Miss Grand USA
Miss Grand United States
Miss Grand United States of America
Miss Grand America
FormationMay 28, 2016 (2016-05-28)
FounderChantel Martínez
TypeBeauty pageant
HeadquartersChicago
Location
Membership
Miss Grand International
Official language
English
National Director
Rachel Slawson
Parent organization
Protagonist Live LLC. (2024-2026)
WebsiteOfficial Website
Miss Grand USA licensee timeline
Miss Earth USA

Miss Grand USA, also referred to as Miss Grand United States or Miss Grand United States of America or Miss Grand America, is an annual female beauty pageant in the United States, founded in 2016 by a Dominican-American businessperson, Chantel Martínez,[1] aiming to select the country representative for Miss Grand International,[2][3] which is an annual international beauty pageant promoting World Peace and against all kinds of conflicts.[4][5]

The Miss Grand USA organization has been franchising the state competitions to individual organizers since 2016,[1] in which some cases are responsible for more than one state.[6][7] Each U.S. state must choose a candidate who competes at the national Miss Grand USA pageant, however, delegates may be appointed state or regional titles if a state pageant is not offered in their area.[2][8]

The United States holds a record of 4 placements at Miss Grand International, the highest position was first place, won in 2020 by Abena Appiah of New York,[9][10] followed by the fourth runner-up by Michelle León in 2016.[11] The current Miss Grand USA is Sthephanie Miranda of Ohio, who placed 3rd runner-up at Miss Grand International 2023 in Vietnam.

History

The United States has been participating at Miss Grand International since its inception in 2013. Under the management of Earth Pageant Productions during 2013 – 2015, the first two country representatives were appointed to join the international event without organizing the contest while the last one obtained the title through the Miss Earth United States 2015, two of them, Blair Griffith and Laurie Petersen, were placed among the top 20 finalists in 2013 and 2015, respectively.[12]

After Chantel Martínez a New York-based Dominican-American fashion model acquired the franchise in 2016, she eventually run the first contest of Miss Grand USA to determine a winner for the international stage. The event was held at Leonard Nimoy Thalia of Symphony Space in New York City, featuring 13 national finalists, of which Michelle León from the host state was announced the winner.[1] León also obtained the fourth runner-up title after participating in the 2016 Miss Grand International contest in Las Vegas, Nevada.[13] Later in 2018, Martínez scheduled to organize the 2018 contest on May 28 in New York,[14] but lost the franchise to Israel Silva and Hernan Rivera of H&I Grand Productions LLC, the Chicago-based event organizer that owns and runs the Miss Grand USA beauty contest from 2019 to 2023.[15] The license was then transferred to an e-commerce company, Protagonist Live LLC, in early 2024, with former Miss Grand Ireland 2023, Rachel Slawson, as the president.[16]

Since its establishment, the pageant, originally programmed to be held on 31 August, was canceled once in 2020 due to the significantly increased of COVID-19 infection cases in the country, the organizer then decided to appoint a Ghanaian American model Abena Appiah to instead compete at the international stage in Thailand,[17] where she won the contest, making her the first American representative to hold such a title and the first black contender to do so.[9][10]

Editions

Location and date

The following list is the edition detail of the Miss Grand USA contest, since its inception in 2016.

Year Edition Date Final venue Host State Entrants Ref.
2016 1st May 28 Leonard Nimoy Thalia, Symphony Space, New York City New York 13[1][18]
2017 2nd July 25 17[2]
2019 3rd August 11 Lincolnshire Marriott Resort, Lake County Illinois 35[3]
2021 4th June 20 Joe's Live Rosemont, Rosemont 18[8][19]
2022 5th June 23 Copernicus Center, Chicago 12[20]
2023 6th August 17 Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare Hotel & Conference Center 25 [21]

