Miss Grand Cambodia

Miss Grand Cambodia is an annual female beauty pageant in Cambodia, founded in 2015 by BKA Entertainment chaired by a Thai businessperson in Cambodia Boonkerd Ang-amnuaysiri, 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 '' 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.

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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.

Year	Edition	Date	Final venue	Host Province	Entrants
2015	1st	27 July	Nagaworld Hotel Grand Ballroom	Phnom Penh	24
2016	2nd	30 June	Nagaworld Hotel Grand Ballroom	Phnom Penh	23
2017	3rd	17 August	Nagaworld Hotel Grand Ballroom	Phnom Penh	18
2018	4th	13 September	Nagaworld Hotel Grand Ballroom	Phnom Penh	27
2019	5th	19 September	Nagaworld Hotel Grand Ballroom	Phnom Penh	29
2020	6th	26 September	The Premier Center Sen Sok	Phnom Penh	28
2021	7th	10 October	AEON Mall, Sen Sok City	Phnom Penh	25
2022	8th	27 August	The Union of Youth Federations of Cambodia	Phnom Penh	35
2023	9th	19 August	Koh Pich Theater	Phnom Penh	25
2024	10th	12 July	Koh Pich Theater	Phnom Penh	28

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
!2024
! Best in Swimsuit !! Best National Costume !! Best Evening Gown !! Miss Popular Vote!! Miss Rising Star!!Miss Photogenic!!Best Introduction!!Best Makeup!!Miss Personality
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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.

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
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National finalists

The following list is the national finalists of the Miss Grand Cambodia pageant, as well as the competition results.
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2015–2019: No provincial title

width=20	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
01	Dek Sokhemarty	Kong Thidapich			Chhorn Sokunthea
02	Yet Nissay				Sam Makara
03	Srey Sathyaphoung				Sear Socheata
04	Kim Katiyak Kanha		John Sotima		Doeun Panhavuttey
05				Sarith Lyka	Brak Sophanmai
06			Soth Mary		Sok Khim
07		Hong Chihoun	Nhert Sophea	Chhom Phally	Pun Povkropompor
08			Mony Monyta		Hor Chhngbgheam
09		Sothida Pokimtheng	Suong Srino		Vay Dany
10		Chev Thavory	Haing Kim Suon		Vanna Nisa
11		Dyna	Khloem Sreykea		Sann Kesey
12					Phally Phangarey
13		Yom Sreybi			Thou Youeang
14					Siek Chievmey
15		Vanna Bounmy		Lika Dy	Mok Vannas
16		Phay Ravy			Chong Limeng
17		Boren Chhouen			Seb Sithyka
18		Dara Rachana		Dy Sorakheta	Touch Mengleang
19		Neou Sreyleng			Moeun Sokunthea
20		Bun Leakhena			Nop Pov
21		Chea Gechheang			Leng Chantha
22	Seng Polvithavy	Heng Chantha			VyKosa
23		Yom Sreybi			Det Sreyneat
24					San Siveling
25		Song SavVichheka		Kong Sokha	Phang Dalin
26					Kheang Maryneth
27				Lim Sophalidet	Try Sreyleng
28					Ny Sreypich
29					Kim Leakna
รวม	25	25	18	27	29