{{Short description|Provincial pageant in Spain}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}} {{Infobox organization | name = Miss Grand Alicante | logo = Miss Grand Alicante Logo.png | caption = | formation = {{Start date and age|2022|12|24|df=y}} | type = [[Beauty pageant]] | founder = Yajaira Ysturis Martínez | headquarters = [[Alicante]] | location = [[Spain]] | membership = [[Miss Grand Spain]] | language = [[Spanish language|Spanish]] | parent_organization = | leader_title = | leader_name = | key_people = | num_staff = | budget = | website = }} '''Miss Grand Alicante''' is a 2022-established provincial female beauty pageant in Spain,<ref name=2023contest>{{cite news|url=https://euroweeklynews.com/2024/01/23/santa-polas-shining-star-claudia-sempere-crowned-miss-alicante/|newspaper=Euro Weekly News|date=23 January 2024|access-date=13 April 2024|archive-date=13 April 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240413060451/https://euroweeklynews.com/2024/01/23/santa-polas-shining-star-claudia-sempere-crowned-miss-alicante/|title=Santa Pola's shining star: Claudia Sempere crowned Miss Alicante|author=Anna Ellis}}</ref><ref name=2024contest>{{cite web|url=https://diariodealicante.net/nueva-miss-grand-santa-pola/|title=La nueva 'Miss Grand Alicante' se llama Claudia Napoletano y es de Santa Pola|date=18 January 2024|language=es|website=diariodealicante.net|access-date=13 April 2024|archive-date=13 April 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240413060940/https://diariodealicante.net/nueva-miss-grand-santa-pola/}}</ref><ref name=2023con>{{cite web|url=https://www.periodicosantapola.es/actualidad/article/claudia-napoletano-sempere-de-santa-pola-proclamada-miss-grand-alicante|title=Claudia Napoletano Sempere, de Santa Pola, proclamada Miss Grand Alicante|date=18 January 2024|access-date=13 April 2024|language=es|website=www.periodicosantapola.es|archive-date=13 April 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240413061630/https://www.periodicosantapola.es/actualidad/article/claudia-napoletano-sempere-de-santa-pola-proclamada-miss-grand-alicante}}</ref> that aims to select representatives from the [[province of Alicante]] for the [[Miss Grand Spain]] national competition.<ref name=2023con/><ref name=2023winner/><ref name=first>{{cite web|url=https://www.periodicosantapola.es/actualidad/article/el-primero-de-muchos-suenos-que-se-haran-realidad-para-claudia-napoletano|title=El primero de muchos sueños que se harán realidad para Claudia Napoletano|date=26 January 2024|access-date=13 April 2024|language=es|website=www.periodicosantapola.es|archive-date=13 April 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240413063148/https://www.periodicosantapola.es/actualidad/article/el-primero-de-muchos-suenos-que-se-haran-realidad-para-claudia-napoletano}}</ref>
Since the first competition in the [[Miss Grand Spain]] pageant, the highest placement obtained by Alicante representatives was the top 11 finalists, won in 2017 by Isa Soguero.<ref name=2017result2>{{cite web|url=https://lavozdelviso.com/2017/07/10/carolina-santos-segunda-finalista-en-el-certamen-de-belleza-miss-grand-spain/|title=Carolina Santos, segunda finalista en el certamen de belleza Miss Grand Spain|date=10 July 2017|access-date=11 April 2024|language=es|website=lavozdelviso.com|archive-date=11 April 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240411152625/https://lavozdelviso.com/2017/07/10/carolina-santos-segunda-finalista-en-el-certamen-de-belleza-miss-grand-spain/}}</ref>
==History== After Vicente Gonzalez acquired the license for [[Miss Grand Spain]] in 2015, he began franchising the provincial competitions to individual organizers, who would name the provincial representatives to compete in the national pageant the following year. In the [[province of Alicante]], the license was granted to a Venezuelan Yajaira Ysturis Martínezthe,<ref name=director>{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CflxxWdKTpl/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240413062308/https://www.instagram.com/p/CflxxWdKTpl/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2024-04-13|via=[[Archive Today]]|date=4 July 2022|language=es|work=Miss Grand Spain|title=Miss Grand Alicante y Miss Grand La Rioja esta gestionado por Yajaira Ysturis , bienvenida a esta "grandfamily"|access-date=13 April 2024}}</ref> who organized the first Miss Grand Alicante competition in 2022, with 11 contestants from different municipalities participating. Of whom Yamila Heredia was named the winner.<ref name=2022winner/>