Competition results

Year Result Ref.
Miss Grand United States 1st runner-up 2nd runner-up 3rd runner-up 4th runner-up
2016 Michelle León
 New York		 Heather Jorgensen
 Illinois		 Melissa Martinez
 Mississippi		 Karina Lopez
 New Jersey		 Jodelis Diaz
 Pennsylvania		 [1]
2017 Taylor Kessler[β]
 California		 Brianna Key
 Louisiana		 Alexi Gropper
 Georgia		 Courtney Williams
 Maryland		 Leidy Guzman
 Rhode Island		 [2]
2019 Emily Delgado[γ]
 Nevada		 Alexandria Kelly
 Michigan		 Que Demery
 Florida		 Shiobhan Fraser
 Georgia		 Stormy Keffeler
 Washington		 [3][22]
2021 Madison Callaghan
 North Carolina		 Taylor Gipson
 Tennessee		 Gennesis Padron
United States Atlantic		 Sydney Salinas
 Texas		 Emily Argo
 Illinois		 [23][8]
2022 Emily DeMure[ε]
 Colorado		 Mercia Stephens
 Ohio		 Brooke Butler
 Kansas		 Not awarded [24]
2023 Sthephanie Miranda[ϝ]
United States Great Lakes		 Samantha Keaton
 Illinois		 Rachel Slawson
 New York		 Francie Millan
 Texas		 Mazzy Eckel
 Washington		 [25][26]

International competition

Year Representative Original national title Competition performance National director(s) Ref.
Placement Special award(s)
2013 Blair Griffith[α] Miss Grand United States 2013
(Special title at the Miss Earth United States 2013 pageant)		 Top 20 —
N/A
 [12]
2014 Sara Platt Miss Grand United States 2014
(Special title at the Miss Earth United States 2014 pageant)		 Unplaced —
2015 Laurie Petersen Miss Grand United States 2015
(Special title at the Miss Earth United States 2015 pageant)		 Top 20 —
2016 Michelle León Miss Grand United States 2016 4th runner-up — Chantel Martínez [1]
2017 Taylor Kessler[β] Miss Grand United States 2017 Unplaced —
2018 Paola Cossyleon — Unplaced —
  • Israel Silva
  • Hernan Rivera
 [29]
2019 Emily Delgado[γ] Miss Grand United States 2019 Unplaced —
2020 Abena Appiah[δ] Top 16 of Miss World America 2017 Winner —
2021 Madison Callaghan Miss Grand United States 2021 Unplaced —
2022 Emily DeMure[ε] Miss Grand United States 2022 Unplaced —
2023 Sthephanie Miranda[ϝ] Miss Grand United States 2023 3rd runner-up —
2024 Rachel Slawson
Note
1. ^α Previously Miss Colorado Teen USA 2006 and Miss Colorado USA 2011.[32][33]
2. ^β Later Miss Texas USA 2020.[34]
3. ^γ Also Miss Supranational Nevada 2019.
4. ^δ Previously Top Model of the World Ghana 2013, Miss Universe Ghana 2014 & Miss Earth Ghana 2019.[17]
4. ^ε Previously Miss Colorado USA 2020.
4. ^ϝ Previously Miss Ohio USA 2020.
States by number of wins
List of states by number of Miss Grand USA wins
Number of wins State Years
2 Colorado 2013, 2022
New York 2016, 2020
1 North Carolina 2021
Nevada 2019
Illinois 2018
California 2017
Virginia 2015
South Carolina 2014

National finalists

The following list is the national finalists of the Miss Grand USA pageant, as well as the competition results.

