{{Short description|Zambian beauty pageant title}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox organization | name = Miss Grand Zambia | image = Miss Grand Zambia Logo.jpg | caption = | formation = 2014 | founder = | type = [[Beauty pageant]] | headquarters = [[Lusaka]] | location = [[Zambia]] | leader_title = National director | leader_name = [[Isabel Chikoti]] | leader_title2 = | leader_name2 = | parent_organization = {{bulletedlist|[[Miss Earth Zambia]] ''(2014)''|Beautiful Soul Ltd.<br>''(2018 – 2019)''|Arm Model Management Zambia<br>''(2025 – Present)''}} | language = [[English language|English]] | membership = [[Miss Grand International]] | budget = | website = }} '''Miss Grand Zambia''' is a national beauty pageant title awarded to [[Zambian]] representatives competing at the [[Miss Grand International]] pageant.<ref name=zam19/><ref name=zam191/><ref name=zam18/> The title was first awarded to former [[Miss Earth Zambia|Miss Earth Zambia 2013]], Winnie-Fredah Kabwe,<ref name=zam14/> Another withdrawal was also observed in 2019 when the appointed Luwi Kawanda refused to go [[Venezuela]] for the [[Miss Grand International 2019]] competition due to [[Crisis in Venezuela|security concerns]].<ref name=zam19/><ref name=drop/>
Even though several Zambian representatives for Miss Grand International were determined, only one of them, [[Isabel Chikoti]] in 2018, managed to partake in the international contest, but she received a non-placement.<ref name=res18/>
==History== Initially, [[Zambia]] was expected to make its debut in [[Miss Grand International]] in 2014 after former [[Miss Earth Zambia|Miss Earth Zambia 2013]], Winnie-Fredah Kabwe, was assigned by the [[Miss Earth Zambia]] organizer to represent the country on the international stage in [[Thailand]],<ref name=zam14/> but she withdrew for unknown reasons.<ref name=2014new>{{cite web|url=http://www.missgrandinternational.com/?page=contestant&year=2014|title=Miss Grand International 2014 (Finalized)|date=2014|accessdate=27 October 2023|website=www.missgrandinternational.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225140601/http://www.missgrandinternational.com/?page=contestant&year=2014 |archive-date=December 25, 2014 |via=[[Internet Archive]]|quote='''Note:''' No Zambian candidate in the finalized list of candidates}}</ref>
Zambia made an actual debut in 2018 when former [[Miss Universe Zambia|Miss Universe Zambia 2017]], [[Isabel Chikoti]], purchased the license and dominated herself as the country representative at the international competition held in [[Myanmar]],<ref name=zam18/><ref name=director/> but she was unplaced.<ref name=res18/> After finishing the international tournament and returning to her home country, Isabel renewed the license for the [[Miss Grand International 2019|2019 edition]] and subsequently opened an online application to select the next representative,<ref name=director/> and Luwi Kawanda, who previously obtained the 2nd runner-up in the [[Miss Universe Zambia|Miss Universe Zambia 2017]] was elected the winner.<ref name=zam19/><ref name=zam191/> Nonetheless, [[crisis in Venezuela|Security concerns]] in the host country, [[Venezuela]], caused Kawanda to withdraw from the competition,<ref name=zam19/><ref name=drop>{{cite web|url=https://f5.folha.uol.com.br/estilo/2019/10/brasileira-e-favorita-ao-miss-grand-international-que-ocorre-em-meio-a-crise-na-venezuela.shtml|title=Brasileira é favorita ao Miss Grand International, que ocorre em meio à crise na Venezuela|date=25 October 2019|accessdate=24 August 2021|language=pt|work=[[Folha de S.Paulo]]|archivedate=7 March 2021|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210307061653/https://f5.folha.uol.com.br/estilo/2019/10/brasileira-e-favorita-ao-miss-grand-international-que-ocorre-em-meio-a-crise-na-venezuela.shtml}}</ref> and she was instead sent to compete at the [[Miss International 2019]] in [[Japan]],<ref name=zam19/> but she was unplaced.<ref name=inter19>{{cite web|url=https://www.miss-international.org/en/2019/contestants/|title=Miss International 2019|publisher=Miss International|date=2019|accessdate=1 August 2023|archivedate=1 August 2023|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20230801141225/https://www.miss-international.org/en/2019/contestants/}}</ref>
