Miss Puerto Rico

Miss Puerto Rico is a national beauty pageant in Puerto Rico. Currently there are two separate televised pageants held annually: Miss Universe Puerto Rico^[1] to select the representative for Miss Universe and Miss Mundo de Puerto Rico to select the representatives for Miss World and Miss Earth. Additionally, the Miss Puerto Rico Scholarship Organization selects the representative to Miss America.

Big Four pageants

Miss Universe

Miss Universe Puerto Rico
Logo of the Miss Universe Puerto Rico event
Formation	1952
Type	Beauty pageant
Headquarters	San Juan
Location	Puerto Rico
Membership	Miss Universe Miss World, Miss Earth Miss International
Official language	Spanish
President	Desiree Lowry
Key people	Desiree Lowry Luisito Vigoreaux
Website	missuniversepuertorico.com

History

Denise Quiñones, Miss Puerto Rico 2001

Zuleyka Rivera, Miss Puerto Rico 2006

Ingrid Marie Rivera, Miss Puerto Rico 2008

In its various forms, the "Miss Puerto Rico" beauty pageant has been held almost every year since the 1950s. The winner of the contest represents Puerto Rico at the Miss Universe pageant each year.

The selection of Miss Puerto Rico commences the year before the winner advances to participate in the Miss Universe pageant. Each Puerto Rican city may choose a representative who then enters the Miss Puerto Rico finals, traditionally held at a San Juan area hotel. The winner is crowned at the conclusion of the final competition.

There have been three changes in the organization that led to modifications in the pageant's name. "Miss Puerto Rico" was held from 1952 until 1998 under the direction of Anna Santisteban, in 1996 the pageant lost the franchise for Miss Universe. From 1996 to 1998 Telemundo organized the event, under the name "Miss Universe Puerto Rico". From 1999 to 2002 TeleOnce (now Univision Puerto Rico) obtained the franchise and renamed it "Miss Puerto Rico Universe". Magali Febles organized the pageant between 2003 and 2009 and the pageant title has remained the same. In 2009, Desireé Lowry and Luisito Vigoreaux obtained the Miss Universe franchise and renamed the pageant "Miss Universe Puerto Rico".

The Miss Puerto Rico beauty pageant has now turned to technology to reach more people through the use of podcasting. Starting with the 2006 pageant, Miss Puerto Rico Universe became the first pageant of the Miss Universe franchise to have a podcast.^[2] In this, Wilton Vargas, an international multi-media and technology personality, interviews all contestants with the goal of helping people get to know them better so that they can participate in the voting process using cell phones. This podcast is published as a section in technology news and information website Tecnetico.com and various podcast directories, including iTunes.

Delegates are allowed to compete more than once at the Miss Puerto Rico Universe pageant, the caveat being that they are not allowed to compete again after they have won. For example, Cynthia Olavarría placed 1st runner-up in 2003 and returned in 2005, winning the title and placing 1st runner-up at Miss Universe. A number of delegates and winners have competed in the "Miss Mundo de Puerto Rico" (Miss World Puerto Rico) pageant, a preliminary to the Miss World pageant. There are frequently crossovers between the two pageants: for example Joyce Giraud was crowned Miss Puerto Rico twice by Ana Rosa Brito, first in 1994 as Miss Mundo de Puerto Rico, then in 1998 as Miss Universe Puerto Rico.

Puerto Rico is one of the most successful competitors in the history of the Miss Universe pageant, having won five times. Marisol Malaret, Miss Puerto Rico 1970, was the first Puerto Rican to win the Miss Universe title. The four other Puerto Rican delegates who have won the Miss Universe title are Deborah Carthy-Deu (1985), Dayanara Torres (1993), Denise Quiñones (2001), and Zuleyka Rivera (2006).

