Miss Grand Paraguay

Miss Grand Paraguay is an annual female beauty pageant based in Asunción of Paraguay,[2] founded in 2017 by Gabriel Roman of MGM Productions, aiming to select the country representatives to compete in various international pageants including its parent pageant, Miss Grand International,[1][3] in which Paraguay won the main title once in 2018, by Clara Sosa of Asunción,[4][5][6] and was placed among the Top 20 semifinalists three times in 2017, 2019 and 2022 by Lía Ashmore, Milena Rodríguez and Agatha León, respectively.[7][8][9]

For the most recent edition, see Miss Grand Paraguay 2023.
Miss Grand Paraguay
Established2016 (2016)
FounderGabriel Roman
TypeBeauty pageant
HeadquartersAsunción
Location
Membership
Miss Grand International
Official language
Spanish
Owner
  • Nuestra Belleza del Paraguay (2013 – 2014)
  • Mygami Producciones SRL. (2016 – Present)
President
Gabriel Roman
Directors of Miss Grand Paraguay, Myrian Arévalos and Gabriel Román, visit Nilda Romero, the Minister of Ministry of Women discuss the possibility of collaborating on women's right-related projects.[1]

Background

History

Paraguay made its debutant at Miss Grand International in 2013, with the representation of a Asunción-based fashion model Sendy Cáceres, followed by Giselle Sotomayor in 2014, but both of them finished as non-placement. After the country had no licensee in 2015, Gabriel Roman of MGM Productions, the Asunción organizer company, acquired the franchise in the following year,[1][3] and subsequently appointed Cindy Nordmann Arias to represent the country at Miss Grand International 2016, held in Las Vegas of the United States,[10] unfortunately, also went unplaced.[11]

Under the management of MGM Productions, the first contest of Miss Grand Paraguay finally happened in 2017, featuring 16 national finalists who were selected by various local licensees as well as the national organizer.[12][10] Its final coronation event was broadcast on La Tele,[12][13][10] in which Lía Duarte Ashmore of Guairá won the main title, she was also placed among the top 20 finalists after participating in the 5th edition of Miss Grand International in Vietnam.[14][7] Since then, the pageant has been held annually to determine the country representatives for such an international contest.[15][16]

The pageant, originally scheduled to be held on 15 March, was canceled for the first time in 2020, resulting from the spike of SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant positive cases in Paraguay. The organizer decided to appoint Daisy Lezcano of Isla Pucú, one of the pageant candidates, to participate at the international stage.[17][18] Meanwhile, the remainder of delegates goes to compete in the 2021 edition instead.[17]

In 2022, Kendal Hirschfeld, also known as La Comadre on social media, became the first openly transgender to compete for the Miss Grand Paraguay title.[19][20][21]

Location and date

The following list is the edition detail of the Miss Grand Paraguay contest, since its inception in 2017.

Year Edition Date Final venue Entrants Ref.
2017 1st July 29 Agustin Pio Barrios Theater, Japanese Paraguayan Center, Asunción 16[12][10]
2018 2nd June 9 Theater of the Americas, Paraguayan-American Cultural Center (CCPA), Asunción 15[22]
2019 3rd July 29 Marshal Convention Center, Asunción 16[4][15]
2020 The pageant was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the titleholder was instead appointed. [17][18]
2021 4th July 3 Hotel Guaraní, Asunción 22[16][23]
2022 5th May 7 17[24]
2023 6th April 2 Paseo Events Center, Asunción 25[25][26]

Titleholders

Miss Grand Paraguay Titleholders and the result at the international contest.

Year Miss Grand Paraguay 2nd Place 3rd Place 4th Place 5th Place Ref.
2013 Sendy Marisol Cáceres
(Asunción)		 No runners-up, the titleholders were appointed to the position [27]
2014 Gissella Sotomayor
(Itapúa)		 [28][29]
2016 Cindy Nordmann Arias
(Encarnación)		 [10]
2017 Lía Duarte Ashmore
(Guairá)		 Nathalia Méndez
(Alto Paraná)		 Alejandra Amarilla
(Asunción)		 Yenifer Sauer
(Itapúa)		 Jessica Acosta
(Cordillera)		 [14]
2018 Clara Sosa
(Asunción)		 Irene Camacho
(Paraguarí)		 Vanessa Ramirez
(Areguá)		 Tamara Carvallo
(Ciudad del Este)		 Bianca Antonelli
(Presidente Franco)		 [22]
2019 Milena Rodríguez
(Itapúa)		 Luján Mendoza
(Nueva Italia)		 Clara Berni
(Mariano Roque Alonso)		 Venus Calvo
(Caaguazú)		 Silvana Duarte
(Ciudad del Este)		 [30][31]
2020 Daisy Lezcano
(Isla Pucú)		 No runners-up, due to the cancellation of the pageant caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the pageant candidate from Isla Pucú – Daisy Lezcano – was promoted to the position. [18][5]
2021 Jimena Sosa
(Colonias Unidas)		 Lorena Rodríguez
(Presidente Franco)		 Liz Valdovinos
(San Pedro)		 Elicena Andrada
(PAR com. in Spain)		 Angélica Peña Testa
(Concepción)		 [16]
2022 Agatha Leon
(Ciudad del Este)		 Nayeli Portillo
(Asunción)		 Ailin Adorno
(Fernando de la Mora)		 Milenha Montania
(Luque)		 Lorena Román
(Minga Guazú)		 [32]
2023 Maelia Salcines
(PAR. Com. in USA)		 Sol Pérez
(San Lorenzo)		 Thiara Zorrilla
(Asunción)		 Sindy Riquelme
(Luque)		 Tamara Vera
(Fernando de la Mora)		 [33][34]
2024Sharon Capó Nara
(Amambay)		No runners-up, the titleholder was determined through the 2023 national pageant.[33]
Color keys for the Placements at Miss Grand International
  Declared as the winner: 2018[5][6]
  Ended as a runner-up (Top 5)
  Ended as a finalist (Top 10)
  Ended as a semifinalist (Top 20/21): 2017,[7] 2019[8]
Note
1. ^ Dethroned
2. ^ Originally crowned first runner-up. Took over the title after the original winner was dethroned.
Winner gallery
  • Miss Grand Paraguay 2023Maelia Salcines(PAR. Com. in USA)
    Miss Grand Paraguay 2023
    Maelia Salcines
    (PAR. Com. in USA)
  • Miss Grand Paraguay 2022Agatha Leon(Ciudad del Este)
    Miss Grand Paraguay 2022
    Agatha Leon
    (Ciudad del Este)
  • Miss Grand Paraguay 2021Jimena Sosa(Colonias Unidas)
    Miss Grand Paraguay 2021
    Jimena Sosa
    (Colonias Unidas)
  • Miss Grand Paraguay 2018Clara Sosa(Asunción)
    Miss Grand Paraguay 2018
    Clara Sosa
    (Asunción)
  • Miss Grand Paraguay 2014Gissella Sotomayor(Itapúa)
    Miss Grand Paraguay 2014
    Gissella Sotomayor
    (Itapúa)

