[6][7] After the Miss Grand Indonesia pageant began franchising the right to send candidates to the national competition in 2018, the license for Bali was obtained by a local entrepreneur, Putu Ayu Sita Laksmi.
[5] As per the press conference held in April 2018, 58 candidates submitted for the contest but only 10 were elected to compete in the final round,[8][9] which was held on May 19, 2018, at the Harris Hotel & Residences Sunset Road in Kuta[8] and Putu Ayu Sasadevi was named the winner.
[10] Later in 2019, the license was then transferred to another organizer team led by Ni Luh Pebriani Dewi.
[3][11] The pageant was dissolved in 2020 after the national license of Miss Grand Indonesia was granted to Ivan Gunawan,[12][13] who decided not to franchise the provincial licenses to local organizers and instead selected the finalists for the Miss Grand Indonesia 2020 through the online application.
[15] The following table details Miss Grand Bali's annual edition organized as a stand-alone pageant in 2018 and 2019.