Anastasia Terzi Miss Grand Greece 2014 | |
Formation | 2013 |
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Type | Beauty pageant |
Headquarters | Athens |
Location | |
Membership | Miss Grand International |
Official language | Greek |
National director | Vassilis Prevelakis |
Parent organization | Star Hellas (2013 – 2014, 2023) |
Miss Grand Greece is a national beauty pageant title awarded to Greek representatives chosen to compete at the Miss Grand International pageant. [1] [2] [3] [4] It was first awarded in 2013 to Anastasia Papatsori, [5] [4] one of the Star Hellas 2012 finalists, [6] [7] and then in 2014 to a Dubai-based model, Anastasia Terzi. [1] [2]
As of 2023, the Miss Grand Greece franchise belonged to the Star Hellas pageant. [8]
Since the establishment of Miss Grand International, Greece participated three times; in 2013, 2014, and 2023, but all of its representatives were unplaced. [9] [10] [11]
Greece debuted in the Miss Grand International pageant in 2013, and it was represented by an appointed Anastasia Papatsori, [5] [4] who was one of the Star Hellas 2012 finalists; [6] [12] however, Papatsori was not qualified for the top 20 round on the international stage. [9] In the following years, a singer, model and doctor, Anastasia Terzi, was assigned to compete internationally in the 2014 Miss Grand International, [3] [13] but she also failed to secure any placements. [10]
From 2015 to 2022, no Greece's representatives at Miss Grand International. [14] Later in 2023, Star Hellas acquired the license and appointed the 2022 Miss Young winner, Ioanna Skoula, to compete at Miss Grand International 2023 in Vietnam.
The following is a list of Greek representatives at the Miss Grand International contest.
Year | Representative | Original national title | Result | |||
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Ramanized | Greek | Placement | Other awards | |||
2013 | Anastasia Papatsori [5] [4] | Αναστασία Παπατσώρη | Star Hellas 2012 finalist [6] [7] | Unplaced [9] | — | |
2014 | Anastasia Terzi [1] [13] | Αναστασία Τερζή | Appointed | Unplaced [10] | — | |
No representatives from 2015 to 2022 | ||||||
2023 | Ioanna Skoula [15] | Ιωάννα Σκουλά | Miss Young 2022 [16] | Unplaced [11] | — | |
2024 | No representative |
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