Nam-oi Chanapan who represented Phuket was crowned Miss Grand Thailand 2018 uring Saturday’s crowning ceremony at BITEC convention center in Bangkok. The 25 year old beauty queen bested 76 other representatives to win the right to Thailand in Miss Grand International 2018 pageant.

Nam-oi, a university student at Chaiyaphum Rajabhat University, is 180 centimetres tall,  won a diamond crown worth Bt1.2 million, a house and a car.

Nam-oi will represent Thailand in the Miss Grand International competition to be held in Myanmar in October.

Jukjick Jirachaya from Nakon Pathom and Aink Ingchanok from Sakon Nakhon were the first and second runners-up. The third runner-up was Biw Nantapak from Buriram and the fourth runner-up was Sa Kaeo’s Tungmay Matawee.