Miss Grand Mexico 2023

Miss Grand Mexico 2023 was the inaugural edition of the Miss Grand Mexico pageant, held on 30 August 2023,[1][2] at the Modular Inés Arredondo (MIA), Culiacán, Sinaloa.[1] Five candidates competed for the title,[1] of whom a 23-year-old marketing and communication student representing the state of Sinaloa, Fernanda Beltrán, was announced the winner.[1][2][3] Meanwhile, the remaining candidates were named runners-up. Beltrán was crowned by Miss Grand Mexico 2022, Laysha Salazar, and will later represent the country at the Miss Grand International 2023 pageant, to be in Vietnam on October 25.[1][3]

Miss Grand Mexico 2023
María Fernanda Beltrán, the winner of the contest
Date30 August 2023
Presenters
  • Stephanie Silva
  • Gustavo Rosas
EntertainmentArturo Ortega
VenueModular Inés Arredondo (MIA), Culiacán, Sinaloa
BroadcasterYouTube
Entrants5
Placements5
Debuts
WinnerFernanda Beltrán
(Sinaloa)
Miss Grand Mexico 2023 competition result by state
Color key:
 Winner
 1st RU
 2nd RU
 3rd RU
 4th RU
  Withdrew
  No representative
RU = Runner-up

The contest was directed by a Venezuelan businessperson, Flavio Falsiroli, and its grand final coronation round was hosted by Stephanie Silva and Gustavo Rosas.[1]

Background

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After acquiring the license of Miss Grand Mexico in 2022, Flavio Falsiroli, along with another pageant organizer, Orlando Ruiz, planned to organize a national pageant named Concurso Nacional de Belleza de México (CNB México) in 2023 to select the country representative for Miss Grand International 2023,[4][5] but the proposition was later canceled due to some internal conflicts,[6] which caused Falsiroli to establish his own pageant, Miss Grand Mexico, as the replacement contest.[7] He also franchised the state competitions to individual local organizers, who would name thirty-two state titleholders to compete in the national pageant;[8] only nine state licenses were distributed, while the titleholders of the remaining 23 states were determined through a national grand casting held on June 3, 2023, at the Emporio Reforma Hotel in Mexico City.[9]

Initially, the national final contest was set to be held in September in Chihuahua's northern border city, Ciudad Juárez, following the request of Iliana Conny Blanco, the 2023 state director of Miss Grand Chihuahua, who claimed that the event was approved and fully supported by the local government as well as several local business sectors. However, on July 20, Blanco informed the national organizer that she was unable to comply with the aforementioned agreement due to a lack of local government and financial support, which caused the event to be relocated to Culiacán, Sinaloa.[1]

In this inaugural edition, only one state-level preliminary contest was held, as detailed below.

Host state Pageant Edition Date & Venue Entrants Ref.
  Sinaloa Miss Grand Sinaloa 1st August 30, 2023, at Modular Inés Arredondo (MIA), Culiacan, Sinaloa 5 [10]

Result

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Position Delegate[1][2]
Miss Grand Mexico 2023
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
3rd runner-up
4th runner-up

Candidates

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Initially, nine candidates confirmed their participation, but four of them, including the representatives of Chihuahua, Nuevo León, Tabasco, and Zacatecas, withdrew from the competition, making the finalized total of five contestants.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Controversial elección en Miss Grand México 2023 tras renuncia de cuatro candidatas" (in Spanish). Metro International. 31 August 2023. Archived from the original on 31 August 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d "Miss Grand México 2023 es María Fernanda Beltrán" (in Spanish). Extra.com.co. 31 August 2023. Archived from the original on 31 August 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  3. ^ a b Berkat Prima (8 September 2023). "7 Potret Miss Grand Meksiko 2023 Maria Fernanda Beltran, Menawan!" (in Indonesian). IDN Times. Archived from the original on 20 September 2023. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  4. ^ "Orlando Ruiz Es El Nuevo Socio En Miss Grand México". Vamosmexico.com.mx (in Spanish). 13 December 2021. Archived from the original on 26 April 2023. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  5. ^ Pablo Reyes (28 August 2022). "Laysha Salazar va por la corona de Miss Grand International para México". www.expreso.com.mx (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 26 April 2023.
  6. ^ Milena Suástegui (10 June 2022). "Más Que Una Corona… Abuso e Insinuaciones en Miss Grand Internacional 2022". Indiciomich.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 17 September 2022. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  7. ^ Pablo Reyes (28 August 2022). "Laysha Salazar va por la corona de Miss Grand International para México". www.expreso.com.mx (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 26 April 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  8. ^ a b Mariano González (6 April 2023). "Priscila Franco fue coronada como Miss Grand Jalisco 2023" (in Spanish). Informafm.com. Archived from the original on 11 May 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  9. ^ "Grand Casting Nacional" (in Spanish). Miss Grand Mexico. 9 May 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  10. ^ a b Gerardo Murillo (11 July 2023). "Chihuahua tiene reina Grand 2023" (in Spanish). El Heraldo de Juárez [es]. Archived from the original on 23 July 2023. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  11. ^ "2024 Car Shows and Meets". www.elpasocorvettes.com. 2023. Archived from the original on 29 February 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  12. ^ "Featured Fashionista". hermosaz.com. 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024 – via Internet Archive.
  13. ^ "Arely Hernández Miss Grand Nuevo León desde Tulum". Miss Grand Mexico (in Spanish). 6 July 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024 – via Internet Archive.
  14. ^ "Karla Jiménez Milla Miss Grand Tobasco 2023". Miss Grand Tobasco (in Spanish). 10 April 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2024 – via Internet Archive.
  15. ^ "Miss Grand Zacatecas 2023 es Elena Roldán Gutiérrez". Miss Grand Zacatecas (in Spanish). 28 March 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2024 – via Internet Archive.
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