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Miss Grand Zimbabwe 2013

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Miss Grand Zimbabwe 2013
Bulawayo, the host city
Date	July 13, 2013
Venue	Gardens Restaurant, Bulawayo
Entrants	16
Placements	10
Winner	Fungai Mawada (Bulawayo)

Miss Grand Zimbabwe 2013 was the first edition of the Miss Grand Zimbabwe pageant,^[1] held on July 13, 2013, at the Gardens Restaurant in the Zimbabwe second largest city, Bulawayo.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] Sixteen candidates from different cities and provinces competed for the title,^[1] 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;^[2]^[3]^[4] however, Mawada was dethroned and the national director, Samantha Tshuma, nominated herself as the replacement.^[2]^[3]

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;^[5] however, only 16 candidates participated in the national final round.^[1]

The pageant consisted of three segments: the swimwear, cocktail wear, and corporate wear competitions,^[1]^[6] which was solely managed by former Miss Zimbabwe 2010, Samantha Tshuma, with Chris Vukani as the public relations officer.^[1] It was also considered, as of 2024, the only edition of this national pageant.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Result

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Position	Delegate^[4]^[7]^[6]
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

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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.^[2]^[3] The action caused her to receive negative opinions from several modeling agencies that sent the girls to participate.^[2]

Tshuma was placed as the Top 20 finalist in the Miss Grand International 2013 pageant, held in Thailand on November 19.^[6]

References

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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Miss Grand International Zim on course". www.newsday.co.zw. July 11, 2013. Archived from the original on January 13, 2024. Retrieved January 13, 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Organiser nominates self for inaugural Miss Grand International Zim Pageant". The Chronicle. September 3, 2013. Archived from the original on April 24, 2020. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Former Miss Tourism Samantha Tshuma Pulls Another Fast One". 3-mob.com. September 4, 2013. Archived from the original on January 20, 2022. Retrieved January 20, 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Mawada crowned Miss Grand International Zimbabwe". Southerneye.co.zw. July 16, 2013. Archived from the original on July 19, 2013. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
^ Sindiso Dube (June 25, 2013). "Miss Grand International on cards". NewsDay. Archived from the original on January 13, 2024. Retrieved January 13, 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Miss Grand Zim unveils New Rep". NewsDay. August 10, 2014. Archived from the original on August 13, 2014. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
^ "Mawanda crowned first Miss Grand". The Chronicle. July 17, 2013. Archived from the original on June 25, 2023. Retrieved June 25, 2023.

External links

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Media related to Miss Grand Zimbabwe at Wikimedia Commons

Miss Grand International titleholders

Editions

2010s	2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
2020s	2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

Titleholders

2010s	Janelee Chaparro (2013) Lees Garcia (2014) Anea Garcia/Claire Elizabeth Parker (2015) Ariska Putri Pertiwi (2016) María José Lora (2017) Clara Sosa (2018) Valentina Figuera (2019)
2020s	Abena Appiah (2020) Nguyễn Thúc Thùy Tiên (2021) Isabella Menin (2022) Luciana Fuster (2023) Rachel Gupta (2024)

Organization

Company	Miss Grand International PCL KMGI Ltd.
Personnel	Nawat Itsaragrisil (president) Teresa Chaivisut (vice-president) Ratchaphol Chantaratim (vice-president)

Titleholders ● Runners-up and finalists

Miss Grand International participating countries and territories

v t e Miss Grand national pageants in Africa
Angola	2023 2024
Botswana	2014
Ghana	2020 2022 2025
Ivory Coast	2022 2023
Kenya	2024
Liberia	2021
Namibia	2015 2016 2018
Nigeria	2015 2016
South Africa	2015 2016 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Tanzania	2017 2024 2025
Zimbabwe	2013
Others	Algeria Cameroon Cape Verde Congo Egypt Ethiopia Gabon Guinea Mauritius Mozambique Rwanda Seychelles Sierra Leone South Sudan Tunisia Uganda Zambia

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2025

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2017
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2019
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2021
2023
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China

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Territories	Hong Kong Macau

Others

Oceania

Australia	2014 2016 2017 2018 2019 2022 2023 2024 2025
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Southeast Asia

Laos

2017
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Philippines

2014
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Singapore

2023
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2022
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Cambodia

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Localities	Kampong Cham Kampong Chhnang Phnom Penh Ratanakiri Siem Reap

Indonesia

Editions	2018 2019 2020
Localities	Bali East Java West Java

Malaysia

Editions	2013 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Localities	Kuala Lumpur Malacca Sabah Sarawak Selangor

Myanmar

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Thailand

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2014
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2017
2018
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2020
2022
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South Asia

India	2023 2024 2025
Nepal	2016 2018 2020 2022
Sri Lanka	2016 2018
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2014
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2021
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2014
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2021

France

Editions	2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
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Spain

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Localities	Alicante Almería Balearic Islands Barcelona Cantabria Castellón Catalunya Cádiz Ciudad Real Córdoba Euskadi Extremadura Galicia Girona Granada Huelva Jaén La Rioja Las Palmas Madrid Málaga Murcia Navarra Sevilla Tenerife Toledo Valencia Zaragoza