Miss Grand Cambodia

Miss Grand Cambodia (Khmer: បវរកញ្ញាឯកដ៏អស្ចារ្យនៃកម្ពុជា) is an annual female beauty pageant in Cambodia, founded in 2015 by BKA Entertainment chaired by a Thai businessperson in Cambodia Boonkerd Ang-amnuaysiri (บุญเกิด อังอำนวยศิริ), the finalists of the contest have been sent to participate in various international contests including its parent stage, Miss Grand International. In 2020, The pageant patent was transferred to a Phnom Penh-based event organizer managed by Sophin In, Mohahang Production, and then to a cosmetics and dietary supplement retailer, HK 7 Co., Ltd., headed by Sokunthea Im, Sarapich Som and Sokpoly Voeun in 2023.

During 2015-2019, the competition was aired on MYTV, but later changed to the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces Television (TV5) after Mohahang Production had acquired the license in 2020.

Since the establishment of Miss Grand International, to date, Cambodian representatives have never won the contest. However, three placements was recorded in 2020, 2021 and 2022, when Chily Tevy, Sothida Pokimtheng and Pich Votey Saravody were placed among the Top 20 and Top 10 finalists, respectively.

Background

History

After the first participation at Miss Grand International by the appointed representative Tim Srey Niet in 2014, the Cambodian licensee subsequently ran its first competition in the following year. The contest was held at Nagaworld Hotel Grand Ballroom, which functioned as the final venue of the Miss Grand Cambodia pageant from 2015 – 2019, featuring 24 national finalists directly chosen by the national organizer, of which, a 22 years-old third-year medical student Seng Polvithavy was announced the winner, and the pageant was held annually since then.

BKA Entertainment lost the contest license to Mohahang Production in 2020, after failing to send the 2019 titleholder, Det Sreyneat, to participate at Miss Grand International 2019 in Venezuela, as a result of insufficient time to prepare the documents for the visa application; the winner was crowned on late September, but the international pageant was launched on early October. Such an incident also happened in 2016.

Under the management of Mohahang Production, the pageant result was canceled in 2020, when the original winner, Seng Rotha, opted not to compete in the international pageant and renounced the title. Furthermore, the first runner-up, Lim Sotheavy, also refused to take over the title due to the health conditions, which causes the organizer to file a lawsuit against them for not fulfilling the agreement, and subsequently appointed Chily Tevy, the second runner-up, to join the international pageant instead.

From 2023 to 2024, the competition license belonged to a cosmetics company, HK7 Co., Ltd., with Sokunthea Im as the director.

Selection of contestants

Under the management of BKA Entertainment, the national aspirants for its first five editions were directly chosen by the central organizer based in Phnom Penh. However, after the pageant license was transferred to another organizer, Mohahang Production, in 2020, an attempt to distribute to the provincial organs has been observed ever since. Moreover, Cambodian overseas, such as Khmer Krom, Khmer Loeu, French-Cambodians, etc., have been allowed to participate in the contest with independent sash title since 2020, nevertheless, most of the candidates were still directly selected and appointed the provincial titles by the national organizer due to a lacking of regional licensees.

In 2024, provincial competitions were created to select the representatives of Kampong Cham, Kampong Chhnang, Phnom Penh, Ratanakiri, and Siem Reap to the Miss Grand Cambodia national competition.

Editions

Date and venue

The following list is the edition detail of the Miss Grand Cambodia contest, since its inception in 2015.

Ancillary activities

The pageant ancillary activities are usually consisted of three main subevents namely the best in swimsuit competition, preliminary competition as well as the national costume parade, which is considered as one of the most popular events.

Special award winners

Notes: 1. ¹ ² The Miss Personality award was known as Miss Charming from 2020 to 2022.

Competition results

5th Runner-Up

Since 2024, Miss Grand Cambodia pageant has awarded a Top 11 finalists as 5th Runner-Up. This table lists the name of 5th Runner-Up titles by year.

Winners by province

Winner gallery

International competition

The main finalists of the Miss Grand Cambodia pageant have been sent to represent the country in various international contests, the following is a list of international contests, with participants from Miss Grand Cambodia as contestants based on the year the pageant was held. Thai Duong Limousine Cambodia