Tanzania’s Jihan Dimack won Miss Grand International 2026 in Bangkok, Thailand, on Saturday, 10 October, becoming the first African woman to claim the competition’s international crown.
The victory, reported by The Citizen, gives Tanzania its first winner of the pageant and marks a new chapter in Dimack’s international career. She succeeded Emma Mary Tiglao of the Philippines.
Who won Miss Grand International 2026? Tanzania’s Jihan Dimack won the international title in Bangkok on 10 October 2026. She succeeded the Philippines’ Emma Mary Tiglao and became the first African woman to win the competition. Ecuador, the Netherlands, Guatemala and Vietnam completed the final five alongside Tanzania.
Tanzania takes the crown
Dimack’s win brought the title to Tanzania after she advanced through the international final. It also ended the Philippines’ hold on the crown, with outgoing winner Tiglao passing the title to her successor.
The Daily Tribune’s account of the coronation places Ecuador’s Shyare Andrade as first runner-up and the Netherlands’ Beau Megan Goos as second runner-up. Guatemala’s Ximena Carrillo finished third runner-up, followed by Vietnam’s Emoura Pham as fourth runner-up.
The final ranking therefore put Tanzania ahead of representatives from Latin America, Europe and Southeast Asia. For Dimack, the result was the international title itself, rather than a continental award or a separate public-voting prize.
For Tanzanian pageantry, the achievement provides a clear milestone: a representative of the country has won Miss Grand International. The African first relates specifically to this competition, whose crown had not previously gone to an African woman.
A pageant career built over more than a decade
Dimack arrived at the international final with experience from earlier national and international competitions. Her victory was a return to the highest level of pageantry rather than her first appearance representing Tanzania abroad.
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Jihan Dimack Wins Miss Grand International, a First for Africa
Oct 11, 2026
Oct 11, 2026
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Tanzania’s Jihan Dimack won Miss Grand International 2026 in Bangkok, Thailand, on Saturday, 10 October, becoming the first African woman to claim the competition’s international crown.
The victory, reported by The Citizen, gives Tanzania its first winner of the pageant and marks a new chapter in Dimack’s international career. She succeeded Emma Mary Tiglao of the Philippines.
Who won Miss Grand International 2026? Tanzania’s Jihan Dimack won the international title in Bangkok on 10 October 2026. She succeeded the Philippines’ Emma Mary Tiglao and became the first African woman to win the competition. Ecuador, the Netherlands, Guatemala and Vietnam completed the final five alongside Tanzania.
Tanzania takes the crown
Dimack’s win brought the title to Tanzania after she advanced through the international final. It also ended the Philippines’ hold on the crown, with outgoing winner Tiglao passing the title to her successor.
The Daily Tribune’s account of the coronation places Ecuador’s Shyare Andrade as first runner-up and the Netherlands’ Beau Megan Goos as second runner-up. Guatemala’s Ximena Carrillo finished third runner-up, followed by Vietnam’s Emoura Pham as fourth runner-up.
The final ranking therefore put Tanzania ahead of representatives from Latin America, Europe and Southeast Asia. For Dimack, the result was the international title itself, rather than a continental award or a separate public-voting prize.
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For Tanzanian pageantry, the achievement provides a clear milestone: a representative of the country has won Miss Grand International. The African first relates specifically to this competition, whose crown had not previously gone to an African woman.
Final placement | Representative | Country |
Winner | Jihan Dimack | Tanzania |
First runner-up | Shyare Andrade | Ecuador |
Second runner-up | Beau Megan Goos | Netherlands |
Third runner-up | Ximena Carrillo | Guatemala |
Fourth runner-up | Emoura Pham | Vietnam |
A pageant career built over more than a decade
Dimack arrived at the international final with experience from earlier national and international competitions. Her victory was a return to the highest level of pageantry rather than her first appearance representing Tanzania abroad.
The Citizen’s career profile records her second runner-up finish at Miss Tanzania in 2014. She later won Miss Universe Tanzania in 2016 and represented the country at the international Miss Universe competition in the Philippines in January 2017.
In August 2026, she won Miss Grand Tanzania, securing the national title that led to Saturday’s international victory. That sequence connects three distinct stages of her career: an early national placing, a previous international representation and the latest global crown.
The earlier Miss Universe appearance should be understood as a separate competition. Saturday’s result belongs to Miss Grand International, the pageant in which Dimack represented Tanzania this year.
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Her long route also gives the victory a personal dimension. More than a decade separates her 2014 national placing from the 2026 international title, with modelling and work abroad forming part of the years between those competitions.
International work and a message of peace
The organizer’s official contestant profile lists her as Jihan Mohin Dimachk, while her introduction uses the name Jihan Dimack. Both spellings refer to Tanzania’s representative.
In that profile, she describes herself as Tanzanian and Lebanese and says she has lived in Tanzania, Lebanon and Mozambique. She also describes working in China in modelling, sales and live commerce.
Those experiences form part of the professional background she brought to the pageant. Her profile presents communication, adaptability and representing brands as skills developed alongside her modelling work.
Dimack also links her participation to peace, tolerance and respect for human dignity. In discussing the competition’s “Stop the War and Violence” campaign, she advocates dialogue and encourages young people to reject violence in their communities.
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The Citizen’s victory report describes a similar message during the question-and-answer segment, when she spoke about compassion and addressing inequality. That theme connects her competition appearance with the values she had already set out in her contestant introduction.
A distinct milestone in African pageantry
Dimack’s result adds to African representation on international pageant stages while retaining its own identity. Miss Grand International, Miss Universe and Miss World are separate competitions with different titles and final rankings.
XTRAfrica’s profile of Eritrea’s Snit Habteab covers another international pageant journey. Dimack’s achievement is specifically the overall Miss Grand International crown for 2026.
Her next public chapter begins as the reigning winner. Future appearances and commitments will give shape to that role; Saturday’s established result is the victory that brought the crown to Tanzania.
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