# Miss Grand Iran

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Iranian beauty pageant title

Miss Grand Iran Formation 2014 Type Beauty pageant Headquarters London Location United Kingdom Members Miss Grand International Official language Persian English National director Daniela Costin Roxana Gholinezhad (2026) Parent organization Miss Iran (2013–2017, 2020) Website MissGrandIran.com

**Miss Grand Iran** is a national beauty pageant title awarded to representatives of [Iran](/source/Iran) who compete in the [Miss Grand International](/source/Miss_Grand_International) competition.[1][2][3] 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](/source/Miss_Grand_International_2014) pageant in [Thailand](/source/Thailand);[1] however, she did not place in the competition.[4]

Traditionally, winners of the Miss Iran pageant were also designated as Miss Grand Iran titleholders until 2021,[5] when the contractual relationship with [Miss Grand International](/source/Miss_Grand_International) was terminated. Following this change, the national titleholder was instead selected to represent Iran at the [Miss Earth](/source/Miss_Earth) competition.[6]

Since the establishment of the [Miss Grand International](/source/Miss_Grand_International) contest, Iran has participated on three occasions, with all of its representatives failing to achieve placement.[4][7][8]

## History

Following the 1979 [Islamic Revolution](/source/Islamic_Revolution) in [Iran](/source/Iran), beauty pageants were officially prohibited, and several national pageants that had previously been held on an annual basis were abolished.[5] 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](/source/Miss_Grand_International_2014) competition in [Thailand](/source/Thailand).[5][6] 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](/source/Miss_Earth) competition instead.[5]

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](/source/Islamic_Republic) of Iran.[9][10] She was released in early 2021 after serving nearly five years in prison.[9]

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[11] and scheduled the first standalone *Miss Grand Iran* pageant to be held in June 2026 in [London](/source/London), [United Kingdom](/source/United_Kingdom).[12]

## International competition

The following is a list of [Iranian](/source/Iranian_peoples) representatives at the [Miss Grand International](/source/Miss_Grand_International) contest.

Year Representative Original national title Competition Performance National director English name Persian name Placement Other award(s) 2014 Bahareh Heidari[1] بهاره حیدری Miss Iran 2013[1] Unplaced[4] —N/a George Clooney 2015 Shadi Osmani[2] شادی عثمانی Miss Iran 2014[2] Unplaced[7] —N/a 2016 Atefeh Eskandari[13] عاطفه اسکندری Miss Iran 2015[14] Did not compete 2017 Sonia Beytoushi[3][15] سونیا بیطوشی Miss Iran 2016[15][16] Did not compete 2020 Ayda Mirahmadi[17] آیدا میراحمدی Miss Iran 2020[17][18] Unplaced[8] —N/a No representatives from 2021 to 2025 2026 Daniela Costin & Roxana Gholinezhad[11]

## Titleholder gallery

		- [Bahareh Heidari](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bahareh_Heidari&action=edit&redlink=1) [[nn](https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahareh_Letnes)] Miss Grand Iran 2014

		- Shadi Osmani Miss Grand Iran 2015

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