Miss Grand Sierra Leone
Sierra Leonean beauty pageant title
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Miss Grand Sierra Leone is a national beauty pageant title awarded to Sierra Leonean representatives competing at the Miss Grand International contest.[1][2][3] The title was first mentioned in 2017 when Rubie Timbo, who was affiliated with Swadu Beckley's pageant organizer IAMSL Pageant,[4] was appointed to represent the country in the Miss Grand International contest in Vietnam.[1]
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| Formation | 2017 |
|---|---|
| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | Freetown |
| Location | |
| Members | Miss Grand International |
Official language | English |
National director | Swadu Natasha Beckley |
Parent organization | IAMSL Pageant (2017 – 2019) |
Sierra Leone participated in Miss Grand International twice; in 2017 and 2018,[1][2] but its both representatives were unplaced on the international stage.[2][5][6] In 2019, the Sierra Leonean candidate for Miss Grand International 2019 was also decided but she withdrew.[2]
History
Sierra Leone made the debut in the Miss Grand International pageant in 2017 after the license was granted by Swadu Beckley, the director of Face of Sierra Leone organizer company named IAMSL Pageant,[7][8] and a model from Freetown, Rubie Timbo, was assigned to represent the country internationally in Vietnam.[1][9] However, Rubie was unable to join the international for undisclosed reasons and was replaced by former Miss Tourism Queen Sierra Leone, Nyallay Sia,[10][11] The following representatives for the 2018 and 2019 international contests were also appointed; no Miss Grand National was held to determine titleholders.[1][2]
In 2019, a 24-year-old model, Ramatulai Wurie, was hand-picked by the national licensee to compete at Miss Grand International 2019 in Venezuela,[2] but she withdrew; security concerns in the host country was expected as the main reasons.[12] She was later elected to compete at the Miss Supranational 2021 pageant in Poland,[13] but went unplaced.[14]
Due to lacking franchise holders, the Sierra Leonean representatives for Miss Grand International have not been determined since 2020.
International competition
The following is a list of Sierra Leonean representatives at the Miss Grand International contest.
| Year | Representative | Original national title | Competition performance | National director | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Placement | Other awards | |||||
| 2017 | Rubie Timbo[1][9] | N/a | Unable to compete | Natasha Beckley[7][8] | ||
| Nyallay Sia Kamara[10][11] | Miss Tourism Sierra Leone 2017[11] | Unplaced[5] | N/a | |||
| 2018 | Fanta Kabia[1][2][15] | N/a | Unplaced[2][6] | N/a | ||
| 2019 | Ramatulai Wurie[2][16] | N/a | Unable to compete | |||
| No representatives since 2020 | ||||||
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