Formation | 2013 |
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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]
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 . [7]
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]
The following is a list of Argentina representatives at the Miss Grand International contest.
Year | Town | Miss Grand Argentina | National title (Title obtained from the national contest) | Competition performance | National director | |
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Placement | Special awards | |||||
2024 | Córdoba | Alejandra Morales [10] | Appointed | Unplaced [11] | Mathias Sambrizzi | |
2023 | Pirané | Natalia Cometto [6] [12] | Appointed | Unplaced | ||
2022 | Buenos Aires | Camila Barraza [13] | Miss Universe Kosovo 2016 | Unplaced | Iron 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 10 | Marcelo Shaya | |
2019 | Buenos Aires | Agustina Epelde [2] | Appointed | Did not compete | ||
2018 | Córdoba | Julieta Riveros [1] | Appointed | Unplaced | ||
2017 | Santiago del Estero | Yoana Don [1] | Miss World Argentina 2014 | Unplaced | ||
2016 | Did not compete | |||||
2015 | Córdoba | Sol Chaves Aguilar [14] | Appointed | Did not compete | Sol Chaves Aguilar | |
2014 | Buenos Aires | Nadina Vallinai [15] | Appointed | Unplaced | Belleza Argentina | |
2013 | Corrientes | Susel Jacquet [4] [5] | Reina Nacional del Carnaval 2013 | Unplaced |
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