The 25-year-old bested 67 other candidates during the live coronation night held at Sentul International Convention Center in West Java, Indonesia on Tuesday, Oct. 25.

During the final round, Isabelle was asked the question: “If you had an opportunity to send a message to President Vladimir Putin, what would you say?” She said: “War will only create wounds and what we can do is start taking real action even if it is small, carry out diplomacy and understand each other. Because together, war and wounds will disappear,” replied Menin, impressing the judges and winning the coveted title.

Isabella has had a long history in pageantry. Before winning the title, she had won the Miss Teen International 2013 in Costa Rica.

Menin is of Brazilian and Italian descent and can speak Portuguese, Spanish, English, French and Italian. The pageant winner apparently loves acting, singing, and photography. She founded an organization named Beyond Project, which supports associations for people with disabilities in Brazil.

Isabella’s court includes: 

• 1st runner-up: Engfa Waraha (Thailand)
• 2nd runner-up: Andina Julie (Indonesia)
• 3rd runner-up: Luiseth Materan (Venezuela)
• 4th runner-up: Mariana Beckova (Czech Republic)

Together with the winning queens, Isabelle will stay in Bangkok throughout her reign to promote awareness about the “Stop the War and Violence” campaign.

Nguyen Thuc Thuy Tien of Vietnam has won the Miss Grand International 2021 title, one of the top six major international beauty pageants for women.

Tien, 23, finished ahead of 59 contestants at the grand finale held Saturday evening in Bangkok, Thailand.

Tien beat the Ecuador contestant in a Top 2 final-question round, where they were asked why they think should win the title.

“I have to be honest that I didn’t think I would be standing here. I’m very nervous right now… I’m ready to work. I’m ready to be in Thailand for one year,” the Vietnamese contestant said.

Earlier that night, she had been asked: “With the current world situation there are many problems such as those related to human rights and economy, if you choose one person to discuss the problem in order to make the change, who will you choose and why?”

Tien said she would talk to the woman who invented the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine.

“She doesn’t need money from her invention and I’m grateful for that. Sometimes you just need to work and don’t care what you get.”

Her answer was applauded by the judges and the audience.

Tien is the first Vietnamese contestant to win the Miss Grand International title.

The contest’s organizers also awarded first and second runners-up titles to the contestants from Ecuador and Brazil.

Miss Grand International was founded in 2013. It’s one of the six major global beauty contests held annually, the others being: Miss World, Miss Universe, Miss International, Miss Earth and Miss Supranational.