Miss Grand Nicaragua
Miss Grand Nicaragua is an annual national women's beauty pageant in Nicaragua founded by a León-based designer "Saul 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 2020 (as Miss Grand Nicaragua) |
Headquarters | Nicaragua |
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Membership (2014) |
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Official language | Spanish |
Miss Grand Nicaragua 2023 | Glennys Medina Segura |
President | Saul Benítez |
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The first time ever Miss Grand Nicaragua was Maria Alejandra Gross Rivera from Managua.[1][4] The reining Miss Grand Nicaragua is Glennys Medina Segura from Rivas. She will represent Nicaragua at Miss Grand International 2023 in Ho Chinh Minh City, Vietnam on October 25, 2023.
Background
History
Nicaragua competed at Miss Grand International for the first time in 2014, by María Rivera, 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 contest of Miss Grand Nicaragua on 8 August at Jose de la Cruz Mena Municipal Theater of the León city, aiming to determine the country representative for the 2021 and 2022 edition 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]
Titleholders
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 | |||
2014 | Alejandra Gross (Managua) | No runners-up, the titleholder was appointed to the position. | [4] | |||||
2016 | Michelle Lacayo[α] (Carazo) | No runners-up, the titleholders were determined through the Miss Nicaragua pageant. | [2][11] | |||||
2017 | Martha Meza (Estelí) |
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2019 | Vanessa Baldizón[β] (León) | No runners-up, the titleholders were appointed to the position. | [1] | |||||
2020 | Teresa Moreno[γ] (León) |
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2021 | Epifanía Solís (Managua) | Magdalena Jarquín (RACCN) | Krizzia Chang (RACCS) | Mayela Chamorro (Río San Juan) |
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2022 | Maycrin Jáenz (Granada) | No runners-up, the titleholder was determined through the 2021 pageant. | ||||||
2023 | Glennys Medina (Rivas) | Gabriela Saballos (Managua) | Yolaina Guillen (Madriz) | Lisseth Palacios (Masaya) | Keytel Price (RACCS) | Esther Ruiz (León) |
Mayerlin Sanchez (Carazo) | |
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- Titleholder gallery
National finalists
The following list is the national finalists of the Miss Grand Nicaragua pageant, as well as the competition results.
- Color keys
- A Declared as the winner
- Ended as a runner-up
- Ended as a semifinalist
- Ended as a Quaterfinalist
- Ṉ Withdrew
- – Did not participate
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2021 | 2023 |
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Sherly Corea | — |
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— | Mayerlin Sanchez |
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— | Keytling Salazar |
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— | Angelica Román |
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Maycrin Jáenz | Daniela Ramirez |
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Cristina Pérez | Esther Ruiz |
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— | Yolaina Guillen |
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Epifanía Solís | Daniela Serpa |
Hellen Morales | Gabriela Saballos | |
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— | Lisseth Palacios |
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Katy Muller | — |
Magdalena Jarquín | ||
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Krizzia Chang | Oneysi Alva |
Keytel Price | ||
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Mayela Chamorro | — |
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— | Glennys Segura |
Total | 9 | 12 |
References
- "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.
- 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.
- "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.
- 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.
- "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.
- 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.
- 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.
External links
- Miss Grand Nicaragua in Instagram
