Miss Grand Spain

Miss Grand Spain (Spanish: Miss Grand España) is a national female beauty pageant in Spain that has been held annually since 2016 to select the country representatives to compete in Miss Grand International pageant.[1][2] Its inaugural edition was held in Seville with 24 provinces and autonomous communities participating; in which Adriana Sánchez Rivas of Málaga won the main title.[3][4] The pageant has been owned by Vicente Gonzalez since the establishment.[5][6]

For the most recent edition, see Miss Grand Spain 2023.
Miss Grand Spain
Established23 June 2016 (2016-06-23)
FounderVicente Gonzalez
TypeBeauty pageant
HeadquartersSeville
Location
Official language
Spanish
Key people
Vicente Gonzalez
(President)
Parent organization
Miss Grand International Ltd.
Websitewww.missgrandspain.es
Iris Méndez (center), who later was appointed Miss Grand Spain 2020, during the introduction parade of Miss Grand Spain 2019, held at Hotel Campomar in Cantabria

The reigning Miss Grand Spain is Alba Dunkerbeck of Costa Canaria who was crowned on 16 May 2021 at Hotel Orquídea, in Bahía Feliz.[7] Dunkerbeck represented the country later at the Miss Grand International 2021 pageant in Bangkok, Thailand, on 4 December and finished as the Top 10 finalists.[8]

Background

History

Miss Grand Spain was held for the first time in 2016 after Vicente Gonzalez took over the franchise from the former owner, Marcel Arnalot Salazar, in 2015.[5] Few provincial pageants were held to select their representatives for the inaugural edition such as Miss Grand Sevilla, Miss Grand Huelva, and Miss Grand Ciudad Real.[9][10][11] However, the number of its preliminary contest was significantly increased to 24 in the 2021 edition.[12] In some provinces, for instance, Seville, Huelva, and Cádiz, local pageants are also held to determine delegates for the province competition,[13][14] in which winners hold the title "Miss Grand (Province)" for the year of their reign.[1] Some runners-up of the provincial pageants might be appointed to represent the neighboring provinces in case the directors of such provinces were lacking.[15][16]

The pageant was canceled for the first time in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, originally scheduled to be held at the Fair Pavilion in the city of Daimiel in Ciudad Real Province on 3 October, with 31 provincial representatives.[6][17][18] Nonetheless, all such candidates instead gained the right to participate in Las Palmas for the succeeding edition, Miss Grand Spain 2021.[19][20] The event also featured the presence of Dori Rodríguez from Navarre, the first openly transgender contestant to compete for the Miss Grand Spain title.[21]

Since 2018, the pageant, including its regional organs, has collaborated with many non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to raise funds available and provide necessities for the needed people,[22][23][24][25] such as; the Pequeño Valiente Foundation, which is dedicated to providing the necessary support to children and families affected by childhood cancers,[26][27] as well as the Mechones Solidarios, the Málaga-based NGO that produce and donate natural hair wigs to chemotherapy-induced and universal alopecia patients.[23][24][25]

Date and Location

The following list is the edition detail of the Miss Grand Spain contest, since its inception in 2016.

Year Edition Date Final venue Host Province Entrants Ref.
2016 1st July 18 Teatro de la Villa del Conocimiento y las Artes, Mairena del Alcor Seville 24[3][4]
2017 2nd July 8 28[28]
2018 3rd June 30 Cerezo Theater, Carmona 34[22][29]
2019 4th July 6 Hotel Campomar, Arnuero Cantabria 31[30][24]
2020 The pageant was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [31]
2021 5th May 16 Hotel Orquídea, Bahía Feliz Las Palmas 27[19][20]
2022 6th May 2 South Park Auditorium, Maspalomas 34 [20][32]
2023 7th March 25 Centro Comercial Martiánez Shopping Mall, Puerto de la Cruz Santa Cruz de Tenerife [33][34]

