# Miss Grand Peru

Miss Grand Peru is a national beauty pageant title bestowed upon a woman chosen to represent Peru at the annual international pageant, Miss Grand International. The title was first mentioned in 2014 when a finalist of Miss World Peru 2014, Sophía Venero, was appointed to represent the country at the Miss Grand International 2014 in Thailand. Since 2016, to date, the license of Miss Grand Peru has been belonging to the event organizer headed by Jessica Newton, Grupo D'Elite. Previously, the license belonged to a medical doctor and lawyer, Hanssel Vega.
Since its first participation in 2014, Peru won the Miss Grand International twice; in 2017 and 2023 by María José Lora and Luciana Fuster, respectively. Peru also won the Best National Costume awards in 2018, 2021 and 2022.

## History

In the first decades, the Peruvian representatives for the Miss Grand International contest were either hand-picked or determined through a sub-contest of another national pageant, Miss Perú, which was also managed by the same organizer, Grupo D'Elite. Later in 2023, the event to select Miss Grand Peru titleholder was planned to be held individually for the first time; the event was scheduled to be happened in Lima, 12 national finalists were expected to participate.
In 2020, the original country representative at the Miss Grand International 2020 pageant who obtained the title the Miss Perú 2019, Samantha Batallanos, was removed from the title by the national licensee; not well prepared for the international was claimed, and a professional model named Maricielo Gamarra was then appointed as the replacement. However, Samantha was later appointed to participate in the next international edition the following year.

## Editions

The Miss Grand Peru pageant has been a stand-alone pageant since 2023.

### Date and venue

| Edition | Date | Final Venue | Host department | Entrants | Ref. |
| 1st | June 22, 2023 | América Televisión Studio, Lima | Lima | 11 | |
| 2nd | September 21, 2024 | La Plaza Central de Punchana, Punchana | Loreto | 18 | |

### Competition result

| Year | Edition | Winner | 1st runner-up | 2nd runner-up | 3rd runner-up | 4th runner-up | Ref. |
| 2023 | 1st | Luciana Fuster (Callao) | Pia Requejo (Ancash ) | Zuliet Seminario (Arequipa) | Brenda Serpa (Huánuco) | Michelle Choque (Lambayeque) | |
| 2024 | 2nd | Arlette Rujel (Callao) | Niva Antezana (Lima) | Alexandra Parcón (Lima Centro) | Andrea Torres (Loreto) | Not awarded | |

## International Contest

List of Peruvian representatives at the Miss Grand International pageant :
| Year | Delegate | National title | Competition performance | Competition performance | National Director | Ref. |
| Year | Delegate | National title | Placements | Other awards | National Director | Ref. |
| 2014 | Sophia Venero | Miss Grand Peru 2014 | Top 20 | — | Hanssel Vega | |
| 2015 | Alejandra Almonte | Miss Grand Peru 2015 | Unplaced | — | Hanssel Vega | |
| 2016 | Prissila Howard | 1st runner-up Miss Peru 2016 | Top 10 | — | Jessica Newton | |
| 2017 | María José Lora | Miss Grand Peru 2017 | Winner | — | Jessica Newton | |
| 2018 | Andrea Moberg | 1st runner-up Miss Peru 2018 | Top 20 | Best National Costume | Jessica Newton | |
| 2019 | Camila Escribens | 1st runner-up Miss Peru 2019 | Top 10 | Best Evening Gown | Jessica Newton | |
| 2020 | Maricielo Gamarra | 1st runner-up Miss Peru 2020 | Top 20 | — | Jessica Newton | |
| 2021 | Samantha Batallanos | 2nd runner-up Miss Peru 2019 | Unplaced | Best National Costume | Jessica Newton | |
| 2022 | Janet Leyva | Miss Grand Peru 2022 | Top 20 | Best National Costume | Jessica Newton | |
| 2023 | Luciana Fuster | Miss Grand Peru 2023 | Winner | — | Jessica Newton | |
| 2024 | Arlette Rujel | Miss Grand Peru 2024 | 5th runner-up | — | Jessica Newton | |

## Winner gallery

* María José Lora Miss Grand Peru 2017 and Miss Grand International 2017
* Andrea Moberg Miss Grand Peru 2018
* Janet Leyva Miss Grand Peru 2022
* Luciana Fuster Miss Grand Peru 2023 and Miss Grand International 2023
* Arlette Rujel Miss Grand Peru 2024