Miss Grand Philippines

Miss Grand Philippines is a female national beauty pageant in the Philippines, launched in 2014 by John Dela Vega, who was also the founder of the "House of JDV", one of the country's most recognized pageant training camps. The winner of the contest represents the country at its parent international platform, Miss Grand International. Since 2026, in cooperation with the Reina Filipinas, the winners of the pageant are assigned to participate in the Miss Grand International and MGI All Stars.

In 2016, the competition license was transferred to Binibining Pilipinas Charities, Inc.. Under its supervision, from 2016 to 2022, majority of Filipino representatives at the Miss Grand International pageant were directly determined through the Binibining Pilipinas contest, except for the 2020 season, wherein the runner-up of the previous edition was appointed to participate. The Miss Grand Philippines pageant, on the other hand, returned as a separate platform in 2023 when the franchise was passed to the ALV Pageant Circle under the leadership of talent manager and businessman Mr. Arnold L. Vegafria.

Since the inception of the Miss Grand International pageant in 2013, the Philippines has secured its first win after Christine Juliane Opiaza assumed the title of Miss Grand International 2024 following the resignation of Rachel Gupta of India. The first runner-up positions were obtained twice, by Nicole Cordoves in 2016 and Samantha Bernardo in 2020.

The following year, Opiaza crowned Emma Mary Tiglao as her successor as Miss Grand International 2025, making it the first-ever back-to-back titles in the history of Miss Grand International.

Background History Before the 2020s, the Philippines had only one Miss Grand national standalone pageant, which took place in 2014 under the direction of John Dela Vega, who served as the national licensee from 2013 to 2015. The remaining representatives were either chosen on the Binibining Pilipinas stage or appointed, such as Parul Shah, who was elected Binibining Pilipinas Tourism in the Binibining Pilipinas 2014 pageant, but was later assigned to represent the country at the Miss Grand International 2015 pageant instead; as well as Samantha Bernardo, who was appointed Miss Grand Philippines 2020 after obtaining the second runner-up position at the Binibining Pilipinas 2019 pageant.

The standalone Miss Grand Philippines competition was retrieved in 2023 after the Miss World Philippines organizer, chaired by Arnold Vegafria of ALV Pageant Circle, took over the franchise from Binibining Pilipinas Charities, Inc. in late 2022. The pageant was later discontinued in 2026, when the franchise to send the Philippine representative to Miss Grand International was transferred to Jojo Bragais, with Emma Tiglao appointed as national director. A new national platform, Reina Filipinas, was subsequently established to select one representative for Miss Grand International 2026 and two delegates for MGI All Stars 2nd Edition.

Titles Membership Year Miss Grand International 2023 — 2025 2 (2024, 2025) Reina Hispanoamericana 2023, 2025 0 Miss Asia Pacific International 2025 0 Face of Beauty International 2025 — 2026 1 (2025) Miss Tourism International 2026 0 Miss Interglobal 2026 1 (2026) Miss Teen International 2024 0 Miss Eco Teen International 2023 0

Editions The following list is the edition detail of the Miss Grand Philippines contest. Edition Date Final Venue Entrants Competition Result 1st August 16, 2014 Center, Quezon City, Metro Manila 19 Kimberly Karlsson Rosevemme Marie Fajardo Mary Theresa Erna GomezTarlac 2nd July 13, 2023 SM Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay, Metro Manila 30 Nikki de MouraCagayan de Oro Shanon TamponCaloocan Charie Manalo Sergio 3rd September 28, 2024 Newport Performing Arts Theater, Pasay, Metro Manila 20 Christine Juliane OpiazaZambales Acosta Manila Alexandra Mae RosalesLaguna 4th August 24, 2025 SM Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay, Metro Manila 29 Emma Mary TiglaoPampanga Margarette BritonBicol Region Beatriz Angela OcampoRizal

Titleholders

Year Represented Miss Grand Philippines 2014 Oriental Mindoro Kimberly Karlsson 2013, 2015 – 2022: Supplemental title under Binibining Pilipinas 2023 Cagayan De Oro Nikki de Moura 2024 Castillejos Christine Juliane Opiaza 2025 Pampanga Emma Mary Tiglao 2026 – Present: Principal title under Reina Filipinas

International placements Color keys

Miss Grand International Year Delegate Represented Title Placement Special Award(s) Ref. colspan="7" 2013 Annalie Forbes Bulacan Binibining Pilipinas 2012 2nd Runner-Up 3rd Runner-Up — 2014 Kimberly Karlsson Unplaced — colspan="7" 2015 Parul Shah Pangasinan Binibining Pilipinas Grand International 2015 3rd Runner-Up Best National Costume 2016 Nicole Cordoves Makati Binibining Pilipinas Grand International 2016 1st Runner-Up — 2017 Elizabeth Clenci Mandaue Binibining Pilipinas Grand International 2017 2nd Runner-Up — 2018 Eva Patalinjug Cebu Binibining Pilipinas Grand International 2018 Unplaced — 2019 Samantha Ashley Lo Cebu Binibining Pilipinas Grand International 2019 Unplaced — Pasig Did not compete — 2020 Samantha Mae Bernardo Palawan Binibining Pilipinas Grand International 2020 1st Runner-Up — 2021 Samantha Alexandra Panlilio Cavite Binibining Pilipinas Grand International 2021 Unplaced — 2022 Roberta Angela Tamondong San Pablo Binibining Pilipinas Grand International 2022 — colspan="7" 2023 Nikki de Moura Cagayan de Oro Miss Grand Philippines 2023 Unplaced — 2024 Christine Juliane Opiaza Castillejos Miss Grand Philippines 2024 Miss Grand International 2024 — 2025 Emma Mary Tiglao Pampanga Miss Grand Philippines 2025 Miss Grand International 2025 Country’s Power of the Year colspan="7" 2026 Angelica Lopez Palawan Reina Filipinas Grand International 2026

Reina Hispanoamericana Year Delegate Represented Placement 2023 Michelle Arceo Quezon City 2nd Runner-Up — 2026 Francesca Beatriz McLelland Aklan Top 13 —

Miss Interglobal Year Delegate Represented Placement 2026 Margarette Briton Bicol Region Miss Interglobal 2026

Miss Tourism International Year Delegate Represented Placement 2026 Michelle Arceo Taguig

Miss Asia Pacific International Year Delegate Represented Placement 2025 Anita Rose Gomez Zambales 1st Runner-Up

Face of Beauty International Year Delegate Represented Placement 2025 Nikki Buenafe Cheveh Quezon City Face of Beauty International 2025 2026 Beatriz Angela Ocampo Rizal

Miss Teen International Year Delegate Represented Placement 2025 Anna Margaret Mercado Aglipay Top 16

Miss Eco Teen International Year Delegate Represented Placement Ref. 2023 Francine Fatima Reyes Tarlac Top 11 —

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