Miss Grand Uttaradit

Miss Grand Uttaradit (Thai: มิสแกรนด์อุตรดิตถ์) is a Thai provincial beauty pageant which selects a representative from Uttaradit province to the Miss Grand Thailand national competition. It was founded in 2016 by a lance corporal, Krit Pondetwisai (กริช พลเดชวิสัย), as an inter-provincial pageant with other four provincial stages in the lower northern region.

Uttaradit representatives have yet to win the Miss Grand Thailand title. The highest and only placement they obtained was in the top 10 finalists, achieved by Srisawan Sukhiwat in 2020.

History

In 2016, after Miss Grand Thailand began franchising the provincial competitions to individual organizers, who would name seventy-seven provincial titleholders to compete in the national pageant. The license for Uttaradit province was granted to a local policeman, Krit Pondetwisai, who was also the licensee for other 4 lower northern stages, including Phichit, Phitsanulok, Phetchabun, and Kamphaeng Phet. Pondetwisai co-organized the first Miss Grand Phichit with the mentioned 4 provicianl stages in Mueang Phitsanulok on April 17, 2016, and named Jenjira Prakasit (เจนจิรา ประกาศิต) the Uttaradit's winner. The license was then transferred to another organizer team led by Akaradit Hemthanakitpokin (อัครดิษฐ์ เหมธนกิจโภคิน) the following year.

In addition to the 2016 edition, the pageant was also organized in parallel with other Miss Grand Thailand provincial stages in 2019 with Sukhothai and 2022 with Miss Grand Phitsanulok.

The pageant was skipped once; in 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand, the national organizer was unable to organize the national event, and the country representative for the international tournament was appointed instead.