Miss Grand Catalonia (Catalan: Miss Grand Catalunya) is a Spanish regional female beauty pageant founded in 2022,[1][2] aiming to select representatives of the four Catalan provinces—Barcelona, Tarragona, Lleida, and Girona—for the Miss Grand Spain national competition.[3][4][5]

Miss Grand Catalonia
Formation12 November 2022; 2 years ago (2022-11-12)
TypeBeauty pageant
HeadquartersBarcelona
Location
Membership
Miss Grand Spain
Official language
Spanish
Director
David Sequeiros Aguilar

Since the first competition in the Miss Grand Spain pageant, Catalan representatives have not won the main title yet. The highest placement they obtained was the top 9 finalists, won by Ainhoa González Pérez, who represented Tarragona in the 2021 national event.[6]

History

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Before establishing the Miss Grand Catalonia pageant, the Catalan representatives to the Miss Grand Spain national contest were determined through two provincial events including Miss Grand Barcelona and Miss Grand Girona.[7][8][9] In some cases, the runners-up of these two provincial pageants were later assigned to represent other Catalan provinces that lacked licensees.[10][11]

Editions

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The following table details Miss Grand Catalonia's annual editions since 2022.

Date and venue

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Edition Date Final venue Entrants Ref.
1st 12 November 2022 Hotel Melià, Sitges 31 [1][2]
2nd 22 March 2024 Restaurant El Castellet, Sant Quirze del Vallès 10

Winners

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Edition Miss Grand Barcelona Miss Grand Girona Miss Grand Lleida Miss Grand Tarragona Ref.
1st Marta Rovira Mañé Cristina López Sonia Castro Ainara Sánchez [4]
2nd Susana Garcés Nayeli Ortega Carla Demenech Adriana Corpas [13]

National competition

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The following is a list of candidates from Catalonia who competed at the Miss Grand Spain national pageant.

As autonomy representative

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Catalonia competed in the Miss Grand Spain pageant under the title of "Miss Grand Catalonia" only once in 2018, with the representation of Elena Expósito, who was the finalist in the Miss Grand Barcelona 2018 pageant. Still, Elena was unplaced on the national stage.

As provincial representatives

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Year Miss Grand Barcelona Miss Grand Girona Miss Grand Lleida Miss Grand Tarragona Ref.
2016 Sandra Barreiro
(Unplaced)
× × × [14]
2017 Jennifer Hueso Quesada
(Top 11)
× × × [15]
2018 Marta Bellido
(Unplaced)
× × × [16]
2019 Andrada Morar
(Unplaced)
× × Laia Bosquet
(Unplaced)
[6][17]
2021 Kethely Gomes Da Silva
(Unplaced)
× × Ainhoa González Pérez
(Top 9)
[18]
2022 Marta Bernal
(Unplaced)
Luna López
(Unplaced)
Mar Pallini
(Unplaced)
Lorena Sospedra
(Unplaced)
[19]
2023 Marta Rovira Mañé
(Unplaced)
Cristina López
(Top 15)
Sonia Castro
(Unplaced)
Ainara Sánchez
(Unplaced)
[4]
2024 Susana Garcés
(Unplaced)
Nayeli Ortega
(Unplaced)
Carla Demenech
(Unplaced)
Adriana Corpas
(2nd runner-up)
[13]
2025 Vera Fluixá Arques
(TBD)
Marta Bellido
(TBD)
Aitana Jiménez
(TBD)
Ana Ioseliani
(TBD)
[20][21]