Color keys
 W  Declared as the winner
  Ended as a runner-up
  Ended as a semifinalist
  Ended as a Quaterfinalist
 Ṉ  Withdrew
 –  Did not participate
Year
State, etc.
 2016 2017 2019 2021 2022 2023
 Alabama — — Alesha Mc Neese — — —
 Alaska — — Abigail González — — —
 Arizona — — Myriam Rochin Annaka Jordan — Sierra Rothacker
Nadia Monique
 Arkansas — — — — — —
 California Jen Sidorova Taylor Kessler (W) Ereka Lambe Nyakoach Lam Bibyana Marquez Rebecca Edwards
 Colorado Kelly Cardona — Ashley Marian Avila Lizeth Morales Tena Emily Demure (W) Kylie Klein
Sabrina Smith
 Connecticut Naomi Arias Amber Walker Kathyria Burgos — — —
 Delaware — — Eddia Jane Watts — — —
 District of Columbia — — Luciana Davalos Brown Faatima Brown — Natalia Salmon
 Florida Stephanie Camacho Tyeshaa Hudson Que Demery Bella Logins Florence Garcia Ivana Valentina Garcia
 Georgia — Alexi Gropper Shiobhan Fraser Smith Nicole Monserrat — Kennedy Thomas
 Hawaii — — Stephanie Wang — — Jena Masero
 Idaho — — — — — —
 Illinois Heather Jorgensen Leah Weatherford Karah West Emily Rae Argo — Samantha Catherine Keaton
 Indiana — — — — — Barbara Satine
 Iowa — — — Faith Bernadette — —
 Kansas — — Beth Wiese Ileana Flores Brooke Butler —
 Kentucky — — — Ramya Kondaveeti — —
 Louisiana — Brianna Key Mayura Kulkarni — Darcy Nguyen Bri Hunter
 Maine — — — — Susie Damm —
 Maryland Karol Melendez Courtney Williams — Brianna Rea Lopez — Amanda Bertholf
 Massachusetts Caroline Placzek Ana Solano Paradise Rodriguez — — —
 Michigan — — Alexandria Kelly Malia Lopez — Morgan Pickrell
 Minnesota — — Katerina Katakalides Việt Mĩ Nguyễn Annais Loks —
 Mississippi Melissa Martinez Melissa Martinez Latora Melly Bemley — Jessica Fields —
 Missouri — — — Tyler Liane Prugh — Rachel Ringgenberg
 Montana — — — Shannon MacNeil — —
 Nebraska — — Brenda Melissa Ramos — — —
 Nevada Chelynel Sanchez Ellen Kincaid Emily Delgado (W) Miranda Contreras — July Garza
 New Hampshire — — — — — —
 New Jersey Karina Lopez — Mayelin De La Cruz — — Christine Pierre
 New Mexico — — Gabriela Gomez Raiciof — — Jacqueline Mata
 New York Michelle Leon (W) Chanise Thomas Heather Thompson Ashley Sánchez Maxine Cesar Rachel Slawson
 North Carolina — — Miriam Marie Madison Callaghan (W) — London Tucker
 North Dakota — — — — — —
 Ohio — Summer Sadiyeh Natalia Chelsy Cordero Moazmah Gill Mercia Stephens Teyana Adams
 Oklahoma — — Stephanie Ariza Ramírez — — —
 Oregon — — Melony Escobar Jasmin Arevalo-Larios — —
 Pennsylvania Jodelis Diaz — Smaroling Esther Madison Rivera Jennifer Santiago Ebone Marie Jimerson
 Rhode Island — Leidy Guzman — Alexa Cardona — —
 South Carolina — Verhonda Crawford Angelia Williams — — —
 South Dakota — — — — — —
 Tennessee — Autumn Endsley Byrgundy Mallory Taylor Gipson — —
 Texas Alaina Pereyna Courtney Newman Anastasia Semenova Sydney Salinas Juanita Maldonado Francie Millan
 Utah — — — — — —
 Vermont — Noelia Baez — — — —
 Virginia — — Naomi Rahn Trerese Roberts — —
 Washington — — Stormy Keffeler Vanessa Guerrero — Mazzy Eckel
 West Virginia — — — — — —
 Wisconsin — — — — — —
 Wyoming — — — — — —
Candidates with no affiliated state
United States Atlantic — — — Gennesis Padron — —
United States Great Lakes — — — — — Sthephanie M. Miranda (W)
United States Mid-Atlantic — — — — — Leslie Ann Padilla
United States New England — — — — — Alanna Hepbun
United States North East — — — — — Joselyn Farias
United States South Atlantic — — — — — Alexis D Williams
United States South East — — — — — Chinelo Aniekwu
United States Tri-State — — — — — Maxine Cesar
United States West Coast — — — — — Alexandra Marie Gill
Total131735181224

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