Alicante joined the [[Miss Grand Spain]] for the first time in 2017 represented by the appointed Isa Soguero.<ref name=y2017>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/missgrandspain18/posts/761314950703437/?paipv=0&eav=AfYUyD14MptZO9fTupE4i1KwA11JWuOhLnsesBbeYnvtjVUx-YKX3C2URGxL8PBJ-QI&_rdr|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240413064851/https://www.facebook.com/missgrandspain18/posts/761314950703437/?paipv=0&eav=AfYUyD14MptZO9fTupE4i1KwA11JWuOhLnsesBbeYnvtjVUx-YKX3C2URGxL8PBJ-QI&_rdr|url-status=dead|archive-date=2024-04-13|via=[[Archive Today]]|title=Glam Shoot Swimsuit: Miss Grand Alicante – Isa Soguero|date=6 July 2017|access-date=13 April 2024|work=Miss Grand Spain}}</ref>
In the 2023 Miss Grand Alicante competition, the Miss Grand Albacete was also named.<ref name="alba">{{cite web|url=https://www.eldigitaldealbacete.com/2024/01/21/luana-selena-la-representante-de-albacete-en-miss-grand-espana-2024/|title=Luana Selena, la representante de Albacete en Miss Grand España 2024|date=21 January 2024|author=María José Timoteo|access-date=13 April 2024|archive-date=13 April 2024|language=es|website=www.eldigitaldealbacete.com|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240413063507/https://www.eldigitaldealbacete.com/2024/01/21/luana-selena-la-representante-de-albacete-en-miss-grand-espana-2024/}}</ref><ref name=albacete2024>{{cite web|url=https://www.lacerca.com/noticias/albacete/luana-gheban-albacete-certamen-miss-grand-espana-2024-697960-1.html|title=Luana Selena Gheban representará a Albacete en el Certamen Miss Grand España 2024|date=19 January 2024|language=es|website=www.lacerca.com|access-date=13 April 2024|archive-date=14 March 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240314203213/https://www.lacerca.com/noticias/albacete/luana-gheban-albacete-certamen-miss-grand-espana-2024-697960-1.html}}</ref>
==Editions== The following table details Miss Grand Alicante's annual editions since 2022. {{Table alignment}} {| class="wikitable defaultcenter col3left" style="font-size: 90%" ! Edition ! Date ! Final venue ! Entrants ! Winner ! {{tooltip|Ref.|References}} |- |1st | 24 December 2022 | Villamontes Club Hipico, [[Alicante]] | {{center|11}} | Yamila Heredia | <ref name=2022winner>{{cite web|url=https://www.eldiariomontanes.es/cantabria-dmoda/cantabros-dm/conoce-rivales-miss-grand-cantabria-corona-nacional-20230313223033-ga.html#imagen1|title=Conoce a las 'rivales' de Miss Grand Cantabria por la corona nacional|date=14 March 2022|author=Alejandro Molleda|website=www.eldiariomontanes.es|access-date=13 April 2024|archive-date=26 July 2023|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230726182024/https://www.eldiariomontanes.es/cantabria-dmoda/cantabros-dm/conoce-rivales-miss-grand-cantabria-corona-nacional-20230313223033-ga.html%23imagen1|language=es}}</ref> |- |2nd{{efn|The representative for the [[province of Albacete]] was also named in the same event.<ref name="alba" /><ref name=albacete2024/>|name=A}} | 13 January 2024 | rowspan=2|Auditorio Municipal, [[Beniarbeig]] | {{center|7}} | {{center|Claudia Napoletano}} | <ref name=2023winner>{{cite web|url=https://www.santapola.es/2024/01/18/miss-grand-alicante-es-santapolera-y-se-llama-claudia-napoletano-sempere/|title=Miss Grand Alicante es santapolera y se llama Claudia Napoletano Sempere|date=2023|access-date=13 April 2024|archive-date=2 March 2024|language=es|website=www.santapola.es|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240302150552/https://www.santapola.es/2024/01/18/miss-grand-alicante-es-santapolera-y-se-llama-claudia-napoletano-sempere/}}</ref><ref name=2023venue>{{cite web|date=10 January 2024|access-date=13 April 2024|language=es|work=Miss Grand Alicante|via=[[Internet Archive]]|url=https://archive.org/details/miss-grand-alicante-2023-poster|title=2023 Miss Grand Alicante Gala Final}}</ref> |- |3rd | 23 November 2024 | {{center|14}} | Andrea García | <ref name=alivenue24>{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/missgrandalicante/reel/DCos5PWsSOo/|title=Patrocinadores y colaboradores oficiales de Miss Grand Alicante 2024|date=21 November 2024|access-date=30 January 2025|language=es|work=Miss Grand Alicante|archive-url=https://archive.today/20250129192652/https://www.instagram.com/missgrandalicante/reel/DCos5PWsSOo/|archive-date=2025-01-29}}</ref><ref name=winner2025/> |- |4th | 18 January 2026 | Hotel Daniya Denia, [[Dénia]] | {{center|10}} | Reyes Jiménez | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/miss-grand-alicante-2025-poster|title=¡No te pierdas la gala final de Miss Grand Alicante 2025!|date=8 December 2025|accessdate=28 February 2026|language=es|work=Miss Grand Alicante}}</ref><ref name=ali2026>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260226133504/https://www.informacion.es/baix-vinalopo/2026/02/26/reyes-gimenez-alicante-miss-grand-spain-2026-dv-loc-127296638.html|title=Tiene 17 años y representará a Alicante en Miss Grand Spain: así es Reyes, la joven de Santa Pola que sueña con el top 15|language=es|trans-title=She is 17 years old and will represent Alicante in Miss Grand Spain: this is Reyes, the young woman from Santa Pola who dreams of the top 15|author=C. Suena|date=26 February 2026|accessdate=27 February 2026|work={{ill|Información|es|Información (periódico)}}}}</ref> |}
