Miss Grand Estonia
Miss Grand Estonia is a national beauty pageant title awarded to Estonian representatives competing at the Miss Grand International pageant.[1][2][3][4] The title was first awarded in 2013, when a professional model from Novorossiysk, Evgeniia Forkash, was assigned to represent Estonia at the inaugural edition of the mentioned international contest in Thailand.[5]
Formation | 2013 |
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Type | Beauty pageant |
Headquarters | Stockholm |
Location | |
Membership | Miss Grand International |
Official language | English |
National director | Peter Hadward |
General director | Kersten Liba |
Parent organization | Miss Queen of Scandinavia (2013 – 2019) |
Website | MissQueenOfScandinavia.com |
Since the first partaking in 2013, the license of Miss Grand Estonia belonged to a sub-continental pageant based in Stockholm, Miss Queen of Scandinavia;[2][4] however, its partnership with Miss Grand International was terminated in 2020, and, hitherto, the Miss Grand Estonia license was not purchased by any other agency.
History
Estonia debuted in the Miss Grand International pageant in 2013, represented by a Russian-based model from Novorossiysk, Evgeniia Forkash,[5] who was assigned to participate by the Miss Queen of Scandinavia organization (MQOS),[2][4] a Stockholm-based pageant chaired by Peter Hadward,[6] but she was unplaced.[7] In the following years, the country representatives at such an international tournament were either determined through the Miss Queen of Scandinavia pageant or directly hand-picked by the director.[2][3][4]
Since the first competition in 2013, Estonian representatives have never been placed in Miss Grand International.[1][4][7][8]
International competition
The following is a list of Estonian representatives at the Miss Grand International contest.
Year | Representative | Original national title | International result | ||
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Placement | Other awards | ||||
2013 | Evgeniia Forkash[5] | Miss Golden TiTi 2013[9] | Unplaced[7] | — | |
2014 | Maria Raja[1][10] | Eesti Tippmodell Season 2 Finalist[11] | Unplaced[1] | — | |
2015 | Anna Liisa Virkus[8] | — | Unplaced[12] | — | |
2016 | Merylin Nau[13][14] | — | Unplaced[15] | — | |
2017 | Susanna Lehtsalu[2] | — | Unplaced[16] | — | |
2018 | Karolin Kippasto[3][17] | Miss Grand Estonia 2018[17] | Unplaced[18] | — | |
2019 | Elisse Randmma[4][19] | — | Unplaced[4] | — | |
No representatives since 2020 | |||||
References
- Karin Karu (October 12, 2014). "Iludusvõistlusel tiitlita jäänud Maria Raja: olen ikkagi võitja! FOTOD" (in Estonian). TV3. Archived from the original on May 29, 2023.
- Meisi Volt (September 20, 2017). "Miss Grand Estonia: minu trump on loomulik ilu! (39)" (in Estonian). Õhtuleht. Archived from the original on May 29, 2023. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
- "Missivõistluse finaalist eemale jäänud Karolin Kippasto: mul olid kõrged ootused" (in Estonian). Postimees. January 22, 2022. Archived from the original on May 29, 2023. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
- KIRNA TÜDRUK esindas esindas Eestit teisel pool maakera (in Estonian). Järva Teataja. February 29, 2020. p. 10. Archived from the original on May 29, 2023. Retrieved May 30, 2023 – via DIGAR.
- "Miss Grand International 2013 contestants". Miss Grand International. November 22, 2013. Archived from the original on November 22, 2013. Retrieved February 8, 2023 – via Internet Archive.
- "Advarsel mod falsk annoncering af skønhedskonkurrence" (in Danish). Miss Danmark. 2012. Archived from the original on May 30, 2023. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
- Harry Rodríguez (November 18, 2013). "Janelee Chaparro se corona Miss Grand International 2013". www.metro.pr (in Spanish). Archived from the original on May 8, 2019. Retrieved February 8, 2023.
- "Miss Grand International 2015 contestants". Miss Grand International. November 16, 2015. Archived from the original on November 16, 2015. Retrieved February 8, 2023 – via Internet Archive.
- "В Анапе выбрали Miss Bikini 2013 (ФОТО)". Vk.com (in Russian). August 27, 2013. Archived from the original on May 29, 2023. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
- "Fotod: Maria Raja pälvis Antalias toimunud modellikonkursil kolmanda koha krooni". Elu24.postimees.ee (in Estonian). March 31, 2016. Archived from the original on May 29, 2023. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
- Karin Karu (December 16, 2013). "Modellisaate Maria Raja avaldas, kellest võiks saada järgmine Eesti tippmodell" (in Estonian). TV3. Archived from the original on May 29, 2023. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
- "Lệ Quyên bất ngờ "trắng tay" tại Miss Grand International 2015". Dantri.com.vn (in Vietnamese). October 26, 2015. Archived from the original on February 9, 2023. Retrieved February 9, 2023.
- "MINU ÕNNELIKU KEHA 5 saladust: Merylin Nau" (in Estonian). TV3. June 24, 2019. Archived from the original on May 29, 2023. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
- Liisa Mugra (July 9, 2021). "VAU! Merylin Nau esindab Eestit Miss Global 2021 võistlusel: ma seekord ei kavatse käega lööma minna (33)" (in Estonian). Õhtuleht. Archived from the original on May 29, 2023. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
- "Nguyen Thi Loan in final top 20 Miss Grand International 2016". Vietnam Television. October 26, 2016. Archived from the original on August 26, 2022. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
- "Ngắm Top 20 Miss Grand International 2017 nóng bỏng với phần thi bikini" (in Vietnamese). Voice of Vietnam. October 26, 2017. Archived from the original on November 8, 2022. Retrieved May 12, 2023.
- Getter Trumsi (November 16, 2021). "PERSOON ⟩ Tartust pärit Karolin viib Eesti pärast 14-aastast pausi taas Miss Worldi iludusvõistlusele" (in Estonian). Postimees. Archived from the original on May 29, 2023. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
- "Meenakshi Chaudhary from India wins 1st runner-up title at Miss Grand International 2018". Times of India. October 25, 2018. Archived from the original on August 26, 2022. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
- Järva Teataja (October 15, 2019). "Kirnast pärit kaunitar osaleb rahvusvahelisel iludusvõistlusel ja ootab poolthääli" (in Estonian). Postimees. Archived from the original on May 29, 2023. Retrieved May 30, 2023.