{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}} {{Short description|Beauty pageant in Moldova}} {{Infobox organization | name = Miss Grand Moldova | image = Miss_Grand_Moldova_Logo.jpg | image_size = | caption = | formation = 2013 | founder = Daniela Costin | type = [[Beauty pageant]] | headquarters = [[Chişinău]] | location = [[Moldova]] | leader_title = President / National director | leader_name = Daniela Costin ''(since 2025)'' | parent_organization = | language = [[Romanian language|Romanian]] | num_members = [[Miss Grand International]] | budget = | website = }}
'''Miss Grand Moldova''' is a national [[beauty pageant]] title awarded to Moldovan representatives competing at the [[Miss Grand International]] pageant.<ref name=mol13/><ref name=mol131/><ref name=mol15/><ref name=mol16/> The title was first awarded in 2013, when Ernest Hadrian Böhm, the director of Exclusive Events International, a [[Romania]]-based event organizer, assigned the winner of Miss Earth Moldova 2012, Alyona Chitoroaga, to represent Moldova at the inaugural edition of the mentioned international contest in [[Thailand]].<ref name=mol13/><ref name=mol131/> She did not place in the competition.<ref name=res13/>
The license for Miss Grand Moldova belonged to Exclusive Events International until its partnership with Miss Grand International was terminated in 2019; since then, the license was purchased in 2025 by Daniela Costin ==History== Since the inception of the [[Miss Grand International]] pageant, Moldova rarely sent its representative to compete. The first Moldovan candidate to compete at such was Alyona Chitoroaga, the winner of Miss Earth Moldova 2012, who was appointed by the director of Exclusive Events International, Ernest Hadrian Böhm.<ref name=mol13/> However, later "Moldovan" representatives were all [[Romanians|Romanian]] citizens.<ref name="mol15" /><ref name="mol151" /><ref name="mol16" /> They were selected through Romanian national pageants, such as [[Miss Universe Romania]],<ref name=mol151/> and Miss Tourism Metropolitan International Romania,<ref name=tour/> which also managed by Exclusive Events International.<ref name=tour/><ref name=exclu>{{cite web|url=https://www.rador.ro/2019/11/18/miss-universe-romania-2019/|title=Miss Universe Romania 2019|date=18 November 2019|accessdate=4 June 2023|language=ro|website=www.rador.ro|archivedate=4 June 2023|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20230604051820/https://www.rador.ro/2019/11/18/miss-universe-romania-2019/}}</ref>
Since the first competition in 2013, Moldovan representatives have never been placed in Miss Grand International.<ref name=res13/><ref name=res15/><ref name=res16/><ref name=res18/> ;Gallery <gallery> File:Bianca Mihalache.png|{{center|'''Miss Grand Moldova 2015'''<br>Bianca Mihalache}} </gallery>
==International competition== The following is a list of Moldovan representatives at the [[Miss Grand International]] contest. {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" |- ! rowspan=2|Year !! rowspan=2|Representative !! rowspan=2|Original national title !! colspan=2|International result |- !width=100px|Placement!! Other awards |- !2013 |Alyona Chitoroaga<ref name=mol13>{{cite web|url=https://www.publika.md/moldoveanca-aliona-chitoroaga-va-participa-la-concursul-de-frumusete-miss-grand-international-2013_1689751.html|language=ro|date=20 November 2013|accessdate=4 June 2023|title=Moldoveanca Aliona Chitoroaga va participa la concursul de frumuseţe "Miss Grand International 2013"|archivedate=3 June 2023|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20230603213522/https://www.publika.md/moldoveanca-aliona-chitoroaga-va-participa-la-concursul-de-frumusete-miss-grand-international-2013_1689751.html|publisher=[[Publika TV]]}}</ref><ref name=mol131>{{cite web|url=https://diez.md/2014/08/30/foto-o-tanara-din-moldova-a-castigat-premiul-miss-photogenic-la-un-concurs-de-frumusete/|title=O tânără din Moldova a câștigat premiul "Miss Photogenic" la un concurs de frumusețe|date=30 August 2014|accessdate=4 June 2023|publisher={{ill|Diez.md|ro}}|language=ro|archivedate=3 June 2023|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20230603215115/https://diez.md/2014/08/30/foto-o-tanara-din-moldova-a-castigat-premiul-miss-photogenic-la-un-concurs-de-frumusete/}}</ref>||align=center|Miss Earth Moldova 2012<ref name=earth>{{cite web|url=https://yupi.md/aliona-chitoroaga-miss-earth-republica-moldova-2012-foto/|title=Aliona Chitoroagă- Miss Earth Republica Moldova 2012 (Foto)|date=2012|accessdate=4 June 2023|language=ro|website=Yupi.md|archivedate=3 June 2023|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20230603215601/https://yupi.md/aliona-chitoroaga-miss-earth-republica-moldova-2012-foto/}}</ref>||align=center|Unplaced<ref name=res13>{{cite