Formation | March 14, 2020 |
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Founder | Marcelo Modesto |
Type | Beauty pageant |
Headquarters | Houton |
Location | |
Membership | Miss Grand USA |
Official language | English |
Director | Marcelo Modesto (2017–2024) |
Parent organization | Universal Misses Media (2017–2024) |
Website | MissGrandTexas.com |
Miss Grand Taxas is a state-level female beauty pageant in Texas, [1] [2] founded in 2020. [3] It is one of the state-level pageants for the national pageant Miss Grand USA. [3] [4] From 2020 to 2024, the competition license belonged to a Houston-based event organizer, Universal Misses Media (UMM), led by Marcelo Modesto. [3] [5]
Texas has participated in the Miss Grand USA pageant since 2016; however, its representatives were either appointed or determined via casting processes in the early years of participation. The highest placement obtained by Texas candidates at the national level was the third runner-up, won in 2021 and 2023 by Sydney Salinas and Francie Millan, respectively. [6]
The following table details Miss Grand Texas's annual editions since 2020.
Edition | Date | Final venue | Entrants | Winner | Ref. |
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1st | March 14, 2020 | Sugar Land Auditorium, Sugar Land | 8 | Sydney Salinas | [7] [8] |
2nd | November 13, 2021 | Urban Creative Auditorium, Houston | 6 | Juanita Maldonado | [9] [10] |
3rd | November 19, 2022 | Box Creative, Houton | 14 | Francie Millan | [11] [12] |
4th | January 12, 2024 | Sheraton Brookhollow Hotel, Houston | 8 | Karina Ramirez | [13] |
5th | June 29, 2025 | 9PM Music Venue, Houston | 18 | Lieve Blanckaert | [1] [2] |
The following is a list of representatives of the state of Texas in the Miss Grand USA national pageant.
Year | Representative | Original state title | Placement at Miss Grand USA | Ref. | |
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2016 | Alaina Pereyna | Appointed | Unplaced | [14] | |
2017 | Courtney Newman | Appointed | Top 10 | [3] | |
2018 | No national pageant | ||||
2019 | Anastasia Semenova | Appointed | Top 10 | [15] | |
2020 | No national pageant | ||||
2021 | Sydney Salinas | Miss Grand Texas 2020/21 | 3rd runner-up | [4] | |
2022 | Juanita Maldonado | Miss Grand Texas 2022 | Top 6 | [16] | |
2023 | Francie Millan | Miss Grand Texas 2023 | 3rd runner-up | [17] | |
2024 | Karina Ramirez | Miss Grand Texas 2024 | Top 8 | [18] | |