[3][9] The United States holds a record of 4 placements at Miss Grand International, the highest position was first place, won in 2020 by Abena Appiah of New York,[10][11] followed by the third and fourth runners-up by Sthephanie Miranda and Michelle León in 2023 and 2016, respectively.

[13] After Chantel Martínez, a New York-based Dominican-American fashion model, acquired the franchise in 2016, she eventually ran the first contest of Miss Grand USA to determine a winner for the international stage.

The event was held at Leonard Nimoy Thalia of Symphony Space in New York City, featuring 13 national finalists, of whom Michelle León from the host state was announced the winner.

[16] The license was then transferred to an e-commerce company, Protagonist Live LLC, in early 2024, with former Miss Grand Ireland 2023, Rachel Slawson, as the president.

[17] Since its establishment, the pageant, originally programmed to be held on 31 August, was canceled once in 2020 due to the significantly increased of COVID-19 infection cases in the country, the organizer then decided to appoint a Ghanaian American model Abena Appiah to instead compete at the international stage in Thailand,[18] where she won the contest, making her the first American representative to hold such a title and the first black contender to do so.