Miss Grand New Zealand

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Miss Grand New Zealand
Formation2013
Type Beauty pageant
Headquarters Auckland
Location
Membership
Miss Grand International
Official language
English
National director
Rose Taylor
Parent organization
 Miss World New Zealand
(2013 – 2019)

Miss Grand New Zealand is a national female beauty pageant title awarded to New Zealand representatives competing in the Miss Grand International pageant. [1] [2] [3] The first titleholder was Rachel Hope Crofts, [4] who previously won the Miss Model of the World New Zealand in the Miss World New Zealand 2013 pageant. [5] Rachel represented New Zealand in the first Miss Grand International in Thailand but was unplaced. [6]

Contents

From 2014 to 2019, the country representatives for Miss Grand International were either directly elected through the Miss World New Zealand pageant, [1] [3] [7] or assigned one of the runners-up to the title. [2] [8] The contract between Miss World New Zealand and Miss Grand International was discontinued in late 2019 after declining to send a New Zealand candidate to partake in the 2019 international tournament in Venezuela due to security concerns. Since then, no New Zealand representatives at the Miss Grand International. [9]

After six consecutive years of participating from 2013 to 2018, New Zealand representatives have never obtained any placements in Miss Grand International. [6] [10] [11] [12] [13]

International competition

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

YearRepresentativeOriginal national titleCompetition performance
PlacementOther awards
2013Rachel Hope Crofts [4] Miss Model of the World New Zealand 2013 [5] [14] Unplaced [6] —
2014Maddieson White [7] Miss Grand New Zealand 2014 [7] Unplaced [10] —
2015Georgette Jackson [1] Miss Grand New Zealand 2015 [1] Withdrew [15]
2016Cosmiana Brown [16] 2nd runner-up Miss World New Zealand 2016 [17] Unplaced [11] —
2017Meghan Kenney [8] 1st runner-up Miss World New Zealand 2017 [18] Unplaced [12] —
2018Hayley Robinson [2] 2nd runner-up Miss World New Zealand 2018 [2] Unplaced [13] —
2019Emma Gribble [3] Miss Grand New Zealand 2019 [3] Did not compete [9]
No representatives from 2020 – present

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