Miss Grand Seychelles
| Formation | 2014 |
|---|---|
| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | Seychelles |
| Location | |
| Membership | Miss Grand International |
Official language |
|
Director | Gabriella Gonthier |
Parent organization | Seychelles Pageantry Association (2023–present) |
Miss Grand Seychelles is a national beauty pageant title awarded to Seychelles representatives who were elected to compete at the Miss Grand International pageant.[1][2][3][4] The title was first awarded in 2014 to a Sino-Seychellois model, Linda Cui,[5] followed by a diploma student from Mahé, Shaniah Dick, in 2023.[1][2][3]
Since the establishment of Miss Grand International, Seychelles only participated once in 2023,[3][4][6] and the remaining representative withdrew.[7] The first contest of Miss Grand Seychelles is scheduled to be held in 2024.[1][2]
History
Initially, Seychelles was expected to make its debut in Miss Grand International in 2014 by the appointed representative, Linda Nan Cui,[5] but Linda did not enter the international contest in Thailand for undisclosed reasons.[7]
Later in 2023, the licence of Miss Grand Seychelles was taken by a newly established pageant organiser, the Seychelles Pageantry Association,[1] with Gabriella Gonthier as the director and Jouel Boutique as the sponsor.[1][2] The audition to select the country representative for Miss Grand International 2023 was then arranged on 5 August.[1] Four candidates qualified for the final round, and Shaniah Dick, a diploma student in social work from the National Institute of Health and Social Studies (NIHSS), was named the winner;[1][2][3] however, Shaniah received a non-placement after partaking in the international pageant in Vietnam.[8][9]
Initially, the Seychelles Pageantry Association also planned to organise a contest in 2024 to elect their representative for Miss Grand International 2024,[1][2] but was cancelled for undisclosed reasons.
International competition
The following is a list of Seychelles representatives at the Miss Grand International contest.
| Year | Representative | Original national title | Result | National director | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Placement | Other awards | |||||
| 2014 | Linda Cui[5] | Miss Universe China 2014 Finalist | Did not compete[7][10] | Self-dominated | ||
| No representatives from 2015 to 2022 | ||||||
| 2023 | Shaniah Dick[2][11] | N/a | Unplaced[9] | — | Gabriella Gonthier[2] | |
| No representatives since 2024 | ||||||
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h Patrick Joubert (11 September 2023). "Shaniah Dick is Miss Grand Seychelles 2023". Seychelles Nation. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ a b c d e f g h Rita Joubert-Lawen (11 September 2023). "Shaniah Dick to represent Seychelles at Miss Grand International". Seychelles News Agency. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ a b c d "Miss Grand Seychelles 2023 es Shaniah Dick". Diario del Sur (in Spanish). 25 September 2023. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ a b "Shaniah Dick i premye fiy Seselwa ki pou al reprezant Sesel dan konkour labote Miss Grand International". Seychelles Broadcasting Corporation (in Seselwa Creole French). 13 September 2023. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ a b c "Miss Grand International 2014 delegates". missgrandinternational.com. 2014. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2023 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Dàn hoa hậu quốc tế 'đổ bộ' Hà Nội, nhiều nhan sắc gây thất vọng". suckhoedoisong.vn (in Vietnamese). 3 October 2023. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ a b c "Miss Grand International 2014 contestants (Finalized)". Miss Grand International. 25 December 2014. Archived from the original on 25 December 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2023 – via Internet Archive.
Note: Linda Cui was removed from the list of the final candidates.
- ^ "Peru wins Miss Grand International 2023; PH makes early exit". ABS-CBN. 25 October 2023. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ a b Chavely Chiroque; Carol Ruiz; Richard Gomero (25 October 2023). "Luciana Fuster ganó el Miss Grand International 2023: sencillez y glamour en su paso por el concurso de belleza". infobae.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 October 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ Arvin Ello (6 October 2014). "Miss Cuba is Miss Grand International 2014". vintersections.com. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ "ส่องสาวงาม Miss Grand International 2023 แต่ละประเทศ มีใครบ้าง". Kom Chad Luek (in Thai). 25 October 2023. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
External links
- Media related to Miss Grand Seychelles at Wikimedia Commons