Miss Grand USA
Miss Grand USA, also referred to as Miss Grand United States or Miss Grand United States of America or Miss Grand America, is an annual female beauty pageant in the United States, its an annual national beauty pageant promoting World Peace and against all kinds of conflicts.[1][2]
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Formation | May 28, 2016 |
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Founder | Chantel Martínez |
Type | Beauty pageant |
Headquarters | Chicago |
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Membership | Miss Grand International |
Official language | English |
National Director | Israel Silva, CEO and Hernan Rivera, President |
Parent organization | H&I Grand Productions LLC (2018-Present) |
Website | Official Website |
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The Miss Grand USA organization has been franchising the state competitions to individual organizers since 2016,[3] in which some cases are responsible for more than one state.[4][5] Each U.S. state must choose a candidate who competes at the national Miss Grand USA pageant, however, delegates may be appointed state or regional titles if a state pageant is not offered in their area.[6][7]
The United States holds a record of 4 placements at Miss Grand International, the highest position was first place, won in 2020 by Abena Appiah of New York,[8][9] followed by the fourth runner-up by Michelle León in 2016.[10] The current Miss Grand USA is Sthephanie Miranda of Ohio, who will represent the United States at Miss Grand International 2023 in Vietnam.
Background
History
The United States has been participating at Miss Grand International since its inception in 2013.[11]
After Chantel Martínez a New York-based Dominican-American fashion model acquired the franchise in 2016, she eventually run the first contest of Miss Grand USA to determine a winner for the international stage. The event was held at Leonard Nimoy Thalia of Symphony Space in New York City, featuring 13 national finalists, of which Michelle León from the host state was announced the winner.[3] León also obtained the fourth runner-up title after participating in the 2016 Miss Grand International contest in Las Vegas, Nevada.[12] Later in 2018, Martínez scheduled to organize the 2018 contest on May 28 in New York,[13] but lost the franchise to Israel Silva and Hernan Rivera of H&I Grand Productions LLC, the Chicago-based event organizer that currently owns and runs the Miss Grand USA beauty contest since 2019.[14]
Since its establishment, the pageant, originally programmed to be held on 31 August, was canceled once in 2020 due to the significantly increased of COVID-19 infection cases in the country, the organizer then decided to appoint a Ghanaian American model Abena Appiah to instead compete at the international stage in Thailand,[15] where she won the contest, making her the first American representative to hold such a title and the first black contender to do so.[8][9]
Location and date
The following list is the edition detail of the Miss Grand USA contest, since its inception in 2016.
Year | Edition | Date | Final venue | Host State | Entrants | Ref. |
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2016 | 1st | May 28 | Leonard Nimoy Thalia, Symphony Space, New York City | New York | 13 | [3][16] |
2017 | 2nd | July 25 | 17 | [6] | ||
2019 | 3rd | August 11 | Lincolnshire Marriott Resort, Lake County | Illinois | 35 | [17] |
2021 | 4th | June 20 | Joe's Live Rosemont, Rosemont | 18 | [7][18] | |
2022 | 5th | June 23 | Copernicus Center, Chicago | 12 | [19] | |
2023 | 6th | August 17 | Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare Hotel & Conference Center | 25 | [20] |
Titleholders
Miss Grand USA titleholders and the result at the international contest
Year | Miss Grand USA | Runners Up | Ref. | |||
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1st (First) |
2nd (Second) |
3rd (Third) |
4th (Fourth) | |||
2013 | Colorado – Blair Griffith[α] | No runners-up, the titleholders were appointed to the position. | [11] | |||
2014 | South Carolina – Sara Platt | [21] | ||||
2015 | Virginia – Laurie Petersen | [22] | ||||
2016 | New York – Michelle León | Illinois – Heather Jorgensen | Mississippi – Melissa Martinez | New Jersey – Karina Lopez | Pennsylvania – Jodelis Diaz | [3] |
2017 | California – Taylor Kessler[β] | Louisiana – Brianna Key | Georgia – Alexi Gropper | Maryland – Courtney Williams | Rhode Island – Leidy Guzman | [6] |
2018 | Illinois – Paola Cossyleon | No runners-up, the titleholder was appointed to the position. | [23] | |||
2019 | Nevada – Emily Irene Delgado[γ] | Michigan – Alexandria Kelly | Florida – Que Demery | Georgia – Shiobhan Fraser | Washington – Stormy Keffeler | [17][24] |
2020 | New York – Abena Appiah[δ] | No runners-up, the pageant was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. | [15] | |||
2021 | North Carolina – Madison Callaghan | Tennessee – Taylor Gipson | Atlantic – Gennesis Padron | Texas – Sydney Salinas | Illinois – Emily Rae Argo | [25][7] |
2022 | Colorado – Emily DeMure[ε] | Ohio – Mercia Stephens | Kansas – Brooke Butler | No 3rd & 4th runners-up | [26] | |
2023 | Great Lakes - Sthephanie Miranda[ϝ] | Illinois - Samantha Keaton | New York - Rachel Slawson | Texas - Francie Millan | Washington - Mazzy Eckel | |
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- Winner gallery
- Miss Grand USA 2022
Emily DeMure
(Colorado) - Miss Grand USA 2021
Madison Callaghan
(North Carolina) - Miss Grand USA 2015
Laurie Petersen
(Virginia) - Miss Grand USA 2014
Sara Platt
(South Carolina)
- States by number of wins
Number of wins | State | Years |
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2 | Colorado | 2013, 2022 |
New York | 2016, 2020 | |
1 | North Carolina | 2021 |
Nevada | 2019 | |
Illinois | 2018 | |
California | 2017 | |
Virginia | 2015 | |
South Carolina | 2014 |
National finalists
The following list is the national finalists of the Miss Grand USA pageant, as well as the competition results.
