Photo by L. Johnson
In 2011, CFA instituted a brand new title — the Grand of Distinction.
To arn the title, a cat must receive a minimum of 30 finals over each of 3 separate show seasons.
The show seasons do not have to be consecutive, and can be earned in either Championship (GCD) or Premiership (GPD).
For more details, see our article Grand of Distinction: A New Title in CFA.
The very first cat of any breed to earn the award in CFA was an Exotic Shorthair — a Brown McTabby & White neuter named GC, GPD, NW Ivy Cat Quarterback. Read his story.
The first Persian to earn the award in CFA was a Brown McTabby spay named GPD, RW Belcats Dream A Little Dream. You can read her story.
Listed below are the Solid Persian winners of the title to-date; separated by year, and listed in the order that they earned their title.
Solid Persian Grand of Distinction Cats in CFA
Year | Name | Sex | Color | |
2014-15 | GPD, RW Scrimshaw Gangster First Solid Persian to earn the Grand of Distinction Title | N | Black | |
GPD, RW Cacao Shauney Nbesnoye Dragotsenost | N | Copper-Eyed White | ||
2015-16 | GPD, NW Suavere’s Dark Secret of Penobscot | N | Black | |
GCD, RW Joleigh’s Bambam of Maikai | M | Copper-Eyed White | ||
2016-17 | No Solid Grands of Distinction | |||
2017-18 | No Solid Grands of Distinction | |||
2018-19 | GC, GPD, RW Twitter’s Samantha | S | Copper-Eyed White | |
GPD, NW Boberan Vandal’s Midnight Hour | N | Black | ||
2019-20 | GC, GPD, NW Pironti Beach Boy of Chatabella | N | Red | |
2020-21 | No Solid Grands of Distinction | |||
2021-22 | No Solid Grands of Distinction | |||
2022-23 | GPD, RW Twitter’s Pumpkin | N | Copper-Eyed White | |
2023-24 | No Solid Grands of Distinction | |||
2024-25 | No Solid Grands of Distinction | |||
2025-26 | GPD, RW Callisto’s Ferrari | N | Red | |
