Cherine Shiba Miss Grand Egypt 2015 Shahenaz Dabous Miss Grand Egypt 2021 | |
Formation | 2013 |
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Type | Beauty pageant |
Headquarters | Cairo |
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Membership | Miss Grand International |
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National director | Amal Rezk |
Parent organization | Miss Egypt (2013 – 2021, 2023) |
Miss Grand Egypt is a national beauty pageant title awarded to Egyptian representatives competing at the Miss Grand International contest.[1][2][3] The title was first awarded in 2013 when a Cairo-based pharmacist, Aya Abdallah Ahmed, was assigned by the Miss Grand Egypt licensee, Amal Rezk, to represent Egypt in the inaugural edition of Miss Grand International in Thailand.[4] Amal Rezk is also the director of a national pageant of Miss Egypt,[2][3] and another international platform, Miss Eco International .[5]
Since the first competition in 2013, Egyptian representatives have never been placed in Miss Grand International.[6][7][8][9][10]
Egypt joined Miss Grand International for the first time in 2013 and was represented by an appointed representative, Aya Abdallah Ahmed;[4] however, she was unplaced on the international stage held in Thailand.[6] From 2013 to 2021, the right to send Egyptian candidates to compete at Miss Grand International belonged to the director of Miss Egypt pageant, Amal Rezk,[1][2][3] and the representatives were either directly hand-picked or determined through such a national contest.[1][2][3][11]
In 2021, one of the Miss Egypt 2021 winners was expected to compete at Miss Grand International 2022 in Indonesia,[12] but no representative was elected,[13] due to the termination of the partnership between Miss Grand International (MGI PLC) and Miss Egypt after the Miss Grand Thailand-affiliated representative, Juthamas Mekseree, who was assigned to compete at the Egypt-based Miss Eco International 2021 which was also managed by Amal Rezk, together with other 8 country representatives were infected by COVID-19 during pageant activities and were left without proper management.[14][15]
The following is a list of Egyptian representatives at the Miss Grand International contest.
Year | Representative | Original national title | Competition performance | |
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Placement | Other awards | |||
2013 | Aya Abdallah Ahmed[4] | — | Unplaced[6] | — |
2014 | Nada Zakaria | Unable to compete | ||
2015 | Cherine Shiba[16] | — | Unplaced[7] | — |
2016 | Mireille Mikhail Azer[1] | Miss Grand Egypt 2016[17] | Unplaced[8] | — |
2017 | Merna Ayman Hosny[11] | 2nd runner-up Miss World Egypt 2017 | Unplaced[9] | — |
2019 | Esraa Abdel-Mohsen[18] | Miss Egypt All Nations 2019 | Unplaced[10] | — |
2020 | Virginia Hany Abdallah[2][19] | Miss Grand Egypt 2020[2] | Unplaced[20] | — |
2021 | Shahenaz Alaa Dabous[21][22] | Miss Grand Egypt 2021[3] | Unplaced[23] | — |
2023 | Mariam Khatab[24] | 1st runner-up Miss Egypt 2023[25] | Unplaced[26] | — |