References

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  1. ^ a b Ricard Vinyals (31 October 2022). "Judith Jané i Marta Rovira, candidates penedesenques a Miss Grand Catalunya". El 3 de vuit (in Catalan). Archived from the original on 13 November 2022. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Vanesa Molina representará al Prat en el concurs "Miss Grand Catalunya"". elprataldia.es (in Spanish). 8 November 2022. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
  3. ^ "La vendrellenca Marta Rovira lluitarà per participar al certamen de bellesa Miss Grand Spain". RTV El Vendrell (in Catalan). 4 November 2022. Archived from the original on 14 April 2024. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
  4. ^ a b c Ricard Vinyals (18 March 2023). ""Ningú m'ha obligat a estar dins, soc lliure i vaig a gaudir d'un certamen de bellesa"". El 3 de vuit (in Catalan). Archived from the original on 22 March 2023.
  5. ^ Miquel Erra (10 October 2021). "Més enllà d'una cara bonica". El 9 Nou [es] (in Catalan). Archived from the original on 14 April 2024. Retrieved 14 April 2024. Hard copy: Més enllà d’una cara bonica
  6. ^ a b Sergio Sainz; Laura González Quintana (12 July 2019). "La santoñesa Ainara de Santamaría cumple el sueño de coronarse Miss Grand España" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 12 April 2024. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  7. ^ "El Instagram de Patri de 'La isla de las tentaciones': sesiones de fotos y su paso por 'Miss Grand Barcelona 2020'". 20 minutos (in Spanish). 23 September 2020. Archived from the original on 14 April 2024. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
  8. ^ "¡Nuestro alumnado está fuertemente vinculado al certamen Miss Grand Barcelona!". Thuya Escuela (in Spanish). 2019. Archived from the original on 13 April 2024. Retrieved 14 April 2024 – via Archive Today.
  9. ^ "TIEMPO DE GALAS. Despues de vivir en Marzo las Galas Finales de Miss Grand Sevilla, Córdoba, Las Palmas y Granada". Miss Grand Spain (in Spanish). 7 April 2018. Archived from the original on 14 April 2024. Retrieved 14 April 2024 – via Archive Today.
  10. ^ "Ella es nuestra querida Mar Pallini 1ra finalista MGB 2020 en la que hemos confiado para que representara a Lleida Miss Grand Spain 2022". Miss Grand Catalunya (in Spanish). 11 May 2022. Archived from the original on 14 April 2024. Retrieved 14 April 2024 – via Archive Today.
  11. ^ "Ella es nuestra querida Lorena Sospedra Primera Finalists Miss Grand Barcelona 2021 y Nuestra Representante Tarragona". Miss Grand Catalunya (in Spanish). 11 May 2022. Archived from the original on 14 April 2024. Retrieved 14 April 2024 – via Archive Today.
  12. ^ "Final Show Miss Grand Catalunya". Miss Grand Catalunya (in Spanish). 21 March 2024. Archived from the original on 14 April 2024. Retrieved 14 April 2024 – via Archive Today.
  13. ^ a b Daniel Reyes (14 May 2024). "La grancanaria Susana Medina gana Miss Grand Spain 2024". Diez Minutos (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 25 July 2024. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  14. ^ Pasarela Española (8 June 2017). "Entrevistamos a Sandra Barreiro (Miss Grand Madrid 2016)". Pasarela Española Magazine (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 14 April 2024. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
  15. ^ Alberto Román (5 June 2017). "Alba María Lara Gallego fue coronada en Úbeda como 'Miss Grand Jaén 2017'". ubeda.ideal.es. Archived from the original on 12 April 2024. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
  16. ^ "Patricia López Miss Grand Murcia, 1ª finalista en Miss Grand España 2018". Murcia.com (in Spanish). 2 July 2018. Archived from the original on 1 November 2021. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  17. ^ Ioana Bradea (13 February 2020). "INEDIT – Tina Olari surprinde din nou: Spectaculoase rochii de mireasă 2 în 1, în colecția 2020!". www.bistriteanul.ro (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 13 April 2024. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
  18. ^ "La canaria Alba Dunkenberck, se proclama Miss Grand Spain 2021". www.semana.es (in Spanish). 18 May 2021. Archived from the original on 11 April 2024. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
  19. ^ "La bilbaína Oihana Torres queda segunda en 'Miss Grand Spain'". El Correo (in Spanish). 2 May 2022. Archived from the original on 4 March 2023. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
  20. ^ @Miss Grand Spain (25 July 2024). "Miss Grand Lieida 2024 es Aitana Jiménez" (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 August 2024 – via Instagram.
  21. ^ @Miss Grand Spain (5 July 2024). "Miss Grand Lieida 2024 es Ana Ioseliani" (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 August 2024 – via Instagram.
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