After 6 consecutive years of absence, Zambia returned to [[Miss Grand International]] in 2025,<ref name=mgzm25/> under the directorship of Arm Model Management Zambia, the organizer of another national contest [[Miss Universe Zambia]].<ref name=mgzm2025>{{cite web|url=https://www.zambiamonitor.com/kalulushi-model-mwamulima-crowned-miss-universe-zambia-2025/|title=Kalulushi model, Mwamulima, crowned Miss Universe Zambia 2025|work=Zambia Monitor|author=Augustine Sichula|date=22 April 2025|accessdate=23 April 2025|archive-url=https://archive.today/20250423135537/https://www.zambiamonitor.com/kalulushi-model-mwamulima-crowned-miss-universe-zambia-2025/|archive-date=2025-04-23}}</ref>
;Gallery <gallery> Anna Musonda.png|{{center|Anna Musonda<br>Miss Grand Zambia 2025}} </gallery>
==International competition== The following is a list of Zambian representatives at the [[Miss Grand International]] contest. ;Color keys {{plainlist| * {{Color box|gold|border=silver}} : Declared as the winner * {{Color box|#FFFF33|border=silver}} : Ended as a runner-up (Top 5) * {{Color box|#FFFF99|border=silver}} : Ended as a finalist (Top 10) * {{Color box|#FFFACD|border=silver}} : Ended as a semifinalist (Top 20/21) * {{Color box|#FADADD|border=silver}} : Ended as special awards winner }} {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align:center; width:100%" !style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;"|Year !style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;"|Miss Grand Zambia !style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;"|Title !style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;"|Placement !style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;"|Special Awards !style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;"|National Director |- |[[Miss Grand International 2026|2026]] |Charity Mumba |Miss Grand Zambia 2026{{efn-lr|name=big|One of the main titles in the 2026 Big Five Zambia national pageant.}} | | |rowspan=2|Alice Rowland’s Musukwa
|-bgcolor=#FFFACD |[[Miss Grand International 2025|2025]] | Anna Musonda<ref name=mgzm25>{{cite web|url=https://zambianobserver.com/kalulushi-produces-a-miss-universe-zambia/|title=Kalulushi produces a Miss Universe Zambia|date=21 April 2025|work=Zambia Observer|archivedate=21 April 2025|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20250421112037/https://zambianobserver.com/kalulushi-produces-a-miss-universe-zambia/}}</ref> | Miss Grand Zambia 2025{{efn-lr|name=2025title|Supplemental title at the [[Miss Universe Zambia]] 2025 pageant.<ref name=mgzm25/>}} | Top 22<ref name=top22-2025>{{cite web|url=https://www.expreso.ec/ocio/samantha-quenedit-entra-al-top-22-del-miss-grand-international-2025-261244.html|title=Samantha Quenedit entra al Top 22 del Miss Grand International 2025|trans-title=Samantha Quenedit entersa the Top 22 in Miss Grand International 2025|language=es|date=18 October 2025|accessdate=18 October 2025|website=www.expreso.ec|archive-url=https://archive.today/20251018141258/https://www.expreso.ec/ocio/samantha-quenedit-entra-al-top-22-del-miss-grand-international-2025-261244.html|archive-date=2025-10-18}}</ref> | *Runner-up – Grand Talent Award |- | colspan=6{{n/a|Did not compete between 2020-2024}} |- |[[Miss Grand International 