Corinne Furtado, Miss Grand Luxembourg 2014 | |
Formation | 2014 |
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Type | Beauty pageant |
Headquarters | Luxembourg City |
Location | |
Membership | Miss Grand International |
Official language | |
National director | Natascha Bintz |
Miss Grand Luxembourg is a national female beauty pageant title awarded to Luxembourg representatives competing at the Miss Grand International pageant. [1] [2] [3] The title was first awarded in 2014 to Corinne Semedo Furtado, [4] who previously won the second position at the Miss Luxembourg 2013 pageant, [5] [6] and then was assigned to represent the country at the Miss Grand International 2014 contest in Thailand. [4] Another titleholder, Natascha Bintz, was also appointed in 2016. [1] [7] [8]
Since the establishment of Miss Grand International, Luxembourg only participated twice; in 2014 and 2016. [1] [4] However, both of its representatives were unplaced on the international stages. [9] [10] Due to lacking national licensee, no Luxembourg candidates at Miss Grand International since 2017. [11]
The following is a list of Luxembourg representatives at the Miss Grand International contest.
Year | Representative | Original national title | Competition performance | ||
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Placement | Other awards | ||||
2014 | Corinne Semedo Furtado [4] | 1st runner-up Miss Luxembourg 2013 [5] [6] | Unplaced [9] | — | |
2016 | Natascha Bintz [2] [7] | 3rd runner-up Miss Luxembourg 2010 [8] [12] | Unplaced [10] | — | |
No representatives since 2017 |
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