Miss Grand Botswana 2014
{{short description|1st Miss Grand Botswana competition}}
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| caption = Lillian Molose, the winner of the contest
| date = 8 August 2014
| venue = Botswana National Youth Council, Gaborone
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| entrants = 13
| placements = 6
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| winner = Lillian Molose (South-East)
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| photogenic = Carole Ngisi (North-East)
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Miss Grand Botswana 2014 was the first edition of the Miss Grand Botswana pageant,{{cite web|url=https://www.mmegi.bw/lifestyle/miss-grand-botswana-title-up-for-grabs/news|title=Miss Grand Botswana inaugural pageant billed for July 26, at Cresta Lodge will draw a bevy of beauties to compete for the crown.|author=Kgomotso Molelekeng|work=Mmegi|date=14 May 2014|access-date=18 March 2022|archive-date=18 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220318024540/https://www.mmegi.bw/lifestyle/miss-grand-botswana-title-up-for-grabs/news}} organized on 8 August 2014 at the Botswana National Youth Council (BNYC) in the capital Gaborone.{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid02choC9b6FNRDGH3UPeEQhW6yshFPaYnDqVUBc4XrS44f9SkrCHYq3mzeHiNW2BMXUl&id=810216302338721|title=Come and have an exciting date with us. Miss Grand Botswana coronation night on the 8th at BNYC a show not to be missed. P350 student double and p250 standard. For enquiries call 74018731.|date=31 July 2014|accessdate=25 June 2023|publisher=Miss Grand International Botswana}} Thirteen contestants from different districts and cities of Botswana competed for the title. Of whom, a 19-year-old geology student representing South-East, Lillian Molose, was named the winner.{{cite web|url=https://www.sundaystandard.info/molose-poised-for-miss-grand-international/|title=Molose poised for Miss Grand International|date=22 August 2014|access-date=18 March 2022|work=Sunday Standard Botswana|archive-date=18 March 2022|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220318024752/https://www.sundaystandard.info/molose-poised-for-miss-grand-international/|url-status=live}} Molose later represented the country in the Miss Grand International 2014 pageant held on 7 October 2014 in Thailand, but was unplaced.{{cite web|url=https://www.vintersections.com/2014/10/miss-grand-international-2014-winners.html|title=Miss Cuba is Miss Grand International 2014|date=6 October 2014|accessdate=9 February 2023|author=Arvin Ello|website=www.vintersections.com|archivedate=31 July 2015|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20150731082658/http://www.vintersections.com/2014/10/miss-grand-international-2014-winners.html}}
The contest, which was initially scheduled for 26 July 2024 at the Cresta Lodge Hotel in Gaborone, was organized by a South African businessman named Dineo Matlapeng.{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/support-letter-miss-grand-international-botswana-beauty-pageant-event|title=Botswana National Youth Council: Support Letter Miss Grand International Botswana Beauty Pageant Event|date=29 August 2014|accessdate=25 June 2023|publisher=Botswana National Youth Council|via=Internet Archive}} However, it was subsequently rescheduled for 8 August for unknown reasons.
Result
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| {{Legend|#d40000ff|2nd runner-up|text=File:Eo circle indigo white number-2.svg}} | {{Legend|#ff5555ff|Top 6}} |
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Contestants
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Thirteen candidates competed for the title.{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250310010613/http://web.archive.org/screenshot/https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid0HMFVHGBk31cdoey4abV7mWKH8BzWtaxZ9gCPg2oWzRmZ6oBDsnSPsMC49scrcf69l&id=810216302338721|title=Miss Grand International Botswana 2014: Official Finalists|date=10 April 2014|accessdate=10 March 2025}}
Notes
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References
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