Miss Grand Albania
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| Established | 20 July 2014 |
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| Founder | Sherif Pacolli |
| Purpose | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | Tirana |
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Official language | Albanian |
Presidents | Arjeta Osmani (2023 – Present) |
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| Affiliations | Miss Grand International |
Miss Grand Albania is an Albanian female beauty pageant founded in 2014. The pageant winner represents Albania at its international parent contest, Miss Grand International.[1]
Since its first participation at the Miss Grand International pageant in 2014, Albanian representatives never placed in the competition.
The pageant was founded in 2014 by a Pristina-based event organizer chaired by Sherif Pacolli, of Lens Production.[2] In 2018, the competition license was transferred to the modeling agency managed by Aleks Tanushi, Aleks Fashion Events (A.F.E.), and its headquarters was also relocated to Tirana.[3] Albania participated in the Miss Grand International pageant for the first time in 2014, represented by Vivian Canaj, who won the Miss Grand Albania 2014 title after competing at the Miss Grand Albania & Kosovo 2014 pageant held by Sherif Pacolli, a chairperson of the Kosovan event organizer in Pristina, Lens Production.[2]
The first edition of Albania's Miss Grand National was held on July 20, 2014, at the California Resort in Pristina; the event was broadcast live nationwide on a Kosovan satellite television channel, RTK Live,[4] and featured twenty national finalists, of whom a model from Tirana, Vivian Canaj, was elected the winner.[5][6]
From 2014 to 2018, the pageant was held in parallel with Miss Grand Kosovo as Miss Grand Albania & Kosovo. The Miss Grand Albania pageant was held as a stand-alone pageant for the first time in 2019 when Aleks Tanushi of Aleks Fashion Events (A.F.E.) took over the Albanian franchise from Lens Production.[7][8][9]
Editions
| Edition | Date | Final venue | Entrants | Ref. |
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| 1st | 20 July 2014 | California Resort, Lipljan, Pristina | 20 |
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| 2nd | 31 May 2015 | Objekti i First Channel Studio, Pristina | 13 |
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| 3rd | 1 July 2016 | California Resort, Lipljan, Pristina | 17 |
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| 4th | 28 February 2017 | 10 |
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| 5th | 26 May 2018 | 14 |
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| 6th | 23 June 2019 | Teater Tirana Kinostudio, Tirana | 14 |
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| 7th | 16 September 2020 | 12 |
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| 8th | 26 June 2021 | 10 |
International competition
The following is a list of Albanian representatives who competed at the Miss Grand International pageant.
- Color keys
- : Declared as the winner
- : Ended as a runner-up (Top 5)
- : Ended as a finalist (Top 10)
- : Ended as a semifinalist (Top 20/21)
- : Ended as special awards winner
| Year | Town | Miss Grand Albania | National title | Placement | Special Awards | National Director | |
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| 2026 | Tirana | Sara Shehu[17] | Appointed | TBA | Arjeta Osmani | ||
| 2025 | Mirditë | Dajana Gjoka[18] | Finalist Miss Universe Albania & Kosovo 2022 | Unplaced | |||
| 2024 | Laç | Elsa Alijaj[19] | Top 6 Miss Universe Albania & Kosovo 2020[20] | Unplaced[21] | |||
| 2023 | Krujë | Angela Tanuzi[22][23] | Miss World Albania 2022 | Unplaced | |||
| Did not compete in 2022 | |||||||
| 2021 | Tirana | Hygerta Hidri[24] | Miss Grand Albania 2021 | Did not compete | Aleks Tanushi | ||
| 2020 | Tirana | Fjorela Lezo[9] | Miss Grand Albania 2020 | Unplaced | |||
| 2019 | Tirana | Xhensila Shaba[3] | Miss Grand Albania 2019 | Unplaced | |||
| 2018 | Tirana | Klaudia Kalia[25] | Miss Grand Albania 2017 | Unplaced | |||
| Pristina | Dashuria Bilaj[13][14] | Miss Grand Albania 2018 | Did not compete | Sherif Pacolli | |||
| 2017 | Tirana | Klaudia Kalia[12][25] | Miss Grand Albania 2017 | ||||
| 2016 | Tirana | Esterina Xhaurri[1][11] | Miss Grand Albania 2016 | ||||
| Tirana | Paula Preci[26] | Appointed | |||||
| 2015 | Tirana | Enkelejda Lajci[27] | Miss Grand Albania 2015 | Unplaced | |||
| 2014 | Tirana | Vivian Canaj[6] | Miss Grand Albania 2014 | Unplaced | |||
| 2013 | Tirana | Dajana Luga[28] | Appointed | Did not compete | |||
