Miss Grand Tahiti is a national beauty pageant title awarded to Tahiti representatives who competed at the national event, Miss Grand France, or an international stage of Miss Grand International. The title was first awarded in 2014 when the 2nd runner-up Miss Tahiti 2014 was appointed to represent Tahiti at the Miss Grand International 2014 pageant in Thailand, followed by 1st runner-up Miss Tahiti 2016, Vaiata Buisson, who competed internationally in Miss Grand International 2016 in Las Vegas.
Tahiti joined the Miss Grand International pageant twice; in 2014 and 2016, but obtained placement only once, in 2016, by Vaiata Buisson. History Tahiti made its debut in Miss Grand International in 2014, when Miss Tahiti acquired the license and appointed the 2014 2nd vice-miss, Kohotu Ariitai, to compete internationally in Thailand. However, Kohotu was unplaced, then no Tahiti delegate in the 2015 international edition.
Miss Tahiti competed in Miss Grand International again in 2016, represented by the 1st runner-up Miss Tahiti 2016, Vaiata Buisson, who qualified to the top 20 finalists in the international pageant held on October 25, in Las Vegas. Since then, no Tahiti candidates in Miss Grand International due to a lack of national licensees.
In 2019, a model Alicia Hoatua-Chave nominated herself as Tahiti representative for the Miss Grand France 2019 pageant, but was unplaced.
National and international competition In 2014 and 2016, the runners-up of Miss Tahiti were sent to compete internationally in Miss Grand International. Later in 2019, Tahiti sent its representative to participate in Miss Grand France, as detailed below.
Year Representative Original national titleNational/International pageantNational director PageantResult2014Kohotu Ariitai2nd runner-up Miss Tahiti 2014Miss Grand International 2014UnplacedLeiana Faugerat2016Vaiata Buisson1st runner-up Miss Tahiti 2016Miss Grand International 2016Top 20 2019Alicia Hoatua-ChaveMiss Grand France 2019Unplaced
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