# Miss Grand Albania

Miss Grand Albania was an Albanian female beauty pageant founded in 2014 by a Pristina-based event organizer chaired by Sherif Pacolli, Lens Production. 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. The pageant winner represents the country at its international parent contest, Miss Grand International.
Since its first participation at the Miss Grand International pageant in 2014, Albanian representatives never placed in the competition.

## History

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.
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, and featured twenty national finalists, of whom a model from Tirana, Vivian Canaj, was elected the winner.
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.

### Winner gallery

* Fjorela Lezo Miss Grand Albania 2020
* Elsa Alijaj Miss Grand Albania 2024

## Editions

The following list is the edition detail of the Miss Grand Albania contest, held annually from 2014 to 2021.
| Year | Edition | Date | Final venue | Entrants | Winner |
| 2014 | 1st | 20 July | California Resort, Lipljan, Pristina | 20 | Vivian Canaj |
| 2015 | 2nd | 31 May | Objekti i First Channel Studio, Pristina | 13 | Enkelejda Lajci |
| 2016 | 3rd | 1 July | California Resort, Lipljan, Pristina | 17 | Esterina Xhaurri |
| 2017 | 4th | 28 February | California Resort, Lipljan, Pristina | 10 | Klaudia Kalia |
| 2018 | 5th | 26 May | California Resort, Lipljan, Pristina | 14 | Dashuria Bilaj |
| 2019 | 6th | 23 June | Teater Tirana Kinostudio, Tirana | 14 | Xhensila Shaba |
| 2020 | 7th | 16 September | Teater Tirana Kinostudio, Tirana | 12 | Fjorela Lezo |
| 2021 | 8th | 26 June | Teater Tirana Kinostudio, Tirana | 10 | Hygerta Hidri |

## Representatives at Miss Grand International

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 | Title | Placement | Special Awards | National Director |
| 2024 | Laç | Elsa Alijaj | Top 6 Miss Universe Albania & Kosovo 2020 | Unplaced | | Arjeta Osmani |
| 2023 | Krujë | Angela Tanuzi | Miss World Albania 2022 | Unplaced | | Arjeta Osmani |
| 2022 | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete |
| 2021 | Tirana | Hygerta Hidri | Miss Grand Albania 2021 | Did not compete | Did not compete | Aleks Tanushi |
| 2020 | Tirana | Fjorela Lezo | Miss Grand Albania 2020 | Unplaced | | Aleks Tanushi |
| 2019 | Tirana | Xhensila Shaba | Miss Grand Albania 2019 | Unplaced | | Aleks Tanushi |
| 2018 | Tirana | Klaudia Kalia | Miss Grand Albania 2017 | Unplaced | | Aleks Tanushi |
| 2018 | Pristina | Dashuria Bilaj | Miss Grand Albania 2018 | Did not compete | Did not compete | Sherif Pacolli |
| 2017 | Tirana | Klaudia Kalia | Miss Grand Albania 2017 | Did not compete | Did not compete | Sherif Pacolli |
| 2016 | Tirana | Esterina Xhaurri | Miss Grand Albania 2016 | Did not compete | Did not compete | Sherif Pacolli |
| 2016 | Tirana | Paula Preci | Appointed | Did not compete | Did not compete | Sherif Pacolli |
| 2015 | Tirana | Enkelejda Lajci | Miss Grand Albania 2015 | Unplaced | | Sherif Pacolli |
| 2014 | Tirana | Vivian Canaj | Miss Grand Albania 2014 | Unplaced | | Sherif Pacolli |
| 2013 | Tirana | Dajana Luga | Appointed | Did not compete | Did not compete | | Sherif Pacolli |