Miss Grand Nigeria

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Miss Grand Nigeria
Established11 September 2015;9 years ago (2015-09-11)
FounderLoveth Ajufoh
Type Beauty pageant
Headquarters Lagos
Location
Membership Miss Grand International
Official language
English
National director
 Seth Santiago Roberts
Parent organization
The Qhue Group (2023 – Present)
Website MissGrandNigeria.com
Miss Grand Nigeria licensee timeline
Miss Grand Nigeria

Miss Grand Nigeria was a Nigerian female beauty pageant founded in 2015 by a Lagos based event organizer chaired by Loveth Ajufoh, QLA Nigeria. [1] [2] [3] [4] The winners of the contest, which was held individually twice (in 2015 and 2016), represented Nigeria at its parent competition, Miss Grand International. [2] [3] [5] Previously, the contest's license belonged to AMC Productions, the organizer of the Miss Earth Nigeria pageant, before being transferred to QLA Nigeria Limited, 001 Entertainment – the organizer of The Nigerian Queen, and the Qhue Group. in 2015, 2020, and 2023, respectively. [6] [7] [8]

Contents

Nigerian representatives have not yet won the international title. The highest placements they achieved were in the top 20 finalists in 2021 and 2022. [9] [10]

History

Nigeria joined the Miss Grand International contest for the first time in 2014, represented by Tessy Kiri Bibowei who was appointed to the position by the Miss Earth Nigeria organization. Later in 2015, the license was transferred to the QLA Nigeria Limited, chaired by a business person Loveth Ajufoh who organized the inaugural contest of Miss Grand Nigeria contest on 11 September 2015 in Lagos. [2] [5] [6] [11] The contest featured fifteen national finalists which qualified to the national final round through a preliminary screening held on 1 September, [1] [3] of whom the representative of the Plateau State, Ifeoma Jennifer Ohia, was elected the winner. [2] [12] [13] The second edition was also held in the following year, [14] [15] but in 2017, only the virtual casting was conducted to determine the titleholder. QLA Nigeria Limited later terminated its partnership with Miss Grand International at the end of that year.

The license was brought back to the organizer of the Miss Earth Nigeria pageant in 2019 and then to the Nigerian Queen organizer company, Kelvin Joseph Amroma's 001 Entertainment, in 2020. [8] Since then, the winners of the Nigerian Queen contest have been assumed to be the Nigerian representatives for the Miss Grand International pageant, [8] except for 2021, when the original titleholder, Abimbola Abayomi, was unable to compete internationally; the licensee then assigned her second runner-up to join the Miss Grand International 2021 instead. [16]

In 2023, the franchise was acquired by the Miss Tourism Africa founder Seth Santiago Roberts. [17]

Editions

Date and venue

The following list is the edition detail of the Miss Grand Nigeria contest, since its inception in 2015.

EditionDateFinal venueEntrantsRef.
1st 11 September 2015Orchid Hotels & Events Centre, Lekki, Lagos 15 [3] [5]
2nd 11 September 2016Victoria Crown Plaza Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos 18 [14] [15]

Competition result

YearMiss Grand NiegiaRunners-upRef.
1st runner-up2nd runner-up
2015 Plateau – Ifeoma Jennifer Ohia Abia – Fumnaya Victoria Okafor Edo – Joy Ebaide Udoh [3]
2016 Edo – Rachael Onuwa Ikekhuame Imo – Emmanuella Yaboh Rivers – Amanosi Kadiri [14]

Representatives at Miss Grand International

List of Nigerian representatives at the Miss Grand International pageant

YearDelegateNational TitleCompetition PerformanceNational directorRef.
PlacementsOther Award(s)
2013Marian Usinzibe MakbereAppointedUnable to competeIbinabo Fiberesima [18]
2014Tessy Kiri BiboweiAppointedUnplaced— [19]
2015Ifeoma Jennifer Ohia Miss Grand Nigeria 2015 Unplaced—Queen Loveth Ajufoh [2] [20]
2016Rachel Onuwa Ikekhuame Miss Grand Nigeria 2016 Unplaced— [14] [21]
2017Princess Omowunmi AgunbiadeAppointedUnplaced— [22]
2018No representative
2019Favour Oonye OchecheAppointedUnplaced—Ibinabo Fiberesima [23]
2020Chikaodili Enobong Nna-Udosen The Nigerian Queen 2020 Unplaced—Kelvin Joseph Amroma [8]
2021Abimbola Islamiat Rita Abayomi The Nigerian Queen 2021 Unable to compete [24]
Patience Chenema Christopher The Nigerian Queen 2021 — 2nd runner up Top 20— [9]
2022Damilola Bolarinde The Nigerian Queen 2022 Top 20— [10]
2023Boma DokuboAppointedTop 20Best National CostumeSantiago Roberts [25]
2024Roseline OrjiGame of Crowns 2024 — Miss Grand NigeriaUnplaced— [26] [27]

Notes:

  1. ^α Resigned or dethroned.
  2. ^β Took over the title after the original winner resigned/was dethroned.

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