Miss Grand Cuba

For the most recent edition, see Miss Grand Cuba 2023.
Miss Grand Cuba
Formation2023
FounderDaryanne Lees
TypeBeauty pageant
HeadquartersPalm Beach
Location
  • United States
Membership
Miss Grand International
Official language
  • English
  • Spanish
National director
Cristian Aguiar
WebsiteMissGrandCuba.com

Miss Grand Cuba is a national title given to a woman chosen to represent Cuba at the Miss Grand International pageant.[1][2][3] 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,[4] where she was ranked in the final 10.[5] 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,[6][7][8] 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.[9]

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,[10]

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