Miss Grand Brazil

Miss Grand Brazil is an annual female beauty pageant in Brazil, founded in 2014 by a São Paulo-based event organizer Gerson Antonelli,[1][2] to select the country's representatives to compete in its parent international contest, Miss Grand International.[3][4] Since 2015, the pageant has been owned by Concurso Nacional de Beleza Miss Brasil (CNB Miss Brazil), led by Henrique Fontes.[5][6]

Miss Grand Brazil
FormationJuly 25, 2014 (2014-07-25)
FounderGerson Antonelli
TypeBeauty pageant
HeadquartersRio de Janeiro
Location
Membership
Miss Grand International
Official language
Portuguese
National Director
Henrique Fontes
Parent organization
Concurso Nacional de Beleza Miss Brasil (2013, 2015 – Present)
WebsiteOfficial website

In its first two editions, 2014 and 2019, all national entrants were selected by the organization directly.[1][2][5] However, after the license was distributed to the regional organizer in 2020, the pageant has regularly been featuring the contestants chosen by either the central organ or the licensed organizers.[7][8][9] Since its inception, the contest was canceled once in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[10]

Brazil holds a record of 9 placements at Miss Grand International, the highest position was the first place won by Isabella Menin in 2022,[11] followed by the second runner-up, obtained by Lorena Rodrigues of Minas Gerais in 2021,[12][13] and the fourth runner-up in 2019 and 2020, won by Marjorie Marcelle and Alaíse Guedes, respectively.[14][15]

The current Miss Grand Brazil is Adriana Yanca of Zona da Mata, who was crowned on June 29, 2023, at the Recanto Cataratas Thermas Resort, Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná.

Background

History

Since the establishment of Miss Grand International in 2013, Brazil has always send the representatives to participate in such. Its first representative, Tamara de Costa Bicca Top 16 finalists Miss Brazil World 2013, was appointed by the licensee Concurso Nacional de Beleza Miss Brasil to join the international contest in Thailand where she was placed among the Top 10 finalist.[16][6] In the following year, the inaugural contest of the Miss Grand Brazil was held after a São Paulo-based event organizer Gerson Antonelli had purchased the license.[1][5][2] The contest was held as the sub-event of the annual festival Festival Nacional do Folclore at the Anfiteatro da Casa de Cultura of Olímpia city in São Paulo on 25 July, featuring 13 contestants, in which Yameme Ibrahim of Paraná won the main title.[1][5][2] Ibrahim then participated at Miss Grand International 2014 in Thailand on 25 October and was placed among the Top 20 finalists.[2] However, the license had been brought back to the hand of the CNB Miss Brazil in the following year then the country representatives at Miss Grand International were appointed to the position instead of organizing the Miss Grand national for four years consecutively;[5] the elected queens includes Paula Gomes (2015),[17] Renata Sena (2016),[18] Caroline Venturini (2017),[19] and Gabrielle Vilela (2018).[5] Besides Miss Grand Brazil, CNB Miss Brazil also holds the country licenses for Miss World, Mister World as well as Miss and Mister Supranational.[20]

The pageant was planned to be resurrected in 2017 at Hotel do Bosque Eco Resort in Angra dos Reis (RJ) on 5 May but the program, unfortunately, was rescheduled to 2019 for undisclosed reasons.[21] Two years later, the suspended program was finally held on 28 February at Dall'Onder Grande Hotel in Bento Gonçalves of Rio Grande do Sul state, with 22 candidates representing each federative unit of Brazil participating,[5][22] and the event has been held annually since then.[23][10]

After its first postponement in 2017, the pageant, originally planned to be held on 12 October, has been canceled once again in 2021, resulting from the widespread COVID-19 infection in Brazil,[10] which exceeds more than twenty thousand new positive cases per day in the second half of the year.[24] Therefore, the director decided to assign the second runner-up of the 2019 contest – Lorena Rodrigues – to participate in the international edition,[15] in which she finished as the second runner-up.[12][13]

