Indonesia Won Miss Grand International 2016

The fourth edition of Miss Grand International was held on October 25th in The Westgate Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada. 74 young ladies competed for the crown. The delegates have been in Las Vegas for two weeks.

Indonesia’s Ariska Putri Pertiwi was crowned Miss Grand International 2016 by Claire Elizabeth Parker (Miss Grand International 2015) from Australia in The Westgate Resort Theater, Las Vegas. Ariska was 3rd runner up of The Puteri Indonesia 2016 pageant from North Sumatera and became the fourth Miss Grand International and first major title holder for Indonesia.

Nicole Ignacio Cordoves from the Philippines was the first runner up and will assume  the title if the winner cannot fulfill her duties. Miss Thailand, Supaporn Malisorn, finished as the second runner up while Puerto Rico’s Madison Sara Anderson and USA’s Michelle Gabriela Leon was the third and the fourth runners up.
The top 10 finalists were completed by delegates from Bahamas (Selvinique Wright), Macau (Hio Man Chan), Peru (Priscilla Howard), Ukraine (Veronica Mykhailyshyn), and the Popular Vote Winner Korea (Yeseul Cho). Completed in the Top 21 (with Korea jumped from nowhere  to the Top 10, the Top 20 became Top 21) were Misses from Australia (Dani Nicole Fitch), Cuba (Merys Navarro), Jamaica (Dianne O Brown), Malaysia (Ranmeet Jassal), Mexico (Paulina Flores Cantu), Portugal (Ana Bomfim), Spain (Adriana Sanchez Rivas), Tahiti (Vaiata Buisson), Venezuela (Debora Paola Medina), Vietnam (Loan Nguyen Thi), and Wales (Rachael Tate).
In the night also announced special awards. The Best National Costumes was Indonesia  and the top 10 Best National Costumes were delegates from Thailand, Peru, Vietnam, Philippines, Paraguay, Ecuador, Malaysia, Bahamas, and India. The Popular Vote winner was Korea, Best in Evening Gown was England, Best in Swimsuit was Bahamas, and Best in Social Media was Jamaica.
Miss Grand International 2017 will be held in Vietnam. Ariska Putri Pertiwi is 21 years old, 1.73 m talls, and a student of Medicine at the Medical Faculty of the Islamic of North Sumatera University.

Note: Ariska was always one of the huge favorites to the contest and deserves her title all the way. Congratulation to Ariska and also Indonesia, We did It!!

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