{{Short description|Beauty pageant edition}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2023}} {{Infobox beauty pageant | image = Unongo Kutako.png | image_size = | caption = Unongo Kutako, Miss Grand Namibia 2015, during the international competition in [[Thailand]]. | date = July 4, 2015 | venue = [[National Theatre of Namibia]], [[Windhoek]] | presenters = | entrants = 12 | placements = 5 | acts = | broadcaster = | debuts = | withdrawals = | returns = | winner = | award1 label = Original winner | award1 = Linda Amadhila<br>([[Oshana]]) | award2 label = Replacement | award2 = Unongo Kutako<br>([[Khomas Region|Khomas]]) | photogenic = | congeniality = | before = | next = [[Miss Grand Namibia 2016|2016]] }} '''Miss Grand Namibia 2015''' was the inaugural edition of the [[Miss Grand Namibia]] beauty pageant,<ref name=unongo/> held on July 4, 2015, at the [[National Theatre of Namibia]] in the country's capital, [[Windhoek]],<ref name=newera/> where a second-year library and information sciences student from the [[University of Namibia]], Linda Amadhila of [[Oshana]], was announced the winner, outclassing national finalists from other eleven [[Regions of Namibia|country's regions]].<ref name=newera/> Meanwhile, Fransiska Mbambo of [[Hardap Region|Hardap]] and Jessica Ramires da Cunha of [[Otjozondjupa Region|Otjozondjupa]] were named the first and second runners-up, respectively.<ref name=result15>{{cite web|url=https://missgrandnamibia.wixsite.com/grand-pageants-nam/miss-grand-namibia|title=Miss Grand Namibia 2015|year=2015|access-date=April 27, 2023|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230427164315/https://missgrandnamibia.wixsite.com/grand-pageants-nam/miss-grand-namibia|archive-date=April 27, 2023|publisher=Miss Grand Namibia}}</ref>
Amadhila was expected to represent the country in the 2015 edition of the [[Miss Grand International]] pageant in [[Thailand]] in October,<ref name=newera>{{cite web|url=https://neweralive.na/posts/linda-crowned-grand-namibia|title=Linda is crowned Miss Grand Namibia|date=September 23, 2015|access-date=December 27, 2021|work=[[New Era (Namibia)|New Era]]|archive-date=December 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211226220636/https://neweralive.na/posts/linda-crowned-grand-namibia}}</ref> but she resigned from the title for unrevealed reasons caused the organizer, Magnolia Events Management, to appoint one of the contest's finalists, Unongo Kutako, to compete instead,<ref name=unongo>{{cite web|url=http://online.fliphtml5.com/jxto/uvka/files/large/2.jpg?1552307398|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429002351/http://online.fliphtml5.com/jxto/uvka/files/large/2.jpg?1552307398|title=Local Beauties Internationally Welcomed|work=Windhoek Express|page=2|date=November 5, 2015|access-date=January 19, 2022|archive-date=April 29, 2023|via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref><ref name=namibiansun>{{cite web|url=https://www.namibiansun.com/news/the-grandest-of-them-all|title=The Grandest of them all|date=May 13, 2016|access-date=April 27, 2023|author=June Shimuoshili|publisher=[[Namibian Sun]]|archive-date=April 27, 2023|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230427154334/https://www.namibiansun.com/news/the-grandest-of-them-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.missgrandinternational.com/?page=contestant|title=Miss Grand International 2015 contestants|date=November 16, 2015|access-date=February 8, 2023|publisher=Miss Grand International|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151116131559/http://www.missgrandinternational.com/?page=contestant |archive-date=November 16, 2015 |via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref> but was unplaced at the international stage.<ref>{{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=October 26, 2015|language=vi|access-date=February 9, 2023|website=Dantri.com.vn|archive-date=February 9, 2023|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230209133829/https://dantri.com.vn/giai-tri/le-quyen-bat-ngo-trang-tay-tai-miss-grand-international-2015-20151026083839519.htm}}</ref>
The event consisted of 43 national candidates who competed in different categories, which included Little Miss Grand Namibia (ages 8 to 10), Miss Pre-Teen Grand Namibia (ages 11 to 14), Miss Teen Grand Namibia (ages 15 to 17), and Miss category (ages 18–27). Other than the Miss category, the winners of other categories also gained the right to represent Namibia internationally.<ref name=unongo/>
The following list is the national finalists of the Miss Grand Namibia 2015 pageant.<ref name=15candidate>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/missgrandnam?lang=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230427153038/https://twitter.com/missgrandnam?lang=en|url-status=dead|archive-date=2023-04-27|title=Miss Grand Namibia 2015 Finalists|year=2015|access-date=April 27, 2023|publisher=Miss Grand Namibia|via=[[Internet Archive]]}}[[Wikipedia:SPS|{{sup|[''self-published'']}}]]</ref> {{div col|colwidth=20em}} *'''[[Erongo Region|Erongo]]''' – Waewen Proudium Kharugas *'''[[Hardap Region|Hardap]]''' – Fransiska Mbambo *'''[[Kavango East]]''' – Rollinia Shahungu *'''[[Kavango West]]''' – Celine Freyers *'''[[Khomas Region|Khomas]]''' – Unongo Kutako *'''[[Kunene Region|Kunene]]''' – Illenrenuska Dentlinger *'''[[Ohangwena Region|Ohangwena]]''' – Helvi Pewa Shiweda *'''[[Omaheke Region|Omaheke]]''' – Paulina Andreas *'''[[Omusati Region|Omusati]]''' – Liesel Amanda Engelbrecht *'''[[Oshana]]''' – Linda Amadhila *'''[[Oshikoto Region|Oshikoto]]''' – Anna Shaapopi *'''[[Otjozondjupa Region|Otjozondjupa]]''' – Jessica Ramires da Cunha {{div col end}}
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