Miss Grand Ireland is a national beauty pageant title awarded to Irish representatives chosen to compete at the Miss Grand International pageant.[1][2][3][4] The title was first awarded in 2013 to the runner-up of Britain's Big Brother series 15, Ashleigh Coyle,[1] after she competed at the 2017 Miss International United Kingdom;[5][6] however, Coyle did not partake in the international tournament in Vietnam.
In 2017, the license of Miss Grand Ireland belonged to the Culcheth-based event planner, Pageant Girl UK, which is also the organizer of the Miss International United Kingdom contest.[6] After the license was not renewed in 2018, it was purchased by a Dublin beauty pageant coordinator group led by Manuel Munares the following year.[2]
Since the title of Miss Grand Ireland was introduced in 2017, no Miss Grand National was held to select the titleholders; all of them were either determined through another pageant or directly hand-picked by national licensees in that particular year.[1][2][3][4]
Ireland made an actual debutant in 2019 when a Venezuelan Irish, Manuel Munares, purchased the license and assigned a Thai Irish beauty queen who previously competed at Miss Grand Thailand 2019, Sudawan Kumdee, as the replacement of the original representative Hollie Hersey, to join the international contest in Venezuela,[3][7][8] and she was placed among the top 20 finalists, which is considered the only and highest placement, as of 2023, the Irish delegates obtained in the Miss Grand International.[9] The following Irish representatives for Miss Grand International were all also appointed; no Miss Grand National was organized to determine the titleholders.[4][10]
