Miss Grand Spain

For the most recent edition, see Miss Grand Spain 2024.

Miss Grand Spain
Established23 June 2016; 8 years ago (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

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]

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 18 July Teatro de la Villa del Conocimiento y las Artes, Mairena del Alcor Seville 24 [3][4]
2017 2nd 8 July 28 [28]
2018 3rd 30 June Cerezo Theater, Carmona 34 [22][29]
2019 4th 6 July Hotel Campomar, Arnuero Cantabria 31 [30][24]
2020 The pageant was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [31]
2021 5th 16 May Hotel Orquídea, Bahía Feliz Las Palmas 27 [19][20]
2022 6th 2 May South Park Auditorium, Maspalomas 34 [20][32]
2023 7th 25 March Centro Comercial Martiánez Shopping Mall, Puerto de la Cruz Santa Cruz de Tenerife [33][34]
2024 8th 11 May Teatro Municipal Horacio Noguera, Isla Cristina Huelva 35 [35][36]
2025 9th

Regional pageants

Since 2016, several provinces have organized local contests to select representatives to compete in the Miss Grand Spain pageant, as detailed below.

Participating regional and territories

Regional/territories 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
 Albacete
 Alicante Y 11 Y Y
 Almería Y Y Y 15
 Andalucía Y 14 9 15 10 10
 Asturias 11 Y 14 Y Y
 Atlántico Y Y Y Y Y 15
 Badajoz Y 15 Y
 Baleares Y
 Barcelona Y 11 Y Y Y Y Y Y
 Burgos Y
 Cáceres Y Y
 Cádiz Y Y 10 10 Y Y
 Canarias Y
 Cantabria 10 Y
 Castellón 10 Y 15
 Castilla-La Mancha Y
 Cataluña Y
 Ceuta Y Y Y
 Ciudad Real Y Y 10 Y Y Y Y
 Córdoba Y Y Y Y 9 Y 15 10
Costa Canaria 10 10 15
Costa Cantábrica Y
Costa de la Luz 15 9 15 Y
Costa del Sol Y 10 13 Y 10 Y
Costa Gallega Y Y Y Y
Euskadi Y
 Extremadura 11 10 Y Y 10 Y
 Galicia Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Girona Y 15 Y
 Granada 10 5 Y 14 Y Y
 Guadalajara Y Y
 Huelva 10 11 15 10 13 Y Y Y
Islas Afortunadas Y Y
 Islas Baleares 10 10 10 Y Y
 Jaén Y 5 15 Y Y Y Y
 La Rioja Y 15
 Las Palmas 15 Y Y Y
 León 10
 Lleida Y Y Y
 Madrid Y Y Y 15 Y
Madrid City Y
 Málaga Y Y Y Y Y 15 Y
Mediterranean Y 10
 Melilla Y
 Murcia Y [a] 10 15 15
 Navarra Y Y 13 Y Y
 País Vasco Y Y Y
 Palencia 10 13
 Pontevedra Y Y
 Segovia Y
 Salamanca
 Santa Cruz de Tenerife Y Y Y Y
Sevilla [b] 14 Y 15 10 10
 Tarragona Y 9 Y Y
Tenerife Y
Toledo Y Y Y 15 10
 Valencia Y Y 10 Y Y
 Valladolid Y Y
 Zaragoza 11 10 10 Y Y
Total 24 28 34 31 27 34 34 35
Color keys
  •    : Declared as the winner
  •    : Ended as a 1st runner-up
  •    : Ended as a 2nd runner-up
  •    : Ended as a 3rd runner-up
  •    : Ended as a 4th runner-up
  •  A  : Ended as a finalist, semifinalist and unplaced
  •  ×  : Ended as withdrew during the competition
  •  ×  : Ended as no representative

Main pageant

The pre-pageant of Miss Grand Spain usually commenced a week before the grand final contest, consisting of the swimsuit competition, personal interview, national costume round, and preliminary competition.[22] In the preliminary round, held 2–3 days before the grand final, all contestants will compete in swimwear, cocktail dresses, and evening gowns in front of a panel of preliminary judges.[22][37] 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][37] Moreover, the scores from all pre-pageant portions, also determine the quarterfinalists during the grand final telecast of the pageant.[22][37]

Competition results

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. [38][39]
2014 Almería – Nazaret Hurtado [40]
2015 Málaga – Andrea de Cozar [41]
2016 Málaga – Adriana Sánchez Rivas Salamanca – Susana Sanchez Cantabria – Leticia Burgos Seville – Cynthia Ruz Valencia –  Lidia Regolf [3][4]
2017 Balearic Islands – Mariana Rico Seville – Susana Sanchez Andalusia – Carolina Santos Granada – Paola Morales Jaén – Alba Maria Lara [42]
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 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 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][43]
2023 Toledo - Celia Sevilla La Rioja - Alejandra León Tenerife - Carolina Pérez Almería - Denisse Andor Cantabria - Marina Edilla [44][45]
2024 Las Palmas – Susana Medina Tenerife – Idayra Tena Tarragona – Adriana Corpas Albacete – Luana Gheban Euskadi – Esther Escudero [46]
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.[47]
  • Miss Grand Spain 2024 Susana Medina (Las Palmas)
    Miss Grand Spain 2024
    Susana Medina
    (Las Palmas)
  • Miss Grand Spain 2023 Celia Sevilla (Toledo)
    Miss Grand Spain 2023
    Celia Sevilla
    (Toledo)
  • Miss Grand Spain 2022 Hirisley Jimenez (Las Palmas)
    Miss Grand Spain 2022
    Hirisley Jimenez
    (Las Palmas)
  • Miss Grand Spain 2021 Alba Dunkerbeck (Costa Canaria)
    Miss Grand Spain 2021
    Alba Dunkerbeck
    (Costa Canaria)
  • Miss Grand Spain 2020 Iris Miguélez Méndez (Costa Gallega)
    Miss Grand Spain 2020
    Iris Miguélez Méndez
    (Costa Gallega)
  • Miss Grand Spain 2015 Andrea de Cozar (Málaga)
    Miss Grand Spain 2015
    Andrea de Cozar
    (Málaga)
  • Miss Grand Spain 2014 Nazaret Hurtado (Las Palmas)
    Miss Grand Spain 2014
    Nazaret Hurtado
    (Las Palmas)

International placements

The following is a list of Spanish representatives a Miss Grand International.

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
Year Representative Province Title Placement Special Awards
2024 Susana Medina Las Palmas Miss Grand Spain 2024 5th runner-up
2023 Celia Sevilla Toledo Miss Grand Spain 2023 Top 20
2022 Hirisley Jiménez Las Palmas Miss Grand Spain 2022 5th runner-up
2021 Alba Dunkerbeck Costa Canaria Miss Grand Spain 2021 Top 10
2020 Iris Miguélez Pontevedra 4th runner-up Miss Grand Spain 2019 Unplaced
2019 Ainara de Santamaría Cantabria Miss Grand Spain 2019 Top 20
2018 Patricia López Verdes Murcia 1st Runner-up of Miss Grand Spain 2018 Top 10
2017 Mariana Rico Balearic Islands Miss Grand Spain 2017 Unplaced
2016 Adriana Sánchez Rivas Málaga Miss Grand Spain 2016 Top 20
2015 Andrea de Cozar Málaga Appointed Top 10
2014 Nazaret Hurtado Almería Appointed Unplaced
2013 Jenifer Guedes León Las Palmas Appointed Unplaced


Notes

  1. ^ Assumed
  2. ^ Dethroned

See also

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