Miss Grand Jamaica

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Miss Grand Jamaica
Formation2016
TypeBeauty pageant
Headquarters Kingston
Location
Membership Miss Grand International
Official language
English
National directors
  • Andrew Harris
  • Walter-J Davis
  • Raynor Allen
Parent organization
Website AndwarInternational.com

Miss Grand Jamaica is a national title bestowed upon a woman chosen to represent Jamaica at Miss Grand International. [1] [2] [3] The title was first mentioned in 2016, [4] [5] [6] when the 4th runner-up of Miss Universe Jamaica 2014, Dianne Brown, dominated herself as the country representative at the Miss Grand International 2016 competition held in Las Vegas, United States. [7] [8]

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Since its first participation in 2016, no Miss Grand National has been held; the Miss Grand Jamaica titleholders have usually been determined through other national pageants, such as Miss Universe Jamaica and Miss Jamaica Imperial. [1] [2] [3] However, an attempt to organize the Miss Grand Jamaica pageant was made in 2017, [9] but the project was rescinded due to the financial issues. [10]

Jamaican representatives obtained placement at the Miss Grand International pageant only once in 2016, when Dianne Brown was placed among the top 20 finalists and won the Best Social Media award. [7] [8]

History

Jamaica debuted at Miss Grand International in 2016 when 4th runner-up Miss Universe Jamaica 2014, Dianne Brown, [11] purchased the license and dominated herself as the country representative at the international contest held in Las Vegas, Nevada, where she was placed among the top 20 finalists and obtained the Best Social Media award. [7] [8] [12] After returning to her home country, Brown attempted to organize an event to select the country representative for the Miss Grand International 2017, [9] but the project was canceled, [10] and the license was transferred to the Miss Universe Jamaica pageant, where one of the pageant runners-up in the particular years was assumed to be the Miss Grand Jamaica. [1] [2] [3] After three years of non-placement, Miss Universe Jamaica terminated its partnership with Miss Grand International in 2021.

Later in 2022, the Andwar International Group, chaired by Andrew Harris, acquired the license, and the winner of their affiliated national pageant, Miss Jamaica Imperial, was appointed Miss Grand Jamaica 2022. [13] In addition, the Andwar Group also holds the Jamaican licenses for Miss International, Miss Intercontinental  [ id ], and The Miss Globe. [14]

International competition

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

YearRepresentativeOriginal national titleInternational competition resultRef.
PlacementOther awards
2013Shereka Miller—Did not compete [15]
2016Dianne Brown4th runner-up Miss Universe Jamaica 2014 Top 20Best Social Media [7] [12]
2017 Jenaae Jackson 1st runner-up Miss Universe Jamaica 2017 Unplaced— [1] [16]
2018Kadejah Anderson1st runner-up Miss Universe Jamaica 2018 Unplaced— [2] [17]
2019No representative
2020Monique Thomas2nd runner-up Miss Universe Jamaica 2020 Unplaced— [3] [18]
2021No representative
2022Kim-Marie SpenceQueen Supreme of the Andwar Pageant 2022Unplaced— [19] [20]
2023No representative
Color keys for the Placements at Miss Grand International
  Declared as the winner
  Ended as a runner-up (Top 5)
  Ended as a finalist (Top 10)
  Ended as a semi-finalist (Top 20/21)

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