Miss Grand Bangladesh

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Miss Grand Bangladesh
Formation2021
Type Beauty pageant
Headquarters New Delhi
Location
Membership
Miss Grand International
Miss Cosmo
Official language
  • Bengali
  • English
National director
Nikhil Anand
Parent organization

Miss Grand Bangladesh is a national beauty pageant title that awarded to Bangladeshi representatives elected to compete at the Miss Grand International contest. [1] [2] [3] [4] The title was first awarded in 2013 when a Dhaka-based model, Farhana Azad, was invited to compete in the inaugural edition of Miss Grand International in Thailand; however, Azad did not enter the pageant for unknown reasons. [5] From 2021 to 2022, the license of Miss Grand Bangladesh was granted to a United States-based pageant organizer, Miss Bangladesh USA, managed by Hiam Amani Hafizuddin. [3] It was then granted to a New Delhi-based organizer named Glamanand Group in 2024.

Contents

Since the inception of Miss Grand International, Bangladesh only participated twice; in 2021 and 2022, [2] [6] but both representatives were unplaced. [7] [8]

History

Initially, Bangladesh was expected to make its debut at the Miss Grand International pageant in 2013, 2014, and 2015, but all of the respective year's representatives did not enter the contest for undisclosed reasons. [5] [9] [10] In 2021, the right to send Bangladeshi for the 2021 and 2022 competitions was granted to a United States-based Bangladeshi pageant, Miss Bangladesh US Organization, managed by Hiam Amani Hafizuddin. [3] However, the representatives were appointed instead of directly elected through such a national pageant. [1]

The contract between Miss Grand International PCL and Miss Bangladesh US Organization was discontinued in 2023. Later in 2024, the license was granted to an Indian event organizer, Glamanand Group, who is also the Miss Grand India franchise holder. [11]

International competition

The following is a list of Bangladeshi representatives at the Miss Grand International contest.

Color keys
YearTownMiss Grand BangladeshNational title
(Title obtained from the national pageant)		Competition performanceNational Director
PlacementSpecial awards
2024 Dhaka Jessia Islam [12] Miss Bangladesh 2017 Unplaced [13] Nikhil Anand
Did not compete in 2023
2022 Gazipur Towhida Tusnim Tifa [14] [15] 4th runner-up Miss World Bangladesh 2017 [1] Unplaced [8] Hiam Amani [3]
2021 Sylhet Marjana Chowdhury [6] Top 25 Miss World America 2019Unplaced [7]
Did not compete between 2016-2020
2015 Dhaka Fatimatu Zohra Etisha [10] AppointedDid not competeFatimatu Zohra Etisha
2014 Dhaka Fatimatu Zohra Etisha [9] Appointed
2013 Dhaka Farhana Azad [5] AppointedFarhana Azad

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