Miss Grand Switzerland

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Miss Grand Switzerland
Formation2013
TypeBeauty pageant
Headquarters Bern
Location
  • Switzerland
Membership
Miss Grand International
Official language
  • German
  • French
National director
Fred Carl Garcia
Parent organization
Website www.missgrandswitzerland.ch

Miss Grand Switzerland is a national beauty pageant title awarded to Swiss representatives chosen to compete at the Miss Grand International pageant. [1] [2] [3] It was first awarded in 2013 to a 17-year-old service assistant from Bern, Cynthia Montchong, [1] who was previously the vice-Miss World Switzerland 2013. [1] [4] From 2013 to 2014, the right to send Swiss candidates for Miss Grand International belonged to HBC Entertainment GmbH, the Miss World Switzerland organizer headquartered in Wettingen, [3] [5] and then was granted by a Fribourg-based national pageant, Miss & Mister Suisse Francophone, in 2016. [2] [6] [7]

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Sine the establishment of the international contest of Miss Grand International, Switzerland only participated twice; in 2013 and 2016. However, both representatives failed to qualify for the top 20 round. [8] [9]

History

After a Wettingen-based event management company, HBC Entertainment GmbH, chaired by a Thai-Swiss businessperson, Saiphin Aeberli. [10] purchased the licenses of Miss Grand Switzerland and Miss World Switzerland in 2013, [11] the national contest of Miss World Switzerland 2013 has been held on August 24 at the Lecture Hall of the Kunsthaus Zürich. [12] The contest's main winner was sent to Miss World 2013, while the first runner-up, Cynthia Montchong, was later assigned to join the inaugural edition of Miss Grand International in Thailand; [1] [13] however, Cynthia received a non-placement in the mentioned contest. [8]

Later in 2014, the national contest of Miss World Switzerland was also held; its vice-miss, Dijana Cvijetic, was set to compete at the Miss Grand International 2014 pageant in Thailand. [3] [5] However, due to unrevealed reasons, Miss World Switzerland 2014 winner Aline Morger resigned from the title, causing Dijana to automatically take over the title, resulting in no Swiss representative at Miss Grand International that year, and the license was also not renewed in 2015. [3]

After two consecutive years of absence, the Miss Grand Switzerland license was purchased by another national pageant, Miss & Mister Suisse Francophone, in 2016. Its 2016 female category winner, Ambre Chavaillaz, originally was set for Miss World 2016, [7] was sent to Miss Grand International 2016 in Las Vegas instead; [2] however, Ambre was unplaced in the international competition. [9] After the Miss & Mister Suisse Francophone organizer became the licensee of Miss Supranational for Switzerland in 2017, the Miss Grand contract was discontinued. [14]

International competition

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

YearRepresentativeOriginal national titleCompetition performanceNational director
PlacementOther awards
2013Cynthia Montchong [1] [13] 1st runner-up Miss World Switzerland 2013 [1] [4] Unplaced [8] —Saiphin Aeberli
2014Dijana Cvijetic [3] [5] 1st runner-up Miss World Switzerland 2014 [3] [5] Unable to compete [3]
2016Ambre Chavaillaz [2] Miss Suisse Francophone 2016 [6] [7] Unplaced [9] —Ferdi Avmedoski [6]
2023 Wintana Alemtsegay [15] AppointedUnable to compete [15] Fred Carl Garcia
Marine Sayard [16]
Top 10 Miss Universe Switzerland 2023
Unplaced—

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