Miss Grand Chile
National beauty pageant in Chile
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Miss Grand Chile is a national female beauty pageant in Chile that has been held annually since 2016, founded by Boris Cabrera of Latin Scouting y CBC Producciones,[1] aiming to select country representatives to compete in its parent international contest, Miss Grand International.[1] In 2019, the pageant license was consigned to Keno Manzur, and subsequently transferred to Cristian Chanaca and Gabriel Alfonsino in 2021.[2]
| Established | 22 September 2017 |
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| Founder | Boris Cabrera |
| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | Santiago de Chile |
| Location | |
| Membership | Miss Grand International |
Official language | Spanish |
President | Marión De Giorgis (2025) |
Miss Grand Chile licensees timeline | ||||||
2014 — – 2016 — – 2018 — – 2020 — – 2022 — – 2024 — – 2026 — | No licensee Unknown Latin Scouting y CBC Producciones Super Miss Chile Cristian Chanaca Model Agency Gabriel Alfonsino Marión De Giorgis | |||||
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Since the first participation in 2014, the only placement achieved by the Chilean representative at Miss Grand International is a top 20 finalist, reached by Francisca Lavandero in 2019.[3]
History
Chile joined Miss Grand International for the first time in the 2014 edition in Bangkok, represented by 21-year-old model Karla Bovet Quidel, then absent for two years consecutively.[4][5] Later in 2017, Latin Scouting y CBC Producciones – headed by Boris Cabrera – the organizer of the Reinas de Chile, had obtained the franchise and consequently ran the inaugural edition of the Miss Grand Chile contest at the Music Palace Event Center in Talca on September 22.[1] The contest featured nine national finalists representing Chillán, Chillán Viejo, Concepción, La Florida, Pucón, Puerto Montt, Quillota, Talca, and Valdivia, of whom Nicole Ebner from La Florida was named Miss Grand Chile 2017 and later participated at Miss Grand International 2017 in Vietnam but got a non-placement.[1][6] In addition to crowning such the winner, the Miss Supranational Chile 2017 title was also awarded to Konstanza Schmidt of Quillota.[1] However, since the contest was not held in the following year, the licensee assigned María Flores, one of the 2017 finalists from Concepción, to participate at the international event in Myanmar instead.[7][8]
The pageant was not held in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic caused the organizer to appoint the candidate to take part in the 2020 international edition in Thailand instead.[9][10] Later in 2021, Manzur relinquished the franchise to Cristian Chanaca and Gabriel Alfonsino, who have been organizing the contest annually since then.[2]
Editions
Location and date
Competition results
| Year | Miss Grand Chile | Runners-up | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st runner-up | 2nd runner-up | 3rd runner-up | |||
| 2017 | Nicole Ebner (Santiago Metro) | Muriel Berner (Los Lagos) | Sol Vargas Sepulveda (Ñuble) | Konstanza Schmidt (Valparaíso) | [1] |
| 2019 | Francisca Ceballos (Biobío) | Ignacia Albornoz (Valparaíso) | Vania Pamela Pool (Antofagasta) | Aylin Jaldin (Tarapacá) | [8] |
| 2021 | Vanessa Echeverría (Antofagasta) | Adriana Machado (Tarapacá) | Katia Andrea (Antofagasta) | Josefa Bastias (O'Higgins) | [2][16] |
| 2022 | Karina Pérez Gres (Santiago Metro) | Krishna Sandoval (Valparaíso) | Tamara Reusch (Magallanes) | Not assigned | [13][17] |
| 2023 | Paula Henríquez (Santiago Metro) | Camila Joscelyn (Santiago Metro) | Francisca Ramírez (La Reina) | Not assigned | [15] |
Winner gallery
- Miss Grand Chile 2024
Gabriella Álvez - Miss Grand Chile 2023
Paula Henríquez - Miss Grand Chile 2022
Karina Perez Gres - Miss Grand Chile 2021
Vanessa Echeverría - Miss Grand Chile 2014
Karla Bovet Quidel
Representatives to Miss Grand International
The following is a list of Chile representatives who competed at 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 | Region | Miss Grand Chile | Title | Placement | Special Awards | National Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | No representative | Marión De Giorgis[18] | ||||
| 2024 | Araucanía | Gabriella Alvez[19][20] | Appointed | Unplaced | Gabriel Alfonsino | |
| 2023 | Santiago Metropolitan | Paula Antonia Henríquez[15][21] | Miss Grand Chile 2023 | Unplaced | ||
| 2022 | Santiago Metropolitan | Karina Pérez Gres[17] | Miss Grand Chile 2022 | Unplaced | Cristian Chanaca & Gabriel Alfonsino | |
| 2021 | Antofagasta | Vanessa Echeverría[2][22] | Miss Grand Chile 2021 | Unplaced | ||
| 2020 | Valparaíso | Paula Valentina Benavente[23][24][25] | Appointed | Unplaced | Keno Manzur | |
| 2019 | Biobío | Francisca Ceballos[8][3] | Miss Grand Chile 2019 | Top 20 | ||
| 2018 | Santiago Metropolitan | María Flores[7][26][27] | Miss Grand Chile 2017 Finalist | Unplaced | Boris Cabrera | |
| 2017 | Santiago Metropolitan | Nicole Ebner[1][6] | Miss Grand Chile 2017 | Unplaced | ||
| Did not compete between 2015-2016 | ||||||
| 2014 | Araucanía | Karla Bovet Quidel[4] | Appointed | Unplaced | Karla Bovet Quidel | |