| Miss Grand United Kingdom | |
| Type: | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters: | London |
| Location: | United Kingdom |
| Founder: | Holly Louise |
| Leader Title: | President |
| Leader Name: | Kathryn Fanshawe |
| Language: | English |
| Membership: | Miss Grand International |
| Website: | MissGrandUK.co.uk |
Miss Grand United Kingdom is a female beauty pageant in the United Kingdom, founded in 2015 by a Lancashire-based pageant organizer, Pageant Girls UK, chaired by Holly Louise, who was also the UK license holder for various other international pageants such as Miss Earth, Miss International and Miss Intercontinental. The winners of the contest, which usually comprises three or four titles, including Miss Grand England, Miss Grand Wales, Miss Grand Scotland, and Miss Grand Northern Ireland, represent their countries in the international parent contest, Miss Grand International. However, as the former licensee was unable to send the elected delegates to compete in the 2019 international contest in Venezuela, the competition license was transferred to Megan Darlington in 2020, and subsequently to Kathryn Fanshawe in mid-2022.[1]
Since its first participation in 2013, the United Kingdom has not won the Miss Grand International pageant but has placed among the top 20 finalists four times: in 2014, 2016, 2020,[2] and 2022; and also won the best evening gown and best national costume awards in 2016 and 2022, respectively.[3]
The United Kingdom has been participating in the Miss Grand International since 2013. For the first two competitions in Thailand, its representatives were designated to join the contest, of which, Georgia Smith – Miss Grand United Kingdom 2014, became the first UK delegate placed at the contest.
In 2015, after Holly Louise – the director of the UK Power Pageant, acquired the licenses for England, Scotland, and Wales, she subsequently held the first contest of Miss Grand United Kingdom at Oxford Town Hall in the city of Oxford on 5 September. The contest consisted of 20 national finalists, in which Elizabeth Greenham, Taylor Stringfellow, and Danielle Latimer were announced Miss Grand England, Scotland, and Wales, respectively.[4] During 2016 - 2019, Miss Grand UK winners were determined through the UK Power Pageant, which was also organized to select the country representatives for Miss International and .[5] [6] [7] [8] After Holly Louise was unable to send representatives for the Miss Grand International 2019 pageant in Venezuela due to safety concerns, she lost the franchise to Megan Darlington in 2020,[9] who later conducted the pageant for Miss Grand International separately in 2021,[10] and then lost the license to Kathryn Fanshawe the following year.[11]
In 2017, Ashleigh Coyle a 21-year-old Derry-based model and the runner-up Big Brother UK Series 15, was elected Miss Grand Northern Ireland 2017, however, she did not participate in the international stage in Vietnam with unknown reasons.
The following list is the edition detail of the Miss Grand United Kingdom contest, since its inception in 2015.
In the first two editions of Miss Grand United Kingdom managed by Holly Louise in 2015 and Megan Darlington in 2021, each of the United Kingdom's non-sovereign country representatives were elected.
| Year | Edition | Date and venue | Entrants | Winners | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miss Grand England | Miss Grand Wales | Miss Grand Scotland | Miss Grand N. Ireland | ||||||
| 2015 | 1th | 5 September at the Oxford Town Hall, Oxford | 20 | Elizabeth Greenham (Greater London) | Danielle Latimer (Rhondda Cynon Taf) | Taylor Stringfellow (Edinburgh) | [12] [13] | ||
| 2nd | 5 September at the Joe Longthorne Theatre, Blackpool | 16 | Jessica Ford (West Midlands) | Heather Hopkins (Swansea) | Katie Finlay (Glasgow) | Shannon McCullagh (Belfast) | [14] [15] [16] | ||
After Kathryn Fanshawe obtained the license in 2022, only one winner was determined in the contest held in 2023.
