Miss Grand Spain (Spanish: Miss Grand España) is a national female beauty pageant in Spain that has been held annually since 2016 to select the country representatives to compete in Miss Grand International pageant. Its inaugural edition was held in Seville with 24 provinces and autonomous communities participating; in which Adriana Sánchez Rivas of Málaga won the main title. The pageant has been owned by Vicente Gonzalez since the establishment.
Background History Miss Grand Spain was held for the first time in 2016 after Vicente Gonzalez took over the franchise from the former owner, Marcel Arnalot Salazar, in 2015. Few provincial pageants were held to select their representatives for the inaugural edition such as Miss Grand Sevilla, Miss Grand Huelva, and Miss Grand Ciudad Real. However, the number of its preliminary contest was significantly increased to 24 in the 2021 edition. In some provinces, for instance, Seville, Huelva, and Cádiz, local pageants are also held to determine delegates for the province competition, in which winners hold the title "Miss Grand (Province)" for the year of their reign. Some runners-up of the provincial pageants might be appointed to represent the neighboring provinces in case the directors of such provinces were lacking.
The pageant was canceled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was originally scheduled to be held at the Fair Pavilion in the city of Daimiel in Ciudad Real Province on 3 October, with 31 provincial representatives. Nonetheless, all candidates instead gained the right to participate in Las Palmas for the succeeding edition, Miss Grand Spain 2021. The event also featured the presence of Dori Rodríguez from Navarre, the first openly transgender contestant to compete for the Miss Grand Spain title.
Since 2018, the pageant, including its regional organs, has collaborated with many non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to raise funds available and provide necessities for the needed people, such as; the Pequeño Valiente Foundation, which is dedicated to providing the necessary support to children and families affected by childhood cancers, as well as the Mechones Solidarios, the Málaga-based NGO that produce and donate natural hair wigs to chemotherapy-induced and universal alopecia patients.
Date and Location The following list is the edition detail of the Miss Grand Spain contest, since its inception in 2016. Year Edition Date Final venue Host Province Entrants Ref.20161st 18 JulyTeatro de la Villa del Conocimiento y las Artes, Mairena del AlcorSeville2420172nd 8 July2820183rd 30 June Cerezo Theater, Carmona3420194th 6 July Hotel Campomar, Arnuero Cantabria312020 colspan=5 20215th 16 May Hotel Orquídea, Bahía FelizLas Palmas2720226th 2 May South Park Auditorium, Maspalomas3420237th 25 March Centro Comercial Martiánez Shopping Mall, Puerto de la Cruz Santa Cruz de Tenerife20248th 11 May Teatro Municipal Horacio Noguera, Isla Cristina Huelva3520259th 14 June Pabellón Auditorio Miguel Ángel Cerezo Nieto, Adamuz Córdoba36202610th6 JuneCarpa Municipal de Mogán, Plaza Pérez Galdós de Arguineguín, MogánLas Palmas36
Regional pageants Since 2016, several provinces have organized local contests to select representatives to compete in the Miss Grand Spain pageant, as detailed below.
Andalusia: 8 pageants Miss Grand Almería Miss Grand Cádiz Miss Grand Córdoba Miss Grand Granada Miss Grand Huelva Miss Grand Jaén Miss Grand Málaga Miss Grand Sevilla Aragon: 2 pageants Miss Grand Aragon Miss Grand Zaragoza Asturias: no regional pageant Balearic Islands: 1 pageant Miss Grand Balearic Islands Basque Country: 1 pageant Miss Grand Euskadi
Canary Islands: 2 pageants Miss Grand Las Palmas Miss Grand Tenerife Cantabria: 1 pageant Miss Grand Cantabria Castile and León: no regional pageant Castilla–La Mancha: 2 pageants Miss Grand Ciudad Real Miss Grand Toledo Catalonia: 3 pageants Miss Grand Barcelona Miss Grand Catalonia Miss Grand Girona Extremadura: 1 pageant Miss Grand Extremadura
Galicia:1 pageant Miss Grand Galicia La Rioja: 1 pageant Miss Grand La Rioja Madrid:1 pageant Miss Grand Madrid Murcia: 1 pageant Miss Grand Murcia Navarre: 1 pageant Miss Grand Navarra Valencia:3 pageants Miss Grand Alicante Miss Grand Castellón Miss Grand Valencia
Main pageant The pre-pageant of Miss Grand Spain usually commenced a week before the grand final contest, consisting of the swimsuit competition, personal interview, national costume round, and preliminary competition. In the preliminary round, held 2–3 days before the grand final, all contestants will compete in swimwear, cocktail dresses, and evening gowns in front of a panel of preliminary judges. Each round of the preliminary competition together with the Swimsuit competition will determine the winner of the Best Evening Gown, Best cocktail dress, as well as the Best in Swimsuit awards, all such awards will be announced later in the grand final round. Moreover, the scores from all pre-pageant portions, also determine the quarterfinalists during the grand final telecast of the pageant.
