# Miss Grand Mexico

Miss Grand Mexico is a national title bestowed upon a woman chosen to represent Mexico at the international pageant, headquartered in Bangkok, Thailand. The title was first mentioned in 2013 when Jesús Rábago, the director of a Mexican national pageant, Rostro de México, appointed his 2012 contest winner, Laura Alvarez, to represent the country in the inaugural edition of the parent international contest, Miss Grand International 2013, in Thailand. The license was transferred to Miss Mexico Organization in 2017, and then to Flavio Falsiroli in 2022. Since December 2023, the new franchise holder is former Miss Universe 1991, Mexico’s own Lupita Jones, who will crown next year’s official candidate during her national pageant of Mexicana Universal, sometime in 2024.
Mexico has always sent its representatives to join the Miss Grand International pageant and the highest achievement at the international pageant has been the first runner-up position, in 2019 María Malo. In addition, the country has also won the Best Evening Gown award on two occasions, in the 2020 and 2022 editions.
The current Miss Grand Mexico is Tania Estrada from Chihuahua, who was Top 20 at Miss Grand International 2024.

## History

Since the establishment of Miss Grand International in 2013, Mexico has always sent its representatives to compete at such every year. In the first four years, the country representatives were either handpicked or determined through a national pageant organized by Jesús Rábago, Rostro de México. In 2017, Hugo Castellanos took over the franchise and the representatives were instead elected through another national pageant, Miss Mexico, until Castellanos lost the franchise to Flavio Falsiroli in 2022.
Under the direction of Flavio Falsiroli, his first affiliated titleholder, Jessica Farjat, was appointed. The following representatives were expected to be elected through a national contest directed by Orlando Ruiz, Concurso Nacional de Belleza de México (CNB México). However, some internal conflicts caused Orlando Ruiz to vacate the team and Farjat also resigned from the title. Falsiroli then held an ad hoc audition to select a new representative; more than 20 applications were received, and a 19-year-old girl from Hermosillo, Laysha Salazar, was elected the winner. Falsiroli organized the inaugural edition of the Miss Grand Mexico pageant in August 2023. However, Falsiroli relinquished the franchise the following year.
As of December 2023, the current national franchise holder is former Miss Universe 1991, Lupita Jones, who will select the official candidate for the 2024 pageant during the Mexicana Universal national pageant.

## Editions

The following is the detail of the Miss Grand Mexico edition, which was held as a stand-alone pageant only once in 2023.

### Date and venue

| Edition | Date | Final Venue | Host state | Entrants | Ref. |
| 1st | 30 August 2023 | Modular Inés Arredondo (MIA), Culiacán | Sinaloa | 10 | |

### Competition result

| Year | Edition | Winner | 1st runner-up | 2nd runner-up | 3rd runner-up | 4th runner-up | Ref. |
| 2023 | 1st | Fernanda Beltrán (Sinaloa) | Aarlin Bustamante (MEX in the US) | Frida Reynoso (Coahuila) | Priscila Franco (Jalisco) | Ingrid Lucero (Puebla ) | [19] [20] |

## International Competition

The following is a list of Mexican representatives at the Miss Grand International contest.
| Year | Delegate | National title | Competition performance | Competition performance | National Director | Ref. |
| Year | Delegate | National title | Placements | Other awards | National Director | Ref. |
| 2013 | Laura Álvarez | Rostro de México 2013 | Unplaced | — | Jesús Rábago | |
| 2014 | Marsha Ramírez | Rostro de México 2014 | Top 20 | — | Jesús Rábago | |
| 2015 | Aracely Azar | Rostro de México 2015 | Top 20 | — | Jesús Rábago | |
| 2016 | Paulina Flores | Rostro de Mexico 2016 | Top 20 | — | Jesús Rábago | |
| 2017 | Yoana Gutiérrez | Miss Mexico 2016 — Top 5 | Top 20 | — | Hugo Castellanos | |
| 2018 | Lezly Díaz | Miss Grand Mexico 2018 | Top 10 | — | Hugo Castellanos | |
| 2019 | María Malo | Miss Grand Mexico 2019 | 1st Runner Up | — | Hugo Castellanos | |
| 2020 | Ángela Yuriar | Miss Mexico 2019 — Top 10 | Top 20 | Best Evening Gown | Hugo Castellanos | |
| 2021 | Mariana Macías | Miss Grand Mexico 2021 | Unplaced | — | Hugo Castellanos | |
| 2022 | Jessica Farjat | Appointed | Resigned | Resigned | Flavio Falsiroli | |
| 2022 | Laysha Salazar | Miss Grand Mexico 2022 | Top 20 | Best Evening Gown | Flavio Falsiroli | |
| 2023 | Fernanda Beltrán | Miss Grand Mexico 2023 | Unplaced | — | Flavio Falsiroli | |
| 2024 | Tania Estrada | Mexicana Universal 2023 — Top 5 | Top 20 | — | Lupita Jones | |
| Color keys for the Placements at Miss Grand International  Declared as the winner  Ended as a runner-up (Top 5)  Ended as a finalist (Top 10)  Ended as a semifinalist (Top 20/21) |||||||

## Gallery

* Miss Grand Mexico 2019 María Malo
* Miss Grand Mexico 2022 Laysha Salazar
* Miss Grand Mexico 2023 Fernanda Beltrán
* Miss Grand Mexico 2024 Tania Estrada