National finalists

The following list is the national finalists of the Miss Grand Paraguay pageant, as well as the competition results.

Color keys
 A  Declared as the winner
  Ended as a runner-up (Top 5)
  Ended as a semifinalist (Top 10/11/15)
 –  Did not participate
  Withdraw during the competition
Year
Represented
 2017[13] 2018[35] 2019[15] 2021[36] 2022[24] 2023
Alto Paraguay — — — — — —
Alto Paraná Nathalia Méndez — — — — —
— Tamara Carvallo Silvana Duarte Romero — Agatha Leon (W) Jazmin Castillo
— — — Violeta Van Humbeck — —
— — — Adriana Marecos Lorena Román Alma Garcete
— Bianca Antonelli — Lorena Rodríguez Patricia Graciano —
— Anna Niedermeyer — — — —
Amambay — — Támara Dutra Córdoba — — Sharon Capó Nara (W)
— — — — — Meilin Chang Franco
— — — Lisa Morigano Ingrid Paniagua —
Asunción Alejandra Amarilla Clara Sosa (W) Paloma Martins Reidl Bianca Ayala Nayeli Portillo[37] Thiara Zorrilla
— — — — Daniel Duarte[38] —
Boquerón — — — — — —
Caaguazú Ángela Ayala — Venus Calves — — —
— — Brenda Flecha Dahiana Aquino — —
Caazapá Luana Novak Camila De Souza — — Romina Duarte Yahari —
Canindeyú Camila Thome Daniela Garcia — Elena Toledo Milena Colman Yanina Pereira
Central — — — — Alía Díaz Rodriguez Valeria Giagni
— Vanessa Ramirez — Juliel Pöckel — Tirsa Cantero
— — Sol María Pavón Lenny Rojas — Laura Carmona
Karen Piñanez — María Eugenia Mora — Ailin Adorno Tamara Vera
Yamila Bernal — — — — —
— — — Nara Bardales — Yessenia Quinonez Franco
Analiz Blancd Adelaida Cubilla Melina Belén Aguayo — Sara Alcaraz —
Michelle Easteed — — — — Chabely Zoilan
— — — Gina Antonella Milenha Varela Sindy Riquelme
— — Clara Berni Prette Elena Mora — Guadalupe Pereira
— — — — — Andrea Estigarribia
— — Lujan Mendoza — — Sofía Ayala
 — — — — — Abigail Gómez
— — — — — Shyrley Ortiz
— Laura Notario Elena Olevar Cecilla Salinas Andrea Nicole Rojas María Sol Pérez
— — Diana Rojas — — —
Concepción Gabriela Duarte Brenda Barrios — Angelica Peña Testa Fatima Valdez Luisa Villalba
Cordillera Jessica Acosta Leticia Echeverria — — — —
— — Sol María Sánchez Nayeli Riquelme — —
Guairá Lía Ashmore (W) — — — — —
— — — Karen Rodríguez — Fabiola Martínez
Itapúa Yenifer Sauer Liz Heppner Milena Rodríguez (W) — Ingrid Semeniuk —
  • Colonias Unidas
 — — — Jimena Sosa (W) — —
— — — Emma Báez — —
— — — Fátima Ruíz Díaz — —
Misiones Laura Lindstrom Amarilla Blanca — — — —
Ñeembucú — — — — — —
Paraguarí Marian Recalde Irene Camacho — Eliana Fernández Ysapy Cano —
— — Pamela Britez — — —
Presidente Hayes — — — — — —
San Pedro Nathalia Segovia Romina Caceres Sabrina Samudio Liz Valdovinos Olga Irala Evelin Baruja
— — — — — Melina Marecos
— — — — Andrea Sosa —
Candidates With No Affiliated Paraguayan City
Paraguayan Communities in Spain — — — Elicena Andrada — —
Paraguayan Communities in the United States — — — — — Maelia Salcines (W)
Total161516221824

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