Miss Grand Pakistan

Miss Grand Pakistan (Urdu: مس گرینڈ پاکستان) is a national beauty pageant title awarded to Pakistan representatives competing at the Miss Grand International contest.^[1][2][3][4] The title was first mentioned in 2013 when the winner of Miss Pakistan World 2013 was assigned to represent the country at the inaugural edition of Miss Grand International in Thailand,^[1][2] and was placed among the top 20 finalists,^[5] which was also considered the highest and only placement obtained by Pakistani candidates at the mentioned international tournament.^[1]

Miss Grand Pakistan

مس گرینڈ پاکستان
Formation	2013
Type	Beauty pageant
Headquarters	Chicago, Illinois
Location	United States
Membership	Miss Grand International
Official language	English
National director	Hiam Amani
Parent organization	Miss Pakistan World (2013–2014) Miss Bangladesh US (2021–2022, 2024)

Since the establishment of Miss Grand International, Pakistan participated only four times; in 2013 – 2014 and 2021–2022, and all of its representatives are Overseas Pakistanis.^[3][6][7]

History

Pakistan debuted at Miss Grand International in 2013 when the winner of a Pakistani Toronto-based pageant Miss Pakistan World, Shanzay Hayat, was assigned by the director Sonia Ahmed to represent Pakistan at the Miss Grand International 2013 pageant in Thailand,^[8] and she managed to be placed among the final-20 candidates.^[5] The following representative, Laila Khan Niazi, was also appointed; no national pageant was held specifically to select the Miss Grand titleholder.^[9]

After six consecutive years of absence from 2016 to 2020, the license of Miss Grand Pakistan for 2021–2024 was purchased by Hiam Amani Hafizuddin,^[10] founder of an Illinois-based Bangladeshi pageant, Miss Bangladesh US.^[11] During such a period, Hiam was also the licensee of Miss Grand Bangladesh;^[10] however, all Pakistani and Bangladeshi representatives sent by her were appointed.^[11][12][13]

Gallery

• 
  Shanzay Hayat
  Miss Grand Pakistan 2013
• 
  Laila Khan
  Miss Grand Pakistan 2014
• 
  Aneesa Sheikh
  Miss Grand Pakistan 2022
• 
  Roma Michael
  Miss Grand Pakistan 2024

International competition

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

Year	Representative	Original national title	Competition Performance		National director
			Placement	Other award(s)
2013	Shanzay Hayat[1][2]	Miss Pakistan World 2013[2][6]	Top 20[5]	—	Sonia Ahmed[8]
2014	Laila Khan Niazi[9]	Appointed	Unplaced[14]	—
No representatives between 2015–2020
2021	Ramina Ashfaque[3][12]	Miss Pakistan World 2016[3]	Unplaced[15]	—	Hiam Amani[10]
2022	Aneesa Sheikh[4][7]	Appointed	Unplaced[16]	—
2023	No representative
2024	Roma Michael[17]	Appointed	Unplaced[18]	—	Hiam Amani