Miss Grand Sierra Leone

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Miss Grand Sierra Leone
Formation2017
Type Beauty pageant
Headquarters Freetown
Location
Membership
Miss Grand International
Official language
English
National director
Swadu Natasha Beckley
Parent organization
 IAMSL Pageant (2017 – 2019)

Miss Grand Sierra Leone is a national beauty pageant title awarded to Sierra Leonean representatives competing at the Miss Grand International contest. [1] [2] [3] The title was first mentioned in 2017 when Rubie Timbo, who was affiliated with Swadu Beckley's pageant organizer IAMSL Pageant, [4] was appointed to represent the country in the Miss Grand International contest in Vietnam. [1]

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Sierra Leone participated in Miss Grand International twice; in 2017 and 2018, [1] [2] but its both representatives were unplaced on the international stage. [2] [5] [6] In 2019, the Sierra Leonean candidate for Miss Grand International 2019 was also decided but she withdrew. [2]

History

Sierra Leone made the debut in the Miss Grand International pageant in 2017 after the license was granted by Swadu Beckley, the director of Face of Sierra Leone organizer company named IAMSL Pageant, [7] [8] and a model from Freetown, Rubie Timbo, was assigned to represent the country internationally in Vietnam. [1] [9] However, Rubie was unable to join the international for undisclosed reasons and was replaced by former Miss Tourism Queen Sierra Leone, Nyallay Sia, [10] [11] The following representatives for the 2018 and 2019 international contests were also appointed; no Miss Grand National was held to determine titleholders. [1] [2]

In 2019, a 24-year-old model, Ramatulai Wurie, was hand-picked by the national licensee to compete at Miss Grand International 2019 in Venezuela, [2] but she withdrew; security concerns in the host country was expected as the main reasons. [12] She was later elected to compete at the Miss Supranational 2021 pageant in Poland, [13] but went unplaced. [14]

Due to lacking franchise holders, the Sierra Leonean representatives for Miss Grand International have not been determined since 2020.

International competition

The following is a list of Sierra Leonean representatives at the Miss Grand International contest.

YearRepresentativeOriginal national titleCompetition performanceNational director
PlacementOther awards
2017Rubie Timbo [1] [9] —Unable to competeNatasha Beckley [7] [8]
Nyallay Sia Kamara [10] [11] Miss Tourism Sierra Leone 2017 [11] Unplaced [5] —
2018Fanta Kabia [1] [2] [15] —Unplaced [2] [6] —
2019Ramatulai Wurie [2] [16] —Unable to compete
No representatives since 2020

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