Miss Grand Philippines

For the most recent competition, see Miss Grand Philippines 2023.

Miss Grand Philippines

Established	16 August 2014;9 years ago (2014-08-16)
Founder	John Dela Vega
Type	Beauty pageant
Headquarters	Manila
Location	Philippines
Membership	2 (see Titles )
Official language	English Filipino
President and National Director	Arnold L. Vegafria (2023 – Present)
General Manager	Aldrich Maru Dabao
Creative Director and Head Fashion Stylist	Francis Rey Chee
Parent organization	ALV Pageant Circle (2023 — Present)

Miss Grand Philippines licensee timeline

Miss Grand Philippines is a female national beauty pageant in the Philippines, launched in 2014 by John Dela Vega, ^{[1] [2]} who was also the founder of the "Hause of JDV", one of the country's most recognized pageant training camps. ^[3] The winner of the contest represents the country at its parent international platform, Miss Grand International. ^{[1] [2]} In cooperation with the Binibining Pilipinas Charities, Inc. (BPCI), some national finalists of the Binibining Pilipinas pageant were assigned to participate in the Miss Grand International pageant in 2013 and 2015. ^{[4] [5] [6]}

In 2016, the competition license was transferred to BPCI. ^[7] Under the supervision of BPCI, from 2016 to 2022, majority of Filipino representatives at the Miss Grand International pageant were directly determined through the Binibining Pilipinas contest, ^[7] except for the 2020 season, wherein the runner-up of the previous edition was appointed to participate. ^[8] The Miss Grand Philippines pageant, on the other hand, returned as a separate platform in 2023 when the franchise was passed to the ALV Pageant Circle under the leadership of talent manager and businessman Mr. Arnold L. Vegafria. ^{[9] [10] [11]}

Since the inception of the Miss Grand International pageant in 2013, the Philippines has yet to win the contest, but hold a record of six placements; the highest position is the first runner-up, obtained by Nicole Cordoves in 2016 and Samantha Bernardo in 2020. ^{[12] [13]}

History

Before the 2020s, the Philippines had only one Miss Grand national standalone pageant, which took place in 2014. ^[2] Under the direction of John Dela Vega, who served as the national licensee from 2013 to 2015. The contest was held on August 16 at the GT-Toyota Asian Cultural Center in Quezon City, where Kimberly Karlsson of Oriental Mindoro was named the winner. ^[2] The remaining representatives were either chosen on the Binibining Pilipinas stage or appointed, ^[7] such as Parul Shah, who was elected Binibining Pilipinas Tourism in the Binibining Pilipinas 2014 pageant, but was later assigned to represent the country at the Miss Grand International 2015 pageant instead, ^{[4] [5]} due to the cancellation of the Miss Tourism International 2014 pageant; ^[14] as well as Samantha Bernardo, who was appointed Miss Grand Philippines 2020 after obtaining the second runner-up position at the Binibining Pilipinas 2019 pageant. ^[8]

Number of wins under Miss Grand Philippines
Pageant	Wins
Miss Grand International	0
Reina Hispanoamericana	0
Miss Eco International	0
Miss Eco Teen International	0

The standalone Miss Grand Philippines competition was retrieved in 2023 after the Miss World Philippines organizer, chaired by Arnold Vegafria of ALV Pageant Circle, took over the franchise from Binibining Pilipinas Charities, Inc. in late 2022. ^{[9] [10] [11]}

Titles

Here is the full list of remaining titles to be contested at the Miss Grand Philippines competition.

Current Franchises
Membership	Year
Miss Grand International	2023 – Present
Reina Hispanoamericana	2023 – Present

Editions

The following list is the edition detail of the Miss Grand Philippines contest, since its inception in 2014.

Edition	Date	Final Venue	Entrants	Competition Result			Ref.
				Miss Grand Philippines	1st Runner Up	2nd Runner Up
1st	August 16, 2014	GT-Toyota Asian Cultural Center, Quezon City, Metro Manila	19	Kimberly Karlsson Oriental Mindoro	Rosevemme Marie Fajardo Surigao del Sur	Mary Theresa Erna Gomez Tarlac	[2]
2nd	July 13, 2023	SM Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay, Metro Manila	30	Nikki de Moura Cagayan de Oro	Shanon Tampon Caloocan	Charie Manalo Sergio Caluya

Titleholders

For the complete list of titleholders, see List of titleholders under ALV Pageant Circle § Miss Grand Philippines.

For the list and details of winners from the previous franchise, see List of Binibining Pilipinas titleholders § Miss Grand International.

