  Deria Koc, Miss Grand Turkey 2022 | |
| Formation | 2016 |
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| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | Istanbul |
| Location | |
| Membership | Miss Grand International |
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National director | Shakir Sela (2025) |
Parent organization |
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Miss Grand Turkey is a female beauty pageant title awarded toTurkish representatives competing at theMiss Grand International pageant.[1][2][3][4] The title was first awarded in 2016 when a Ukrainian-Turkish fashion model and singer fromCherkasy, Diana Birgen (Osypenko), was appointed as a Turkish candidate forMiss Grand International 2016, held inLas Vegas, United States.[1][2][5]
Since the establishment ofMiss Grand International in 2013, Turkey participated three times: in 2016, 2022, and 2023; however, all of its representatives were unplaced.[6][7][8]
Turkey participated inMiss Grand International for the first time in 2016 when a Ukrainian fashion model and singer fromCherkasy, Diana Birgen (Osypenko), was nominated by Miss Grand International beauty pageant management as aTurkish representative in the international competition held inLas Vegas, United States;.[1][2][5] Nowadays Diana Birgen (Osypenko) is the president of the Aegean Ukrainians Association (Turkish:Ege Ukraynalılar Derneği),[9][10] which supports Ukrainian residents in theAegean region as well as promotes Ukrainian traditions among the Ukrainian community on theAegean coast.[10]
After five consecutive years of absence, the franchise was then purchased in 2022 by an Istanbul-based model agency, Özcan Yılmaz Agency Model,[11] and aTurkish German social activist who was also the finalist ofMiss Grand Germany 2022, Deria Koc, was assigned as a Turkish representative forMiss Grand International 2022 in Indonesia,[3][12] but she was unplaced .[7]
The following is a list ofTurkish representatives at theMiss Grand International contest.
| Year | Representative | Original national title | Competition result | National director | |
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| 2016 | Diana Osypenko[13] | Appointed | Unplaced[6] | Anastasiia Lenna | |
| No representatives from 2017 to 2021 | |||||
| 2022 | Deria Koc[4][14] | Miss From Germany 2022 Finalist[15] | Unplaced[7] | Özcan Yılmaz[11] | |
| 2023 | Beyhan Kübra[16] | Appointed | Unplaced[8] | ||
| 2024 | No representative | ||||
| 2025 | Ilayda Anik[17] | 1st runner-upMiss Universe Turkiye 2024[18] | Shakir Sela | ||
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