Miss Grand Venezuela Explained
Miss Grand Venezuela |
Size: | 150px |
Type: | Beauty pageant |
Headquarters: | Caracas |
Location: | Venezuela |
Founder: | George Wittles |
Key People: | George Wittles (President) |
Language: | Spanish |
Parent Organization: | Thunder Productions CA (2020 – present) |
Miss Grand Venezuela is a Venezuelan female beauty pageant that has been held for the first time in 2022 to select the country's representatives to compete in its parent stage Miss Grand International,[1] [2] in which Venezuela acquired the main title once in 2019, won by a 19-year-old model from Anzoátegui, Valentina Figuera.[3] Another highlight achievement is the first runner-up, obtained in 2017 by Tulia Alemán of Falcón.[4]
Venezuela's representatives always got placement at Miss Grand International,[4] except for 2020,[5] however, during 2013 - 2021, all such representatives were appointed instead of organizing the Miss Grand national contest.[4] [6] The first edition of Miss Grand Venezuela was held in August 2022 in Caracas.
The current Miss Grand Venezuela is Valentina Martínez of Anzoátegui who was crowned on 13 August 2022, at the Teatro Municipal of Caracas in Caracas, Venezuela.[7]
Background
History
Venezuela has been participating in the Miss Grand International since its establishment in 2013.[4] Throughout 2013 – 2016, under the leadership of a Venezuelan marketing publicist Bruno Caldieron, either winners or runners-up of the "Señorita Deporte Venezuela" pageant were designated as Miss Grand Venezuela.[8] [9] [10] Thenceforward, the license of Miss Grand Venezuela was respectively transferred to Miguel Segovia, Osmel Sousa, and George Wittles in 2017, 2019, and 2020.[11] [6] However, the country representatives during such periods were all appointed; no respective national pageant was held to elect the titleholders.[4] [6] Until 2021, the inaugural edition of Miss Grand Venezuela was expected to be held under the leadership of George Wittles but postponed to 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the country's representative was instead appointed.[12] [13]
After the aforementioned urgent postponement, the inaugural edition of the national contest "Miss Grand Venezuela" finally took place in Caracas in July 2022, the winner of such becomes the first Miss Grand Venezuela titleholder to be elected through the Miss Grand national pageant.[14] [2]
Selection of contestants
In the first edition of Miss Grand Venezuela, the national aspirants were determined either by the state licensee or the national organizer through their regional contests or casting events,[12] [15] in which some state pageants were permitted to select more than one qualified winner,[7] [16] such as Miss Grand Los Andes held in San Cristóbal, where the representatives of Táchira, Barinas, Mérida, and Trujillo, were determined.[17]
Editions
Date and location
Competition results
Year | Competition Result | | |
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2024 | Tina Batson
| Andrea Del Val
| Camila Soto
| Shania Sleiman
| Paola Marín
| Helen Chacón
| [22] |
2022 | Valentina Martínez
| Delia Santander
| Iraima Castillo
| Valeria Camacho
| Valeria Cárdenas
| | | |
Venezuelan representatives
Miss Grand Venezuela
- Color key
In 2020, George Wittles owned the rights to send the Venezuelan representative to Miss Grand International.
- Notes
- Successor.
- Resigned.
