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Miss Grand Brazil

Miss Grand Brazil
Formation25 July 2014; 11 years ago (2014-07-25)
FounderGerson Antonelli
TypeBeauty pageant
HeadquartersSão Paulo
Location
MembershipMiss Grand International
Official language
Portuguese
National Director
Evandro Hazzy
Parent organization
Hazzy Top Talent (2024 – Present)

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 10 placements at Miss Grand International, the highest position was the first place won by Isabella Menin in 2022,[12] followed by the first runner-up by the hands of Talita Hartmann in 2024,[13] second runner-up, obtained by Lorena Rodrigues of Minas Gerais in 2021,[14][15] and the fourth runner-up in 2019 and 2020, won by Marjorie Marcelle and Alaíse Guedes, respectively.[16][17]

The reigning Miss Grand Brazil is Kaliana Diniz from Paraíba, who was crowned on 6 July 2025 at the Centro de Convenções Espaço Immensità, São Paulo.

Background

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History

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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.[18][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),[19] Renata Sena (2016),[20] Caroline Venturini (2017),[21] 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.[22]

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.[23] 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][24] and the event has been held annually since then.[25][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.[26] Therefore, the director decided to assign the second runner-up of the 2019 contest – Lorena Rodrigues – to participate in the international edition,[17] in which she finished as the second runner-up.[14][15]

Selection of contestants

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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][27] Moreover, the national organizer also receives the application directly to choose the supplementary national finalists.[8]

Several states have organized their state-level pageant to select representatives for Miss Grand Brazil, as detailed below.

Editions

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Location and date

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Edition Date Final venue Host state Entrants Ref.
1st 25 July 2014 Anfiteatro da Casa de Cultura, Olímpia São Paulo
14
[1][2]
2nd 28 February 2019 Dall'Onder Grande Hotel, Bento Gonçalves Rio Grande do Sul
22
[5][24]
3rd 30 January 2020
24
4th 28 July 2022 Theater Caesb, Federal District Brasília
31
[34][35]
5th 10 June 2023 Recanto Cataratas Thermas Resort, Foz do Iguaçu Paraná
28
[36][37]
6th 8 August 2024 Tokio Marine Hall, São Paulo São Paulo
27
[38]
7th 6 July 2025 Centro de Convenções Espaço Immensità, São Paulo

Competition result

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Edition Winner Runners-up Ref.
First Second Third Fourth
1st Yameme Ibrahim
(Paraná)
Camila Coutinho
(Rio de Janeiro)
Naiara Thomé
(São Paulo)
Cynthia Gomes
(Minas Gerais)
Not awarded [1][2]
2nd Marjorie Marcelle
(São Paulo)
Amanda Brenner
(Maranhão)
Lorena Rodrigues
(Minas Gerais)
Isabelle Pandini
(Rio de Janeiro)
Amanda Cardoso
(Espírito Santo)
[24]
3rd Lala Guedes
(Paraíba)
Mylena Duarte
(Espírito Santo)
Caroline Andrade
(Sergipe)
Clarissa Thomsen
(Paraná)
Ruthy Rafaella
(Alagoas)
[17][25]
4th Isabella Menin
(Alto Cafezal)
Ana Gabriela Borges
(Paraná)
Vitória Brodt
(Rio Grande do Sul)
Bárbara Reis
(Norte Mato-Grossense)
Maythe Varzoni
(Mato Grosso)
[34]
5th Adriana Yanca
(Zona da Mata Mineira)
Cinthya Moura
(Pernambuco)
Luciana Gomes
(Tocantins)
Ana Finkler
(Paraná)
Júlia de Castro Rodrigues
(Minas Gerais)
[37][40]
6th Talita Hartmann
(Rio Grande do Sul)
Loraine Lumatelli
(Mato Grosso do Sul)
Laila Vieira
(Alagoas)
Laila Frizon
(Tocantins)
Cecilia Almeida
(Piauí)
[41]
7th Kaliana Diniz
(Paraíba)
Monã Vianna
(Pará)
Ana Beatriz Nazareno
(Rio de Janeiro)
Ananda Santos
(Bahia)
Thaís de Souza Bonatti
(Santa Catarina)
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Winners by statey
State Number Years
Rio Grande do Sul 3
  • 2013
  • 2017
  • 2024
Paraíba 2
  • 2020
  • 2025
Minas Gerais
  • 2021
  • 2023
São Paulo
  • 2019
  • 2022
Mato Grosso do Sul
  • 2015
  • 2016
Rio de Janeiro 1
  • 2018
Paraná
  • 2014
by region
Region Number Last Winning State
Central-West 2 Mato Grosso do Sul (2016)
North 0
Northeast 2 Paraíba (2025)
South 4 Rio Grande do Sul (2024)
Southeast 5 Minas Gerais (2023)

