Miss Grand Cambodia ( km, បវរកញ្ញាឯកដ៏អស្ចារ្យនៃកម្ពុជា) is an annual female beauty pageant in Cambodia, founded in 2015 by BKA Entertainment chaired by a Thai businessperson in Cambodia ''Boonkerd Angamnuaysiri'' ( th, บุญเกิด อังอำนวยศิริ), the finalists of the contest have been sent to participate in various international contests including its parent stage, ''

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, headed by ''Sokunthea Im,'' in 2023. In the present, ''Miss Grand Cambodia'' has been managing by ''Sokunthea Im'', the manager of ''HK7 Co., Ltd.,'' ''Sarapich Som'' as a Vice president, and ' as a project director. During 2015-2019, the competition was aired on MYTV, but later changed to the ' (TV5) after ''Mohahang Production'' had acquired the license in 2020. Since the establishment of

, to date, Cambodian representatives have never won the contest. However, three placements was recorded in 2020, 2021 and 2022, when ''Chily Tevy, Sothida Pokimtheng'' and ''Pich Votey Saravody'' were placed among the Top 20 and Top 10 finalists, respectively.

Background

History

After the first participation at ''Miss Grand International'' by the appointed representative ''Tim Srey Niet'' in 2014, the Cambodian licensee subsequently ran its first competition in the following year. The contest was held at Nagaworld Hotel Grand Ballroom, which functioned as the final venue of the ''Miss Grand Cambodia'' pageant from 2015 – 2019, featuring 24 national finalists directly chosen by the national organizer, of which, a 22 years-old third-year medical student ''Seng Polvithavy'' was announced the winner, and the pageant was held annually since then. ''BKA Entertainment'' lost the contest license to Mohahang Production in 2020, after failing to send the 2019 titleholder, ''Det Sreyneat,'' to participate at ''Miss Grand International 2019'' in ''Venezuela'', as a result of insufficient time to prepare the documents for the visa application; the winner was crowned on late September, but the international pageant was launched on early October. Such an incident also happened in 2016. Under the management of ''Mohahang Production,'' the pageant result was canceled in 2020, when the original winner, Seng Rotha, opted not to compete in the international pageant and renounced the title. Furthermore, the first runner-up, ''Lim Sotheavy,'' also refused to take over the title due to the health conditions, which causes the organizer to file a lawsuit against them for not fulfilling the agreement, and subsequently appointed Chily Tevy, the second runner-up, to join the international pageant instead. In 2023, ''Sokunthea Im,'' owner of HK7 Co., Ltd, in collaboration with ''Sokpoly Voeun'' and ''Sarapich Som'' was legally licensed to host the Miss Grand Cambodia 2023, which was recognized and publicly announced by the international parent organ on January 2, 2023. The contest was programmed to be directed by ''Sokunthea Im'' as a national director, ''Sokpoly Voeun'' as project director, ''Sarapich Som'' as vice president. However, due to some finalcial conflicts, Sokpoly Voeun decided to leave the Miss Grand Cambodia 2023 project four months later.

Selection of contestants

Under the management of BKA Entertainment, the national aspirants for its first five editions were directly chosen by the central organizer based in

. However, after the pageant license was transferred to another organizer, ''Mohahang Production'', in 2020, an attempt to distribute to the provincial organs has been observed ever since. Moreover, Cambodian overseas, such as ''

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Khmer Loeu The Khmer Loeu ( km, ជនជាតិខ្មែរលើ ; "upper Khmers") is the collective name given to the various indigenous ethnic groups residing in the highlands of Cambodia. The Khmer Loeu are found mainly in the northeastern pro ...

, French-Cambodians,'' etc., have been allowed to participate in the contest with independent sash title since 2020, nevertheless, most of the candidates were still directly selected and appointed the provincial titles by the national organizer due to a lacking of regional licensees.

Editions

Date and venue

The following list is the edition detail of the Miss Grand Cambodia contest, since its inception in 2015.

Ancillary activities

The pageant ancillary activities are usually consisted of three main subevents namely the best in swimsuit competition, preliminary competition as well as the national costume parade, which is considered as one of the most popular events. ;Special award winners , - !

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Siem Reap Siem Reap ( km, សៀមរាប, ) is the second-largest city of Cambodia, as well as the capital and largest city of Siem Reap Province in northwestern Cambodia. Siem Reap has French colonial and Chinese-style architecture in the Old F ...

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, , Kandal ;Notes :1. The Miss Personality award was known as Miss Charming from 2020 to 2022.

Competition results

; 5th Runner-Up Since 2024, Miss Grand Cambodia pageant has awarded a Top 11 finalists as 5th Runner-Up. This table lists the name of 5th Runner-Up titles by year.

Winners by province

Winner gallery

File:Phoem Sreyno.png, Miss Grand Cambodia 2023
Phoem Sreynor File:Saravady Pich Votey.png, Miss Grand Cambodia 2022
Saravady Pich Votey File:Sothida Pokimtheng (cropped).png, Miss Grand Cambodia 2021
Sothida Pokimtheng File:Chily Tevy.png, Miss Grand Cambodia 2020
Chily Tevy File:Lika Dy.png, Miss Grand Cambodia 2018
Lika Dy File:Khloem Sreykea.png, Miss Grand Cambodia 2017
Khloem Sreykea File:Seng Polvithavy.png, Miss Grand Cambodia 2015
Seng Polvithavy File:Tim Srey Niet.png, Miss Grand Cambodia 2014
Tim Srey Niet

International competition

The main finalists of the Miss Grand Cambodia pageant have been sent to represent the country in various international contests, the following is a list of international contests, with participants from Miss Grand Cambodia as contestants based on the year the pageant was held. ;Colors key

National finalists

The following list is the national finalists of the Miss Grand Cambodia pageant, as well as the competition results. ;Color keys : Declared as the winner : Ended as a runner-up : Ended as a semi-finalist : Ended as a Quaterfinalist : Did not participate

2015–2019: No provincial title

2020–2024: Provincial representatives

References

External links

* {{Miss Grand International titleholders

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