Miss Grand Uruguay

Miss Grand Uruguay
Formation2016
TypeBeauty pageant
HeadquartersMontevideo
Location
MembershipMiss Grand International
Official language
Spanish
National director
Yeisson Gomez
Parent organization

Miss Grand Uruguay is a national beauty pageant title awarded to Uruguay representatives competing at the Miss Grand International contest.[1][2][3][4] The title was first awarded on the national stage of the Nuestra Belleza Uruguay 2016 [es] pageant,[1] in which Mellina Carballo was named the first Miss Grand Uruguay titleholder.[1][5] The contest was organized by Nadia Cerri, who was also the director of the Miss Uruguay pageant.[6] Another titleholder, Jimena Martino, was determined through an audition held by the Certamen Nacional de Belleza Uruguay pageant (CNB Uruguay) in 2020.[3][4]

Since the establishment of Miss Grand International, Uruguay took part only twice; in 2016 and 2020, but its both representatives were unplaced.[7][8]

History

Uruguay participated in Miss Grand International for the first time in 2016 when Nadia Cerri, the organizer of Miss Uruguay, obtained the Miss Grand Uruguay license and sent Melina Carballo to compete at Miss Grand International 2016 in Las Vegas.[1][2] Melina was the vice-miss of a newly established national pageant, Nuestra Belleza Uruguay [es].[5] Normally, Nadia Cerri holds another contest, Miss Uruguay, to select the country's representatives for the Miss Universe and Miss World pageants.[9] However, after losing the Miss Universe license in 2016, Nadia instead organized Nuestra Belleza Uruguay as the replacement contest; its main winner was sent to Miss World 2016.[10] The Miss Grand contract was not extended in the following years, causing the country to be absent from 2017 to 2019.[11]

After three consecutive years of hiatus, Uruguay returned to the tournament after Jimena Martino was assigned to represent the country at the Miss Grand International 2020 pageant held in Thailand in early 2021.[3][4] Originally, Jimena was set for Miss Tourism World 2020 to be held in China;[12][13] however, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the host country, the pageant was canceled and caused Jimena to instead apply for Miss Grand Uruguay 2020 casting organized by Yeisson Coronado's Certamen Nacional de Belleza Uruguay (CNB Uruguay) and was elected the winner.[3][4] Jimena Martino was the first runner-up of the Bendice la Corona Uruguay 2020 pageant, in which the pageant's main winner was sent to Miss World 2021.[12][13]

Due to lacking national licensees, no Uruguay candidates at Miss Grand International since 2021.[14]

International competition

The following is a list of Uruguayan representatives at the Miss Grand International contest.

Year Representative Original national title Competition Performance National director
Placement Other awards
2016 Mellina Carballo[1][2] Miss Grand Uruguay 2016[5] Unplaced[7] — Nadia Cerri[6]
No representatives since 2017 - 2019
2020 Jimena Martino[3][4] 1st runner-up Bendice la Corona Uruguay 2020[12][13] Unplaced[8] — Yeisson Coronado[15]
No representatives since 2021 - 2024

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Mellina Carballo to represent Uruguay at Miss Grand International 2016". The Times of India. 7 July 2016. Archived from the original on 15 August 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  2. ^ a b c "Vẻ nóng bỏng của Hoa hậu Uruguay 2017" (in Vietnamese). VNExpress. 20 September 2017. Archived from the original on 15 August 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  3. ^ a b c d e "La modelo Jimena Martino dejó a Uruguay bien representado en el certamen Miss Grand International". Hoycanelones.com.uy (in Spanish). Hoy Canelones. 16 April 2021. Archived from the original on 15 August 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Jimena Martino: la Miss Grand Uruguay que viajó a Tailandia para disputar la grand final mundial". Neturuguay.com (in Spanish). Net Uruguay. 7 March 2021. Archived from the original on 15 August 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  5. ^ a b c ""Voy a dar lo mejor de mí y esperar los resultados"" (in Spanish). Diario El Pueblo. 7 September 2016. Archived from the original on 15 August 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  6. ^ a b "Jimena Martino de Canelones representará al país en Miss Tourism World (China)". Actualidad.com.uy (in Spanish). 10 January 2021. Archived from the original on 15 August 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  7. ^ a b "Nguyen Thi Loan in final top 20 Miss Grand International 2016". Vietnam Television. 26 October 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  8. ^ a b "Samantha Bernardo makes it to Top 20 of Miss Grand International!". GMA Network. 27 March 2021. Archived from the original on 26 August 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  9. ^ "Las misses y el mister Uruguay del año de la pandemia" (in Spanish). El País. 21 January 2021. Archived from the original on 15 August 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  10. ^ "Romina Trotto crowned Nuestra Belleza Uruguay 2016". The Times of India. 27 June 2016. Archived from the original on 15 August 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  11. ^
    [Note: No Uruguayan representatives in the contestant lists in 2017, 2018, and 2019.]
  12. ^ a b c "La modelo Jimena Martino, de la ciudad de Canelones, representará a Uruguay en un certamen en China". Hoycanelones.com.uy (in Spanish). Hoy Canelones. 16 January 2021. Archived from the original on 15 August 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  13. ^ a b c "La modelo y futbolista Jimena Martino representará a Uruguay en certamen internacional en Tailandia". Progresoaldia.com.uy (in Spanish). 3 February 2021. Archived from the original on 15 August 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  14. ^
    [Note: No Uruguayan representatives in the contestant lists in 2021 and 2022.]
  15. ^ "Jessica Lemes y Fabián Ferrúa ganaron el Miss & Mister CNB 2023, en su primera edición". Neturuguay.com (in Spanish). 19 June 2023. Archived from the original on 15 August 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2023.