Miss Grand United States Virgin Islands

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Miss Grand US Virgin Islands
FormationMarch 25, 2024;7 months ago (2024-03-25)
Type Beauty pageant
Headquarters Miami
Location
Membership
Miss Grand International
Miss Cosmo
Official language
English
National director
Brian Javier
Parent organization
Website grandusvirginislands.store

Miss Grand US Virgin Islands is a national beauty pageant title awarded to women chosen to represent the US Virgin Islands at the Miss Grand International contest. [1] The title was first awarded in 2014 when a 24-year-old Stateside Puerto Rican, Wilma Echandy, was appointed to represent the US Virgin Islands in Miss Grand International 2014 in Thailand. [1] Under the directorship of Brian Javier, the first contest of Miss Grand US Virgin Islands was expected to be held in March 2024. [2]

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From 2014 to 2015, the license to send US Virgin Islands representatives for Miss Grand International belonged to the national pageant named Miss US Paradise, [1] which was headed by Cyndee Frontal, and the main winners were sent to Miss World in that particular year. [3] The license was then transferred to Miss Grand United States founder Chantel Martínez and Miss Universe US Virgin Islands organizer Lulu Orange in 2017 and 2018, respectively. [4]

Since their first competition in 2014, only one placement was achieved, held by Samantha Keaton, who secured the place of Top 20 in 2024. [1] [5] [6] [7]

History

The United States Virgin Islands made its debut at Miss Grand International in 2014 when the director of Miss US Paradise, Cyndee Frontal, acquired the license and subsequently appointed a Puerto Rican American model, Wilma Echandy, to compete internationally in Thailand, [1] but Echandy went unplaced. [1] [8] In the following year, former Miss World United States Virgin Islands 2013, Petra Cabrera, was assigned by the same licensee to compete and also was unplaced. [9] [5] The partnership between Miss US Paradise and Miss Grand International was later terminated in 2016.

After an absence in 2016, the license was purchased by the Miss Grand United States director, Chantel Martínez, who assigned the first runner-up of Miss Grand United States 2017, Brianna Key, to join the 2017 international stage in Vietnam. [10] The license was then transferred to the Miss Universe US Virgin Islands in the following years and the vice-miss of such a contest was sent internationally. [4]

No United States Virgin Islands representatives competed in Miss Grand International from 2019 to 2022 due to a lack of licensees. However, the USVI returned in the 2023 competition in Vietnam, under the directorship of Brian Javier. [11]

Edition

The first edition of the Miss Grand United States Virgin Islands pageant was held on March 25, 2024. [2]

EditionDateVenueEntrantWinnerRef.
1st March 25, 2024CUZ Miami Venue, Doral, Florida, United States 8Samantha Keaton [2] [12]

International competition

The following is a list of the United States Virgin Islands' representatives at the Miss Grand International contest.

YearRepresentativeOriginal national titleCompetition performanceNational directorRef.
PlacementOther awards
2014Wilma EchandyQueen of Puerto Rico 2012Unplaced—Cyndee Frontal [1] [3]
2015 Petra Cabrera Miss U.S. Paradise World 2013 Unplaced—
2016No representative
2017Brianna Key1st runner-up Miss Grand United States 2017 Unplaced—Chantel Martínez [6] [10]
2018Morgan Evans1st runner-up Miss Universe U.S. Virgin Islands 2018 Unplaced—Lulu Orange [4] [7] [14]
2019–2022No representatives
2023Heather ThompsonFinalist Miss Grand United States 2019 [15] Unplaced—Brian Javier [11] [16]
2024Samantha Keaton (Dethroned) Miss Grand United States Virgin Islands 2024 Top 20— [12] [17]

National finalists

The following list is the national finalists of the Miss Grand US Virgin Islands pageant, as well as the competition results.

2024–present : City and sub-district representatives

Eight contestants competed in the pageant's first edition held in Doral, Florida, the United States. [18]

Miss Grand United States Virgin Islands 2024 competition result by division
Color key:
Twemoji12 1f451.svg  Winner
  Top 5
Eo circle indigo white number-1.svg  1st runner-up
  Unplaced
Eo circle indigo white number-2.svg  2nd runner-up
  Withdrew
  No representative
Year
Represented
2024 [12] [18]
Barrett Emma Knapp
(Withdrew)
Christiansted Shriya Boppana
(1st RU)
Cinnamon Bay Sonika Komal
(Top 5)
Coral Bay Samantha Keaton  
(Winner) (Dethroned)
Frederiksted Brianna Lopez
Kingshill Rebecca Arianna
Red Hook Kathyria Burgos
Reef Bay London Tucker
(2nd RU)
Saint Thomas Alayzia Christopher
(Top 5)
Water Island Layel Hamchou
(Withdrew)
Total8

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