Dominique Alagia, 21, will represent the Czech Republic at Miss Grand International 2026 in India. It is the 14th edition of the international beauty pageant based in Bangkok, Thailand.
Alagia is an actor, a singer and a songwriter born in Prague, Czech Republic. She is 5’9″ tall and she speaks Czech, Italian, Spanish and English.
On May 23, 2026, Alagia was officially crowned as Miss Grand Czech Republic 2026. On May 30, 2026, she attended the MGI All Stars 1st Edition at the MGI Hall in Bangkok.
Miss Grand International 2026
Markéta Mörwicková represented the Czech Republic at Miss Grand International 2025 at the MGI Hall in Bangkok on October 18, 2025. She competed against 76 other candidates including Emma Tiglao of the Philippines, who won the title.
Mörwicková, Laura Ramos of Colombia, Ana-Sofía Lendl of Guatemala, Montserrat Villalva of Mexico and Beatrice Alex Akyoo of Tanzania finished in the Top 10 and shared the fifth runner-up distinction. Runner-up to Tiglao was Sarunrat Puagpipat of Thailand and the respective second, third and fourth runners-up were Aitana Jimenez of Spain, Faith Maria Porter of Ghana and Nariman Battikha of Venezuela.
In October 2026, Tiglao will crown her successor in India. The exact date and venue of the coronation ceremony have yet to be finalized.
Including Alagia, more than 70 women will compete for the Miss Grand International 2026 crown. Among her fellow candidates are:
- Sara Shehu, 22, Albania
- Cat Jane Shepherd, 26, Australia
- Alyanni Gómez, 25, Cuba
- Dominique Alagia, 21, Czech Republic
- Keitty Familia, 19, Dominican Republic
- Valeria Amaya, 19, El Salvador
- Rebecca Attiogbe, 24, Ghana
- Ximena Carrillo, 22, Guatemala
- Emely Alemán, 27, Honduras
- Xuebing Liu, 27, Hong Kong
- Lakshita Thilagaraj, 23, India
- Nina Izadpanah, 24, Iran
- Simone Gardner, 30, Jamaica
- Anel Emel, 21, Kazakhstan
- Rufina Gasanova, 22, Kyrgyzstan
- Minshi Lin, 23, Macau
- Natalia Galea, 27, Malta
- Beau Megan Goos, 22, Netherlands
- Erica Iren Vihovde, 22, Norway
- Micaela Viveros, 21, Paraguay
- Milena Rabelo, 27, Portugal
- Adel Caroline Jusu, 24, Sierra Leone
- Viktória Kloknerová, 21, Slovakia
- Estèe-Mari Smit, 18, South Africa
- Kim Hyeonjin, 24, South Korea
- Akoi Arok, 29, South Sudan
- Alba María Ruiz, 22, Spain
- Pathama Jitsawat, 33, Thailand
- Maria Kolotilo, 24, Ukraine
- Pooja Ghodekar, 25, United Kingdom
- Lady Di Mosquera, 26, Venezuela
- Charity Mumba, 26, Zambia
- Shelly Usman, 27, Zimbabwe
From Czech Republic to India
The relationship between the regions comprising the modern Czech Republic and India is a history of growing commercial and political ties that connect Central Europe and South Asia. While early connections relied on indirect medieval trade along Eurasian networks that brought Indian spices, textiles, and gemstones to the Crown of the Kingdom of Bohemia, direct bilateral cooperation truly took shape in the 20th century. During the interwar period, ties deepened through visits by prominent Indian figures, including Rabindranath Tagore and Jawaharlal Nehru, to Czechoslovakia, alongside the establishment of the Czech-founded Baťa shoe factories in India during the 1930s.
Throughout the Cold War, state-level cooperation expanded primarily under Soviet-aligned economic and non-aligned political frameworks. Following the end of the Communist era, the relationship evolved into a modern partnership based on shared democratic values and economic synergies.
Today, bilateral trade is anchored heavily by the automotive and heavy engineering sectors. Czech brands like Škoda Auto maintain a major manufacturing footprint in India, while Indian IT and pharmaceutical firms continue to expand in Czechia. Beyond commerce, the two nations collaborate on defense dialogues, joint scientific research, and space technology—demonstrated by the launch of the Czech nanosatellite VZLUSAT-1 aboard an Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) rocket. Supported by growing tourism and an increasing number of Indian students at Czech universities, the Czech-India relationship illustrates how targeted economic, cultural, and technological collaboration can span significant geographical distances.
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