{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2023}} {{Short description|Iranian beauty pageant title}} {{Infobox organization | name = Miss Grand Iran | image = Miss Grand Iran Logo.png | formation = 2014 | type = Beauty pageant | headquarters = London | location = United Kingdom | leader_title = National director | leader_name = {{hlist|Daniela Costin|Roxana Gholinezhad (2026)}} | parent_organization = Miss Iran<br>(2013–2017, 2020) | language = {{Hlist|[[Persian language|Persian]]|English}} | membership = [[Miss Grand International]] | website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20260125144004/https://www.missgrandiran.com/ MissGrandIran.com] }} '''Miss Grand Iran''' is a national beauty pageant title awarded to representatives of [[Iran]] who compete in the [[Miss Grand International]] competition.<ref name=ira14/><ref name=ira15/><ref name=ira17/> The title was first conferred in 2014 upon Bahareh Heidari, the winner of Miss Iran 2013, who subsequently represented Iran at the [[Miss Grand International 2014]] pageant in [[Thailand]];<ref name=ira14/> however, she did not place in the competition.<ref name=res14/>
Traditionally, winners of the Miss Iran pageant were also designated as Miss Grand Iran titleholders until 2021,<ref name=his/> when the contractual relationship with [[Miss Grand International]] was terminated. Following this change, the national titleholder was instead selected to represent Iran at the [[Miss Earth]] competition.<ref name=me>{{cite web|url=http://www.queensofpersia.com/international/miss-earth-iran-2021/|title=Miss Earth Iran 2021|date=2021|accessdate=16 September 2023|publisher=Queen of Persia|archivedate=16 September 2023|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20230916135607/http://www.queensofpersia.com/international/miss-earth-iran-2021/}}</ref>
Since the establishment of the [[Miss Grand International]] contest, Iran has participated on three occasions, with all of its representatives failing to achieve placement.<ref name=res14/><ref name=res15/><ref name=res20/>
==History== Following the 1979 [[Islamic Revolution]] in [[Iran]], beauty pageants were officially prohibited, and several national pageants that had previously been held on an annual basis were abolished.<ref name=his>{{cite web|url=http://www.queensofpersia.com/history/|title=Queen of Persia – History|date=2021|accessdate=16 September 2023|archivedate=3 September 2023|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20230903140937/http://www.queensofpersia.com/history/}}</ref> In 2013, George Clooney, an Iranian-American television producer and chairperson of the Australia-based media company IMAJH, established a virtual beauty pageant titled ''Miss Iran''. The inaugural titleholder, Bahareh Heidari, subsequently represented Iran at the [[Miss Grand International 2014]] competition in [[Thailand]].<ref name=his/><ref name=me/> The partnership between IMAJH and Miss Grand International was terminated in 2021, after which the national pageant was rebranded as ''Queen of Persia''. Under this new title, the winner was selected to represent Iran at the [[Miss Earth]] competition instead.<ref name=his/>
In a related development, Atefeh Eskandari, the 2016 titleholder, was arrested and imprisoned by Iranian authorities due to her participation in a beauty pageant and the publication of images deemed sexually provocative under the laws of the [[Islamic Republic]] of Iran.<ref name=released>{{cite web|url=https://www.irannaz.com/آزادی-خانم-بازیگر-و-5-مدلینگ-مشهور-از-زن.html|language=fa|date=2021|accessdate=3 September 2023|title=آزادی خانم بازیگر و 5 مدلینگ مشهور از زندان با عفو رهبری ( عکس )|website=www.irannaz.com|archivedate=3 September 2023|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20230903143154/https://www.irannaz.com/%D8%A2%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%AF%DB%8C-%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%85-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C%DA%AF%D8%B1-%D9%88-5-%D9%85%D8%AF%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%AF-%D9%85%D8%B4%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%B2%D9%86.html}}</ref><ref