Miss Grand El Salvador

Miss Grand El Salvador is a national title given to a woman chosen to represent El Salvador at Miss Grand International.[1][2][3][4] The title was first mentioned in 2013 when a San Salvador-based model, Elisa Durán, was appointed to represent the country at the inaugural edition of Miss Grand International in Thailand.[5] Since 2018, the right to send an El Salvadoran representative to compete at Miss Grand International has belonged to a national pageant chaired by Francisco Cortez, Certamen Nacional de la Belleza El Salvador (CNB El Salvador),[6] in which the main winner was titled Reina de El Salvador and customarily assumed to be Miss Grand El Salvador.[1][2][4]

Miss Grand El Salvador
Formation2013
TypeBeauty pageant
HeadquartersSan Salvador
Location
Membership
Miss Grand International
Official language
Spanish
National director
Francisco Cortez
Parent organization

Since its first participation in 2013, El Salvadoran representatives obtained placement at the Miss Grand International pageant only once in 2020 when Luciana Martínez was placed among the top 20 finalists.[7][8] [9]

History

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El Salvador debuted at Miss Grand International in 2013 with an appointed representative, Elisa Durán.[5] Later in 2014, one of the Nuestra Belleza El Salvador 2011 finalists, Andrea Mariona, was assumed to be Miss Grand El Salvador 2014 but did to compete internationally for undisclosed reasons.[10]

After four years of absence, the country turned back to the competition in 2018, when the president of the Certamen Nacional de la Belleza El Salvador (CNB El Salvador) pageant, Francisco Cortez, purchased the license and appointed the 2016 pageant winner, Génesis Fuentes, to compete at the international stage in Myanmar.[6] After that, the winner of his affiliated pageant automatically assumed the title of Miss Grand El Salvador and obtained the right to compete at Miss Grand International in that particular year.[1][2][3][4]

In 2023, the Salvadoran representative to Miss Grand International was elected through the stand-alone pageant, which is considered, to date, the first and only edition of the Miss Grand El Salvador pageant;[11] the representative for the 2024 international contest was expected to be chosen via the CNB El Salvador stage, as previously done from 2019-2022.[12]

Editions

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The Miss Grand El Salvador pageant was held as a stand-alone pageant only once in 2023.[13][14]

Edition Date Final venue Entrants Competition result Ref.
Winner 1st runner-up 2nd runner-up
1st 29 July 2023 FEPADE Theater, San Salvador 14 Fátima Calderón
(La Libertad)
Alexia Pacheco
(Santa Ana)
Naomy Montiel
(San Miguel)
[13][14][11]

International competition

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

Color keys
  •   : Declared as the winner
  •   : Ended as a runner-up (Top 5)
  •   : Ended as a finalist (Top 10)
  •   : Ended as a semifinalist (Top 20/21)
  •   : Ended as special awards winner
Year Department Miss Grand El Salvador Title Placement Special Awards National Director
2024 San Salvador Giulia Zanoni[9][15] Miss Teen Mundial 2023 Top 20 Francisco Cortez
Santa Ana Alexia Pacheco[16] Reina de El Salvador 2024 Resigned[9]
2023 San Salvador Fátima Calderón[17] Miss Grand El Salvador 2023 Unplaced
2022 San Salvador Noor Mohamed[4][18] Reina de El Salvador 2022 Unplaced
2021 Santa Ana Iris Guerra[3][19] Reina de las Fiestas Patronales de Santa Ana 2016 Unplaced
2020 San Salvador Luciana Martínez[2][20] Reina de El Salvador 2020 Top 20
2019 Usulután Olga Ortiz[1][21] Reina de El Salvador 2019 Unplaced
2018 San Salvador Génesis Fuentes[22][23] Reina de El Salvador 2016 Unplaced
Did not compete between 2015 - 2017
2014 San Salvador Andrea Mariona[10] Finalists Nuestra Belleza El Salvador 2011 Did not compete Raúl Domínguez
2013 San Salvador Elisa Durán[5][24] Appointed Unplaced

