# Miss Grand Brazil

Miss Grand Brazil is an annual female beauty pageant in Brazil, founded in 2014 by a São Paulo-based event organizer Gerson Antonelli, to select the country's representatives to compete in its parent international contest, Miss Grand International. From 2015 to 2023, the pageant was managed by Concurso Nacional de Beleza Miss Brasil (CNB Miss Brazil), led by Henrique Fontes. Then the franchise was transferred to former Miss Universe Brazil organizer, Evandro Hazzy of Hazzy Top Talent, in 2024.
In its first two editions, 2014 and 2019, all national entrants were selected by the organization directly. However, after the license was distributed to the regional organizer in 2020, the pageant has regularly been featuring the contestants chosen by either the central organ or the licensed organizers. Since its inception, the contest was canceled once in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Brazil holds a record of 10 placements at Miss Grand International, the highest position was the first place won by Isabella Menin in 2022, followed by the second runner-up, obtained by Lorena Rodrigues of Minas Gerais in 2021, and the fourth runner-up in 2019, 2020 and 2024, won by Marjorie Marcelle, Alaíse Guedes and Talita Hartmann, respectively.
The current Miss Grand Brazil is Talita Hartmann of Rio Grande do Sul, who was crowned on 8 August 2024 at the Tokio Marine Hall, São Paulo.

## Background
### History

Since the establishment of Miss Grand International in 2013, Brazil has always send the representatives to participate in such. Its first representative, Tamara de Costa Bicca Top 16 finalists Miss Brazil World 2013, was appointed by the licensee Concurso Nacional de Beleza Miss Brasil to join the international contest in Thailand where she was placed among the Top 10 finalist. In the following year, the inaugural contest of the Miss Grand Brazil was held after a São Paulo-based event organizer Gerson Antonelli had purchased the license. The contest was held as the sub-event of the annual festival Festival Nacional do Folclore at the Anfiteatro da Casa de Cultura of Olímpia city in São Paulo on 25 July, featuring 13 contestants, in which Yameme Ibrahim of Paraná won the main title. Ibrahim then participated at Miss Grand International 2014 in Thailand on 25 October and was placed among the Top 20 finalists. However, the license had been brought back to the hand of the CNB Miss Brazil in the following year then the country representatives at Miss Grand International were appointed to the position instead of organizing the Miss Grand national for four years consecutively; the elected queens includes Paula Gomes (2015), Renata Sena (2016), Caroline Venturini (2017), and Gabrielle Vilela [pt] (2018). Besides Miss Grand Brazil, CNB Miss Brazil also holds the country licenses for Miss World, Mister World as well as Miss and Mister Supranational.
The pageant was planned to be resurrected in 2017 at Hotel do Bosque Eco Resort in Angra dos Reis (RJ) on 5 May but the program, unfortunately, was rescheduled to 2019 for undisclosed reasons. Two years later, the suspended program was finally held on 28 February at Dall'Onder Grande Hotel in Bento Gonçalves of Rio Grande do Sul state, with 22 candidates representing each federative unit of Brazil participating, and the event has been held annually since then.
After its first postponement in 2017, the pageant, originally planned to be held on 12 October, has been canceled once again in 2021, resulting from the widespread COVID-19 infection in Brazil, which exceeds more than twenty thousand new positive cases per day in the second half of the year. Therefore, the director decided to assign the second runner-up of the 2019 contest – Lorena Rodrigues – to participate in the international edition, in which she finished as the second runner-up.

### Selection of contestants

The Miss Grand Brazil pageant has been licensing the participant rights to the local agency since 2019. The regional licensees then select their representatives through either the local contest, internal casting, or by a hand-picking. In the 2022 edition, at least 13 federative units of Brazil (i.e., Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais) held the state pageant or casting event to determine the finalists for Miss Grand Brazil 2022. Moreover, the national organizer also receives the application directly to choose the supplementary national finalists.
Several states have organized their state-level pageant to select representatives for Miss Grand Brazil, as detailed below.
* Miss Grand Minas Gerais (est. 2021)
* Miss Grand Pará (est. 2023)
* Miss Grand Paraná (est. 2021)
* Miss Grand Rio de Janeiro (est. 2021)
* Miss Grand Piauí (est. 2023)

