Miss Latin America 1983

Miss América Latina 1983 was the first international edition of the Miss América Latina contest, and the third overall. The final event was held on September 8, 1983 in Miami Beach, Florida, USA. At the conclusion of the pageant, María Rosa of Puerto Rico was crowned the winner.^[1]

Results

Final Results	Contestant
Miss América Latina 1983	Puerto Rico - María Rosa
1st runner-up	Dominican Republic - Deisy Rodriguez
2nd runner-up	Texas, USA - Cira Sánchez
3rd runner-up	Chile - Sandra Oyarzún
4th runner-up	Colombia - Maria Torres
Semi-finalists (in order of placement)	Florida, USA - Elvira Castro  Honduras - Waldina Paz  Costa Rica - Gabriela Pozuela  Arizona, USA - Verónica Sosa  California, USA - Rosita Ojedo

Contestants

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Arizona, USA - Verónica Sosa  Bolivia - Xiemna Barrágan  California, USA - Rosita Ojedo  Chile - Sandra Oyarzún  Colombia - Maria Torres  Costa Rica - Gabriela Pozuela  Dominican Republic - Deisy Rodriguez  El Salvador - Ana Julia Gutiérrez

Florida, USA - Elvira Castro  Guatemala - Mercedes Beteta  Honduras - Waldina Paz  Nevada, USA - Gloria Flores  Puerto Rico - María Rosa  Texas, USA - Cira Sánchez  Uruguay - Mónica Mesones  Venezuela - Nakharí Barbosa

Historical Significance

• This was the first of two victories for Puerto Rico.
• This is the only time that the USA had more than two placements in one year.
• This would be the highest placement the Dominican Republic would achieve before winning in 1985.
• This is the highest placement Chile would achieve until 1994.
• This is the only time that Texas and California would place.

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