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Miss Grand International 2020 National Costume Competition took place on Wednesday, March 24 at the SHOW DC Hall in Bangkok, Thailand. Standout costumes were from Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Philippines, South Africa, Spain, Thailand, United States, and Vietnam. You can now vote by liking and sharing the national costume photo of your favorite contestants on the Miss Grand International  Facebook page . Voting ends on Friday, March 26 at 8 a.m. (Thailand time). Here are some of our favorite costumes: Brazil Canada Colombia Nicaragua Panama Philippines Spain Photos: Miss Grand International

The Miss Belgium 2021 final competition will air live next Wednesday, March 31 at 8:30 p.m. on RTLplay,  HLN  (online), and Eclips TV. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the event will take place without an audience. Thirty-three beauties will battle it out for the coveted title and the winner is expected to represent the country at either Miss World or Miss Universe competitions. The contestants are Pô-Lynn Koopmans, Aïcha Thomis, Imane Khoudairi, Iona Vanden Noortgate, Thanaree Scheerlinck, Laura Baeyens, Clara Just Petrella, Donatella Willemyns, Maritsa van Iterson, Kedist Deltour, Cassandra Tordeur, Daphné Nivelles, Marine Godin, Kaylee Stroobants, Sana Nasri, Luna Geens, Camilia Martinez, Michèle Debouverie, Solenne Coppens, Emilie Brismé, Kelly Godefroid, Louise-Marie Losfeld, Elodie Gualano, Véronique Michielsen, Christina Boenneken, Lara Buyse, Gul Arikaya, Jennifer Felix, Estelle Leglise, Ellen Duplessis, Melissa Crescibene, Michelle De Vos and Dounia Allali. Céline Van Ouytsel, th

Grand International 2020 National Costume Competition will take place today at the SHOW DC Hall in Bangkok, Thailand. Sixty-three beauties from around the world will showcase their colorful costumes that best represent the cultures and traditions of their respective countries. Subscribe to the  GrandTV  YouTube channel to watch the competition live at 7 p.m. (Thailand time) and cheer for your favorite contestants. Whose national costumes are you most excited to see tonight? Photo: Miss Grand International

Grace Ingabire, 25, representing Kigali, bested 19 other contestants to be crowned Miss Rwanda 2021 in a national competition held on Saturday, March 20 at the Intare Conference Arena in Kabuga. The university graduate with a major in dance drove home a brand new Hyundai Creta 2021 series from Hyundai Rwanda, a 55-inch TV courtesy of Star Times Rwanda, a monthly salary, and other benefits. Amanda Akaliza and Witness Umutoni were the first and second runners-up, respectively. Each won a cash prize, a full-year scholarship at the University of Kigali, and a weekend getaway for 6 months offered by La Palisse Nyamata. The new Miss Rwanda succeeded last year's winner, Naomie Nishimwe, and will now have the opportunity to represent her country at the Miss World 2021 pageant to be held later this year in Puerto Rico. Rwanda has yet to win the Miss World title. The East African country debuted at the international pageant in 2016 with Jolly Mutesi as its first representative. Photos: Emman

Miss Polski 2019 runner-up, Natalia Piguła, has been officially named Miss Universe Poland 2020 on Wednesday, March 24. She replaced Magdalena Kasiborska who had to withdraw due to health reasons. The 26-year-old model and engineer from Lodz will now prepare to represent Poland at the 69th Miss Universe pageant on May 16 at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida, USA. Natalia is no stranger to pageantry as she has already competed in Miss Intercontinental 2013 where she placed in the Top 15 and Reinado Internacional del Café 2020 where she finished first runner-up. "Since I was a child, I dreamed of entering the stage of the best competition in the world - Miss Universe. I thought that this dream would not be fulfilled, because I decided that my time in beauty contests was over and that probably nothing awaits me anymore. It happened otherwise," she shared on social media. "I have one month left to prepare, which usually takes several months. For

Thalia Zinsonni, 21, was crowned Miss Earth Burkina Faso 2021 during the inaugural edition of the national pageant held last March 12 at a banquet hall in Ouagadougou. The bank and insurance licensing student bested 12 other contestants to win the title. She succeeded the first-ever Miss Earth Burkina Faso who represented the west African country at the historic Miss Earth 2020 virtual competition, Amira Naïmah Bassané. Marketing and business management student, Fabiola Dambre, and law student, Kontogom Emelie Dorcas, were the first and second runners-up, respectively. Thalia will now prepare to represent Burkina Faso at the Miss Earth 2021 pageant later this year. "Dynamic, joyful, and ambitious, my professional project will be to defend nature by organizing awareness campaigns on the environment, teaching children to recycle their daily life, and organizing health days," she said. Photo: Miss Earth Burkina Faso

The picture says it all. Miss Grand El Salvador 2020 Luciana Martínez Cienfuegos is our choice for the best look during the preliminary interview last weekend. Following her solid performance during the swimsuit competition, Luciana is definitely someone to watch out for in the final this March 27. Special mentions are the looks from Spain, Panama, United States, Costa Rica, the Philippines, India, Guatemala, Peru, and Indonesia. Photo: Miss Grand International