Miss Global 2023 is Ashley Melendez from Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico's Ashley Melendez was crowned Miss Global 2023 during the 10th Miss Global competition held on Thursday, January 18 at the Corona Resort & Casino Phu Quoc in Vietnam. The 26-year-old model bested more than 60 other contestants to win the international title. She succeeds Miss Global 2022 winner Shane Tormes of the Philippines. Haylani Kuruppu of Samoa was named first runner-up while Chonnikarn Supittayaporn of Thailand, Pearl Hung of the Philippines, and Doan Thu Thuy of Vietnam were the second, third, and fourth runners-up, respectively. Janaya Reimers of Australia, Leak Monyanita of Cambodia, Francheska Pujols of the Dominican Republic, Cynthia Ong of Indonesia, Taanusiya Chetty of Malaysia, Zai Jama of Somalia, Simphiwe Zama Ntombela of South Africa, and Tasabeh Diab of Sudan were the rest of the Top 13 finalists. The rest of the Top 20 semifinalists were from Brazil, Marcela Araki Yamaguti, Bulgaria, Valeriya Dokuzova, Colombia, Dahiana Aguilar, Lithuania, Zlat