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Elaine Mwangi, Miss Grand Kenya 2015
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Formation | 2013 |
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Type | Beauty pageant |
Headquarters | Nairobi |
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Membership | Miss Grand International |
Official language | English |
National director | Tanveen Lonez (2024 – Present) |
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Miss Grand Kenya is a national beauty pageant title awarded to Kenyan representatives competing at the Miss Grand International pageant.[1][2][3][4] The title was first mentioned in 2013 when a national finalist of Miss World Kenya 2012, Pauline Akwacha, was assigned by the pageant organizer directed by Andy Abulime, Beauties of Africa Inc., to compete at the inaugural edition of Miss Grand International in Thailand.[1]
Since the first competition in 2013, Kenyan representatives have never been placed in Miss Grand International.[5][6][7]
Since the establishment of Miss Grand International, Kenya has occasionally sent representatives to compete. In 2013, based majorly on past modeling experiences such as television commercials, advertisements, and understanding of the beauty pageant, a Nairobi resident model and Miss World Kenya 2012 finalist Pauline Akwacha was chosen by Andy Abulime's Beauties of Africa Inc to represent the country at the inaugural edition of Miss Grand International in Thailand; making her the first Kenyan to compete at the mentioned international contest.[1] However, she received non-placements.[5]
After an absence in 2014, the license was purchased by Tony Chirah, the director of Miss Kenya, and the Miss Grand Kenya titleholder for this particular year was determined through such a pageant as the supplementary title,[8] while the main winner was sent to Miss Earth 2015.[2][8] However, the contract was discontinued the following year, and no Kenyan representative in Miss Grand International from 2016 to 2019.
In 2020, Miss Africa 2019 winner Irene Mukii purchased the license and subsequently dominated herself to compete at that year's edition in Thailand,[3][9] and reached Top 20 in the pageant finals.[7] After that, the license has not been acquired by any other Kenyan pageant-related organ.
The following is the competition detail of the Miss Grand Kenya pageant, which was expected to be held for the first time in August 2024.[10][11]
Edition | Date | Final venue | Entrants | Result | Ref. | ||
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Winner | 1st runner-up | 2nd runner-up | |||||
1st | August 24, 2024 | TBA | 14 | TBD | [10][11] |
The following is a list of Kenyan representatives at the Miss Grand International contest.
Year | Representative | Original national title | Competition performance | Licensee | |
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Placement | Other awards | ||||
2013 | Pauline Akwacha[1] | Top 10 finalist Miss World Kenya 2012[1] | Unplaced[5] | — | Andy Abulime[1] |
2015 | Elaine Mwangi[2][12] | Miss Grand Kenya 2015[2] | Unplaced[6] | — | Tony Chirah[8] |
2020 | Irene Ng'endo[3][13] | Miss Africa 2019[14] | Top 20[7] | — | Irene Ng'endo[9] |
2024 | Tanveen Lonez |
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