[1] Abena Appiah of the United States crowned Nguyễn Thúc Thùy Tiên of Vietnam as her successor at the end of the event.The winner received a cash prize of 60,000 USD as a reward.
[16][17][18][19] Of all fifty-nine participating candidates, only sixteen were determined through the Miss Grand national pageants, including Cambodia,[20] Chile,[21] Belgium,[22] Ecuador,[23] France,[24] Italy,[25] Japan,[26] Liberia,[27] Nicaragua,[28] South Korea,[29] Spain,[30] Malaysia,[31] Paraguay,[32] Puerto Rico,[33] Northern Ireland,[34] and United States,[35] while the representatives of Albania, England, Kosovo, Scotland, and Wales, who were also elected through the Miss Grand national pageants, did not enter the international contest for unknown reasons.
[39][44] Meanwhile, the original representatives of Argentina,[45] Germany,[46] Japan,[47] Liberia,[27] Nigeria,[48] Panama,[49] and Russia,[50] were replaced by their runners-up or the appointed candidates after the resignation, dethronement, or changing of national licensee.
During the speech round of the top 10 finalists, Nguyễn Thúc Thùy Tiên of Vietnam, said in Thai: Make the world a better place for everyone, while raising a pro-democracy three-finger salute.
[88][89] Vietnam's Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not respond, causing some Thai government groups to state that they should take action and remind Thùy Tiên to refrain from making any statements that may affect Thailand–Vietnam relations.