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
[edit]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
[edit]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] | — | Unplaced[9] | — | Gabriella Gonthier[2] | |
| 2024 | No representatives | |||||
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h Patrick Joubert (11 September 2023). "Shaniah Dick is Miss Grand Seychelles 2023". Seychelles Nation. Archived from the original on 28 October 2023. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
- ^ 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. Archived from the original on 11 September 2023. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
- ^ a b c d "Miss Grand Seychelles 2023 es Shaniah Dick". Diario del Sur (in Spanish). 25 September 2023. Archived from the original on 28 October 2023. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
- ^ 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. Archived from the original on 28 October 2023. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
- ^ 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. Archived from the original on 28 October 2023. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
- ^ 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. Archived from the original on 25 October 2023. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
- ^ 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). Archived from the original on 25 October 2023. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
- ^ Arvin Ello (6 October 2014). "Miss Cuba is Miss Grand International 2014". vintersections.com. Archived from the original on 31 July 2015. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
- ^ "ส่องสาวงาม Miss Grand International 2023 แต่ละประเทศ มีใครบ้าง". Kom Chad Luek (in Thai). 25 October 2023. Archived from the original on 28 October 2023. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
External links
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Media related to Miss Grand Seychelles at Wikimedia Commons