The following is the list of Filipina representatives for Miss Grand International

Year	Official candidate	National title	Competition performance		Ref.
			Placement	Other award(s)
2013	Annalie Forbes	Miss Grand Philippines 2013	3rd Runner-Up	—	[3] [6]
2014	Kimberly Karlsson	Miss Grand Philippines 2014	Unplaced	—	[2]
2015	Parul Shah	Binibining Pilipinas Grand International 2015	3rd Runner-Up	Best National Costume	[4] [5]
2016	Nicole Cordoves	Binibining Pilipinas Grand International 2016	1st Runner-Up	—	[7] [13]
2017	Elizabeth Clenci	Binibining Pilipinas Grand International 2017	2nd Runner-Up	—	[6] [7]
2018	Eva Patalinjug	Binibining Pilipinas Grand International 2018	Unplaced	—	[7]
2019	Samantha Lo [α]	Binibining Pilipinas Grand International 2019	Unplaced	—	[7]
2020	Samantha Bernardo	Binibining Pilipinas Grand International 2020	1st Runner-Up	—	[7] [15]
2021	Samantha Panlilio	Binibining Pilipinas Grand International 2021	Unplaced	—	[7] [15]
2022	Roberta Tamondong [β]	Binibining Pilipinas Grand International 2022	5th Runner-Up	—	[12] [15]
2023	Nikki de Moura	Miss Grand Philippines 2023	Unplaced	—
Color keys for the Placements   Ended as a winner   Ended as a runner-up   Ended as a finalist (Top 10)   Ended as a semifinalist (Top 20)		Note: ^α Resigned from the title after finishing the international contest in Venezuela, Bb. Pilipinas 2019 1st Runner-up, Maria Andrea Abesamis was later promoted to take over the title but did not go internationally to compete. [7] ^β Initially finishing as one of the top 20 finalists, she has since been promoted to the 5th Runner-up (Top 10) position as a replacement for Miss Grand Mauritius, who resigned from the title. [16]

Other Supplemental Titleholders

Reina Hispanoamericana

Year	Official Candidate Reina Hispanoamericana Filipinas	Hometown	Competition Performance		Ref.
			Placement	Other Award(s)
2017	Teresita Ssen Marquez	Parañaque	Reina Hispanoamericana 2017	—
2018	Alyssa Muhlach	Pasig	Unplaced	—
2019	Maria Katrina Llegado	Taguig	5th Runner Up	—
2020	Pageant not held due to Covid-19 pandemic
2021	Emmanuelle Vera	Cebu	3rd Runner Up	—
2022	Ingrid Santa Maria	Parañaque	Top 14	—
2023	Michelle Arceo	Quezon City	2nd Runner Up	—

Gallery

• 
  Miss Grand Philippines 2022
  Roberta Tamondong
• 
  Miss Grand Philippines 2021
  Samantha Panlilio
• 
  Miss Grand Philippines 2015
  Parul Shah
• 
  Miss Grand Philippines 2014
  Kimberly Karlsson

Participating provinces and cities

The following list is the Miss Grand Philippines participating provinces and cities, as well as the competition results.

Color key:
Declared as the winner	5 Top 5/6 finalists	C Withdrew during the competition
First runner-up	10 Top 10/11 finalists	R Representative determined but did not compete
Second runner-up	15 Top 15 finalists	N No representative
Third runner-up	20 Top 20 finalists	D Placements to be determined
Fourth runner-up	Y Unplaced	Won another National title as supplemental award

Provinces/Cities		2014	2023	2024
Antique		N	N
	Caluya	N
Bataan		10	N
Batangas		N	N
	Tuy	N	Y
Benguet		N	N
	Baguio	N	Y
Bohol		N	Y
Cavite		N	Y
Camarines Sur		Y	N
	Naga	N	Y
Ilocos Sur		10	N
Isabela		Y	N
Kalinga		10	N
Laguna		N	Y
La Union		10	Y
	San Fernando	Y	N
Metro Manila		Y	N
	Bagumbayan	N
	Caloocan	N
	Manila	Y	N
	Marikina	N	Y
	Parañaque	N	Y
	Pasay	N	Y
	San Juan	N	15
	Socorro	N	15
	Valenzuela	10	N
Misamis Oriental		N	N
	Cagayan de Oro	N
Negros Occidental		N	N
	Bacolod	Y	N
Northern Samar		N	10
Nueva Ecija		N	10
	Gapan	Y	N
	San Leonardo	N	Y
Occidental Mindoro		N	15
Oriental Mindoro			N
Pampanga		N	10
Pangasinan		N	10
	Dagupan	10	N
	Urdaneta	N	15
Rizal		N	Y
	Angono	N
Sarangani		N	Y
South Cotabato		N	N
	General Santos	N	Y
	Tantangan	N	Y
Sultan Kudarat		N	15
Surigao del Norte		10	N
Surigao del Sur			N
Tarlac
Zambales		Y	N

References

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2. "Kimberly Karlsson crowned Miss Grand Philippines 2014". The Times of India . 18 August 2014. Archived from the original on 20 October 2021. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
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11. Nikko Tuazon (15 November 2022). "Arnold Vegafria keeps fingers crossed for Miss Grand International franchise". Philippine Entertainment Portal. Archived from the original on 18 November 2022. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
12. "Miss World PH congratulates Roberta Tamondong on Bb. Pilipinas Grand International win". ABS-CBN. 5 August 2022. Archived from the original on 18 November 2022. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
13. "Binibining Pilipinas withdraws from Miss Grand International franchise". Rappler . 7 November 2022. Archived from the original on 18 November 2022. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
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External links

• Philippines portal

• Media related to Miss Grand Philippines at Wikimedia Commons