Miss Grand Kenya

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Miss Grand Kenya
Formation31 August 2024;3 months ago (2024-08-31)
Type Beauty pageant
Headquarters Nairobi
Location
Official language
English
National director
Sir Tanveen Onyango(2024 – Present)
Parent organization
  • Beauties of Africa Inc. (2013)
  • Miss Kenya (2015)
  • The Drop Brands Kenya(2025)
Affiliations Miss Grand International

Miss Grand Kenya is a national beauty pageant title awarded to Kenyan representatives competing at the Miss Grand International pageant. [1] [2] [3] [4] The title was first mentioned in 2013 when a national finalist of Miss World Kenya 2012, Pauline Akwacha, was assigned by the pageant organizer directed by Andy Abulime, Beauties of Africa Inc., to compete at the inaugural edition of Miss Grand International in Thailand. [1]

Contents

The only placement of Kenyan at Miss Grand International was in the top 20, reached by Irene Ng'endo in 2020. [5]

History

Since the establishment of Miss Grand International, Kenya has occasionally sent representatives to compete. In 2013, based majorly on past modeling experiences such as television commercials, advertisements, and understanding of the beauty pageant, a Nairobi resident model and Miss World Kenya 2012 finalist Pauline Akwacha was chosen by Andy Abulime's Beauties of Africa Inc to represent the country at the inaugural edition of Miss Grand International in Thailand; making her the first Kenyan to compete at the mentioned international contest. [1] However, she received non-placements. [6]

After an absence in 2014, the license was purchased by Tony Chirah, the director of Miss Kenya, and the Miss Grand Kenya titleholder for this particular year was determined through such a pageant as the supplementary title, [7] while the main winner was sent to Miss Earth 2015. [2] [7] However, the contract was discontinued the following year, and no Kenyan representative in Miss Grand International from 2016 to 2019.

In 2020, Miss Africa 2019 winner Irene Mukii purchased the license and subsequently dominated herself to compete at that year's edition in Thailand, [3] [8] and reached Top 20 in the pageant finals. [5]

Edition

The following is the competition detail of the Miss Grand Kenya pageant, held as a stand-alone pageant only once in 2024. [9] [10]

EditionDateFinal venueEntrantsResultRef.
Winner1st runner-up2nd runner-up
1st [a] August 31, 2024Delight Africa Hall, Nairobi 9Magdalene TakangiroPurity KhabukwiJoy Favour Awiti [12]

Representative at Miss Grand International

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

YearRepresentativeOriginal national titleCompetition performanceLicensee
PlacementOther awards
2013Pauline Akwacha [1] Top 10 finalist Miss World Kenya 2012 [1] Unplaced [6] —Andy Abulime [1]
2014No representative
2015Elaine Mwangi [2] [13] Miss Grand Kenya 2015 [2] Unplaced [14] —Tony Chirah [7]
No representatives between 2016-2019
2020Irene Ng'endo [3] [15] Miss Africa 2019 [16] Top 20 [5] —Irene Ng'endo [8]
No representatives between 2021-2024
2025Magdalene Takangiro [17] Miss Grand Kenya 2024TBATBATanveen Lonez

Finalists

The following list is the national finalists of the Miss Grand Kenya pageant and the competition results.

Year
2024
Delegate [10] [18] Result [19]
Central Joy Awiti Favour2nd runner-up
Coast Purity Khabukwi1st runner-up
Eastern Donnata Risper
Nairobi Samantha Kemama
North Eastern Wilhelmine Atieno
Nyanza Stephanie AumaMiss Top Model
Rift Valley–NorthMagdelene TakangiroWinner
Rift Valley–SouthMargaret FurahaMiss Peoples Choice
Western Kamonya BrandyMiss Congeniality
Total9

Notes

  1. ↑ Even though the winner of Miss Grand Kenya 2024 was expected to participate in the 12th edition of Miss Grand International, the Kenyan organization later announced their representative would only compete internationally in 2025 [11]

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