Competition results Year Miss Grand Spain Runners-Up Ref. First runner-up Second runner-up Third runner-up Fourth runner-up 2013 colspan=4 rowspan=3 2014 Almería – Nazaret Hurtado 2015 Málaga – Andrea de Cozar 2016 Málaga – Adriana Sánchez Rivas Salamanca – Susana Sanchez Cantabria – Leticia BurgosSeville – Cynthia Ruz Valencia – Lidia Regolf 2017 Balearic Islands – Mariana Rico Seville – Susana Sanchez Andalusia – Carolina Santos Granada – Paola Morales Jaén – Alba Maria Lara 2018 Seville – Mariola Partida Angulo Madrid – Nicole Menayo Salamanca – Triana Almenara 2019 Madrid – Andrea Ávila Jaén – Miriam Herrera Costa Gallega – Iris Miguélez2020Costa Gallega – Iris Miguélez colspan="4" rowspan="3" Cáceres – Sara González 2021 Costa Canaria – Alba Dunkerbeck Tenerife – Corina Mrazek Granada – Luisa Victoria Cádiz – Clara Navas 2022 Las Palmas – Hirisley Jiménez Euskadi – Oihana Torres Madrid – Kristina Caci Granada – Natalia Quirós2023Toledo - Celia SevillaLa Rioja - Alejandra LeónTenerife - Carolina PérezAlmería - Denisse AndorCantabria - Marina Edilla2024Las Palmas – Susana MedinaTenerife – Idayra TenaTarragona – Adriana CorpasAlbacete – Luana GhebanEuskadi – Esther Escudero2025Lleida – Aitana JiménezSevilla – Carmen Lucía LunaGalicia – Noemí SartalBarcelona – Vera Fluixá Arques2026Almería – Alba María RuizGirona – Dayma FernandezBarcelona – Elisabeth BorneLas Palmas – Claudia ÁlvarezMadrid – Nieves Lin Note Successor. Resigned. Dethroned Nicole Menayo was later designated Miss Grand Costa Rica 2018 by Gerson Jimenez, the Miss Grand International franchise holder for Costa Rica.
Winner gallery
International placements The following is a list of Spanish representatives at Miss Grand International. Color keys YearRepresentativeProvinceNational qualificationPlacementSpecial AwardsNational Director2026 Alba María Ruiz Almería Miss Grand Spain 2026Vicente Gonzalez2025 Aitana Jiménez Lleida Miss Grand Spain 2025 2nd runner-up 2024 Susana Medina Las Palmas Miss Grand Spain 2024 3rd runner-up2023 Celia Sevilla Toledo Miss Grand Spain 2023Top 20 2022 Hirisley Jiménez Las Palmas Miss Grand Spain 20225th runner-up2021 Alba Dunkerbeck Costa Canaria Miss Grand Spain 2021Top 102020 Iris Miguélez Pontevedra 4th runner-up - Miss Grand Spain 2019Unplaced2019 Ainara de Santamaría Cantabria Miss Grand Spain 2019Top 20 2018 Patricia López Verdes Murcia 1st Runner-up - Miss Grand Spain 2018Top 10 Mariola Partida Angulo Seville Miss Grand Spain 2018 colspan="2" 2017 Mariana Rico Balearic Islands Miss Grand Spain 2017Unplaced2016 Adriana Sánchez Rivas Málaga Miss Grand Spain 2016Top 202015 Andrea de Cozar Málaga AppointmentTop 102014 Nazaret Hurtado Almería AppointmentUnplacedMarcel Arnalot Salazar2013 Jenifer Guedes León Las Palmas AppointmentUnplaced Note
National pageant candidates Participating regional and territories
Regional/territories 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10thAlbacete Alicante Almería Andalucía Aragón Asturias Y Atlántico Badajoz Baleares Barcelona Burgos Cáceres Cádiz Canarias Cantabria Castellón YCastilla-La Mancha Cataluña Ceuta Ciudad Real Comunidad de Madrid Córdoba Costa Atlántico Costa Brava Costa Canaria YCosta Cantábrica Costa de la Luz Costa del Sol Costa Gallega Euskadi Extremadura Galicia Girona Granada Guadalajara Huelva Huesca Ibiza Islas Afortunadas Islas Baleares Jaén La Rioja Las Palmas León Lleida Madrid Madrid City Y Málaga Mediterráneo YMelilla Murcia Navarra País Vasco Palencia Pontevedra Segovia Salamanca Sevilla Tarragona Tenerife Teruel Toledo Valencia Valladolid Zaragoza Total 24 28 34 31 27 34 34 35 36 36Color keys
See also
Miss Spain Míster España Miss Earth Spain Miss World Málaga
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