{{short description|1st Miss Grand Zimbabwe competition, beauty pageant edition}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox beauty pageant | name = Miss Grand Zimbabwe 2013 | image = Bulawayo CBD.jpg | image_size = | caption = [[Bulawayo]], the host city | date = July 13, 2013 | venue = Gardens Restaurant, [[Bulawayo]] | presenters = | entertainment = | entrants = 16 | placements = 10 | acts = | broadcaster = | debuts = | withdrawals = | returns = | winner = Fungai Mawada ([[Bulawayo]]) | award1 label = | award1 = | award2 label = | award2 = | photogenic = | congeniality = | before = | next = }} '''Miss Grand Zimbabwe 2013''' was the first edition of the [[Miss Grand Zimbabwe]] pageant,<ref name=firsted>{{cite web|url=https://www.newsday.co.zw/southerneye/2013/07/11/miss-grand-international-zim-on-course|title=Miss Grand International Zim on course|date=11 July 2013|accessdate=13 January 2024|website=www.newsday.co.zw|archivedate=13 January 2024|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20240113043821/https://www.newsday.co.zw/southerneye/2013/07/11/miss-grand-international-zim-on-course}}</ref> held on July 13, 2013, at the Gardens Restaurant in the Zimbabwe second largest city, [[Bulawayo]].<ref name=firsted/><ref name=chronicle/><ref name=3mob>{{cite web|url=https://3-mob.com/entertainment/tourism-samantha-tshuma-pulls-fast/|title=Former Miss Tourism Samantha Tshuma Pulls Another Fast One|date=4 September 2013|access-date=20 January 2022|work=3-mob.com|archive-date=20 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120165712/https://3-mob.com/entertainment/tourism-samantha-tshuma-pulls-fast/}}</ref><ref name=zimlo>{{cite web|url=https://www.southerneye.co.zw/2013/07/16/mawada-crowned-miss-grand-international-zimbabwe/|title=Mawada crowned Miss Grand International Zimbabwe|date=16 July 2013|access-date=21 January 2022|work=Southerneye.co.zw|archive-date=19 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130719160317/https://www.southerneye.co.zw/2013/07/16/mawada-crowned-miss-grand-international-zimbabwe/}}</ref> Sixteen candidates from different cities and [[Provinces of Zimbabwe|provinces]] competed for the title,<ref name=firsted/> of whom a third-year media student from [[Zimbabwe Open University]] representing Bulawayo, Fungai Mawada, was announced the winner and obtained the right to represent the country at the inaugural of the [[Miss Grand International]] pageant in [[Thailand]];<ref name=chronicle/><ref name=3mob/><ref name=zimlo/> however, Mawada was dethroned and the national director, Samantha Tshuma, nominated herself as the replacement.<ref name=chronicle>{{cite web|url=https://www.chronicle.co.zw/organiser-nominates-self-for-inaugural-miss-grand-international-zim-pageant/|title=Organiser nominates self for inaugural Miss Grand International Zim Pageant|date=3 September 2013|access-date=28 December 2021|work=[[The Chronicle (Zimbabwe)|The Chronicle]]|archive-date=24 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200424112725/https://www.chronicle.co.zw/organiser-nominates-self-for-inaugural-miss-grand-international-zim-pageant/}}</ref><ref name=3mob/>
The regional licenses were granted to provincial managers from all 10 [[provinces of Zimbabwe]], each selecting the top three contestants from their respective provinces to compete;<ref name=three>{{cite web|url=https://www.newsday.co.zw/southerneye/2013/06/25/miss-grand-international-on-cards|title=Miss Grand International on cards|date=25 June 2013|accessdate=13 January 2024|publisher=[[NewsDay (Zimbabwean newspaper)|NewsDay]]|author=Sindiso Dube|archivedate=13 January 2024|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20240113052346/https://www.newsday.co.zw/southerneye/2013/06/25/miss-grand-international-on-cards}}</ref> however, only 16 candidates participated in the national final round.<ref name=firsted/>
The pageant consisted of three segments: the swimwear, cocktail wear, and corporate wear competitions,<ref name=firsted/><ref name=sundaynews/> which was solely managed by former [[Miss Zimbabwe|Miss Zimbabwe 2010]], Samantha Tshuma, with Chris Vukani as the public relations officer.<ref name=firsted/> It was also considered, as of 2024, the only edition of this national pageant.<ref name=chronicle/><ref name=3mob/><ref name=zimlo/> ==Result== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%"; |- ! Position !! Delegate<ref name=zimlo/><ref name=first>{{cite web|url=https://www.chronicle.co.zw/mawanda-crowned-first-miss-grand/|title=Mawanda crowned first Miss Grand|date=17 July 2013|accessdate=25 June 2023|publisher=[[The Chronicle (Zimbabwe)|The Chronicle]]|archivedate=25 June 2023|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20230625044043/https://www.chronicle.co.zw/mawanda-crowned-first-miss-grand/}}</ref><ref name=sundaynews/> |- !Miss Grand Zimbabwe 2013 | *[[Bulawayo]] — Fungai Mawada |- ! 1st runner-up | *[[Matabeleland South]] — Nothando Ncube |- !2nd runner-up | *[[Matabeleland North]] — Grace Ncube |- !3rd runner-up | *[[Harare]] — Voleen Ngulube |- !4th runner-up | *[[Midlands]] — Tina Maphosa |}
==Scandals== After winning the title, Mawada was later disqualified on September 2, 2013, by the director Samantha Tshuma, who also nominated herself as the country representative for the international contest; Tshuma additionally stated that all 16 participating models were not suitable for the international competition.<ref name=chronicle/><ref name=3mob/> The action caused her to receive negative opinions from several modeling agencies that sent the girls to participate.<ref name=chronicle/>
Tshuma was placed as the Top 20 finalist in the [[Miss Grand International 2013]] pageant, held in Thailand on November 19.<ref name=sundaynews>{{cite web|url=https://www.sundaynews.co.zw/miss-grand-zim-unveils-new-rep/|title=Miss Grand Zim unveils New Rep|date=10 August 2014|access-date=28 December 2021|work=[[NewsDay (Zimbabwean newspaper)|NewsDay]]|archive-date=13 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140813215636/https://www.sundaynews.co.zw/miss-grand-zim-unveils-new-rep/}}</ref>
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