On November 7, 2011, Miss Universe Puerto Rico selected the first woman who was not born in Puerto Rico to represent the island at Miss Universe 2012. Bodine Koehler Peña was crowned as Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2012. Koehler was born in the Netherlands to a Dutch father and a Dominican mother, but grew up in Puerto Rico.^[3]

Representatives

For a complete list of the representatives to Miss Universe

Main article: List of Miss Puerto Rico titleholders

Color Key

Winner of Miss Universe
Runner-up in the Top 5 or Top 6
Finalist in the Top 10 or Top 12
Semi-finalist in the Top 15 or Top 16

Year	Representative	Placement	Award
2016	Brenda Azaria Jiménez Hernández	TBA
2016	Kristhielee Yinaira Caride Santiago	Dethroned
2015	Catalina Morales Gómez
2014	Gabriela Berríos Pagán		Miss Photogenic
2013	Monic Marie Pérez Díaz	Top 16
2012	Bodine Koehler Peña
2011	Viviana Ortiz Pastrana	Top 16
2010	Mariana Paola Vicente Morales	Top 10
2009	Mayra Matos Pérez	4th Runner-up
2008	Ingrid Marie Rivera Santos
2007	Wilmadilis "Uma" Blasini Pérez
2006	Zuleyka Jerrís Rivera Mendoza	Miss Universe 2006

Miss World

Miss Mundo de Puerto Rico
Logo of the Miss Mundo de Puerto Rico event
Formation	1959
Type	Beauty pageant
Headquarters	San Juan
Location	Puerto Rico
Membership	Miss World Miss Earth
Official language	Spanish
President	Julia Morley
Key people	Shanira Blanco Delia Cruz

History

Puerto Rico debuted in Miss World in 1959, then was absent from 1960 to 1969. In 1970 a new organization took the responsibility of sending contestants until 1985 via castings. Puerto Rico did not compete in Miss World from 1986 to 1988. The Miss Puerto Rico organization, directed by Anna Santisteban, obtained the Miss World franchise in 1989 and sent the 1st runner-up of Miss Puerto Rico to Miss World until 1995.

In 1996, Delia Cruz, mother of Puerto Rico's only Miss World Wilnelia Merced Cruz, obtained the franchise and began organizing the Miss Mundo de Puerto Rico pageant whose winner has been competing ever since in the international pageant. Puerto Rico has produced one winner (1975), two 2nd runners-up (2005, 2011) and ten semi-finalists (1976, 1978, 1980, 1985, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010), and one quarter-finalist (2012).

Representatives

For a complete list of the representatives to Miss World

Main article: List of Miss Puerto Rico titleholders

Color Key

Winner of Miss World
Runner-up in the Top 3 or Top 5
Finalist in the Top 7 or Top 10
Semi-finalist between the Top 15 and Top 25
Quarter-finalist in the Top 30

Year	Representative	Placement	Award
2016	Stephanie Del Valle Díaz	TBA
2015	Keysi Marie Vargas Vélez
2014	Génesis María Dávila Pérez
2013	Nadyalee Torres López
2012	Janelee Marcus Chaparro Colón	Top 30
2011	Amanda Victoria Vilanova Pérez	2nd Runner-up	Queen of Caribbean
2010	Yara Liz Lasanta Santiago	Top 25	Beach Beauty
2009	Jennifer Colón Alvarado
2008	Ivonne Marie Orsini López	Top 16
2007	Jennifer Guevara Campos	Top 16
2006	Thebyam Carrión Álvarez	Top 17

Gallery of Miss World representatives

Jennifer Guevara, Miss World Puerto Rico 2007
Ivonne Orsini, Miss World Puerto Rico 2008
Nadyalee Torres, Miss World Puerto Rico 2013

Miss Earth

Miss Earth Puerto Rico
Logo of the Miss Earth Puerto Rico in 2014
Formation	2001
Type	Beauty pageant
Headquarters	San Juan
Location	Puerto Rico
Membership	Miss Earth
Official language	Spanish
President	Shanira Blanco (2014)

History

Vanessa De Roide
Miss Puerto Rico Earth 2005
Miss Earth 2005 Top 8 Finalist

The Miss Puerto Rico Universe organization sent representatives to Miss Earth between 2001–2004. From 2005 to 2013 Puerto Rico's representative to Miss Earth was selected through the Miss Puerto Rico Earth pageant. In 2014 the representative was selected through the Miss Mundo de Puerto Rico pageant with the 1st Runner-Up being sent to Miss Earth, however the pageant failed to send a representative in 2015.

