Miss Grand and Miss Supranational Australia 2016

Miss Grand and Miss Supranational Australia 2016
National Institute of Dramatic Art, the venue of the contest
Date	14 August 2016
Venue	NIDA Playhouse Theatre, Sydney
Entrants	18
Placements	5
Miss Grand Australia	Dani Fitch (New South Wales)
Miss Supranational Australia	Silka Kurzak (Queensland)

Miss Grand and Miss Supranational Australia 2016 was an Australian beauty contest held to determine the country representatives for the Miss Grand International 2016 and Miss Supranational 2016 pageants.^[1][2][3] The event was held on 14 August 2016,^[1][2] at the Playhouse Theatre located in the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), Sydney.^[4] Eighteen candidates from different states and territories competed for the title, and a 27-year-old Pharmacist based in New South Wales, Dani Fitch, was named Miss Grand Australia 2016,^[1][3] while Silka Kurzak of Queensland was elected Miss Supranational Australia 2016.^[1][2]

In addition to the main winners, one of the national aspirants, Anyier Teresa Yuol of New South Wales, who finished as the first runner-up at the competition, was also appointed "Miss Grand South Sudan 2016",^[5][6] since she has South Sudanese descent but relocated to Australia due to the civil war in the country.^[6]

Both Dani Fitch and Silka Kurzak were respectively placed among the top 20 and 25 finalists in the international competition held in the United States and Poland,^[7][8] while Teresa Yuol was unplaced.^[7] Dani Fitch later became the national director of Miss Grand Australia the following year.^[9][10]

The following is the list of the 18 candidates for the Miss Grand and Miss Supranational Australia 2016 pageant.

Team Queensland	Team New South Wales	Team Victoria
Kirsty Watson Sharnie Rudd Silka Kurzak Sofie Pringle	Alecia McCallum Anyier Teresa Yuol Brooke Murray Dani Fitch Danielle Nyssen Maddison Clare Shianne Gibson	Brooke Zuijdwijk Emily Kiara Jessica Parrish Sylwia Lewandowska
Team South Australia Sophie Grosser
Team Western Australia Alicia Van Schoonhoven

References

1. Modelos de Guatemala (2016). "Coronadas Miss Grand Australia y Miss Supranational Australia 2016" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 19 October 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
2. "Silka Kurzak is Miss Supranational Australia 2016". Times of India. 17 August 2016. Archived from the original on 12 August 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
3. "Dani Fitch crowned Miss Grand Australia 2016". Times of India. 16 August 2016. Archived from the original on 8 June 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
4. "Miss Grand & Miss Supranational Australia 2016 National Finals". Allevents.in. 2016. Archived from the original on 6 April 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
5. "Kibas Sana, Kibas Sini, Tetap Eksis Kapan Saja" (in Indonesian). Jawa Pos. 17 October 2016. p. 18. Archived from the original on 10 May 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023 – via PressReader.
6. "Teresa Yuol is representing South Sudan at 2016 Miss Grand International". Hotinjuba.com. 26 September 2016. Archived from the original on 10 May 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
7. "Nguyen Thi Loan in final top 20 Miss Grand International 2016". Vietnam Television. 26 October 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
8. "India wins 2nd Miss Supranational title !". Miss Supranational. 2 December 2016. Archived from the original on 10 May 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
9. "Who we are — Miss Grand Australia". Miss Grand Australia. 2022. Archived from the original on 10 February 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
10. "Meet The Stunning Dani Fitch: The National Director Of Miss Grand Australia". StarCentral Magazine. 2017. Archived from the original on 8 August 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2022.

External links

• Media related to Miss Grand Australia at Wikimedia Commons