Miss Grand India

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Miss Grand India
Formation2023
FounderNikhil Anand
Type Beauty pageant
Headquarters New Delhi
Location
Membership
Miss Grand International
Official language
English
National director
Nikhil Anand
Parent organization
 Glamanand Group
(2020, 2022 – Present)
Miss Grand India licensee timeline
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Miss Grand India is an Indian national female beauty pageant, [1] [2] founded in 2023 by a New Delhi-based event organizer, Glamanand Group. [3] The winners of the contest represent the country at its parent international platform, Miss Grand International. [1] [4]

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In advance of 2023, Indian representatives at Miss Grand International were elected by different organizers through other national contests or by appointment: from 2013 to 2014 by the organizer of the Indian Princess pageant, Atharva Group of Institutes; [5] [6] [7] [8] from 2015 to 2019 and 2021 by The Times Group through the Femina Miss India contest; [9] [10] [11] [12] and in 2020 and 2022 by the Glamanand Group through the Glamanand Supermodel India pageant. [13] [14]

Since the first participation in 2013, Indian representatives got placements at Miss Grand International four times; the highest position is the first and second runners-up, obtained by Meenakshi Chaudhary and Vartika Singh in 2018 and 2015, respectively. [15] [16]

History

India has always participated in Miss Grand International since 2013. In the first two years, 2013 to 2014, the right to send Indian delegates to compete at Miss Grand International belonged to the organizer of the Indian Princess pageant, which was managed by Atharva Group of Institutes, and one of its finalists was chosen to join Miss Grand International. [5] [6] [7] [8] In 2015, the license was taken over by the organizer of Femina Miss India, The Times Group, and the country representatives for Miss Grand International were directly determined through such a national pageant each year, [9] [10] [11] [12] until in 2022, the franchise was granted to Glamanand Group who later organized Miss Grand India as a separate pageant in 2023. [1] [2]

Gallery

Edition

The following is the details of the Miss Grand India edition, which was held as a stand-alone pageant only once in 2023.

Miss Grand India's edition details
YearEditionDateFinal venueEntrantsWinnerRef.
2023 1st19 September 2023 Rambagh Palace Hotel, Jaipur, Rajasthan 18 Arshina Sumbul [17] [2]
2024 2ndJuly 2024 [18]

International competition

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

YearRepresentativeOriginal national titleCompetition performanceNational director
PlacementOther awards
2013Rupa Khurana [5] Indian Princess 2013 finalist [6] Unplaced [19] —Sunil Rane [20]
2014 Monica Sharma [7] Top 5 Indian Princess 2014 [8] Unplaced [21] —
2015 Vartika Singh [9] 2nd runner-up Femina Miss India 2015 [9] 2nd runner-up [16] Best Social Media [16] Vineet Jain
2016Pankhuri Gidwani [10] 2nd runner-up Femina Miss India 2016 [10] Unplaced [22] —
2017 Anukriti Gusain [11] Top 6 Femina Miss India 2017 [23] Top 20 [24] —
2018 Meenakshi Chaudhary [12] 1st runner-up Femina Miss India 2018 [12] 1st runner-up [15] —
2019 Shivani Jadhav [25] Femina Miss Grand India 2019 [25] Unplaced [26] —
2020Simran Sharma [13] Glamanand Supermodel Multinational 2018 [27] Unplaced [28] —Nikhil Anand
2021Manika Sheokand [29] Femina Miss Grand India 2020 [29] Top 20 [30] — Vineet Jain
2022Praachi Nagpal [14] Miss Grand India 2022 [31] Unplaced [32] —Nikhil Anand
2023Kashish Methwani [1] Miss International India 2023 [1] Unable to compete [2]
Top 20 [33] —

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