Formation | February 24, 2019 |
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Founder | Samuel |
Type | Beauty pageant |
Headquarters | Selangor |
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Membership | Miss Grand Malaysia |
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Miss Grand Selangor is a Malaysian state-level beauty pageant which selects representatives from Selangor for the Miss Grand Malaysia national competition, [1] [2] [3] [4] founded in 2019 by a Kuala Lumpur-based event organizer, Samuel. [1]
Since the first competition in the Miss Grand Malaysia pageant, Selangor's representative won the main title once; in 2021, won by a model Lishallinny Kanaran. [5]
The first state pageant of Miss Grand Malaysia in Selangor was held in 2019 after the license was granted to a Kuala Lumpur-based organizer, Samuel. The contest consisted of fourteen finalists who were determined through audition rounds and the final contest happened on February 24, 2019, at Empire Hotel in Subang Jaya, where a 21-year-old university student from Shah Alam, Haaraneei Muthu Kumar, was named the first Miss Grand Selangor. [1]
The competition license was transferred to another organizer, Kingsley Tham, the following year. [6] [7] However, the pageant was halted in 2022 after the national license of Miss Grand Malaysia was transferred to Sean Wong of HyperLive Entertainment Pte. Ltd., and the state franchise has not been distributed since then. [8]
The following table details Miss Grand Selangor's annual editions since 2019.
Edition | Date | Final venue | Entrants | Winner | Ref. |
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1st | February 24, 2019 | Empire Hotel, Subang Jaya | 14 | Haaraneei Muthu Kumar | [1] |
2nd | July 25, 2020 | Malaysia Tourism Centre (MaTiC), Kuala Lumpur | 10 | Lishallinny Kanaran | [2] [6] [7] |
The following is a list of candidates who competed at the Miss Grand Malaysia pageant under the state organization of Miss Grand Selangor.
For qualification procedure: | For national placement: | ||
W State winner | Winner | ||
R State runner-up | Runner-up | ||
S State wildcard | Semi-finalists | ||
C Central wildcard | Quarter-finalists |
Year | Representative | Original state title | Placement at Miss Grand Malaysia | State director(s) | Ref. |
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2019 | W Haaraneei Muthu Kumar | Miss Grand Selangor 2019 | 2nd runner-up | Samuel | [9] |
R Simona Boonratana | 1st runner-up Miss Grand Selangor 2019 | Top 12 | |||
2020 | W Lishallinny Kanaran | Miss Grand Selangor 2020 | Top 7 | Kingsley Tham | [11] [12] |
R Mellanie Yew Hoe Yan | 1st runner-up Miss Grand Selangor 2020 | Unplaced | |||
G Meagala Kanesh | Miss Grand Selangor 2020 Finalist | Unplaced | |||
2021 | W Lishallinny Kanaran | Miss Grand Selangor 2020 | Winner | Kingsley Tham | [13] [5] |
R Mellanie Yew Hoe Yan | 1st runner-up Miss Grand Selangor 2020 | Unplaced | |||
G Meagala Kanesh | Miss Grand Selangor 2020 Finalist | Unplaced |
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