Miss Grand Costa Rica 2022

Miss Grand Costa Rica 2022 was the first edition of the Miss Grand Costa Rica beauty pageant, held at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre in San José on 7 July 2022.^[1][2][3][4] Twelve contestants, chosen to participate directly through the national casting held by the Concurso Nacional de Belleza de Costa Rica [es] (CNB Costa Rica), competed for the title,^[5][6][7] of whom a 28-year-old model from Guanacaste, Brenda Muñoz, was named the winner.^[1][8][9] She then represented Costa Rica in the Miss Grand International 2022 pageant held on October 25 in Indonesia,^{[2][8][10][11]} but got a non-placement.^[12][13]

Miss Grand Costa Rica 2022
Brenda Muñoz of Guanacaste, the winner of the contest
Date	7 July 2022
Presenters	Catalina Murillo Sasa Gomez Henry B. Wood
Venue	Eugene O'Neill Theatre, San José, Costa Rica
Broadcaster	YouTube
Entrants	12
Placements	5
Winner	Brenda Muñoz (Guanacaste)

External videos
Miss Grand Costa Rica 2022 Swimsuit Competition, on 23 June 2022, YouTube video

The event was hosted by Catalina Murillo, Sasa Gomez, and Henry Wood.^[14]

Following the end of the international tournament, due to such an unsatisfactory competition result, some Costa Ricans accused the national organizers of a lack of preparation and mismanagement of Brenda's English language training before entering the international contest.^[15][16][17] The country's licensee, Erick Solís, was also blamed for using Brenda only for business purposes.^[16][17]

Results

Final placements

Position	Delegate[1][4][5]
Miss Grand Costa Rica 2022	Guanacaste – Brenda Muñoz
1st runner-up	Heredia – Maria Alejandra
2nd runner-up	San José – Isabella Oldenburg
Top 5	Heredia – Ciany Salazar Heredia – Sofía Rojas

Grand final selection committee

The following list is the panel of judges for the grand final competition of the Miss Grand Costa Rica 2022 pageant.^[5]

• Andrea Aguilera Paredes – First runner-up Miss Grand International 2021 from Ecuador
• Maricrís Rodríguez – Miss United Continents Costa Rica 2019
• Adriana Moya – Miss Grand Costa Rica 2021
• Gabriela Jara – Miss Grand Costa Rica 2020
• Brenda Castro – Miss Grand Costa Rica 2019
• Amalia Matamoros – Miss Grand Costa Rica 2017
• Viviana Rodríguez – CEO of WM Top Models Agency
• Daniel Meza –  Sales director of the Dreams Las Mareas Hotel
• Alejandro Venegas – Regional director of the sports facility brand, Penalty

Contestants

Twelve contestants competed for the title of Miss Grand Costa Rica 2022.^[7][18]

Province	Candidate	Age	Height	Hometown
Alajuela	Tabatha Delgado Calvo	20		Alajuela
Cartago	Dennhuá Arguedas Ortiz	19		Tres Ríos
	Shaony Richard Blanco	26		Cartago
Guanacaste	Brenda Muñoz Hernández	28	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Liberia
Heredia	Ciany Salazar Chavarría	22		Heredia
	Maria Alejandra Acosta García	20		Heredia
	Sofía Rojas Zamora	20		Heredia
	Dorsa Saffarian Zolfaghari	17		Heredia
San José	Celeste Ulloa Mora	21		Rohrmoser
	Camila Calvo Tobón	27		San José
	Isabella Oldenburg Zamora	22		Santa Ana
	Kimberly Saballos Alpízar	25		Santa Ana

References

1. Kimberly Herrera (11 July 2022). "Brenda Muñoz, nueva Miss Grand Costa Rica: 'Era mi última oportunidad para ser reina'". nacion.com. La Nación. Archived from the original on 11 July 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2022 – via Press Reader. Alt URL
2. Kimberly Herrera (1 October 2022). "Brenda Muñoz viaja al Miss Grand International y pide a Costa Rica que vote por ella". nacion.com (in Spanish). La Nación. Archived from the original on 1 October 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2022 – via Press Reader. Alt URL
3. Berkat Prima (21 July 2022). "9 Potret Miss Grand Kosta Rika 2022 Brenda Munoz, Bikin Terpesona!". idntimes.com (in Indonesian). Archived from the original on 15 November 2022. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
4. "Brenda Muñoz suma otra corona, la de Miss Grand Costa Rica 2022". lateja.cr (in Spanish). La Tela. 8 July 2022. Archived from the original on 15 November 2022. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
5. "Brenda Muñoz gana Miss Grand Costa Rica". Contactocr.com (in Spanish). 18 July 2022. Archived from the original on 15 November 2022. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
6. "Brenda Muñoz fue coronada como Miss Grand Costa Rica 2022". Amprensa.com (in Spanish). 8 July 2022. Archived from the original on 15 November 2022. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
7. "¡Un día! Mañana el mundo conocerá a la nueva Miss Grand Costa Rica, rumbo al décimo aniversario de Miss Grand Costa Rica". Concurso Nacional de Belleza de Costa Rica. 6 July 2022. Archived from the original on 15 November 2022. Retrieved 16 November 2022 – via Instagram. Alt URL
8. "Mỹ nhân nóng bỏng với suối tóc đen óng ả đăng quang Hoa hậu Hòa bình Costa Rica 2022". Kênh 14 (in Vietnamese). 8 July 2022. Archived from the original on 8 July 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
9. "Mỹ nhân nóng bỏng với suối tóc đen óng ả đăng quang Hoa hậu Hòa bình Costa Rica 2022". Tienphong.vn (in Vietnamese). Tiền Phong. 8 July 2022. Archived from the original on 15 November 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
10. Silvia Núñez (19 October 2022). "Miss Grand CR desfiló con un traje típico inspirado en la paloma de la paz y en Oscar Arias". lateja.cr (in Spanish). La Teja. Archived from the original on 15 November 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
11. "Brenda Muñoz sufrió un accidente a pocas horas de la gran final de Miss Grand International". lateja.cr (in Spanish). La Teja. 24 October 2022. Archived from the original on 15 November 2022. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
12. María Fernanda Cedeño (25 October 2022). "Miss Grand International 2022 Isabella Novaes Menin de Brasil, ganadora del certámen". Colombia.as.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 25 October 2022. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
13. Fábio Luis de Paula (25 October 2022). "Isabella Menin vence Miss Grand International e quebra jejum de 51 anos". Riopreto.dlnews.com.br (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 26 October 2022. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
14. "¡Presentadores de lujo!". Concurso Nacional de Belleza de Costa Rica (in Spanish). 10 July 2022. Retrieved 16 November 2022 – via Instagram.
15. "Nicole Carboni le tira con todo a la Reina de belleza guanacasteca Brenda Muñoz". Guananoticias.com (in Spanish). 31 October 2022. Archived from the original on 15 November 2022. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
16. Gemeth Zamora (28 October 2022). "(Video) "Todo lo que esconden las figuras públicas", debut de Nicole Carboni en YouTube". Ncrnoticias.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 15 November 2022. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
17. Vennizar Alfaro (1 November 2022). "Nicole Carboni asegura que director de Miss Grand Costa Rica utilizó a Brenda Muñoz". Amprensa.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 15 November 2022. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
18. "Hija del actor Gustavo Rojas participa en concurso de belleza". Lateja.cr (in Spanish). 9 May 2022. Archived from the original on 16 May 2022. Retrieved 16 May 2022.

External links

• Costa Rica portal

• Media related to Miss Grand Costa Rica at Wikimedia Commons