- Dethroned
- Miss Grand International Venezuela gallery
States by number of titleholders! States! Number! Year(s) | 3 | 2016, 2017, 2020 |
| align=center rowspan=2 | 2 | 2019, 2023 |
| 2014, 2015 |
| 1 | 2022 |
| 2022 |
| 2021 |
| 2018 |
| 2017 |
| 2013 | |
Miss Venezuela Intercontinental
- Color key
In 2023, George Wittles owned the rights to send the Venezuelan representative to Miss Intercontinental.Year | State | Miss Intercontinental Venezuela | Placement at Miss Intercontinental | Notes |
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2024 | Aragua | Georgette Gabriela Musrie Efeisa | |
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2023 | Yaracuy | Migleth del Valle Cuevas Mujica | Top 22 |
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2022 | Táchira | Emmy Marianne Carrero Mora | 5th Runner-Up | - Miss Power of Beauty
- Miss Global Beauty Venezuela 2021
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2021 | Carabobo | Auri Esthefani López Camejo | Unplaced | - Miss Intercontinental Venezuela 2019
|
2020 | colspan=4 |
2019 | Miranda | Brenda Suárez Villamizar | Top 20 | - 3rd place in Social Proyect
- Miss Intercontinental Venezuela 2018
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2018 | Amazonas | Gina Alessandra Paula Bitorzoli Pinto | Unplaced | - Miss Intercontinental Venezuela 2017
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2017 | Táchira | Maritza Paola Contreras Reyes | Unplaced | - Señorita Deporte Venezuela 2016
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2016 | Barinas | Amal Karina Nemer Erched | 4th Runner-Up | - Miss Intercontinental South America 2016
- Miss Photogenic (awarded by BIONA Company)
- Miss Beautiful
- Señorita Centro Occidental 2016
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2015 | Miranda | Katherine Charlotte García Salinas | 3rd Runner-Up | - Miss Intercontinental South America 2015
- 2nd place as Miss Photogenic and as Best in Swimwear
- Unplaced in Miss Venezuela 2015
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2014 | | María Alejandra Sanllorente | Unplaced | |
2013 | | Iswill Carolina Raben Ortega | Unplaced | - Miss Intercontinental Spain 2013
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2012 | Distrito Capital | Daniela Xanadú Chalbaud Maldonado | Miss Intercontinental 2012 |
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2011 | | Maria Eugenia Sánchez Pacheco | Unplaced | |
2010 | Anzoátegui | Flory Gabriela Díez Estrada | Top 15 |
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2009 | Cojedes | Hannely Zulami Quintero Ledezma | Miss Intercontinental 2009 |
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2008 | Lara | María Gabriela Garmendia Sandoval | Top 5 |
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2007 | Yaracuy | Iselmar Antonietta Burgos Reyes | Top 16 |
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2006 | | Karla Krupij Digna | Top 12 | |
2005 | Lara | Emmarys Diliana Pinto Peralta | Miss Intercontinental 2005 |
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2004 | Península de Araya | María Eugenia Hernández Ereu | Unplaced |
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2003 | Zulia | Ana Graciela Quintero Nava | 1st Runner-Up |
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2002 | Táchira | Aura Consuelo Zambrano Alijas | 4th Runner-Up |
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2001 | Guárico | Ligia Fernanda Petit Vargas | Miss Intercontinental 2001 |
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2000 | Sucre | Reiyna Fabiola Borges Noguera | 2nd Runner-Up |
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1991 | Barinas | Dairy Nuccely Pérez Castillo | 4th Runner-Up |
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1990 | Falcón | Carolina Durán Canal | 1st Runner-Up | - 4th Runner-Up in Miss Venezuela 1990
- Semifinalist in Miss All Nations 1990
- Miss Tourism International 1990
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1989 | Portuguesa | Nancy Elena García Amor | |
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1988 | colspan=4 |
1987 | rowspan="2" colspan=4 |
1986 |
1985 | rowspan="2" colspan=4 |
1984 |
bgcolor=eee8aa align=center colspan=5 | Rene Lacle pageant ownership era |
1983 | Distrito Federal | Helene Suzette Chemaly Abudei | Top 12 |
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1982 | Lara (assumed) | Sondra Carpio Useche | Top 12 |
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bgcolor=eee8aa align=center colspan=5 | Miss Teen Intercontinental |
1981 | | Elizabeth Betancourt | Unplaced | |
1980 | | María Eugenia O'Baró | 4th Runner-Up | - Miss Princesita Venezuela 1980
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1979 | Zulia | Enza Carbone | Top 12 | - Miss Casino
- Miss Princesita Venezuela 1979
- Retired candidate in Miss Venezuela 1982 as Miss Mérida
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bgcolor=eee8aa align=center colspan=5 | Miss Teenage Intercontinental |
1978 | | Rosa del Valle Martínez Sayago | Top 14 | - 1st Runner-Up in Maja Internacional 1979
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1977 | | Zulay Hurtado Sotillo | Top 12 | |
1976 | | Lee Anne Goiri | Top 7 | - Sixth place in the Top 7
- Miss Princesita Venezuela 1976
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1975 | | María Ingrid Centeno Carreño | 1st Runner-Up | - Miss Princesita Venezuela 1975
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1974 | Bolívar | María Emilia de los Ríos | Miss Teenage Intercontinental 1974 | |
bgcolor=eee8aa align=center colspan=5 | Miss Teenage Peace International |
1973 | | Ruth Ferrara | Top 7 | |
1972 | rowspan="2" colspan=4 |
1971 | |
- Notes
- Alexa Fernanda Paredes Terán was replaced by Migleth Cuevas in 2023; Isabel Andreína Mogollón by María Alejandra Sanllorente in 2014 and Hilda Fleitas by María Eugenia Hernández in 2004.
