{{Short description|Swiss beauty pageant title}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}} {{Infobox organization | name = Miss Grand Switzerland | image = Miss Grand Switzerland Logo.png | image_size = | caption = | formation = 2013 | type = Beauty pageant | headquarters = [[Genève]] | location = Switzerland | leader_title = | leader_name = | leader_title2 = National director | leader_name2 = {{Hlist|Fred G.}} | parent_organization = {{Bulletedlist|[[Miss World Switzerland]] ''(2013–2014)''|Miss Suisse Francophone ''(2016)''|Grand Swiss Woman ''(2023–2024)''}} | language = {{Hlist|German|French}} | num_members = [[Miss Grand International]] | budget = | website = [https://archive.today/20230802223402/https://www.missgrandswitzerland.ch/casting-calls Official site] }} '''Miss Grand Switzerland''' is a national beauty pageant title awarded to Swiss representatives chosen to compete at the [[Miss Grand International]] pageant.<ref name=swis13/><ref name=swis16/><ref name=swis14/> It was first awarded in 2013 to a 17-year-old service assistant from [[Bern]], Cynthia Montchong,<ref name=swis13/> who was previously the vice-[[Miss World Switzerland|Miss World Switzerland 2013]].<ref name=swis13/> From 2013 to 2014, the right to send Swiss candidates for [[Miss Grand International]] belonged to HBC Entertainment GmbH, the [[Miss World Switzerland]] organizer headquartered in [[Wettingen]],<ref name=swis14/><ref name=swis141/> and then was granted by a [[Fribourg]]-based national pageant, Miss & Mister Suisse Francophone, in 2016.<ref name=swis16/><ref name=franco16/><ref name=franco161/>
Since the establishment of the international contest of [[Miss Grand International]], Switzerland only participated twice; in 2013 and 2016. However, both representatives failed to qualify for the top 20 round.<ref name=res13/><ref name=res16/>
==History== After a [[Wettingen]]-based event management company, HBC Entertainment GmbH, chaired by a Thai-Swiss businessperson, Saiphin Aeberli.<ref name=cahir13>{{cite web|url=https://www.northdata.com/HBC+ENTERTAINMENT+GmbH,+Wettingen/CHE-402.888.853|title=HBC Entertainment GmbH, Wettingen, Switzerland|date=2017|accessdate=3 August 2023|website=www.northdata.com|archivedate=2 August 2023|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20230802202909/https://www.northdata.com/HBC+ENTERTAINMENT+GmbH,+Wettingen/CHE-402.888.853}}</ref> purchased the licenses of Miss Grand Switzerland and [[Miss World Switzerland]] in 2013,<ref name=old>{{cite web|url=http://www.missworldswitzerland.ch/|language=de|date=2013|accessdate=3 August 2023|via=[[Internet Archive]]|publisher=[[Miss World Switzerland]]|title=Herzlich willkommen|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131007143752/http://www.missworldswitzerland.ch/ |archive-date=7 October 2013 }}</ref> the national contest of Miss World Switzerland 2013 was then held on August 24 at the Lecture Hall of the [[Kunsthaus Zürich]].<ref name=2013ven>{{cite web|url=http://www.missworldswitzerland.ch/index.php?article_id=2&clang=0|date=2013|language=de|accessdate=3 August 2023|via=[[Internet Archive]]|publisher=[[Miss World Switzerland]]|title=News: Miss World Switzerland|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140524024858/http://www.missworldswitzerland.ch/index.php?article_id=2&clang=0 |archive-date=24 May 2014 }}</ref> The contest's main winner was sent to [[Miss World 2013]], while the first runner-up, Cynthia Montchong, was later assigned to join the inaugural edition of Miss Grand International in [[Thailand]];<ref name=swis13/><ref name=swis131/> however, Cynthia received a non-placement in the mentioned contest.<ref name=res13/>
