Miss Grand Spain 2022 (Spanish: Miss Grand España 2022) is the sixth edition of Miss Grand Spain beauty contest, held at South Park Auditorium of Maspalomas in Las Palmas Province on 2 May 2022. The Miss Grand Spain 2021 Alba Dunkenberck of Costa Canaria crowned her successor, a Cuban-Spanish Hirisley Jiménez of Las Palmas, at the end of the event. Jiménez then represented Spain at the Miss Grand International 2022 pageant held on October 25 in Indonesia, and was named the fifth runner-up.
Thirty-four delegates who qualified via the provincial contests competed for the national title. The event was hosted by "Roberto Herrera" and was beamed live to a virtual audience worldwide via the pageant YouTube channel, named GrandSpainTV. The event was also attended by Nguyễn Thúc Thùy Tiên Miss Grand International 2021 and "Teresa Chaivisut", the vice president of Miss Grand International.
In addition to crowning the country representative, Miss Grand Spain 2023 was announced to be happening in Puerto de la Cruz in the Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, three consecutive years for the Canary Islands to host the pageant.
Background History On 1 January 2022, the pageant organizer published the announcement of the 2022 competition host province on their social media, the contest is scheduled to happen on 2 May at South Park Auditorium of Maspalomas in the province of Las Palmas. The official press conference of the contest was later conducted on 20 April at Hotel Orquídea Club and Spa in , in which other competition details was additionally clarified such as the competition system, sub-contests as well as the pageant activities. + List of the main events in the Miss Grand Spain 2022 pageant Date Event Venue Ref. 20 AprilOfficial Press ConferenceHotel Orquídea Club and Spa, 28 April Swimsuit competition Holiday World entertainment center, Maspalomas 1 May Preliminary competition South Park Auditorium, Maspalomas 2 May Grand Final Coronation
Selection of contestants Thirty-four national delegates were selected to participate by their regional licensees, 23 of which obtained the title after winning the respective local pageants, while 10 runners-up of those local pageants were additionally appointed to represent the neighboring provinces due to a lacking of provincial directors. The remainder 1 candidate, Mar Pallini, who previously obtained second place at Miss Grand Barcelona 2020, was elected to represent the province of Lleida without participating in any 2022 regional contests.
In the province of Barcelona, local pageants are also held in Anoia, Baix Llobregat, and Osona, to determine delegates for the province competition.
+Map shows provinces that held the regional contest for Miss Grand Spain 2022(Click on a province name on the map to go to that name in the table below)Color keys for the number of title qualified to the national pageant
+List of Miss Grand Spain 2022 regional pageants, by the coronation dateLocationLevelDate & VenueEntrants SevilleProvincial5 September 2021 at Abades Benacazón Hoteles, Benacazón CádizProvincial25 September 2021 at Monasterio de la Victoria, El Puerto de Santa María HuelvaProvincial 25 September 2021 at Recinto Ferial Villarrasa, Villarrasa GranadaProvincial3 October 2021 at San Sebastián Park, Ogíjares ToledoProvincial16 October 2021 at Hotel Abaceria, Toledo 24 Candidates Community28 October 2021 at Hotel Bahía de Vigo, Pontevedra Community5 November 2021 at Bilbao Exhibition Centre, Barakaldo MálagaProvincial20 November 2021 at the Edgar Neville auditorium of the Diputación de Málaga BarcelonaProvincial27 November 2021 at Sarau 08911 Club, Badalona, Barcelona CórdobaProvincial28 November 2021 at Hacienda La Piconera, Córdoba GironaProvincial5 December 2021 at Municipal Auditorium, Santa Coloma de Farners Las PalmasProvincial12 December 2021 at the Maspalomas Cultural Center, Maspalomas BadajozCommunity23 January 2022 at Teatro Carolina Coronado, Almendralejo ZaragozaProvincial18 February 2022 at Teatro de las Esquinas, Zaragoza16 Candidates ValenciaCommunity20 February 2022 at Sala Madison, Massanassa17 Candidates MurciaCommunity27 February 2022 at Hotel NH Amistad Murcia12 Candidates Provincial6 March 2022 at Pub Dalí Santander, Santander JaénProvincial20 March 2022 at Salon Yerba Buena, Martos15 Candidates TenerifeProvincial20 March 2022 at Orfeon La Paz, San Cristóbal de La Laguna Provincial26 March 2022 at Bodegas y Viñedos Heras Cordón, Fuenmayor10 Candidates Provincial27 March 2022 at Terraza del hotel HO, Ciudad RealProvincial27 March 2022 at Hotel Sercotel Guadiana, Ciudad Real10 Candidates Community27 March 2022 at Hotel NH Pamplona Iruña Park, Pamplona13 Candidates
Main Pageant Preliminary activities Pre-pageant voting:
+Evening Gown Voting ResultRankProvincePoint 1. 1,394 2. 1,167 3. 1,144 4. 1,117 5. 1,098 6. 1,088 +Swimsuit Voting ResultRankProvincePoint1.1,0582.1,0463. Atlántico9904.988 +Gala Dinner Voting ResultRankProvincePoint1. 1,1132. 1,0223. 9644. 9545. 893 Swimsuit contest: held on 28 April at Holiday World entertainment center in Maspalomas where all 34 aspirants paraded in a swimwear one by one in front of the panel of judges, the representative of Euskadi, "Oihana Torres", was named the winner at the grand final round on 2 May and automatically placed in the top 10 finalists of the final competition, regardless of all accumulation scores. Preliminary competition: held on 1 May at the South Park Auditorium of Maspalomas, where all 34 contestants competed in swimwear and evening gowns in front of a panel of preliminary judges. The scores from the preliminary event, together with a closed-door interview portion, the swimsuit competition as well as the scoring via all ancillary activities, determines the top 15 finalists who were later announced on the grand final stage on 2 May.