2019|2019]] | Luwi Kawanda<ref name=zam19>{{cite web|url=https://beautypageants.in/Luwi-Kawanda-crowed-Miss-International-Zambia-2019/Luwi-Kawanda-crowed-Miss-International-Zambia-2019/eventshow/71007597.cms|title=Luwi Kawanda crowned Miss International Zambia 2019|date=6 September 2019|accessdate=1 August 2023|work=[[The Times of India]]|archivedate=1 August 2023|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20230801120919/https://beautypageants.in/Luwi-Kawanda-crowed-Miss-International-Zambia-2019/eventshow/71007566.cms}}</ref><ref name=zam191>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230801122210/https://www.thezambiansun.news/2019/07/30/luwi-is-miss-grand-zambia/|title=Luwi Is Miss Grand Zambia|date=30 July 2019|accessdate=1 August 2023|publisher=The Zambian Sun|archivedate=1 August 2023|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20230801122002/https://www.thezambiansun.news/2019/07/30/luwi-is-miss-grand-zambia/}}</ref> | 2nd runner-up [[Miss Universe Zambia|Miss Universe Zambia 2017]]<ref name=zam19/> | colspan=2 {{n/a|Did not compete}}<ref name=zam19/> | rowspan=2|[[Isabel Chikoti]]<ref name=director>{{cite web|url=https://www.pressreader.com/zambia/daily-nation-newspaper/20190726/281629601870739|via=[[PressReader]]|date=26 July 2019|author=Terence Miselo|publisher=[[Daily Nation]]|title=Miss Grand Zambia to be unveiled tomorrow|accessdate=1 August 2023}}</ref> |- |[[Miss Grand International 2018|2018]] | [[Isabel Chikoti]]<ref name=zam18>{{cite web|url=https://beautypageants.in/Miss-Grand-International-2018-National-Costume-Round/Miss-Grand-International-2018-National-Costume-Round/eventshow/66204074.cms|title=Miss Grand International 2018: National Costume Round|date=14 October 2018|accessdate=1 August 2023|work=[[The Times of India]]|archivedate=1 August 2023|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20230801131641/https://beautypageants.in/Miss-Grand-International-2018-National-Costume-Round/eventshow/66204024.cms}}</ref> | [[Miss Universe Zambia|Miss Universe Zambia 2017]]<ref name=zamu>{{cite web|url=https://beautypageants.in/miss-universe/isabel-chikoti-crowned-miss-universe-zambia-2017/eventshow/60304124.cms|work=[[The Times of India]]|accessdate=1 August 2023|date=30 August 2017|title=Isabel Chikoti crowned Miss Universe Zambia 2017|archivedate=1 August 2023|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20230801150704/https://beautypageants.in/Isabel-Chikoti-crowned-Miss-Universe-Zambia-2017/eventshow/60304124.cms}}</ref> | 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> | |- | colspan=6{{n/a|Did not compete between 2015-2017}} |- |[[Miss Grand International 2014|2014]] | Winnie-Fredah Kabwe<ref name=zam14>{{cite web|url=http://www.missgrandinternational.com/?page=contestant&year=2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140906203549/http://www.missgrandinternational.com/?page=contestant&year=2014|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 6, 2014|title=Miss Grand International 2014 contestants|date=2014|accessdate=1 August 2023|via=[[Internet Archive]]|publisher=Miss Grand International}}</ref> | [[Miss Earth Zambia|Miss Earth Zambia 2013]]<ref name=earth13>{{cite web|url=https://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2013/11/18/1257866/what-completes-kylie|title=What 'completes' Kylie?|date=18 November 2013|accessdate=1 August 2023|publisher=[[Philstar]]|author=Ricky Lo|archivedate=1 August 2023|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20230801120556/https://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2013/11/18/1257866/what-completes-kylie}}</ref> | colspan=2 {{n/a|Did not compete}}<ref name=2014new/> | Catherine Constantinides |} ;Notes {{notelist-lr}}
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