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 20/22 semifinalists five times in 2017, 2019, 2022, 2024, and 2025 by Lía Ashmore, Milena Rodríguez, Agatha León, Sharon Capó and Cecilia Romero, respectively.
In 2025, the Miss Grand Paraguay title was under an umbrella project, CNB Paraguay, founded in 2024, also by Mygami Producciones, where the country representatives for several international pageants, including Miss Grand International, Miss Supranational, Miss Cosmo, and Miss Teen Mundial, were determined.
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 Miss Grand International 2016, 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 national organizer. Its final coronation event was broadcast on La Tele, 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.
Editions Location and date The following list is the edition detail of the Miss Grand Paraguay contest, since its inception in 2017.
Edition Date Final venue Entrants 1st 29 Jul 2017 Agustin Pio Barrios Theater, Japanese Paraguayan Center, Asunción 2nd 9 Jun 2018 Theater of the Americas, Paraguayan-American Cultural Center (CCPA), Asunción 3rd 29 Jul 2019 Marshal Convention Center, Asunción colspan=5 4th 3 Jul 2021Hotel Guaraní, Asunción 5th 6th Paseo Events Center, Asunción colspan=5 7th Salon de Eventos del Paseo La Galería, Asunción 8th Teatro Mangoré, Ciudad del Este
Competition result
EditionWinnerVice queen 2nd place 3rd place 4th place 5th place1st Lía Ashmore Nathalia Méndez Alejandra Amarilla Yenifer Sauer Jessica Acosta 2nd Clara Sosa Irene Camacho Vanessa Ramirez Tamara Carvallo Bianca Antonelli 3rd Milena Rodríguez Luján Mendoza Clara Berni Venus Calvo Silvana Duarte 4th Jimena Sosa Lorena Rodríguez Liz Valdovinos Elicena Andrada Angélica Testa 5th Agatha Leon Nayeli Portillo Ailin Adorno Milenha Montania Lorena Román 6th Maelia SalcinesSol PérezThiara ZorrillaSindy RiquelmeTamara Vera Sharon Capó Nara7thCecilia Romero(Caazapá)Bárbara Vázquez(Ciudad del Este)Gabriela Arrellaga(Presidente Franco)Rocio Cortesi(Fulgencio Yegros)Eliana Penayo Ovelar(Villarrica)8thMicaela Viveros(Amambay)Khaterine Masi(San Lorenzo)Belén Pereira(Itapúa)Deuza Silveira(Caazapá)Bianca Selena Ortiz(Presidente Franco) Note
International competition The following is a list of Paraguay representatives at the Miss Grand International contest. Color keys
YearMiss Grand ParaguayTitlePlacementSpecial AwardsNational Director2026 Micaela Viveros Miss Grand Paraguay 2026 TBAGabriel Roman2025 Cecilia Romero Miss Grand Paraguay 2025 Top 222024 Sharon Capó Nara Miss Grand Paraguay 2024 Top 20 2023 Maelia Salcines Miss Grand Paraguay 2023 Unplaced 2022 Agatha Leon Miss Grand Paraguay 2022 Top 20 2021 Jimena Sosa Miss Grand Paraguay 2021 Unplaced 2020 Daisy Lezcano Finalist Miss Grand Paraguay 2020 Unplaced 2019 Milena Rodríguez Miss Grand Paraguay 2019 Top 20 2018 Clara Sosa Miss Grand Paraguay 2018 Winner 2017 Lía Duarte Ashmore Miss Grand Paraguay 2017 Top 20 2016 Cindy Nordmann Arias Appointed Unplaced 2015colspan=5 2014 Gissella Sotomayor Appointed UnplacedSalvador Mass andIsabel Mussi2013 Sendy Marisol Cáceres Appointed Unplaced
Winner gallery
Participating national finalists
The following list is the national finalists of the Miss Grand Paraguay pageant, as well as the competition results.
Represented 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7thDepartmentAlto Paraguay Alto Paraná Amambay Asunción rowspan="3" rowspan="3" rowspan="3" rowspan="3" rowspan="3" rowspan="3" YBoquerón Caaguazú Caazapá Canindeyú Central Concepción Cordillera Guairá Itapúa Misiones Ñeembucú Paraguarí Presidente Hayes San Pedro rowspan="2" rowspan="2" rowspan="2" rowspan="2" rowspan="2" rowspan="2" Y District and CityAreguá Arroyos y Esteros Capiatá Capiíbary Capitán Bado Carapeguá Ciudad del Este Colonias Unidas Coronel Oviedo Encarnación Fernando de la Mora Fulgencio Yegros rowspan="2" rowspan="2" rowspan="2" rowspan="2" rowspan="2" rowspan="2" YGeneral Artigas General Elizardo Aquino Hernandarias Horqueta Itá Itauguá YLambaré Limpio Luque Mariano Roque Alonso Minga Guazú Moisés Bertoni Ñemby Nueva Italia Nueva Italia (Petite) Pedro Juan Caballero Presidente Franco rowspan="2" rowspan="2" rowspan="2" rowspan="2" rowspan="2" rowspan="2" YSan Pedro de Ycuamandiyú Santa Ana San Antonio San Lorenzo rowspan="2" rowspan="2" rowspan="2" rowspan="2" rowspan="2" rowspan="2" Santa Rita U.N.A. Villa Elisa Villarrica Villeta rowspan="2" rowspan="2" rowspan="2" rowspan="2" rowspan="2" Y Yegros Ypané Paraguayan diasporaParaguayan Spaniards Paraguayan American Total 16 15 16 22 18 24 23Color keys
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