Miss Grand Paraguay 2022

Miss Grand Paraguay 2022 is the fifth edition of the Miss Grand Paraguay beauty contest, held at Hotel Guaraní [es] in Asunción on 7 May 2022,^[1][2][3] and was beamed live to a virtual audience worldwide via the pageant YouTube channel named MGM Producciones as well as the national digital television network Unicanal.^[2][4]

Miss Grand Paraguay 2022
Agatha Leon, the winner of the contest
Date	7 May 2022
Presenters	Fabián Benítez, Solange Mendez Flores and Lucía Sapena
Venue	Hotel Guaraní Theatre, Asunción
Broadcaster	Unicanal
Entrants	18
Placements	10
Debuts	Central Santa Ana San Pedro de Ycuamandiyú
Withdrawals	Areguá Arroyos y Esteros Capiatá Colonias Unidas Coronel Oviedo Encarnación General Artigas Hernandarias Itauguá Mariano Roque Alonso PAR Communities in Spain Villarrica
Returns	Ciudad del Este Caazapá Fernando de la Mora Itapúa Lambaré
Winner	Agatha Leon (Ciudad del Este)
Virreina	Nayeli Portillo (Asunción)
Miss Petite Paraguay	Ingrid Paniagua (Pedro Juan Caballero)
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Seventeen candidates competed for the national title, of which, Agatha Leon of Ciudad del Este was announced the winner and crowned by Jimena Sosa, Miss Grand Paraguay 2021.^[5] Leon will later represent the country at Miss Grand International 2022;^[1][6] programmed to be held in Indonesia on 25 October.^[7]

Background

Location and date

After a search for the national aspirants had been launched on 6 December 2021,^[8] the organization additionally announced that the coronation will be in May 2022,^[9] and later confirmed to be 7 May at Hotel Guaraní [es] in Asunción with the preliminary contest on 5 May at the same venue.^[1]

List of the main events in the Miss Grand Paraguay 2022 pageant

Location	Date	Event	Venue	Ref.
Preliminary Host Department:  Itapúa	3 May	Official Press Conference	Itapua Government Hall, Encarnación
	3 May	Top Model and Best Shape competition
Final Venue:  Asunción	5 May	Preliminary competition	Guarani Hotel Theatre, Asunción	[6]
	7 May	Grand Final Coronation		[6]

Contestant selection

The national aspirants for Miss Grand Paraguay 2022 were either selected directly by the online application through the national organizer or chosen by the regional licensees.^[8] On 6 December, 2021, the organization launched its search for the next Paraguayan who will represent the country at the Miss Grand International 2022 competition. The final submission of the application was initially set for February 15, 2022.^[8] Of the regional licensee category, four of which held the regional event to determine their representative for the national contest, including the licensees of Ciudad del Este, Paraguarí, Presidente Franco, and San Pedro.^{[10][11][12][13]} However, the Presidente Franco licensee later renounced the license, then the representative of such was instead appointed by the central organ.^[6] All of 17 national finalists representing 8 departments and 9 cities were officially revealed on 22 April 2022.^[1]

List of Miss Grand Paraguay 2022 Regional Pageants, by the coronation date

Location	Pageant	Date & Venue	Entrants	Qualified Title for National Round	Ref.
Paraguarí	Miss Grand Paraguarí	27 June 2021 at Corona Suites Hotel, Carapeguá	20	Miss Grand Paraguarí	[10]
Ciudad del Este	Miss Bellaza Top Paraguay	11 December 2021 at Isaura Hall, Hotel Marambaia, Ciudad del Este	15	Miss Grand Presidente Franco	[12]
	Miss Grand Ciudad del Este	18 December 2021 at Howard Johnson Hotel, Ciudad del Este	10	Miss Grand Ciudad del Este	[11]
San Pedro	Miss San Pedro	5 February 2022 at San Estanislao Municipal Gymnasiam, San Estanislao	23	Miss Grand San Pedro Miss Grand San Pedro de Ycuamandiyú	[13]

Results summary

Main placements Miss Grand Paraguay 2022 competition result Position Delegate[14] Miss Grand Paraguay 2022  Ciudad del Este – Agatha Leon Virreina Miss Grand Paraguay 2022  Asunción  – Nayeli Portillo 1st runner-up  Fernando de la Mora – Ailin Adorno 2nd runner-up  Luque – Milenha Montania 3rd runner-up  Minga Guazú – Lorena Román Semifinalists (Top 10)  Canindeyú – Milena Colman  Central – Alía Díaz Rodriguez  Concepción – Fatima Valdez  Itapúa – Ingrid Semeniuk  Santa Ana – Kendal Hirschfeld Supplementary title Position Delegate Miss Petite Paraguay 2022  Pedro Juan Caballero – Ingrid Paniagua 1st runner-up  San Pedro de Ycuamandiyú – Andrea Sosa 2nd runner-up  Caazapá – Romina Duarte Yahari Special awards List of Miss Grand Paraguay 2022 Special Award Winners Award Winner[15] Best Shape  Asunción – Nayeli Portillo[16] Best Skin  Itapúa – Ingrid Semeniuk[16] Best Video Presentation  Santa Ana –Kendal Hirschfeld [5] Miss Social Media  Santa Ana –Kendal Hirschfeld [5] Miss Sports  Fernando de la Mora – Ailin Adorno[16] Miss Top Model  Ciudad del Este – Agatha Leon[16]

Miss Grand Paraguay 2022 competition result by department/district Color keys Main title: Miss Grand Paraguay   Winner   Fifth place   Second place   Top 10   Third place   Unplaced   Fourth place   Did not participate Supplementary title: Miss Petite Paraguay   Winner   Second place   Third place

Contestants

18 delegates competed for the national title of Miss Grand Paraguay 2022.

Department/District	Contestans	Age	Height	Ref.
Asunción	Nayeli Portillo	19	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	[17]
Caazapá	Romina Duarte Yahari	20	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)	[18]
Canindeyú	Milena Colman	19	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	[6]
Central	Alía Díaz Rodriguez	24	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	[6]
Ciudad del Este	Agatha Leon	20	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	[19]
Concepción	Fatima Valdez	20	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	[6]
Fernando de la Mora	Ailin Adorno	24	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	[6]
Itapúa	Ingrid Semeniuk	25	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	[20]
Lambaré	Sara Alcaraz	23	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	[6]
Luque	Milenha Montania	21	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)	[6]
Minga Guazú	Lorena Román	25	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	[6]
Paraguarí	Magali Cano	22	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	[6]
Pedro Juan Caballero	Ingrid Paniagua	19	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	[6]
Presidente Franco	Patricia Graciano	25	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	[6]
Santa Ana	Kendal Hirschfeld	20	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	[21]
San Lorenzo	Andrea Nicole Rojas	21	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	[6]
San Pedro	Olga Irala	22	1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	[6]
San Pedro de Ycuamandiyú	Andrea Sosa	19	1.49 m (4 ft 10+1⁄2 in)	[6]

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External links

• Paraguay portal

• Media related to Miss Grand Paraguay at Wikimedia Commons