Luciana Fuster
Luciana Fuster Guzmán is a Peruvian beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Grand Peru 2023 and later won the international title of Miss Grand International 2023. Previously, Fuster won the title of Miss Teen Model Peru 2015 and the Miss Teen Pageant International 2016.
Fuster became known for her television popularity after participating in the television reality shows, Combate, on the ATV channel and on América Televisión, as well as becoming the host of the radio program Onda expansiva on the radio station Onda Cero from 2022 to 2023.
In 2021, Comscore included Fuster in the list of internet celebrities with the most interaction in Latin America during 2020.
Early life and education
Fuster was born in Callao, on January 14, 1999, into a middle-class family. She studied primary and secondary school at the Admiral Guise Naval Lyceum School, located in the district of San Borja, and obtained the bachelor degree in mass communication from the University of San Martín de Porres. Since she was a teenager, she dedicated herself to becoming a volleyball, and basketball player in the local championships of her category, with minor participation on the courts.Pageantry
Fuster won her first pageant, Miss Teen Model Peru 2015, at the age of 15. She then represented Peru and won Miss Teen Pageant International 2016 in Porto Alegre, Brazil.Miss Grand Peru 2023
Later in 2023, Fuster applied for the Miss Peru pageant, which was previously held to determine the Peruvian candidates for Miss Universe, Miss Grand International, and others. However, after Fuster was elected as one of the 28 qualified candidates, the pageant director decided to organize Miss Grand Peru as a separate pageant, and all 28 qualified candidates were permitted to compete for only one of which: Fuster and the other 11 candidates chose the Miss Grand pageant, and she eventually won the title.Miss Grand International 2023
After winning the Miss Grand Peru 2023 pageant, Fuster participated in Miss Grand International 2023, held at the Phú Thọ Indoor Stadium in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on October 25, competing against other 68 candidates and won the main title, making her the second Peruvian candidate to win the title and crowned in Vietnam.During her reign as Miss Grand International she visited at least 20 countries, becoming the most traveled Miss Grand International winner overall of all time. Fuster visited countries in Asia, Europe and the Americas. In total, she went to 20 countries, including: Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, Myanmar, Peru, United States, Bolivia, El Salvador, Cambodia, Guatemala, France, Spain, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil, Malaysia, Curaçao and Ecuador.
On 25 October 2024, during the final night of Miss Grand International 2024, Fuster crowned Rachel Gupta of India as her successor. However, months later, Gupta was dethroned and replaced by the first runner-up, Christine Juliane Opiaza from the Philippines.