Representatives

For a complete list of the representatives to Miss Earth

Main article: List of Miss Puerto Rico titleholders

Color Key

Winner of Miss Earth
Runner-up in the Top 4
Finalist in the Top 8
Semi-finalist in the Top 16

Year	Representative	Placement	Award
2016	To Be Determined
2015	No Representative
2014	Franceska Toro Medina		Eco-Beauty Video
2013	Velmary Paola Cabassa Vélez	Do Not Compete
2012	Darli Arni Pacheco Montañez		Miss Talent (Group 1)
2011	Agnes Eileen Benítez Santiago
2010	Yeidy Enid Bosques Pérez	3rd Runner-up	Miss Earth Fire
2009	Dignelis Taymí Jiménez Hernández
2008	No Representative
2007	No Representative
2006	Camille Collazo Ortiz

Miss International

Miss International Puerto Rico
Formation	1960
Type	Beauty pageant
Headquarters	San Juan
Location	Puerto Rico
Membership	Miss International
Official language	Spanish
President	Fernando Oquendo Vega

The first Puerto Rican delegate in Miss International was Carmen Sara Látimer, sent in 1960. Since 1960, Puerto Rico has produced two winners (Laurie Simpson in 1987 and Valerie Hernandez in 2014), one 3rd runner-up and ten semi-finalists. The Miss Puerto Rico pageant had the Miss International franchise from 1960 to 1997, after a two-year hiatus, a new pageant was created called Miss Puerto Rico Turismo that sent representatives until 2007 when a new organization acquired the franchise (Creative Options Inc. – Fernando Oquendo Vega).

Representatives

For a complete list of the representatives to Miss International

Main article: List of Miss Puerto Rico titleholders

Color Key

Winner of Miss International
Runner-up in the Top 3 or Top 5
Finalist in the Top 10
Semi-finalist in the Top 12 or Top 15

Year	Representative	Placement	Award
2016	To Be Determined
2015	Wilmary Monción Román
2014	Valerie Hernández Matías	Miss International
2013	Ashley Beth Pérez Calderón	Top 15
2012	Ashley Michelle Ruiz Rodríguez
2011	Desiree Del Rio De Jesús	3rd Runner-up	Miss Active
2010	Aideliz Hidalgo Betances	Top 15
2009	Mónica Cristina Pastrana González
2008	Miriam Pabón Carrión	Top 12
2007	Haydil Rivera Escobales	Top 15
2006	Sharon Gómez Díaz	Top 12

Other pageant

Miss Puerto Rico Scholarship Program

Miss Puerto Rico
Motto	Some call her a beauty queen, we call her a scholar.
Formation	1937
Type	Scholarship Pageant
Headquarters	San Juan
Location	Puerto Rico
Membership	Miss America
Official language	Spanish and English
Website	misspr.org

As of 2010, Puerto Rico will send a delegate to the Miss America pageant,^[4] this will be the first time Puerto Rico will do so since 1961.

