[1][2][3] The title was first mentioned in 2013 when the winner of Miss Guatemala Latina 2013, Melanie Michelle Cohn Bech, was appointed by Oscar Flores, who served as the director of such a national pageant as well as the franchise holder of Miss Grand International in Guatemala.

[1] The license was transferred to another national pageant, Miss Guatemala, in 2017, and then to a queen maker, Alex Orellana, in 2019.

[2][3] The highest achievement of Guatemala at Miss Grand International is the second runner-up position, which was obtained by Ivana Batchelor in 2020.

[2][3][6] From 2013 to 2016, the license belonged to a capital-based national pageant chaired by Oscar Flores, Miss Guatemala Latina,[1][2][3] in which Miss Grand Guatemala was considered one of the supplemental titles at such a pageant.

[4][7][8] Guatemala's representative obtained placements at the Miss Grand International pageant twice, including the top 20 finalists in 2019,[9] and the second runner-up and the Best National Costume award in 2020.