{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2025}} {{Short description|Icelandic beauty pageant title}} {{Infobox organization | name = Miss Grand Iceland | image = | image_size = | caption = | formation = 2016 | founder = | type = [[Beauty pageant]] | headquarters = [[Denmark]] | location = [[Copenhagen]] | leader_title = Director | leader_name = [[Lisa Lents]] ''(2025)'' | parent_organization = {{hlist|[[Miss Denmark]] ''(2025)''|Miss Queen of Scandinavia ''(2016)''}} | language = English | affiliations = [[Miss Grand International]] | budget = | website = }}
'''Miss Grand Iceland''' is the national [[beauty pageant]] title conferred upon [[Iceland|Icelandic]] candidates designated to represent the nation at the [[Miss Grand International]] competition.<ref name=tele>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/miss-iceland-quits-beauty-pageant-after-being-told-to-lose-weigh/|title=Miss Iceland quits beauty pageant after being 'told to lose weight'|date=25 October 2016|accessdate=28 October 2023|author=Helena Horton|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|archivedate=31 March 2017|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20170331134251/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/miss-iceland-quits-beauty-pageant-after-being-told-to-lose-weigh/}}</ref><ref name=cnn/><ref name=mag>{{cite web|url=https://icelandmag.is/article/miss-iceland-quits-miss-grand-international-final-las-vegas-after-being-told-lose-weight|title=Miss Iceland quits Miss Grand International final in Las Vegas after being told to lose weight|date=24 October 2016|accessdate=28 October 2023|archivedate=3 August 2023|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230803162912/https://icelandmag.is/article/miss-iceland-quits-miss-grand-international-final-las-vegas-after-being-told-lose-weight|website=icelandmag.is}}</ref><ref name=gr>{{cite web|url=https://grapevine.is/news/2016/10/23/told-to-lose-weight-icelander-quits-miss-grand-international/|title=Told To Lose Weight, Icelander Quits Miss Grand International|date=23 October 2016|accessdate=28 October 2023|author=Andie Sophia Fontaine|work=[[The Reykjavík Grapevine]]|archivedate=24 October 2016|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161024160102/https://grapevine.is/news/2016/10/23/told-to-lose-weight-icelander-quits-miss-grand-international/}}</ref> The title was first conferred in 2016 upon [[Arna Ýr Jónsdóttir]],<ref name=monitor/> a professional track and field athlete and [[Miss Iceland|Miss Iceland 2015]], who subsequently participated in [[Miss Grand International 2016]], held in [[Las Vegas]], [[Nevada]]. However, prior to the final event, Jónsdóttir withdrew from the competition following a conflict with the [[Miss Grand International (company)|international organizing body]].<ref name=tele/><ref name=cnn/><ref name=monitor/><ref name=inde/>
Since its inception, no independent national contest specifically dedicated to the selection of Miss Grand Iceland has been organized. Instead, representatives have been appointed through alternative pageant structures or by external organizers possessing the national license.<ref name=tele/><ref name=cnn/><ref name=mag/>
==History== Iceland first participated in the [[Miss Grand International]] pageant in [[Miss Grand International 2016|2016]], when [[Arna Ýr Jónsdóttir]], a professional [[pole vault]] athlete and titleholder of [[Miss Iceland|Miss Iceland 2015]],<ref name=ice15>{{cite web|url=https://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/news/2015/09/05/arna_yr_is_miss_iceland_2015/|title=Arna Ýr is Miss Iceland 2015!|date=6 September 2015|accessdate=28 October 2023|author=Charles Gittins|work=[[Morgunblaðið]]|archivedate=13 October 2015|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20151013182100/http://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/news/2015/09/05/arna_yr_is_miss_iceland_2015/}}</ref><ref name=ath>{{cite web |url=http://www.irsida.is/Deildir/Frjalsar/Frettir/Lesafrett/1870 |title=Stangarstökk kvenna - Arna Ýr Jónsdóttir Breiðablik Íslandsmeistari |publisher=[[Íþróttafélag Reykjavíkur]] |date=6 February 2011 |accessdate=18 April 2017 |language=Icelandic |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170419103222/http://www.irsida.is/Deildir/Frjalsar/Frettir/Lesafrett/1870 |archive-date=19 April 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> was designated by the [[Stockholm]]-based organizing entity ''Miss Queen of Scandinavia'' to serve as the nation’s representative at the international competition, which was convened in [[Las Vegas]], [[Nevada]].