Miss Grand Zambia

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Miss Grand Zambia
Formation2014
Type Beauty pageant
Headquarters Lusaka
Location
Membership
Miss Grand International
Official language
English
National director
Isabel Chikoti
Parent organization

Miss Grand Zambia is a national beauty pageant title awarded to Zambian representatives competing at the Miss Grand International pageant. [1] [2] [3] The title was first awarded to former Miss Earth Zambia 2013, Winnie-Fredah Kabwe, [4] Another withdrawal was also observed in 2019 when the appointed Luwi Kawanda refused to go Venezuela for the Miss Grand International 2019 competition due to security concerns. [1] [5]

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Even though several Zambian representatives for Miss Grand International were determined, only one of them, Isabel Chikoti in 2018, managed to partake in the international contest, but she received a non-placement. [6]

History

Initially, Zambia was expected to make its debut in Miss Grand International in 2014 after former Miss Earth Zambia 2013, Winnie-Fredah Kabwe, was assigned by the Miss Earth Zambia organizer to represent the country on the international stage in Thailand, [4] but she withdrew for unknown reasons. [7]

Zambia made an actual debut in 2018 when former Miss Universe Zambia 2017, Isabel Chikoti, purchased the license and dominated herself as the country representative at the international competition held in Myanmar, [3] [8] but she was unplaced. [6] After finishing the international tournament and returning to her home country, Isabel renewed the license for the 2019 edition and subsequently opened an online application to select the next representative, [8] and Luwi Kawanda, who previously obtained the 2nd runner-up in the Miss Universe Zambia 2017 was elected the winner. [1] [2]

Nonetheless, Security concerns in the host country, Venezuela, caused Kawanda to withdraw from the competition, [1] [5] and she was instead sent to compete at the Miss International 2019 in Japan, [1] but she was unplaced. [9]

Due to a lack of franchise holders, the Zambian representatives for Miss Grand International have not been additionally elected since 2020.

International competition

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

YearRepresentativeOriginal national titleCompetition performanceLicensee
PlacementOther awards
2014Winnie-Fredah Kabwe [4] Miss Earth Zambia 2013 [10] Unable to compete [7] Catherine Constantinides
2018 Isabel Chikoti [3] Miss Universe Zambia 2017 [11] Unplaced [6] Isabel Chikoti [8]
2019Luwi Kawanda [1] [2] 2nd runner-up Miss Universe Zambia 2017 [1] Unable to compete [1]

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