Miss Grand Zimbabwe Explained
Miss Grand Zimbabwe |
Formation: | 2013 |
Type: | Beauty pageant |
Headquarters: | Bulawayo |
Location: | Zimbabwe |
Leader Title: | National director |
Leader Name: | Chris Vukani Mhlanga |
Language: | English |
Membership: | Miss Grand International |
Miss Grand Zimbabwe was a Zimbabwean female national beauty pageant founded in 2013 by former Miss Zimbabwe Samantha Tshuma. The contest's winners represent the country at the Miss Grand International pageant. In 2014, Tshuma relinquished her post as director for her partner, Chris Vukani Mhlanga. After two consecutive years of scandal, the partnership with Miss Grand International was terminated the following year and the license was later purchased by Culvin Mavunga in 2016 but no representative was sent that year.
Zimbabwe only participated in the Miss Grand International pageant in 2013 and 2014, one of them, Samantha Thsuma Miss Grand Zimbabwe 2013, was named the final-20. After that, another national pageant winner, Miss Zimbabwe Grand, was expected to participate but withdrew.[1] [2]
Background
History
In addition to Thailand, Zimbabwe is one of the other countries that separately held its Miss Grand national contest to select the representative for Miss Grand International in 2013. This inaugural edition of Miss Grand Zimbabwe was organized at the Gardens Restaurant in the city of Bulawayo under the direction of former Miss Zimbabwe 2010, Samantha Tshuma, and a 22-years-old model representing Bulawayo, Fungai Mawada, was announced the winner at a contest held on July 13, outclassing 15 other finalists.[3] [4]
Nevertheless, Mawada was later disqualified on September 2 by the director Samantha Tshuma, who nominated herself as the country representative at such an international contest and additionally stated that all 16 participating models were not suitable for the international competition,[5] [3] causing her to receive negative opinions from several modeling agencies.[5] Tshuma was placed as the Top 20 finalist in the swimsuit competition at the Miss Grand International 2013 pageant, which was held in Thailand on November 19.[6]
In the following year, the Miss Grand Zimbabwe organization was also embroiled in a similar scandal when the new franchise holder, Chris Vukani Mhlanga, who was the partner of a former 2013 national licensee, unveiled a new country representative, Lillie Chopamba, to replace Marble Nyathi, one of the finalists who had been nominated from Bulawayo to represent the country at the in Bangkok.[6] [7] Mhlanga claimed Nyathi's body was not good enough for the international pageant; however, Nyathi argued that she was removed because she refused Mhlanga's love proposal as well as some financial issues between her and the organizer.[6] [8] [9] [10]
Lillie Chopamba was the last Zimbabwe candidate at Miss Grand International, although the other national pageant with a similar name, Miss Zimbabwe Grand, has been held annually since 2019 to determine the winners for several international platforms but has no affiliation with Miss Grand International.[11] [12]
Edition
Miss Grand Zimbabwe was held as a stand-alone pageant only once in 2013, as detailed below.
International competition
The following is a list of Zimbabwe representatives at the Miss Grand International contest.
Year | Representative | Original national title | International result | width=160px rowspan=2 | National director |
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width=100px | Placement! | width=100px | Other awards |
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2013 | Fungai Mawada | Miss Grand Zimbabwe 2013 | Samantha Thsuma |
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Samantha Thsuma | Miss Zimbabwe 2010 | Top 20[14] | |
2014 | Marble Nyathi | | Chris Vukani Mhlanga |
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| | Unplaced[15] | |
2016 | Dion Cooper | | Culvin Mavunga |
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2020 | Kimberly Mayoyo | Miss Zimbabwe Grand 2020 | colspan=3 rowspan=2 |
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2022 | Scholastica Makoni | Miss Zimbabwe Grand 2021 |
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- Color keys for the Placements at Miss Grand International
Declared as the winner
Ended as a runner-up (Top 5)
Ended as a finalist (Top 10)
Ended as a semifinalist (Top 20/21) | |
Notes and References
- Web site: Miss Zimbabwe Grand 2021 Crowned. 15 December 2021. 25 June 2023. The Chronicle. 25 June 2023. https://archive.today/20230625012913/https://www.chronicle.co.zw/miss-zimbabwe-grand-2021-crowned/.
