Miss Supranational 2023

Miss Supranational 2023 was the 14th edition of the Miss Supranational pageant, held at the Strzelecki Park Amphitheater in Nowy Sącz, Małopolska, Poland, on 14 July 2023.

At the end of the event, Andrea Aguilera of Ecuador was crowned by Lalela Mswane of South Africa, as Miss Supranational 2023. marking the country's first victory in the history of the pageant.

Background

Selection of participants

Contestants from sixty-five countries and territories were selected to compete in the pageant. One contestant was selected to replace the original dethroned winner.

On November 23, 2022, it was announced that the Miss Supranational Organization had raised its age limit from 28 to 33, citing a survey conducted among the pageant's national license holders.

Replacements

Miss Bolivia 2023 Camila Sanabria withdrew for personal reasons and was replaced by Stephanie Terrazas.

Debuts, returns, and withdrawals

This edition marked the debuts of Botswana, the Cayman Islands, Mozambique, and the United Kingdom; and the returns of the Bahamas, Cameroon, Croatia, Gibraltar, Nicaragua, ang Togo. Nicaragua last competed in 2013; Gibraltar last competed in 2017; Togo last competed in 2018; Cameroon and Croatia last competed in 2019; while the others last competed in 2021.

Argentina, China, Denmark, England, France, Ireland, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lesotho, Malta, Singapore, and Uruguay withdrew after their respective organizations failed to appoint a delegate, hold a national competition, or lost their national franchise. Although already competed at the Supra Chat event, Francisca Lavandero of Chile withdrew due to difficulties with the Miss Chile organization.

Three other contestants withdrew from the competition having already competed at the Supra Chat event: Klara Musabelliu of Albania, Anita Mikue of Equatorial Guinea, and Fowzia Abdirashid Abdihakin of Somalia withdrew for personal reasons, the latter due to difficulties with her passport.

Results

Placements

§ – placed into the Top 12 by fan-voting challenge

Δ – placed into the Top 24 by fast-track challenges

Order of announcements

Continental Queens of Beauty

Special awards

Challenge events

Supra Chat

The Supra Chat event began on 7 June 2023 and aired on the official YouTube channel of Miss Supranational, where each candidate introduced themselves to a group of six to eight. The winners of each group participated in the second round of the challenge on 9 July 2023, and the candidate who wins the second round will automatically be in the Top 24. Pauline Amelinckx of the Philippines won this challenge.

First round

Advanced to the semi-final

Final round

Advanced to the Top 24 via Supra Chat.

Supra Fan-Vote

The Supra Fan-Vote event began on 29 June 2023, and concluded at the pageant on 14 July 2023. The winner of the event will automatically be in the Top 12. Đặng Thanh Ngân of Vietnam won the event.

Advanced to the Top 12 via Supra Fan-Vote.

Supra Model of the Year

Supra Model of the Year was broadcast live via Miss Supranational official YouTube at 6 pm on 9 July 2023. One of the five continental winners will be announced as the winner and be a semi-finalist in the finals.

Advanced to the top 24 via Supra Model of the Year

Miss Supra Influencer

The Miss Influencer challenges started on 14 June 2023 at 1:00 pm. The first social media challenge began on their official Facebook page and was followed by their Instagram account on June 15; each challenge will last five days. Influencer Challenge 4 took place on Facebook, which started on Sunday, 25 June, at 9:00 am, and ended on Monday, 26 June, at 6:00 pm. Only non-qualifying delegates were eligible in the next two rounds.

Miss Talent

Twenty-nine talent entries were presented on Miss Supranational official YouTube channel on June 19, and votes were cast. The Top 7 entries were chosen by online voting. On the day of the talent show, Miss Canada, Alexa Marie Grant, was added to the line-up as a request by the official host hotel.

The final eight competed in the first Supra Talent 2023 finals with Mister Supranational 2023 Talent Finalists, broadcast live via Miss & Mister Supranational official YouTube at 10 pm on 9 July 2023.

Pageant

Panel of experts

Luis Daniel Gálvez – Mister Supranational 2022 from Cuba
Srinidhi Shetty – Miss Supranational 2016 from India
Lalela Mswane – Miss Supranational 2022 from South Africa
Adinda Cresheilla – Miss Supranational 2022 third runner-up from Indonesia (preliminary judge)
Andre Sleigh – Creative director of the Miss and Mister Supranational (preliminary judge)
Gerhard Patzutka Von Lipinski – president of the Miss and Mister Supranational organisation (final telecast judge)
Marcelina Zawadzka – television host, model and Miss Polonia 2011 (final telecast judge)
Robert Czepiel – General Director of Jubiler Schubert / World of Amber (final telecast judge)
Shontelle – singer and songwriter from Barbados (final telecast judge)