Miss Grand Netherlands 2023
Miss Grand Netherlands 2023 was the fourth edition of the Miss Grand Netherlands beauty pageant, held on June 4, 2023, at the Claus Event Center in the city of Hoofddorp. Eleven candidates, who qualified for the national stage through an audion held in February and then were assigned to represents one of the country's provinces, competed for the title.
At the end of the event, the representative of Groningen, Melissa Bottema, was announced the winner, outclassing the other ten finalists. Meanwhile, Amber Tamara of Flevoland and Merel Bakker of Gelderland were named the first and second runners-up, respectively. Bottema was crowned by Miss Grand Netherlands 2022, Marit Beets, and obtained the right to represent the country at the Miss Grand International 2023 pageant, to be held in Vietnam on October 25.
Candidates
Originally, 12 candidates were confirmed to participate, of whom, the representative of Zeeland, Rebecca Zuidweg, withdrew for personal reasons, making the finalized total of 11 contestants.' – Bo Grooten- '