Daisy Lezcano; Peru, Maricielo Gamarra; Philippines, Samantha Bernardo; Poland, Milena Sadowska; Portugal, Sara Duque; Puerto Rico, Fabiola K. Valentin; Russia, Guzel Musina; Scotland, Helen Maher; South Africa, Anronet Ann Roelotsz; Spain, Iris Miguélez Méndez; Sri Lanka, Pratibha Sambodhi; Sweden, Felicia Brunzell; Uruguay, Jimena Martino; USA, Evelyn Abena Appiah; Venezuela, Eliana Roa; Vietnam, Nguyen Lê Ngoc Thao, and Wales, Kathryn Fanshawe.
Miss Grand International 2019, Valentina Figuera, has also made it to Thailand, while the hometown girl, Miss Grand Thailand, Patcharaporn (Nam) Chantarapadit, has joined the group.
The ones who have already arrived in Thailand were taken straight away to the Golden Tulip Sovereign after their arrival, where their quarantine period began.
Some still struggle to get to Thailand, facing the most diverse obstacles.
Who hasn't arrived yet and what should happen to them? This is what we were able to ascertain:
Miss Grand Bolivia was robbed on Saturday in Madrid. A new passport shall be issued by the Bolivian embassy on Monday and she should travel to Thailand on Wednesday. Information confirmed by Promociones Gloria.
Armenia, Nare Zakaryan: She will not participate.
Bashkortostan, Albina Shaykhlislamova: Albina is trying to get her documentation ready to travel to Bangkok. On her Instagram account, she wrote yesterday: “Wait for me, Thailand!”.
Bolivia, Teresita Sanchez Añez: After having her purse stolen in Madrid, where she lives, on Saturday, Teresita will need to get a new Bolivian passport on Monday. Hopefully, she will be able to travel on Wednesday.
Cuba, Jennifer Sánchez Aguilar: Jennifer is still waiting for the Thai Embassy permit for her to go to Thailand. Like Bolivia, she is expected to fly on Wednesday.
India, Simran Sharma: One of the last national representatives to be confirmed, Simran should leave India to Thailand in a couple of days.
Laos, Patthana Khidaphone: She is expected to arrive in Bangkok a few days late.
Mauritius, Tania Rene: We have contacted Ahmad, Mauritius´ national director, but have not yet heard from him, or from Miss Grand Mauritius.
Yes, Nepal is joining the Miss Grand International 2020 group of candidates!
Nepal, Ambika Joshi Rana: Local organizers have confirmed to Global Beauties that she is on her way to Thailand.
It seems like at least 58 candidates will join MGI, hoping to see 63 of them in Thailand!
See images from some of the candidates who have either made it to Thailand or are on their way:
Remote activities (on internet) promoted by MGI with the delegates who are already in Thailand, will start on Monday, March 1st.