Later in 2014, the national contest of [[Miss World Switzerland]] was also held; its vice-miss, Dijana Cvijetic, was set to compete at the [[Miss Grand International 2014]] pageant in Thailand.<ref name=swis14/><ref name=swis141/> However, Miss World Switzerland 2014 winner Aline Morger resigned from the title for undisclosed reasons, causing Dijana to automatically take over the title, resulting in no Swiss representative at [[Miss Grand International]] that year, and the license was also not renewed in 2015.<ref name=swis14/>
In 2016, another national pageant, Miss & Mister Suisse Francophone, purchased the license. Its 2016 female category winner, Ambre Chavaillaz, originally was set for [[Miss World 2016]],<ref name=franco161/> was sent to [[Miss Grand International 2016]] in [[Las Vegas]] instead;<ref name=swis16/> however, Ambre was unplaced in the international competition.<ref name=res16/> After the Miss & Mister Suisse Francophone organizer became the licensee of [[Miss Supranational]] for Switzerland in 2017, the Miss Grand contract was discontinued.<ref name=swis17>{{cite web|url=https://www.misssuissefrancophone.ch/sites/mmsf/FR/1/sponsors|title=Sponsors – Miss & Mister Suisse Francophone|date=2017|accessdate=3 August 2023|language=fr|archivedate=2 August 2023|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20230802221933/https://www.misssuissefrancophone.ch/sites/mmsf/FR/1/sponsors|publisher=Miss & Mister Suisse Francophone}}</ref>
==2024== {{Infobox beauty pageant | name = Miss Grand Switzerland 2024 | image = Dalia Kramer.png | caption = Dalia Kramer, the winner of the contest | date = 1 September 2024 | time = | venue = Les Voiles Restaurant, [[Genève]] | presenters = | acts = | entrants = 11 | placements = | broadcaster = | debuts = | withdraws = | returns = | winner = Dalia Kramer ([[Canton of Zurich|Zurich]]) | best state costume = | congeniality = | photogenic = | before = | next = 2025 }} '''Grand Swiss Woman 2024, awarding powerful women''' was the second edition of the national Casting, held on 1 September 2024, at the Les Voiles Restaurant in [[Genève]]. Contestants from eleven administrative divisions of the country competed for the title.<ref name=mgsw>{{cite web|url= https://www.instagram.com/p/C8XK2WFvPVw/?igsh=MTFrMnpvNGNtMzh5dw==|title=Updated Meet the official 11 candidates competing for the title of the Grand Swisss Woman 2024. And The Final Show is expected to be held at the end of this month!.|date=18 June 2024|accessdate=18 June 2024|publisher=Miss Grand Switzerland}}</ref>
At the end of the event, a Swiss-Venezuelan model representing [[Canton of Zurich|Zurich]], Dalia Del Valle Kramer, was announced the winner. Dalia will represent Switzerland in the [[Miss Grand International 2024]] pageant, to be finalized in [[Bangkok]], Thailand, on 25 October 2024.
