Miss Spain

Miss Spain

Formation	1929
Type	Beauty pageant
Headquarters	Madrid
Location	Spain
Membership	Miss Universe Miss World Miss International Miss Europe
Official language	Spanish
President	Guillermo Escobar García
Website	Official website

Miss Spain (Spanish: Miss España) is a national Beauty pageant in Spain.

History

Number of Wins under Miss España Organization (Miss Universe Spain)
Current franchises
Pageant	Title	Winning year(s)
Miss Universe	1	1974
Miss World	1	2015
Miss International	3	1977, 1990, 2008
Miss Earth	0	None
Miss Europe	5	1962, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1985

The origins of Miss Spain date back to 1929, when early contests took place until the advent of civil war in 1936, followed by the dictatorship of Francisco Franco, which did not permit beauty pageants until 1961.

It is currently broadcast to the entire country by Telecinco, from the Marina d'Or resort, in the province of Castellón.

Any woman who wants to participate in Miss Spain must appear before provincial branches of the pageant, and learn about the requirements needed, as well as methods for selection to be carried out in that province. Once selected by a delegation, they will represent their province in the contest. After a month of preliminary competition, events and cultural activities around the country, the new Miss Spain is selected.

The winner of Miss Spain is sent to represent her country in Miss Universe. However, if Miss Spain is underage, a runner-up is sent to Miss Universe. Overall in these international pageants, Spain's success has been moderate with one Miss Universe title in 1974 and 3 Miss International titles in 1977, 1990 and 2008. In 2013, the pageant is separated into several pageants - like Miss World Spain and Miss Spain.

Titleholders

Patricia Yurena Rodríguez, Miss Spain 2008.

Helen Lindes, Miss Spain 2000.

Natalia Zabala, Miss Spain 2007.

The winner of Miss España represents her country at Miss Universe. On occasion, when the winner does not qualify (due to age) for either contest, a runner-up is sent. Sometimes, the winner can also compete at Miss World and Miss Europe if the winner will be available to compete by the Miss España Organization. However,Miss Espana Organization was claimed to bankrupt in 2012,and separated into several independent contests choosing the representatives in the International beauty pagents like Miss World Spain and Miss Universe Spain.

Miss Universo España

Year	Miss Universo España	Region	Notes
2015	Carla García Barber	Las Palmas	Miss España 2010 1st Runner-up
2014	Desirée Cordero Ferrer	Seville
2013	Patricia Yurena Rodríguez	Tenerife	Miss España 2008

