Miss Grand Sabah


Miss Grand Sabah is a Malaysian state-level beauty pageant which selects representatives from Sabah for the Miss Grand Malaysia national competition, founded in 2017 by a Kota Kinabalu-based event organizer, Severinus Alexius Nain.
Since the first competition in the Miss Grand Malaysia pageant, Sabah's representatives won the competition three times streak from 2017 to 2019, by Sanjeda John, Debra Jeanne Poh, and Mel Dequanne Abar, respectively.

History

After acquiring the license of Miss Grand Malaysia in 2017, Jude Benjamin Lisa began franchising the state competitions to individual organizers, who would name the state representatives to compete in the national pageant, the license for Sabah was granted to an event organizer, Severinus Alexius Nain, who then organized the first contest of Miss Grand Sabah in Kota Kinabalu, in which a 20-year-old Disc jockey from Kadazan, Felcy Fransie Julian, was named the first Miss Grand Sabah titleholder, while Sanjeda John was named Miss Intercontinental Sabah 2017. Both of them later competed nationally in the Miss Grand Malaysia 2017 pageant in Selangor, where Sanjeda John was announced the winner.
In 2018, Nain distributed the right to send candidates to compete at the Miss Grand Sabah pageant to district-level organizers; six district pageants was held. Boi Nain lost the license to another organizer, Geoallen George, in 2020.
The pageant was halted in 2022 after the national license of Miss Grand Malaysia was transferred to Sean Wong of HyperLive Entertainment Pte. Ltd., and the state franchise was not distributed in 2022 and 2023. HyperLive then began franchising the license in 2024, in which the Sabah certification was granted to Richard Chok of the Fantastic Golden.

Editions

The following table details Miss Grand Sabah's annual editions since 2017.
EditionDateFinal venueEntrantsWinner
1stApril 30, 2017Pacific Sutera Hotel, Kota Kinabalu14Felcy Fransie Julian
2ndMarch 24, 2018Auditorium Complex JKKN Sabah, Kota Kinabalu35Scarlett Megan Liew
3rdMarch 9, 2019Palm Square Center Point, Kota Kinabalu36Mel Dequanne Abar
4thApril 9, 2021Klagen Regency Hotel, Kota Kinabalu25Chellyana Tensu
5thJune 25, 2024Sabah International Convention Centre, Kota Kinabalu8Lilyannie Christie

National competition

The following is a list of candidates who competed at the Miss Grand Malaysia pageant under the state organization of Miss Grand Sabah.
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YearRepresentativeOriginal state titlePlacement at Miss Grand MalaysiaState director
2017Miss Grand Sabah 2017Top 7Severinus Alexius Nain
2017Miss Intercontinental Sabah 2017Miss Grand Malaysia 2017Severinus Alexius Nain
2018Miss Grand Sabah 20182nd runner-upSeverinus Alexius Nain
20181st runner-up Miss Grand Sabah 20181st runner-upSeverinus Alexius Nain
20182nd runner-up Miss Grand Sabah 2018Miss Grand Malaysia 2018Severinus Alexius Nain
2018Miss Grand Sabah 2018 FinalistUnplacedSeverinus Alexius Nain
2018Miss Grand Sabah 2018 FinalistSeverinus Alexius Nain
2019Miss Grand Sabah 2019Miss Grand Malaysia 2019Severinus Alexius Nain
20191st runner-up Miss Grand Sabah 2019Top 12Severinus Alexius Nain
2019Miss Grand Sabah 2019 FinalistUnplacedSeverinus Alexius Nain
2019Miss Grand Sabah 2019 FinalistUnplacedSeverinus Alexius Nain
2019Miss Grand Sabah 2019 FinalistUnplacedSeverinus Alexius Nain
2021Miss Grand Sabah 2020UnplacedGeoallen George
20211st runner-up Miss Grand Sabah 2020Top 10Geoallen George
20212nd runner-up Miss Grand Sabah 2020Top 5Geoallen George
2021Miss Grand Sabah 2020 FinalistUnplacedGeoallen George
2024Miss Grand Sabah 20242nd runner-upRichard Chok
20241st runner-up Miss Grand Sabah 20244th runner-upRichard Chok
20242nd runner-up Miss Grand Sabah 2024UnplacedRichard Chok
20243rd runner-up Miss Grand Sabah 2024UnplacedRichard Chok
20244th runner-up Miss Grand Sabah 2024UnplacedRichard Chok
20252nd runner-up Miss Grand Sabah 2024Richard Chok-