Miss Costa Rica
| Formation | 1954 |
|---|---|
| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | San José |
| Location | |
Membership | Miss Universe |
Official language | Spanish |
Broadcaster | Teletica |
| Website | teletica.com/misscostarica |
Miss Costa Rica is a national Beauty pageant in Costa Rica.
History
Women between the ages of 18-27, each representing a province, compete to represent Costa Rica for one year and participate in the annual Miss Universe international competition.
Costa Rica has participated in the Miss Universe pageant since 1954 and has sent 56 representatives in the pageant's 60-year history. The event has been broadcast by Teletica since 1960.[1]
In 2007 Costa Rica's representatives in Miss World, Miss Earth, and Miss International are selected for REINAS DE COSTA RICA ORG.
Titleholders
- Color key
- Declared as Winner
- Ended as runner-up
- Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
| Year | Miss Costa Rica | Province | Placement | Special Awards | Other Titles |
 2016 | TBA | TBA | TBA | ||
 2015 | Brenda Castro[2] | Limón | Unplaced | ||
| 2014 | Karina Ramos | Heredia | Unplaced | Miss Supranational Costa Rica 2012 | |
 2013 | Fabiana Granados | Guanacaste | Top 16 | Miss Earth Costa Rica 2012 | |
| 2012 | Nazareth Cascante | Alajuela | Unplaced | ||
 2011 | Johanna Solano[3] | Heredia | Top 10 | ||
| 2010 | Marva Wright Ureña[1] | San José | Unplaced | ||
 2009 | Jessica María Umaña Solís | San José | Unplaced | ||
 2008 | María Teresa Rodríguez | Alajuela | Unplaced | ||
 2007 | Verónica María González Quesada | Heredia | Unplaced | ||
| 2006 | Fabriella María Quesada Sequeira | Puntarenas | Unplaced | Reina Internacional del Café 2006 | |
 2005 | Johanna Fernández Madrigal[4] | Valle del Bosque | Unplaced | ||
 2004 | Nancy Soto Martínez[5] | Heredia | Top 10 | ||
 2003 | Andrea Ovares López | San José | Unplaced | ||
 2002 | Merylin Villalta Castro | Cartago | Unplaced | ||
| 2001 | Paola Calderón Hütt | Guanacaste | Unplaced | ||
 2000 | Laura Mata Mora | San José | Unplaced | ||
 1999 | Arianna Bolaños Ugalde | Guanacaste | Unplaced | ||
| 1998 | Kisha Alvarado Murillo | Puntarenas | Unplaced | Miss Asia Pacific International 1998 | |
| 1997 | Gabriela Aguilar Chavarría | Cartago | Unplaced | Miss Asia Pacific International 1996 | |
| 1996 | Dafne Zeledón Monge | Limón | Unplaced | ||
 1995 | Beatriz Alejandra Alvarado Mejía | Alajuela | Unplaced | ||
 1994 | Jasmín Morales Camacho | Limón | Unplaced | ||
| 1993 | Catalina Rodríguez Carranza | San José | Unplaced | ||
| 1992 | Jessica Stephanie Manley Fredrich | Distrito Capital | Unplaced | ||
| 1991 | Viviana Muñoz Fernández | Distrito Capital | Unplaced | ||
| 1990 | Julieta Posla Fuentes | Distrito Capital | Unplaced | ||
| 1989 | Luana Freer Bustamante | Distrito Capital | Unplaced | ||
 1988 | Erika María Paoli González | Heredia | Unplaced | ||
 1987 | Ana María Bolaños Aguilar | Alajuela | Unplaced | ||
| 1986 | Aurora Velásquez Arigño | Limón | Unplaced | ||
| 1985 | Rosibel Chacón Pereira | Puntarenas | Unplaced | ||
| 1984 | Silvia Portilla Vásquez | Guanacaste | Unplaced | ||
| 1983 | María Gabriela Pozuela Castro | Cartago | Unplaced | ||
| 1982 | Lilliana Corella Espinoza | Heredia | Unplaced | ||
| 1981 | Rosa Inés Solís Vargas | San José | Unplaced | ||
 1980 | Bárbara Bonilla Herrero | Distrito Capital | Unplaced | ||
