# Miss Grand Nigeria

Miss Grand Nigeria was a Nigerian female beauty pageant founded in 2015 by a Lagos based event organizer chaired by Loveth Ajufoh, QLA Nigeria. The winners of the contest, which was held individually twice (in 2015 and 2016), represented Nigeria at its parent competition, Miss Grand International. In 2013, the license belonged to the national The Nigerian Princess. It was then transferred to AMC Productions, the organizer of the Miss Earth Nigeria pageant the following year, and then to QLA Nigeria Limited, 001 Entertainment – the organizer of The Nigerian Queen, and the Qhue Group. in 2015, 2020, and 2023, respectively.
Nigerian representatives have not yet won the international title. The highest placements they achieved were in the top 20 finalists in 2021 and 2022.

## History

Nigeria joined the Miss Grand International contest for the first time in 2014, represented by Tessy Kiri Bibowei who was appointed to the position by the Miss Earth Nigeria organization. Later in 2015, the license was transferred to the QLA Nigeria Limited, chaired by a business person Loveth Ajufoh who organized the inaugural contest of Miss Grand Nigeria contest on 11 September 2015 in Lagos. The contest featured fifteen national finalists which qualified to the national final round through a preliminary screening held on 1 September, of whom the representative of the Plateau State, Ifeoma Jennifer Ohia, was elected the winner. The second edition was also held in the following year, but in 2017, only the virtual casting was conducted to determine the titleholder. QLA Nigeria Limited later terminated its partnership with Miss Grand International at the end of that year.
The license was brought back to the organizer of the Miss Earth Nigeria pageant in 2019 and then to the Nigerian Queen organizer company, Kelvin Joseph Amroma's 001 Entertainment, in 2020. Since then, the winners of the Nigerian Queen contest have been assumed to be the Nigerian representatives for the Miss Grand International pageant, except for 2021, when the original titleholder, Abimbola Abayomi, was unable to compete internationally; the licensee then assigned her second runner-up to join the Miss Grand International 2021 instead.
In 2023, the franchise was acquired by the Miss Tourism Africa founder Seth Santiago Roberts.

## Editions
### Date and venue

The following list is the edition detail of the Miss Grand Nigeria contest, since its inception in 2015.
| Edition | Date | Final venue | Entrants | Ref. |
| 1st | 11 September 2015 | Orchid Hotels & Events Centre, Lekki, Lagos | 15 | |
| 2nd | 11 September 2016 | Victoria Crown Plaza Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos | 18 | |

### Competition result

| Year | Miss Grand Niegia | Runners-up | Runners-up | Ref. |
| Year | Miss Grand Niegia | 1st runner-up | 2nd runner-up | Ref. |
| 2015 | Plateau – Ifeoma Jennifer Ohia | Abia – Fumnaya Victoria Okafor | Edo – Joy Ebaide Udoh | |
| 2016 | Edo – Rachael Onuwa Ikekhuame | Imo – Emmanuella Yaboh | Rivers – Amanosi Kadiri | |

## Representatives at Miss Grand International

List of Nigerian representatives at the Miss Grand International pageant
| Year | Delegate | National Title | Competition Performance | Competition Performance | National director | Ref. |
| Year | Delegate | National Title | Placements | Other Award(s) | National director | Ref. |
| 2013 | Marian Usinzibe Makbere | Appointed | Unable to compete | Unable to compete | Marian Makbere | |
| 2014 | Tessy Kiri Bibowei | Appointed | Unplaced | — | Ibinabo Fiberesima | |
| 2015 | Ifeoma Jennifer Ohia | Miss Grand Nigeria 2015 | Unplaced | — | Queen Loveth Ajufoh | |
| 2016 | Rachel Onuwa Ikekhuame | Miss Grand Nigeria 2016 | Unplaced | — | Queen Loveth Ajufoh | |
| 2017 | Princess Omowunmi Agunbiade | Appointed | Unplaced | — | Queen Loveth Ajufoh | |
| 2018 | No representative | No representative | No representative | No representative | No representative | No representative |
| 2019 | Favour Oonye Ocheche | Appointed | Unplaced | — | Ibinabo Fiberesima | |
| 2020 | Chikaodili Enobong Nna-Udosen | The Nigerian Queen 2020 | Unplaced | — | Kelvin Joseph Amroma | |
| 2021 | Abimbola Islamiat Rita Abayomi | The Nigerian Queen 2021 | Unable to compete | Unable to compete | Kelvin Joseph Amroma | |
| 2021 | Patience Chenema Christopher | The Nigerian Queen 2021 — 2nd runner up | Top 20 | — | Kelvin Joseph Amroma | |
| 2022 | Damilola Bolarinde | The Nigerian Queen 2022 | Top 20 | — | Kelvin Joseph Amroma | |
| 2023 | Boma Dokubo | Appointed | Top 20 | Best National Costume | Santiago Roberts | |
| 2024 | Roseline Orji | Game of Crowns 2024 — Miss Grand Nigeria | Unplaced | — | Santiago Roberts | |
| Notes: ^α Resigned or dethroned. ^β Took over the title after the original winner resigned/was dethroned. |||||||

## Gallery

* Miss Grand Nigeria 2024 Roseline Orji
* Miss Grand Nigeria 2023 Boma Dokubo
* Miss Grand Nigeria 2022 Damilola Bolarinde
* Miss Grand Nigeria 2021 Patience Christopher
* Miss Grand Nigeria 2020 Chikaodili Nna-Udosen
* Miss Grand Nigeria 2015 Ifeoma Ohia
* Miss Grand Nigeria 2014 Tessy Bibowei