Miss Grand Luxembourg

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Miss Grand Luxembourg
Formation2014
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]

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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]

International competition

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

YearRepresentativeOriginal national titleCompetition performance
PlacementOther awards
2014Corinne Semedo Furtado [4] 1st runner-up Miss Luxembourg 2013 [5] [6] Unplaced [9] —
2016Natascha Bintz [2] [7] 3rd runner-up Miss Luxembourg 2010 [8] [12] Unplaced [10] —
No representatives since 2017

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  11. ↑
    [Note: No Luxembourg representatives in the 2017-2022 participating countries and territories]
  12. ↑ "The Game of Love : Natascha, elle est le sosie d'une célébre chanteuse !". Star24.tv (in French). Star 24. 2017. Archived from the original on 6 December 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
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