## Editions
### Date and venue

Miss Grand Brazil Editions :
| Year | Edition | Date | Venue | Host state | Entrants |
| 2014 | 1st | 25 July | Anfiteatro da Casa de Cultura, Olímpia | São Paulo | 14 |
| 2019 | 2nd | 28 February | Dall'Onder Grande Hotel, Bento Gonçalves | Rio Grande do Sul | 22 |
| 2020 | 3rd | 30 January | Dall'Onder Grande Hotel, Bento Gonçalves | Rio Grande do Sul | 24 |
| 2022 | 4th | 28 July | Theater Caesb, Federal District | Brasília | 31 |
| 2023 | 5th | 10 June | Recanto Cataratas Thermas Resort, Foz do Iguaçu | Paraná | 28 |
| 2024 | 6th | 8 August | Tokio Marine Hall, São Paulo | São Paulo | 27 |
| 2025 | 7th | 5 July | | | |

### Competition result

| Year | Miss Grand Brazil | Runners Up | Runners Up | Runners Up | Runners Up | Ref. |
| Year | Miss Grand Brazil | First | Second | Third | Fourth | Ref. |
| 2014 | Yameme Ibrahim (Paraná) | Camila Coutinho (Rio de Janeiro) | Naiara Thomé (São Paulo) | Cynthia Gomes (Minas Gerais) | Not awarded | |
| 2019 | Marjorie Marcelle (São Paulo) | Amanda Brenner (Maranhão) | Lorena Rodrigues (Minas Gerais) | Isabelle Pandini (Rio de Janeiro) | Amanda Cardoso (Espírito Santo) | |
| 2020 | Lala Guedes (Paraíba) | Mylena Duarte (Espírito Santo) | Caroline Andrade (Sergipe) | Clarissa Thomsen (Paraná) | Ruthy Rafaella (Alagoas) | |
| 2022 | Isabella Menin (Alto Cafezal) | Ana Gabriela Borges (Paraná) | Vitória Brodt (Rio Grande do Sul) | Bárbara Reis (Norte Mato-Grossense) | Maythe Varzoni (Mato Grosso) | |
| 2023 | Adriana Yanca (Zona da Mata Mineira) | Cinthya Moura (Pernambuco) | Luciana Gomes (Tocantins) | Ana Finkler (Paraná) | Júlia de Castro Rodrigues (Minas Gerais) | |
| 2024 | Talita Hartmann (Rio Grande do Sul) | Loraine Lumatelli (Mato Grosso do Sul) | Laila Vieira (Alagoas) | Laila Frizon (Tocantins) | Cecilia Almeida (Piauí) | |

### Winner gallery

* Miss Grand Brazil 2024 Talita Hartmann (Rio Grande do Sul)
* Miss Grand Brazil 2023 Adriana Yanca (Zona da Mata)
* Miss Grand Brazil 2022 Isabella Menin (São Paulo)
* Miss Grand Brazil 2021 Lorena Rodrigues (Minas Gerais)
* Miss Grand Brazil 2019 Marjorie Marcelle (São Paulo)
* Miss Grand Brazil 2018 Gabrielle Vilela (Rio de Janeiro)
* Miss Grand Brazil 2015 Paula Gomes (Mato Grosso do Sul)
* Miss Grand Brazil 2014 Yameme Ibrahim (Paraná)

#### Winners by state

| State | Number | Years |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 3 | 2013, 2017, 2024 |
| Minas Gerais | 2 | 2021, 2023 |
| São Paulo | 2 | 2019, 2022 |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 2 | 2015, 2016 |
| Paraíba | 1 | 2020 |
| Rio de Janeiro | 1 | 2018 |
| Paraná | 1 | 2014 |

#### by region

| Region | Number | Last Winning State |
| Central-West | 2 | Mato Grosso do Sul (2016) |
| North | 0 | |
| Northeast | 1 | Paraíba (2020) |
| South | 4 | Rio Grande do Sul (2024) |
| Southeast | 5 | Minas Gerais (2023) |

## International competition

The following list is the Brazilian representatives who participated in the Miss Grand International pageant.

