Miss Grand Venezuela
Venezuelan beauty pageant
- Miss Grand International
Miss Intercontinental
Top Model of the World
Miss Elite
Official language
Key people
(President)
Parent organization
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][3][4] in which Venezuela acquired the main title once in 2019, won by a 19-year-old model from Anzoátegui, Valentina Figuera.[5] Another highlight achievement is the first runner-up, obtained in 2017 by Tulia Alemán [es] of Falcón.[6]
Venezuela's representatives always got placement at Miss Grand International,[6] except for 2020,[7] however, during 2013 - 2021, all such representatives were appointed instead of organizing the Miss Grand national contest.[6][8] The first edition of Miss Grand Venezuela was held in August 2022 in Caracas.[2]
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.[9]
Background
History
Venezuela has been participating in the Miss Grand International since its establishment in 2013.[6] 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.[10][11][12] Thenceforward, the license of Miss Grand Venezuela was respectively transferred to Miguel Segovia, Osmel Sousa, and George Wittles in 2017, 2019, and 2020.[13][8] However, the country representatives during such periods were all appointed; no respective national pageant was held to elect the titleholders.[6][8] 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.[14][15]
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.[2][4]
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,[14][16][17] in which some state pageants were permitted to select more than one qualified winner,[9][16] such as Miss Grand Los Andes held in San Cristóbal, where the representatives of Táchira, Barinas, Mérida, and Trujillo, were determined.[3]
Editions
Date and location
| Year | Edition | Date | Final venue | Host state | Entrants | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1st | 13 August | Teatro Municipal of Caracas | Capital District | 22 | [18][19] |
Competition results
| Year | Competition Result | Ref. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miss Grand Venezuela | 1st Runner Up | 2nd Runner Up | 3rd Runner Up | 4th Runner Up | ||
| 2022 | Valentina Martínez (Anzoátegui) | Delia Santander (Barinas) | Iraima Castillo (Táchira) | Valeria Camacho (La Guaira) | Valeria Cárdenas (Mérida) | [19] |
Venezuelan representatives
Miss Grand International Venezuela
- Color key
- Declared as winner
- Ended as runner-up (top 5)
- Ended as one of the finalists (top 10)
- Ended as one of the semifinalists (top 20/21)
- Ended as special awards winner
- In 2020, George Wittles owned the rights to send the Venezuelan representative to Miss Grand International.
| Year | State | Miss Grand Venezuela | Placement at Miss Grand International | Original national title | National licensee | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Anzoátegui | Valentina Martínez | Unplaced | Miss Grand Venezuela 2022 | George Wittles | [19][20] |
| 2022 | Miranda | Luiseth Materán[α] | 3rd Runner-Up | Top 5 Miss Venezuela 2020 | [21][22] | |
Mérida | Sabrina Deraneck[β] | No able to compete[23] | 1st runner-up of El Concurso by Osmel Sousa 2022 | [19] | ||
| 2021 | Monagas | Vanessa Coello | Top 10 | 2nd runner-up of Miss Venezuela 2019 | [9] | |
| 2020 | Táchira | Eliana Roa | Unplaced | Miss Grand Distrito Capital 2020 | [5][8] | |
| 2019 | Anzoátegui | Valentina Figuera | Miss Grand International 2019 | Winner of El Concurso by Osmel Sousa 2018 | Osmel Sousa | [5] |
| 2018 | Zulia | Biliannis Álvarez | Top 10 | 1st runner-up of Miss Venezuela 2017 | Miguel Segovia | [24][25] |
| 2017 | Falcón | Tulia Alemán [es][α] | 1st Runner-Up | Contestant of Miss Venezuela 2016 | [26][27] | |
| Maritza Contreras[β] | No able to compete | Winner of Señorita Deporte Venezuela 2016 | Bruno Caldieron | [10][28] | ||
| 2016 | Táchira | Débora Medina [es] | Top 21 | Top 10 Miss Venezuela 2014 | [6][29] | |
| 2015 | Capital District | Reina Rojas | Top 20 | Winner of Señorita Deporte Venezuela 2014 | [6][12] | |
| 2014 | Capital District | Alix Sosa | Top 20 | 6th finalist Miss Mundo Venezuela 2013 | [6][12] | |
| 2013 | Vargas | Mariana Jiménez | Top 10 | Winner of Señorita Deporte Venezuela 2013 | [6][12] |