 1979 | Carla Facio Franco | Guanacaste | Unplaced | ||
| 1978 | Maribel Fernández García[6] | San José | Unplaced | Miss Photogenic | |
 1977 | Claudia María Garnier Arias | Puntarenas | Unplaced | ||
 1976 | Silvia Jiménez Pacheco | Limón | Unplaced | ||
 1975 | María de los Angeles Picado González | Alajuela | Unplaced | ||
| 1974 | Jeannette Rebeca Montagné | Limón | Unplaced | ||
 1973 | María del Rosario Mora Badilla | Alajuela | Unplaced | ||
| 1972 | Victoria Eugenia Ross González | San José | Unplaced | ||
| 1971 | Rosa María Rivera | San José | Unplaced | ||
| 1970 | Lilliam Berrocal | Cartago | Unplaced | ||
| 1969 | Clara Freda Antillón | Distrito Capital | Unplaced | ||
| 1968 | Ana María Rivera | Distrito Capital | Unplaced | ||
| 1967 | Rosa María Fernández | Guanacaste | Unplaced | ||
| 1966 | María Virginia Oreamuno | Cartago | Unplaced | ||
| 1965 | Mercedes Pinagal | Guanacaste | Unplaced | ||
| 1964 | Dora Solé Gómez | San José | Unplaced | ||
| 1963 | Sandra Chrysopulos Morúa | San José | Unplaced | ||
| 1962 | Helvetia Albónico | Heredia | Unplaced | ||
| 1960 | Leila Rodríguez | San José | Unplaced | ||
| 1959 | Sonia Monturiol | Heredia | Unplaced | ||
| 1958 | Eugenia María Valverde Guardia | Guanacaste | Unplaced | ||
| 1957 | Sonia Cristina Icaza | San José | Unplaced | ||
| 1956 | Anabella Granados[7] | Heredia | Unplaced | Miss Congeniality | |
| 1955 | Clemencia Martínez de Montis | Distrito Capital | Unplaced | ||
| 1954 | Marían Esquivel McKeown[8] | San José | Top 15 |
Winners by province
| Province | Total | Years |
| Distrito Capital | 10 | 1955, 1968, 1969, 1980, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 2009, 2010 |
| San José | 1954, 1957, 1960, 1963, 1971, 1978, 1981, 1993, 2000, 2003 | |
| Guanacaste | 8 | 1958, 1965, 1967, 1979, 1984, 1999, 2001, 2013 |
| Heredia | 1956, 1959, 1962, 1982, 1988, 2007, 2011, 2014 | |
| Limón | 7 | 1974, 1976, 1986, 1994, 1996, 2004, 2015 |
| Cartago | 1966, 1970, 1972, 1983, 1995, 1997, 2002 | |
| Alajuela | 5 | 1973, 1975, 1987, 2008, 2012 |
| Puntarenas | 1977, 1985, 1998, 2006 | |
| Valle del Bosque | 1 | 2005 |
See also
References
- 1 2 "Marva Wright is the new Miss Costa Rica". La Nación. April 17, 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2011.
- ↑ "A Miss Costa Rica le faltará el premio mayor". nacion.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 August 2015.
- ↑ "Johanna Solano is Miss Costa Rica 2011". La Nación. March 26, 2010. Retrieved 28 March 2011.
- ↑ "Costa Rica has a queen for Miss Universe". Panamá América. ACAN-EFE. January 30, 2005. Retrieved 22 February 2011.
- ↑ "Beauty contests open doors". Diario Extra. January 27, 2004. Archived from the original on June 2, 2008. Retrieved 22 February 2011.
- ↑ Associated Press (July 25, 1978). "Judges name Capetown woman Miss Universe". The Palm Beach Post. Retrieved 22 February 2011.
Miss Fernandez of Costa Rica, the winner of Miss Photogenic.
- ↑ "Beauties tearful at farewells". Los Angeles Times. July 23, 1956. Retrieved 22 February 2011.
Miss Costa Rica, Anabella Granados, who was voted Miss Friendship during the pageant.
- ↑ "Giant wave slams youth onto beach". Los Angeles Times. July 13, 1954. Retrieved 22 February 2011.
From left: Marta Rrocha, 21, Brazil; Myrna Orozco, 20, Miss San Salvador; and Marian Esquivel, 18, who will compete as Miss Costa Rica.
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