Year	Miss España	Region	Notes
2011	Andrea Huisgen	Barcelona
2010	Paula Guilló Sempere[1]	Teruel
2009	Estíbaliz Pereira Rábade	A Coruña
2008	Patricia Yurena Rodríguez[2]	Tenerife	Competed in Miss World 2008
2007	Natalia Zabala Arroyo	Guipúzcoa
2006	Elisabeth Reyes Villegas	Málaga
2005	Verónica Hidalgo	Gerona
2004	María Jesús Ruiz Garzón [3][4]	Jaén
2003	Eva María González Fernández	Sevilla
2002	Vania Millán Miras	Almería
2001	Lorena Van Heerde Ayala^[A]	Alicante
2000	Helen Lindes Griffiths	Las Palmas
1999	Lorena Bernal Pascual	Guipúzcoa
1998	María José Besora Villanueva	Murcia
1997	Inés Sáinz Esteban	Vizcaya
1996	María José Suárez Benítez	Sevilla
1995	María Reyes Vázquez	Soria
1993-94	Raquel Rodríguez Hidalgo	Córdoba
1992	Eugenia Santana Alba	Las Palmas
1991	Sofía Mazagatos Gómez	Madrid
1990	Esther Arroyo Bermúdez	Cádiz
1989	Raquel Revuelta Armengou	Sevilla
1988	Eva María Pedraza López	Córdoba
1987	Sonsoles Artigas Mederos	Las Palmas
1986	Remedios Cervantes Montoya	Málaga
1985	Amparo Martínez Cerdán	Valencia
1984	Juncal Rivero Fadrique Castilla	Valladolid	Miss Europe 1985
1983	Garbiñe Abasolo García	Vizcaya
1982	Ana Isabel Herrero García	Teruel
1981	Cristina Pérez Cottrell	Málaga
1980	Francisca Ondiviela	Las Palmas
1979	María Dolores Forner Toro	Madrid
1978	Gloria María Valenciano	Las Palmas
1977	Guillermina Ruiz Doménech	Islas Baleares
1976	Luz María Polegre Hernández	Tenerife
1975	Olga Fernández Pérez	Pontevedra
1974	Nelly Rodriguez	Tenerife
1973	Amparo Muñoz	Málaga	Miss Universe 1974
1972	Rocío Martín Madrigal	Sevilla
1971	Maria del Carmen Muñoz	Madrid
1970	Josefina Román	Cádiz
1969	Noelia Afonso	Tenerife	Miss Europe 1970
1968	Amparo Rodrigo	Valencia
1967	Paquita Delgado Sánchez	Córdoba
1966	Paquita Torres Pérez	Málaga	Miss Europe 1967
1965	Alicia Borrás	Barcelona
1964	Mª José Ulla	Madrid
1963	María Rosa Pérez Gómez	Tenerife
1962	Maruja García Nicolau	Islas Baleares	Miss Europe 1963
1961	María del Carmen Cervera [5]	Barcelona
1960	Teresa Del Rio	Málaga
1935	Alicia Navarro [6]	Tenerife	Miss Europe 1935
1934	María Eugenia Henríquez Girón	Madrid
1933	Emilia Docet	Pontevedra
1932	Teresita Daniel	Barcelona
1931	Ermelina Carreño	Ciudad Real
1930	Elena Pla	Valencia
1929	Pepita Samper	Valencia

^A Resigned
^B Took over title
^C Patricia Yurena Rodríguez originally won Miss Spain 2008 but due to age requirements was unable to compete at Miss Universe and was subsequently replaced by Claudia Moro. Rodríguez instead represented Spain at Miss World. Rodríguez later won Miss Universe Spain 2013 represented Spain at Miss Universe 2013.

Representatives at Big Four pageants

Representatives at Miss Universe

Color key

•      Declared as Winner
•      Ended as runner-up
•      Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists

The winner of Miss España represents her country at the Miss Universe. On occasion, when the winner does not qualify (due to age) for either contest, a runner-up is sent.