;Notes {{notelist}}
==National competition== The following is a list of [[Province of Alicante|Alicante]] representatives who competed at the [[Miss Grand Spain]] national pageant. ;Color keys {{plainlist| * {{Color box|gold|border=silver}} : Declared as the winner * {{Color box|#FFFF33|border=silver}} : Ended as a runner-up * {{Color box|#FFFF99|border=silver}} : Ended as a finalist * {{Color box|#FFFACD|border=silver}} : Ended as a semifinalist * {{Color box|#FADADD|border=silver}} : Ended as special awards winner }}
===As Alicante representatives=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align:center; width:100%" !style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;"|Year !style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;"|Representative !style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;"|Title !style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;"|Placement |- |[[Miss Grand Spain 2026|2026]] |Reyes Jiménez<ref name=ali2026/> | Miss Grand Alicante 2025 | |- |[[Miss Grand Spain 2025|2025]] | Andrea García<ref name=winner2025>{{Cite web|title=Miss Grand Alicante 2024 Andrea García.|work=Miss Grand Alicante|date=24 February 2025|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/DGbLtoxCeBU/|access-date=24 February 2025|language=es|archive-url=https://archive.today/20250808015914/https://www.instagram.com/p/DGbLtoxCeBU/|archive-date=2025-08-08}}</ref> | Miss Grand Alicante 2024 | Unplaced |- |[[Miss Grand Spain 2024|2024]] | Claudia Napoletano<ref name=result2024>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/miss-grand-spain-2024|title=Miss Grand Spain 2024|date=11 May 2024|access-date=21 March 2025|work=GrandSpain TV}}</ref> | Miss Grand Alicante 2023 | Unplaced |- |[[Miss Grand Spain 2023|2023]] | Yamila Heredia<ref name=canarias>{{cite web|url=https://www.canarias7.es/gente-estilo/toledana-carla-sevilla-miss-grand-spain-2023-20230327122145-nt.html|title=La toledana Celia Sevilla, Miss Grand Spain 2023|date=27 March 2023|access-date=31 March 2023|language=es|publisher=[[Canarias7]]|archive-date=30 March 2023|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230330180854/https://www.canarias7.es/gente-estilo/toledana-carla-sevilla-miss-grand-spain-2023-20230327122145-nt.html}}</ref> | Miss Grand Alicante 2022 | Unplaced |- | colspan=6 {{n/a|Did not compete between 2018-2022 and no national pageant in 2020 due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]}} |-bgcolor=#FFFF99 |[[Miss Grand Spain 2017|2017]] | Isa Soguero<ref name=y2017/><ref name="2017result2"/> | Appointed | Top 11 |}
===Other representatives=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align:center; width:100%" !style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;"|Year !style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;"|Represented !style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;"|Representative !style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;"|Original title !style="background-color:#787878;color:#FFFFFF;"|Placement |-bgcolor=#FFFF33 |[[Miss Grand Spain 2024|2024]] | [[Province of Albacete|Albacete]] | Luana Gheban<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lacerca.com/noticias/albacete/luana-gheban-albacete-certamen-miss-grand-espana-2024-697960-1.html|title=Luana Selena Gheban representará a Albacete en el Certamen Miss Grand España 2024|date=19 January 2024|access-date=15 March 2024|language=es|publisher={{ill|La Cerca|es|La Cerca (periódico)}}|archive-date=14 March 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240314203213/https://www.lacerca.com/noticias/albacete/luana-gheban-albacete-certamen-miss-grand-espana-2024-697960-1.html}}</ref> | Miss Grand Albacete 2023{{efn|name=alba2024|Appointed to the title after competing in the Miss Grand Alicante 2023 pageant.}} | 3rd runner-up |} ;Notes {{notelist}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{Commons category-inline|Miss Grand Spain}} * [http://www.missgrandspain.es/ Miss Grand Spain official website]
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