- Notes
- Miss Grand International Venezuela gallery
| States | Number | Year(s) |
|---|---|---|
 Táchira | 3 | 2016, 2017[β], 2020 |
 Anzoátegui | 2 | 2019, 2023 |
 Distrito Capital | 2014, 2015 | |
 Miranda | 1 | 2022[α] |
 Mérida | 2022[β] | |
 Monagas | 2021 | |
 Zulia | 2018 | |
 Falcón | 2017[α] | |
 Vargas | 2013 |
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Miss Grand Venezuela 2023
Valentina Martínez -
Miss Grand Venezuela 2022
Luiseth Materán -
Miss Grand Venezuela 2021
Vanessa Coello -
Miss Grand Venezuela 2019
Valentina Figuera -
Miss Grand Venezuela 2018
Biliannis Álvarez -
Miss Grand Venezuela 2015
Reina Rojas -
Miss Grand Venezuela 2014
Alix Sosa
Miss Venezuela Intercontinental
- Color key
- Declared as winner
- Ended as runner-up
- Ended as top 5/8 qualification
- Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
- Ended as special awards winner
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Aragua | Georgette Gabriela Musrie Efeisa | TBA |
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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 |
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| 2021 | Carabobo | Auri Esthefani López Camejo | Unplaced |
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| 2020 | Due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, no competition held | |||
| 2019 | Miranda | Brenda Suárez Villamizar | Top 20 |
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| 2018 | Amazonas | Gina Alessandra Paula Bitorzoli Pinto | Unplaced |
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| 2017 | Táchira | Maritza Paola Contreras Reyes | Unplaced |
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| 2016 | Barinas | Amal Karina Nemer Erched | 4th Runner-Up |
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| 2015 | Miranda | Katherine Charlotte García Salinas | 3rd Runner-Up |
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| 2014 | María Alejandra Sanllorente | Unplaced | ||
| 2013 | Iswill Carolina Raben Ortega | Unplaced |
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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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| Did not compete between 1992—1999 | ||||
| 1991 | Barinas | Dairy Nuccely Pérez Castillo | 4th Runner-Up |
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| 1990 | Falcón | Carolina Durán Canal | 1st Runner-Up |
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| 1989 | Portuguesa | Nancy Elena García Amor | Did not compete |
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| 1988 | No competition held | |||
| 1987 | Did not compete | |||
| 1986 | ||||
| 1985 | No competition held | |||
| 1984 | ||||
| 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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| Miss Teen Intercontinental | ||||
| 1981 | Elizabeth Betancourt | Unplaced | ||
| 1980 | María Eugenia O'Baró | 4th Runner-Up |
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| 1979 | Zulia | Enza Carbone | Top 12 |
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| Miss Teenage Intercontinental | ||||
| 1978 | Rosa del Valle Martínez Sayago | Top 14 |
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| 1977 | Zulay Hurtado Sotillo | Top 12 | ||
| 1976 | Lee Anne Goiri | Top 7 |
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| 1975 | María Ingrid Centeno Carreño | 1st Runner-Up |
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| 1974 | María Emilia de los Ríos | Miss Teenage Intercontinental 1974 | ||
| Miss Teenage Peace International | ||||
| 1973 | Ruth Ferrara | Top 7 | ||
| 1972 | Uncertainty about the completion of the 1971 and 1972 editions | |||
| 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.
- Miss Intercontinental Venezuela gallery
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1st Runner-Up in Miss Venezuela 2000 and Miss Intercontinental 2001
Ligia Petit -
Miss World Venezuela 2007 and Miss Intercontinental 2009
Hannelly Quintero -
Miss Intercontinental Venezuela 2021
Emmy Carrero
See also
References
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External links
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