Main pageant

The pre-pageant of Miss Grand Spain is usually commenced a week before the grand final contest, consisting of the swimsuit competition, personal interview, national costume round, and the preliminary competition.[22] In the preliminary round, held 2–3 days before the grand final, all contestants will compete in swimwear, cocktail dress, and evening gowns in front of a panel of preliminary judges.[22][35] Each round of the preliminary competition together with the Swimsuit competition will determine the winner of the Best Evening Gown, Best cocktail dress, as well as the Best in Swimsuit awards, all such awards will be announced later in the grand final round.[22][35] Moreover, the scores from all pre-pageant portions, also determine the quarterfinalists during the grand final telecast of the pageant.[22][35]

Titleholders
Year Miss Grand Spain Runners-Up Ref.
First runner-up Second runner-up Third runner-up Fourth runner-up
2013 Las Palmas – Jenifer Guedes León No runners-up, the titleholders were appointed to the position. [36]
2014 Almería – Nazaret Hurtado [37]
2015 Málaga – Andrea de Cozar [38]
2016 Málaga – Adriana Sánchez Rivas Salamanca – Susana Sanchez Cantabria – Leticia Burgos Seville – Cynthia Ruz Valencia –  Lidia González Regolf [3][4]
2017 Balearic Islands – Mariana Rico Seville – Susana Sanchez Andalusia – Carolina Santos Granada – Paola Morales Jaén – Alba Maria Lara [39]
2018 Seville – Mariola Partida Angulo[γ] Murcia – Patricia López Verdes[α] Madrid – Nicole Menayo[δ] Valencia – Djabu Balde Salamanca – Triana Almenara [29]
2019 Cantabria – Ainara de Santamaría Madrid – Andrea Ávila Jaén – Miriam Herrera Juan Cádiz – Guadalupe Álvarez Costa Gallega – Iris Miguélez [1]
2020 Costa Gallega – Iris Miguélez[α] No runners-up, the pageant was entirely canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic caused the organizer to appoint the 2019 runner-up to represent the country in the Miss Grand International 2020 pageant instead. [31]
Madrid – Andrea De las Heras[α][β]
Cáceres – Sara González[γ]
2021 Costa Canaria – Alba Dunkerbeck Santa Cruz de Tenerife – Corina Mrazek Granada – Luisa Victoria Cádiz – Clara Navas Extremadura – Jeannette García [7]
2022 Las Palmas – Hirisley Jiménez Euskadi – Oihana Torres Zaragoza – Anakristina Rivero Madrid – Kristina Caci Granada – Natalia Quirós [34][40]
2023 Toledo - Celia Sevilla La Rioja - Alejandra León Tenerife - Carolina Barroso Pérez Almería - Denisse Vivienne Andor Cantabria - Marina Edilla
Color keys for the Placements at Miss Grand International
  Declared as the winner
  Ended as a runner-up (Top 5)
  Ended as a finalist (Top 10): 2015,[41] 2018, 2021[8]
  Ended as a semifinalist (Top 20/21): 2016, 2019
Note
^α Successor.
^β Resigned.
^γ Dethroned
^δ Nicole Menayo was later designated Miss Grand Costa Rica 2018 by Gerson Jimenez, the Miss Grand International franchise holder for Costa Rica.[42]
Winner gallery
  • Miss Grand Spain 2022Hirisley Jimenez(Las Palmas)
    Miss Grand Spain 2022
    Hirisley Jimenez
    (Las Palmas)
  • Miss Grand Spain 2021Alba Dunkerbeck(Costa Canaria)
    Miss Grand Spain 2021
    Alba Dunkerbeck
    (Costa Canaria)
  • Miss Grand Spain 2020Iris Miguélez Méndez (Costa Gallega)
    Miss Grand Spain 2020
    Iris Miguélez Méndez
    (Costa Gallega)
  • Miss Grand Spain 2015Andrea de Cozar(Málaga)
    Miss Grand Spain 2015
    Andrea de Cozar
    (Málaga)
  • Miss Grand Spain 2014Nazaret Hurtado(Las Palmas)
    Miss Grand Spain 2014
    Nazaret Hurtado
    (Las Palmas)

