Miss Grand Venezuela

Established2022; 4 years ago

FounderGeorge Wittles

TypeBeauty pageant

HeadquartersCaracas

Miss Grand Venezuela

Established	2022; 4 years ago (2022)
Founder	George Wittles
Type	Beauty pageant
Headquarters	Caracas
Location	Venezuela
Members	Miss Grand International Miss Charm Miss Cosmo Reina Hispanoamericana Reina Internacional del Café Miss Elite
Official language	Spanish
Key people	Jacqueline Aguilera (President)
Parent organization	El Concurso by Osmel Sousa (2019, 2025 – present)

Miss Grand Venezuela
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Señorita Deporte Venezuela

Miguel Segovia

El Concurso by Osmel

Thunder Productions CA

El Concurso by Osmel Sousa

Stand-alone pageant

Under another pageant

Appointed titleholder

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 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 Lady Di Mosquera of Canaima, who was crowned on April 29, 2026.^{[citation needed]}

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.^[9]^[10]^[11] Thenceforward, the license of Miss Grand Venezuela was respectively transferred to Miguel Segovia, Osmel Sousa, and George Wittles in 2017, 2019, and 2020.^[12]^[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.^[13]^[14]

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,^[13]^[15]^[16] in which some state pageants were permitted to select more than one qualified winner,^[17]^[15] such as Miss Grand Los Andes held in San Cristóbal, where the representatives of Táchira, Barinas, Mérida, and Trujillo, were determined.^[3]

Editions

Year	Edition	Date	Final venue	Host state	Entrants	Ref.
2022	1st	13 August	Teatro Municipal of Caracas	Capital District	22	^[18]^[19]
2024	2nd	28 June	Salón Venezuela, Círculo Militar, Caracas	18	^[20]^[21]
2025	3rd	30 August^[a]	Wynwood Park, Valencia	Carabobo	38	^[22]
2026	4th	29 April^[b]	Teatro Municipal de Chacao, Caracas	Capital District	23

Year	Miss Grand Venezuela	1st Runner Up	2nd Runner Up	3rd Runner Up	4th Runner Up	5th Runner Up	Ref.
2022	Valentina Martínez (Anzoátegui)	Delia Santander (Barinas)	Iraima Castillo (Táchira)	Valeria Camacho (La Guaira)	Valeria Cárdenas (Mérida)	Not Awarded	^[19]
2024	Tina Batson (Miranda)	Andrea Del Val (Nueva Esparta)	Camila Soto (La Guaira)	Shania Sleiman (Dependencias Federales)	Paola Marín (Yaracuy)	Helen Chacón (Táchira)	^[23]

Venezuelan representatives