Miss Grand Serbia

Miss Grand Serbia
Formation2013
TypeBeauty pageant
HeadquartersBelgrade
Location
MembershipMiss Grand International
Official language
Serbian
National director
Vesna de Vinča
Parent organization
Miss Serbia (2013, 2017)

Miss Grand Serbia is a national beauty pageant title awarded to Serbian representatives chosen to compete at the Miss Grand International pageant.[1][2][3] It was first awarded in 2013 to Milica Stojsavljević,[4] the winner of Miss Photo Model of Balkan 2013,[5] and the second to Maja Smiljković,[2] a geography student who received the title after participating in the Miss Serbia 2017 contest.[6]

As of 2017, the license of Miss Grand Serbia belonged to the organizer of Miss Serbia pageant, Vesna de Vinča.[2]

Since the establishment of Miss Grand International, Serbia sent its representatives to compete only twice; in 2013 and 2017,[1][2][4] both representatives received non-placements.[7][8]

History

Serbia debuted in Miss Grand International in 2013 by an appointed Milica Stojsavljević,[4] who previously won the 2013 Miss Photo Model of Balkan pageant and was originally set to represent Serbia at Miss Top Model International 2017 in Latvia, but she withdrew due to a lack of financial support,[5] and was later invited to join the first edition of Miss Grand International in Thailand instead.[4] However, due to no Miss Grand Serbia franchise holder caused Serbia to absent in Miss Grand International from 2014 to 2016.

After three consecutive years of absence, Serbia returned to the competition in the 2017 edition in Vietnam.[1][2] Its representative, Maja Smiljković, was sent by the organizer of Miss Serbia pageant after she finished as the top 6 finalists at the 2017 national contest.[2][6] Smiljković was the winner of Miss South Serbia 2017,[2][9] a regional preliminary contest for Miss Serbia.[2][10]

Due to lacking franchise holders, the Serbian representatives for Miss Grand International have not additionally been elected since 2018.

International competition

The following is a list of Serbian representatives at the Miss Grand International contest.

Year Representative Original national title Competition performance National director
Placement Other awards
2013 Milica Stojsavljević[4] Miss Photo Model of Balkan 2013[5] Unplaced[7] — Vesna de Vinča[2]
No representatives from 2014 to 2016
2017 Maja Smiljković[1][11] Top 6 Miss Serbia 2017[6] Unplaced[8] —
No representatives since 2018

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Maja Smiljkovic crowned Miss Grand International Serbia 2017". The Times of India. 14 August 2017. Archived from the original on 3 August 2023. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Leskovčanka predstavlja Srbiju na takmičenju za Miss Grand International". Jugmedia.rs (in Serbian). JuG Media. 14 October 2017. Archived from the original on 3 August 2023. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  3. ^ "'Đọ' thân hình của mĩ nhân Hoa hậu Hòa bình Thế giới 2017 trong trang phục áo tắm". Vietnammoi.vn (in Vietnamese). 14 October 2017. Archived from the original on 3 August 2023. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Miss Grand International 2013 contestants". Miss Grand International. 22 November 2013. Archived from the original on 22 November 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2023 – via Internet Archive.
  5. ^ a b c "Model Milica Stojsavljević ide na svetsko takmičenje bez ijednog dinara". Glossy.espreso.co.rs (in Serbian). Glossy magazin. 15 October 2013. Archived from the original on 3 August 2023. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  6. ^ a b c "(FOTO) IZABRANA MIS SRBIJE: Anđelija Rogić (22) iz Užica najlepša devojka, a evo ko su pratilje!". www.kurir.rs (in Serbian). Kurir. 9 October 2016. Archived from the original on 3 August 2023. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  7. ^ a b Harry Rodríguez (18 November 2013). "Janelee Chaparro se corona Miss Grand International 2013". www.metro.pr (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 8 May 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  8. ^ a b "Ngắm Top 20 Miss Grand International 2017 nóng bỏng với phần thi bikini" (in Vietnamese). Voice of Vietnam. 26 October 2017. Archived from the original on 8 November 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  9. ^ Srdjan Stamenkovic (15 July 2016). "Maja Smiljković iz Leskovca - Miss južne Srbije". Dnevnikjuga.rs (in Serbian). Archived from the original on 3 August 2023. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  10. ^ "Leskovčanka Maja Smiljković Miss Južne Srbije". www.infocentarjug.rs (in Serbian). 15 July 2016. Archived from the original on 3 August 2023. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  11. ^ "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.