Miss Grand Nicaragua is an annual national women's beauty pageant in Nicaragua founded by a León-based designer "Saúl Benítez" in 2020, aiming to select the country representative to compete at Miss Grand International.[1] Formerly, throughout 2014–2017, the license of the contest belonged to Miss Mundo Nicaragua and Miss Nicaragua but the country representatives were either appointed or determined through the main contest of such organizations.[1][2][3]
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| Abbreviation | MGN |
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| Formation | 8 August 2021 |
| Headquarters | León |
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Official language | Spanish |
Miss Grand Nicaragua 2024 | Isabella Salgado |
President | Saúl Benítez |
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The first time ever Miss Grand Nicaragua was María Alejandra Gross Rivera from Managua.[1][4] The reining Miss Grand Nicaragua is Isabella Salgado from Chinandega. She will represent Nicaragua at Miss Grand International 2024 in Cambodia and Thailand, on 25 October 2024.
Background
editHistory
editNicaragua competed at Miss Grand International for the first time in 2014, by María Alejandra Gross, the appointed representative from Managua.[1][4] In 2016, the Miss Nicaragua, headed by Karen Celebertti, had obtained the license for the 2016–2017, then the country representatives were elected via such a national competition.[1] After an absence in 2018, the León-based designer Saúl Benítez later purchased the license in the following year, however, his first two affiliated titleholders – Vanessa Baldizón and Teresa Moreno – were designated without organizing the contest,[1] both of them were the national finalists of Miss Nicaragua 2017.[5][6]
In 2021, Benítez ran the first Miss Grand Nicaragua contest on 8 August at José de la Cruz Mena Municipal Theater of the León city, aiming to determine the country representative for the 2021 and 2022 editions of Miss Grand International.[1][7] The contest consisted of 9 candidates from 7 departments, including Boaco, Granada, León, Managua, RACCN, RACCS, and Río San Juan, of which, both Managua and the RACCN was sending 2 delegates to take part.[1] In the final round, Epifanía Solís of Managua together with Maycrin Jáenz of Granada were sequentially announced Miss Grand Nicaragua 2021 and 2022.[1][7][8]
Since the debutant in 2014, to date, none of Nicaragua's representatives been qualified for the further round on the international stage.[1] However, the 2021 candidate, Epifanía Solís, was placed among the top 10 best in a swimsuit competition, one of the sub-contests in Miss Grand International 2021 pageant.[9]
Editions
editDate and venue
edit| Year | Edition | Date | Venue | Entrants | Ref. |
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| 2021 | 1st | 8 August | José de la Cruz Mena Municipal Theater, León | 9 | [1][7] |
| 2023 | 2nd | 24 May | Holiday Inn Managua - Convention Center, Managua | 12 | [10] |
Results
edit| Year | Miss Grand Nicaragua | Runners-up | Ref. | |||||
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| 1st runner-up | 2nd runner-up | 3rd runner-up | 4th runner-up | 5th runner-up | 6th runner-up | |||
| 2021 | Epifanía Solís (Managua) | Magdalena Jarquín (RACCN) |
Krizzia Chang (RACCS) |
Mayela Chamorro (Río San Juan) |
Not awarded | [1] | ||
| Maycrin Jáenz (Granada) | ||||||||
| 2023 | Glennys Medina (Rivas) |
Gabriela Saballos (Managua) |
Yolaina Guillén (Madriz) |
Lisseth Palacios (Masaya) |
Keytel Price (RACCS) |
Esther Ruiz (León) |
Mayerlin Sánchez (Carazo) |
[11][12] |
International competition
editThe following is a list of Nicaragua representatives at the Miss Grand International contest.
