Miss Grand Argentina

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Miss Grand Argentina
Formation2013
Type Beauty pageant
Headquarters Buenos Aires
Location
Membership Miss Grand International
Official language
Spanish
National director
Mathias Sambrizzi
Parent organization
Sambrizzi produccion Producción
(2023  Present)

Miss Grand Argentina is a national title bestowed upon a woman chosen to represent Argentina at the annual international pageant, Miss Grand International. [1] [2] [3] The title was mentioned for the first time in 2013 when the winner of Reina Nacional del Carnaval, Susel Jacquet, was chosen to represent the country at the inaugural edition of Miss Grand International in Thailand. [4] [5] The franchise is currently managed by a Buenos Aires-based event organizer, Sambrizzi Producción, who purchased the license in 2023 and is also the organizer of Miss Universe Argentina. [6]

Contents

Since the first debutants in 2013, Argentina's representatives have never won the Miss Grand International title. The highest and only one placement is the top 10 finalists in 2020, obtained by Mariana Varela  [ es ]. [7]

History

Miss Grand Argentina licensee timeline
Miss Grand Argentina

Argentina debuted in Miss Grand International in 2013, but all of the country representatives were appointed to the position, and no preliminary national pageant was explicitly held for Miss Grand International. The franchise license was previously managed by several organizers such as Iron Tree SRL in 2021 and 2022, [8] until a Buenos Aires-based event organizer, Sambrizzi Producción, took over the franchise in early 2023.

The franchise transfer occurred in 2021, when the former licensee, Marcelo Shaya, was unable to meet the international firm's requirements due to a lack of funds, [3] causing the original representative, Alina Luz Akselrad, to withdraw and be replaced by Florencia de Palo, who was appointed by a new licensee, Iron Tree SRL. [9]

Titleholders' gallery

Titleholders

The following is a list of Argentina representatives at the Miss Grand International contest.

Color keys
YearTownMiss Grand ArgentinaNational title
(Title obtained from the national contest)
Competition performanceNational director
PlacementSpecial awards
2024 Córdoba Alejandra Morales [10] AppointedUnplaced [11] Mathias Sambrizzi
2023 Pirané Natalia Cometto [6] [12] AppointedUnplaced
2022 Buenos Aires Camila Barraza [13] Miss Universe Kosovo 2016 UnplacedIron Tree SRL
2021 Buenos Aires Florencia de Palo [9] Top 7 Miss Universe Argentina 2019 Unplaced
Córdoba Alina Luz Akselrad [3] Did not compete
2020 Buenos Aires Mariana Varela [2] [7] Miss Universe Argentina 2019 Top 10Marcelo Shaya
2019 Buenos Aires Agustina Epelde [2] AppointedDid not compete
2018 Córdoba Julieta Riveros [1] AppointedUnplaced
2017 Santiago del Estero Yoana Don [1] Miss World Argentina 2014 Unplaced
2016 Did not compete
2015 Córdoba Sol Chaves Aguilar [14] AppointedDid not competeSol Chaves Aguilar
2014 Buenos Aires Nadina Vallinai [15] AppointedUnplaced Belleza Argentina
2013 Corrientes Susel Jacquet [4] [5] Reina Nacional del Carnaval 2013Unplaced

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