Formation | 2016 |
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Type | Beauty pageant |
Headquarters | Istanbul |
Location | |
Membership | Miss Grand International |
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National director | Özcan Yılmaz |
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Miss Grand Turkey is a female beauty pageant title awarded to Turkish representatives competing at the Miss Grand International pageant. [1] [2] [3] [4] The title was first awarded in 2016 when a Ukrainian-Turkish fashion model and singer from Cherkasy, Diana Birgen (Osypenko), was appointed as a Turkish candidate for Miss Grand International 2016, held in Las Vegas, United States. [1] [2] [5]
Since the establishment of Miss Grand International in 2013, Turkey participated three times: in 2016, 2022, and 2023; however, all of its representatives were unplaced. [6] [7] [8]
Turkey participated in Miss Grand International for the first time in 2016 when a Ukrainian fashion model and singer from Cherkasy, Diana Birgen (Osypenko), was nominated by Miss Grand International beauty pageant management as a Turkish representative in the international competition held in Las Vegas, United States;. [1] [2] [5] Nowadays Diana Birgen (Osypenko) is the president of the Aegean Ukrainians Association (Turkish : Ege Ukraynalılar Derneği), [9] [10] which supports Ukrainian residents in the Aegean region as well as promotes Ukrainian traditions among the Ukrainian community on the Aegean coast. [10]
After five consecutive years of absence, the franchise was then purchased in 2022 by an Istanbul-based model agency, Özcan Yılmaz Agency Model, [11] and a Turkish German social activist who was also the finalist of Miss Grand Germany 2022, Deria Koc, was assigned as a Turkish representative for Miss Grand International 2022 in Indonesia, [3] [12] but she was unplaced . [7]
The following is a list of Turkish representatives at the Miss Grand International contest.
Year | Representative | Original national title | Competition result | National director | |
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2016 | Diana Osypenko [13] | Appointed | Unplaced [6] | Anastasiia Lenna | |
No representatives from 2017 to 2021 | |||||
2022 | Deria Koc [4] [14] | Miss From Germany 2022 Finalist [15] | Unplaced [7] | Özcan Yılmaz [11] | |
2023 | Beyhan Kübra [16] | Appointed | Unplaced [8] | ||
2024 | TBA | TBA | TBA |
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