- Margarita Island competed in Miss Intercontinental twice. Inés Mercedes Mujica Díaz placed as Top 12 in 2002 and Emily Fernández ended as 2nd Runner-Up in 2007.
- Natascha Börger, Miss Yaracuy in Miss Venezuela 2000 competed as the German representative in Miss Intercontinental 2002 placing as 2nd Runner-Up.
- Miss Intercontinental Venezuela gallery
See also
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Miss Grand Venezuela advances towards its first national edition. Karen Ramírez Sojo. 28 February 2022. 28 April 2022. Últimas Noticias. 1 March 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220301001037/https://en.ultimasnoticias.com.ve/noticias/chevere/miss-grand-aragua/.
- Web site: es. Miss Grand Venezuela avanza hacia su primera edición nacional. 28 February 2022. 27 April 2022. Chevere.life. 28 February 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220228193019/https://chevere.life/miss-grand-venezuela-regionales/.
- Web site: Carmela Longo . 17 January 2021 . Eliana Roa: Soy una mujer independiente . https://web.archive.org/web/20210117183018/https://ultimasnoticias.com.ve/noticias/chevere/eliana-roa-soy-una-mujer-independiente/ . 17 January 2021 . 23 May 2022 . . es.
- Web site: Văn Thao . 19 October 2018 . Miss Grand International: Venezuela kể về hành trình ấp ủ giấc mơ chinh phục vương miện . https://web.archive.org/web/20220522205533/https://saostar.vn/hau-truong/miss-grand-international-venezuela-ke-ve-hanh-trinh-ap-u-giac-mo-chinh-phuc-vuong-mien-3894048.html . 22 May 2022 . 23 May 2022 . Saostar.vn . vi.
- Web site: Fábio Luís de Paula. 27 March 2021. Abena Appiah, dos EUA, é primeira mulher negra a vencer Miss Grand International. subscription. https://web.archive.org/web/20210402025120/https://f5.folha.uol.com.br/colunistas/de-faixa-a-coroa/2021/03/abena-appiah-dos-eua-e-primeira-mulher-negra-a-vencer-miss-grand-international.shtml. 2 April 2021. 2 September 2021. Folha de S.Paulo. pt.
- Web site: El Farandi . 31 December 2020 . Coronan a Eliana Rojas como Miss Grand Venezuela 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201231214658/https://primicia.com.ve/placeres/coronan-a-eliana-rojas-como-miss-grand-venezuela-2020/ . 31 December 2020 . 23 May 2022 . Primicia.com.ve . es.
- Web site: Karen Ramírez Sojo . 1 May 2022 . Aragua ya tiene candidata al Miss Grand Venezuela 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220501172809/https://ultimasnoticias.com.ve/noticias/chevere/miss-grand-aragua-nueva-reina/ . 1 May 2022 . 15 May 2022 . . es.
- Web site: 16 December 2016 . Ellos Son Los Ganadores Del Señorita Y Mister Deporte Venezuela 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170930052630/http://www.rumberos.net/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=60881:ellos-son-los-ganadores-del-senorita-y-mister-deporte-venezuela-2016&Itemid=139 . 30 September 2017 . 23 May 2022 . Rumberos.net . es.
- Web site: Miss Grand Venezuela y Bruno Models Agency. 2 August 2016. Carlos Medina. 25 May 2022. es. Diversomagazine.com. 24 May 2022. https://archive.today/20220524175959/https://www.diversomagazine.com/2016/08/miss-grand-venezuela-y-bruno-models.html.
