Miss Grand Albania
Miss Grand Albania was an Albanian female beauty pageant founded in 2014 by a Pristina-based event organizer chaired by Sherif Pacolli, Lens Production. In 2018, the competition license was transferred to the modeling agency managed by Aleks Tanushi, Aleks Fashion Events, and its headquarters was also relocated to Tirana. The pageant winner represents the country at its international parent contest, Miss Grand International.
Since its first participation at the Miss Grand International pageant in 2014, Albanian representatives never placed in the competition.
History
Albania participated in the Miss Grand International pageant for the first time in 2014, represented by Vivian Canaj, who won the Miss Grand Albania 2014 title after competing at the Miss Grand Albania & Kosovo 2014 pageant held by Sherif Pacolli, a chairperson of the Kosovan event organizer in Pristina, Lens Production.The first edition of Albania's Miss Grand National was held on July 20, 2014, at the California Resort in Pristina; the event was broadcast live nationwide on a Kosovan satellite television channel, RTK Live, and featured twenty national finalists, of whom a model from Tirana, Vivian Canaj, was elected the winner.
From 2014 to 2018, the pageant was held in parallel with Miss Grand Kosovo as Miss Grand Albania & Kosovo. The Miss Grand Albania pageant was held as a stand-alone pageant for the first time in 2019 when Aleks Tanushi of Aleks Fashion Events took over the Albanian franchise from Lens Production.
Editions
Location and date
The following list is the edition detail of the Miss Grand Albania contest, held annually from 2014 to 2021.| Edition | Date | Final venue | Entrants | |
| 1st | 20 July 2014 | California Resort, Lipljan, Pristina | 20 | |
| 2nd | 31 May 2015 | Objekti i First Channel Studio, Pristina | 13 | |
| 3rd | 1 July 2016 | California Resort, Lipljan, Pristina | 17 | |
| 4th | 28 February 2017 | California Resort, Lipljan, Pristina | 10 | |
| 5th | 26 May 2018 | California Resort, Lipljan, Pristina | 14 | |
| 6th | 23 June 2019 | Teater Tirana Kinostudio, Tirana | 14 | |
| 7th | 16 September 2020 | Teater Tirana Kinostudio, Tirana | 12 | |
| 8th | 26 June 2021 | Teater Tirana Kinostudio, Tirana | 10 |
International competition
The following is a list of Albanian representatives who competed at the Miss Grand International pageant.;Color keys