Formation | April 22, 2022 |
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Founder | Juan Silva |
Type | Beauty pageant |
Headquarters | La Guaira |
Location | |
Membership | Miss Grand Venezuela |
Official language | Spanish |
Director | Juan Silva (2022–2024) |
Miss Grand La Guaira is a Venezuelan state-level beauty pageant founded in 2022 by a choreographer Juan Silva, [1] [2] to select La Guaira's representatives to the Miss Grand Venezuela national contest. [3] [4] [5]
La Guaira has participated in the Miss Grand Venezuela pageant since 2022 but its representatives have yet to win the title; the highest achievement they reached was the second and third runners-up, obtained in 2024 and 2022, respectively. [5] [6]
After a Venezuelan jewelry designer George Wittles obtained the license of Miss Grand Venezuela in 2020, he franchised the regional licenses to state organizers who would name the state representatives for the national contest. [7] [8] For the state of La Guaira, the franchise was granted to the choreographer Juan Silva, who organized the first Miss Grand La Guaira contest in August 2022, [1] [2] and Valeria Camacho was named the first Miss Grand La Guaira. [9]
The following table details Miss Grand La Guaira's annual editions since 2022.
Edition | Date | Final venue | Entrants | Winner | Ref. |
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1st | April 22, 2022 | Eurobuilding Hotel Maiquetía, Vargas | 11 | Valeria Camacho | [1] [2] |
2nd | September 14, 2023 | Bambú Beach Club, Macuto | 8 | Camila Soto Gil | [10] [11] |
The following is a list of La Guaira representatives who competed at the Miss Grand Venezuela national pageant.
Year | Representative | Original provincial title | Placement at Miss Grand Venezuela | Ref. |
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2022 | Valeria Camacho | Miss Grand La Guaira 2022 | 3rd runner-up | [12] [13] |
2024 | Camila Soto Gil | Miss Grand La Guaira 2023/24 | 2nd runner-up | [14] |
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