The first Bashkir at Miss Grand International was a former Miss Bashkortostan 2016 from Ufa, Galina Lukina, assigned in 2019;[1][5] however, Galina didn't place at the Miss Grand International 2019 semifinals held in Venezuela.[7] Later in 2020, the winner of Miss Bashkortostan 2020, Albina Shaykhlislamova, was assigned by the same agency to partake in the 2020 edition of Miss Grand International in Thailand,[4][8] but Albina was also unplaced.[9] Albina was the last Bashkir representative to compete in Miss Grand International.