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Four months after making history by winning her country's first golden crown, Miss Grand International 2022 Isabella Menin of Brazil has officially returned home. The beauty queen touched down at São Paulo/Guarulhos International Airport on Saturday, March 4 to a warm welcome from her fans and supporters. She was accompanied on her homecoming trip by the president of the Miss Grand International organization, Nawat Itsaragrisil. In case you missed it, here she was before departure from Bangkok, Thailand: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Isabella N. Menin (@isanmenin) Photos: Miss Grand International, Isabella Menin / Instagram

Isabella Menin of Brazil was crowned Miss Grand International 2022 in a glittering grand final competition held on Tuesday, October 25 at the Sentul International Convention Centre in Bogor, Indonesia. The 26-year-old model and entrepreneur beat 67 other contestants to win her country's first-ever golden crown. She succeeds last year's winner Nguyen Thuy Thuc Tien of Vietnam. Thailand's Engfa Waraha was named first runner-up while Indonesia's Andina Julie, Venezuela's Luiseth Materán, and Czech Republic's Mariana Bečková finished second, third, and fourth runners-up, respectively. Rounding out the Top 10 and were announced fifth runners-up were from Cambodia, Pich Votey Saravody, Colombia, Priscilla Londoño, Puerto Rico, Oxana Rivera, Mauritius, Yuvna Rinishta (Miss Popular Vote), and Spain, Hirisley Jimenez. The rest of the Top 20 were from Curacao, Kanisha Sluis, Denmark, Victoria Kjaer Theilvig, Dominican Republic, Jearmanda Ramos, Honduras, Saira Cacho, Mexi

Miss Alto Cafezal, Isabella Menin, was crowned Miss Grand Brasil 2022 (Miss Grand Brazil 2022) on Thursday, July 28 at Teatro da Caesb in Águas Claras, Brasília. The 26-year-old succeeds last year's winner and Miss Grand International second runner-up Lorena Rodrigues and will represent her country at Miss Grand International 2022 in Indonesia this October.  Grabriela Borges of Paraná and Vitória Brodt of Rio Grande do Sul were the first and second runners-up, respectively, while the representatives of Norte-Matogrossense, Bárbara Reis, and Mato Grosso, Maythe Varzoni completed the Top 5. The new Miss Grand Brazil holds a degree in economics and a master's in finance. She speaks fluent English and Spanish and can communicate well in French and Italian. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Isabella Menin (@isanm) Photos: Ricardo Siviero / Miss Grand Brasil, Concurso Nacional de Beleza

A 26-year-old journalist from Juiz de Fora (Minas Gerais), Lorena Rodrigues, has been officially crowned as Miss Grand Brazil 2021. Lorena succeeds last year's Miss Grand Brazil and Miss Grand International 2020 fourth runner-up, Lala Guedes. She will represent her country at the Miss Grand International 2021 pageant. The crowning ceremony took place last Friday, June 25 in the stunning city of Ouro Preto, one of the most important political centers of Brazil’s colonial and imperial times. Photos: Jonas Dias Fotografia