Miss Grand Liberia

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Miss Grand Liberia
FormationAugust 10, 2021;4 years ago (2021-08-10)
FounderVelegar Curry
Type Beauty pageant
Headquarters Monrovia
Location
Official language
  • English
National director
Velegar Curry (2021)
Affiliations Miss Grand International

Miss Grand Liberia was a Liberian national female beauty pageant based in Monrovia. [1] [2] [3] Founded in 2021 [4] by a Charlotte-based Liberian American, Velegar Curry. [5] The winner of the contest represents Liberia at the parent stage, Miss Grand International. [4] [6] [7]

Contents

Since the establishment of Miss Grand International, Liberia participated only in 2021 by the representation of Hajamaya Mulbah, [8] [9] but was unplaced. [10]

History

After acquiring the license of Miss Grand International for Liberia in 2021, Velegar Curry subsequently opened the application for the national contest in June 2021 and planned to organize the contest in August 2021. [1] Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the pageant, which featured 9 national finalists, was instead held virtually via Zoom application, and a social media marketing strategist and the former Miss Mano River Union, Goretti Itoka, was announced winner. [4] [8] Goretti was, however, dethroned and replaced by another finalist, Hajamaya Mulbah, one month later. [6] [7] [8] [9]

Edition

Miss Grand Liberia was organized as a stand-alone contest only once in 2021.

YearEditionDateFinal venueEntrantsWinnerRef.
2021 1st10 August 2021Virtual contest9 Montserrado – Goretti Itoka [2] [3]

International competition

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

YearRepresentativeTitlePlacementSpecial AwardNational DirectorRef.
2021 Hajamaya MulbahRunner-up Miss Grand Liberia 2021Unplaced–Velegar Curry [8] [9]
[11]
Goretti ItokaMiss Grand Liberia 2021Dethroned
Did not compete from 2013 to 2020

Scandal

In 2021, one month after the coronation, Hajamaya Mulbah, one of the pageant's finalists, was promoted to replace the original winner, Goretti Itoka. [8] [9] [11] The organizer cited Itoka wished to relinquish the title willingly due to health issues, howbeit, Itoka later contended that she was removed without any direct clarification from the organizers. [8] [9] [6] The Ministry of Information, Culture affairs, and Tourism of Liberia (MICAT) was also involved to manipulate the situation and has sent a communication document to the organizer, however, no organizer's official response. [6]

Goretti was instead offered to compete at the Miss Grand International 2022, but she rejected. [12]

References

  1. 1 2 "Miss Grand Liberia 2021". Miss Grand Liberia. June 2021. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Goretti Itoka élue Miss "Grand Liberia 2021"". www.exclusif.net (in French). 12 August 2021. Archived from the original on 13 January 2024. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  3. 1 2 "Goretti Itoka to compete in Miss Grand International 2021". Liberian Stars View Inc. 2021. Archived from the original on 21 August 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2024– via Internet Archive.
  4. 1 2 3 Justin Coulibaly (12 August 2021). "Goretti Itoka nommée Miss Grand Liberia 2021". Afrik.com (in French). Archived from the original on 12 August 2021. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  5. ↑ Cleopatra Speare (18 June 2021). "Beauty queens of Liberia, who knows, it could be one of us bringing our country to the front page of the world in Thailand or the United States of America on the Miss Grand International stage. Rush now on Instagram, and on the Miss Grand Liberia page to register now" . Retrieved 15 March 2025.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "Hajamaya replaces Goretti as Miss Grand Liberia 2021". Modelsgistafrica.com. 25 September 2021. Archived from the original on 20 January 2022. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  7. 1 2 Noradence (21 October 2021). "Miss Grand International 2021 Hajamaya replaces Goretti as Miss Grand Liberia 2021". www.modelsgistafrica.com. Archived from the original on 21 October 2021. Retrieved 16 February 2024– via Internet Archive.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Goretti Itoka replaced by Hajamaya Mulbah as Miss Grand Liberia 2021". The Times of India . 18 September 2021. Archived from the original on 20 January 2022. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 Justin Coulibaly (16 September 2021). "Miss Grand Liberia, Goretti Itoka explique pourquoi elle a été remplacée par Hajamaya Mulbah". Afrik.com (in French). Archived from the original on 17 September 2021. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  10. ↑ "มิสแกรนด์เวียดนาม คว้ามงทอง Miss Grand International 2021". Prachachat  [ th ] (in Thai). 4 December 2021. Archived from the original on 5 December 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  11. 1 2 Kerkula Blama (15 September 2021). "Hajamaya Mulbah Replaces Goretti Itoka At The Miss Grand International Pageant". Geez Liberia. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
  12. ↑ Anthony M Fofana (15 September 2021). "Miss Grand Liberia ND Reject Winner to participate in 2021 Miss Grand International. Big Wahala in Liberia Pageantry". gossipliberia.com. Archived from the original on 13 January 2024. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
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