<ref name=tele/><ref name=monitor>{{cite web|url=https://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/news/2016/10/22/miss_iceland_2015_is_too_fat_says_beauty_contest/|title=Miss Iceland 2015 is too fat, says beauty contest|date=22 October 2016|accessdate=28 October 2023|work=[[Morgunblaðið]]|archivedate=23 October 2016|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161023180639/https://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/news/2016/10/22/miss_iceland_2015_is_too_fat_says_beauty_contest/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mz.de/panorama/zu-dick-arna-ur-jonsdottir-sagt-teilnahme-an-miss-grand-international-ab-1238534|language=de|date=25 October 2016|title=Zu dick? - Arna Ýr Jónsdóttir sagt Teilnahme an "Miss Grand International" ab|accessdate=28 October 2023|work=[[Mitteldeutsche Zeitung]]|archivedate=28 October 2023|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20231028050045/https://www.mz.de/panorama/zu-dick-arna-ur-jonsdottir-sagt-teilnahme-an-miss-grand-international-ab-1238534}}</ref> However, three days prior to the grand final, Jónsdóttir voluntarily withdrew from the contest following directives from pageant officials instructing her to reduce her body weight.<ref name=tele/><ref name=monitor/><ref name=Figaro>{{cite news |first=Laurène |last=Saby |url=http://madame.lefigaro.fr/beaute/miss-islande-jugee-trop-grosse-lors-dun-concours-de-beaute-251016-117477 |title=Miss Islande jugée trop grosse lors d’un concours de beauté |newspaper=[[Le Figaro]] |language=French |date=25 October 2016 |accessdate=18 April 2017 |archivedate=27 October 2016|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161027114456/https://madame.lefigaro.fr/beaute/miss-islande-jugee-trop-grosse-lors-dun-concours-de-beaute-251016-117477}}</ref> This decision garnered extensive international media attention, with coverage disseminated by prominent outlets including [[CNN]] and [[The Independent]].<ref name=cnn>{{cite web|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2016/10/26/europe/miss-iceland-arna-yr-jonsdottir-beauty-pageant-trnd/|title=Miss Iceland quits pageant after being told to lose weight|date=26 October 2016|accessdate=28 October 2023|author=Bianca Britton|work=[[CNN]]|archivedate=27 October 2016|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161027115242/https://edition.cnn.com/2016/10/26/europe/miss-iceland-arna-yr-jonsdottir-beauty-pageant-trnd/}}</ref><ref name=inde>{{cite news |first=Maya |last=Oppenheim |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/miss-iceland-lose-weight-nawat-itsaragrisil-instagram-letter-a7380646.html |title=Beauty pageant president admits organisers suggested Miss Iceland to lose weight to do well in contest |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |date=26 October 2016 |accessdate=18 April 2017 |archivedate=27 October 2016|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161027134651/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/miss-iceland-lose-weight-nawat-itsaragrisil-instagram-letter-a7380646.html}}</ref>
From 2017 through 2024, Iceland did not field any representatives for the [[Miss Grand International]] pageant. The nation subsequently re-entered the competition in [[Miss Grand International 2025|2025]], when the national license was conferred upon [[Lisa Lents]], director of [[Miss Denmark]]. In this capacity, Lents appointed Brynja Mary Sverrisdóttir, a participant in Miss Denmark 2024 of Icelandic descent, to represent Iceland at the [[Miss Grand International 2025|international edition]] of the pageant hosted in [[Thailand]]. ;Gallery <gallery> Brynja Mary Sverrisdóttir.png|{{center|Brynja Mary Sverrisdóttir<br>Miss Grand Iceland 2025}} Arna Ýr Jónsdóttir.png|{{center|[[Arna Ýr Jónsdóttir]]<br>Miss Grand Iceland 2016}} </gallery> ==International competition== The following is a list of Iceland representatives at the [[Miss Grand International]] contest. {{Table alignment}} {| class="wikitable defaultcenter" style="font-size:95%;" |- ! rowspan=2|Year !! rowspan=2|Representative !! rowspan=2|Original national title !! colspan=2|Result!!rowspan=2|National director |- !Placement!! Other awards |- ![[Miss Grand International 2016|2016]] |[[Arna Ýr Jónsdóttir]]<ref name=ice2016>{{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]]}}</ref> |[[Miss Iceland|Miss Iceland 2015]]<ref name=ice15/> |colspan=2 {{n/a|Withdrew during the competition}}<ref name=res16>{{cite web|url=https://english.vtv.vn/news/nguyen-thi-loan-in-final-top-20-miss-grand-international-2016-20161030225945447.htm|title=Nguyen Thi Loan in final top 20 Miss Grand International 2016|date=26 October 2016|accessdate=27 August 2022|work=[[Vietnam Television]]|archivedate=26 August 2022|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20220826205954/https://english.vtv.vn/news/nguyen-thi-loan-in-final-top-20-miss-grand-international-2016-20161030225945447.htm}}</ref> |Peter Hadward |- |colspan=7 {{n/a|Did not competed from 2017 to 2024}} |- ![[Miss Grand International 2025|2025]] |Brynja Mary Sverrisdóttir<ref name=y2025>{{cite web|url=https://www.idntimes.com/men/ladies/potret-brynja-mary-miss-grand-islandia-2025-gorgeous-c1c2-01-cw2f3-4xzst4|title=7 Potret Brynja Mary Miss Grand Islandia 2025, Gorgeous!|date=1 October 2025|author=Dewi Andini|language=id|accessdate=13 October 2025|work=IDM Times|trans-title=7 Portraits of Brynja Mary, Miss Grand Iceland 2025, Gorgeous!|editor=Wahyu Kurniawan|archive-date=12 October 2025|archive-url=https://archive.today/20251012225649/https://www.idntimes.com/men/ladies/potret-brynja-mary-miss-grand-islandia-2025-gorgeous-c1c2-01-cw2f3-4xzst4|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref> |[[Miss Denmark|Miss Denmark 2024]] Finalist |Unplaced | |[[Lisa Lents]] |}
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