Miss Grand Cuba
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| Formation | 2023 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Daryanne Lees |
| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | Tampa |
| Location |
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Membership | Miss Grand International |
Official language |
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National director | Cristian Aguiar |
| Website | MissGrandCuba.com |
Miss Grand Cuba is a national title given to a woman chosen to represent Cuba at the Miss Grand International pageant.[1][2][3] The first titleholder was a Mexican-Cuban model from Sinaloa, Jamillette Gaxiola, who was appointed by the Miss Cuba organization to compete at the inaugural edition of the mentioned international contest in Thailand,[4] where she was ranked in the final 10.[5] Since then, Cuba has always sent their representatives to compete every year; however, most of them were appointed to the position without organizing the respective pageant until 2022,[6][7][8] when a Miami-based Cuban pageant, Miss y Mister Cuba, acquired the license and the Miss Grand Cuba titleholder was elected through such a contest.[9]
The first stand-alone contest of Miss Grand Cuba happened in mid-2023 in Tampa, Florida, organized by former Miss Grand International 2014, Daryanne Lees, after she took over the franchise from the Miss y Mister Cuba organization,[10]
History[edit]
Cuba has usually been sending their representatives to compete at the Miss Grand International since 2013,[4] and won the contest once in 2014 by a Cuban-Puerto Rican, Daryanne Lees,[11] who later became the director of the Miss Grand Cuba pageant in 2023.[10] From 2013 to 2020, the license belonged to a Miami-based pageant organizer chaired by Noemi Meléndez, Miss Cuba.[1][2][12] However, no national contests were organized for Miss Grand International; Cuban representatives for the mentioned period were all appointed.[3][13]
In 2021, the license was taken over by another group of Cuban Americans, Vicar Abel and Miledy de los Santos, and was then transferred to Julio César Cruz and Faddya Halabi in 2022, when Miss Grand Cuba was one of the main titles in their national pageant, Miss y Mister Cuba.[9] However, Daryanne Lees, with a former licensee, Noemi Meléndez, as chief financial officer, took the license back in 2023 and organized the first contest of Miss Grand Cuba in Tampa, Florida, in mid-2023, to select the country representative for the 2023 edition of Miss Grand International.[10] The license was then transferred to a Florida-based Cuban photographer, Cristian Aguiar, the following year.
Edition[edit]
The following are the details of the Miss Grand Cuba edition, which was held as a stand-alone pageant only once in 2023.
| Edition | Date | Final venue | Entrants | Result | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 1st runner-up | 2nd runner-up | 3rd runner-up | |||||
| 1st | August 20, 2023 | Tampa Marriott Westshore, Tampa, Florida, United States | 5 | Sofia Acosta | Lulú Feliu | Maria Vilches | Yamislaidy García | [14] |
International Contest[edit]
The following is a list of Cuban representatives at the Miss Grand International contest.
| Year | Delegate | National Title | Competition Performance[15] | National director(s) | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Placements | Other Award(s) | |||||
| 2013 | Jamillette Gaxiola | 2nd runner-up Senorita Republica Deportiva | Top 10 | — | Noemi Meléndez | [4] |
| 2014 | Daryanne Lees | Runner-up Miss Earth USA 2014 | Winner | — | [11] | |
| 2015 | María Manzo | Appointed | Unplaced | — | [1] | |
| 2016 | Merys Navarro | Appointed | Top 20 | — | [2] | |
| 2017 | Rachel Vazquez | Appointed | Resigned | |||
| Yvette Blaess | Miss World America 2016 Finalist | Resigned | [12] | |||
| Lisandra Delgado | Appointed | Unplaced | — | [3] | ||
| 2018 | Gladys Carredeguas | Appointed | Top 20 | Best in Swimsuit | [6] | |
| 2019 | Elaine González | Appointed | Unplaced | — | [7] | |
| 2020 | Geysel Vailant | Appointed | Resigned | [8] | ||
| Jennifer Sánchez | Appointed | Unplaced | — | |||
| 2021 | Geysel Valliant | Appointed | Unplaced | — |
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[13] |
| 2022 | Daniela Espinosa | Miss Grand Cuba 2022 | Resigned |
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[9] | |
| Fabién Laurencio | Nuestra Belleza Latina 2021 – 1st runner up | Unplaced | — | [16] | ||
| 2023 | Sofia Acosta | Miss Grand Cuba 2023 | Unplaced | — | Daryanne Lees | [14] |
| 2024 | Cristian Aguiar | |||||
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Gallery[edit]
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Miss Grand Cuba 2014
Daryanne Lees -
Miss Grand Cuba 2015
María Manzo -
Miss Grand Cuba 2021
Geysel Vailant -
Miss Grand Cuba 2023
Sofía Acosta
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Alejandro Martínez (15 September 2015). "Modelo cubana Maria Elena Manzo representa a Cuba en Miss Grand International 2015". Dev.cubaenmiami.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 12 May 2023. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
- ^ a b c "Merys Navarro crowned as Miss Grand Cuba 2016". Times of India. 12 May 2016. Archived from the original on 12 May 2023. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
- ^ a b c "Cubana Lisandra Delgado revela qué pasó con Vin Diesel durante rodaje de "Rápido y Furioso 8" en La Habana" (in Spanish). CiberCuba. 23 April 2023. Archived from the original on 12 May 2023. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