Representatives

Year	Representative	Award
1937	Malen Pietrantoni
1948	Irma Nydia Vázquez
1949	Marlene Carozzo
1950	Avelina Medrallo
1951	Evangelina Moragón
1952	Otilia Jiménez	Miss Congeniality
1953	Helga Edmee Monroig
1954	Nydia Power
1955	María del Carmen Mejías
1956	Gladys Rodríguez
1958	Winnie Rodríguez
1962	Rosita Giusti	Best in Talent Competition (Classical Vocal) Miss Congeniality
2010	Miriam Ivette Pabón Carrión	Lifestyle and Fitness Preliminary Award
2011	Mariselle Morales
2012	Laura Ramirez	Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Medal
2013	Kiaraliz Medina
2014	Shenti Lauren
2015	Yarelis Salgado
2016	Destiny Vélez
2017	TBA

References

External links

Miss Puerto Rico winners in the Big Four international beauty pageants

Miss Universe	Marisol Malaret (1970) Deborah Carthy-Deu (1985) Dayanara Torres (1993) Denise Quiñones (2001) Zuleyka Rivera (2006)

Miss World	Wilnelia Merced (1975)

Miss Earth	-

Miss International	Laurie Simpson (1987) Valerie Hernandez (2014)

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Miss Universe participant countries and territories

Active
(1952–present)

Inactive

Belize (2007)
Benin (1962)
Bermuda (1997)
Bonaire (1999)
Chinese Taipei (2004)
Cook Islands (1999)
Cote d'Ivoire (1986)
Cuba (1967)
Dominica (1985)
Democratic Republic of the Congo (1986)
Fiji (1981)
Gambia (1986)
Gibraltar (1990)
Grenada (1964)
Iraq (1972)
Jordan (1960)
Latvia (2006)
Lesotho (1978)
Liberia (1977)
Luxembourg (1994)
Madagascar (1961)
Micronesia (1975)
Morocco (1978)
Papua New Guinea (1986)
Samoa (1986)
Senegal (1987)
Seychelles (1995)
St. Kitts & Nevis (1981)
St. Martin (2006)
St. Vincent & the Grenadines (2006)
Suriname (1999)
Swaziland (1994)
Tunisia (1971)
Vanuatu (1978)
Zambia (2010)
Zimbabwe (2001)

Inactive territories and dependencies
(1952–1990)

Region of China	Hong Kong (1952–2000)

Constituent country of Denmark	Greenland (1987–1990)

Overseas regions of France	French Guiana (1977–1984) Guadeloupe (1977–1984) Martinique (1957–1984) New Caledonia (1982) Réunion (1977–1986) Tahiti (1962–1985)

Part of United Kingdom	England (1955–1990) Scotland (1961–1990) Wales (1961–1990)

Part of Japan	Okinawa (1963–1968)

Bantustans of South Africa	Bophuthatswana (1979) Transkei (1979–1983)

Territories of USA	Alaska (1952–1958) Hawaii (1952–1959)

Miss World participant countries and territories

Active (1951–present)	Albania Angola Argentina Aruba Australia Austria Bahamas Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Bermuda Bolivia Bosnia & Herzegovina Botswana Brazil British Virgin Islands Bulgaria Cameroon Canada Chad Chile China Chinese Taipei Colombia Costa Rica Cote d'Ivoire Croatia Curaçao Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador England Equatorial Guinea Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Georgia Germany Ghana Gibraltar Greece Guadeloupe Guam Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Kazakhstan Kenya Korea Kosovo Kyrgyzstan Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Macedonia FYRO Malawi Malaysia Malta Martinique Mauritius Mexico Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Nigeria Northern Ireland Norway Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Romania Russia Samoa Scotland Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia South Africa South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka St. Kitts & Nevis Sweden Switzerland Tanzania Thailand Trinidad & Tobago Tunisia Turkey Uganda Ukraine United States Uruguay US Virgin Islands Venezuela Vietnam Wales Zambia Zimbabwe

