Miss Grand Ethiopia
{{Short description|Beauty pageant in Ethiopia}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox organization
| name = Miss Grand Ethiopia
| image = {{multiple image
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| total_width = 250
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| image1 = Hiwot Bekele.png
| image2 = Bethelhem Belay.png
| caption1 = {{center|Hiwot Bekele
Miss Grand Ethiopia 2014}}
| caption2 = {{center|Bethelhem Belay
Miss Grand Ethiopia 2015}}
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| formation = 2013
| type = Beauty pageant
| headquarters = Addis Ababa
| location = Ethiopia
| leader_title = National director
| leader_name = Genet Tsegay
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| leader_name2 =
| parent_organization = {{Bulletedlist|Miss Ethiopia (2014 – 2016)|Ethiopian Beauty Queens (2017 – 2018)}}
| language = English
| membership = Miss Grand International
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Miss Grand Ethiopia is a national beauty pageant title awarded to Ethiopian representatives competing at the Miss Grand International contest.{{cite web|url=https://vietnamnet.vn/soc-voi-nhan-sac-cua-thi-sinh-hoa-hau-vua-gia-vua-xau-267208.html|title=Sốc với nhan sắc của thí sinh Hoa hậu vừa già vừa xấu|date=14 October 2015|accessdate=1 August 2023|language=vi|publisher=VietNamNet|archivedate=1 August 2023|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20230801061352/https://vietnamnet.vn/soc-voi-nhan-sac-cua-thi-sinh-hoa-hau-vua-gia-vua-xau-267208.html}} From 2013 to 2018, the license belonged to the national contest of the Miss Ethiopia pageant,{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/amharic/50754155|title=የዩኒቨርስቲ መምህርቷ ሞዴል ገነት ጸጋይ፡ "ውበት ባመኑበት ነገር ጠንክሮ መሥራት ነው"|date=13 December 2019|accessdate=1 August 2023|publisher=BBC|archivedate=1 August 2023|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20230801041742/https://www.bbc.com/amharic/50754155|language=am}} but most of the country representatives were appointed instead of directly determined through such a national pageant. The contract between Miss Ethiopia and Miss Grand International was discontinued in 2019, and no other Ethiopian body renewed the license, resulting in no Ethiopian representatives on such an international stage since then.
Since the first participation in 2013, the highest and only placement in Miss Grand International of Ethiopian representatives was the first runner-up which was obtained in 2014 by the vice-Miss Ethiopia 2014, Hiwot Bekele. Three months after winning the position, Hiwot was appointed to compete at the Miss Universe 2014,{{cite web|url=http://www.tadias.com/01/05/2015/model-designer-hiwot-bekele-represents-ethiopia-at-63rd-miss-universe-pageant/|title=Model & Designer Hiwot Bekele Represents Ethiopia at 63rd Miss Universe pageant|date=5 January 2015|accessdate=1 August 2023|website=www.tadias.com|archivedate=1 August 2023|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20230801062525/http://www.tadias.com/01/05/2015/model-designer-hiwot-bekele-represents-ethiopia-at-63rd-miss-universe-pageant/}} but was unplaced.{{Cite web |date=January 26, 2015 |title=MJ Lastimosa among top 10 at Miss Universe 2014 |url=https://www.rappler.com/life-and-style/81909-philippines-mj-lastimosa-top-15-contestants-miss-universe-2014/ |access-date=May 26, 2022 |website=Rappler |language=en-US|archivedate=1 August 2023|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20230801062405/https://www.rappler.com/life-and-style/81909-philippines-mj-lastimosa-top-15-contestants-miss-universe-2014/}}
History
Ethiopia joined the Miss Grand International contest for the first time in 2013 after former Miss Universe Ethiopia, Helen Getachew, was assigned by the Miss Grand Ethiopia license holder who was also the Miss Ethiopia organizer, Ethiopian Village Adventure Playground (EVAP), to represent the country at {{ill|Miss Grand International 2013|es}} in Thailand, but Getachew failed to make a cut into the top 20 round. The following country's representatives were directly hand-picked by the licensees in that particular year, except for the 2018 candidate, Samrawit Azmeraw, who was selected through the Ethiopian Beauty Queens pageant as one of the supplemental positions.{{cite web|url=http://ethiopianbeautyqueens.com/pageant/|title=Ethiopian Beauty Queens - Pageant|date=2018|accessdate=3 October 2018|website=Ethiopianbeautyqueens.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180803104122/http://ethiopianbeautyqueens.com/pageant/ |archive-date=3 August 2018 |via=Internet Archive}}
Due to a lack of franchise holders, Ethiopia has not sent its representatives to compete on the Miss Grand International stage since 2019.
International competition
The following is a list of Ethiopian representatives at the Miss Grand International contest.
References
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External links
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