Miss Grand Nicaragua is an annual national women's beauty pageant in Nicaragua founded by a León-based businessman Saúl Benítez in 2020, aiming to select the country's representative to compete at Miss Grand International. Formerly, throughout 2014–2017, the license of the contest belonged to Miss Mundo Nicaragua and Miss Nicaragua but the country representatives were either appointed or determined through the main contest of such organizations.
María Alejandra Gross Rivera, from Managua, was the first ever Miss Grand Nicaragua. The reining Miss Grand Nicaragua is Nahomy Hill Martínez from the South Caribbean Coast. She will represent Nicaragua at Miss Grand International 2026 in Thailand, in October 2026.
Background History Nicaragua competed at Miss Grand International for the first time in 2014, by María Alejandra Gross, the appointed representative from Managua. In 2016, the Miss Nicaragua, headed by Karen Celebertti, had obtained the license for the 2016–2017, then the country representatives were elected via such a national competition. After an absence in 2018, the León-based designer Saúl Benítez later purchased the license in the following year, however, his first two affiliated titleholders – Vanessa Baldizón and Teresa Moreno – were designated without organizing the contest, both of them were the national finalists of Miss Nicaragua 2017.
In 2021, Benítez ran the first Miss Grand Nicaragua contest on 8 August at José de la Cruz Mena Municipal Theater of the León city, aiming to determine the country's representatives for the 2021 and 2022 editions of Miss Grand International. The contest consisted of 9 candidates from 7 departments, including Boaco, Granada, León, Managua, RACCN, RACCS, and Río San Juan, of which, both Managua and the RACCN sent two delegates to take part. In the final round, Epifanía Solís of Managua and Maycrin Jáenz of Granada were announced Miss Grand Nicaragua 2021 and 2022, respectively.
Since the debutant in 2014, to date, none of Nicaragua's representatives have qualified for the further round on the international stage. However, the 2021 candidate, Epifanía Solís, was placed among the top 10 best in a swimsuit competition, one of the sub-contests in the 2021 Miss Grand International pageant.
Editions Date and venue Year Edition Date Venue Entrants Ref.20211st 8 August José de la Cruz Mena Municipal Theater, León920232nd 24 MayHoliday Inn Managua Convention Center, Managua1220253rd 3 August
Results Year Miss Grand Nicaragua Vice queens 2nd Place 3rd Place 4th Place5th Place6th Place7th Place2021Epifanía Solís (Managua)Magdalena Jarquín(RACCN)Krizzia Chang(RACCS)Mayela Chamorro(Río San Juan)rowspan=2 colspan=3 Maycrin Jáenz (Granada)2023Glennys Medina(Rivas)Gabriela Saballos(Managua)Yolaina Guillén(Madriz)Lisseth Palacios(Masaya)Keytel Price(RACCS)Esther Ruiz(León) Mayerlin Sánchez(Carazo) 2025Daniesca Granja(Chontales)Dayami Izaguirre(Nueva Segovia)Ilse Castellanos(Nueva Segovia)Solange Velásquez(Chinandega)Maydiell Tórrez(Matagalpa)Diana Sandino(Granada)Yaren Castro(Chinandega) Notes
International competition The following is a list of Nicaragua representatives at the Miss Grand International contest. Color keys
YearDepartmentMiss Grand NicaraguaNational qualificationPlacementSpecial AwardsNational Director2026 South Caribbean Coast Nahomy Hill Martínez Appointed TBD TBD Eli Zamora2025 Chontales Daniesca Granja Miss Grand Nicaragua 2025 UnplacedSaúl Benítez2024 Chinandega Isabella Salgado 2nd runner-up Miss Nicaragua 2023 Unplaced2023 Rivas Glennys Medina Miss Grand Nicaragua 2023 Unplaced2022 Granada Maycrin Jáenz Unplaced2021 Managua Epifanía Solís Miss Grand Nicaragua 2021 Unplaced2020 León Teresa Moreno Miss Nicaragua 2017 Finalist Unplaced2019 León Vanessa BaldizónMiss Nicaragua 2017 Finalist Unplaced2018 Managua Laura Ramírez Top 6 Miss Nicaragua 2018 colspan=2 Karen Celebertti2017 Estelí Martha Meza 2nd runner-up Miss Nicaragua 2017 UnplacedTop 20 in best national costume2016 Carazo Michelle Lacayo Top 7 Miss Nicaragua 2016 Unplaced colspan="8" 2014 Alejandra Gross Appointed UnplacedTop 20 in Best national costume Denis Dávila
Titleholder gallery
Regional rankings DepartmentTitlesYearsManagua3León2Carazo1ChinandegaChontalesEstelíGranadaRivasSouth Caribbean Coast
References
External links Miss Grand Nicaragua in Instagram