- Web site: Miss Zim Grand Queen out to empower upcoming models. 24 September 2020. 25 June 2023. Mthabisi Tshuma. The Chronicle. 25 June 2023. https://archive.today/20230625015135/https://www.chronicle.co.zw/miss-zim-grand-queen-out-to-empower-upcoming-models/.
- Web site: Former Miss Tourism Samantha Tshuma Pulls Another Fast One. 4 September 2013. 20 January 2022. 3-mob.com. 20 January 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220120165712/https://3-mob.com/entertainment/tourism-samantha-tshuma-pulls-fast/.
- Web site: Mawada crowned Miss Grand International Zimbabwe. 16 July 2013. 21 January 2022. Southerneye.co.zw. 19 July 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130719160317/https://www.southerneye.co.zw/2013/07/16/mawada-crowned-miss-grand-international-zimbabwe/.
- Web site: Organiser nominates self for inaugural Miss Grand International Zim Pageant. 3 September 2013. 28 December 2021. The Chronicle. 24 April 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200424112725/https://www.chronicle.co.zw/organiser-nominates-self-for-inaugural-miss-grand-international-zim-pageant/.
- Web site: Miss Grand Zim unveils New Rep. 10 August 2014. 28 December 2021. NewsDay. 13 August 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140813215636/https://www.sundaynews.co.zw/miss-grand-zim-unveils-new-rep/.
- Web site: Lillie Chipamba for Miss Grand International. 8 August 2014. 25 June 2023. NewsDay. 25 June 2023. https://archive.today/20230625015456/https://www.newsday.co.zw/southerneye/2014/08/08/lillie-chipamba-miss-grand-international.
- Web site: Lillie Chipamba for Miss Grand International. 8 August 2014. 28 December 2021. Southerneye.co.zw. 27 December 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211227232017/https://www.southerneye.co.zw/2014/08/08/lillie-chipamba-miss-grand-international/.
- Web site: Scandal rocks Miss Grand Zimbabwe beauty pageant. 27 July 2014. 21 January 2022. NewsDay. 10 August 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140810084742/https://www.sundaynews.co.zw/scandal-rocks-miss-grand-zimbabwe-beauty-pageant/.
- Web site: Zimbabwe: Beauty Says Dropped From Pageant After Spurning Love Proposal. subscription. 6 August 2014. 25 June 2023. AllAfrica. 25 June 2023. https://archive.today/20230625013434/https://allafrica.com/stories/201408070349.html.
- Web site: Mthabisi Tshuma. 15 June 2021. Search for Miss Zimbabwe Grand 2021 begins. The Chronicle. 19 June 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210619145657/https://www.chronicle.co.zw/search-for-2021-miss-zimbabwe-grand-begins/.
- Web site: 30 July 2021. Every dream is valid: Marere. 19 October 2021. The Independent. 31 July 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210731093457/https://www.theindependent.co.zw/2021/07/30/every-dream-is-valid-marere/.
- Web site: Mawanda crowned first Miss Grand. 17 July 2013. 25 June 2023. The Chronicle. 25 June 2023. https://archive.today/20230625044043/https://www.chronicle.co.zw/mawanda-crowned-first-miss-grand/.
- Web site: Janelee Chaparro se corona Miss Grand International 2013. Harry RodrÃguez. 18 November 2013. 8 February 2023. es. www.metro.pr. 8 May 2019. https://archive.today/20190508072838/https://www.metro.pr/pr/entretener/2013/11/19/janelee-chaparro-se-corona-miss-grand-international-2013.html.
- Web site: Miss Cuba is Miss Grand International 2014. 6 October 2014. 9 February 2023. Arvin Ello. www.vintersections.com. 31 July 2015. https://archive.today/20150731082658/http://www.vintersections.com/2014/10/miss-grand-international-2014-winners.html.