Miss América Latina

Miss América Latina or Miss América Latina del Mundo, known in English as Miss Latin America or Miss Latin America of the World, is an international beauty contest held annually. It is organized by the Miss América Latina Organization. Despite its name, the contest is not restricted to only Latin American nations. It is designed for women of Latina descent around the globe. There is an average of about 20 contestants every year. It has two sister pageants: Miss Latina US (which selects the US delegate to Miss América Latina) and Miss Teen US Latina.

The current titleholder is Yanire Ortiz from Spain after Nicole Pinto from Panama gave up her title.

History

The Miss América Latina pageant was founded in the early 1980s. The first edition was held in 1981, when it was open to only Latina contestants in Miami, Florida, United States. In 1983, the contest went international.

Miss Latin America 2011

Miss Latin America 2011 took place on June 4, 2011, in the Grand Theater at the Barcelo Bavaro Palace Deluxe in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. 30 delegates participated in the event. At the conclusion of the final event - which was televised in some areas - Colombia's Carolina Lemus crowned Ecuador's Estefani Chalco. Chalco became the first Ecuadoran woman to win the contest. The runners-up were Andrea Sandoval (Venezuela), Cintia Regert (Brazil), Johana Diaz (Colombia) and Yaneth Garcia (Mexico). The semifinalists were the delegates from the Dominican Republic, Philippines, Spain, Portugal, Guatemala, Uruguay and Bolivia.

Titleholders

Year Name Country Venue
1981 Lesley Quintanilla^  USA Miami, Florida, USA
1982 Martha Álvarez^  USA Miami, Florida, USA
1983 María Rosa  Puerto Rico Miami, Florida, USA
1984 Mirla Ochoa †  Venezuela Miami Beach, Florida, USA
1985 Victoria Mauríz  Dominican Republic Miami Beach, Florida, USA
1986 Lucia Collado  Dominican Republic San José, Costa Rica
1987 Lorenia Burruel[1]  Mexico Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
1988 NOT HELD
1989 Suzanne Hannaux  El Salvador Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico
1990 Vanessa Holler  Venezuela San Salvador, El Salvador
1991 María Elena Bellido  Peru Buenos Aires, Argentina
1992 Ana Sofía Pereira  Nicaragua Guayaquil, Ecuador
1993 María Fernanda Morales  Guatemala Guatemala City, Guatemala
1994 Priscila Furlan[2]  Brazil Guayaquil, Ecuador
1995 NOT HELD
1996 Jeannette Chávez[3]  Costa Rica Lima, Peru
1997 NOT HELD
1998 Aline Resende[4]  Brazil Costa del Sol, El Salvador
1999 NOT HELD
2000 Dania Prince  Honduras Guatemala City, Guatemala
2001 Grace Martins  Brazil Montelimar Beach, Nicaragua
2002 Claudia Cruz  Dominican Republic Bávaro Beach, Dominican Republic
2003 Maria Carolina Casado  Venezuela Playa Tambor, Costa Rica
2004 Gamalis Fermín  Puerto Rico Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico
2005 Mariela Candia  Paraguay Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
2006 Melissa Quesada  USA Riviera Maya, Quintana Roo, Mexico
2007 Giannina Silva (Dethroned)  Uruguay Riviera Maya, Quintana Roo, Mexico
Heidy García (Successor)  Guatemala
2008 Daniele Sampaio  Italy Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
2009 Johanna Solano  Costa Rica Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
2010 Carolina Lemus  Colombia Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
2011 Estefani Chalco  Ecuador Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
2012 Georgina Méndez  Guatemala Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, Mexico
2013 Julia Guerra  Brazil Riviera Maya, Quintana Roo, Mexico
2014 Nicole Pinto (Rennounced)  Panama Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
Yanire Ortiz (Successor)  Spain
2015 Karla Monje  USA TBA

League Tables

Country/Territory Titles Winning/Title Years
 Brazil 4 1994-95, 1998–99, 2001, 2013
 Guatemala 3 1993, 2007, 2012
 USA 1981, 1982, 2006
 Venezuela 1984, 1990, 2003
 Dominican Republic 1985, 1986, 2002
 Costa Rica 2 1996-97, 2009
 Puerto Rico 1983, 2004
 Panama 1 2014
 Spain 2014
 Ecuador 2011
 Colombia 2010
 Italy 2008
 Paraguay 2005
 Honduras 2000
 Nicaragua 1992
 Peru 1991
 El Salvador 1989
 Mexico 1987-88

*^ - The first two Miss Latin America contests were only open to women living in Miami. Although the winners of both contests are regarded as official Miss Latin America titleholders, their wins do not count on the USA's tally.

Trivia

See also

Notes

  1. The 1988 event was postponed until 1989 because of the Mexican presidential inauguration, and thus Lorenia Burruel was named Miss América Latina 1987-88
  2. The 1995 event was canceled due to a national crisis in the host city. Priscila Furlan was then named Miss América Latina 1994-95.
  3. The 1997 event was postponed for unknown reasons. Thus, Jeannette Chávez's title was extended to Miss América Latina 1996-97
  4. The 1999 event was renamed to Miss América Latina 2000 in order to post-date the titles. Aline Resende's title was changed to Miss América Latina 1998-99.

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