Miss Grand China

Miss Grand China is a national title bestowed upon a woman chosen to represent China at the annual international pageant, Miss Grand International.^[1][2][3] The title was mentioned for the first time in 2013 when an actress from Shenyang, Jie Pan (Chinese: 潘洁), was chosen to represent the country at the inaugural edition of Miss Grand International in Thailand.^[4][5]

Miss Grand China

Formation	2013
Type	Beauty pageant
Headquarters	Zhanjiang
Location	China
Membership	Miss Grand International
Official language	Chinese

Previously, the country representatives for the Miss Grand International pageant were determined through The Miss China (Chinese: 年度中国版图小姐竞选) contest,^[6][7][8][9] which was conducted by Guangzhou Zhoumeng Marketing, Co., Ltd., to which MGI PLC, the owner of Miss Grand International, awarded the franchise in 2013.^[4] However, the right was later transferred to a Zhanjiang-based event organizer, Xin Fu Lai Enterprise Management Co., Ltd., in 2020.^[10]

Since the first participation in 2013, China's representatives have never won the Miss Grand International title. The highest placement is the top 20 finalists in 2013 and 2017, obtained by Jie Pan and Chen Xuejiao, respectively.^[5][11]

History

China made its Miss Grand International debut in 2013. Its first representative, Jie Pan, was appointed by the Guangzhou-based event organizer led by Adam Lee, Guangzhou Zhoumeng Marketing Co., Ltd., which served as the national licensee of Miss Grand China from 2013 to 2020.^[4] The company also launched its own national pageant in 2013 named The Miss China (Chinese: 年度中国版图小姐竞选) to select the country representatives for various international pageants, including Miss Grand International.^[3]

In the first years of establishment, the winners of the aforementioned national pageant were also assumed as Miss Grand China.^[6][7][8][9] However, after an international pageant called Miss Landscape International was launched by Adam Lee in 2018, the winners of The Miss China were instead sent to participate in his own established international pageant,^[12] and one of the runners-up was later appointed as Miss Grand China, causing the license to be transferred to another firm, Xin Fu Lai Enterprise Management, in 2020 until 2021.^[10]

In 2021, an attempt to organize the inaugural edition of the Miss Grand China pageant was observed. The press conference of such was held in Zhanjiang on March 13, 2021, and the grand final competition was scheduled for October 4, also in Zhanjiang,^[1][2] but the plan was entirely canceled due to the impact of China government travel restrictions during the COIVD-19 pandemic in 2021–2022, which caused Xin Fu Lai to give the license making new people in charge to appoint Chinese Canadians who previously Miss World Canada pageants to join the international pageant as China representatives.

Titleholders

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

Year	Representative		Original national title	Result^[13]		Ref.
	English	Chinese		Placement	Other awards
2013	Jie Pan	潘洁	Top 16 Miss Universe China 2013	Top 20	Best National Costume	^[5]
2014	Xue Han	韩雪	The Miss China 2014	Unplaced	—	^[6]^[14]
2015	Huili Xie	谢慧莉	Miss Grand China 2015	Unplaced	—	^[7]^[15]
2016	Wenqi Zhang	张雯棋	The Miss China 2016	Did not compete		^[8]^[16]
	Siru He	何思儒	1st runner-up The Miss China 2016	Unplaced	—	^[8]^[17]
2017	Xuejiao Chen	陳雪姣	The Miss China 2017	Top 20	Best Evening Gown	^[11]
2018	Wanxin Xing	邢萬欣	The Miss China 2018	Unplaced	—	^[9]^[18]
2019	Xingxing Ma			Unable to compete
	Deng Jiefang	鄧杰方	2nd runner-up The Miss China 2019	Unplaced	—	^[12]^[19]
2020	Fiona Tao Pinlu	陶品璐	Finalist Miss World Canada 2020	Unplaced	—	^[20]
2021	Shelley Wei	韦伊	Top 5 Miss Universe China 2019	Did not compete		^[21]
2022	Shirley Jia Si Yu	賈思雨	Finalist Miss World Canada 2022	Unplaced	—	^[22]
2023	No representative
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)

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    • For the 2014 competition result, see: Arvin Ello (October 6, 2014). "Miss Cuba is Miss Grand International 2014". www.vintersections.com. Archived from the original on July 31, 2015. Retrieved February 9, 2023.
    • For the 2015 competition result, see: "Lệ Quyên bất ngờ "trắng tay" tại Miss Grand International 2015". Dantri.com.vn (in Vietnamese). October 26, 2015. Archived from the original on February 9, 2023. Retrieved February 9, 2023.
    • For 2016 competition result, see: "Nguyen Thi Loan in final top 20 Miss Grand International 2016". Vietnam Television. October 26, 2016. Archived from the original on August 26, 2022. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
    • For the 2017 competition result, see: "Miss Grand International 2016 winner is Ariska Putri Pertiwi from Indonesia". www.thetrendingfacts.com. October 25, 2016. Archived from the original on February 9, 2023. Retrieved February 9, 2023.
    • For the 2018 competition result, see: "Meenakshi Chaudhary from India wins 1st runner-up title at Miss Grand International 2018". Times of India. October 25, 2018. Archived from the original on August 26, 2022. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
    • For the 2019 competition result, see: อีจัน Oline Team (October 26, 2019). "สาว "เวเนซุเอลา" คว้ามง Miss grand international 2019". www.ejan.co (in Thai). Archived from the original on February 9, 2023. Retrieved February 9, 2023.
    • For the 2020 competition result, see: "Samantha Bernardo makes it to Top 20 of Miss Grand International!". GMA Network. March 27, 2021. Archived from the original on August 26, 2022. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
    • For the 2021 competition result, see: "Introducing the Top 20 of Miss Grand International 2021". Times of India. December 4, 2021. Archived from the original on August 26, 2022. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
    • For the 2022 competition result, see: María Fernanda Cedeño (October 25, 2022). "Miss Grand International 2022 Isabella Novaes Menin de Brasil, ganadora del certámen". Colombia.as.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on October 25, 2022. Retrieved October 26, 2022.
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16. "Wenqi Zhang crowned as Miss China 2016". Times of India. June 23, 2016. Archived from the original on February 17, 2023. Retrieved February 18, 2023.
17. "Hoa hậu Trung Quốc bị nhận xét có gương mặt giống đàn ông". Hanoimoi.com.vn (in Vietnamese). Hànộimới [vi]. October 17, 2016. Archived from the original on February 17, 2023. Retrieved February 18, 2023.
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External links

•  China portal

•   Media related to Miss Grand China at Wikimedia Commons