name=prison>{{cite web|url=https://www.yjc.ir/fa/news/7715363/آزادی-۶-مدلینگ-زن-و-مرد-از-زندان-با-عفو-رهبری-یک-خانم-بازیگر-هم-بود-اسامی|title=آزادی ۶ مدلینگ زن و مرد از زندان با عفو رهبری / یک خانم بازیگر هم بود؟! + اسامی|language=fa|date=4 April 2021|accessdate=3 September 2023|website=www.yjc.ir|archivedate=3 September 2023|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20230903144123/https://www.yjc.ir/fa/news/7715363/%D8%A2%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%AF%DB%8C-%DB%B6-%D9%85%D8%AF%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%AF-%D8%B2%D9%86-%D9%88-%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A8%D8%A7-%D8%B9%D9%81%D9%88-%D8%B1%D9%87%D8%A8%D8%B1%DB%8C-%DB%8C%DA%A9-%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%85-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C%DA%AF%D8%B1-%D9%87%D9%85-%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C}}</ref> She was released in early 2021 after serving nearly five years in prison.<ref name=released/>
After four consecutive years of absence, two London-based pageant organizers, Daniela Costin and Roxana Mohammad Gholinezhad, acquired the Miss Grand Iran license in 2026<ref name=direc26/> and scheduled the first standalone ''Miss Grand Iran'' pageant to be held in June 2026 in [[London]], [[United Kingdom]].<ref name=mgi26>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260125144029/https://www.missgrandiran.com/grand-final|title=Miss Grand Iran: Grand Final|accessdate=25 January 2026}}</ref>
==International competition== The following is a list of [[Iranian peoples|Iranian]] representatives at the [[Miss Grand International]] contest. {{table alignment}} {| class="wikitable defaultcenter col2left col3right col7left" style="font-size:95%;" |- ! rowspan=2|Year !! colspan=2|Representative !! rowspan=2|Original national title!! colspan=2|Competition Performance!!rowspan=2|National director |- !English name!!Persian name!!Placement!! Other award(s) |- ![[Miss Grand International 2014|2014]] |Bahareh Heidari<ref name=ira14>{{cite web|url=https://www.dagbladet.no/kultur/per-sandbergs-forhold-til-og-ferie-med-miss-iran-2013-er-pikant-det-er-ogsa-en-potensiell-sikkerhetsrisiko/70054834|title=Per Sandbergs forhold til og ferie med Miss Iran 2013 er pikant. Det er også en potensiell sikkerhetsrisiko|author=Martine Aurdal|date=30 July 2018|accessdate=11 December 2018|archivedate=31 July 2018|language=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180731111820/https://www.dagbladet.no/kultur/per-sandbergs-forhold-til-og-ferie-med-miss-iran-2013-er-pikant-det-er-ogsa-en-potensiell-sikkerhetsrisiko/70054834|publisher=Dagbladet}}</ref> |بهاره حیدری |Miss Iran 2013<ref name=ira14/> |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> |{{n/a}} | rowspan=5|[[George Clooney]] |- ![[Miss Grand International 2015|2015]] |Shadi Osmani<ref name=ira15>{{cite web|url=http://www.missiran.org/miss-iran-2014-shadi-osmani/|title=Shadi Osmani – Miss IRAN 2014|author=Miss Iran|date=2015|accessdate=11 December 2019|archivedate=17 March 2019|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190317185214/http://www.missiran.org/miss-iran-2014-shadi-osmani/}}</ref> |شادی عثمانی |Miss Iran 2014<ref name=ira15/> |Unplaced<ref name=res15>{{cite web|url=https://dantri.com.vn/giai-tri/le-quyen-bat-ngo-trang-tay-tai-miss-grand-international-2015-20151026083839519.htm|title=Lệ Quyên bất ngờ "trắng tay" tại Miss Grand International 2015|date=26 October 2015|language=vi|accessdate=9 February 2023|website=Dantri.com.vn|archivedate=9 February 2023|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20230209133829/https://dantri.com.vn/giai-tri/le-quyen-bat-ngo-trang-tay-tai-miss-grand-international-2015-20151026083839519.htm}}</ref> |{{n/a}} |- ![[Miss Grand International 2016|2016]] |Atefeh Eskandari<ref name=iran15>{{cite web|url=http://www.missiran.org/miss-iran-2015-atefeh-eskandari/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190317094656/http://www.missiran.org/miss-iran-2015-atefeh-eskandari/|title=Atefeh Eskandari – Miss Iran 2015|date=2015|accessdate=3 September 2023|publisher=Miss Iran|archivedate=17 March 2019}}</ref> |عاطفه اسکندری |Miss Iran 