The energy inside MGI Hall in Bangkok reached its peak tonight, October 18, 2025, as the Top 5 finalists of Miss Grand International 2025 prepared to face their final challenge — the question-and-answer round.
Moving forward to the next round are Miss Grand Ghana Faith Porter, Miss Grand Venezuela Nariman Battikha, Miss Grand Thailand Sarunrat Puagpipat, Miss Grand Spain Aitana Jimenez, and Miss Grand Philippines Emma Mary Tiglao.
This decisive moment would determine who among them possesses not only beauty and grace, but also the conviction and clarity to lead with purpose.
With the world watching and the crown just within reach, every word, pause, and heartbeat mattered.
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MISS GRAND INTERNATIONAL 2025 FINAL QUESTION
Thai-Australian TV personality and host of the Miss Grand International 2025 coronation night, Matthew Deane, asks:
“Scammers are an online threat — a form of warfare often tied to human trafficking that has global consequences.
“Countries such as South Korea and the USA have launched severe crackdowns. What penalties do you think could help dismantle these operations?”
Here's how each of the Top 5 finalists answered:
Miss Grand Ghana 2025 Faith Porter
“Online scamming is one of the most dangerous issues facing our society. That is why it is more important than ever that we teach technological advocacy.
“I'm grateful to be a part of the Miss Grand Ghana organization that provides technology certificates to young women in our country.
“Because now more than ever, it is important to use technology as a force for good instead of hate.
“And through education, we can stop these actions. Thank you.”
Miss Grand Venezuela 2025 Nariman Battikha
“Every day we wake up, we work for our dreams, for us, and for people we love. We don't deserve to be taken everything we possess just for power.
“Therefore, we have to stop this situation.
“Remember, the legacy we leave depends on the action that we take today.
“So, the penalty for me will be that I have to return every money they take from others, because if we work, we deserve to live the way we live.”
Miss Grand Thailand 2025 Sarunrat Puagpipat
“Everyone loves their own life and loves their country. Scammer should be received the severest punishment, namely death.
“And their money should be returned to the victim's family.
“Our world would be a better place without people like you, scammers. Thank you.”
Miss Grand Spain 2025 Aitana Jimenez
“Scammers is a big problem that the society — all the world — live in.
“As your next Miss Grand International, I will put more hard work to avoid these problems.
“Providing mental health support and programs, I would like to help people and recover from trauma. Thank you.”
Miss Grand Philippines 2025 Emma Mary Tiglao
“As someone who reports this kind of stories, I really want to use the power of balance, ask people to be educated and aware for us to not be scammed, and the help of the government to enhance their justice system for the scammers to be behind bars, to be accountable.
“’Cause one day I hope that we will live in a peaceful, peaceful world where no one should deceive just to survive.”
Context
In recent years, online scams have evolved from isolated fraud schemes into a sprawling global threat that intersects with human trafficking, forced labor, and organized cybercrime.
According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), traffickers increasingly use the internet to post deceptive job offers, recruit victims through social media, and force them into online crime operations.
Large-scale “fraud factories” in Southeast Asia alone are believed to hold tens of thousands of people trapped in digital servitude, generating billions of dollars in illicit revenue and preying on vulnerable communities across borders.
By spotlighting this issue in its final Q&A, Miss Grand International reaffirmed its mission to merge beauty with advocacy, using its global stage to confront modern forms of exploitation.
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