Miss Grand Paraguay
Miss Grand Paraguay is an annual female beauty pageant based in Asunción of Paraguay, founded in 2017 by "Gabriel Roman" of MGM Productions, aiming to select the country representatives to compete in various international pageants including its parent pageant, Miss Grand International, in which Paraguay won the main title once in 2018, by Clara Sosa of Asunción, and was placed among the top 20 finalists twice in 2017 and 2019 by "Lía Ashmore" and "Milena Rodríguez", respectively. The reigning Miss Grand Paraguay is "Jimena Sosa" of Colonias Unidas who was crowned on 3 July 2021 at the  Hotel Guaraní Asunción, and later represented the country at the pageant in Thailand, unfortunately, got non-placement. Background. History. Paraguay made its debutant at Miss Grand International in 2013, with the representation of a Asunción-based fashion model "Sendy Cáceres", followed by "Giselle Sotomayor" in 2014, but both of them finished as non-placement. After the country had no licensee in 2015, Gabriel Roman of MGM Productions, the Asunción organizer company, acquired the franchise in the following year, and subsequently appointed "Cindy Nordmann Arias" to represent the country at , held in Las Vegas of the United States, unfortunately, also went  unplaced. Under the management of MGM Productions, the first contest of Miss Grand Paraguay finally happened in 2017, featuring 16 national finalists who were selected by various local licensees as well as the event organizer. Its final coronation event was broadcast on , in which "Lía Duarte Ashmore" of Guairá won the main title, she was also placed among the top 20 finalists after participating in the 5th edition of Miss Grand International in Vietnam. Since then, the pageant has been held annually to determine the country representatives for such an international contest. The pageant, originally scheduled to be held on  15 March, was canceled for the first time in 2020, resulting from the spike of SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant positive cases in Paraguay. The organizer decided to appoint "Daisy Lezcano" of Isla Pucú, one of the pageant candidates, to participate at the international stage. Meanwhile, the remainder of delegates goes to compete in the 2021 edition instead. In 2022, Kendal Hirschfeld, also known as "La Comadre" on social media, became the first openly transgender to compete for the Miss Grand Paraguay title. Location and date. The following list is the edition detail of the Miss Grand Paraguay contest, since its  inception in 2017. National finalists. The following list is the national finalists of the Miss Grand Pagrauay pageant, as well as the competition results.