- Color keys
- W Declared as the winner
- Ended as a runner-up
- Ended as a semifinalist
- Ended as a Quaterfinalist
- Ṉ Withdrew
- – Did not participate
Year State, etc. |
2016 | 2017 | 2019 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
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— | — | Alesha Mc Neese | — | — | — |
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— | — | Abigail González | — | — | — |
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— | — | Myriam Rochin | Annaka Jordan | — | Sierra Rothacker |
Nadia Monique | ||||||
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— | — | — | — | — | — |
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Jen Sidorova | Taylor Kessler (W) | Ereka Lambe | Nyakoach Lam | Bibyana Marquez | Rebecca Edwards |
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Kelly Cardona | — | Ashley Marian Avila | Lizeth Morales Tena | Emily Demure (W) | Kylie Klein |
Sabrina Smith | ||||||
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Naomi Arias | Amber Walker | Kathyria Burgos | — | — | — |
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— | — | Eddia Jane Watts | — | — | — |
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— | — | Luciana Davalos Brown | Faatima Brown | — | Natalia Salmon |
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Stephanie Camacho | Tyeshaa Hudson | Que Demery | Bella Logins | Florence Garcia | Ivana Valentina Garcia |
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— | Alexi Gropper | Shiobhan Fraser Smith | Nicole Monserrat | — | Kennedy Thomas |
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— | — | Stephanie Wang | — | — | Jena Masero |
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Heather Jorgensen | Leah Weatherford | Karah West | Emily Rae Argo | — | Samantha Catherine Keaton |
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— | — | — | — | — | Barbara Satine |
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— | — | — | Faith Bernadette | — | — |
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— | — | Beth Wiese | Ileana Flores | Brooke Butler | — |
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— | — | — | Ramya Kondaveeti | — | — |
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— | Brianna Key | Mayura Kulkarni | — | Darcy Nguyen | Bri Hunter |
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— | — | — | — | Susie Damm | — |
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Karol Melendez | Courtney Williams | — | Brianna Rea Lopez | — | Amanda Bertholf |
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Caroline Placzek | Ana Solano | Paradise Rodriguez | — | — | — |
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— | — | Alexandria Kelly | Malia Lopez | — | Morgan Pickrell |
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— | — | Katerina Katakalides | Việt Mĩ Nguyễn | Annais Loks | — |
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Melissa Martinez | Melissa Martinez | Latora Melly Bemley | — | Jessica Fields | — |
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— | — | — | Tyler Liane Prugh | — | Rachel Ringgenberg |
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— | — | — | Shannon MacNeil | — | — |
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— | — | Brenda Melissa Ramos | — | — | — |
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Chelynel Sanchez | Ellen Kincaid | Emily Delgado (W) | Miranda Contreras | — | July Garza |
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Karina Lopez | — | Mayelin De La Cruz | — | — | Christine Pierre |
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— | — | Gabriela Gomez Raiciof | — | — | Jacqueline Mata |
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Michelle Leon (W) | Chanise Thomas | Heather Thompson | Ashley Sánchez | Maxine Cesar | Rachel Slawson |
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— | — | Miriam Marie | Madison Callaghan (W) | — | London Tucker |
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— | — | — | — | — | — |
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— | Summer Sadiyeh | Natalia Chelsy Cordero | Moazmah Gill | Mercia Stephens | Teyana Adams |
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— | — | Stephanie Ariza Ramírez | — | — | — |
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— | — | Melony Escobar | Jasmin Arevalo-Larios | — | — |
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Jodelis Diaz | — | Smaroling Esther | Madison Rivera | Jennifer Santiago | Ebone Marie Jimerson |
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— | Leidy Guzman | — | Alexa Cardona | — | — |
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— | Verhonda Crawford | Angelia Williams | — | — | — |
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— | — | — | — | — | — |
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— | Autumn Endsley | Byrgundy Mallory | Taylor Gipson | — | — |
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Alaina Pereyna | Courtney Newman | Anastasia Semenova | Sydney Salinas | Juanita Maldonado | Francie Millan |
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— | Noelia Baez | — | — | — | — |
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— | — | Naomi Rahn | Trerese Roberts | — | — |
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— | — | Stormy Keffeler | Vanessa Guerrero | — | Mazzy Eckel |
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Candidates with no affiliated state | ||||||
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— | — | — | Gennesis Padron | — | — |
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— | — | — | — | — | Sthephanie M. Miranda (W) |
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— | — | — | — | — | Leslie Ann Padilla |
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— | — | — | — | — | Alanna Hepbun |
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— | — | — | — | — | Joselyn Farias |
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— | — | — | — | — | Alexis D Williams |
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— | — | — | — | — | Chinelo Aniekwu |
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— | — | — | — | — | Maxine Cesar |
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— | — | — | — | — | Alexandra Marie Gill |
Total | 13 | 17 | 35 | 18 | 12 | 24 |
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