Year	Miss España	Region	Placement	Special Awards
2015	Carla García Barber	Las Palmas	Unplaced
2014	Desirée Cordero Ferrer	Seville	Top 10
2013	Patricia Yurena Rodríguez	Tenerife	1st Runner-up
2012	Andrea Huisgen	Barcelona	Unplaced
2011	Paula Guilló Sempere	Teruel	Unplaced
2010	Adriana Reverón	Tenerife	Unplaced
2009	Estíbaliz Pereira Rábade	A Coruña	Unplaced
2008	Claudia Moro Fernández	Madrid	Top 10
2007	Natalia Zabala Arroyo	Guipúzcoa	Unplaced
2006	Elisabeth Reyes Villegas	Málaga	Unplaced
2005	Verónica Hidalgo	Gerona	Unplaced
2004	María Jesús Ruiz Garzón	Jaén	Unplaced
2003	Eva María González Fernández	Sevilla	Unplaced
2002	Vania Millán Miras	Almería	Unplaced
2001	Eva Sisó Casals^[B]	Lleida	Top 10
2000	Helen Lindes Griffiths	Las Palmas	2nd Runner-up	Miss Photogenic
1999	Diana Nogueira González	Pontevedra	2nd Runner-up
1998	María José Besora Villanueva	Murcia	Unplaced
1997	Inés Sáinz Esteban	Vizcaya	Unplaced
1996	María José Suárez Benítez	Sevilla	Unplaced
1995	María Reyes Vázquez	Soria	Unplaced
1994	Raquel Rodríguez Hidalgo	Córdoba	Unplaced
1993	Eugenia Santana Alba	Las Palmas	Top 10	Miss Photogenic
1992	Virginia García Alvarez	Valladolid	Unplaced
1991	Esther Arroyo Bermúdez	Cádiz	Unplaced
1990	Raquel Revuelta Armengou	Sevilla	Unplaced
1989	Eva María Pedraza López	Córdoba	Unplaced
1988	Sonsoles Artigas Mederos	Las Palmas	Unplaced
1987	Remedios Cervantes Montoya	Málaga	Unplaced
1986	Isabel Tur Espinosa	Málaga	Unplaced
1985	Maria Teresa Sánchez López	Seville	1st Runner-up
1984	Garbiñe Abasolo García	Vizcaya	Unplaced	Miss Photogenic
1983	Ana Isabel Herrero García	Teruel	Top 12
1982	Cristina Pérez Cottrell	Málaga	Unplaced
1981	Francisca Ondiviela	Las Palmas	Unplaced
1980	Yolanda María Hoyos Vega	Asturias	Unplaced
1979	Gloria María Valenciano	Las Palmas	Unplaced
1978	Guillermina Ruiz Doménech	Islas Baleares	2nd Runner-up
1977	Luz María Polegre Hernández	Tenerife	Top 12
1976	Olga Fernández Pérez	Pontevedra	Unplaced
1975	Consuelo Martín López	Tenerife	Unplaced
1974	Amparo Muñoz	Málaga	Miss Universe 1974
1973	Rocío Martín Madrigal	Sevilla	3rd Runner-up	Best National Costume
1972	Maria del Carmen Muñoz	Madrid	Unplaced
1971	Josefina Román	Cádiz	Top 12
1970	Noelia Afonso	Tenerife	Unplaced
1969	Amparo Rodrigo	Valencia	Unplaced
1968	Yolanda Legarreta Urquijo	País Vasco	Unplaced
1967	Paquita Delgado Sánchez	Córdoba	Top 15
1966	Paquita Torres Pérez	Málaga	Top 15	Miss Congeniality
1965	Alicia Borrás	Barcelona	Unplaced
1964	María José Ulla Madronero	Madrid	Unplaced
1963	María Rosa Pérez Gómez	Tenerife	Unplaced
1962	Conchita Roig Urpi	Barcelona	Unplaced
1961	Pilar Gil Ramos	Madrid	Unplaced
1960	María Teresa del Río	Málaga	4th Runner-up

Representatives at Miss World

The Miss España Mundo represents her country at the Miss World. On occasion, when the winner does not qualify (due to age) for either contest, a contestant from Miss Spain is sent. In 2013 the official candidate will be selecting by Miss World Spain pageant, due to economic problems in Spain in 2011, the Miss España was bankruptcy.

