Miss Latin America 2007

Miss América Latina 2007 was the twenty-first international edition of the Miss América Latina contest, and the twenty-third overall. The final event was held on June 15, 2007 in Riviera Maya, Mexico. At the conclusion of the pageant, Giannina Silva of Uruguay was crowned by outgoing titleholder, Melissa Quesada of the United States.^[1] Giannina was later dethroned, however, and his first runner-up, Heidi Garcia of Guatemala was subsequently crowned the new Miss América Latina 2007.

Results

Final results	Contestant
Dethroned	Uruguay - Giannina Silva
Miss America Latina 2007	Guatemala - Heidy García
1st runner-up	Panama - Magdalena Guardia
2nd runner-up	Northern-French Catalonia - Caroline Baron
3rd runner-up	Ecuador - Magdalena Stahl
Semi-finalists (in order of placement)	Peru - Brenda Aguirre  Argentina - Edith Foresi  Venezuela - Carmen Isarra  Costa Rica - Karen Jara  Dominican Republic - Crystal De Moya

Contestants^[2]

Argentina - Edith Foresi  Brazil - Isabela Longobardi  Canary Islands - Helena Martinez  Costa Rica - Karen Jara  Ecuador - Magdalena Stahl  El Salvador - Jacqueline Sandoval  Dominican Republic - Crystal De Moya  Guatemala - Heidy García  Holland - Angela Acosta  Honduras - Mercy Reyes

Mexico - Paola Yrigoyen  Nicaragua - Reyna Medina  Northern-French Catalonia - Caroline Baron  Panama - Magdalena Guardia  Paraguay - Carolina Limprich  Peru - Brenda Aguirre  Puerto Rico - Sonia Rodriguez  Uruguay - Giannina Silva  USA - Yalena Matos  Venezuela - Carmen Isarra

Notes

Debut

•  Northern-French Catalonia (later known as simply French Catalonia)

Returns

Last competed in 2004:  El Salvador

Last competed in 2005:  Costa Rica

Withdrawals

Belize  Bolivia  Catalonia

Portugal  Spain   Switzerland

Historical Significance

• Uruguay earned its first win ever. The win is still counted in Uruguay's tally, despite Giannina Silva's dethroning.
• Guatemala matched its best placement since winning in 1993. Heidi Garcia would later go on to give Guatemala its second titleholder, making Guatemala only the fifth territory (after the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Brazil and Puerto Rico) to have two titleholders.
• Panama matched its highest placement (second runner-up), last achieved in 1989. This was the fourth time Panama was named second runner-up, making Panama the territory with the most third place delegates. Mexico would later tie this record in 2010.
• Northern-French Catalonia placed for the first time.
• Dominican Republic and Guatemala also placed in 2006.
• Panama last placed in 1996.
• Argentina and Costa Rica last placed in 2002.
• Venezuela last placed in 2003.
• Uruguay last placed in 2004.
• Ecuador last placed in 2005.
• A slight format change occurred with only ten semifinalists being called out, like in the 1980s. In 2006, 12 had been called out, a format the pageant would return to in 2008.

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