Miss Grand Nigeria was a

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founded in 2015 by a

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-based event organizer chaired by Loveth Ajufoh, QLA Nigeria.Alt URL
/ref> The winners of the contest, which was held individually twice (in 2015 and 2016), represented Nigeria at its parent competition, Miss Grand International. Previously, the contest's license belonged to AMC Productions, the organizer of the Miss Earth Nigeria pageant, before being transferred to QLA Nigeria Limited, 001 Entertainment – the organizer of The Nigerian Queen, and the Qhue Group. in 2015, 2020, and 2023, respectively. Since the first debutant in 2014, Nigerian representatives obtained placements at the Miss Grand International pageant as one of the top 20 finalists twice; in 2021, and 2022.

History

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joined the Miss Grand International contest for the first time in 2014, represented by Tessy Kiri Bibowei who was appointed to the position by the Miss Earth Nigeria organization. Later in 2015, the license was transferred to the QLA Nigeria Limited, chaired by a

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Loveth Ajufoh who organized the inaugural contest of Miss Grand Nigeria contest on 11 September 2015 in

. The contest featured fifteen national finalists which qualified to the national final round through a preliminary screening held on 1 September, of whom the representative of the

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, Ifeoma Jennifer Ohia, was elected the winner. The second edition was also held in the following year, but in 2017, only the virtual casting was conducted to determine the titleholder. QLA Nigeria Limited later terminated its partnership with Miss Grand International at the end of that year. The license was brought back to the organizer of the Miss Earth Nigeria pageant in 2019 and then to the Nigerian Queen organizer company, Kelvin Joseph Amroma's 001 Entertainment, in 2020. Since then, the winners of the Nigerian Queen contest have been assumed to be the Nigerian representatives for the Miss Grand International pageant, except for 2021, when the original titleholder, Abimbola Abayomi, was unable to compete internationally; the licensee then assigned her second runner-up to join the Miss Grand International 2021 instead. Since its first participation in 2014, Patience Christopher and Damilola Bolarinde were the only two Nigerian representatives to get placed at Miss Grand International; both of them were named as one of the top 20 finalists in 2021 and 2022, respectively.

Editions

Date and venue

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

Competition result

Representatives at Miss Grand International

List of Nigerian representatives at the Miss Grand International pageant ;Gallery File:Boma Dokubo.png, Miss Grand Nigeria 2023
Boma Dokubo File:Damilola Bolarinde.png, Miss Grand Nigeria 2022
Damilola Bolarinde File:Patience Idowochenema Christopher.png, Miss Grand Nigeria 2021
Patience Christopher File:Chikaodili Nna-Udosen 2.png, Miss Grand Nigeria 2020
Chikaodili Nna-Udosen File:Ifeoma Jennifer Ohia.png, Miss Grand Nigeria 2015
Ifeoma Ohia File:Tessy Kiri Bibowei.png, Miss Grand Nigeria 2014
Tessy Bibowei

References

External links

* {{Beauty pageants in Nigeria

Beauty pageants in Nigeria Recurring events established in 2015 2015 establishments in Nigeria Nigerian awards