Miss Grand Cameroon

{{Short description|Beauty pageant in Cameroon}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2023}} {{distinguish|Miss Cameroon}} {{Infobox organization | name = Miss Grand Cameroon | image = {{multiple image | border = infobox | total_width = 250 | perrow = 2 | image1 = Laeticia Ndzana.png | image2 = Sharlynn Acha.png | caption1 = {{center|Laeticia Ndzana (2014)}} | caption2 = {{center|Sharlynn Acha (2024)}} }} | image_size = | caption = | formation = 2013 | founder = | type = Beauty pageant | headquarters = [[Yaoundé]] | location = Cameroon | leader_title = National director | leader_name = Ndolo Enanga | leader_title2 = | leader_name2 = | parent_organization = Cameroon Pageant Academy ''(2024 – Present)'' | language = French | num_members =  | affiliations = [[Miss Grand International]] | budget = | website = }} {{Graphical timeline

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|bar10-text=Cameroon Pageant Academy |bar10-from=2024 |bar10-to=2026 |bar10-left=0.1 |bar10-border-width=1 |bar10-border-colour= #2F4F4F |bar10-colour=#99cc99 }} '''Miss Grand Cameroon''' is a beauty pageant title given to Cameroonian representatives competing at the [[Miss Grand International]] pageant.<ref name=cam22/><ref name=pres141/><ref name=cameroon25/> The first titleholder was Marie Cecile Olga,<ref name=tour/> who was appointed to the position in 2013 by the director of Megane Fashion International and Olga's agent, Armstrong Loga.<ref name=tour/> 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.<ref name=cam22/><ref name=pres141/>

There is no Miss Grand National in Cameroon. All Cameroon representatives at Miss Grand International were either appointed or elected through other national contests, such as Miss Prestige Cameroun (2014 and 2016)<ref name=presdi/><ref name=press2015/> and Miss Face of Cameroon (2024 and 2025).<ref name=director/><ref name=came24/>

Since 2013, Cameroon has participated in [[Miss Grand International]] twice, in 2014 and 2024. Other assigned titleholders did not enter the international pageant for unrevealed reasons.<ref name=cam14/>

==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.<ref name=pres141>{{cite web|url=https://www.lebledparle.com/miss-prestige-cameroun-grande-finale-nationale-le-6-decembre-2015/|title=Miss Prestige Cameroun: grande finale nationale le 6 décembre 2015|date=1 December 2015|accessdate=27 July 2023|language=fr|author=Colbie Medjom|publisher={{ill|Le bled parle|fr}}|archivedate=26 July 2023|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20230726203406/https://www.lebledparle.com/miss-prestige-cameroun-grande-finale-nationale-le-6-decembre-2015/|quote=...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...}}</ref>

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|economics student]] from the [[University of Yaoundé II]], Leticia Ndzana, was elected the winner.<ref name=pres14/> She then competed at [[Miss Grand International 2014]] in Thailand,<ref name=pres141/> making her the first Cameroonian candidate to compete at such an international pageant, but she was unplaced.<ref name=res14/>

Since the national contest 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;{{efn|name=A}} however, she withdrew and the partnership between Miss Prestige Cameroun and [[Miss Grand International]] was terminated that year.<ref name=y2016>{{cite web|url=http://www.missgrandinternational.com/?page=contestant|title=Miss Grand International 2016 contestants|date=20 October 2016|accessdate=9 February 2023|publisher=Miss Grand International|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161020092928/http://www.missgrandinternational.com/?page=contestant |archive-date=20 October 2016 |via=[[Internet Archive]]|quote=No Cameroon in the candidates list}}</ref>

After five consecutive years of no representatives, former [[Miss Cameroon|Miss Universe Cameroon]], Angèle Kossinda, was assigned Miss Grand Cameroon in 2022 and was expected to join the [[Miss Grand International 2022|international stage]] in Indonesia,<ref name=cam22/> but also withdrew.<ref name=y22>{{cite web|url=https://missgrandinternational.com/contestants/|title=Miss Grand International 2022 contestants|date=5 October 2022|accessdate=9 February 2023|publisher=Miss Grand International|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221005212811/https://missgrandinternational.com/contestants/ |archive-date=5 October 2022 |via=[[Internet Archive]]|quote=No Cameroon in the candidates list}}</ref>