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 Special Awards
Vietnam 2023 Celia Sevilla Toledo Miss Grand Spain 2023 TBA
Indonesia 2022 Hirisley Jiménez  Las Palmas Miss Grand Spain 2022 Top 10
Thailand 2021 Alba Dunkerbeck Costa Canaria Miss Grand Spain 2021 Top 10
Thailand 2020 Iris Miguélez Pontevedra Appointed Unplaced
Venezuela 2019 Ainara de Santamaría  Cantabria Miss Grand Spain 2019 Top 20
Myanmar 2018 Patricia López Verdes  Murcia 1st Runner-up of Miss Grand Spain 2018 Top 10
Vietnam 2017 Mariana Rico  Balearic Islands Miss Grand Spain 2017 Unplaced
United States 2016 Adriana Sánchez Rivas  Málaga Miss Grand Spain 2016 Top 20
Thailand 2015 Andrea de Cozar  Málaga Appointed Top 10
Thailand 2014 Nazaret Hurtado  Almería Appointed Unplaced
Thailand 2013 Jenifer Guedes León  Las Palmas Appointed Unplaced

National finalists

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

Color keys
 W  Declared as the winner
  Ended as a runner-up (Top 5)
  Ended as a semifinalist (Top 9,10,11)
  Ended as a quaterfinalist (Top 13,14,15)
 –  Did not participate
  Withdraw during the competition
Year
Represented
 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023
 Alicante Coral Molina Isa Soguero — — — — Yamila Heredia
 Almería — Laura Funes Lucía Peregrin Lopez — Janire de la Iglesia Gigi Mendes Denisse Vivienne Andor
 Andalucía — Carolina Santos Maria Belén Cañete María José Parra Jana Ros Elisabeth Ros Cecilia Bellido Osuna
 Asturias — Alba Magan Stefania Andrade Ramirez Verónica Quirós Elisabet Mercedes Vasylenko — —
Atlántico — — Ariana Hernández Santana Zulheika Jiménez Lucía González Rodríguez Sara Sánchez Haridian Pérez Morales
 Badajoz Elena Navarro — Naiara Gomez Victoria Hernández — — —
 Barcelona Sandra Barreiro Jennifer Hueso Quesada Marta Bellido Andrada Morar Kethely Gomes Da Silva Marta Bernal Marta Rovira Mañé
 Burgos — — — Alba Ortega Torres — — —
Cáceres Osiris Maria Piñero — — Irene Simón — — —
 Cádiz Cristina Lorenzo Carmen Carrillo María De Villar Moya Guadalupe Alvarez Clara Navas Lora Alba Pérez Nuria Vela
 Canarias — — Alicia Rodríguez — — — —
 Cantabria Leticia Burgos — — Ainara De Santamaría — María Pardo Marina Edilla
 Castellón Clara López — — — — — Nakary Anyelid
 Cataluña — — Elena Expósito — — — —
 Castilla-La Mancha — Alba Rabadán — — — — —
 Ceuta Nuria De Torres Nina Jimeno Inma Cabezas Cruz — — — —
 Ciudad Real Ana Maria Urda Marta Carrasco Isabel Gigante Rodado Alba Izquierdo Andrea Sáez Martín Elisabeth Vergara —
Córdoba Inma Romero Natalia Flores Maria López Martín María Salazar Celia Torres Naiara Afan Pilar Espejo
Costa Canaria — — — — Alba Dunkerbeck Maryana Abreu Sara Jane Cicero
Costa Cantábrica — — — — — Sil Vázquez —
Costa de la Luz — — Alba Macias Gomez — María Romanco Rivero María Moreno —
Costa del Sol — — Carolina Martín Yaiza Cabello Mora Guardamagna Belén López Nuria González
