# Miss Grand Brazil 2023

Miss Grand Brazil 2023 was the 5th edition of the Miss Grand Brazil beauty pageant, originally programmed to be held on June 29, 2023, at Hotel Sibara Flat & Conventions in Balneário Camboriú, Santa Catarina, but was later rescheduled to June 10 and the venue was moved to Recanto Cataratas Thermas Resort, Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná.
Twenty-eight candidates, who were chosen through either the state pageants or national preliminary casting held directly by a central licensee, competed for the title, of whom a 26-year-old dentist, nursing technician and medical student representing Zona da Mata Mineira, Adriana Yanca, was announced the winner, while the representatives of Pernambuco, Tocantins, Paraná, and Minas Gerais, were named runners-up. Adriana was crowned by Miss Grand Brazil 2022 , Isabella Menin of Alto Cafezal, and later represented Brazil at Miss Grand International 2023 held in Vietnam on October 25, but was unplaced.
The grand final round of the pageant was hosted by Juliano Crema and Gabrielle Vilela. Meanwhile, Lorena Rodrigues who was previously crowned as Miss Grand Brazil 2021, and Henrique Fontes, Miss Grand Brazil national director, served as backstage correspondents. The event was live transmitted to an audience worldwide through its international parent contest's Youtube channel, GrandTV.

## Selection of contestants
### Overview

Number of participants classified by representative selection methods
Method
Number (%)
A1
4 (14.29%)
A2
1 (3.57%)
B1
7 (25.00%)
B2
1 (3.57%)
C1
4 (14.29%)
C2
11 (39.29%)
A1: Miss Grand State winners A2: Other pageant main winners B1: Obtained Miss Grand as supplemental title B2: Runner-up Miss Grand State pageant C1: Appointed from other 2023 pageants C2: Appointed, no pageant held in 2023 :
Twenty-eight contestants took part in the pageant. As per the data collected in the regional pageants section below, thirteen of whom were directly determined through state pageants; four were the winners of the Miss Grand regional pageants (A1), including the representatives of Minas Gerais, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, and Zona da Mata Mineira; while the representative of Piauí obtained Miss Grand title as the main award in the Miss and Mister Model Piauí pageant (A2). The remaining seven candidates obtained the Miss Grand title as a supplemental title in the Miss Brazil CNB state pageant (B1), such as the representatives of Santa Catarina, São Paulo, and Goiás.
Of the appointed candidates, the representative of Cataratas do Iguaçu was appointed to the title after finishing as the vice-miss in the Miss Grand Paraná 2023 pageant (B2), while the other four candidates, including the representative of Ilha de São Luís, Pernambuco, Plano Piloto, and Rio Grande do Sul, were appointed after obtaining the runner-up title at other state pageants (C1). The remaining eleven candidates, such as Paraíba's representative, were appointed to the position without participating in any state pageant in this particular year (C2).
One contestant, Letícia Santana, the representative of Sergipe, resigned from the title for unknown reasons and no replacement was assigned. Meanwhile, the original representative of Ipiranga, Sandy Menezes. was replaced by Brooke Shields Assunção.
Four states and insular cities made their debut in this edition, including Acre, Cataratas do Iguaçu, Guanabara, Ilha de São Luís, and Ipiranga. Compared to the previous edition, Amazonas returned, while nine states and cities withdrew, making the finalized total of twenty-eight contestants.
The information is summarized below.
| Returns | Withdrawals | Withdrawals | Debuts |
| Last competed in 2020:  Amazonas | Alto Cafezal Cânions Paulistas  Espírito Santo Ilha Comprida  Mato Grosso do Sul | Norte Mato-Grossense  Rondônia  Sergipe Sul Mineiro Vale do Aço | Acre |
| Note: ^§ Representative determined but did not compete ||||