Year	Miss España	Province	Placement	Special Awards
1960	Concepción Molinera Palacios	Barcelona	Unplaced
1961	Maria del Carmen Fernández	Cataluña	2nd Runner-up
1962	Conchita Roig Urpi	Cataluña	Unplaced
1963	Encarnación Zalabardo	Málaga	Unplaced
1964	Maria José Ulla Madronero	Madrid	Top 15
1970	Josefina Román Gutiérrez	Cádiz	Unplaced
1971	María Margarita García	Madrid	Top 15
1972	Maria del Carmen Muñoz	Madrid	Unplaced
1973	Mariona Rosell	Cataluña	Unplaced
1974	Natividad Rodríguez	Tenerife	Top 15
1976	Luz Maria Polegre Hernández	Tenerife	Top 15
1977	Guillermina Ruiz Doménech	Islas Baleares	Top 15
1978	Gloria María Valenciano	Las Palmas	4th Runner-up
1979	Maria Dolores Lola Forner Toro	Madrid	Top 15
1980	Francisca Otero	Las Palmas	Unplaced
1981	Cristina Pérez Cottrell	Málaga	Unplaced
1982	Ana Isabel Herrero García	Aragón	Unplaced
1983	Milagros Pérez Castro	Las Palmas	Unplaced
1984	Juncal Rivero Fadrique	Castilla-León	Unplaced
1985	Maria Amparo Martínez	Valencia	Unplaced
1986	Remedios Cervantes	Málaga	Unplaced
1987	Sonsoles Artigas Medero	Las Palmas	Unplaced
1988	Susana de la Llave Varón	Cataluña	4th Runner-up
1989	Eva Maria Pedraza	Córdoba	Unplaced
1990	Maria del Carmen Carrasco	Málaga	Unplaced
1991	Maria Candelaria Moreno	Tenerife	Unplaced
1992	Samantha Torres	Islas Baleares	Unplaced
1993	Araceli García Eugenio	Madrid	Unplaced
1994	Virginia Pareja Garófano	Cataluña	Unplaced
1995	Candelaria Rodríguez	Tenerife	Unplaced
1996	Patricia Ruiz Fernández	Cantabria	Unplaced
1997	Nuria Avellaneda Gallego	Islas Baleares	Unplaced
1998	Rocío Jiménez Fernández	Cádiz	Unplaced
1999	Lorena Bernal Pascual	País Vasco	Top 10
2000	Verónica García Benito	Cataluña	Unplaced
2001	Macarena García Naranjo	Sevilla	Top 10
2002	Lola Alcocer	Sevilla	Unplaced
2003	Maria Teresa Martín	Málaga	Unplaced
2004	Maite Medina Cerrato	Cataluña	Unplaced
2005	Mireia Verdú Tremosa	Cataluña	Top 15
2006	Inmaculada Torres Del Rey	Alicante	Unplaced
2007	Natalia Zabala	País Vasco	Unplaced
2008	Patricia Yurena Rodríguez	Tenerife	Top 15
2009	Carmen Laura García	Granada	Unplaced
2010	Fátima Jiménez	Sevilla	Unplaced
2011	Carla García Barber	Las Palmas	Top 15
2012	Aránzazu Estévez Godoy	Las Palmas	Top 15
2013	Elena Ibarbia Jiménez	País Vasco	Top 6
2014	Lourdes Fernández	Castilla-La Mancha	Unplaced
2015	Mireia Lalaguna [7]	Barcelona	Miss World 2015	Miss World Top Model

Representatives at Miss International

The 2nd Runner-up of Miss España represents her country at the Miss International. On occasion, when the winner does not qualify (due to age) for either contest, a contestant is sent. In 2013 the official candidate will be selecting by Miss Internacional España pageant. Perhaps in 2014 will be joining at the Miss España again, due to economic problems in Spain in 2011, the pageant was bankruptcy.

