Miss Grand United States 2025

Miss Grand United States 2025
Date	18 August 2025
Venue	Rio Showroom at Rio Las Vegas, Rio Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada
Director	Crown Legacy LLC
Producer	Protagonist Live LLC
Entrants	31
Placements	20
Debuts	Central New York East Coast Indiana North Atlantic Northern California Silver State South Southern States Wisconsin
Returns	District of Columbia Hawaii Kentucky Michigan Ohio Pennsylvania Tennessee West Coast
Winner	Ivana Garcia (Ohio)
←  2024

External videos
Grand final

Miss Grand United States 2025 was the 8th edition of the Miss Grand USA pageant, held at the Rio Showroom at Rio Las Vegas, Rio Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, ^{[1] [2]} on 18 August 2025. ^{[3] [4]} Contestants from 31 states and regions of the United States will compete for the title. ^[1]

The contest was won by a 23-year-old model and philanthropist representing Ohio, Ivana Garica, who was crowned by the outgoing Miss Grand United States 2024 Cora Griffen of Georgia, ^{[5] [6]} and will represent the country at the international parent stage, Miss Grand International 2025, ^{[6] [7]} to be held on 18 October 2025 in Bangkok, Thailand. ^[8]

This edition was directed by Crown Legacy, LLC and produced by Protagonist Live LLC, ^[2] and was live broadcast to the audience worldwide via the international firm's YouTube channel named Grand TV. ^[9]

Selection of contestants

Most of the contestants were appointed to the state titles by the national licensee. Only three states, Florida, New Jersey, and Texas, organized state pageants for this year's competition, down from four in the previous edition.

Pageant	Edition	Date	Final venue	Entrants	Ref.
Miss Grand New Jersey	2nd	23 Feb	Hamilton Stage, Union County Performing Arts Center, Rahway	12	[10]
Miss Grand Florida	6th	18 May	Wynwood Center, Wynwood, Miami, Florida	10	[11]
Miss Grand Texas	5th	29 Jun	9PM Music Venue, Houston	18	[3] [12]

Results

Miss Grand USA 2025 competition results by state OH WA     TN Non-state representatives:   East Coast   Southern States   South   West Coast   Central New York   North Atlantic   Northern California   Silver State   Golden Coast Color key:  Winner  1st RU  2nd RU  3rd RU  4th RU   Top 10   Top 20   Unplaced   Withdrew   No representative RU = Runner-up

Placement	Contestant
Miss Grand USA 2025	Ohio - Ivana Garcia [5]
1st Runner-up	East Coast – Andrea Valentina Nuñez [13]
2nd Runner-up	Washington – Rachelle Di Stasio [13]
3rd Runner-up	Southern States – Christianah Adejokun [13]
4th Runner-up	Tennessee – Emely Aleman [13]
Top 10 [13] (5th Runner-up)	Florida – Shirley Ramirez New York – Perpetua Sermsup Smith North Carolina – Janiya Pipkin South – April Rodriguez West Coast – Me-Kayla Brittany
Top 20	Central New York – Teona Kbilashvili Colorado – Samantha Cardiel Georgia – Chinelo Aniekwu Hawaii – Sarah Kim Gross Illinois – Woodarlie Toto Michigan – Victoria Mercedes Ng New Jersey – Tavi Gandhi Texas – Lieve Blanckaert Virginia – Maryah Watkins Wisconsin – Emma Loney

Contestants

These are the currently confirmed contestants: ^[14]

State-level representatives Total: 23/51 states State Contestant Arizona Christine Nguyen California Paloma Pacheco Colorado Samantha Cardiel District of Columbia Kayla Stewart Florida Shirley Ramirez Georgia Chinelo Aniekwu Hawaii Sarah Kim Gross Illinois Woodarlie Toto Indiana Yadira Yardeli Muñoz Kentucky Alyssa Wright Michigan Victoria Mercedes Ng Nevada Starla Smith New Jersey Tavi Gandhi New Mexico Jade Vargas New York Perpetua Sermsup Smith North Carolina Janiya Pipkin Ohio Ivana Garcia Pennsylvania Djenne Jenn Fadiga Tennessee Emely Aleman [9] Texas Lieve Blanckaert [3] Virginia Maryah Watkins Washington Rachelle Di Stasio Wisconsin Emma Loney

