Miss Grand Trinidad and Tobago

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Miss Grand Trinidad and Tobago
Formation2023
TypeBeauty pageant
HeadquartersPort of Spain
Location
Membership
Miss Grand International
Official language
English
National director
  • Kehra Ramsubhag
  • Sean Paul
Parent organization
WebsiteStolenProductionsLtd.com

Miss Grand Trinidad and Tobago is a national female beauty pageant in Trinidad and Tobago to select its representative to the international Miss Grand International pageant.[1][2] The pageant was founded in 2023 by a Port of Spain-based event organizer, Stolen Productions Ltd. (SPL Pageants),[1][3] and is directed by Kehra Ramsubhag and Sean Paul,[1][4] who also served as the national licensees of Mister Grand International in Trinidad and Tobago since 2021.[1][4]

Initially, Trinidad and Tobago was projected to debut at the Miss Grand International pageant in 2015 and 2017,[5][6] but the assigned representatives withdrew for undisclosed reasons.[7][8]

History

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Since the establishment of Miss Grand International in 2013, Trinidad and Tobago has never sent its representatives to compete until a newly established event organizer named Stolen Productions Ltd. (SPL Pageants) purchased the license in 2023 and planned to organize the first contest of Miss Grand Trinidad and Tobago in that year's September to select the country representative for the 2023 international competition in Vietnam.[1]

The first edition of Miss Grand Trinidad and Tobago was held in parallel with the male pageant, Mister Grand Trinidad and Tobago, from which the winner went to Mister Grand International 2023, held in the Philippines.[2] Each category will consist of fifteen candidates who qualified for the national final round through an audition held earlier on July 23 at Studio 28, located in the capital city, Port of Spain.[1][2][9]

Before acquiring Miss Grand Trinidad and Tobago franchise, the SPL Pageants, which was established in 2021, organized Mister Trinidad and Tobago as a stand-alone pageant,[10] and their representatives were placed as the first and third runners-up in the 2021 and 2022 international tournaments, respectively.[1]

Edition

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The following table details the Miss Grand Trinidad and Tobago edition, held annually since 2023.

Edition Date Final venue Entrants Winner Ref.
1st[a] September 10, 2023 Banquet and Conference Centre MovieTowne Mall, Port of Spain 11 Mileidy Materano[b] [1][12][13]
2nd[a] July 14, 2024 Dennis P. Ramdhan Complex, Couva 9 Kristina James [14][15]

     Note

  1. ^ a b Held in parallel with the Mister Grand Trinidad and Tobago pageant.
  2. ^ Resigned.[11]

International competition

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

Year Representative Original national title Competition performance National director(s)
Placement Other awards
2015 Rachelle Marcial[16] Finalist Miss Trinidad and Tobago 2014 Resigned
  • Vanessa Manoo
  • Gregory Lewin
Loraine Laloon[5]
 — Unable to compete
2017 Melissa Aguilleira[6] 1st runner-up Miss Trinidad and Tobago 2017[6] Unable to compete
2023 Mileidy Materano[13] Miss Grand Trinidad and Tobago 2023[13] Resigned
  • Kehra Ramsubhag
  • Sean Paul
Rebekah Hislop[11]
 1st runner-up Miss Grand Trinidad and Tobago 2023[17] Unplaced[18] —
2024 Kristina James[14] Miss Grand Trinidad and Tobago 2024[14] Unplaced[19]
  • Grand Voice Award
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  • Kristina James Miss Grand T&T 2024
    Kristina James
    Miss Grand T&T 2024
  • Mileidy Materano Miss Grand T&T 2023 (Resigned)
    Mileidy Materano
    Miss Grand T&T 2023
    (Resigned)

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Innis Francis (25 July 2023). "T& T to crown delegates to compete In Mr. and Miss Grand International". Trinidad and Tobago Guardian. Retrieved 29 July 2023 – via Internet Archive.
  2. ^ a b c Mahalia Joseph-Wharton (26 July 2023). "Mister And Miss Grand International Casting Call". Trinidad and Tobago Television. Archived from the original on 29 July 2023. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  3. ^ "Stolen Productions Ltd". 2023. Archived from the original on 29 July 2023. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Mister And Miss Grand International Casting Call" (YouTube Video). TTT Live Onlive. 26 July 2023. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  5. ^ a b "Loraine Laloon - Miss Grand Trinidad and Tobago 2015 Represent Trinidad and Tobago at Miss Grand International 2015 , Bangkok Thailand". Miss Grand International. 31 August 2015. Archived from the original on 29 July 2023. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  6. ^ a b c Kimberly Wallace (8 September 2017). "National Cricketer Now Beauty Queen". Trinidad Express Newspapers. Retrieved 29 July 2023 – via Internet Archive.
  7. ^ "Miss Grand International 2015 contestants". Miss Grand International. 16 November 2015. Archived from the original on 16 November 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2023 – via Internet Archive. No T&T representative in the list of 2015 contestants
  8. ^ "Miss Grand International 2017 contestants". Miss Grand International. 8 October 2017. Archived from the original on 8 October 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2023 – via Internet Archive. No T&T representative in the list of 2017 contestants
  9. ^ "Mister Grand 2022 Acquil Arthur, centre, poses for a picture with some hopefuls for the 2023 screening of Mister and Miss Grand International Competition on Sunday at Studio 28, Maraval Road, Port-of-Spain". Trinidad and Tobago Guardian. 25 July 2023. Retrieved 29 July 2023 – via Internet Archive.
  10. ^ Nicholas Maraj (4 November 2022). "15 compete in Mister Grand Trinidad and Tobago pageant". Trinidad and Tobago Newsday. Archived from the original on 29 July 2023. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  11. ^ a b Rhondor Dowlat. "Mileidy gives up Miss Grand International T&T crown... Claims she has to fund own way to Vietnam". Trinidad and Tobago Guardian. Archived from the original on 28 September 2023. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  12. ^ Ryan Hamilton-Davis (17 August 2023). "Kehra Ramsubhag's 'Grand' idea: Pageants create leaders". Trinidad and Tobago Newsday. Archived from the original on 19 August 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  13. ^ a b c "Mileidy Materano to represent Trinidad and Tobago at Miss Grand International 2023". Wicnews.com. 11 September 2023. Archived from the original on 11 September 2023. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  14. ^ a b c Grand International Pageant crowns two. CCN TV6. 17 July 2024. Event occurs at 1m10s. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  15. ^ Kimberly Wallace (21 July 2024). "Idrees Ali Bidar - Mr Grand T&T 2024". Trinidad Express. Archived from the original on 21 July 2024. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  16. ^ "Loraine Laloon - Miss Grand Trinidad & Tobago 2015 (replacing Rachelle Marcial for unknown reasons)". 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  17. ^ Innis Francis (13 September 2023). "Criticisms and boos mar Mr & Miss Grand pageant finals". Trinidad and Tobago Guardian. Archived from the original on 28 September 2023. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
  18. ^ Chavely Chiroque; Carol Ruiz; Richard Gomero (25 October 2023). "Luciana Fuster ganó el Miss Grand International 2023: sencillez y glamour en su paso por el concurso de belleza". www.infobae.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 25 October 2023. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  19. ^ Josiah Antonio (25 October 2024). "India wins Miss Grand International 2024; PH bet CJ Opiaza is 1st runner-up". ABS-CBN News. Archived from the original on 25 October 2024. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
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