Miss Puerto Rico is a national title bestowed on the women representing Puerto Rico in international beauty pageants. By 1987, Puerto Rico had won the prestigious Big Three pageants, Miss Universe, Miss World, and Miss International, becoming the ninth of fourteen countries to achieved it. Puerto Rico won Miss Earth in 2019, becoming the fourth of only five countries to have won the Big Four pageants. Having also won Miss Supranational and Miss Grand International by 2019, Puerto Rico became the first country—and only one as of 2023—to win all six major international beauty pageants, the Grand Slam. Additionally, Puerto Rico has won the important international beauty titles of Miss Intercontinental and Miss Global. With 17 major titles won as of 2023, Puerto Rico is recognized as a powerhouse in the industry of beauty pageants, alongside Venezuela, Philippines, United States, and India.
Miss Universe 1970 was the 19th Miss Universe pageant, held at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida, United States on 11 July 1970.
Miss Earth Puerto Rico is a national Beauty pageant in Puerto Rico.
Miss Grand USA, also referred to as Miss Grand United States of America, is an annual female beauty pageant in the United States, founded in 2016 by a Dominican-American businessperson, Chantel Martínez, aiming to select the country representative for Miss Grand International, which is an annual international beauty pageant promoting World Peace and against all kinds of conflicts.
Miss Grand International also known as Miss Grand is an international beauty pageant franchise that was based in Thailand. It consists of the annual national pageant Miss Grand Thailand, as well as the international competition Miss Grand International, to which participating rights are licensed to organizers in other countries. The franchise has been owned and run by a Thai stock exchange-listed company with the same name, also known as MGI PCL, since its inception in 2013, with Nawat Itsaragrisil as the president.
Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2021 was the 65th edition of the Miss Universe Puerto Rico pageant, held on September 30, 2021 at Luis A. Ferré Performing Arts Center in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Estefanía Soto of San Sebastián crowned Michelle Colón of Loíza as her successor at the end of the event.
Miss Grand Spain is a national female beauty pageant in Spain that has been held annually since 2016 to select the country representatives to compete in Miss Grand International pageant. Its inaugural edition was held in Seville with 24 provinces and autonomous communities participating; in which Adriana Sánchez Rivas of Málaga won the main title. The pageant has been owned by Vicente Gonzalez since the establishment.
Miss Grand International 2023 was the eleventh edition of the Miss Grand International pageant, held on 25 October 2023 at the Phú Thọ Indoor Stadium in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Miss Grand Puerto Rico is a national title bestowed upon a woman chosen to represent Puerto Rico at Miss Grand International, an annual international beauty pageant promoting peace and opposing all forms of conflict. The national pageant of Miss Grand International for Puerto Rico is currently conducted by Nuestra Belleza Puerto Rico, Inc., to which MGI PLC, the owner of Miss Grand International, awarded the franchise in 2016. One of the winners of the "Nuestra Belleza Puerto Rico" pageant gets the title of Miss Grand Puerto Rico.
Miss Grand Peru 2023 was the inaugural edition of the Miss Grand Peru pageant, held at the América Televisión Studio in Lima on June 22, 2023. Eleven candidates who qualified for the pageant through a virtual casting held earlier in January competed for the title, of whom, a 24-year-old Internet personality from Callao, Luciana Fuster, was elected the winner. Luciana represented Peru at the Miss Grand International 2023, held in Vietnam on October 25, 2023, and won, making her the second Peruvian woman to win the crown.
Miss Grand Ecuador 2023 was the second edition of the Miss Grand Ecuador beauty pageant, held at TC Televisión Studios, Guayaquil. It was originally proposed to be held in January but was postponed to April 15, 2023, for unspecified reasons. Candidates from seven provinces of the country, who qualified for the national pageant via an audition performed virtually earlier in November 2022, competed for the title.
Mariana Jessica Varela and Fabiola Krystal Valentín González are an Argentine and Puerto Rican female married couple who have both won beauty contests in 2019 and 2020, respectively.
Miss Grand US Virgin Islands is a national beauty pageant title awarded to women chosen to represent the US Virgin Islands at the Miss Grand International contest. The title was first awarded in 2014 when a 24-year-old Stateside Puerto Rican, Wilma Echandy, was appointed to represent the US Virgin Islands in Miss Grand International 2014 in Thailand. Under the directorship of Brian Javier, the first contest of Miss Grand US Virgin Islands was expected to be held in March 2024.
Miss Grand United Kingdom 2023 was the third edition of the Miss Grand United Kingdom pageant, held on August 13, 2023, at the Aures London, London. Five finalists, who qualified for the national final through the preliminary contest arranged on July 16, competed for the title, of whom a 23-year-old marketing manager representing Sussex, Chloe Ellman-Baker, was announced the winner. Baker later represented the United Kingdom at Miss Grand International 2023, held in Vietnam on October 25 of that year, but was unplaced.
Miss Grand Malaysia 2023 was the eighth edition of the Miss Grand Malaysia pageant, held on August 14, 2023, in the Zodiac Theatre on the 7th floor of the Genting Dream Cruise. Eleven candidates competed for the title, of whom a 21-year-old actress and model from Selangor, Kash Bhullar, was announced the winner and won the prize of RM15,000 in cash and jewelry worth RM 25,000. Kash later represented the country at the Miss Grand International 2023 pageant, held in Vietnam on October 25 of that year, but she was unplaced.
Luciana Fuster Guzmán is a Peruvian model, tv host and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Grand Peru 2023 and later won the international title of Miss Grand International 2023. Previously, Luciana also won the title of Miss Teen Model Peru 2015 and the Miss Teen Pageant International 2016.
Sthephanie Marie Miranda Morales is a Puerto Rican-American beauty pageant titleholder. She was Miss Ohio USA 2020, Top 16 Miss USA 2020, Top 5 Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2021 and first runner-up of Nuestra Belleza Puerto Rico 2023. Miranda represented the United States at Miss Grand International 2023 held in Vietnam in October 25, 2023, and was named 3rd Runner-Up to Luciana Fuster of Peru.
Miss Grand Cuba 2023 was the inaugural edition of the Miss Grand Cuba pageant, held on August 20, 2023, at the Tampa Marriott Westshore, Tampa, Florida, United States. Five candidates, who qualified for the national final round through an audition held in mid-2023, competed for the title, of whom a 26-year-old Portuguese-Cuban model and assistant project manager from Miami-Dade County, Sofia Acosta, was announced the winner, while a Cuban national coordinator for the UN Ocean Decade ECOP program, Sheyla Ravelo, won the supplementary title of Miss International Cuba 2023.
The 11th edition of the Miss Grand International pageant was held at the Phú Thọ Indoor Stadium in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam on October 25, 2023, in which candidates from 71 countries and territories participated. These candidates were elected as the country representatives through different methods, such as through the Miss Grand National which was held to select the country representative for Miss Grand International specifically, or appointed by another national pageant organizer, in which the main winner was sent to compete on other international stages. Some of them were assigned as the representatives without competing at any national pageant in this particular year.
Miss Grand United States 2023: Grand final coronation, on August 18, 2023, YouTube video