- Web site: Débora Medina representará a Venezuela en el Miss Grand International 2016. es. 25 May 2022. 3 August 2016. Zigmaz.com. 27 October 2016. https://archive.today/20161027122821/http://www.zigmaz.com/debora-medina-representara-a-venezuela-en-el-miss-grand-international-2016/.
- Web site: Miss Universo vs. Miss Grand… la verdad sobre ausencia de Osmel Sousa en certamen del Poliedro. 2020. 25 May 2022. Christian Johan. Lasopa.com. 24 May 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220524180857/https://www.lasopa.com/carrusel/osmel-sousa-verdad-grand/.
- Web site: En fotos Asignadas las bandas del Miss Grand Distrito Capital. es. Karen Ramírez Sojo. Últimas Noticias. 3 June 2021. 25 May 2022. 24 May 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220524182007/https://ultimasnoticias.com.ve/noticias/chevere/miss-grand/.
- Web site: Venezuela tiene nueva reina: Vanessa Coello es Miss Grand Venezuela. Gabriela Suniaga. 6 September 2021. 25 May 2022. es. Agencia Carabobeña de Noticias. 6 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210906154205/https://www.acn.com.ve/vanessa-coello-miss-grand-venezuela/.
- Web site: es. Miss Grand Internacional Venezuela se realizará en junio. William Guzmán P. Meridiano.net. 26 January 2022. 27 April 2022. 26 January 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220126190452/https://meridiano.net/farandula/farandula/238127/miss-grand-internacional-venezuela-se-realizara-en-junio.html.
- Web site: Organización Miss Grand Carabobo realizará casting presencial. Miguel Sanchez. 24 May 2022. 24 May 2022. Agencia Carabobeña de Noticias. es. 24 May 2022. https://archive.today/20220524185627/https://www.acn.com.ve/miss-grand-carabobo-realizara-casting-presencial/.
- Web site: es. 29 April 2022. Aragua ya tiene a su candidata para el Miss Grand Venezuela. https://web.archive.org/web/20220429175309/https://www.el-carabobeno.com/aragua-ya-tiene-a-su-candidata-para-el-miss-grand-venezuela/. El Carabobeño. Reiver Davila. 29 April 2022.
- Web site: Miss Grand Trujillo invita a su casting presencial en Boconó. es. 11 April 2021. 27 April 2022. Andrea Briceño. Diario de los Andes. 27 April 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220427002528/https://diariodelosandes.com/site/miss-grand-trujillo-invita-a-su-casting-presencial-en-bocono/.
- Web site: Miss Grand Venezuela anunció la fecha y lugar de su próxima edición. es. 9 July 2022. 29 June 2022. Chevere.life. 8 July 2022. https://archive.today/20220708222819/https://chevere.life/miss-grand-venezuela-2022/.
- Web site: Leonardo . 13 August 2022 . DIVINA- Miss Grand Venezuela 2023 es Valentina Martínez Landkœr . https://archive.today/20220814132641/https://gossipvzla.com/divina-miss-grand-venezuela-2023-es-valentina-martinez-landkoer/ . 14 August 2022 . 14 August 2022 . Gossip Venezuela . es.
- Web site: Miss Grand Venezuela 2024 y 2025 ya tiene fecha y escenario. es. 30 April 2024. 4 May 2024. Elías Rivas. El Cooperante. 4 May 2024. https://archive.today/20240504140627/https://elcooperante.com/miss-grand-venezuela-2024-y-2025-ya-tiene-fecha-y-escenario/.
- Web site: Miss Grand Venezuela 2024: George Wittels anunció lugar y fecha de la nueva edición del certamen. es. 4 May 2024. Paola Hernández. 4 May 2024. https://archive.today/20240504142420/https://www.elfarandi.com/2024/04/30/miss-grand-venezuela-2024/. El Farandi.
- Web site: Inilah Hasil Lengkap Final Miss Grand Venezuela 2024, Kompetitif!. id. 30 June 2024. 7 July 2024. Rafai. IDN Times. 7 July 2024. https://archive.today/20240707164912/https://www.idntimes.com/men/ladies/muhammad-ayub-rifai/inilah-hasil-lengkap-final-miss-grand-venezuela-2024-c1c2?page=all.