Editions
Miss Grand Brazil Editions
YearEditionDateVenueHost stateEntrantsState pageantRef.
20141st25 JulyAnfiteatro da Casa de Cultura, OlímpiaSão Paulo14[1][2]
20192nd28 FebruaryDall'Onder Grande Hotel, Bento GonçalvesRio Grande do Sul22[5][22]
20203rd30 January24[23]
20224th28 JulyTheater Caesb, Federal DistrictBrasília31[25][26]
20235th10 JuneRecanto Cataratas Thermas Resort, Foz do Iguaçu Paraná28[27][28]

Selection of contestants

The Miss Grand Brazil pageant has been licensing the participant rights to the local agency since 2019.[7] The regional licensees then select their representatives through either the local contest, internal casting, or by a hand-picking.[7] In the 2022 edition, at least 13 federative units of Brazil (i.e., Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais) held the state pageant or casting event to determine the finalists for Miss Grand Brazil 2022.[8][9][29] Moreover, the national organizer also receives the application directly to choose the supplementary national finalists.[7]

Titleholders

Miss Grand Brazil titleholders and the result at the international contest

Year Miss Grand Brazil Runners Up Ref.
1st
(First)		 2nd
(Second)		 3rd
(Third)		 4th
(Fourth)
2013 Tamara de Costa Bicca
(Rio Grande do Sul)		 No runners-up, the titleholder was appointed to the position. [16]
2014 Yameme Ibrahim
(Paraná)		 Camila Coutinho
(Rio de Janeiro)		 Naiara Thomé
(São Paulo)		 Cynthia Gomes
(Minas Gerais)		 [1][2]
2015 Paula Gomes
(Mato Grosso do Sul)		 No runners-up, the titleholder was appointed to the position. [30][31]
2016 Renata Sena[α]
(Mato Grosso do Sul)		 No runners-up, the titleholder was determined through the Miss Brazil World 2016 pageant. [32]
2017 Caroline Venturini[β]
(Rio Grande do Sul)		 No runners-up, the titleholders were appointed to the position. [6][33]
2018 Gabrielle Vilela[γ]
(Rio de Janeiro)		 [6]
2019 Marjorie Marcelle
(São Paulo)		 Amanda Brenner[ε]
(Maranhão)		 Lorena Rodrigues[ζ]
(Minas Gerais)		 Isabelle Pandini
(Rio de Janeiro)		 Amanda Cardoso
(Espírito Santo)		 [22]
2020 Lala Guedes
(Paraíba)		 Mylena Duarte
(Espírito Santo)		 Caroline Andrade
(Sergipe)		 Clarissa Thomsen
(Paraná)		 Ruthy Rafaella
(Alagoas)		 [15][23]
2021 Lorena Rodrigues
(Minas Gerais)		 No runners-up, the 2019 second runner-up was appointed to join the international contest. [15]
2022 Isabella Menin
(Alto Cafezal)		 Ana Gabriela Borges
(Paraná)		 Vitória Brodt
(Rio Grande do Sul)		 Bárbara Reis
(Norte Mato-Grossense)		 Maythe Varzoni
(Mato Grosso)		 [25]
2023 Adriana Yanca
(Zona da Mata Mineira)		 Cinthya Moura
(Pernambuco)		 Luciana Gomes
(Tocantins)		 Ana Finkler
(Paraná)		 Júlia de Castro Rodrigues
(Minas Gerais)		 [28]
Color keys for the Placements at Miss Grand International
  Declared as the winner
  Ended as a runner-up (Top 5): 2019,[14][34] 2020,[15] 2021[12][13]
  Ended as a finalist (Top 10): 2013,[16] 2015[16]
  Ended as a semifinalist (Top 20/21): 2014, 2017, 2018
  Unplaced
  Did not compete
Note
1. ^α Previously the first runner-up Miss Brazil World 2016.[32]
2. ^β Previously top 7 finalists Miss Brazil World 2016.
3. ^γ Former Miss Brazil CNB 2017.[35]
4. ^δ Originally the second runner-up Miss Grand Brazil 2019.
5. ^ε Also Reina Hispano-Americana Brazil 2019.
6. ^ζ Also Miss Friendship Brazil 2019.
Winner gallery
Winners by state
State Number Years
 São Paulo 2 2019, 2022
 Rio Grande do Sul 2013, 2017
 Minas Gerais 1 2021
 Paraíba 2020
 Rio de Janeiro 2018
 Amazonas 2016
 Mato Grosso do Sul 2015
 Paraná 2014