Cameroon returned to the competition in the [[Miss Grand International 2024|2024 contest]] in Thailand after the license was granted to Ndolo Enanga, the Miss Face of Cameroon organizer.<ref name=cameroon25/><ref name=director/> The winner of that year's contest, Sharlynn Acha, was named Miss Grand Cameroon 2024.<ref name=cameroon25/><ref name=came24>{{cite web|url=https://www.culturebene.com/83659-decouvrez-la-candidate-camerounaise-a-miss-grand-international.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20250224234002/https://www.culturebene.com/83659-decouvrez-la-candidate-camerounaise-a-miss-grand-international.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2025-02-24|language=fr|date=25 October 2024|title=Découvrez la candidate camerounaise à Miss Grand International|trans-title=Discover the Cameroonian candidate for Miss Grand International|accessdate=25 February 2025|author=Danielle Ngono|website=www.culturebene.com}}</ref><ref name=grand24>{{cite web|url=https://ngoisao.vnexpress.net/thi-sinh-chu-nha-campuchia-bo-thi-giua-lum-xum-cua-miss-grand-international-4801225.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20250224233738/https://ngoisao.vnexpress.net/thi-sinh-chu-nha-campuchia-bo-thi-giua-lum-xum-cua-miss-grand-international-4801225.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2025-02-24|title=Thí sinh chủ nhà Campuchia bỏ thi giữa lùm xùm của Miss Grand International|date=7 October 2024|trans-title=Cambodian contestant drops out of Miss Grand International amid controversy|language=vi|accessdate=25 February 2025|author=Kiều Vân|work=[[VnExpress]]}}</ref>

