Miss Grand Brazil

National female beauty contest in Brazil
  • Brazil
Membership
Miss Grand International
Official language
Portuguese
National Director
Evandro Hazzy
Parent organization
Hazzy Top Talent (2024 – Present)
Miss Grand Brazil's licensee timeline

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] From 2015 to 2023, the pageant was managed by Concurso Nacional de Beleza Miss Brasil (CNB Miss Brazil), led by Henrique Fontes.[5][6] Then the franchise was transferred to former Miss Universe Brazil organizer, Evandro Hazzy of Hazzy Top Talent, in 2024.[7]

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.[8][9][10] Since its inception, the contest was canceled once in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[11]

Brazil holds a record of 9 placements at Miss Grand International, the highest position was the first place won by Isabella Menin in 2022,[12] followed by the second runner-up, obtained by Lorena Rodrigues of Minas Gerais in 2021,[13][14] and the fourth runner-up in 2019 and 2020, won by Marjorie Marcelle and Alaíse Guedes, respectively.[15][16]

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.[17][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),[18] Renata Sena (2016),[19] Caroline Venturini (2017),[20] and Gabrielle Vilela [pt] (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.[21]

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.[22] 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][23] and the event has been held annually since then.[24][11]

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,[11] which exceeds more than twenty thousand new positive cases per day in the second half of the year.[25] Therefore, the director decided to assign the second runner-up of the 2019 contest – Lorena Rodrigues – to participate in the international edition,[16] in which she finished as the second runner-up.[13][14]

Selection of contestants

The Miss Grand Brazil pageant has been licensing the participant rights to the local agency since 2019.[8] The regional licensees then select their representatives through either the local contest, internal casting, or by a hand-picking.[8] 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.[9][10][26] Moreover, the national organizer also receives the application directly to choose the supplementary national finalists.[8]

Editions

Date and venue

Miss Grand Brazil Editions
Year Edition Date Venue Host state Entrants State pageant Ref.
2014 1st 25 July Anfiteatro da Casa de Cultura, Olímpia São Paulo 14 [1][2]
2019 2nd 28 February Dall'Onder Grande Hotel, Bento Gonçalves Rio Grande do Sul 22 [5][23]
2020 3rd 30 January 24 [24]
2022 4th 28 July Theater Caesb, Federal District Brasília 31 [27][28]
2023 5th 10 June Recanto Cataratas Thermas Resort, Foz do Iguaçu Paraná 28 [29][30]
2024 6th 31 August

Competition result

Year Miss Grand Brazil Runners Up Ref.
1st
(First)
2nd
(Second)
3rd
(Third)
4th
(Fourth)
2014 Yameme Ibrahim
(Paraná)
Camila Coutinho
(Rio de Janeiro)
Naiara Thomé
(São Paulo)
Cynthia Gomes
(Minas Gerais)
Not awarded [1][2]
2019 Marjorie Marcelle
(São Paulo)
Amanda Brenner[ε]
(Maranhão)
Lorena Rodrigues[ζ]
(Minas Gerais)
Isabelle Pandini
(Rio de Janeiro)
Amanda Cardoso
(Espírito Santo)
[23]
2020 Lala Guedes
(Paraíba)
Mylena Duarte
(Espírito Santo)
Caroline Andrade
(Sergipe)
Clarissa Thomsen
(Paraná)
Ruthy Rafaella
(Alagoas)
[16][24]
2022 Isabella Menin
(Alto Cafezal)
Ana Gabriela Borges
(Paraná)
Vitória Brodt
(Rio Grande do Sul)
Bárbara Reis
(Norte Mato-Grossense)
Maythe Varzoni
(Mato Grosso)
[27]
2023 Adriana Yanca
(Zona da Mata Mineira)
Cinthya Moura
(Pernambuco)
Luciana Gomes
(Tocantins)
Ana Finkler
(Paraná)
Júlia de Castro Rodrigues
(Minas Gerais)
[30][31]

Winner gallery

  • Miss Grand Brazil 2023 Adriana Yanca Zona da Mata
    Miss Grand Brazil 2023
    Adriana Yanca
    Minas Gerais Zona da Mata
  • Miss Grand Brazil 2022 Isabella Menin  São Paulo
    Miss Grand Brazil 2022
    Isabella Menin
     São Paulo
  • Miss Grand Brazil 2021 Lorena Rodrigues  Minas Gerais
    Miss Grand Brazil 2021
    Lorena Rodrigues
     Minas Gerais
  • Miss Grand Brazil 2019 Marjorie Marcelle  São Paulo
    Miss Grand Brazil 2019
    Marjorie Marcelle
     São Paulo
  • Miss Grand Brazil 2018 Gabrielle Vilela  Rio de Janeiro
    Miss Grand Brazil 2018
    Gabrielle Vilela
     Rio de Janeiro
  • Miss Grand Brazil 2015 Paula Gomes  Mato Grosso do Sul
    Miss Grand Brazil 2015
    Paula Gomes
     Mato Grosso do Sul
  • Miss Grand Brazil 2014 Yameme Ibrahim  Paraná
    Miss Grand Brazil 2014
    Yameme Ibrahim
     Paraná
Winners by state
State Number Years
 Minas Gerais 2 2021, 2023
 São Paulo 2019, 2022
 Rio Grande do Sul 2013, 2017
 Mato Grosso do Sul 2015, 2016
 Paraíba 1 2020
 Rio de Janeiro 2018
 Paraná 2014
by region
Region Number Last Winning State
Central-West 2 Mato Grosso do Sul (2016)
North 0
Northeast 1 Paraíba (2020)
South 3 Rio Grande do Sul (2017)
Southeast 5 Minas Gerais (2023)

International competition

The following list is the Brazilian representatives who participated in the Miss Grand International pageant.

Year Representative Original national title Competition performance National director Ref.
Placement Other awards
2013 Tamara de Costa Bicca Top 16 Miss Brazil World 2013 Top 10 Henrique Fontes [17]
2014 Yameme Ibrahim Miss Grand Brazil 2014 Top 20 Gerson Antonelli [1][2]
2015 Paula Gomes 1st runner-up Miss Brazil World 2015 Top 10 Henrique Fontes [32][33]
2016 Renata Sena 1st runner-up Miss Brazil World 2016 Unplaced
2017 Caroline Venturini Top 7 Miss Brazil World 2016 Top 20
2018 Gabrielle Vilela Miss Brazil CNB 2017 Top 20
2019 Marjorie Marcelle Miss Grand Brazil 2019 4th runner-up
2020 Lala Guedes Miss Grand Brazil 2020 4th runner-up Best in Swimsuit
2021 Lorena Rodrigues 2nd runner-up Miss Grand Brazil 2019 2nd runner-up
2022 Isabella Menin Miss Grand Brazil 2022 Winner
2023 Adriana Yanca Miss Grand Brazil 2023 Unplaced
2024 Evandro Hazzy

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