Non-state representatives Total: 8 candidates Locality Contestant Central New York Teona Kbilashvili East Coast Andrea Valentina Nuñez North Atlantic Natasha Gisela Northern California Jiazi Gao Silver State Arielle Sharma South April Rodriguez Southern States Christianah Adejokun West Coast Me-Kayla Brittany Withdrawals Total: 3 candidates Alabama Niricha Williams [15] Golden Coast Melanie Wu [16] Maine Vianney Cortez

References

1. "Miss Grand USA 2025 Contestants: Who are all the candidates this year?". Marca. August 16, 2025. Retrieved August 16, 2025.
2. Austin Caldwell (August 15, 2025). "Miss Grand USA 2025: When is it and how to watch the beauty pageant?". Marca. Retrieved August 16, 2025.
3. "Guyanese beauty crowned Miss Grand Texas 2025". Kaieteur News . July 5, 2025. Retrieved July 7, 2025.
4. "Guyanese Girl Shines as Miss Grand Texas 2025". vacancyinguyana.com. July 6, 2025. Archived from the original on July 6, 2025. Retrieved July 7, 2025.
5. Connor Reid, Marca (August 19, 2025). "Who won Miss Grand USA 2025? Meet Ivana Garcia, the beauty queen from the state of Ohio" . Retrieved August 19, 2025.
6. Blake Reynolds (August 19, 2025). "Miss Grand USA Winners: Complete list of beauty pageant queens until 2025". Marca. Retrieved August 19, 2025.
7. Jennifer Valqui (August 12, 2024). "Miss Grand USA 2024: Miss Georgia obtuvo la corona y representará a Estados Unidos en el certamen internacional". La República (in Spanish). Archived from the original on August 13, 2024. Retrieved August 13, 2024.
8. "มงลงวันนี้ ถ่ายทอดสด Miss Grand Thailand 2025 รอบตัดสิน MGT2025" [Today's crown, live broadcast of Miss Grand Thailand 2025, final round MGT2025] (in Thai). Bangkok Biz News. March 29, 2025. Archived from the original on March 29, 2025.
9. Fernanda Rodríguez (August 14, 2025). "De Honduras a EE. UU.: Emely Alemán compite por Miss Grand USA 2025" [From Honduras to the U.S.: Emely Alemán competes for Miss Grand USA 2025]. Televicentro (in Spanish). Archived from the original on August 16, 2025. Retrieved August 16, 2025.
10. "Miss Grand New Jersey". vbotickets.com. 2025. Archived from the original on February 23, 2025. Retrieved February 23, 2025.
11. "Miss Grand Florida pageant 2025". www.eventbrite.com. May 2025. Archived from the original on May 13, 2025. Retrieved May 13, 2025.
12. "Miss Grand Texas 2025- Preliminary & Final Gala Pageant". Miss Grand Texas. 2025. Archived from the original on July 1, 2025. Retrieved July 1, 2025.
13. "The Top 10 Finalists of Miss Grand USA 2025". Miss Grand USA. August 23, 2025. Retrieved August 24, 2025.
14. "Miss Grand USA 2025: Vote for your favorite delegate to advance to the top 20 of Miss Grand USA 2025". officialmissgrandusa.com. August 2025. Retrieved August 16, 2025.
15. "Meet Miss Grand Alabama 2025 is Niricha Williams". Miss Grand USA. May 30, 2025. Retrieved May 30, 2025.
16. "Meet Miss Grand Golden Coast 2025 is Melanie Wu". Miss Grand USA. February 15, 2025. Retrieved February 15, 2025.