==International competition== The following is a list of Cameroonian representatives at the [[Miss Grand International]] contest. ;Color keys {{plainlist| * {{Color box|gold|border=silver}} : Declared as the winner * {{Color box|#FFFF33|border=silver}} : Ended as a runner-up (Top 5) * {{Color box|#FFFF99|border=silver}} : Ended as a finalist (Top 10) * {{Color box|#FFFACD|border=silver}} : Ended as a semifinalist (Top 20) * {{Color box|#FADADD|border=silver}} : Ended as special awards winner }} {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align:center; width:100%" !style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;"|Year !style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;"|Miss Grand Cameroon !style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;"|Title !style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;"|Placement !style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;"|Special Awards !style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;"|National Director |- |[[Miss Grand International 2025|2025]] | Theresia Mah Awagea<ref name=cameroon25>{{cite web|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20250505200137/https://zirovsky.com/2025/04/21/doualas-theresia-mah-awagea-is-miss-grand-cameroon-2025/|title=Douala’s Theresia Mah Awagea is Miss Grand Cameroon 2025|author=Jillianina Estevez|date=21 April 2025|accessdate=6 May 2025|website=zirovsky.com|url=https://zirovsky.com/2025/04/21/doualas-theresia-mah-awagea-is-miss-grand-cameroon-2025/|archivedate=5 May 2025}}</ref> | Miss Face of Cameroon 2025<ref name=cameroon25/> | colspan=2 {{n/a|Unable to compete}} | rowspan=2|Ndolo Enanga<ref name=director>{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/C3IXd5APGdX/?img_index=1|title=The Cameroon pageant Academy is pleased to announce we are the only franchise owners of Miss Grand International Cameroon|date=10 February 2024|accessdate=10 February 2024|publisher=Cameroon pageant Academy|via=[[Archive Today]]|archive-date=February 10, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240210001332/https://www.instagram.com/p/C3IXd5APGdX/?img_index=1|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref> |- |[[Miss Grand International 2024|2024]] | Sharlynn Acha<ref name=cam24>{{cite web|url=https://www.idntimes.com/men/ladies/berkat-prima/potret-finalis-pertama-di-miss-grand-international-2024-c1c2?page=all|title=11 Potret Finalis Pertama di Miss Grand International 2024, Menawan!|date=30 March 2024|accessdate=1 April 2024|publisher=IDN Times|author=Berkat Prima|language=id|archivedate=1 April 2024|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20240401164506/https://www.idntimes.com/men/ladies/berkat-prima/potret-finalis-pertama-di-miss-grand-international-2024-c1c2?page=all}}</ref> | Miss Face of Cameroon 2024<ref name=cameroon25/> | Unplaced<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abs-cbn.com/lifestyle/2024/10/25/india-wins-miss-grand-international-2024-ph-bet-cj-opiaza-is-1st-runner-up-2339|title=India wins Miss Grand International 2024; PH bet CJ Opiaza is 1st runner-up|date=25 October 2024|access-date=25 October 2024|publisher=[[ABS-CBN News]]|archive-date=25 October 2024|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20241025170757/https://news.abs-cbn.com/lifestyle/2024/10/25/india-wins-miss-grand-international-2024-ph-bet-cj-opiaza-is-1st-runner-up-2339|author=Josiah Antonio}}</ref> | |- | colspan=6 {{n/a|Did not compete in 2023}} |- |[[Miss Grand International 2022|2022]] | Angèle Kossinda<ref name=cam22>{{cite web|url=https://k-news24.com/culture/miss-grand-international-angele-kossinda-candidate/|title=Miss Grand International : Angèle Kossinda candidate|date=28 June 2022|accessdate=26 July 2023|language=fr|author=Manuela Nkama|website=K-news24.com|archivedate=25 July 2023|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20230725220922/https://k-news24.com/culture/miss-grand-international-angele-kossinda-candidate/}}</ref> | [[Miss Cameroon|Miss Universe Cameroon 2020]]<ref name=cam22/> | colspan="2" {{n/a|Did not compete}} | Angèle Kossinda |- | colspan=6 {{n/a|Did not compete between 2017-2021}} |- |[[Miss Grand International 2016|2016]] | Olivia Ngallé{{efn|name=A|The organizer gave an interview to the press before the 2015 national final night that the contest winner will be sent to compete internationally in the [[Miss Grand International]] pageant.<ref name=press2015>{{cite web|url=https://www.lebledparle.com/miss-prestige-cameroun-grande-finale-nationale-le-6-decembre-2015/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230726203406/https://www.lebledparle.com/miss-prestige-cameroun-grande-finale-nationale-le-6-decembre-2015/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2023-07-26|title=Miss Prestige Cameroun: grande finale nationale le 6 décembre 2015|date=1 December 2015|accessdate=25 February 2025|language=fr|website=www.lebledparle.com|trans-title=Miss Prestige Cameroon: grand national finale on December 6, 2015}}</ref>}} | Miss Prestige Cameroun 2015<ref name=allaf>{{cite web|url=https://fr.allafrica.com/stories/201512081446.html|title=Cameroun: Le Prestige pour Olivia Ngallé au Concours de beauté|date=8 December 2015|accessdate=27 July 2023|website=Allafrica.com|archivedate=26 July 2023|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20230726205426/https://fr.allafrica.com/stories/201512081446.html}}</ref> | colspan="2" {{n/a|Did not compete}} | Marina Tchassem Fankam<ref name=presdi/> |- | colspan=6 {{n/a|Did not compete in 2015}} |- |[[Miss Grand International 2014|2014]] | Laeticia Ndzana<ref name=cam14>{{cite web|url=http://www.missgrandinternational.com/?page=contestant&year=2014|publisher=Miss Grand International|date=25 December 2014|accessdate=8 February 2023|title=Miss Grand International 2014 contestants|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225140601/http://www.missgrandinternational.com/?page=contestant&year=2014 |archive-date=25 December 2014 |via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref> | Miss Prestige Cameroun 2014<ref name=pres14>{{cite web|url=https://www.culturebene.com/15377-leticia-ndzana-miss-prestige-2014-il-est-important-de-garder-nos-valeurs-ethnoculturelles.html|title=Leticia Ndzana Miss Prestige 2014: « Il est important de garder nos valeurs ethnoculturelles…»|date=31 March 2015|accessdate=26 July 2023|language=fr|author=Dariche Nehdi|website=www.culturebene.com|archivedate=25 July 2023|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20230725222233/https://www.culturebene.com/15377-leticia-ndzana-miss-prestige-2014-il-est-important-de-garder-nos-valeurs-ethnoculturelles.html}}</ref> | Unplaced<ref name=res14>{{cite web|url=https://www.vintersections.com/2014/10/miss-grand-international-2014-winners.html|title=Miss Cuba is Miss Grand International 2014|date=6 October 2014|accessdate=9 February 2023|author=Arvin Ello|website=www.vintersections.com|archivedate=31 July 2015|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20150731082658/http://www.vintersections.com/2014/10/miss-grand-international-2014-winners.html}}</ref> | | Marina Tchassem Fankam<ref name=presdi>{{cite web|url=http://www.culturebene.com/19311-miss-prestige-et-la-miss-cest-ngalle-marianne-olivia.html|title=Miss Prestige : Et la Miss c'est… NGALLE Marianne Olivia|archivedate=9 December 2015|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20151209024325/http://www.culturebene.com/19311-miss-prestige-et-la-miss-cest-ngalle-marianne-olivia.html|language=fr|author=Dariche Nehdi|website=www.culturebene.com|date=December 7, 2015 |accessdate=26 July 2023}}</ref> |- |[[Miss Grand International 2013|2013]] | Marie Cecile Olga<ref name=tour/> | Miss Tourism Cameroon 2010<ref name=tour>{{cite web|url=https://nexdimempire.com/miss-tourism-international-cameroon-represented.html/|date=2010|accessdate=26 July 2023|website=Nexdimempire.com|title=Miss Tourism International : Cameroon represented|archivedate=25 July 2023|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20230725215826/https://nexdimempire.com/miss-tourism-international-cameroon-represented.html/}}</ref> | colspan="2" {{n/a|Did not compete}} | Armstrong Loga<ref name=tour/> |}

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