Miss Grand United Kingdom

For the most recent edition, see Miss Grand United Kingdom 2023.

Miss Grand United Kingdom
Established5 September 2015; 9 years ago (2015-09-05)
FounderHolly Louise
TypeBeauty pageant
HeadquartersLondon
Location
Membership
Miss Grand International
Official language
English
President
Kathryn Fanshawe
WebsiteMissGrandUK.co.uk

Miss Grand United Kingdom is a female beauty pageant in the United Kingdom, founded in 2015 by a Lancashire-based pageant organizer, Pageant Girls UK, chaired by Holly Louise,[1][2] who was also the UK license holder for various other international pageants such as Miss Earth, Miss International and Miss Intercontinental. The winners of the contest, which usually comprises three or four titles, including Miss Grand England, Miss Grand Wales, Miss Grand Scotland, and Miss Grand Northern Ireland, represent their countries in the international parent contest, Miss Grand International.[3][4][5] However, as the former licensee was unable to send the elected delegates to compete in the 2019 international contest in Venezuela, the competition license was transferred to Megan Darlington in 2020, and subsequently to Kathryn Fanshawe in mid-2022.[6]

Since its first participation in 2013, the United Kingdom has not won the Miss Grand International pageant but has placed among the top 20 finalists four times: in 2014, 2016,[7] 2020,[8] and 2022; and also won the best evening gown and best national costume awards in 2016 and 2022, respectively.[7]

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  6. ^ Sol Sánchez (20 October 2022). "Sofia Meyers, Miss Reino Unido 2022, luce extravagante prenda en homenaje a Isabel II". www.glamstar.news (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 4 December 2022. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  7. ^ a b "อินโดนีเซีย คว้า Miss Grand International 2016 ไทยเจ๋งคว้ารองอันดับ 2". Sanook.com (in Thai). 26 October 2016. Archived from the original on 7 December 2022. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
  8. ^ "Vietnam contestant finishes in Miss Grand International top 20". VietNamNet. 28 March 2021. Archived from the original on 7 December 2022. Retrieved 7 December 2022.