# Miss Grand Angola

Miss Grand Angola is a national beauty pageant title awarded to women chosen to represent the Angola at the Miss Grand International contest. The title was first mentioned in 2013 when a 26-year-old model, Nádia de Vasconcelos, was assigned by a London-based event organizer, Beauties of Africa Inc, to represent Angola at the inaugural edition of Miss Grand International in Thailand, but Nádia did not join the contest for undisclosed reasons.
Since 2021, the right to send Angolan representatives to compete at Miss Grand International has belonged to a computer engineer, Márcia de Menezes, who was also the country representative at the mentioned international platform in 2021.
Since their first competition in 2014, the highest placement reached by Angolan representatives is the top 20 finalists which was obtained by Meriam Kaxuxwena and Márcia de Menezes in 2015 and 2021, respectively.

## History

Angola made its debut at the Miss Grand International pageant in 2015 when an Angolan Australian model from Sydney acquired the license and dominated herself as the country's representative for the international competition held in Thailand, where she was named one of the final 20.
After five years of absence, Angola returned to the Miss Grand International again in 2021; the license was purchased by a Luanda-based computer engineer, Márcia de Menezes, who then appointed herself to compete in the 2021 international contest in Thailand, and won the Best National Costume award as well as qualifying for the top 20 finalists.
In 2022, the license was purchased by an event organizer, Edueni António. Under António's directionship, the first edition of the Miss Grand Angola pageant was held in September 2023.

## Editions

The following is the competition details for the Miss Grand Angola pageant, held twice in 2023 and 2024.
| Edition | Date | Final venue | Entrants | Result | Result | Result | Ref. |
| Edition | Date | Final venue | Entrants | Winner | 1st runner-up | 2nd runner-up | Ref. |
| 1st | September 2, 2023 | Epic Sana Hotel, Luanda | 10 | Eugénia das Neves | Jacira Saiombo | Airania Dias | |
| 2nd | August 31, 2024 | Centro Cultural Paz Flor, Luanda | 13 | Nacira Amaral | Neidi Wanda | Eliany Vitorino | |

## International competition

The following is a list of Angolan representatives at the Miss Grand International contest.

### 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 | Province | Miss Grand Angola | Title | Placement | Special Awards | National Director |
| 2024 | Benguela | Nacira Amaral | Miss Grand Angola 2024 | Unplaced | | Edueni António & Márcia de Menezes |
| 2023 | Luanda | Eugénia das Neves | Miss Grand Angola 2023 | 5th runner-up | | Edueni António & Márcia de Menezes |
| 2022 | Luanda | Teresa Sara | Top 10 Miss Universe Angola 2022 | Unplaced | | Edueni António & Márcia de Menezes |
| 2021 | Luanda | Márcia de Menezes | Appointed | Top 20 | Best National Costume | Edueni António & Márcia de Menezes |
| Did not compete between 2016-2020 |
| 2015 | Luanda | Meriam Kaxuxwena | Appointed | Top 20 | | Meriam Kaxuxwena |
| Did not compete in 2014 |||||||
| 2013 | Luanda | Nádia de Vasconcelos | Top 10 Miss Angola 2008 | Did not compete | Did not compete | Bongie Munjanja |

## Titleholders gallery

* Meriam Kaxuxwena Miss Grand Angola 2015
* Teresa Sara Miss Grand Angola 2022
* Eugénia das Neves Miss Grand Angola 2023
* Nacira Amaral Miss Grand Angola 2024