International competition

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

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 Miss Grand Brazil Title Placement Special Awards National Director Ref.
2025 Kaliana Diniz Miss Grand Brazil 2025 TBA Evandro Hazzy [42]
2024 Talita Hartmann Miss Grand Brazil 2024 1st runner-up[a]
  • Best in Swimsuit
  • Best National Costume
[43][13]
2023 Adriana Yanca Miss Grand Brazil 2023 Unplaced Henrique Fontes [37][40]
2022 Isabella Menin Miss Grand Brazil 2022 Winner [34]
2021 Lorena Rodrigues 2nd runner-up Miss Grand Brazil 2019 2nd runner-up [17]
2020 Lala Guedes Miss Grand Brazil 2020 4th runner-up
  • Best in Swimsuit
[17][25]
2019 Marjorie Marcelle Miss Grand Brazil 2019 4th runner-up [24]
2018 Gabrielle Vilela Miss Brazil CNB 2017 Top 20 [6][44]
2017 Caroline Venturini Top 7 Miss Brazil World 2016 Top 20 [6][45]
2016 Renata Sena 1st runner-up Miss Brazil World 2016 Unplaced [46]
2015 Paula Gomes 2nd runner-up Miss Brazil World 2015 Top 10 [47][48]
2014 Yameme Ibrahim Miss Grand Brazil 2014 Top 20 Gerson Antonelli [1][2]
2013 Tamara de Costa Bicca Top 16 Miss Brazil World 2013 Top 10 Henrique Fontes [18]
Note
  1. ^ Originally named the 4th runner-up, but was later promoted to the 1st runner-up following the dethronement and resignation of several 2024 top 5 finalists.

National pageant finalists

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Participating state representatives

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The following list is the national finalists of the Miss Grand Brazil pageant, as well as the competition results.

Representatives 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th
States
Acre Y Y Y Y
Alagoas 12 Y
Amapá Y Y Y
Amazonas Y 15 20 Y Y
Bahia 8 Y 9 9 Y Y
Ceará 9 Y 11 10 15
Distrito Federal 8 Y 12 16 Y 16 9
Espírito Santo Y Y Y Y
Goiás 8 Y 9 9 20 Y 9
Maranhão 12 12 11 16 Y
Mato Grosso 8 Y Y 20 16 15
Mato Grosso do Sul Y 15 15 16 Y
Minas Gerais 12 16 10 15
Pará Y 12 Y 12 11 Y
Paraíba 15 Y Y Y
Paraná 12 16 9
Pernambuco 9 Y Y 10 15
Piauí Y Y Y
Rio de Janeiro 15 Y 11 10
Rio Grande do Norte 9 16 Y Y Y
Rio Grande do Sul Y 9 Y 20 15
Rondônia Y Y Y 10 15
Roraima 16 Y
Santa Catarina Y 9 Y 9 20 Y
São Paulo 9 9 11 16 9
Sergipe 15 Y Y
Tocantins Y Y Y Y Y
Non States
Alto Cafezal
Cânions Paulistas Y
Cataratas do Iguaçu 11
Circuito das Frutas Y 20
Guanabara 20
Ilhabela Y 20
Ilha Comprida Y
Ilha de São Luís Y
Ipiranga Y
Norte Mato-Grossense
Olímpia Y
Plano Piloto Y 20
Sul Mineiro Y
Vale do Aço 12
Zona da Mata Mineira Y
Total 14 22 22 31 28 27 27
Color keys
  •    : Declared as the winner
  •    : Ended as a 1st runner-up
  •    : Ended as a 2nd runner-up
  •    : Ended as a 3rd runner-up
  •    : Ended as a 4th runner-up
  •  A  : Ended as a finalist, semifinalist and unplaced
  •  ×  : Ended as withdrew during the competition
  •  ×  : Ended as no representative

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