### Color keys

* : Declared as the winner
* : Ended as a runner-up (Top 5)
* : Ended as a finalist (Top 10)
* : Ended as a semifinalist (Top 20/21)
* : Ended as special awards winner
| Year | Miss Grand Brazil | Title | Placement | Special Awards | National Director |
| 2024 | Talita Hartmann | Miss Grand Brazil 2024 | 4th runner-up | Best in Swimsuit Best National Costume | Evandro Hazzy |
| 2023 | Adriana Yanca | Miss Grand Brazil 2023 | Unplaced | | Henrique Fontes |
| 2022 | Isabella Menin | Miss Grand Brazil 2022 | Winner | | Henrique Fontes |
| 2021 | Lorena Rodrigues | 2nd runner-up Miss Grand Brazil 2019 | 2nd runner-up | | Henrique Fontes |
| 2020 | Lala Guedes | Miss Grand Brazil 2020 | 4th runner-up | Best in Swimsuit | Henrique Fontes |
| 2019 | Marjorie Marcelle | Miss Grand Brazil 2019 | 4th runner-up | | Henrique Fontes |
| 2018 | Gabrielle Vilela | Miss Brazil CNB 2017 | Top 20 | | Henrique Fontes |
| 2017 | Caroline Venturini | Top 7 Miss Brazil World 2016 | Top 20 | | Henrique Fontes |
| 2016 | Renata Sena | 1st runner-up Miss Brazil World 2016 | Unplaced | | Henrique Fontes |
| 2015 | Paula Gomes | 1st runner-up Miss Brazil World 2015 | Top 10 | | Henrique Fontes |
| 2014 | Yameme Ibrahim | Miss Grand Brazil 2014 | Top 20 | | Gerson Antonelli |
| 2013 | Tamara de Costa Bicca | Top 16 Miss Brazil World 2013 | Top 10 | | Henrique Fontes |

## National finalists

The following list is the national finalists of the Miss Grand Brazil pageant, as well as the competition results.
| YearRepresented | 2014 | 2019 | 2020 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| States |||||||
| Acre | | | Y | | Y | Y |
| Alagoas | | 12 | | | | |
| Amapá | | | Y | | | Y |
| Amazonas | | Y | 15 | | 20 | Y |
| Bahia | 8 | Y | 9 | 9 | Y | Y |
| Ceará | | 9 | | Y | 11 | 10 |
| Distrito Federal | 8 | Y | 12 | 16 | Y | 16 |
| Espírito Santo | Y | | | Y | | Y |
| Goiás | 8 | Y | 9 | 9 | 20 | Y |
| Maranhão | | | 12 | 12 | 11 | 16 |
| Mato Grosso | 8 | Y | Y | | 20 | 16 |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | Y | 15 | 15 | 16 | | |
| Minas Gerais | | | 12 | 16 | | 10 |
| Pará | Y | 12 | Y | 12 | 11 | Y |
| Paraíba | | 15 | | Y | Y | Y |
| Paraná | | 12 | | | | 16 |
| Pernambuco | | 9 | Y | Y | | 10 |
| Piauí | | | | Y | Y | |
| Rio de Janeiro | | | 15 | Y | 11 | 10 |
| Rio Grande do Norte | | | 9 | 16 | Y | Y |
| Rio Grande do Sul | Y | 9 | Y | | 20 | |
| Rondônia | | Y | Y | Y | | 10 |
| Roraima | | | | | | 16 |
| Santa Catarina | Y | 9 | Y | 9 | 20 | Y |
| São Paulo | | | 9 | 9 | 11 | 16 |
| Sergipe | | 15 | | | | Y |
| Tocantins | Y | Y | Y | Y | | |
| Non States |||||||
| Alto Cafezal | | | | | | |
| Cânions Paulistas | | | | Y | | |
| Cataratas do Iguaçu | | | | | 11 | |
| Circuito das Frutas | | | | Y | 20 | |
| Guanabara | | | | | 20 | |
| Ilhabela | | | | Y | 20 | |
| Ilha Comprida | | | | Y | | |
| Ilha de São Luís | | | | | Y | |
| Ipiranga | | | | | Y | |
| Norte Mato-Grossense | | | | | | |
| Olímpia | Y | | | | | |
| Plano Piloto | | | | Y | 20 | |
| Sul Mineiro | | | | Y | | |
| Vale do Aço | | | | 12 | | |
| Zona da Mata Mineira | | | | Y | | |
| Zona da Mata Mineira | | | | | | |
| Total | 14 | 22 | 22 | 31 | 28 | 27 |
| Color keys  : Declared as the winner  : Ended as a 1st runner-up  : Ended as a 2nd runner-up  : Ended as a 3rd runner-up  : Ended as a 4th runner-up  A : Ended as a finalist, semifinalist and unplaced  × : Ended as withdrew during the competition  × : Ended as no representative |||||||