Grand Final The grand final round of Miss Grand Spain 2022 was held on the night of 2 May at South Park Auditorium of Maspalomas city in Las Palmas, hosted by "Roberto Herrera" and was beamed live to a virtual audience worldwide via the pageant YouTube channel, named GrandSpainTV. As the tradition of the pageant, 15 semifinalists are chosen from the initial pool of contestants through observation during the entire pageant, a closed-door interview, swimsuit round as well as a preliminary competition, which featured contestants competing in swimsuits and evening gowns. The top 15 finalists were then competed in the swimsuit round, with 10 of them advancing to the Top 10, this number eventually was reduced to 9 with the 10th semifinalist being the "Best in Swimsuit" winner determined through the swimsuit contest previously held on 28 April, all 10 semifinalists would then compete in an evening gown and the top 5 finalists were decided.
The top five then competed in the question-and-answer portion, where each entrant was asked a different question. The judges select the winner based on their answer, then the host sequentially announced the fourth, third, and second runners-up. The last 2 candidates from Las Palmas and Euskadi then stand in the center of the stage and the Las Palmas representative was named "Miss Grand Spain 2022".
The panel of judges includes: Drag Valcano – Drag Queen 2022 of the Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Carnival Janet González Carballo – Medical director and orthodontist Blas García – Official surgeon of Miss Grand Spain Nguyễn Thúc Thùy Tiên – Miss Grand International 2021 Teresa Chaivisut – Vice-president of Miss Grand International Ltd. Vicente Jiménez – President of Miss Grand Spain
Results Placements + Miss Grand Spain 2022 competition resultPosition Delegate Miss Grand Spain 2022 Las Palmas – Hirisley Jiménez1st runner-up Euskadi – Oihana Torres2nd runner-up Zaragoza – Anakristina Rivero3rd runner-up – Kristina Caci4th runner-up Granada – Natalia QuirósSemifinalists(Top 10) Cádiz – Alba Pérez Cantabria – María Pardo Costa Canaria – Maryana Abreu – Miriam Avilés Valencia – Erika PereiraQuarterfinalists(Top 15) – Gigi Mendes – Elisabeth Ros Costa de la Luz – María Moreno Sevilla – Maria Domínguez Toledo – María Victoria Medina
Special awards + List of Miss Grand Spain 2022 Special Award WinnersAward Winner Best Elegance – Kristina Caci Best in Swimsuit Euskadi – Oihana Torres Miss Congeniality – Iratxe Francés Miss Photogenic Cantabria – María Pardo+Miss Grand Spain 2022 competition result by provinceColor keys
Candidates 34 delegates were selected by regional licensees to compete for the national title of Miss Grand Spain 2022.
Province/Community/RegionContestant Age HometownRef. AlmeríaGigi Mendes28Huércal de Almería AndalusiaElisabeth Ros22La Janda AtlánticoSara Sánchez27 BarcelonaMarta Bernal22Les Corts CádizAlba Pérez19Puerto Real CantabriaMaría Pardo17Piélagos Ciudad RealElisabeth Vergara19 Costa CanariaMaryana Abreu18 Costa CantábricaSil Vázquez21 Costa de la LuzMaría Moreno20San José del Valle Costa del SolBelén López27Málaga Costa GallegaLucía Lamas21Ourense CórdobaNaiara Afan18Aguilar de la Frontera EuskadiOihana Torres17Bilbao ExtremaduraCristina Vaquerizo21 GaliciaAitana Paradela23Ourense GironaLuna López20Figueres GranadaNatalia Quirós19La Zubia JaénMaría José Molina22Mancha Real HuelvaVerónica Molins23Ayamonte Islas AfortunadasAna Luisa Herrera26 Las PalmasHirisley Jiménez20Tejeda La RiojaElena Prado Marin26Logroño LleidaMar Pallini22 MadridKristina Caci25 MálagaLourdes Cabrera19 MurciaMiriam Avilés20 NavarreIratxe Francés23 SevillaMaria Domínguez20Coria del Río TarragonaLorena Sospedra26 TenerifeFabiola Sánchez19 ToledoMaría Victoria Medina27 ValenciaErika Pereira22 ZaragozaAnakristina Rivero22
References
External links
Miss Grand Spain official website