Inactive	Algeria (2002) Andorra (2003) Antigua & Barbuda (2008) Bangladesh (2001) Bonaire (2012) Cape Verde (2010) Cambodia (2006) Cayman Islands (2011) Cook Islands (1990) Cuba (1975) Democratic Republic of the Congo (2008) Dominica (2013) Estonia (2005) Gambia (1986) Greenland (1992) Grenada (2007) Guernsey (1975) Hawaii (2001) Isle of Man (1988) Jersey (1981) Jordan (1981) Madagascar (2001) Monaco (1955) Montserrat (1964) Morocco (1968) Northern Marianas (2003) Papua New Guinea (1990) São Tomé and the Príncipe (2014) St. Barthelemy (2011) St. Lucia (2010) St. Martin (2001) St. Vincent and Grenadines (1994) Suriname (2011) Swaziland (2009) Syria (1966) Tahiti (2010) Tonga (1986) Turks & Caicos (2004) Uzbekistan (2013)

Miss Earth participating countries and territories

Active (2001–present)	Albania Argentina Aruba Australia Austria Bahamas Belgium Belize Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil British Virgin Islands Canada Chile China Colombia Democratic Republic of Congo Crimea Croatia Costa Rica Cote d'Ivoire Curaçao Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador England France Fiji Gabon Germany Ghana Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary India Indonesia Ireland Israel Italy Japan Kazakhstan Kenya Korea Kosovo Latvia Lebanon Macau Madagascar Malaysia Malta Martinique Mauritius Mexico Myanmar Mongolia Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Nigeria Northern Ireland Norway Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Reunion Island Romania Russia Rwanda Samoa Scotland Serbia Sierra Leone Singapore Slovak Republic Slovenia South Africa South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka St. Lucia Suriname Sweden Switzerland Tahiti Chinese Taipei Tanzania Thailand Tonga Trinidad & Tobago Turkey Uganda Ukraine United States Uruguay US Virgin Islands Venezuela Vietnam Wales Zambia Zimbabwe

Inactive	Afghanistan (2005) Antigua and Barbuda (2003) Barbados (2002) Bhutan (2008) Bonaire (2013) Bulgaria (2004) Cambodia (2005) Cameroon (2010) Cayman Islands (2010) Chad (2004) Cook Islands (2012) Cuba (2009) Estonia (2011) Ethiopia (2008) Finland (2012) Georgia (2009) Gibraltar (2003) Greece (2009) Hong Kong (2011) Iceland (2007) Jamaica (2010) Liberia (2008) Lithuania (2013) Luxembourg (2011) Macedonia FYRO (2006) Moldova (2012) Nicaragua (2012) Niue Islands (2007) Republic of Congo (2007) Tibet (2007) Tokelau (2005) Turks & Caicos (2009) Uganda (2008)

Miss International participant countries and territories

Active (1960–present)	Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Belarus Belgium Bolivia Brazil Cameroon Canada Chile China Chinese Taipei Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Curaçao Denmark Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Estonia Finland France Gabon Georgia Germany Gibraltar Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guyana Haiti Hawaii (Special Region) Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Israel Italy Japan Kenya Korea Kyrgyzstan Latvia Lebanon Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Malaysia Martinique Mauritius Mexico Mongolia Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Northern Marianas Norway Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Romania Russia Serbia Singapore Slovakia South Africa South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Suriname Sweden Tahiti Tanzania Thailand Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom USA US Virgin Islands Venezuela Vietnam Zambia

Inactive	Angola (2004) Austria (1994) Bahamas (2010) Belize (2012) Bermuda (1971) Bulgaria (1970) Croatia (2003) Cote d'Ivoire (1999) Cyprus (2006) Czech Republic (2010) Democratic Republic of the Congo (1987) Ethiopia (2009) Fiji (1996) Greece (2010) Ireland (1994) Jamaica (2010) Jordan (1963) Kazakhstan (2005) Liberia (2008) Madagascar (1961) Malta (2004) Moldova (2009) Morocco (1969) New Caledonia (2006) Palau (2001) Republic of the Congo (2008) San Marino (2001) Senegal (2004) Seychelles (1995) Switzerland (1993) Togo (2000) Uganda (2009) Uruguay (1999) Zimbabwe (2011)

Miss America state pageants

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