Miss Grand Peru 2023

Miss Grand Peru 2023 was the inaugural edition of the Miss Grand Peru pageant,^[1][2] held at the América Televisión Studio in Lima on June 22, 2023.^[3] Eleven candidates who qualified for the pageant through a virtual casting held earlier in January competed for the title,^[1][2][4] of whom, a 24-year-old Internet personality from Callao, Luciana Fuster, was elected the winner.^[3] Luciana represented Peru at the Miss Grand International 2023, held in Vietnam on October 25, 2023, and won, making her the second Peruvian woman to win the crown.^[4][5][6]

Miss Grand Peru 2023
Luciana Fuster, the winner of the contest
Date	22 June 2023
Presenters	María Pía Copello Mario Hart Carlos Vílchez
Venue	América Televisión Studio, Lima
Broadcaster	América Televisión Movistar TV DirecTV Claro TV Cablemás Best Cable Cable Perú Visión Perú
Entrants	11
Placements	5
Debuts	Ancash Apurímac Arequipa Callao Huánuco Junín Lambayeque Loreto Metro Lima Piura Ucayali
Winner	Luciana Fuster  Callao
2024 →

Miss Grand Peru 2023 competition result by department Colors key   Winner   Fourth runner-up   First runner-up   Unplaced   Second runner-up   Withdrew   Third runner-up   No representative

The grand final round of the contest was hosted by María Pía Copello, Mario Hart, and Carlos Vílchez,^[3] and was broadcast to the audiences nationwide via a television program named 'Mande quien mande' on the América Televisión channel,^[7] as well as several subscription television services, including Movistar TV, DirecTV, Claro TV, Cablemás, Best Cable, Cable Perú, and Visión Perú.^[8]

Background

Previously, Peruvian representatives for the Miss Grand International pageant from 2014 to 2022 were either appointed or selected through the Miss Peru contest.^[5] However, after the revealing of the finalists for the Miss Peru 2023 pageant, which consisted of 28 candidates, the pageant director, who also holds the license of Miss Grand Peru since 2014, Jessica Newton, planned to arrange a separate pageant to determine the country representative for the Miss Grand International 2023,^[9][10][11] and all 28 qualified candidates were permitted to compete for only one of which;^[1][12] 12 candidates chose the Miss Grand pageant.^[1][2]

Result

Placements

Placement	Contestant[3]
Miss Grand Peru 2023	Callao – Luciana Fuster Guzmán
1st runner-up	Ancash – Pia Requejo
2nd runner-up	Arequipa – Zuliet Seminario
3rd runner-up	Huánuco – Brenda Serpa
4th runner-up	Lambayeque – Michelle Choque

Candidates

Initially, candidates from twelve regions confirmed to compete;^[1][2][13] however, Mayra Messa of Lima withdrew from the contest, making the finalized total of eleven contestants.^[3]

• Ancash – Pia Requejo
• Apurímac – Anahy de la Colina
• Arequipa – Zuliet Seminario
• Callao – Luciana Fuster
• Huánuco – Brenda Serpa
• Junín – Sheyla Zuniga
• Lambayeque – Michelle Choque
• Lima – Mayra Messa (withdrew)
• Loreto – Alejandra Espino
• Metro Lima – Fairús Oré
• Piura – Nicolle Tassara
• Ucayali – Carla Ramos

References

1. "Miss Perú: Revive la presentación de las 31 candidatas del certamen de belleza nacional". El Comercio (in Spanish). March 22, 2023. Archived from the original on April 9, 2023. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
2. "Miss Perú 2023: Así fue el desfile de Luciana Fuster en la presentación de las candidatas (FOTOS)" (in Spanish). Perú.21. March 22, 2023. Archived from the original on April 9, 2023. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
3. Fiorella Ramírez (June 22, 2023). "Miss Grand Perú 2023 EN VIVO: Luciana Fuster es la ganadora del certámen, repasa los pormenores del evento aquí". El Comercio (in Spanish). Archived from the original on June 22, 2023. Retrieved June 23, 2023.
4. "Miss Grand: Luciana Fuster y todas las candidatas que buscarán la corona". El Comercio (in Spanish). April 2, 2023. Archived from the original on April 9, 2023. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
5. Pilar Cuya (March 23, 2023). "Miss Grand Internacional: De qué trata el certamen donde Luciana Fuster se disputará el título para representar al Perú". www.infobae.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on April 9, 2023. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
6. Diego Yaranga (March 23, 2023). "Luciana Fuster feliz de participar en el Miss Grand Perú: "Agradezco cada palabra de aliento"" (in Spanish). La República. Archived from the original on April 9, 2023. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
7. Brenda García Retamal (June 21, 2023). "Miss Grand Perú 2023: fecha, hora, dónde y cómo ver el certamen nacional" (in Spanish). Radio Programas del Perú. Archived from the original on June 21, 2023. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
8. Joselyn Herrera (June 15, 2023). "'El Gran Chef Famosos 2′ vs. 'Miss Grand Perú': todo acerca de los programas que competirán este 22 de junio". www.infobae.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on June 18, 2023. Retrieved June 18, 2023.
9. "Miss Perú 2023: Luciana Fuster no buscará ser la sucesora de Alessia Rovegno, decidió optar por otro certamen" (in Spanish). Radio Programas del Perú. March 23, 2023. Archived from the original on April 9, 2023. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
10. Mariolga Vilchez (March 23, 2023). "Luciana va al Miss Grand, así reaccionaron en redes a su "renuncia" al Miss Perú: "Ya se asustó"" (in Spanish). Publimetro [es]. Archived from the original on April 9, 2023. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
11. "Luciana Fuster: «Me encanta el Miss Grand»" (in Spanish). Diario Expreso [es]. March 30, 2023. Archived from the original on April 9, 2023. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
12. Sebastian Arce (March 26, 2023). "Luciana Fuster no va al Miss Perú: Jessica Newton revela que no aceptó aplicar al Miss Perú, pero sí a otro certamen" (in Spanish). El Popular [es]. Archived from the original on March 27, 2023. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
13. Pilar Cuya (March 23, 2023). "Luciana Fuster y todas las candidatas con quienes competirá para obtener la corona del Miss Grand Perú". www.infobae.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on April 9, 2023. Retrieved April 10, 2023.

External links

• Peru portal

• Media related to Miss Grand Peru at Wikimedia Commons