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Miss Grand Ethiopia
Formation2013
TypeBeauty pageant
HeadquartersAddis Ababa
Location
Membership
Miss Grand International
Official language
English
National director
Genet Tsegay
Parent organization
  • Miss Ethiopia (2014 – 2016)
  • Ethiopian Beauty Queens (2017 – 2018)

Miss Grand Ethiopia is a national beauty pageant title awarded to Ethiopian representatives competing at the Miss Grand International contest.[1][2][3][4] From 2013 to 2018, the license belonged to the national contest of the Miss Ethiopia pageant,[4] but most of the country representatives were appointed instead of directly determined through such a national pageant.[3][5] The contract between Miss Ethiopia and Miss Grand International was discontinued in 2019, and no other Ethiopian body renewed the license, resulting in no Ethiopian representatives on such an international stage since then.

Since the first participation in 2013, the highest and only placement in Miss Grand International of Ethiopian representatives was the first runner-up which was obtained in 2014 by the vice-Miss Ethiopia 2014, Hiwot Bekele.[6] Three months after winning the position, Hiwot was appointed to compete at the Miss Universe 2014,[7] but was unplaced.[8]

History[edit]

Ethiopia joined the Miss Grand International contest for the first time in 2013 after former Miss Universe Ethiopia, Helen Getachew, was assigned by the Miss Grand Ethiopia license holder who was also the Miss Ethiopia organizer, Ethiopian Village Adventure Playground (EVAP), to represent the country at Miss Grand International 2013 in Thailand,[9] but Getachew failed to make a cut into the top 20 round.[10] The following country's representatives were directly hand-picked by the licensees in that particular year,[3][5] except for the 2018 candidate, Samrawit Azmeraw, who was selected through the Ethiopian Beauty Queens pageant as one of the supplemental positions.[2][11]

Due to a lack of franchise holders, Ethiopia has not sent its representatives to compete on the Miss Grand International stage since 2019.

International competition[edit]

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

Year Representative Original national title Competition performance National director
Placement Other awards
2013 Helen Getachew[9] Miss Universe Ethiopia 2012[12] Unplaced[10] — Murad Mohammed
2014 Hiwot Bekele[6] 1st runner-up Miss Ethiopia 2014[13] 1st runner-up[6] —
2015 Bethelhem Belay[14] 1st runner-up Miss Ethiopia 2015[14] Unplaced[15] —
2016 Genet Tsegay[2][5] Miss Ethiopia 2012[5][16] Unplaced[17] —
2017 Hanna Abate[3][18] — Unable to compete[3][18] Genet Tsegay[2]
Selamawit Teklay[3][19] Miss Ethiopia 2015 finalist[19][20] Unplaced[21] —
2018 Samrawit Azmeraw[2] Miss Grand Ethiopia 2018[2] Unplaced[22] —
2019 – Present: No Representatives

References[edit]

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  2. ^ a b c d e f "Samrawit Azmeraw crowned Miss Grand Ethiopia 2018". Times of India. 21 September 2018. Archived from the original on 1 August 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Ethiopia's Selamawit Teklay at Miss Grand International 2017". Tewnet.com. 8 October 2017. Archived from the original on 1 August 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  4. ^ a b "የዩኒቨርስቲ መምህርቷ ሞዴል ገነት ጸጋይ፡ "ውበት ባመኑበት ነገር ጠንክሮ መሥራት ነው"" (in Amharic). BBC. 13 December 2019. Archived from the original on 1 August 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  5. ^ a b c d "Top 5 des plus belles femmes d'Afrique". www.cotedivoire.news (in French). 2016. Archived from the original on 1 August 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  6. ^ a b c Arvin Ello (6 October 2014). "Miss Cuba is Miss Grand International 2014". www.vintersections.com. Archived from the original on 31 July 2015. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  7. ^ "Model & Designer Hiwot Bekele Represents Ethiopia at 63rd Miss Universe pageant". www.tadias.com. 5 January 2015. Archived from the original on 1 August 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  8. ^ "MJ Lastimosa among top 10 at Miss Universe 2014". Rappler. 26 January 2015. Archived from the original on 1 August 2023. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  9. ^ a b "Miss Grand International 2013 contestants". Miss Grand International. 22 November 2013. Archived from the original on 22 November 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2023 – via Internet Archive.
  10. ^ a b Harry Rodríguez (18 November 2013). "Janelee Chaparro se corona Miss Grand International 2013". www.metro.pr (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 8 May 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  11. ^ "Ethiopian Beauty Queens - Pageant". Ethiopianbeautyqueens.com. 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2018 – via Internet Archive.
  12. ^ "Helen Getachew to represent Ethiopia at the Miss Universe competition". www.tigraionline.com. Tigrai Online. 8 December 2012. Archived from the original on 1 August 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  13. ^ Markos Berhanu (3 May 2014). "Nardos Tegegne wins Miss Ethiopia Beauty Contest". www.ethiosports.com. Archived from the original on 1 August 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  14. ^ a b "Nhan sắc đáng quan ngại của dàn thí sinh Hoa hậu Quốc tế". Tiin.vn (in Vietnamese). 14 October 2015. Archived from the original on 1 August 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  15. ^ "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.
  16. ^ "Genet Tsegay crowned Miss Ethiopia Universe 2012". www.tigraionline.com. 7 August 2012. Archived from the original on 4 February 2013. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  17. ^ "Nguyen Thi Loan in final top 20 Miss Grand International 2016". Vietnam Television. 26 October 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  18. ^ a b "Hanna Abate elected Miss Supranational Ethiopia 2019". Times of India. 2 November 2019. Archived from the original on 1 August 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  19. ^ a b "كيف خاطرت ملكة جمال بحياتها للوصول إلى بريطانيا؟". Epsycho.com.kw (in Arabic). 18 July 2022. Archived from the original on 1 August 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  20. ^ "ملكة جمال تهرب من إثيوبيا لتصبح لاجئة في بريطانيا" (in Arabic). Emarat Al Youm. 19 July 2022. Archived from the original on 1 August 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  21. ^ "Ngắm Top 20 Miss Grand International 2017 nóng bỏng với phần thi bikini" (in Vietnamese). Voice of Vietnam. 26 October 2017. Archived from the original on 8 November 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  22. ^ "Meenakshi Chaudhary from India wins 1st runner-up title at Miss Grand International 2018". Times of India. 25 October 2018. Archived from the original on 26 August 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.

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