web|url=https://www.metro.pr/pr/entretener/2013/11/19/janelee-chaparro-se-corona-miss-grand-international-2013.html|title=Janelee Chaparro se corona Miss Grand International 2013|author=Harry Rodríguez|date=18 November 2013|accessdate=8 February 2023|language=es|website=www.metro.pr|archivedate=8 May 2019|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20190508072838/https://www.metro.pr/pr/entretener/2013/11/19/janelee-chaparro-se-corona-miss-grand-international-2013.html}}</ref>||{{n/a}} |- !2015 |Bianca Mihalache<ref name=mol15>{{cite web|url=https://allfun.md/article/45190|title=Frumoasa moldoveancă care va reprezenta Moldova la Miss Grand International din Thailanda|date=2 October 2015|accessdate=4 June 2023|language=ro|website=Allfun.md|archivedate=5 October 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151005124706/https://allfun.md/article/45190|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=mol151>{{cite web|url=https://beautypageants.indiatimes.com/miss-universe/ioana-mihalache-crowned-miss-universe-romania-2017/articleshow/61456111.cms|title=Ioana Mihalache crowned Miss Universe Romania 2017|date=2 November 2017|accessdate=4 June 2023|publisher=[[Times of India]]|archivedate=3 June 2023|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20230603220735/https://beautypageants.indiatimes.com/miss-universe/ioana-mihalache-crowned-miss-universe-romania-2017/articleshow/61456111.cms}}</ref>||align=center|1st runner-up [[Miss Universe Romania|Miss Universe Romania 2012]]<ref name=mol151/>||align=center|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}} |- !rowspan=2|2016 |Crina Stinca<ref name=old2016>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/MISSGRANDINTERNATIONAL/posts/official-confirmation-miss-crina-stinca-25-year-old-graduate-standing-178-m-tall/1171915802831414/?locale=es_LA|title=Official Confirmation! Miss Crina Stinca, 25-year-old graduate, standing 1.78 m tall, has recently been appointed as Miss Grand Moldova 2016|date=8 September 2016|accessdate=28 October 2023|work=Miss Grand International|archivedate=27 October 2023|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20231027224139/https://www.facebook.com/MISSGRANDINTERNATIONAL/posts/official-confirmation-miss-crina-stinca-25-year-old-graduate-standing-178-m-tall/1171915802831414/?locale=es_LA}}</ref>||{{n/a}}||colspan=2 {{n/a|Unable to compete}} |- |Alina Mihaela Staicu<ref name=mol16>{{cite web|url=https://www.rador.ro/2018/07/23/alina-mihaela-staicu-va-reprezenta-romania-la-miss-elegant-universe-2018-in-liban/|title=Alina-Mihaela Staicu va reprezenta România la Miss Elegant Universe 2018 în Liban|date=23 July 2018|accessdate=3 June 2023|language=ro|author=Catalin Belu|website=www.rador.ro|archivedate=3 June 2023|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20230603220943/https://www.rador.ro/2018/07/23/alina-mihaela-staicu-va-reprezenta-romania-la-miss-elegant-universe-2018-in-liban/}}</ref>||{{n/a}}||align=center|Unplaced<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>||{{n/a}} |- !2018 |Alexandra Predus<ref name=mol18>{{cite web|url=http://www.missgrandinternational.com/?page=contestant|title=Miss Grand International 2018 contestants|date=18 October 2018|accessdate=9 February 2023|publisher=Miss Grand International|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181018061230/http://www.missgrandinternational.com/?page=contestant |archive-date=18 October 2018 |via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref>||align=center|Miss Tourism Metropolitan International Romania 2016<ref name=tour>{{cite web|url=https://www.stiripesurse.ro/cine-este-frumoasa-care-va-reprezenta-romania-la-miss-tourism-metropolitan-international-2016_1161816.html|title=Cine este frumoasa care va reprezenta România la Miss Tourism Metropolitan International 2016|date=4 November 2016|accessdate=4 June 2023|language=ro|author= Alexandra Cruceru|website=www.stiripesurse.ro|archivedate=3 June 2023|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20230603222547/https://www.stiripesurse.ro/cine-este-frumoasa-care-va-reprezenta-romania-la-miss-tourism-metropolitan-international-2016_1161816.html}}</ref>||align=center|Unplaced<ref name=res18>{{cite web|url=https://beautypageants.indiatimes.com/miss-grand-international/meenakshi-chaudhary-of-india-crowned-miss-grand-international-2018/articleshow/66366162.cms|title=Meenakshi Chaudhary from India wins 1st runner-up title at Miss Grand International 2018|date=25 October 2018|accessdate=27 August 2022|work=[[Times of India]]|archivedate=26 August 2022|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20220826204549/https://beautypageants.indiatimes.com/miss-grand-international/meenakshi-chaudhary-of-india-crowned-miss-grand-international-2018/articleshow/66366162.cms}}</ref>||{{n/a}} |- !colspan=6 {{n/a|''No representatives since 2019''}} |}
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