Formation | 2014 |
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Type | Beauty pageant |
Headquarters | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Location | |
Membership | Miss Grand International |
Official language |
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Director | Caroline Kondé |
Miss Grand Democratic Republic of the Congo ( French: Miss Grand République Démocratique du Congo) is a national beauty pageant title awarded to Congolese representatives who were elected to partake in the Miss Grand International pageant. [1] [2] [3] [4] The title was first mentioned in 2014 when a Manchester-based Congolese model, Naise Gumanda, was named the RDC representative for Miss Grand International 2014, [5] followed by a Belgium-residing Congolese, Caroline Kondé, in 2022. [1] [4]
Initially, the Democratic Republic of the Congo was expected to make its debut in Miss Grand International in 2014 when a Manchester-based Congolese model, Anna Naise Gumanda, was announced as the country representative; [5] [6] however, Naise did not join the pageant for unknown reasons. [7] Later in 2022, DR Congo was expected to participate in the Miss Grand International 2022 in Indonesia, [1] [8] with a Congolese businessperson from Belgium, Caroline Kondé, as the representative. [1] [2] [3] Nevertheless, Caroline did not enter the international tournaments for undisclosed reasons. [9]
The following is a list of Democratic Republic of the Congo representatives at the Miss Grand International contest.
Year | Representative | Original national title | Result | National director | |
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Placement | Other awards | ||||
2014 | Naise Gumanda [5] [6] | — | Did not compete [10] [11] | Self-dominated | |
2022 | Caroline Kondé [1] [4] | — | Did not compete [9] |
Note: Naise Gumanda was deleted from the list of the final candidates