María Clara Sosa Perdomo (born 25 September 1993) is a

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an model, tv host and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Grand Paraguay 2018 and was later crowned Miss Grand International 2018 in

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. She is the first Paraguayan woman to win the

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title.

Early life and career

Sosa was born in the capital of

Asunción Asunción (, ) is the capital and the largest city of Paraguay. The city stands on the eastern bank of the Paraguay River, almost at the confluence of this river with the Pilcomayo River. The Paraguay River and the Bay of Asunción in the north ...

, and raised in

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. She is a model at ON Management and also a host at the morning show ''La mañana de

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''.

Pageantry

In 2015, Sosa joined and finished in the Top 20 semifinalist at Miss Model of the World 2015 competition. On 9 June 2018, Sosa was crowned as Miss Grand Paraguay 2018 held its finale night at the Hotel Guarani Theatre. She succeeded outgoing Miss Grand Paraguay 2017, Lia Duarte Ashmore. As Miss Grand Paraguay, Sosa won the competition and was crowned

Miss Grand International 2018 Miss Grand International 2018 was the sixth Miss Grand International pageant, held at the One Entertainment Park in Yangon, Myanmar, on October 25, 2018. María José Lora of Peru crowned Clara Sosa of Paraguay as her successor at the end of t ...

was held on 25 October 2018 at One Entertainment Park in

by outgoing titleholder Miss Grand International 2017, María José Lora of Peru. She is the first titleholder from Paraguay and the second from South America. Her court included

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of India (first runner-up), Nadia Purwoko of Indonesia (second runner-up), Nicole Colón of

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(third runner-up) and Haruka Oda of Japan (fourth runner-up).

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sosa, Clara Miss Grand International winners 1993 births Living people Paraguayan beauty pageant winners Paraguayan female models People from Asunción Miss Grand Paraguay Miss Grand International 2018 delegates