Miss Grand USA
Miss Grand USA, also referred to as Miss Grand United States or Miss Grand United States of America, is an annual female beauty pageant in the United States, founded by a Dominican-American businessperson "Chantel Martínez" in 2016, aiming to select the country representative for Miss Grand International, which is an annual international beauty pageant promoting World Peace and against all kinds of conflicts. The Miss Grand USA organization has been franchising the state competitions to individual organizers since 2016, in which some cases are responsible for more than one state. Each U.S. state must choose a  candidate who competes at the national Miss Grand USA pageant, however, delegates may be appointed state or regional titles if a state pageant is not offered in their area. The United States holds a record of 4 placements at Miss Grand International, the highest position was the first place, won in 2020 by Abena Appiah of New York, followed by the fourth runner-up by Michelle León in 2016. The current Miss Grand USA is Madison Callaghan of North Carolina who represented the United States at Miss Grand International 2021 in Thailand, but, unfortunately, got non-placement. Background. History. The  United States has been participating at Miss Grand International since its inception in 2013. Under the management of Earth Pageant Productions during 2013 – 2015, the first two country representatives were appointed to join the international event without organizing the contest while the last one obtained the title through the Miss Earth United States 2015, two of them, Blair Griffith and Laurie Petersen, were placed among the top 20 finalists in 2013 and 2015, respectively. After "Chantel Martínez" a New York-based Dominican-American fashion model acquired the franchise in 2016, she eventually run the first contest of Miss Grand USA  to determine a winner for the international stage. The event was held at Leonard Nimoy Thalia of Symphony Space in New York City, featuring 13 national finalists, of which "Michelle León" from the host state was announced the winner. León also obtained the fourth runner-up title after participating in the 2016 Miss Grand International contest in Las Vegas, Nevada. Later in 2018, Martínez lost the franchise to "Israel Silva" and "Hernan Rivera" of H&I Grand Productions LLC, the Chicago-based event organizer that currently owns and runs the Miss Grand USA beauty contest since 2019. Since its establishment, the  pageant, originally programmed to be held on 31 August, was canceled once in 2020 due to the significantly increased of COVID-19 infection cases in the country, the organizer then decided to appoint a Ghanaian American model Abena Appiah to instead compete at the international stage in Thailand, and eventually won the contest, making her the first American representative to hold such a title and the first black contender to do so. Location and date. The following list is the edition detail of the Miss Grand USA contest, since its inception in 2016. Titleholders. !|Year !!|Miss Grand USA !!|Runners-up !!|Ref . ! 1st runner-up !! 2nd runner-up !! 3rd runner-up !! 4th runner-up