Miss Grand Belgium

Miss Grand Belgium is an annual Belgian female beauty pageant based in Lint, Belgium.^[1][2][3] It was founded in 2021 by the event organizer, CC Productions, which is managed by Nepali businessperson Carolyn Collinda.^[1][4] The contest winners represent Belgium at its parent international platform, Miss Grand International.^[1][2][5]

Miss Grand Belgium

Established	18 September 2021; 3 years ago (2021-09-18) (As Miss Grand Belgium pageant)
Founder	Carolyn Collinda
Type	Beauty pageant
Headquarters	Lint
Location	Belgium
Membership	Miss Grand International
Official language	English
President	Carolyn Collinda
Parent organization	CC Productions (2021 – Present)
Website	www.theccproductions.com

Miss Grand Belgium licensee timeline

Previously, Belgium representatives at the Miss Grand International pageant were appointed by different licensees, but none of them placed at the aforementioned international pageant.

History

Belgium is one of the countries that has participated in the Miss Grand International contest since its inception in 2013. Nevertheless, most of its representatives have been chosen without organizing a national contest. However, after Carolyn Collinda, the Netherlands-born businessperson, obtained the license in 2021, she subsequently organized the first Miss Grand Belgium contest on September 18, 2021, at AED Studios in the city of Lint.^[1][2] The contest featured eight national finalists, and Tenzin Zomkey, who was born in India's Tibetan refugee camp and is currently residing in Flemish Brabant, was crowned Miss Grand Belgium 2021.^[2][3][6]

In 2022, the original winner, Alyssa Gilliaert, resigned from the title due to health problems, which caused the organizer to appoint one of the national finalists, Chiara Vanderveeren, to compete at the Miss Grand International 2022 in Indonesia instead.^[7]

Editions

The following is a list of Miss Grand Belgium edition details, since its inception in 2021.

Edition	Date	Final Venue	Entrants	Winner	Ref.
1st	18 September 2021	AED Studios, Lint	8	Tenzin Zomkey	[2][3]
2nd	9 July 2022			Alyssa Gilliaert	[8]
3rd	25 June 2023			Albertina Rodrigues	[9]
4th	15 June 2024		11	Jennifer Louise Felix	[10][11]

International Competition

The following is a list of Belgium representatives at Miss Grand International competition.

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	City	Miss Grand Belgium	National title (Title obtained from the national pageant)	Competition performance		National director
				Placement	Special awards
2024	Heuvelland	Jennifer Louise Felix[11][12]	Miss Grand Belgium 2024	Unplaced		Carolyn Collinda
2023	Liège	Albertina Rodrigues[9][13]	Miss Grand Belgium 2023	Unplaced
2022	Brussels	Chiara Vanderveeren[7]	Finalist Miss Grand Belgium 2022	Unplaced
	Brussels	Alyssa Gilliaert[7][8]	Miss Grand Belgium 2022	Did not compete
2021	Leuven	Zomkey Tenzin[2][3]	Miss Grand Belgium 2021	Unplaced
Did not compete between 2019-2020
2018	Brussels	Elisabeth Moszkowicz[14][15]	1st runner-up Miss Brussel 2019	Unplaced		Elisabeth Moszkowicz
2017	Antwerp	Rachel Nimegeers[14]	Miss Supranational Belgium 2015	Unplaced		Miss Toerisme Organisatie Benelux
2016	Gembloux	Kawtar Riahi Idrissi[16][17]	Top 12 Miss Belgium 2015	Unplaced
2015	Limburg	Rana Özkaya[18]	Appointed	Unplaced		Annick Eycken
	Brussels	Axelle Stratsaert[19][20]	1st runner-up Miss Exclusive 2015	Did not compete
2014	Malle	Sarah De Groof[21][22]	Top 20 Miss Tourism Belgium 2012	Unplaced
2013	Limburg	Karolien Termonia[23][24]	Appointed	Unplaced		Miss Exclusive Belgium Org.

Gallery

• 
  Sarah De Groof (2014)
• 
  Rana Özkaya (2015)
• 
  Zomkey Tenzin (2021)
• 
  Alyssa Gilliaert (2022)
• 
  Albertina Rodrigues (2023)
• 
  Jennifer Louise (2024)

National finalists

The following list is the national finalists of the Miss Grand Belgium pageant, as well as the competition results.

Color keys

 A  Declared as the winner

  Ended as a runner-up

  Ended as a semifinalist

  Ended as a quarterfinalist

 –  Did not participate

  Withdraw during the competition

Year Province	2021	2023
Antwerp	Veronique Michielsen	Julie Vansant
Brussels	Souad Lips	Hillary Hartmann
East Flanders	Aiona Santana	Morgana Billiet
Flemish Brabant	Tenzin Zomkey	Feline Verhaegen
Hainaut	Imaine Khoudairi	—
Liège	Thanaree Scheerlinck	Albertina Rodrigues
Limburg	Noor Beldjoudi	Ioana Moldoveanu
Luxembourg	—	Angie Frimps
Namur	—	—
Walloon Brabant	Laurine Remans	Kenza Michael Zerrouki
West Flanders	—	Amber Dobbels
Total	8	9

2022 : National Finalists

Miss Grand Belgium National Finalists

Year No.	2022
1	Anke
2	Alyssa
3	Chiara
4	Denisa
5	Elisa
6	Liliana
7	Sarah
8	Theresia

References

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External links

• Belgium portal

• Media related to Miss Grand Belgium at Wikimedia Commons