{{short description|1st Miss Grand Bahamas competition, beauty pageant edition}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}} {{Infobox beauty pageant | image = Miss Grand Bahamas 2018 Logo.jpg | image_size = | caption = | date = 1 July 2018 | venue = Meliá Nassau Beach – All-Inclusive Resort, [[Nassau, Bahamas|Nassau]] | presenters = | entrants = 7 | placements = 4 | acts = Chase Fernander | broadcaster = IslandLuck TV | debuts = | withdrawals = | returns = | winner = Dannise Bain<br>([[New Providence]]) | award1 label = | award1 = | award2 label = | award2 = | photogenic = | congeniality = | before = | next = }} '''Miss Grand Bahamas 2018''' was the inaugural edition of the [[Miss Grand Bahamas]] pageant,<ref name=bahamas2018/> held at the Meliá Nassau Beach – All-Inclusive Resort, [[Nassau, Bahamas|Nassau]], on 1 July 2018.<ref name=bahamas2018/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://scontent.fubp1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/36087232_523007598101322_3415070604632522752_n.jpg?_nc_cat=101&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=8bfeb9&_nc_ohc=9G_z3-Bi1ZwAX8sPZNb&_nc_ht=scontent.fubp1-1.fna&oh=00_AfCe_2dFZVUC2ASoejmGgkGEAa2PjS_LyytMneQ8coac8w&oe=64930094|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230522153412/https://scontent.fubp1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/36087232_523007598101322_3415070604632522752_n.jpg?_nc_cat=101&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=8bfeb9&_nc_ohc=9G_z3-Bi1ZwAX8sPZNb&_nc_ht=scontent.fubp1-1.fna&oh=00_AfCe_2dFZVUC2ASoejmGgkGEAa2PjS_LyytMneQ8coac8w&oe=64930094|url-status=dead|archive-date=2023-05-22|title=The Miss Bahamas Grand Pageant|date=25 June 2018|accessdate=22 May 2023|publisher=Miss Grand Bahamas|via=[[Archive Today]]}}</ref><ref name=people/> Seven contestants representing the country's seven island groups competed for the title.<ref name=bahamas2018/> At the end of the event, the representative of [[New Providence]], Dannise Bain, was announced the winner.<ref name=bahamas18>{{cite web|url=http://www.tribune242.com/news/2018/sep/04/you-go-girl-miss-grand-holds-out-helping-hand-fami/|date=4 September 2018|access-date=12 May 2023|title=YOU GO GIRL Miss Grand Holds Out Helping Hand To Families In Need|work=[[List of newspapers in the Bahamas|The Tribune]]|author=Alesha Cadet|archivedate=11 May 2023|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20230511170805/http://www.tribune242.com/news/2018/sep/04/you-go-girl-miss-grand-holds-out-helping-hand-fami/}}</ref>
The event was organized by a [[Nassau, Bahamas|Nassau]]-based fashion designer, Navado Dawkins,<ref name=bahamas2018/> with financial support from several local related businesses.<ref name=people>{{cite web|url=https://www.peopleperhour.com/freelance-jobs/design/graphic-design/i-need-a-flyer-done-for-a-preliminary-and-final-night-show-1983108|title=I need a flyer done for a preliminary and final night show|date=1 July 2018|accessdate=22 May 2023|website=www.peopleperhour.com|archivedate=22 May 2023|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20230522151346/https://www.peopleperhour.com/freelance-jobs/design/graphic-design/i-need-a-flyer-done-for-a-preliminary-and-final-night-show-1983108}}</ref> Its preliminary contest was held on 10 June at the Nassau Botanical Gardens, where all qualified candidates competed to secure a spot in the top 4 finalists.<ref name=bahamas2018/><ref name=people/>
After winning the contest, Bain was expected to represent the country at the [[Miss Grand International 2018]] pageant in [[Myanmar]].<ref name=bahamas2018/> However, the [[List of diplomatic missions of the United States|American Embassy]] in the Bahamas refused her entry into the country for the connecting flight to Myanmar, which caused her to withdraw from the international competition. The pageant organizer later discovered the reason for such a circumstance was a precondition that happened when she resided in the United States; nonetheless, she did not inform the organizer of such a situation before entering the pageant. As a result, Bain automatically forfeited the title.<ref name=2018visa/>
Initially, Dawkins planned to organize the pageant annually,<ref name=bahamas2018/> but the project was canceled due to the aforementioned circumstances.<ref name=2018visa>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/mbgpageant/posts/675318796203534|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220121165538/https://www.facebook.com/mbgpageant/posts/675318796203534|url-status=dead|archive-date=2022-01-21|title=Immediate Release|date=15 February 2019|access-date=21 January 2022|work=Miss Bahamas Grand Pageant}}</ref>
The national finalists include;<ref name=bahamas2018>{{cite news|url=https://issuu.com/thetribune242/docs/06152018_weekend/10|title=New pageant seeks to reveal 'beauty in peace'|author=Alesha Cadet|date=15 June 2018|access-date=25 December 2021|newspaper=[[List of newspapers in the Bahamas|The Tribune]]|location=Nassau|page=10|quote="On the international pageant stage, the Bahamas isn't too high in ranking, our goal as a franchise for Miss Grand International Organization is to nurse the pageant system in the Bahamas so that we can increase our ranking internationally and eventually bring a crown home," said fashion designer Navado Dawkins, the pageant's founder|archive-date=24 December 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20211224200122/https://issuu.com/thetribune242/docs/06152018_weekend/10|via=[[Issuu]]|url-status=live}}</ref> * '''[[Andros, Bahamas|Andros]]''' – Cornesha Colebrooke ''(3rd runner-up)'' * '''[[Eleuthera]]''' – Alexandria Pennerman * '''[[Exuma]]''' – Lakeira Wright * '''[[Grand Bahama]]''' – Moñice Nazon ''(2nd runner-up)'' * '''[[Inagua]]''' – Jacoya McPhee * '''[[New Providence]]''' – Dannise Bain ''(Winner)'' * '''[[San Salvador Island|San Salvador]]''' – Sharnae Fernander ''(1st runner-up)'' ==References== {{reflist}}
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