Miss Grand Paraná is a Brazilian state-level female beauty pageant, founded in 2021 by a São Paulo-based organizer, Edy Godoy, to select the representatives of Paraná for the Miss Grand Brazil pageant. The competition license was transferred to Marta Cathiusse, who has owned and run the pageant since 2024.
Since the establishment of Miss Grand Brazil, Paraná representatives won the contest once in 2014 by an appointed Yameme Ibrahim.
History The state of Paraná has participated in the Miss Grand Brazil pageant since the first edition which was held in 2014. However, its first three representatives were appointed. The first Miss Grand Paraná was held in November 2021 after the state franchise was granted to a local organizer led by Edy Godoy. The contest, held on June 26 at the HZ Hotel in Patos de Minas, consisted of 18 finalists, of whom a model Gabriela Borges was elected the winner. Borges later participated in the national pageant held the following year and was named the first runner-up.
Later in late 2023, Edy Godoy organized the state pageant to select a representative for the 2024 national contest; however, the 2024 state winner, Aline Biolchi, had to withdraw from the national event due to the change of national franchise holder, and the state license for Miss Grand Paraná 2024 was granted to another organizer.
Editions The following table details Miss Grand Paraná's annual editions since 2021.
Edition Date Final venue Entrants Winner 1st June 26, 2021 Recanto Cataratas Thermas Resort & Convention, Foz do Iguaçu2nd September 6, 20223rdNovember 22, 2023 Teatro Calil Haddad, Maringá
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National competition The following is a list of representatives of the state of Paraná in the Miss Grand Brazil national pageant.
Year Representative Original state title Placement at Miss Grand Brazil 2014 Yameme IbrahimWinner2019Polyana RosaTop 122020Clarissa Thomsen3rd runner-up colspan=6 2022Gabriela BorgesMiss Grand Paraná 20211st runner-up2023Ana FinklerMiss Grand Paraná 20233rd runner-up2024Jessica AguiarMiss Grand Paraná 2024Top 16
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