Miss Grand Egypt

Miss Grand Egypt is a national beauty pageant title awarded to Egyptian representatives competing at the Miss Grand International contest.^[1][2][3] The title was first awarded in 2013 when a Cairo-based pharmacist, Aya Abdallah Ahmed, was assigned by the Miss Grand Egypt licensee, Amal Rezk, to represent Egypt in the inaugural edition of Miss Grand International in Thailand.^[4] Amal Rezk is also the director of a national pageant of Miss Egypt,^[2][3] and another international platform, Miss Eco International.^[5]

Miss Grand Egypt

Formation	2013
Type	Beauty pageant
Headquarters	Cairo
Location	Egypt
Membership	Miss Grand International
Official language	Arabic English
National director	Amal Rezk
Parent organization	Miss Egypt (2013 – 2021, 2023 – Present)

Since the first competition in 2013, Egyptian representatives have never been placed in Miss Grand International.^{[6][7][8][9][10]}

History

Egypt joined Miss Grand International for the first time in 2013 and was represented by an appointed representative, Aya Abdallah Ahmed;^[4] however, she was unplaced on the international stage held in Thailand.^[6] From 2013 to 2021, the right to send Egyptian candidates to compete at Miss Grand International belonged to the director of Miss Egypt pageant, Amal Rezk,^[1][2][3] and the representatives were either directly hand-picked or determined through such a national contest.^{[1][2][3][11]}

In 2021, one of the Miss Egypt 2021 winners was expected to compete at Miss Grand International 2022 in Indonesia,^[12] but no representative was elected,^[13] due to the termination of the partnership between Miss Grand International (MGI PLC) and Miss Egypt after the Miss Grand Thailand-affiliated representative, Juthamas Mekseree, who was assigned to compete at the Egypt-based Miss Eco International 2021 which was also managed by Amal Rezk, together with other 8 country representatives were infected by COVID-19 during pageant activities and were left without proper management.^[14][15]

International competition

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

Color keys

•   : Declared as the winner
•   : Ended as a runner-up (Top 5)
•   : Ended as a finalist (Top 10)
•   : Ended as a semifinalist (Top 20/21)
•   : Ended as special awards winner

Year	Governorate	Miss Grand Egypt	Title	Placement	Special Awards	National Director
2024	Cairo	Zeina Emara[16]	Miss Grand Egypt 2024	Unplaced[17]		Amaal Rezk
2023	Cairo	Mariam Khatab[18]	1st runner-up Miss Egypt 2023[19]	Unplaced[20]
2022	Did not compete
2021	Cairo	Shahenaz Alaa Dabous[21][22]	Miss Grand Egypt 2021[3]	Unplaced[23]		Amaal Rezk
2020	Cairo	Virginia Hany Abdallah[2][24]	Miss Grand Egypt 2020[2]	Unplaced[25]
2019	Cairo	Esraa Abdel-Mohsen[26]	Miss Egypt All Nations 2019	Unplaced[10]
2018	Did not compete
2017	Cairo	Merna Ayman Hosny[11]	2nd runner-up Miss World Egypt 2017	Unplaced[9]		Amaal Rezk
2016	Port Said	Mireille Mikhail Azer[1]	Miss Grand Egypt 2016[27]	Unplaced[8]
2015	Cairo	Cherine Shiba[28]	Appointed	Unplaced[7]
2014	Cairo	Nada Zakaria[29]	Appointed	Did not compete
2013	Alexandria	Aya Abdallah Ahmed[4]	Appointed	Unplaced[6]

Gallery

• 
  Cherine Shiba
  Miss Grand Egypt 2015
• 
  Shahenaz Dabous
  Miss Grand Egypt
  2021
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  Zeina Emara
  Miss Grand Egypt 2024