Miss Grand Iran

Miss Grand Iran
Formation2014
TypeBeauty pageant
HeadquartersLondon
Location
  • United Kingdom
MembershipMiss Grand International
Official language
National director
  • Daniela Costin
  • Roxana Gholinezhad (2026)
Parent organization
Miss Iran
(2013–2017, 2020)
WebsiteMissGrandIran.com

Miss Grand Iran is a national beauty pageant title awarded to representatives of Iran who compete in the Miss Grand International competition.[1][2][3] The title was first conferred in 2014 upon Bahareh Heidari, the winner of Miss Iran 2013, who subsequently represented Iran at the Miss Grand International 2014 pageant in Thailand;[1] however, she did not place in the competition.[4]

Traditionally, winners of the Miss Iran pageant were also designated as Miss Grand Iran titleholders until 2021,[5] when the contractual relationship with Miss Grand International was terminated. Following this change, the national titleholder was instead selected to represent Iran at the Miss Earth competition.[6]

Since the establishment of the Miss Grand International contest, Iran has participated on three occasions, with all of its representatives failing to achieve placement.[4][7][8]

History

Following the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran, beauty pageants were officially prohibited, and several national pageants that had previously been held on an annual basis were abolished.[5] In 2013, George Clooney, an Iranian-American television producer and chairperson of the Australia-based media company IMAJH, established a virtual beauty pageant titled Miss Iran. The inaugural titleholder, Bahareh Heidari, subsequently represented Iran at the Miss Grand International 2014 competition in Thailand.[5][6] The partnership between IMAJH and Miss Grand International was terminated in 2021, after which the national pageant was rebranded as Queen of Persia. Under this new title, the winner was selected to represent Iran at the Miss Earth competition instead.[5]

In a related development, Atefeh Eskandari, the 2016 titleholder, was arrested and imprisoned by Iranian authorities due to her participation in a beauty pageant and the publication of images deemed sexually provocative under the laws of the Islamic Republic of Iran.[9][10] She was released in early 2021 after serving nearly five years in prison.[9]

After four consecutive years of absence, two London-based pageant organizers, Daniela Costin and Roxana Mohammad Gholinezhad, acquired the Miss Grand Iran license in 2026[11] and scheduled the first standalone Miss Grand Iran pageant to be held in June 2026 in London, United Kingdom.[12]

International competition

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

Year Representative Original national title Competition Performance National director
English name Persian name Placement Other award(s)
2014 Bahareh Heidari[1] بهاره حیدری Miss Iran 2013[1] Unplaced[4] N/a George Clooney
2015 Shadi Osmani[2] شادی عثمانی Miss Iran 2014[2] Unplaced[7] N/a
2016 Atefeh Eskandari[13] عاطفه اسکندری Miss Iran 2015[14] Did not compete
2017 Sonia Beytoushi[3][15] سونیا بیطوشی Miss Iran 2016[15][16] Did not compete
2020 Ayda Mirahmadi[17] آیدا میراحمدی Miss Iran 2020[17][18] Unplaced[8] N/a
No representatives from 2021 to 2025
2026 Daniela Costin &
Roxana Gholinezhad[11]
  • Bahareh Heidari
    Miss Grand Iran 2014
  • Shadi Osmani
    Miss Grand Iran 2015

References

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  5. ^ a b c d "Queen of Persia – History". 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  6. ^ a b "Miss Earth Iran 2021". Queen of Persia. 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
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  9. ^ a b "آزادی خانم بازیگر و 5 مدلینگ مشهور از زندان با عفو رهبری ( عکس )". www.irannaz.com (in Persian). 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  10. ^ "آزادی ۶ مدلینگ زن و مرد از زندان با عفو رهبری / یک خانم بازیگر هم بود؟! + اسامی". www.yjc.ir (in Persian). 4 April 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  11. ^ a b "Miss Grand Iran". 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
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  13. ^ "Atefeh Eskandari – Miss Iran 2015". Miss Iran. 2015. Archived from the original on 17 March 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  14. ^ "۳ «دختر شایسته ایران» مورد عفو رهبری قرار گرفتند". www.balatarin.com (in Persian). 14 April 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  15. ^ a b Hồng Linh (1 September 2019). "Hoa hậu gây tranh cãi tại Miss Universe 2019 khoe vẻ đẹp Trung Đông say đắm" (in Vietnamese). Dân Việt. Retrieved 3 September 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  16. ^ Harry Rodríguez Caraballo (22 October 2019). "Miss Irán denuncia que Miss Universo la está ignorando" (in Spanish). Metro International. Retrieved 3 September 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  17. ^ a b Berkat Prima (9 February 2021). "Bikin Kesengsem! 9 Pesona Miss Grand Iran 2020 Ayda Mirahmadi" (in Indonesian). IDN Times. Retrieved 3 September 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  18. ^ "Queen of Persia 2020". www.queensofpersia.com. 20 November 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
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