# Miss Grand Indonesia

Miss Grand Indonesia was an Indonesian female beauty pageant, held annually from 2018 to 2020. The winners of the contest represented Indonesia at its parent international stage, Miss Grand International, in which an Indonesian delegate, Ariska Putri Pertiwi, won the title in 2016. Before the establishment of the Miss Grand Indonesia pageant, the Indonesian representatives for the aforementioned international stage were appointed or determined through other national pageants.
The pageant was discontinued in 2021 when the country representative was instead handpicked. In 2023 and 2024, Miss Grand Indonesia titleholders were determined through a newly established Miss Mega Bintang Indonesia.
In addition to winning the main title in 2016, Indonesian delegates also qualified for the top 5 in the Miss Grand International pageant in 2018, 2020, and 2022, as well as obtaining the Best National Costume Award in 2016 and 2017.

## History
### Early years: 2013–2017

In the first edition of the Miss Grand International pageant, the right to send an Indonesian candidate was granted to Puteri Indonesia, and the 3rd runner-up Puteri Indonesia 2013, Novia Indriani Mamuaja, was appointed as the first Miss Grand Indonesia titleholder. The country representatives for the four following international editions were also appointed: by El John Pageants from 2014 to 2015, and back to Puteri Indonesia from 2016 to 2017 with giving its 3rd runner-up with Puteri Indonesia Perdamaian title.

### As Miss Grand Indonesia pageant: 2018–2020

Under the management of the Yayasan Dharma Gantari with former Miss Tourism Indonesia 2016 Dikna Faradiba as director, the first edition of the Miss Grand Indonesia pageant was organized in July 2018 in the capital, Jakarta. The auditions was held in 18 cities countrywide to elected the qualified candidates for the national stage. Yayasan Dharma Gantari also held a stand-alone Miss Grand national pageant the following year until the franchise was lost to Yayasan Dunia Mega Bintang of Ivan Gunawan in 2020.
In 2020, under the direction of Ivan Gunawan, the Miss Grand Indonesia pageant was conducted as a pageant reality show with a total of 5 contestants. In addition to Miss Grand International, the runner-up was also sent to compete internationally in the Miss Intercontinental pageant.

### Under Yayasan Dunia Mega Bintang: 2020–2024

After acquiring the license in 2020, Yayasan Dunia Mega Bintang continued to organize Miss Grand Indonesia as a stand-alone in the first year. However, the two following representatives, for the 2021 and 2022 Miss Grand International, were instead appointed. In 2023 and 2024, the Indonesian candidates for Miss Grand were elected through a newly established Miss Mega Bintang Indonesia, in which the runners-up were also sent to compete in other international pageants.

## Regional pageants

From 2018 – 2019, three provincial preliminary stages were established to select representatives for Miss Grand Indonesia, including Miss Grand Bali (est. 2018), Miss Grand West Java (est. 2018), and Miss Grand East Java (est. 2019).

## Editions
### Date and venue

| Edition | Date | Venue | Entrants |
| 1st | July 21, 2018 | Jakarta Convention Center, Senayan City, Central Jakarta | 30 |
| 2nd | August 29, 2019 | Balai Sarbini Hall, Setiabudi, South Jakarta | 34 |
| 3rd | June 21, 2020 | Goodrich Suites, Artotel Portfolio, South Jakarta | 5 |
| Since 2023, the country's representatives for Miss Grand International have been determined through Miss Mega Bintang Indonesia |||||

### Competition results

| Year | Miss Grand Indonesia | 1st runner-up | 2nd runner-up |
| 2018 | Bengkulu – Nadia Purwoko [id] | North Sumatra – Vivi Wijaya Huang | Jakarta – Stephanie Cecillia [id] |
| 2019 | East Nusa Tenggara – Sarlin Jones [id] | Bali – Cindy Yuliani | North Sumatra – Gabriella Hutahaean |
| 2020 | West Java – Aurra Kharishma [id] | East Java – Bella Aprilia [id] | Not awarded |

## International competition
### Miss Grand International

| Year | Representative | Original national title | Competition performance | Competition performance | National director | Ref. |
| Year | Representative | Original national title | Placement | Special award(s) | National director | Ref. |
| 2013 | Novia Indriani | 3rd runner-up Puteri Indonesia 2013 | Unplaced | — | Mooryati Soedibyo | |
| 2014 | Margenie Winarti | Miss Earth Indonesia - Air 2014 | Top 10 | Best in Evening Gown | Johnnie Sugiarto | |
| 2015 | Yolanda Remetwa | 1st runner-up Putri Pariwisata Indonesia 2014 [id] | Unplaced | — | Johnnie Sugiarto | |
| 2016 | Ariska Putri Pertiwi | Puteri Indonesia Perdamaian 2016 | Winner | Best National Costume | Mooryati Soedibyo | |
| 2017 | Dea Rizkita | Puteri Indonesia Perdamaian 2017 | Top 10 | Best National Costume, Miss Popular Vote | Mooryati Soedibyo | |
| 2018 | Nadia Purwoko [id] | Miss Grand Indonesia 2018 | 2nd runner-up | Best in Social Media | Dikna Faradiba | |
| 2019 | Sarlin Jones [id] | Miss Grand Indonesia 2019 | Unplaced | — | Dikna Faradiba | |
| 2020 | Aurra Kharishma [id] | Miss Grand Indonesia 2020 | 3rd runner-up | — | Ivan Gunawan | |
| 2021 | Sophia Rogan [id] | Appointed | Top 10 | — | Ivan Gunawan | |
| 2022 | Andina Julie | Appointed | 2nd runner-up | — | Ivan Gunawan | |
| 2023 | Ritassya Wellgreat | Miss Mega Bintang Indonesia 2023 | 5th Runner Up | — | Ivan Gunawan | |
| 2024 | Nova Liana | Miss Mega Bintang Indonesia 2024 | 5th Runner Up | Miss Popular Vote | Ivan Gunawan | |

### Other international pageants

Some runners-up of the Miss Grand Indonesia pageant, which was held as a stand-alone contest from 2018 to 2020, were also sent to compete internationally, as detailed below.
| Year | Representative | Original national title | International pageant | International pageant | Ref. |
| Year | Representative | Original national title | Pageant | Result | Ref. |
| 2020 | Bella Aprilia [id] | 1st runner-up – Miss Grand Indonesia 2020 | Miss Intercontinental 2020 | Top 20 | |
| 2022 | Nadia Tjoa [id] | Top 5 – Miss Grand Indonesia 2020 | Miss Face Of Humanity 2022 | Winner | |

## Gallery

* Miss Grand Indonesia 2024 Nova Liana
* Miss Grand Indonesia 2023 Ritassya Wellgreat
* Miss Grand Indonesia 2022 Andina Julie
* Miss Grand Indonesia 2021 Sophie Rogan, (Bali)
* Miss Grand Indonesia 2020 Kharisma Aura, (West Java)
* Miss Grand Indonesia 2019 Sarlin Jones, (East Nusa Tenggara)
* Miss Grand Indonesia 2018 Nadia Sristi Purwoko, (Bengkulu)
* Miss Grand Indonesia 2017 Dea Rizkita, (Central Java)
* Miss Grand Indonesia 2016 Ariska Putri Pertiwi, (North Sumatra)