{{short description|3rd Miss Grand Australia competition, beauty pageant edition}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2023}} {{Infobox beauty pageant | image = Skylines of Sydney CBD seen from North Sydney, August 2022, 02.jpg | image_size = | caption = Sydney, the host city of the contest | date = June 30, 2017 | venue = Doltone House - Hyde Park, Sydney | presenters = Dani Fitch | entrants = 16 | placements = 5 | acts = | broadcaster = | debuts = | withdrawals = | returns = | winner = Kassandra Kashian<br>(New South Wales) | award1 label = | award1 = | award2 label = | award2 = | photogenic = Tahnee McGann<br>(Queensland) | congeniality = | before = 2016 | next = 2018 }} '''Miss Grand Australia 2017''' was the third edition of the Miss Grand Australia pageant, held on June 30, 2017,<ref name=2017venue>{{cite web|url=https://starcentralmagazine.com/featured-post/2017/05/09/brace-yourself-sydney-the-2017-miss-grand-australia-national-finals-is-heading-your-way/|title=Brace Yourself, Sydney: The 2017 Miss Grand Australia National Finals Is Heading Your Way|author=Alex Lafrentz|work=StarCentral Magazine|date=9 May 2017|accessdate=9 August 2022|archivedate=8 August 2022|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20220808221339/https://starcentralmagazine.com/featured-post/2017/05/09/brace-yourself-sydney-the-2017-miss-grand-australia-national-finals-is-heading-your-way/}}</ref> at the Doltone House - Hyde Park, Sydney,<ref name=2017venue/><ref name=sash/> where a 22-year-old model and marketing executive from the state of New South Wales, Kassandra Kashian, was announced the winner,<ref name=aus2017>{{cite web|url=https://www.pacificpressagency.com/galleries/21800/kassandra-kashian-wins-miss-grand-australia-2017|title=Kassandra Kashian wins Miss Grand Australia 2017|date=2017|accessdate=10 August 2022|work=Pacific Press Publishing Association|archivedate=10 August 2022|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20220810163534/https://www.pacificpressagency.com/galleries/21800/kassandra-kashian-wins-miss-grand-australia-2017}}</ref> outclassing other fifteen candidates.<ref name=sash/> Meanwhile, Amelia Conway, Sophie Grosser, Maddison Clare, and Alana Thomas, were named runners-up.<ref name=aus2017/> Kassandra later represented the country at the parent international contest, Miss Grand International 2017, in Vietnam on October 25,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://english.vov.vn/en/culture/miss-grand-contestants-welcomed-in-quang-binh-360059.vov|title=Miss Grand contestants welcomed in Quang Binh|date=10 October 2017|accessdate=10 May 2023|publisher=Voice of Vietnam|archivedate=10 May 2023|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20230510024011/https://english.vov.vn/en/culture/miss-grand-contestants-welcomed-in-quang-binh-360059.vov}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.missgrandinternational.com/?page=contestant|title=Miss Grand International 2017 contestants|date=8 October 2017|accessdate=9 February 2023|publisher=Miss Grand International|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171008102214/http://www.missgrandinternational.com/?page=contestant |archive-date=8 October 2017 |via=Internet Archive}}</ref> and was placed among the top 20 finalists.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetrendingfacts.com/2016/10/miss-grand-international-2016-winner-is.html|title=Miss Grand International 2016 winner is Ariska Putri Pertiwi from Indonesia|date=25 October 2016|accessdate=9 February 2023|website=www.thetrendingfacts.com|archivedate=9 February 2023|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20230209135102/http://www.thetrendingfacts.com/2016/10/miss-grand-international-2016-winner-is.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rappler.com/life-and-style/186341-philippines-elizabeth-clenci-miss-grand-international-2017-second-runner-up/#:~:text=MANILA%2C%20Philippines%20%E2%80%93%20Elizabeth%20Durado%20Clenci,Miss%20Grand%20International%202017%20title.|title=PH Bet Elizabeth Clenci is 2nd Runner Up in Miss Grand International 2017|date=26 October 2017|accessdate=10 May 2023|publisher=Rappler|archivedate=10 May 2023|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20230510024736/https://www.rappler.com/life-and-style/186341-philippines-elizabeth-clenci-miss-grand-international-2017-second-runner-up/}}</ref>
This edition was also considered the first Miss Grand Australia contest that was organized by Dani Fitch after she took over the franchise from a former licensee, Renera Thompson.<ref name=sash>{{cite web|url=https://starcentralmagazine.com/featured-post/2017/06/28/buckle-up-sydney-the-miss-grand-australia-national-finalists-just-got-officially-presented-with-their-sashes/|title=Buckle Up, Sydney: The Miss Grand Australia National Finalists Just Got Officially Presented With Their Sashes|date=2017|accessdate=10 May 2023|website=Starcentralmagazine.com|archivedate=9 May 2023|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20230509231114/https://starcentralmagazine.com/featured-post/2017/06/28/buckle-up-sydney-the-miss-grand-australia-national-finalists-just-got-officially-presented-with-their-sashes/}}</ref>
The following is the list of the 16 national finalists of the Miss Grand Australia 2017 pageant.<ref name=mga17>{{cite web|title=Miss Grand Australia 2017 Contestants|date=2017|accessdate=10 August 2017|author=Miss Grand Australia|url=http://www.missgrandaustralia.com/contestants.html|via=Internet Archive|archive-date=April 6, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220406095807/http://www.missgrandaustralia.com/contestants.html|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref> {| |- |width=250px|'''{{flagu|New South Wales|name=Team New South Wales}}'''||width=250px|'''{{flagu|Queensland|name=Team Queensland}}'''||width=250px|'''{{flagu|Victoria|name=Team Victoria}}''' |- style="vertical-align: top;"| |rowspan=2| *Alana Thomas *Amelia Conway *Kassandra Kashian *Kerry-Anne Peterson *Maddison Clare Sloane *Olympia Hitner *Priscilla Marie *Samantha Mullins |rowspan=2| *Emily Cook *Gemma White *Kaitlyn Walsh *Lynaah Wangui *Tahnee McGann | *Jessica Parish *Sarah Pinkerton |-style="vertical-align: top;"| |'''{{flagu|South Australia|name=Team South Australia}}'''<br> *Sophie Grosser |}
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