TRANSCRIPT: Miss Grand International 2024 Top 5 Q&A portion
The Miss Grand International 2024 pageant reached its climax with the top five finalists facing off in a thrilling Q&A session during the coronation night on October 25th in Thailand.
Just moments away from crowning the next Miss Grand International, the finalists had the opportunity to demonstrate their intelligence and poise.
Each candidate was given 45 seconds to answer the question: What do you think is the most critical issue in the world today that needs to be resolved and what solution do you propose?
Here's how they answered:
Miss Grand Philippines CJ Opiaza: The most pressing issue that we have today is the presence of civil war and violence. We can see all around the media that there are people dying, people suffering. You can see kids crying, their dreams are being shattered. How our differences makes us divided. I collect you all as you leave this place today to bring much more kindness, respect, and treat one another as human. We live in the same world, we breathe the same air, we are living in the same place. Treat one another as your brothers and sisters.
Miss Grand Myanmar Thae Su Nyein: Good evening. The most critical issue that we are facing on this earth today is over use of plastic, which can damage to our climate change. Because our world started to happen a short time, day by day, and we should take care of ourselves. We overuse plastic all around the world. If we reduce, renew, recycle, and use more paper, then we can live longer on this earth. Love your Mother Earth.
Miss Grand Brazil Talita Hartmann: I believe the problem in this world is still the education. With education we can change lives, we can grow better. We have promote more scholarships, we have to help our kids to understand other language. I believe education is the key to a better world for a better solution for everyone.
Miss Grand India Rachel Gupta: Namaste. I believe the most critical issue the world is facing today is poverty due to overpopulation and lack of resources. Simply put, there isn't enough for everybody on this planet. I think it's time for world leaders to take accountability and to start promoting the idea of enough resources for everybody. We can do this by promoting birth control methods in the different countries. I come from a country India, where not everybody has access to food, water, education, and basic amenities, and this is true for most of the world. It's time for us to stop fighting with each other and start respecting one other and making sure there are enough resources for everyone on this planet.
Miss Grand France Safiétou Kabengele: I'm thinking about media because I think media doesn't focus on the right subject. If us, as a voice, show to the world what can happen, people can be aware of events, war, and weaknesses of our planet. So as a voice, I think it should be great to talk about this event that media don't talk about and thank you.