Miss Grand Costa Rica 2022 was the first edition of the Miss Grand Costa Rica beauty pageant, held at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre in San José on 7 July 2022. Alt URL Alt URL Twelve contestants, chosen to participate directly through the national casting held by the (CNB Costa Rica), competed for the title, of whom a 28-year-old model from Guanacaste, Brenda Muñoz, was named the winner. She then represented Costa Rica in the Miss Grand International 2022 pageant held on October 25 in Indonesia, but got a non-placement.
The event was hosted by Catalina Murillo, Sasa Gomez, and Henry Wood.
Following the end of the international tournament, due to such an unsatisfactory competition result, some Costa Ricans accused the national organizers of a lack of preparation and mismanagement of Brenda's English language training before entering the international contest. The country's licensee, Erick Solís, was also blamed for using Brenda only for business purposes.
Results
Final placements + Miss Grand Costa Rica 2022 competition results by provinceColor key: Position DelegateMiss Grand Costa Rica 2022 Guanacaste – Brenda Muñoz 1st runner-up Puerto Viejo – Maria Alejandra2nd runner-up San Isidro de El General – Isabella OldenburgTop 5 Heredia – Ciany Salazar Heredia City – Sofía Rojas
Grand final selection committee The following list is the panel of judges for the grand final competition of the Miss Grand Costa Rica 2022 pageant.
Andrea Aguilera Paredes – First runner-up Miss Grand International 2021 from Ecuador Maricrís Rodríguez – Miss United Continents Costa Rica 2019 Adriana Moya – Miss Grand Costa Rica 2021 Gabriela Jara – Miss Grand Costa Rica 2020 Brenda Castro – Miss Grand Costa Rica 2019 Amalia Matamoros – Miss Grand Costa Rica 2017 Viviana Rodríguez – CEO of WM Top Models Agency Daniel Meza – Sales director of the Dreams Las Mareas Hotel Alejandro Venegas – Regional director of the sports facility brand, Penalty
Contestants Twelve contestants competed for the title of Miss Grand Costa Rica 2022. Alt URL Province CandidateHometown AlajuelaTabatha Delgado Calvo20Alajuela CartagoDennhuá Arguedas Ortiz19Tres Ríos Cartago City Shaony Richard Blanco26Cartago GuanacasteBrenda Muñoz Hernández28Liberia HerediaCiany Salazar Chavarría22Heredia Heredia City Sofía Rojas Zamora20Heredia LimónDorsa Saffarian Zolfaghari17Heredia Puerto Viejo Maria Alejandra Acosta García20Heredia PuntarenasCeleste Ulloa Mora21Rohrmoser San Isidro de El General Isabella Oldenburg Zamora22Santa Ana San JoséCamila Calvo Tobón27San José San José City Kimberly Saballos Alpízar25Santa Ana
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