Miss Grand Ireland

Miss Grand Ireland
Formation2017
TypeBeauty pageant
HeadquartersDublin
Location
MembershipMiss Grand International
Official language
English
Parent organization
  • Miss International UK (2017)
  • Ireland Faces
    (2019 – 2022)

Miss Grand Ireland is a national beauty pageant title awarded to Irish representatives chosen to compete at the Miss Grand International pageant.[1][2][3][4] The title was first awarded in 2013 to the runner-up of Britain's Big Brother series 15, Ashleigh Coyle,[1] after she competed at the 2017 Miss International United Kingdom;[5][6] however, Coyle did not partake in the international tournament in Vietnam.

In 2017, the license of Miss Grand Ireland belonged to the Culcheth-based event planner, Pageant Girl UK, which is also the organizer of the Miss International United Kingdom contest.[6] After the license was not renewed in 2018, it was purchased by a Dublin beauty pageant coordinator group led by Manuel Munares the following year.[2]

Since the title of Miss Grand Ireland was introduced in 2017, no Miss Grand National was held to select the titleholders; all of them were either determined through another pageant or directly hand-picked by national licensees in that particular year.[1][2][3][4]

History

Initially, Ireland was expected to debut in Miss Grand International in 2017, when a Big Brother star from Derry, Ashleigh Coyle, was assigned to represent Ireland in the Miss Grand International 2017 in Vietnam.[1] Ashleigh obtained the title after she participated in the Miss International United Kingdom 2017 pageant where she was placed among the top 16 finalists.[5][6] She withdrew for undisclosed reasons.

Ireland made an actual debutant in 2019 when a Venezuelan Irish, Manuel Munares, purchased the license and assigned a Thai Irish beauty queen who previously competed at Miss Grand Thailand 2019, Sudawan Kumdee, as the replacement of the original representative Hollie Hersey, to join the international contest in Venezuela,[3][7][8] and she was placed among the top 20 finalists, which is considered the only and highest placement, as of 2023, the Irish delegates obtained in the Miss Grand International.[9] The following Irish representatives for Miss Grand International were all also appointed; no Miss Grand National was organized to determine the titleholders.[4][10]

Gallery
  • Miss Grand Ireland 2023
    Rachel Slawson
  • Miss Grand Ireland 2022
    Peace Olaniyi

International competition

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

Year Representative Original national title Competition performance National director
Placement Other awards
2017 Ashleigh Coyle[1] Top 16 Miss International United Kingdom 2017[11] Unable to compete Holly Pirrie[6]
2019 Hollie Hersey[2][3] Appointed Resigned[2][3] Manuel Munares[2]
Sudawan Kumdee[3][7]
Miss Grand Thailand 2019 finalist[3][7]
 Top 20[9] N/a
2020 Tirna Slevín[10] Appointed Unplaced[12] N/a
2022 Peace Olaniyi[4][13][14] Appointed Unplaced[14] N/a
2023 Rachel Slawson[15] 2nd runner-up Miss Grand United States 2023[15] Unplaced N/a Self-dominated
2024 No representatives

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Ashleigh Coyle crowned Miss Grand Ireland 2017". The Times of India. 17 July 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  2. ^ a b c d e f Katie Donohoe (28 August 2019). "Miss Grand Ireland hands back her crown amid claims that pageant director was 'inappropriate'". Gay Community News. Archived from the original on 7 October 2021. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "Mint Sudawan Kumdee crowned Miss Grand Ireland 2019". The Times of India. 21 September 2019. Retrieved 3 August 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  4. ^ a b c d "Peace Olaniyi Interview - Ciara Lawless 29/09/22". RosFm. 29 September 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  5. ^ a b Sheena McStravick (1 March 2017). "Big Brother star Ashleigh Coyle on putting aside her anxiety battles and competing in Miss International UK". www.belfastlive.co.uk. Retrieved 3 August 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  6. ^ a b c d "Meet the team". Miss International United Kingdom. 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  7. ^ a b c "Ngoài Kiều Loan còn có bộ trang phục dân tộc thứ 2 'made in Vietnam', song bị chê thảm họa nhất Miss Grand International 2019". www.saostar.vn (in Vietnamese). 23 October 2019. Retrieved 3 August 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  8. ^ "ย้อนตำนานไม่มงที่ไทยแต่ได้ไปแกรนด์อินเตอร์ หลัง"มีมี"ตัวแทนเมียนมาร์เตรียมผงาดเวทีอินโดฯ". Truthforyou.co (in Thai). 7 May 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  9. ^ a b อีจัน Oline Team (26 October 2019). "สาว "เวเนซุเอลา" คว้ามง Miss grand international 2019". www.ejan.co (in Thai). Retrieved 9 February 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  10. ^ a b "Miss Grand International 2020 contestants". Miss Grand International. 18 June 2021. Archived from the original on 18 June 2021. Retrieved 9 February 2023 – via Internet Archive.
  11. ^ "2017 Miss International Final - Japan". Miss International United Kingdom. 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  12. ^ "Samantha Bernardo makes it to Top 20 of Miss Grand International!". GMA Network. 27 March 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  13. ^ "Miss Grand International 2022 contestants". Miss Grand International. 5 October 2022. Archived from the original on 5 October 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2023 – via Internet Archive.
  14. ^ a b María Fernanda Cedeño (25 October 2022). "Miss Grand International 2022 Isabella Novaes Menin de Brasil, ganadora del certámen". Colombia.as.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 October 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  15. ^ a b "Impactante es Rachel Slawson es Miss Grand Irlanda 2023" (in Spanish). Diario del Sur. 12 September 2023. Retrieved 13 September 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
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