Miss Grand Albania

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Miss Grand Albania
Established20 July 2014;10 years ago (2014-07-20)
FounderSherif Pacolli
Type Beauty pageant
Headquarters Tirana
Location
Membership Miss Grand International
Official language
Albanian
Presidents
  • Eduart Dedaj
  • Labinot G. Sashi
Parent organization
  • Lens Production
    (2013 – 2017)
  • Aleks Fashion Events
    (2018 – 2021)
  • Exclusive Management
    (2023 – Present)

Miss Grand Albania was an Albanian female beauty pageant founded in 2014 by a Pristina-based event organizer chaired by Sherif Pacolli, Lens Production. [1] In 2018, the competition license was transferred to the modeling agency managed by Aleks Tanushi, Aleks Fashion Events (A.F.E.), and its headquarters was also relocated to Tirana. [2] The pageant winner represents the country at its international parent contest, Miss Grand International. [3]

Contents

Since its first participation at the Miss Grand International pageant in 2014, Albanian representatives never placed in the competition.

History

Albania participated in the Miss Grand International pageant for the first time in 2014, represented by Vivian Canaj, who won the Miss Grand Albania 2014 title after competing at the Miss Grand Albania & Kosovo 2014 pageant held by Sherif Pacolli, a chairperson of the Kosovan event organizer in Pristina, Lens Production. [1]

The first edition of Albania's Miss Grand National was held on July 20, 2014, at the California Resort in Pristina; the event was broadcast live nationwide on a Kosovan satellite television channel, RTK Live, [4] and featured twenty national finalists, of whom a model from Tirana, Vivian Canaj, was elected the winner. [5] [6]

From 2014 to 2018, the pageant was held in parallel with Miss Grand Kosovo as Miss Grand Albania & Kosovo. The Miss Grand Albania pageant was held as a stand-alone pageant for the first time in 2019 when Aleks Tanushi of Aleks Fashion Events (A.F.E.) took over the Albanian franchise from Lens Production. [7] [8] [9]

Winner gallery

Editions

The following list is the edition detail of the Miss Grand Albania contest, held annually from 2014 to 2021.

YearEditionDateFinal venueEntrantsWinnerRef.
20141st20 JulyCalifornia Resort, Lipljan, Pristina 20Vivian Canaj [5] [6]
20152nd31 MayObjekti i First Channel Studio, Pristina 13Enkelejda Lajci [10]
20163rd1 JulyCalifornia Resort, Lipljan, Pristina 17Esterina Xhaurri [3] [11]
20174th28 February10Klaudia Kalia [12]
2018 5th26 May14Dashuria Bilaj [13] [14]
20196th23 JuneTeater Tirana Kinostudio, Tirana 14Xhensila Shaba [7] [8]
20207th16 September12Fjorela Lezo [9]
20218th26 June10Hygerta Hidri [15] [16]

Representatives at Miss Grand International

The following is a list of Albanian representatives who competed at the Miss Grand International pageant.

Color keys

YearTownMiss Grand AlbaniaTitlePlacementSpecial AwardsNational Director
2024 Laç Elsa Alijaj [17] Top 6 Miss Universe Albania & Kosovo 2020 [18] Unplaced [19] Eduart Dedaj &
Labinot G. Sashi
2023 Krujë Angela Tanuzi [20] [21] Miss World Albania 2022Unplaced
2022 Did not compete
2021 Tirana Hygerta Hidri [22] Miss Grand Albania 2021Did not competeAleks Tanushi
2020 Tirana Fjorela Lezo [9] Miss Grand Albania 2020Unplaced
2019 Tirana Xhensila Shaba [2] Miss Grand Albania 2019Unplaced
2018 Tirana Klaudia Kalia [23] Miss Grand Albania 2017Unplaced
Pristina Dashuria Bilaj [13] [14] Miss Grand Albania 2018Did not competeSherif Pacolli
2017 Tirana Klaudia Kalia [12] [23] Miss Grand Albania 2017
2016 Tirana Esterina Xhaurri [3] [11] Miss Grand Albania 2016
Tirana Paula Preci [24] Appointed
2015 Tirana Enkelejda Lajci [25] Miss Grand Albania 2015Unplaced
2014 Tirana Vivian Canaj [6] Miss Grand Albania 2014Unplaced
2013 Tirana Dajana Luga [26] AppointedDid not compete

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