- Web site: Tina Batson es Miss Grand Venezuela 2025. 20 June 2024. 30 June 2024. es. Últimas Noticias. 29 June 2024. https://archive.today/20240629223207/https://ultimasnoticias.com.ve/noticias/chevere-destacada/tina-batson-es-miss-grand-venezuela-2025/.
- Web site: Nycole Berrospi . 25 October 2023 . Miss Grand International 2023: representante Venezuela, Valentina Martínez, no llegó al TOP 20 . https://archive.today/20231029125318/https://elpopular.pe/espectaculos/internacionales/2023/10/25/miss-grand-international-2023-representante-venezuela-valentina-martinez-no-llego-al-top-20-1375300 . 29 October 2023 . 29 October 2023 . . es.
- Web site: 1 September 2022 . Luiseth Materán podría ser la nueva Miss Grand International Venezuela tras supuesta destitución de Sabrina Deraneck . https://archive.today/20220904015408/https://gossipvzla.com/luiseth-materan-podria-ser-la-nueva-miss-grand-international-venezuela-tras-supuesta-destitucion-de-sabrina-deraneck/ . 4 September 2022 . 4 September 2022 . Gossipvzla.com . es.
- Web site: 26 October 2022 . Luiseth Materán quedó como tercera finalista en el Miss Grand Internacional 2022 . https://archive.today/20221118022516/http://diarioeltiempo.com.ve/luiseth-materan-quedo-como-tercera-finalista-en-el-miss-grand-internacional-2022/ . 18 November 2022 . 18 November 2022 . Diarioeltiempo.com.ve . es.
- Web site: José Daniel Sequera Rivero . 23 October 2018 . Venezolanas dan de qué hablar en el Miss Internacional, Miss Grand Internacional, Miss Tierra y Reina Hispanoamericana . https://web.archive.org/web/20181120033809/https://www.elimpulso.com/2018/10/23/venezolanas-dan-de-que-hablar-en-el-miss-internacional-miss-grand-internacional-miss-tierra-y-reina-hispanoamericana-23oct/ . 20 November 2018 . 23 May 2022 . . es.
- Web site: Benson Philip . 27 October 2018 . Meenakshi Chaudhary wins a million hearts at Miss Grand International . https://web.archive.org/web/20181029193251/https://beautypageants.indiatimes.com/miss-grand-international/meenakshi-chaudhary-wins-a-million-hearts-at-miss-grand-international/articleshow/66393860.cms . 29 October 2018 . 23 May 2022 . Times of India.
- Web site: Patricia Guillen . 25 October 2017 . Tulia Alemán quedó Primera Finalista del Miss Grand International . https://web.archive.org/web/20171027181545/https://www.analitica.com/entretenimiento/tulia-aleman-quedo-primera-finalista-del-miss-grand-international/ . 27 October 2017 . 23 May 2022 . . es.
- Web site: 26 October 2017 . PH’s Elizabeth Clenci wins 2nd runner-up in Miss Grand International 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220522204232/https://www.rappler.com/life-and-style/186341-philippines-elizabeth-clenci-miss-grand-international-2017-second-runner-up/ . 22 May 2022 . 23 May 2022 . Rappler.
- Web site: Carlos Medina . 18 December 2016 . Johinar Villamizar y Maritza Contreras Señorita y Mister Deporte 2016 . https://archive.today/20231004165124/https://www.diversomagazine.com/2016/12/johinar-villamizar-y-maritza-contreras.html . 4 October 2023 . 4 October 2023 . www.diversomagazine.com . es.
- Web site: 31 January 2018 . Venezuela quyết chinh phục vương miện Hoa hậu Hòa bình Quốc tế 2018? . https://web.archive.org/web/20220522210045/https://vietnammoi.vn/venezuela-quyet-chinh-phuc-vuong-mien-hoa-hau-hoa-binh-quoc-te-2018-77075.htm . 22 May 2022 . 23 May 2022 . Việt Nam Mới . vi.