### Regional pageants

Several Brazilian states organized Miss Grand state pageants separately to select representatives for the Miss Grand Brazil 2023 contest, such as Paraná, Minas Gerais, Sergipe; moreover, tertiary-level contests were also observed, such as Miss Grand Nova Iguaçu, with the winners representing their communities in the state-level pageants.
The following is a list of state pageants of Miss Grand Brazil 2023.
List of Miss Grand Brazil 2023 preliminary pageants, by the state coronation date :
| Host state | Pageant | Type | Date & Venue | Entrants |
| Santa Catarina | Miss and Mister Santa Catarina CNB | B1 | 26 March 2022 at Centreventos Itajaí, Itajaí | 32 |
| Pernambuco | Miss Pernambuco CNB | C1 | 16 April 2022 at Centro de Convenções Empresário Djalma Farias Cintra, Caruaru | 15 |
| São Paulo | Miss and Mister São Paulo CNB | B1 | 18 June 2022 at Tênis Clube de Campinas, Campinas | 25 |
| Paraná | Miss Grand Paraná | A1 | 6 September 2022 at Recanto Cataratas Thermas Resort & Convention, Foz do Iguaçu | 20 |
| Minas Gerais | Miss Grand Zona da Mata Mineira | A1 | 16 October 2022 at the Barbacena Exhibition Park, Barbacena | 12 |
| Minas Gerais | Miss Grand Minas Gerais | A1 | 15 November 2022 at HZ Hotel, Patos de Minas, Minas Gerais | 8 |
| Ipiranga | Miss Ipiranga CNB | B1 | 3 November 2022 at the Commercial Association of Sao Paulo, São Paulo | 15 |
| Ceará | Miss Ceará CNB | B1 | 8 December 2022 at Francisca Clotilde Theatre, Aracati | 17 |
| Piauí | Miss and Mister Model Piauí | A2 | 16 December 2022 at the 309 Bar, Teresina | 20 |
| Goiás | Miss & Mister Goiás CNB | B1 | 5 February 2023 at the Augustus Hotel, Goiânia | 18 |
| Distrito Federal | Miss & Mister Brasília CNB | C1 | 10 February 2023 at Theater Caesb, Federal District | 11 |
| Rio Grande do Sul | Garota da Praia | C1 | 25 February 2023 on the Tramandaí beach, Rio Grande do Sul | 63 |
| Mato Grosso | Miss Mato Grosso CNB | B1 | 4 March 2023 at the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Querência | 17 |
| Pará | Miss Pará CNB | B1 | 30 March 2023 at the Maria Sylvia Nunes Theater, Belém | 14 |
| Rio de Janeiro | Miss Grand Rio de Janeiro | A1 | 7 May 2023 at the Baden Powel Theater Copacabana Room, Rio de Janeiro | 12 |
| Maranhão | Miss Maranhão CNB | C1 | 1 July 2023 at the Arthur Azevedo Theater, São Luís | 18 |
| Note ^α : The first runner-up of the contest, Bárbara David Vázquez, was later appointed to compete as the representative of Cataratas do Iguaçu. ^β : The title qualified for Miss Grand Brazil 2023 was Miss Grand Ilhabela. ^γ : The title qualified for Miss Grand Brazil 2023 was Miss Grand Plano Piloto. ^δ : The title qualified for Miss Grand Brazil 2023 was Miss Grand Ilha de São Luís. ||||||

## Competition

Miss Grand Brazil 2023 scoring procedure :
| Round/category | Criteria/events | Point(s) |
| Pre-pageant media | Video: 5 facts about me | 2.50 |
| Pre-pageant media | Video Presentation | 2.50 |
| Pre-pageant media | Magazine cover | 2.50 |
| Pre-pageant media | TV Commercial campaign | 2.50 |
| Miss Popularity | Winner | 1.00 |
| Miss Popularity | 2nd place | 0.50 |
| Miss Popularity | 3rd place | 0.25 |
| Pageant boot camp | Discipline and behavior | 2.50 |
| Pageant boot camp | Closed-door interview | 15.00 |
| Pageant boot camp | Peace talks | 15.00 |
| Preliminary round | Evening gown round | 15.00 |
| Preliminary round | Swimsuit round | 15.00 |
| All scores mentioned above were used to determine the top 20 and top 11 |||
| Top 11 finalists | Swimsuit round | 15.00 |
| Top 11 finalists | Evening gown round | 15.00 |
| Top 11 finalists | Speech round | 15.00 |
| All scores mentioned above were used to determine the top 5 |||
| Top 5 finalists | Question and answer round | 10.00 |
| The candidate with the highest accumulated points was announced the winner |||
In the grand final competition held on June 10, the results of the preliminary competition—which consisted of the swimsuit and evening gown competition as well as the closed-door interview and all other pre-pageant activities—determined the top 20 and top 10 semifinalists. After the swimsuit and evening gown parade of the top 20 finalists, the final ten were announced.
In the final ten rounds, each qualified candidate delivered a speech related to the pageant campaign, Stop War and Violence. The judges then scored each candidate based on their stage performances and the speech. Together with previous scores, five candidates with the highest accumulated scores qualified for the final question and answer round, in which all of the five candidates were asked the same questions, and the judges scored them based on their answers. The candidate with the highest accumulated score, Adriana Yanca of Zona da Mata Mineira, was announced as Miss Grand Brazil 2023.
At all stages, the lowest score given by a juror was excluded to prevent biased scoring.
The judges for the preliminary and grand final rounds include:
* Ceres Sessin Ribeiro — Businessperson and godmother of the Miss Brazil CNB
* Mário Medeiros — Plastic surgeon and member of the Brazilian Society of Plastic Surgery
* Isabella Menin — Miss Grand International 2022
* Henrique Martins — Mister Brasil CNB 2023 [pt]
* Lala Guedes — Miss Grand Brazil 2020
* Caroline Venturini — Miss Grand Brazil 2017
* Fábio Paula — Journalist specializing in covering beauty contests
* Eva Bitar — Film and television manager