Costa Gallega — — — Iris Miguélez Iasmin Aguiar Lucía Lamas Nerea Casas
 Euskadi — — Ane Alvarez Alcantara Zuriñe Ruiz Sara Lahidalga Oihana Torres Lorea Urkia
 Extremadura — Angela González Sara Cisneros Paula Miralles Jeannette Garcia Fernandez Cristina Vaquerizo Jara Bonito Ortega
 Galicia — Carla Soage Patrii Veiga Tania Chaves Luisa María Aitana Paradela Nuria Méndez
 Girona — — — — — Luna López Cristina Clea
Granada Elena Maya Paola Morales Angy Muñoz González María Jesús Rosales Luisa Victoria Malz Natalia Quirós Marta Guarnido
Guadalajara Judit León Estefania Ortega — — — — —
 Huelva María Báñez Rubent Bela Peña Raquel Pérez Rodríguez Ángela Gil Pinto Luján Monteso Verónica Molins Lucía Fábregas
Islas Afortunadas — — — — Paula Rodríguez Ana Luisa Herrera Daniela González Delgado
 Islas Baleares Aida Bravo Mariana Rico Margarita Orihuela Alcaide Sorina Dolghieru Dunia Cortés Bouriah — Marina Vich
 Jaén Celia Navarro Alba Maria Lara Pilar Serrano Leon Miriam Herrera Juan Sandra Nevado Nieto María José Molina Alba Hayas
 La Rioja — — — — — Elena Prado Marin Alejandra León
 Las Palmas — — Noemi González Victoria María Contreras Alexandra Del Valle Da Silva Sosa Hirisley Jiménez Dayanara Rodríguez
 Lleida — — — — — Mar Pallini Sonia Castro
 León — — — Lucía Andrade — — —
 Madrid Helen Escoriza Ivonne Pérez Nicole Menayo Andrea Ávila Elisabet Mercedes Cid Vasylenko Kristina Caci Faridi Dacasa
 Málaga Adriana Sánchez Anastasia Castillo Maria Sánchez Alés Nabila Recio Alexandra Cucu Lourdes Cabrera Patricia Romero Reina
Mediterranean — — — Maria Fernández — — —
 Melilla — — Aidamara Alcedo Gil — — — —
 Murcia — Nabila Calvente Patricia López Verdes — — Miriam Avilés María Moreno
 Navarra — — Flavia Medina Dana Vázquez Dori Rodríguez Zubiri Iratxe Francés Nerea Moreno
 Palencia Yurena Cárdenas Gutiérrez — — — Aitana Benito — —
 Pontevedra — Jéssica Solleiro Bermúdez Alba Peiteado Meijome — — — —
 Salamanca Susana Sánchez — Triana Almenara Domínguez — — — —
Santa Cruz de Tenerife Gara Ramos Glez Claudia San Luis Barreto Lucy Arteaga Rodríguez Noelia Dorta Hernández Corina Mrazek González Fabiola Sánchez Carolina Barroso Pérez
 Segovia — Cristina Andrea Cosareano — — — — —
Sevilla Cynthia Ruz Susy Sánchez Mariola Partida Angulo Nuria Rodríguez Cynthia Carrasco Rosado Maria Domínguez Andrea Boza Moya
 Tarragona — — — Laia Bosquet Ainhoa González Pérez Lorena Sospedra Ainara Sánchez
Toledo Beatriz Alba Andrea Salcedo Adriana Nacea — — María Victoria Medina Celia Sevilla
 Valencia Lidia González Regolf María del Mar Rodríguez Djabu Balde Viena Lerie Rodcop — Erika Pereira Maria Rojas
 Valladolid Zoraida Rodríguez Patricia Alvarez — — — — —
 Zaragoza — Luisa González Joaquina Tais Mariana D’orazio Gómez — Anakristina Rivero Lara Gil Barranco
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