Traditionally since 2013 the Miss Grand UK will be representing Great Britain as Miss England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales at Miss Grand International pageant
| Year | Miss Grand United Kingdom/Miss Grand Great Britain | Hometown | Title | Placement | Special Awards | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Amy Viranya Berry | Grimsby, England | Top 20 at Miss Grand Thailand 2024 | 5th runners-up | [19] [20] | ||
| 2023 | Chloe Ellman-Baker | Sussex, England | Miss Grand United Kingdom 2023 | Unplaced | |||
| 2022 | Sofia Mayers | Kent, England | Appointed | Top 20 | [21] | ||
| colspan=7 | |||||||
| 2014 | Georgia Smith | Liverpool, England | Appointed | Top 20 | [22] |
After deciding to send four constituent countries of the United Kingdom in 2013. The Miss Grand UK always crowned the four candidates for competing at Miss Grand International pageant
| Year | Country | Miss Grand United Kingdom | Hometown | Title | Placement | Special Awards | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | England | Jessica Ford | West Midlands | Miss Grand England 2021 | |||
| Northern Ireland | Shannon McCullagh | Belfast | Miss Grand Northern Ireland 2021 | Unplaced | |||
| Scotland | Katie Finlay | Edinburgh | Miss Grand Scotland 2021 | colspan="2" | |||
| Wales | Heather Hopkins | Swansea | Miss Grand Wales 2021 | colspan="2" | |||
| 2020 | England | Stephanie Wyatt | Poole | Appointed | Top 20 | [23] [24] | |
| Northern Ireland | Amber Walsh | County Down | Appointed | colspan="2" | |||
| Scotland | Helen Maher | Coleraine | Appointed | Unplaced | |||
| Wales | Kathryn Fanshawe | Surrey | Appointed | Unplaced | |||
| 2019 | England | Ashleigh Wild | Lancashire | Miss Grand England 2019 | [25] | ||
| Scotland | Freya Taylor | Edinburgh | Miss Grand Scotland 2019 | colspan="2" | |||
| Wales | Emma Davies | Gwent | Miss Grand Wales 2019 | colspan="2" | |||
| 2018 | England | Christina Baker | England | Miss Grand England 2018 | Unplaced | ||
| Scotland | Olivia McPike | Edinburgh | Miss Grand Scotland 2018 | Unplaced | |||
| Wales | Lauren Parkinson | Cardiff | Miss Grand Wales 2018 | Unplaced | |||
| 2017 | England | Noky Simbani | Derby | Miss Grand England 2017 | Unplaced | [26] | |
| Northern Ireland | Ashleigh Coyle | Derry | Miss Grand Northern Ireland 2017 | colspan="2" | |||
| Scotland | Amy Meisak | Hamilton | Miss Grand Scotland 2017 | Unplaced | |||
| Wales | Nadia Suliman | Llanelli | Miss Grand Wales 2017 | Unplaced | |||
| 2016 | England | Cherelle Patterson | Sutton-in-Ashfield | Miss Grand England 2016 | Unplaced | [27] [28] | |
| Scotland | Gemma Palmer | Aberfoyle | Miss Grand Scotland 2016 | Unplaced | |||
| Wales | Rachael Tate | Cardiff | Miss Grand Wales 2016 | Top 20 | |||
| 2015 | England | Elizabeth Greenham | Wallasey | Miss Grand England 2015 | Unplaced | ||
| Scotland | Taylor Stringfellow | Glasgow | Miss Grand Scotland 2015 | Unplaced | |||
| Wales | Danielle Latimer | Barry | Miss Grand Wales 2015 | Unplaced | |||
| 2013 | England | Julie Montague | Liverpool | Appointed | Unplaced | [29] | |
| Wales | Sophie Hall | Cardiff | Appointed | Unplaced |
The following list is the national finalists of the Miss Grand United Kingdom pageant, as well as the competition results.
| 2023 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Birmingham | Sunna Dogg Jonsdottir | |
| County Durham | Aimee Whitton | |
| Derbyshire | Deyonne Best | |
| Greater London | Candy Paasche | |
| Kensington and Chelsea | Emily Cossey | |
| North London | Annette Adler | |
| Norwich | Brooke Nicola Smith | |
| Scotland | Afton McKeith | |
| Sussex | Chloe Ellman Baker | |
| Total | 9 |
| width=130 | Country | width=120 | 2015 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | ||||
| Berkshire | Alina Green | |||
| Derbyshire | Deyonne Best | |||
| Kent | Tessa Zaire | |||
| Greater London | Taylor Stringfellow | |||
| Leeds | Sarah Boardman | |||
| London | Dilani Selvanathan | |||
| Manchester | Sunna Dogg Jonsdottir | |||
| North East England | Charlotte Gilmour | |||
| West Midlands | Jessica Ford | |||
| Yorkshire | Sophie Gilmour | |||
| Antrim | Kerry Kane | |||
| Belfast | Shannon Mc Cullagh | |||
| Scotland | ||||
| Edinburgh | Katie Finlay | |||
| Glasgow | Taylor Stringfellow | Frankie Van Der Byl | ||
| Wales | ||||
| Bridgend | Emma Williams | |||
| Cardiff | Amie Barlow | |||
| Rhondda Cynon Taf | Danielle Latimer | |||
| Swansea | Heather Hopkins | |||
| Total | 20 | 16 | ||