[3][4][5] However, as the former licensee was unable to send the elected delegates to compete in the 2019 international contest in Venezuela, the competition license was transferred to Megan Darlington in 2020, and subsequently to Kathryn Fanshawe in mid-2022.

[1] In 2015, after Holly Louise – the director of the UK Power Pageant, acquired the licenses for England, Scotland, and Wales, she subsequently held the first contest of Miss Grand United Kingdom at Oxford Town Hall in the city of Oxford on 5 September.

[1][2] The contest consisted of 20 national finalists,[2] in which Elizabeth Greenham, Taylor Stringfellow, and Danielle Latimer were announced Miss Grand England, Scotland, and Wales, respectively.

[9][10][11][12] After Holly Louise was unable to send representatives for the Miss Grand International 2019 pageant in Venezuela due to safety concerns, she lost the franchise to Megan Darlington in 2020,[13] who later conducted the pageant for Miss Grand International separately in 2021,[14] and then lost the license to Kathryn Fanshawe the following year.

[15][16] In 2017, Ashleigh Coyle a 21-year-old Derry-based model and the runner-up Big Brother UK Series 15, was elected Miss Grand Northern Ireland 2017, however, she did not participate in the international stage in Vietnam with unknown reasons.