Miss Grand Angola
Formation2013
TypeBeauty pageant
HeadquartersLuanda
Location
Membership
Miss Grand International
Official language
Portuguese
National director
  • Edueni António
  • Márcia de Menezes

Miss Grand Angola is a national beauty pageant title awarded to women chosen to represent the Angola at the Miss Grand International contest.[1][2][3] The title was first mentioned in 2013 when a 26-year-old model, Nádia de Vasconcelos, was assigned by a London-based event organizer, Beauties of Africa Inc, to represent Angola at the inaugural edition of Miss Grand International in Thailand, but Nádia did not joined the contest for undisclosed reasons.[4]

Since 2021, the right the send Angolan representatives to compete at Miss Grand International has belonged to a computer engineer, Márcia de Menezes, who was also the country representative at the mentioned international platform in 2021.[5][6]

Since their first competition in 2014, the highest placement reached by Angolan representatives is the top 20 finalists which was obtained by Meriam Kaxuxwena and Márcia de Menezes in 2015 and 2021, respectively.[5][7]

History

Angola made its debut at the Miss Grand International pageant in 2015 when an Angolan Australian model from Sydney acquired the license and dominated herself as the country's representative for the international competition held in Thailand,[5] where she was named one of the final 20.[7]

After five years of absence, Angola returned to the Miss Grand International again in 2021; the license was purchased by a Luanda-based computer engineer, Márcia de Menezes, who then appointed herself to compete in the 2021 international contest in Thailand,[2][8][9] and won the Best National Costume award as well as qualifying for the top 20 finalists.[5]

In 2022, the license was purchased by an event organizer, Edueni António. Under António's directionship, the first edition of the Miss Grand Angola pageant was held in September 2023.[10][11]

Edition

The following is the competition detail of the Miss Grand Angola pageant, which was held only once in 2023.[10][11]

EditionDateFinal venueEntrantsResultRef.
Winner1st runner-up2nd runner-up
1st September 2, 2023Epic Sana Hotel, Luanda10Eugénia das NevesJacira SaiomboAirania Dias[10][11][12]

International competition

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

YearRepresentativeOriginal national titleCompetition performanceNational directorRef.
PlacementOther awards
2013 Nadia Vasconcelos Top 10 Miss Angola 2008 Did not compete Bongie Munjanja [4][13]
2015 Meriam Kaxuxwena Self-dominated Top 20 — Self-dominated [5][7]
2021 Márcia de Menezes Top 20 Best National Costume [5][6]
2022 Teresa Sara Top 10 Miss Universe Angola 2022 Unplaced —
  • Edueni António
  • Márcia de Menezes
 [14][15]
2023 Eugénia das Neves Miss Grand Angola 2023 Top 10 (5th runner-up) — [12][16]
Titleholders gallery

References

  1. ↑ "Ministro da Cultura e Turismo recebe Teresa Sara "Miss Grand Angola 2022"" (in Portuguese). Jornal de Angola. 1 November 2022. Archived from the original on 22 July 2023. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
  2. 1 2 Justin Coulibaly (29 September 2021). "Miss Grand International: Márcia Marilia représentera l'Angola". www.afrik.com (in French). Archived from the original on 22 July 2023. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
  3. ↑ "PH Designer Turns To Be A Blessing To Miss Grand Angola 2021". Pageone.ph. 23 November 2021. Archived from the original on 22 July 2023. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
  4. 1 2 "Angolana Nádia de Vasconcelos representa o país no "Miss Grand" naTailândia". Angorussia.com (in Portuguese). 16 October 2013. Archived from the original on 18 September 2023. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Teresa Sara representa o país no Miss Grand International na Indonésia" (in Portuguese). Jornal de Angola. 19 October 2022. Archived from the original on 21 July 2023. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  6. 1 2 Luzimenia Mota (10 November 2021). "Angolana Márcia Menezes em destaque no concurso "Miss Grand Internacional", na Tailândia". Angorussia.com (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 21 July 2023. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
  7. 1 2 3 "Lệ Quyên bất ngờ "trắng tay" tại Miss Grand International 2015". Dantri.com.vn (in Vietnamese). 26 October 2015. Archived from the original on 9 February 2023. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  8. ↑ "มิสแกรนด์แองโกลา ร่ำไห้ ซึ้งน้ำใจคนไทย ให้ชุดราตรีใส่รอบไฟนอล ชิงมง MGI 2021" (in Thai). Kom Chad Luek. 21 November 2021. Archived from the original on 22 July 2023. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
  9. ↑ Sofia de Aros (24 November 2021). "The Touching Story Of The Filipino Designer Who Lent Outfits To Miss Grand Angola". www.preview.ph. Archived from the original on 22 July 2023. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
  10. 1 2 3 "Comité do Miss Grand Angola realiza primeira edição do concurso no país". Angorussia.com (in Portuguese). 14 July 2023. Archived from the original on 21 July 2023. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
  11. 1 2 3 Janeth Mendes. "Miss Grand Angola: 1ª edição do concurso no país". Chocolate.co.ao (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 21 July 2023. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
  12. 1 2 Nelma Inglês (3 September 2023). "Eugénia das Neves eleita Miss Grand Angola 2023" (in Portuguese). Jornal de Angola. Archived from the original on 3 September 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  13. ↑ "Miss Grand International 2013 delegates". Miss Grand International. 2013. Retrieved 18 September 2023 – via Internet Archive.
  14. ↑ Arieth Silva (9 September 2022). "Teresa Sara é a nova Miss Grand Angola 2022". Platinaline.com (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 9 September 2022. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
  15. ↑ María Fernanda Cedeño (25 October 2022). "Miss Grand International 2022 Isabella Novaes Menin de Brasil, ganadora del certámen". Colombia.as.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 25 October 2022. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  16. ↑ "Peru wins Miss Grand International 2023; PH makes early exit". ABS-CBN. 25 October 2023. Archived from the original on 25 October 2023. Retrieved 25 October 2023.

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