Miss Grand Ireland

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Miss Grand Ireland
Formation2017
Type Beauty pageant
Headquarters Dublin
Location
Membership
Miss Grand International
Official language
English
Parent organization
  • Miss International UK (2017)
  • Ireland Faces
    (2019 – 2022)

Miss Grand Ireland is a national beauty pageant title awarded to Irish representatives chosen to compete at the Miss Grand International pageant. [1] [2] [3] [4] The title was first awarded in 2013 to the runner-up of Britain's Big Brother series 15, Ashleigh Coyle, [1] after she competed at the 2017 Miss International United Kingdom; [5] [6] however, Coyle did not partake in the international tournament in Vietnam.

Contents

In 2017, the license of Miss Grand Ireland belonged to the Culcheth-based event planner, Pageant Girl UK, which is also the organizer of the Miss International United Kingdom contest. [6] After the license was not renewed in 2018, it was purchased by a Dublin beauty pageant coordinator group led by Manuel Munares the following year. [2]

Since the title of Miss Grand Ireland was introduced in 2017, no Miss Grand National was held to select the titleholders; all of them were either determined through another pageant or directly hand-picked by national licensees in that particular year. [1] [2] [3] [4]

History

Initially, Ireland was expected to debut in Miss Grand International in 2017, when a Big Brother star from Derry, Ashleigh Coyle, was assigned to represent Ireland in the Miss Grand International 2017 in Vietnam. [1] Ashleigh obtained the title after she participated in the Miss International United Kingdom 2017 pageant where she was placed among the top 16 finalists. [5] [6] She withdrew for undisclosed reasons.

Ireland made an actual debutant in 2019 when a Venezuelan Irish, Manuel Munares, purchased the license and assigned a Thai Irish beauty queen who previously competed at Miss Grand Thailand 2019, Sudawan Kumdee, as the replacement of the original representative Hollie Hersey, to join the international contest in Venezuela, [3] [7] [8] and she was placed among the top 20 finalists, which is considered the only and highest placement, as of 2023, the Irish delegates obtained in the Miss Grand International. [9] The following Irish representatives for Miss Grand International were all also appointed; no Miss Grand National was organized to determine the titleholders. [4] [10]

Gallery

International competition

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

YearRepresentativeOriginal national titleCompetition performanceNational director
PlacementOther awards
2017 Ashleigh Coyle [1] Top 16 Miss International United Kingdom 2017 [11] Unable to competeHolly Pirrie [6]
2019Hollie Hersey [2] [3] AppointedResigned [2] [3] Manuel Munares [2]
Sudawan Kumdee [3] [7] Top 20 [9] —
2020Tirna Slevín [10] AppointedUnplaced [12] —
2022 Peace Olaniyi [4] [13] [14] AppointedUnplaced [14] —
2023 Rachel Slawson [15] 2nd runner-up Miss Grand United States 2023 [15] Unplaced—Self-dominated

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