Miss Grand Cuba is a national title given to a woman chosen to represent Cuba at the Miss Grand International pageant. The first titleholder was a Mexican-Cuban model from Sinaloa, Jamillette Gaxiola, who was appointed by the Miss Cuba organization to compete at the inaugural edition of the mentioned international contest in Thailand, where she was ranked in the final 10. Since then, Cuba has always sent their representatives to compete every year; however, most of them were appointed to the position without organizing the respective pageant until 2022, when a Miami-based Cuban pageant, Miss y Mister Cuba, acquired the license and the Miss Grand Cuba titleholder was elected through such a contest.
The first stand-alone contest of Miss Grand Cuba happened in mid-2023 in Tampa, Florida, organized by former Miss Grand International 2014, Daryanne Lees, after she took over the franchise from the Miss y Mister Cuba organization,
History Cuba has usually been sending their representatives to compete at the Miss Grand International since 2013, and won the contest once in 2014 by a Cuban-Puerto Rican, Daryanne Lees, who later became the director of the Miss Grand Cuba pageant in 2023. From 2013 to 2020, the license belonged to a Miami-based pageant organizer chaired by Noemi Meléndez, Miss Cuba. However, no national contests were organized for Miss Grand International; Cuban representatives for the mentioned period were all appointed.
In 2021, the license was taken over by another group of Cuban Americans, Vicar Abel and Miledy de los Santos, and was then transferred to Julio César Cruz and Faddya Halabi in 2022, when Miss Grand Cuba was one of the main titles in their national pageant, Miss y Mister Cuba. However, Daryanne Lees, with a former licensee, Noemi Meléndez, as chief financial officer, took the license back in 2023 and organized the first contest of Miss Grand Cuba in Tampa, Florida, in mid-2023, to select the country representative for the 2023 edition of Miss Grand International. The license was then transferred to a Florida-based Cuban photographer, Cristian Aguiar, the following year.
Editions Location and date The following are the details of the Miss Grand Cuba pageant, which was held as a stand-alone competition twice in 2023 and 2025.
Edition Date Final venue Entrants 1st 20 August 2023 Tampa Marriott Westshore, Tampa, Florida, United States 2nd 28 March 2025 Mayu restaurant, Miami, Florida, United States
Competition result
EditionWinnerRunners-up First Second1st Sofia Acosta(Miami) Lourdes Feliu(Miami) Maria Karla Vilches(Miami) 2nd Dailyn Rodriguez(Isla de la Juventud) Laura Perez(Villa Clara) Yisel Yero(Matanzas)
International competition The following is a list of Cuban representatives at the Miss Grand International contest. Color keys
YearMiss Grand CubaNational titlePlacementSpecial AwardsNational Director 2026 Alyanni Gómez Reina Hispanoamericana Cuba 2022Cristian Aguiar2025 Daylin Rodriguez Miss Grand Cuba 2025 Unplaced2024 Lourdes Feliu 1st Runner-up - Miss Grand Cuba 2023 Unplaced2023 Sofia Acosta Miss Grand Cuba 2023 Unplaced Daryanne Lees2022 Daniela Espinosa Miss Grand Cuba 2022 colspan="2" Julio César Cruz & Faddya Halabi Fabién Laurencio 1st Runner-up - Nuestra Belleza Latina 2021 Unplaced2021 Geysel Valliant Appointed Unplaced Vicar Abel & Miledy de los Santos2020 Jennifer Sánchez Appointed UnplacedNoemi Meléndez Geysel Vailant Appointed colspan="2" 2019 Elaine González Appointed Unplaced2018 Gladys Carredeguas Appointed Top 20Best in Swimsuit2017 Lisandra Delgado Appointed Unplaced Yvette Blaess Finalist - Miss World America 2016 colspan="2" Rachel Vazquez Appointed colspan="2" 2016 Merys Navarro Appointed Top 202015 María Manzo Appointed Unplaced2014 Daryanne Lees 1st Runner-up - Miss Earth USA 2014 Winner2013 Jamillette Gaxiola 2nd Runner-up - Senorita Republica Deportiva Top 10 Notes
Participating national finalists The following list is the national finalists of the Miss Grand Cuba pageant, as well as the competition results. Represented1st2ndCiego de Ávila rowspan="10" style="background:darkgrey;" Cienfuegos Holguín Isla de la Juventud La Habana Matanzas Pinar del Río Santiago de Cuba Trinidad Villa Clara Total 5 10Color keys
Winner Gallery
References
External links
Miss Grand Cuba official website