Miss Grand Cameroon
Formation2013
TypeBeauty pageant
HeadquartersYaoundé
Location
Membership
Miss Grand International
Official language
French
National director
Marina Fankam
Parent organization
Miss Prestige Cameroun (2014 – 2016)

Miss Grand Cameroon is a beauty pageant title given to Cameroonian representatives competing at the Miss Grand International pageant.[1][2] The first titleholder was Marie Cecile Olga,[3] who was appointed to the position in 2013 by the director of Megane Fashion International and Olga's agent, Armstrong Loga.[3] The license was then transferred to a newly established national contest headed by Marina Tchassem Fankam named Miss Prestige Cameroun and to Angèle Kossinda in 2014 and 2022, respectively.[1][2]

Since 2013, Cameroon has participated in Miss Grand International only once, in 2014; other assigned titleholders did not enter the international pageants for unrevealed reasons.[4]

History

Initially, Cameroon was expected to make a debut at Miss Grand International in 2013 by an appointed representative, Marie Cecile Olga, but she withdrew for undisclosed reasons. The license was then taken over by Marina Tchassem Fankam the following year, and she subsequently established a new national pageant, Miss Prestige Cameroun, to select the winner to compete at the Miss Grand International 2014 pageant in Thailand.[2]

The inaugural of Miss Prestige Cameroun was held in the country's capital city, Yaoundé, and featured 20 national finalists, of whom a second-year economics student from the University of Yaoundé II, Leticia Ndzana, was elected the winner.[5] She then competed at Miss Grand International 2014 in Thailand,[2] making her the first Cameroonian candidate to compete at such an international pageant, but she was unplaced.[6]

Since the national was conducted too late in 2015, the winner of the contest, Olivia Ngalle, was set to represent the country at Miss Grand International 2016 instead;[7] however, she withdrew and the partnership between Miss Prestige Cameroun and Miss Grand International was terminated that year.[8]

After five consecutive years of no representatives, former Miss Universe Cameroon, Angèle Kossinda, was assigned Miss Grand Cameroon in 2022 and was expected to join the international stage in Indonesia,[1] but also withdrew.[9]

International competition

The following is a list of Cameroonian representatives at the Miss Grand International contest.

YearRepresentativeOriginal national titleCompetition performanceNational director
PlacementOther awards
2013 Marie Cecile Olga[3]Miss Tourism Cameroon 2010[3]Unable to competeArmstrong Loga[3]
2014 Laeticia Ndzana[4]Miss Grand Cameroon 2014[5]Unplaced[6]—Marina Tchassem Fankam[10]
2016 Olivia Ngallé[7]Miss Prestige Cameroun 2015[11]Unable to compete
2022 Angèle Kossinda[1]Miss Universe Cameroon 2020[1]Unable to competeSelf-dominated
2023–Present: No representatives

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Manuela Nkama (June 28, 2022). "Miss Grand International : Angèle Kossinda candidate". K-news24.com (in French). Archived from the original on July 25, 2023. Retrieved July 26, 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Colbie Medjom (December 1, 2015). "Miss Prestige Cameroun: grande finale nationale le 6 décembre 2015" (in French). Le bled parle. Archived from the original on July 26, 2023. Retrieved July 27, 2023. ...Celle-ci aura ainsi l'opportunité de participer à l'élection Miss Grand International où le Cameroun avait créé la surprise l'année dernière en s'illustrant à la 8e position sur les 52 participantes...
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Miss Tourism International : Cameroon represented". Nexdimempire.com. 2010. Archived from the original on July 25, 2023. Retrieved July 26, 2023.
  4. 1 2 "Miss Grand International 2014 contestants". Miss Grand International. December 25, 2014. Archived from the original on December 25, 2014. Retrieved February 8, 2023 – via Internet Archive.
  5. 1 2 Dariche Nehdi (March 31, 2015). "Leticia Ndzana Miss Prestige 2014: « Il est important de garder nos valeurs ethnoculturelles…»". www.culturebene.com (in French). Archived from the original on July 25, 2023. Retrieved July 26, 2023.
  6. 1 2 Arvin Ello (October 6, 2014). "Miss Cuba is Miss Grand International 2014". www.vintersections.com. Archived from the original on July 31, 2015. Retrieved February 9, 2023.
  7. 1 2 Colbie Medjom (December 7, 2015). "Olivia Ngalle élue Miss Prestige Cameroun 2015" (in French). Retrieved July 27, 2023.
  8. ↑ "Miss Grand International 2016 contestants". Miss Grand International. October 20, 2016. Archived from the original on October 20, 2016. Retrieved February 9, 2023 – via Internet Archive. No Cameroon in the candidates list
  9. ↑ "Miss Grand International 2022 contestants". Miss Grand International. October 5, 2022. Archived from the original on October 5, 2022. Retrieved February 9, 2023 – via Internet Archive. No Cameroon in the candidates list
  10. ↑ Dariche Nehdi. "Miss Prestige : Et la Miss c'est… NGALLE Marianne Olivia". www.culturebene.com (in French). Archived from the original on December 9, 2015. Retrieved July 26, 2023.
  11. ↑ "Cameroun: Le Prestige pour Olivia Ngallé au Concours de beauté". Allafrica.com. December 8, 2015. Archived from the original on July 26, 2023. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
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