## Result
### Main placement

Miss Grand Brazil 2023 competition result by states/cities/etc. :
* Miss Grand Brazil 2023 competition result by states/cities/etc.
* Zona da Mata
* Guanabara
* Ilhabela
* Ipiranga
* Circuito das Frutas
* Plano Piloto
* Pernambuco
* Tocantins
* Paraná
* Distrito Federal
* Minas Gerais
* Cataratas do Iguaçu
* Ilha de São Luís
* Color key:
* Winner First runner-up Second runner-up
* Third runner-up Fourth runner-up  Top 11
* Top 20  Unplaced  Did not participate
* Representative determined but did not compete
| Position | Delegate |
| Miss Grand Brazil 2023 | Zona da Mata Mineira – Adriana Yanca |
| 1st runner-up | Pernambuco – Cinthya Moura Escavadeira |
| 2nd runner-up | Tocantins – Luciana Gomes |
| 3rd runner-up | Paraná – Ana Finkler |
| 4th runner-up | Minas Gerais – Júlia de Castro Rodrigues |
| Top 11 | Ceará – Victoria Melo  Maranhão – Natália Seipel Nikolić  Pará – Yasmin Alcântara Resende Cataratas do Iguaçu – Bárbara David Vázquez  Rio de Janeiro – Esthefane Souza  São Paulo – Caroline Valentino |
| Top 20 | Amazonas – Nathália Acácia da Cruz Costa Circuito das Frutas – Carina Manzi  Goiás – Kelry Fernandes Guanabara – Nathália Salema Ilhabela – Bruna Sartori  Mato Grosso – Hélen Gonçalves Larocca Plano Piloto – Rebeca Amorim  Rio Grande do Sul – Amanda Brasil Macedo  Santa Catarina – Fernanda Lupato |

### Special awards

| Award | Delegate |
| Miss Photogenic | Tocantins – Luciana Gomes |
| Miss Congeniality | Guanabara – Nathália Salema |
| Miss Popularity | Pará – Yasmin Alcântara Resende |
| Best in Swimsuit | Pernambuco - Cinthya Moura Escavadeira |
| Best Evening Gown | Zona da Mata Mineira – Adriana Yanca |

#### Note

* ^ε The winner of Miss Popularity automatically qualifies for the top 11 finalists.

## Candidates

28 delegates competed for the title.
| State/Region | Contestant | Age | Hometown |
| Acre | Sarah Cristinny | 19 | Rio Branco |
| Amazonas | Nathália Acácia da Cruz Costa | 22 | Manaus |
| Bahia | Kalline Zins | 24 | Salvador |
| Cataratas do Iguaçu | Bárbara David Vázquez | 22 | Foz do Iguaçu |
| Ceará | Victoria Melo | 24 | Redenção |
| Circuito das Frutas | Carina Manzi | 27 | São José dos Campos |
| Distrito Federal | Carol Tibery | 28 | Taguatinga |
| Goiás | Kelry Fernandes | 22 | Goiânia |
| Guanabara | Nathália Salema | 21 | Jacarepaguá |
| Ilhabela | Bruna Sartori | 25 | Rio Claro |
| Ilha de São Luís | Roberta Carvalho | 24 | São Luís Island |
| Ipiranga | Brooke Shields Assunção | 20 | Amazonas |
| Maranhão | Natália Seipel Nikolić | 24 | São José de Ribamar |
| Mato Grosso | Hélen Gonçalves Larocca | 20 | Alta Floresta |
| Minas Gerais | Júlia de Castro Rodrigues | 24 | Divinópolis |
| Pará | Yasmin Alcântara Resende | 19 | Ulianópolis |
| Paraíba | Elen Guedes | 23 | Campina Grande |
| Paraná | Ana Finkler | 26 | Cascavel |
| Pernambuco | Cinthya Moura | 23 | Recife |
| Piauí | Maria Veloso | 22 | Floriano |
| Plano Piloto | Rebeca Amorim | 22 | Brasília |
| Rio de Janeiro | Esthefane Souza | 27 | Rio de Janeiro |
| Rio Grande do Norte | Suan Magnone | 21 | Natal |
| Rio Grande do Sul | Amanda Bernardo Brasil Macedo | 19 | Bento Gonçalves |
| Santa Catarina | Fernanda Lupato | 24 | Tangará |
| São Paulo | Caroline Valentino | 27 | Sorocaba |
| Tocantins | Luciana Gomes | 28 | Palmas |
| Zona da Mata Mineira | Adriana Yanca | 26 | Belford Roxo |

### Note

* ↑ Ages at the time of the pageant