Miss Grand Nicaragua
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| Abbreviation | MGN |
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| Formation | 8 August 2021 |
| Founder | Saúl Benítez |
| Headquarters | León |
Official language | Spanish |
Miss Grand Nicaragua 2025 | Daniesca Granja |
Parent organization |
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| Affiliations | Miss Grand International |
Miss Grand Nicaragua is an annual national women's beauty pageant in Nicaragua founded by a León-based businessman "Saúl Benítez" in 2020, aiming to select the country representative to compete at Miss Grand International.[1] Formerly, throughout 2014–2017, the license of the contest belonged to Miss Mundo Nicaragua and Miss Nicaragua but the country representatives were either appointed or determined through the main contest of such organizations.[1][2][3]
The first time ever Miss Grand Nicaragua was María Alejandra Gross Rivera from Managua.[1][4] The reining Miss Grand Nicaragua is Daniesca Granja from Chontales. She will represent Nicaragua at Miss Grand International 2025 in Thailand, on 18 October 2025.
History
Nicaragua competed at Miss Grand International for the first time in 2014, by María Alejandra Gross, the appointed representative from Managua.[1][4] In 2016, the Miss Nicaragua, headed by Karen Celebertti, had obtained the license for the 2016–2017, then the country representatives were elected via such a national competition.[1] After an absence in 2018, the León-based designer Saúl Benítez later purchased the license in the following year, however, his first two affiliated titleholders – Vanessa Baldizón and Teresa Moreno – were designated without organizing the contest,[1] both of them were the national finalists of Miss Nicaragua 2017.[5][6]
In 2021, Benítez ran the first Miss Grand Nicaragua contest on 8 August at José de la Cruz Mena Municipal Theater of the León city, aiming to determine the country representative for the 2021 and 2022 editions of Miss Grand International.[1][7] The contest consisted of 9 candidates from 7 departments, including Boaco, Granada, León, Managua, RACCN, RACCS, and Río San Juan, of which, both Managua and the RACCN was sending 2 delegates to take part.[1] In the final round, Epifanía Solís of Managua together with Maycrin Jáenz of Granada were sequentially announced Miss Grand Nicaragua 2021 and 2022.[1][7][8]
Since the debutant in 2014, to date, none of Nicaragua's representatives been qualified for the further round on the international stage.[1] However, the 2021 candidate, Epifanía Solís, was placed among the top 10 best in a swimsuit competition, one of the sub-contests in Miss Grand International 2021 pageant.[9]
Editions
International competition
The following is a list of Nicaragua representatives at the Miss Grand International contest.
- 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 | Department | Miss Grand Nicaragua | Title | Placement | Special Awards | National Director | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Chontales | Daniesca Granja[16] | Miss Grand Nicaragua 2025 | Unplaced | Saúl Benítez | ||
| 2024 | Chinandega | Isabella Salgado[17] | 2nd runner-up Miss Nicaragua 2023 | Unplaced | |||
| 2023 | Rivas | Glennys Medina[13] | Miss Grand Nicaragua 2023 | Unplaced | |||
| 2022 | Granada | Maycrin Jáenz[1] | Miss Grand Nicaragua 2022 | Unplaced | |||
| 2021 | Managua | Epifanía Solís[1] | Miss Grand Nicaragua 2021 | Unplaced | |||
| 2020 | León | Teresa Moreno[1][18] | Miss Nicaragua 2017 Finalist | Unplaced | |||
| 2019 | León | Vanessa Baldizón[1][18] | Miss Nicaragua 2017 Finalist | Unplaced | |||
| 2018 | Managua | Laura Ramírez[19] | Top 6 Miss Nicaragua 2018 | Did not compete | Karen Celebertti | ||
| 2017 | Estelí | Martha Meza[3] | 2nd runner-up Miss Nicaragua 2017 | Unplaced | |||
| 2016 | Carazo | Michelle Lacayo[2][20] | Top 7 Miss Nicaragua 2016 | Unplaced | |||
| Did not compete in 2015 | |||||||
| 2014 | Managua | Alejandra Gross[4] | Appointed | Unplaced | Denis Dávila | ||
