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| Formation | 2017 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Angelo Di Benedetto |
| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | Calgary |
| Location | |
| Membership | Miss Grand International |
Official language | English |
National Director | Michelle Weswaldi |
Parent organization | Pageant Group Canada Inc.(2019 – Present) |
| Website | MissGrandCanada.com |
Miss Grand Canada is a national beauty pageant,[1][2][3] founded in 2017 inCalgary by Angelo Di Benedetto of Di Benedetto Model Agency.[4] The contest winner represented the country in its parent international platform,Miss Grand International.[1][2] After the license was taken over by Pageant Group Canada Inc. in 2019, most Canadian candidates at Miss Grand International were determined through theMiss World Canada pageant.[5][6][7]
Canada has been sending its delegates to compete in the Miss Grand International since 2013.[8] The highest achievement was the second runner-up, won in 2014 by a model and actress fromAlberta, Kathryn Kohut.[9][10]
From 2013 to 2015, the Miss Grand Canada license belonged to theMiss Earth Canada organizer, Rosotro Productions, headed by aMontréal-basedFilipino-Canadian organizer, Ronaldo Soriano Trono. The Canadian representatives toMiss Grand International during such a period were elected through the Miss Earth Canada pageant.[11]
Canada began to organize the separate event for the Miss Grand International pageant in 2017, under the management of theCalgary-basedmodel agency Di Benedetto Models, headed byAngelo Di Benedetto.[12] However, the pageant's winner, Maddison Fysh, resigned the title, which caused the organizer to appoint their affiliated model –Natalie Allin – to instead compete in the international competition.[13][14] The same incident also happen in 2018, when the runner-upGrace Diamani was promoted to take over the position after the original winner – Veronica Rodriguez – had relinquished the national title for undisclosed reasons.[1]
In 2019, Benedetto lost the franchise to Michelle Weswaldi, the president of theMiss World Canada pageant and Pageant Group Canada.[15] Since then, the first runner-up of the said national contest has automatically been assumed Miss Grand Canada,[16] Except in 2021, theMiss World 2020 contest was canceled due to theCOVID-19 pandemic, which caused the winner ofMiss World Canada 2020 to compete atMiss World 2021 instead, and the 2021 national contest was also delayed, the organizer then decided to hold an ad hocvirtual contest to determine the country representative forMiss Grand International 2021. The contest featured 23 national finalists, in which aUkrainian-Canadian model, Olga Bykadorova, was announced as the winner.[17][3]
The Miss Grand Canada was organized as a stand-alone pageant three times; in 2017 and 2018 by the Di Benedetto Model agency,[13][14][18] and the online pageant in 2021 by theMTC-W Inc.[17]
| Edition | Date | Final venue | Entrants | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 16 July 2017 | Holiday Inn Express & Suites Calgary,Calgary | 12 | [13][14] |
| 2nd | 26 August 2018 | Chinese Cultural Center,Calgary | 15 | [1][18] |
| 3rd | 18 June 2021 | Online pageant | 23 | [2][17] |
The following is a list of Canadian representatives at theMiss Grand International contest.
| Year | Province | Miss Grand Canada | Title | Placement | Special Awards | National Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | British Columbia | Layanna Robinson[19] | Miss Grand Canada 2025[a] | Unplaced[20] | Michelle Weswaldi | |
| 2024 | Ontario | Alivia Croal[7] | Miss Grand Canada 2024[a] | Unplaced[21] | ||
| 2023 | Saskatchewan | Yuliya Shcherban[22] | Miss Grand Canada 2023[a] | Unplaced[23] | ||
| 2022 | Alberta | Mildred Rincon[6] | Miss Grand Canada 2022[a] | Unplaced[24] | ||
| 2021 | Quebec | Olga Bykadorova[17] | Miss Grand Canada 2021 | Unplaced[25] | ||
| 2020 | British Columbia | Sara Winter[5] | Miss Grand Canada 2020[a] | Unplaced[26] | ||
| 2019 | Quebec | Brianna Plouffe[27] | Appointed | Unplaced[28] | ||
| 2018 | Ontario | Veronica Rodriguez[1][18] | Miss Grand Canada 2018 | Did not compete | Angelo Di Benedetto | |
| Ontario | Grace Diamani[1] | Finalist Miss Grand Canada 2018 | Unplaced[29] | |||
| 2017 | Ontario | Maddison Fysh[30] | Miss Grand Canada 2017 | Did not compete | ||
| Alberta | Natalie Allin[13][14] | Top 6Miss World Canada 2017 | Unplaced[31] | |||
| 2016 | Alberta | Monika Horvat[32] | Appointed | Unplaced[33] | ||
| 2015 | Ontario | Jade Caron[34] | FinalistMiss Earth Canada 2015 | Unplaced[35] | Ronaldo Soriano Trono | |
| 2014 | Alberta | Kathryn Kohut[36] | FinalistMiss Earth Canada 2014 | 2nd runner-up[37] | ||
| 2013 | Ontario | Natalie Carriere[38] | FinalistMiss Earth Canada 2013 | Unplaced[39] | ||
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