===Contestants=== Six contestants competed for the title. {{table alignment}} {| class="wikitable col3center" style="font-size: 95%;" |- ! Represented ! Contestant !Result |- | [[Canton of Bern|Bern]] | Tabitha Itulu ||{{n/a|Withdrew}} |- | [[Canton of Geneva|Geneva]] I | Emilie Bovier || |- | [[Canton of Geneva|Geneva]] II | Tatiana Basset ||{{n/a|Withdrew}} |- | [[Canton of Geneva|Geneva]] III | Laura ||{{n/a|Withdrew}} |- | [[Lausanne]] ([[Vaud]]) | Kelly Kucera ||{{n/a|Withdrew}} |- | [[Canton of Neuchâtel|Neuchâtel]] | Olga Hovorka ||{{n/a|Withdrew}} |- | [[Perly-Certoux]] ([[Canton of Geneva|Geneva]]) | Melina Dean|| |- | [[Canton of St. Gallen|St. Gallen]] | Sandra Risegg ||{{n/a|Withdrew}} |- | [[Thurgau]] | Daina ||{{n/a|Withdrew}} |- | [[Vaud]] | Tiffany Blaser || |- | [[Vétroz]] ([[Valais]]) | Alissia ||{{n/a|Withdrew}} |- | [[Zermatt]] ([[Valais]]) | Jessica Alice Schmid ||{{n/a|Withdrew}} |- | [[Canton of Zürich|Zürich]] | Dalia Kramer ||Winner |- | [[Montreux]] ([[Vaud]])||Vanessa Williams||2nd runner-up |- | |Maeva Casilli |}
==International competition== The following is a list of Swiss representatives at the [[Miss Grand International]] contest. {{table alignment}} {| class="wikitable defaultcenter col2left" style="font-size:95%;" |- ! rowspan=2|Year !! rowspan=2|Representative !! rowspan=2|Original national title !! colspan=2|Competition performance!! rowspan=2|National director |- !Placement!! Other awards |- ! [[Miss Grand International 2013|2013]] | Cynthia Montchong<ref name=swis13>{{cite web|url=https://www.20min.ch/fr/story/deux-beautes-romandes-pour-la-planete-610304708649|title=Deux beautés romandes pour la planète|language=fr|date=30 March 2016|author= Julienne Farine|accessdate=3 August 2023|publisher=[[20 minutes (Switzerland)|20 minutes]]|archivedate=2 August 2023|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20230802200027/https://www.20min.ch/fr/story/deux-beautes-romandes-pour-la-planete-610304708649}}</ref><ref name=swis131>{{cite web|url=http://www.missgrandinternational.com/contestent.php|title=Miss Grand International 2013 contestants|date=22 November 2013|publisher=Miss Grand International|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131122064513/http://www.missgrandinternational.com/contestent.php |via=[[Internet Archive]]|accessdate=8 February 2023|archive-date=22 November 2013 }}</ref> | 1st runner-up [[Miss World Switzerland|Miss World Switzerland 2013]]<ref name=swis13/> | 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> | — | rowspan=2|Saiphin Aeberli |- ! [[Miss Grand International 2014|2014]] | Dijana Cvijetic<ref name=swis14>{{cite web|url=https://beautypageants.in/others/dijana-cvijetic-crowned-miss-world-switzerland/articleshow/40904167.cms|title=Dijana Cvijetic crowned Miss World Switzerland|date=26 August 2014|accessdate=2 August 2023|work=[[The Times of India]]|archivedate=2 August 2023|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20230802141100/https://beautypageants.in/others/dijana-cvijetic-crowned-miss-world-switzerland/articleshow/40904167.cms}}</ref><ref name=swis141>{{cite web|url=https://www.tagblatt.ch/ostschweiz/stgallen-gossau-rorschach/dijana-cvijetic-wird-zweite-bei-miss-world-switzerland-ld.349539|title=Dijana Cvijetic wird Zweite bei Miss World Switzerland|date=29 July 2014|accessdate=2 August 2023|publisher=[[St. Galler Tagblatt]]|archivedate=2 August 2023|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20230802141548/https://www.tagblatt.ch/ostschweiz/stgallen-gossau-rorschach/dijana-cvijetic-wird-zweite-bei-miss-world-switzerland-ld.349539}}</ref> | 1st runner-up [[Miss World Switzerland|Miss World Switzerland 2014]]<ref name=swis14/><ref name=swis141/> | colspan=2 {{n/a|''Unable to compete''}}<ref name=swis14/> |- ! [[Miss Grand International 2015|2015]] |colspan=6 {{n/a|No representative}} |- ! [[Miss