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.
Edition Date Final venue Entrants Winner 1st April 30, 2017Pacific Sutera Hotel, Kota Kinabalu14Felcy Fransie Julian 2nd March 24, 2018Auditorium Complex JKKN Sabah, Kota Kinabalu35Scarlett Megan Liew 3rd March 9, 2019Palm Square Center Point, Kota Kinabalu36Mel Dequanne Abar 4th April 9, 2021Klagen Regency Hotel, Kota Kinabalu25Chellyana Tensu 5th June 25, 2024 Sabah 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. Color keys For qualification procedure:For national placement:
Year Representative Original state title Placement at Miss Grand Malaysia State director 2017 Miss Grand Sabah 2017Top 7Severinus Alexius Nain Miss Grand Malaysia 201720182nd runner-up1st runner-up Miss Grand Sabah 20181st runner-up2nd runner-up Miss Grand Sabah 2018Miss Grand Malaysia 2018Unplaced2019Miss Grand Malaysia 20191st runner-up Miss Grand Sabah 2019Top 12UnplacedUnplacedUnplaced2021UnplacedGeoallen GeorgeTop 10Top 5Unplaced2024 2nd runner-upRichard Chok 4th runner-up Unplaced Unplaced Unplaced2025 2nd runner-up
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