- ^ a b c "Esta es Jamillette Gaxiola, la representante de Cuba en Miss Universo". www.radiotelevisionmarti.com. 8 September 2015. Archived from the original on 12 May 2023. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
- ^ Harry Rodríguez (18 November 2013). "Janelee Chaparro se corona Miss Grand International 2013". www.metro.pr (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 8 May 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
- ^ a b "Gladys Carredeguas crowned Miss Grand Cuba 2018". Times of India. 18 June 2018. Archived from the original on 12 May 2023. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
- ^ a b Lulú Rivera (30 June 2019). "¿Quién es Elaine González, la Miss Grand Cuba 2019?". www.cubatel.com. Archived from the original on 12 May 2023. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
- ^ a b "Representante de Cuba en Miss Grand International sufre caída en la pasarela" (in Spanish). Periódico Cubano. 21 March 2021. Archived from the original on 12 May 2023. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
- ^ a b c Deneb González (20 June 2022). "Tres jóvenes representarán a Cuba en concursos internacionales de belleza". CiberCuba Noticias (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 21 June 2022. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
- ^ a b c "Miss Grand Cuba". Miss Grand Cuba. 2023. Archived from the original on 28 April 2023. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
- ^ a b "Gana cubana concurso Miss Grand International". www.radiotelevisionmarti.com (in Spanish). 7 October 2014. Archived from the original on 12 May 2023. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
- ^ a b Phi Yen (2017). "Vietnamese designer to help Cuban beauty shine on world stage". Thời Đại. Archived from the original on 12 May 2023. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
- ^ a b "Miss Grand International 2021: conoce el día, hora, participantes y cómo ver EN VIVO el certamen internacional" (in Spanish). La República. 4 December 2021. Archived from the original on 12 May 2023. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
- ^ a b "Nhan sắc nóng bỏng của người đẹp Cuba sang Việt Nam thi Hoa hậu Hòa bình" (in Vietnamese). Tiền Phong. 22 August 2023. Archived from the original on 22 August 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
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- For the 2013 competition result, see: Harry Rodríguez (18 November 2013). "Janelee Chaparro se corona Miss Grand International 2013". www.metro.pr (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 8 May 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
- For the 2014 competition result, see: Arvin Ello (6 October 2014). "Miss Cuba is Miss Grand International 2014". www.vintersections.com. Archived from the original on 31 July 2015. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
- For the 2015 competition result, see: "Lệ Quyên bất ngờ "trắng tay" tại Miss Grand International 2015". Dantri.com.vn (in Vietnamese). 26 October 2015. Archived from the original on 9 February 2023. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
- For 2016 competition result, see: "Nguyen Thi Loan in final top 20 Miss Grand International 2016". Vietnam Television. 26 October 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
- For the 2017 competition result, see: "Ngắm Top 20 Miss Grand International 2017 nóng bỏng với phần thi bikini" (in Vietnamese). Voice of Vietnam. 26 October 2017. Archived from the original on 8 November 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
- For the 2018 competition result, see: "Meenakshi Chaudhary from India wins 1st runner-up title at Miss Grand International 2018". Times of India. 25 October 2018. Archived from the original on 26 August 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
- For the 2019 competition result, see: อีจัน Oline Team (26 October 2019). "สาว "เวเนซุเอลา" คว้ามง Miss grand international 2019". www.ejan.co (in Thai). Archived from the original on 9 February 2023. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
- For the 2020 competition result, see: "Samantha Bernardo makes it to Top 20 of Miss Grand International!". GMA Network. 27 March 2021. Archived from the original on 26 August 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
- For the 2021 competition result, see: "Introducing the Top 20 of Miss Grand International 2021". Times of India. 4 December 2021. Archived from the original on 26 August 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
- For the 2022 competition result, see: María Fernanda Cedeño (25 October 2022). "Miss Grand International 2022 Isabella Novaes Menin de Brasil, ganadora del certámen". Colombia.as.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 25 October 2022. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
- For the 2023 competition result, see:"Peru wins Miss Grand International 2023; PH makes early exit". ABS-CBN. 25 October 2023. Archived from the original on 25 October 2023. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
- ^ "Faby Laurencio representa a Cuba en el concurso Miss Grand Internacional" (in Spanish). Periódico Cubano. 8 October 2022. Archived from the original on 12 May 2023. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
External links[edit]
Media related to Miss Grand Cuba at Wikimedia Commons