- Color key
- Declared as winner
- Ended as runner-up (top 5)
- Ended as one of the finalists (top 10)
- Ended as one of the semifinalists (top 20/21)
- Ended as special awards winner
| Year | Department | Representative | Placement | Other awards | Original national title | National director | Ref. | |
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| 2024 | Chinandega | Isabella Salgado | Unplaced | — | 3rd runner-up Miss Nicaragua 2022 | Saúl Benítez | [13] | |
| 2023 | Rivas | Glennys Medina | Unplaced | — | Miss Grand Nicaragua 2023 | [11] | ||
| 2022 | Granada | Maycrin Jáenz | Unplaced | — | Miss Grand Nicaragua 2022 | [1] | ||
| 2021 | Managua | Epifanía Solís | Unplaced | — | Miss Grand Nicaragua 2021 | [1] | ||
| 2020 | León | Teresa Moreno | Unplaced | — | Miss Nicaragua 2017 Finalist | [1][14] | ||
| 2019 | León | Vanessa Baldizón | Unplaced | — | Miss Nicaragua 2017 Finalist | [1][14] | ||
| 2018 | Managua | Laura Ramírez | Did not compete | Top 6 Miss Nicaragua 2018 | Karen Celebertti | [15] | ||
| 2017 | Estelí | Martha Meza | Unplaced | — | 2nd runner-up Miss Nicaragua 2017 | [3] | ||
| 2016 | Carazo | Michelle Lacayo | Unplaced | — | Top 7 Miss Nicaragua 2016 | [2][16] | ||
| 2015 | No representative | |||||||
| 2014 | Managua | Alejandra Gross | Unplaced | — | Appointed | Denis Dávila | [4] | |
Titleholder gallery
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Regional rankings
edit| Department | Titles | Years |
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| Managua | 3 |
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| León | 2 |
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| Carazo | 1 |
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| Chinandega |
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| Estelí |
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| Granada |
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| Rivas |
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References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Miss Grand Nicaragua crowned two queens: Epifanía Solís and Maycrin Jaenz, 2021 and 2022 respectively". La Prensa (in Spanish). 8 August 2021. Archived from the original on 6 February 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
- ^ a b Karen Espinoza (11 July 2016). "Michelle Lacayo rumbo a Miss Grand International". El Nuevo Diario (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 28 June 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ a b "Huyền My khoe dáng chuẩn với bikini bên nhan sắc thế giới". Baodautu.vn (in Vietnamese). 18 October 2017. Archived from the original on 28 June 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ a b c Miguel Orozco (22 September 2014). "Gross en certamen global". La Prensa (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 28 June 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ Delwing Cruz Medina (17 March 2017). "Miss Nicaragua 2017 Vanessa Baldizón quiere llamarse Nicaragua". La Prensa (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 6 February 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
- ^ Kathia Matamoros (23 March 2017). "Miss Nicaragua 2017 Teresa Moreno, embajadora de la salud". La Prensa (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 6 February 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
- ^ a b c "Một đêm chung kết, Nicaragua tìm ra 2 đại diện đến Miss Grand International 2021 & 2022". Worldbeauties.org (in Vietnamese). 9 August 2021. Archived from the original on 6 February 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
- ^ "Epifanía Solís: "Miss Grand busca dar un mensaje de paz y cambio en el mundo"" (in Spanish). Vos TV. 11 August 2021. Archived from the original on 6 February 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
- ^ "Epifanía Solís entre las 10 mejores candidatas en traje de baño en Miss Grand International" (in Spanish). Vos TV. 24 November 2021. Archived from the original on 6 February 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
- ^ "Rumbo al Miss Grand Nicaragua 2023" (in Spanish). Vos TV. 21 April 2023. Retrieved 24 April 2023 – via YouTube.
- ^ a b Linh Lan (26 May 2023). "Lộ diện Hoa hậu 'cả gan' từ bỏ danh hiệu 2 cuộc thi danh giá để thi Miss Grand". www.saostar.vn (in Vietnamese). Archived from the original on 26 May 2023.
- ^ Hoàng Phúc (27 May 2023). "Mr. Nawat "vô mánh", tìm được con cưng "xịn" hơn cả Engfa, Thùy Tiên tiếp tục làm MG nở mày nở mặt". Vgt.vn (in Vietnamese). Archived from the original on 26 July 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
- ^ Josiah Antonio (25 October 2024). "India wins Miss Grand International 2024; PH bet CJ Opiaza is 1st runner-up". ABS-CBN News. Archived from the original on 25 October 2024. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
- ^ a b Keysi Garcia (5 February 2017). "¿Quién será la nueva Miss Nicaragua?". El Nuevo Diario (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 28 June 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ Vagisha Mishra (15 February 2018). "Miss Grand Nicaragua 2018 – Laura Ramírez". Retrieved 19 August 2024.
- ^ Gema Osejo (20 May 2022). "Michelle Lacayo revela algunos detalles sobre su primer embarazo". Vos TV (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 28 June 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
External links
edit- Miss Grand Nicaragua in Instagram
Media related to Miss Grand Nicaragua at Wikimedia Commons