Grand International 2016|2016]] | Ambre Chavaillaz<ref name=swis16>{{cite web|url=https://beautypageants.in/Miss-Grand-International-2016-Gown-Portraits/eventshow/54937006.cms|title=Miss Grand International 2016 : Gown Portraits|date=19 October 2016|accessdate=2 August 2023|work=[[The Times of India]]|archivedate=2 August 2023|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20230802143437/https://beautypageants.in/Miss-Grand-International-2016-Gown-Portraits/eventshow/54937006.cms}}</ref> | Miss Suisse Francophone 2016<ref name=franco16>{{cite web|url=https://www.lematin.ch/story/en-route-pour-miss-et-mister-monde-387852106738|title=En route pour Miss et Mister Monde|date=13 June 2016|accessdate=2 August 2023|language=fr|author= Trinidad Barleycorn|publisher=[[Le Matin (Switzerland)|Le Matin]]|archivedate=2 August 2023|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20230802142116/https://www.lematin.ch/story/en-route-pour-miss-et-mister-monde-387852106738}}</ref><ref name=franco161>{{cite web|url=https://www.laliberte.ch/news/regions/grand-fribourg-sarine/a-la-base-je-suis-tres-timide-352189|title="À la base, je suis très timide!"|language=fr|author=Nicole Rüttimann|date=21 June 2016|publisher=[[La Liberté (Switzerland)|La Liberté]]|archivedate=2 August 2023|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20230802142420/https://www.laliberte.ch/news/regions/grand-fribourg-sarine/a-la-base-je-suis-tres-timide-352189}}</ref> | 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> | — | Ferdi Avmedoski<ref name=franco16/> |- | colspan=7 {{n/a|2017—2022: No representatives}} |- ! [[Miss Grand International 2023|2023]] | {{left|Marine Sayard<ref name=sui23>{{cite web|url= https://larepublica.pe/espectaculos/tvshow/2023/09/29/miss-grand-international-2023-como-votar-por-luciana-fuster-en-el-miss-gran-international-miss-grand-certamen-de-belleza-1076857|title=Miss Grand International 2023: ¿cómo votar por Luciana Fuster en el certamen de belleza?|date=29 September 2023|accessdate=30 September 2023|language=es|archivedate=30 September 2023|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20230930045211/https://larepublica.pe/espectaculos/tvshow/2023/09/29/miss-grand-international-2023-como-votar-por-luciana-fuster-en-el-miss-gran-international-miss-grand-certamen-de-belleza-1076857|author=Diego Yaranga|publisher=[[La República]]}}</ref>}} | {{center|Grand Swiss Woman 2023}} | Unplaced | — |rowspan=2|Fred G. |- ! [[Miss Grand International 2024|2024]] | Dalia Kramer<ref name=mgcandidates>{{cite web|url=https://www.infobae.com/peru/2024/10/07/miss-grand-internacional-2024-candidatas-pruebas-desfiles-y-el-singular-formato-de-la-competencia-que-deben-pasar-las-concursantes/|title=Miss Grand Internacional 2024: candidatas, pruebas, desfiles y el singular formato de la competencia que deben pasar las concursantes|language=es|work=Infobae|date=7 October 2024|archivedate=8 October 2024|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20241008144048/https://www.infobae.com/peru/2024/10/07/miss-grand-internacional-2024-candidatas-pruebas-desfiles-y-el-singular-formato-de-la-competencia-que-deben-pasar-las-concursantes/}}</ref> | Grand Swiss Woman 2024 | Unplaced<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abs-cbn.com/lifestyle/2024/10/25/india-wins-miss-grand-international-2024-ph-bet-cj-opiaza-is-1st-runner-up-2339|title=India wins Miss Grand International 2024; PH bet CJ Opiaza is 1st runner-up|date=25 October 2024|access-date=25 October 2024|publisher=[[ABS-CBN News]]|archive-date=25 October 2024|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20241025170757/https://news.abs-cbn.com/lifestyle/2024/10/25/india-wins-miss-grand-international-2024-ph-bet-cj-opiaza-is-1st-runner-up-2339|author=Josiah Antonio}}</ref> | — |}
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