National finalists

The following list is the national finalists of the Miss Grand Brazil 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 8,9)
  Ended as a semifinalist (Top 11,12)
  Ended as a semifinalist (Top 15,16,20)
 –  Did not participate
  Withdraw during the competition
Year
State/etc.
 2014 2019 2020 2022 2023
Acre — — Fabyanna Albuquerque — Sarah Cristinny
Alagoas — Gabriela Ribeiro Ruthy Rafaella — —
Alto Cafezal — — — Isabella Menin —
Amazonas — Fabielle Pereira Luisa Eliza Fonteles — Nathália Acacia
Amapá — — Carolina Rodríguez — —
Bahia Gabriella Losacco Luiza Braz Juliana Santana Tainara Santos Kalline Zins
Cânions Paulistas — — — Stephanie Pavani —
Cataratas do Iguaçu — — — — Bárbara David Vazquez
Ceará — Yasmin Martins — Isadora Katlen Victoria Melo
Circuito das Frutas — — — Nina Spasiani Carina Manzi
District Federal Ariane Franco Laís Barros Maria Eduarda Estrela Rosa Carvalho Carol Tibery
Espírito Santo Ingrid Franco Amanda Cardoso Mylena Duarte Gabriela Souza —
Goiás Fernanda Lemes Claudianne Vacarezza Mariana David Pinheiro Taynnara Gimenez Kelry Fernandes
Guanabara — — — — Nathália Salema
Ilhabela — — — Bruna Bonomo Bruna Sartori
Ilha Comprida — — — Nicole Hadassa —
Ilha de São Luís — — — — Roberta Carvalho
Ipiranga — — — — Brooke Shields Assunção
Maranhão — Amanda Brenner Luciana Silva Thaís Fischer Natália Seipel Nikolić
Mato Grosso Fabiola Abad Thaisa Cristina Boeno Jéssica Dutkewicz Maythe Varzoni Hélen Gonçalves Larocca
Mato Grosso do Sul Núbia Gouvêa Luciana Novais Amanda Andrade Bia Martins —
Minas Gerais Cynthia Gomes Lorena Rodrigues Luísa Rocha Malu Camargos Júlia Castro
Norte Mato-Grossense — — — Bárbara Reis —
Olímpia Dayane Kelly — — — —
Pará Dréssica Alves Thalita Maués Vivian Henriques Shanti Devi Yasmin Alcântara Resende
Paraíba — Jéssica Costa Alaise Guedes Chaene Guedes Elen Guedes
Paraná Yameme Ibrahim Poliana Rosa Clarissa Thomsen Gabriela Borges Ana Finkler
Pernambuco — Eslovênia Marques Emily Chizoba Julia Ohanna Cinthya Moura
Piauí — — — Ana Paula Souza Maria Veloso
Plano Piloto — — — Mohaly França Rebeca Amorim
Rio de Janeiro Camila Coutinho Isabelle Pandini Jessica Nunes Keila Campbel Esthefane Souza
Rio Grande do Norte — — Yanna Gomes Cristianne Medeiros Suan Magnone
Rio Grande do Sul Séphora Costa Vanessa Salva Natália Benchimol Maggi Vitória Brodt Amanda Bernardo
Rondônia — Gisele Cristina Allyne Macêdo Vitória Ribeiro —
Santa Catarina Camila Bornhäusen Thylara Brenner Larissa Sevegnani Sthefany Aragão Fernanda Lupato
São Paulo Naiara Thomé Marjorie Marcelle Isadora Meira Larissa Galvão Caroline Valentino
Sul Mineiro — — — Sara Santos —
Sergipe — Gabriela Santana Caroline Andrade — —
Tocantins Beatriz Libonatti Monique Freitas Raiany Alves Khalynne Silva Luciana Gomes
Vale do Aço — — — Víviane Lópes —
Zona da Mata Mineira — — — Maria Azevedo Adriana Yanca
Total1422243128

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