Miss Grand Nicaragua

Miss Grand Nicaragua
Abbreviation	MGN
Formation	8 August 2020; (as Miss Grand Nicaragua)
Headquarters	Nicaragua
Location	Nicaragua;
Membership (2014)	Miss Grand International
Official language	Spanish
Miss Grand Nicaragua 2022	Maycrin Juliette Jaenz
President	Saul Benítez
Parent organization	Benitours (2019 - Present); ; Miss Nicaragua (2016 - 2017); Miss Mundo Nicaragua (2014);

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]

The first time ever Miss Grand Nicaragua was Maria Alejandra Gross Rivera from Managua.[1][4] The reining Miss Grand Nicaragua is Maycrin Juliette Jaenz from León. She will represent Nicaragua at Miss Grand International 2022 in Bali, Indonesia on October 25, 2022.

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]

Edition

Miss Grand Nicaragua Editions
Year	Edition	Date	Venue	Entrants	Ref.
2021	1st	8 August	Jose de la Cruz Mena Municipal Theater, León	9	[1][7]
2023	2nd	3 June	Holiday Inn Managua - Convention Center, Managua	12	[10]

Titleholders

Miss Grand Nicaragua titleholders and the result at the international contest
Year	Miss Grand Nicaragua	Runners-up			Ref.
Year	Miss Grand Nicaragua	1st runner-up	2nd runner-up	3rd runner-up	Ref.
2014	Managua - Alejandra Gross	No runners-up, the titleholder was appointed to the position.			[4]
2016	Carazo - Michelle Lacayo^[α]	No runners-up, the titleholders were determined through the Miss Nicaragua pageant.			[2][11]
2017	Estelí – Martha Meza				[3]
2019	León – Vanessa Baldizón^[β]	No runners-up, the titleholders were appointed to the position.			[1]
2020	León – Teresa Moreno^[γ]				[1]
2021	Managua – Epifanía Solís	RACCN – Magdalena Jarquín	RACCS – Krizzia Chang	Río San Juan – Mayela Chamorro	[1]
2022	Granada – Maycrin Jáenz	No runners-up, the titleholder was determined through the 2021 pageant.			[1]

Titleholder gallery

Miss Grand Nicaragua 2022
Maycrin Jáenz
(Granada)
Miss Grand Nicaragua 2020
Teresa Moreno
(León)
Miss Grand Nicaragua 2014
Alejandra Gross
(Managua)

International placements

Current franchise

Color keys

: Declared as Winner
: Ended as runner-up or top 5/6 qualification
: Ended as one of the Finalists
: Ended as one of the Semi-finalists
: Ended as special awards winner

Miss Grand International

Year	Representative	Province	Title	Placement
2023	TBA	TBA	Miss Grand Nicaragua 2023	TBA
2022	Maycrin Jáenz	Granada	1st Runner-up of Miss Grand Nicaragua 2021	Unplaced
2021	Epifanía Solís	Managua	Miss Grand Nicaragua 2021	Unplaced
2020	Teresa Moreno	León	Appointed	Unplaced
2019	Vanessa Baldizón	León	Appointed	Unplaced
2017	Martha Meza	Estelí	Appointed	Unplaced
2016	Michelle Lacayo	Carazo	Appointed	Unplaced
2014	Alejandra Gross	Managua	Appointed	Unplaced

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

Year Represented	2021	2023
Boaco	Sherly Corea	—
Carazo	—	Mayerlin Sanchez
Chinandega	—	Keytling Salazar
Chontales	—	Angelica Román
Granada	Maycrin Jáenz	Daniela Ramirez
León	Cristina Pérez	Esther Ruiz
Madriz	—	Yolaina Guillen
Managua	Epifanía Solís	Daniela Serpa
Managua	Hellen Morales	Gabriela Saballos Leon
Masaya	—	Lisseth Cardenas Palacios
RACCN	Katy Muller	—
RACCN	Magdalena Jarquín
RACCS	Krizzia Chang	Oneysi Martina Campbell Alva
RACCS	Krizzia Chang	Keytel Price
Río San Juan	Mayela Chamorro	—
Rivas	—	Glennys Medina 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.

External links

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[laprensani-1] "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.

[lacayo2-2] 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.

[meza-3] "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.

[guate2014-4] 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.

[2019nic-5] 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.

[6] 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.

[nicvi-7] "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.

[vostv-8] "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.

[9] "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.

[vos-10] "Rumbo al Miss Grand Nicaragua 2023" (in Spanish). Vos TV. 21 April 2023. Retrieved 24 April 2023 – via Youtube.

[lacayo-11] 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.

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