Formation | 2013 |
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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]
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]
The following is a list of New Zealand representatives at the Miss Grand International contest.
Year | Representative | Original national title | Competition performance | ||
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Placement | Other awards | ||||
2013 | Rachel Hope Crofts [4] | Miss Model of the World New Zealand 2013 [5] [14] | Unplaced [6] | — | |
2014 | Maddieson White [7] | Miss Grand New Zealand 2014 [7] | Unplaced [10] | — | |
2015 | Georgette Jackson [1] | Miss Grand New Zealand 2015 [1] | Withdrew [15] | ||
2016 | Cosmiana Brown [16] | 2nd runner-up Miss World New Zealand 2016 [17] | Unplaced [11] | — | |
2017 | Meghan Kenney [8] | 1st runner-up Miss World New Zealand 2017 [18] | Unplaced [12] | — | |
2018 | Hayley Robinson [2] | 2nd runner-up Miss World New Zealand 2018 [2] | Unplaced [13] | — | |
2019 | Emma Gribble [3] | Miss Grand New Zealand 2019 [3] | Did not compete [9] | ||
No representatives from 2020 – present |
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