Miss Latin America 1985

Miss América Latina 1985 was the third international edition of the Miss América Latina contest, and the fifth overall. The final event was held on September 22, 1985 in Miami Beach, Florida, USA. At the conclusion of the pageant, Victoria Mauríz of the Dominican Republic was crowned by outgoing titleholder, Mirla Ochoa of Venezuela.^[1]

Results

Final Results	Contestant
Miss América Latina 1985	Dominican Republic - Victoria Mauríz
1st runner-up	Florida, USA - Sylvia Hernandez
2nd runner-up	Panama - Mónica Valdéz
3rd runner-up	Arizona, USA - Lourdes Guevara
4th runner-up	Costa Rica - Laura Pardo
Semi-finalists (in order of placement)	Colombia - Gehovell Serrato  Puerto Rico - Zaida Negrón  Venezuela - Fulvia Torre  Paraguay - Beverly Ocampo  Spain - Mariló Montero

Contestants^[2]

Argentina - María Fernanda Villaverde  Arizona, USA - Lourdes Guevara  Bolivia - Claudia Seng  California, USA - Mónica Jiménez  Chile - Asunción Aldunate  Colombia - Gehovell Serrato  Costa Rica - Laura Pardo  Dominican Republic - Victoria Mauríz  Ecuador - Sandra LaMota  El Salvador - Suzanne Hannaux  Florida, USA - Sylvia Hernandez  Guatemala - Cristina Ruano  Illinois, USA - Angelie Silva

Louisiana, USA - Yvonne Aronzon  Massachusetts, USA - Erika Galvis  Mexico - Luz Pérez Pérez  Nevada, USA - Ruth Fernández  New York, USA - Ofelia Cobián  Panama - Mónica Valdéz  Paraguay - Beverly Ocampo  Peru - Miluska Neumann  Puerto Rico - Zaida Negrón  Spain - Mariló Montero  Texas, USA - Marielena González  Venezuela - Fulvia Torre

Notes

Debuts

•  Louisiana
•  Massachusetts

Withdraws

Brazil  Indiana  New Jersey

New Mexico  Uruguay

Historical Significance

• Colombia and Florida placed for the third consecutive time.
• Panama, Paraguay, Spain and Venezuela had all placed the year before as well.
• The rest of the placing nations/states (Arizona, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico) had all placed in 1983.
• Panama achieved its highest placement (third) ever. They would again match this placement in 1986, 1989 and 2007.
• Arizona achieved its highest placement ever.
• Costa Rica achieved its highest placement up to that point.
• Venezuela became the first defending territory to place.
• Spain became the first European territory and non-American territory to place.

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