Miss Grand Serbia

Miss Grand Serbia is a national beauty pageant title awarded to Serbian representatives chosen to compete at the Miss Grand International pageant.[1][2][3] It was first awarded in 2013 to Milica Stojsavljević,[4] the winner of Miss Photo Model of Balkan 2013,[5] and the second to Maja Smiljković,[2] a geography student who received the title after participating in the Miss Serbia 2017 contest.[6]

Miss Grand Serbia
Formation2013
TypeBeauty pageant
HeadquartersBelgrade
Location
Membership
Miss Grand International
Official language
Serbian
National director
Vesna de Vinča
Parent organization
Miss Serbia (2013, 2017)

As of 2017, the license of Miss Grand Serbia belonged to the organizer of Miss Serbia pageant, Vesna de Vinča.[2]

Since the establishment of Miss Grand International, Serbia sent its representatives to compete only twice; in 2013 and 2017,[1][2][4] both representatives received non-placements.[7][8]

History

Serbia debuted in Miss Grand International in 2013 by an appointed Milica Stojsavljević,[4] who previously won the 2013 Miss Photo Model of Balkan pageant and was originally set to represent Serbia at Miss Top Model International 2017 in Latvia, but she withdrew due to a lack of financial support,[5] and was later invited to join the first edition of Miss Grand International in Thailand instead.[4] However, due to no Miss Grand Serbia franchise holder caused Serbia to absent in Miss Grand International from 2014 to 2016.

After three consecutive years of absence, Serbia returned to the competition in the 2017 edition in Vietnam.[1][2] Its representative, Maja Smiljković, was sent by the organizer of Miss Serbia pageant after she finished as the top 6 finalists at the 2017 national contest.[2][6] Smiljković was the winner of Miss South Serbia 2017,[2][9] a regional preliminary contest for Miss Serbia.[2][10]

Due to lacking franchise holders, the Serbian representatives for Miss Grand International have not additionally been elected since 2018.

International competition

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

YearRepresentativeOriginal national titleCompetition performance
PlacementOther awards
2013 Milica Stojsavljević[4] Miss Photo Model of Balkan 2013[5] Unplaced[7] —
2017 Maja Smiljković[1][11] Top 6 Miss Serbia 2017[6] Unplaced[8] —
No representatives since 2018

References
  1. "Maja Smiljkovic crowned Miss Grand International Serbia 2017". The Times of India. August 14, 2017. Archived from the original on August 3, 2023. Retrieved August 3, 2023.
  2. "Leskovčanka predstavlja Srbiju na takmičenju za Miss Grand International". Jugmedia.rs (in Serbian). JuG Media. October 14, 2017. Archived from the original on August 3, 2023. Retrieved August 3, 2023.
  3. "'Đọ' thân hình của mĩ nhân Hoa hậu Hòa bình Thế giới 2017 trong trang phục áo tắm". Vietnammoi.vn (in Vietnamese). October 14, 2017. Archived from the original on August 3, 2023. Retrieved August 3, 2023.
  4. "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.
  5. "Model Milica Stojsavljević ide na svetsko takmičenje bez ijednog dinara". Glossy.espreso.co.rs (in Serbian). Glossy magazin. October 15, 2013. Archived from the original on August 3, 2023. Retrieved August 3, 2023.
  6. "(FOTO) IZABRANA MIS SRBIJE: Anđelija Rogić (22) iz Užica najlepša devojka, a evo ko su pratilje!". www.kurir.rs (in Serbian). Kurir. October 9, 2016. Archived from the original on August 3, 2023. Retrieved August 3, 2023.
  7. 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.
  8. "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.
  9. Srdjan Stamenkovic (July 15, 2016). "Maja Smiljković iz Leskovca - Miss južne Srbije". Dnevnikjuga.rs (in Serbian). Archived from the original on August 3, 2023. Retrieved August 3, 2023.
  10. "Leskovčanka Maja Smiljković Miss Južne Srbije". www.infocentarjug.rs (in Serbian). July 15, 2016. Archived from the original on August 3, 2023. Retrieved August 3, 2023.
  11. "Miss Grand International 2017 contestants". Miss Grand International. October 8, 2017. Archived from the original on October 8, 2017. Retrieved February 9, 2023 – via Internet Archive.
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