Year	Miss España	Placement	Special Awards
1960	Elena Herrera Dávila-Núñez	Unplaced
1961	Maria Del Carmen Fernández	2nd Runner-up
1963	Encarnación Zalabardo	Unplaced
1964	Lucia Pilar Herrera	Unplaced
1965	Rafaela Roque Sánchez	Top 15
1967	Amparo Ruiz	Unplaced
1968	Yolanda Legarreta Urquijo	Unplaced
1969	Mery de Lara Caballero	Top 15
1970	María Margarita García	Unplaced
1971	Consuelo Varela Costales	Unplaced
1972	Gloria Puyol Toledo	Unplaced
1973	Maria Isabel Lorenzo	2nd Runner-up	Miss Photogenic
1974	Consuelo Martín López	Top 15
1975	Maria Teresa Maldonado	Unplaced
1976	Victoria Martín González	Unplaced
1977	Pilar Medina	Miss International 1977	Best National Costume
1978	Maria Inmaculada Arencibia	Unplaced
1979	Yolanda Maria Hoyos	Unplaced
1980	María Agustina García	2nd Runner-up
1981	Francisca Otero	Unplaced
1982	María del Carmen Arqués	1st Runner-up
1983	Milagros Pérez Castro	Top 10
1984	Soledad Marisol Pila Balanza	Top 10
1985	Beatriz Molero Beltrán	Top 10
1986	Irán Pont Gil	Top 10
1987	Ana García Bonilla	Top 10
1988	Maria Carmen Aragall Casadellá	Top 10
1989	Mercedes Martín Mier	Top 10
1990	Silvia de Esteban	Miss International 1990
1991	Elodie Chantal Jordá de Quay	Top 10
1992	Samantha Torres Waldrón	Top 10
1993	Ana Piedad Galván	Unplaced
1994	Carmen Maria Vicente	2nd Runner-up
1995	Jimena Garay	Top 10
1996	Rosa Maria Casado Teixidor	Top 10
1997	Isabel Gil Gambín	Top 10
1998	Vanessa Romero Torres	Top 10
1999	Carmen Fernández Ruiz	1st Runner-up
2000	Raquel Gonzales Rovira	Unplaced
2001	Ayola Molina Carrasco	Top 15
2002	Laura Espinosa Huertas	Top 15
2003	Maria Carillo Reyes	Unplaced
2004	Cristina Torres Domínguez	Top 15
2005	Maria del Pilar Domínquez	Unplaced
2006	Sara Sánchez Torres	Top 12
2007	Nerea Arce Alea	Top 15
2008	Alejandra Andreu	Miss International 2008	Miss Photogenic
2009	Melania Santiago	Top 15
2010	Desirée Panal Muñoz	Top 15
2011	Sarah Lopez	Unplaced
2012	Ana Amparo Martínez	Unplaced
2013	Araceli Carrilero Martínez	Top 15
2014	Rocío Tormo	Unplaced
2015	Cristina Silva Cano	Unplaced
2016	TBA	TBA

International winners

Flag	Miss Universe	Miss World	Miss International	Miss Europe
	1974 Amparo Muñoz	2015 Mireia Lalaguna	1977 Pilar Medina Canadell	1935 Alicia Navarro
			1990 Silvia de Estaban Niubó	1936 Antonia Arques
			2008 Alejandra Andreu Santamarta	1962 Maruja García Nicoláu
				1967 Paquita Torres Pérez
				1970 Noelia Alfonso Cabrera
				1974 Maria Isabel Lorenzo
				1975 Juncal Rivero Fadrique

Judges

• Lina Morgan-1997
• Luz Marina Zuluaga-1998
• Élodie Gossuin-2002
• Lorena Bernal-2003
• Laurita Valenzuela-2003
• Raúl Fuentes Cuenca-2004
• Tamara-2005
• Eva González-2005
• Juan García Postigo-2008

See also

• Míster España

References

1. "Paula Guilló, Miss Teruel, is crowned Miss Spain 2010". ¡Hola!. September 26, 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-10.
2. "Miss Tenerife is crowned Miss Spain". Canarias7. EFE. March 2, 2010. Retrieved 21 October 2010.
3. "Miss Universe (2004) -- National Costumes". seattlepi.com. May 26, 2004. Retrieved April 1, 2016.
4. "Miss Spain 2004. Maria Jesus Garzon, Miss Jaen ...". Getty Images. March 28, 2004. Retrieved April 1, 2016.
5. Gayesky, F.; Gorman, E.; Luna, K.; Legaspi, A. (2007). MTV Spain. MTV Guides. Wiley. p. 124. ISBN 978-0-7645-8772-6.
6. Payne, S.G. (1993). Spain's First Democracy: The Second Republic, 1931-1936. University of Wisconsin Press. p. 256. ISBN 978-0-299-13674-1.
7. Mic (December 20, 2015). "Miss World 2015 Photos: Miss Spain Crowned 65th Winner of Beauty Pageant". Mic. Retrieved April 1, 2016.

External links

• Official website
• MISS ESPANA