Miss Grand Mexico 2023

Miss Grand Mexico 2023 was the inaugural edition of the Miss Grand Mexico pageant, held on August 30, 2023,[1][2] at the Modular Inés Arredondo (MIA), Culiacán, Sinaloa.[1] Five candidates competed for the title,[1] of whom a 23-year-old marketing and communication student representing the state of Sinaloa, Fernanda Beltrán, was announced the winner.[1][2][3] Meanwhile, the remaining candidates were named runners-up. Beltrán was crowned by Miss Grand Mexico 2022, Laysha Salazar, and will later represent the country at the Miss Grand International 2023 pageant, to be in Vietnam on October 25.[1][3]

Miss Grand Mexico 2023
María Fernanda Beltrán, the winner of the contest
DateAugust 30, 2023
Presenters
  • Stephanie Silva
  • Gustavo Rosas
EntertainmentArturo Ortega
VenueModular Inés Arredondo (MIA), Culiacán, Sinaloa
BroadcasterYouTube
Entrants5
Placements5
Debuts
WinnerFernanda Beltrán
(Sinaloa)

The contest was directed by a Venezuelan businessperson, Flavio Falsiroli, and its grand final coronation round was hosted by Stephanie Silva and Gustavo Rosas.[1]

Background

After acquiring the license of Miss Grand Mexico in 2022, Flavio Falsiroli, along with another pageant organizer, Orlando Ruiz, planned to organize a national pageant named Concurso Nacional de Belleza de México (CNB México) in 2023 to select the country representative for Miss Grand International 2023,[4][5] but the proposition was later canceled due to some internal conflicts,[6] which caused Falsiroli to establish his own pageant, Miss Grand Mexico, as the replacement contest.[7] He also franchised the state competitions to individual local organizers, who would name thirty-two state titleholders to compete in the national pageant;[8] only nine state licenses were distributed, while the titleholders of the remaining 23 states were determined through a national grand casting held on June 3, 2023, at the Emporio Reforma Hotel in Mexico City.[9]

Initially, the national final contest was set to be held in September in Chihuahua's northern border city, Ciudad Juárez, following the request of Iliana Conny Blanco, the 2023 state director of Miss Grand Chihuahua, who claimed that the event was approved and fully supported by the local government as well as several local business sectors. However, on July 20, Blanco informed the national organizer that she was unable to comply with the aforementioned agreement due to a lack of local government and financial support, which caused the event to be relocated to Culiacán, Sinaloa.[1]

In this inaugural edition, only one state-level preliminary contest was held, as detailed below.

Host statePageantEditionDate & VenueEntrantsRef.
 Sinaloa Miss Grand Sinaloa1stAugust 30, 2023, at Modular Inés Arredondo (MIA), Culiacan, Sinaloa5[10]

Result
PosiciónCandidata
Miss Grand Mexico 2023
1° Finalista
2° Finalista
3° Finalista
4° Finalista
9

Candidates
EstadoCandidataEdadEstaturaResidencia
Coahuila Coahuila Frida Reynoso 26 1.80 Torreón
Jalisco Jalisco Priscila Franco 27 1.76 Tepatitlán
United States Mexican Americans Aarlin Bustamante Miami
Puebla Puebla Ingrid Lucero 23 1.70 San Andrés Cholula
Sinaloa Sinaloa Fernanda Beltrán 25 1.77 Culiacán
Chihuahua (state) Chihuahua Abril Amaya Chihuahua
Nuevo León Nuevo León Areli Hernández Monterrey
Tabasco Tabasco Karla Jiménez Milla 26 1.76 Villahermosa
Zacatecas Zacatecas Elena Roldán Gutiérrez 28 1.73 Zacatecas

References
  1. "Controversial elección en Miss Grand México 2023 tras renuncia de cuatro candidatas" (in Spanish). Metro International. August 31, 2023. Archived from the original on August 31, 2023. Retrieved September 1, 2023.
  2. "Miss Grand México 2023 es María Fernanda Beltrán" (in Spanish). Extra.com.co. August 31, 2023. Archived from the original on August 31, 2023. Retrieved September 1, 2023.
  3. Berkat Prima (September 8, 2023). "7 Potret Miss Grand Meksiko 2023 Maria Fernanda Beltran, Menawan!" (in Indonesian). IDN Times. Archived from the original on September 20, 2023. Retrieved September 20, 2023.
  4. "Orlando Ruiz Es El Nuevo Socio En Miss Grand México". Vamosmexico.com.mx (in Spanish). December 13, 2021. Archived from the original on April 26, 2023. Retrieved April 26, 2023.
  5. Pablo Reyes (August 28, 2022). "Laysha Salazar va por la corona de Miss Grand International para México". www.expreso.com.mx (in Spanish). Archived from the original on April 26, 2023.
  6. Milena Suástegui (June 10, 2022). "Más Que Una Corona… Abuso e Insinuaciones en Miss Grand Internacional 2022". Indiciomich.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on September 17, 2022. Retrieved April 27, 2023.
  7. Pablo Reyes (August 28, 2022). "Laysha Salazar va por la corona de Miss Grand International para México". www.expreso.com.mx (in Spanish). Archived from the original on April 26, 2023. Retrieved May 11, 2023.
  8. Mariano González (April 6, 2023). "Priscila Franco fue coronada como Miss Grand Jalisco 2023" (in Spanish). Informafm.com. Archived from the original on May 11, 2023. Retrieved May 11, 2023.
  9. "Grand Casting Nacional" (in Spanish). Miss Grand Mexico. May 9, 2023. Retrieved May 11, 2023.
  10. Gerardo Murillo (July 11, 2023). "Chihuahua tiene reina Grand 2023" (in Spanish). El Heraldo de Juárez. Archived from the original on July 23, 2023. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
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