2015<ref name=iran151>{{cite web|url=https://www.balatarin.com/permlink/2021/4/14/5550402|title=۳ «دختر شایسته ایران» مورد عفو رهبری قرار گرفتند|website=www.balatarin.com|date=14 April 2021|accessdate=3 September 2023|language=fa|archivedate=3 September 2023|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20230903142246/https://www.balatarin.com/permlink/2021/4/14/5550402}}</ref> | colspan=2 {{n/a|Did not compete}} |- ![[Miss Grand International 2017|2017]] |Sonia Beytoushi<ref name=ira17>{{cite web|url=https://www.rudaw.net/english/culture/28122016|title=Kurdish woman hopes to win Iran next international beauty pageant|date=28 December 2016|accessdate=3 September 2023|website=www.rudaw.net|archivedate=3 September 2023|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20230903145240/https://www.rudaw.net/english/culture/28122016}}</ref><ref name=ira171/> |سونیا بیطوشی |Miss Iran 2016<ref name=ira171>{{cite web|url=https://danviet.vn/hoa-hau-gay-tranh-cai-tai-miss-universe-2019-khoe-ve-dep-trung-dong-say-dam-77771010571.htm|title=Hoa hậu gây tranh cãi tại Miss Universe 2019 khoe vẻ đẹp Trung Đông say đắm|date=1 September 2019|accessdate=3 September 2023|language=vi|author=Hồng Linh|publisher={{ill|Dân Việt|vi|Dân Việt (báo)}}|archivedate=3 September 2023|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20230903150700/https://danviet.vn/hoa-hau-gay-tranh-cai-tai-miss-universe-2019-khoe-ve-dep-trung-dong-say-dam-77771010571.htm}}</ref><ref name=ira172>{{cite web|url=https://www.metro.pr/pr/entretenimiento/2019/10/22/miss-iran-denuncia-que-miss-universo-la-esta-ignorando.html|publisher=[[Metro International]]|accessdate=3 September 2023|language=es|date=22 October 2019|title=Miss Irán denuncia que Miss Universo la está ignorando|author=Harry Rodríguez Caraballo|archivedate=3 September 2023|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20230903151001/https://www.metro.pr/pr/entretenimiento/2019/10/22/miss-iran-denuncia-que-miss-universo-la-esta-ignorando.html}}</ref> | colspan=2 {{n/a|Did not compete}} |- ![[Miss Grand International 2020|2020]] |Ayda Mirahmadi<ref name=ira20>{{cite web|url=https://www.idntimes.com/men/ladies/berkat-prima/pesona-ayda-mirahmadi-1?page=all|language=id|accessdate=3 September 2023|author=Berkat Prima|publisher=IDN Times|title=Bikin Kesengsem! 9 Pesona Miss Grand Iran 2020 Ayda Mirahmadi|date=9 February 2021|archivedate=3 September 2023|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20230903151404/https://www.idntimes.com/men/ladies/berkat-prima/pesona-ayda-mirahmadi-1?page=all}}</ref> |آیدا میراحمدی |Miss Iran 2020<ref name=ira20/><ref name=queen20>{{cite web|url=http://www.queensofpersia.com/national/queen-of-persia-2020/|title=Queen of Persia 2020|date=20 November 2020|accessdate=3 September 2023|archivedate=3 September 2023|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20230903140657/http://www.queensofpersia.com/national/queen-of-persia-2020/|website=www.queensofpersia.com}}</ref> |Unplaced<ref name=res20>{{cite web|url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/lifestyle/content/781485/samantha-bernardo-makes-it-to-top-20-of-miss-grand-international/story/|title=Samantha Bernardo makes it to Top 20 of Miss Grand International!|date=27 March 2021|accessdate=27 August 2022|work=[[GMA Network]]|archivedate=26 August 2022|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20220826204805/https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/lifestyle/content/781485/samantha-bernardo-makes-it-to-top-20-of-miss-grand-international/story/}}</ref> |{{n/a}} |- | colspan=7 {{n/a|''No representatives from 2021 to 2025''}} |- ![[Miss Grand International 2026|2026]] | | | | | |Daniela Costin &<br>Roxana Gholinezhad<ref name=direc26>{{cite web|url=https://archive.today/20260125143713/https://www.missgrandiran.com/|title=Miss Grand Iran|date=2026|accessdate=25 January 2026}}</ref> |}
==Titleholder gallery== <gallery> {{multiple image File:Bahareh Letnes.png|{{ill|Bahareh Heidari|nn|Bahareh Letnes}}<br>Miss Grand Iran 2014 File:Shadi Osmani.png|Shadi Osmani<br>Miss Grand Iran 2015 }} </gallery> ==References== {{reflist|30em}}
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