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Miss Grand Sabah

State pageant in Sabah, Malaysia

Miss Grand ฺSabah

Formation	April 30, 2017; 7 years ago (2017-04-30)
Founder	Severinus Alexius Nain
Type	Beauty pageant
Headquarters	Kota Kinabalu
Location	Sabah, Malaysia
Membership	Miss Grand Malaysia
Official language	English Malay
State Director	Severinus A. Nain (2017–2019) Geoallen George (2020–2021) Richard Chok (2024–Present)
Parent organization	Gemilang Event Management (2024–Present)

Miss Grand Sabah is a Malaysian state-level beauty pageant which selects representatives from Sabah for the Miss Grand Malaysia national competition,^[1][2][3] founded in 2017 by a Kota Kinabalu-based event organizer, Severinus Alexius Nain.^[1][4]

Since the first competition in the Miss Grand Malaysia pageant, Sabah's representatives won the competition three times; in 2017, 2018, and 2019, by Sanjeda John, Debra Jeanne Poh, and Mel Dequanne Abar, respectively.^[5][6][7]

After acquiring the license of Miss Grand Malaysia in 2017, Jude Benjamin Lisa began franchising the state competitions to individual organizers, who would name the state representatives to compete in the national pageant, the license for Sabah was granted to an event organizer, Severinus Alexius Nain,^[1][4] who then organized the first contest of Miss Grand Sabah in Kota Kinabalu, in which a 20-year-old Disc jockey from Kadazan, Felcy Fransie Julian, was named the first Miss Grand Sabah titleholder, while Sanjeda John was named Miss Intercontinental Sabah 2017.^[1] Both of them later competed nationally in the Miss Grand Malaysia 2017 pageant in Selangor,^[1][8] where Sanjeda John was announced the winner.^[5][9]

In 2018, Nain distributed the right to send candidates to compete at the Miss Grand Sabah pageant to district-level organizers; six district pageants was held.^[10][11] Boi Nain lost the license to another organizer, Geoallen George, in 2020.^[12]

The pageant was halted in 2022 after the national license of Miss Grand Malaysia was transferred to Sean Wong of HyperLive Entertainment Pte. Ltd., and the state franchise was not distributed in 2022 and 2023.^[13] HyperLive then began franchising the license in 2024, in which the Sabah certification was granted to Richard Chok of the Fantastic Golden.^[14][15]

The following table details Miss Grand Sabah's annual editions since 2017.

The following is a list of candidates who competed at the Miss Grand Malaysia pageant under the state organization of Miss Grand Sabah.

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