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Olga María Ortiz crowned Miss Grand El Salvador 2019". Times of India. 28 June 2019. Archived from the original on 16 May 2023. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d "Luciana Martínez appointed Miss Grand El Salvador 2020". Times of India. 7 October 2020. Archived from the original on 16 May 2023. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  3. ^ a b c "Miss Gran El Salvador pasa "penoso momento" al ser entrevistada en inglés". Tvm.com.sv (in Spanish). Televisión Migueleña. 18 November 2021. Archived from the original on 16 May 2023. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  4. ^ a b c d Graciela Guardado (21 October 2022). "Reina de El Salvador 2022, Noor Mohamed, impone estilo en Indonesia con traje inspirado en el Viernes Santo" (in Spanish). Diario El Salvador. Archived from the original on 16 May 2023. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  5. ^ a b c "Miss Grand International 2013 contestants". Miss Grand International. 22 November 2013. Archived from the original on 22 November 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2023 – via Internet Archive.
  6. ^ a b "Impecable participación de Génesis Fuentes en Miss Grand International 2018". www.ella.sv (in Spanish). 22 October 2018. Archived from the original on 19 May 2023. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  7. ^ J. Barrera (8 December 2022). "Reinas de belleza que representaron a El Salvador en más de una ocasión". www.elsalvador.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 19 May 2023. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  8. ^ Óscar Orellana (2 April 2023). "Luciana Martínez is the new Miss Supranational El Salvador 2023". www.elsalvador.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 19 May 2023. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  9. ^ a b c Óscar Orellana (4 August 2024). "Designan a Giulia Zanoni como la nueva Miss Grand El Salvador 2024" [Giulia Zanoni was appointed as the new Miss Grand El Salvador 2024] (in Spanish). El Diario de Hoy. Archived from the original on 4 August 2024. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  10. ^ a b O. Barrera (3 December 2020). "FOTOS: El día en que Andrea Mariona quiso ser Nuestra Belleza El Salvador". Elsalvador.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 16 May 2023. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  11. ^ a b J. Barrera (29 July 2023). "Fátima Calderón, de La Libertad, es la nueva Miss Grand El Salvador". www.elsalvador.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 30 July 2023. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
  12. ^ "CNB El Savadar 2024, March 16 The Queen Represents to Miss Grand International 2024". CNB El Salvador. 15 December 2023. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  13. ^ a b Óscar Orellana (7 June 2023). "Fátima Calderón competirá en el CNB para representar al país en Miss Grand International 2023". www.elsalvador.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 24 June 2023. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  14. ^ a b Xiomara González (13 June 2023). "Fátima Calderón competirá para obtener el título de Miss Grand International El Salvador 2023". www.ella.sv (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 24 June 2023. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  15. ^ Josiah Antonio (25 October 2024). "India wins Miss Grand International 2024; PH bet CJ Opiaza is 1st runner-up". ABS-CBN News. Archived from the original on 25 October 2024. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
  16. ^ Óscar Orellana (17 March 2024). "Alexia Pacheco es la nueva Miss Grand El Salvador 2024". www.elsalvador.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 17 March 2024. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
  17. ^ "Peru wins Miss Grand International 2023; PH makes early exit". ABS-CBN. 25 October 2023. Archived from the original on 25 October 2023. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  18. ^ María Fernanda Cedeño (25 October 2022). "Miss Grand International 2022 Isabella Novaes Menin de Brasil, ganadora del certámen". Colombia.as.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 25 October 2022. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  19. ^ "Introducing the Top 20 of Miss Grand International 2021". Times of India. 4 December 2021. Archived from the original on 26 August 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  20. ^ "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.
  21. ^ อีจัน Oline Team (26 October 2019). "สาว "เวเนซุเอลา" คว้ามง Miss grand international 2019". www.ejan.co (in Thai). Archived from the original on 9 February 2023. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  22. ^ Karla Chicas (30 November 2022). "Génesis Fuentes ya se encuentra en Japón para competir en Miss International 2022". www.ella.sv (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 16 May 2023. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  23. ^ "Meenakshi Chaudhary from India wins 1st runner-up title at Miss Grand International 2018". Times of India. 25 October 2018. Archived from the original on 26 August 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  24. ^ Harry Rodríguez (18 November 2013). "Janelee Chaparro se corona Miss Grand International 2013". www.metro.pr (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 8 May 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
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