Miss Grand Thailand 2023 (Thai: มิสแกรนด์ไทยแลนด์ 2023) was the 10th edition of the Miss Grand Thailand pageant, held at Show DC Hall in Bangkok on 29 April 2023, while the initial pageant activities was decided to be done in the province of Chiang Mai. Engfa Waraha of Bangkok crowned Thaweeporn Phingchamrat of Chumphon at the end of the event. She will represent Thailand at Miss Grand International 2023 in Vietnam.
Background
Location and date
During the live streaming on the personal Facebook page on 6 May 2022, Nawat Itsaragrisil, the president of Miss Grand International, stated that the grand final of 2023 Miss Grand Thailand is scheduled to happen on 29 April 2023 at Show DC Hall, the delegates for such an edition will also be selected through the provincial pageants as accomplished in previous editions. In addition to an online Thai government lottery dealer company, VR Online Innovation, which has been served as the main title sponsorship since 2022, the cosmeceutical brand "Devonte" was also certificated as the premier patronage organ for this edition.
Selection of contestants
Overview
The national finalists for Miss Grand Thailand 2023 were chosen through the provincial pageants held by the different provincial licensees, who in some cases are responsible for more than one province, e.g., Piriya Siannok, who holds the licenses for Amnat Charoen, Chai Nat, Chumphon, Nan, Nong Bua Lamphu, Prachinburi, and Trang.
As announced on the grand final stage of the previous edition, former runners-up of Miss Grand Thailand are permitted to re-participate in the contest, nevertheless, the organizer's president later proclaimed on his personal social media that the pageant candidates with a history of participating in any right-wing pageants, such as Miss Universe Thailand and Miss Thailand, will have been prohibited to acquired any placements or special awards in Miss Grand Thailand pageant, beginning in 2023.
Of all participating candidates, the representative of Chonburi province, Ratrapee Thamjalkul, was appointed as the replacement for the original winner, Kritsadaporn Nakrai, who was dethroned by the provincial licensee for not being able to fulfill the duties. The provincial licensee claimed several reasons for such dethronement; Nakrai, however, thereupon publicized an argument on her private social media to deny all allegations and claimed that the content previously published by the provincial organizer caused a misunderstanding. She then participated at another provincial preliminary pageant, Miss Grand Mukdahan 2023, but did not win the main title.
Provincial preliminary contests
Sixty-seven provincial pageants were held in 46 provinces to determine provincial representatives to compete at the national stage; the following is a list of the provinces that held the provincial preliminary contests for Miss Grand Thailand 2023.
Results summary
The following list is a summary of the Miss Grand Thailand 2023 competition results. Color keys
Main placements
Supplementary titles
Sponsor awards
Pageant
Challenging activities
The following list is the challenges of the Miss Grand Thailand 2023 pageant held by the organizer or pageant sponsors to select the winner or qualified candidates to join the specific events.
Main pageant
Miss Grand Morlam Rising Star contest
The Miss Grand Rising Star contest was held in three segments, including the audition round, pre-final, and final rounds, in which the number of participating contestants was narrowed down to 25, 10, and 7, respectively. The audition round was directly judged by the pageant organizer personnel while the remaining rounds were judged by several Mor lam performers from Rabieb Wathasilp Mor lam band ().
The following are lists of panels of judges of the Miss Grand Morlam Rising Star contest.