Miss América Latina
Type | Beauty Pageant |
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Website | http://www.missamericalatina.com/ |
Miss América Latina or Miss América Latina del Mundo, known in English as Miss Latin America or Miss Latin America of the World, is an international beauty contest held annually. It is organized by the Miss América Latina Organization. Despite its name, the contest is not restricted to only Latin American nations. It is designed for women of Latina descent around the globe. There is an average of about 20 contestants every year. It has two sister pageants: Miss Latina US (which selects the US delegate to Miss América Latina) and Miss Teen US Latina.
The current titleholder is from Venezuela.
History[]
The Miss América Latina pageant was founded in the early 1980s. The first edition was held in 1981, when it was open to only Latina contestants in Miami, Florida, United States. In 1983, the contest went international.[1]
Miss Latin America 2021[]
Miss Latin America 2021 took place on October 14, 2021, in the Occidental Caribe Resort in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.[2] 15 delegates participated in the event. At the conclusion of the final event USA Latina's Nancy Gomez crowned Venezuela's Yosdany Navarro. Navarro became the fourth Venezuelan woman to win the contest. The runners-up were Daiara Stein (Brazil), Brianna Lorena (USA Latina), Chris Aguilar (Panama) and Flavia Núñez (Peru).
Titleholders[]
Year | Name | Nationality | City | Country |
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Lesley Quintanilla | United States | Miami, Florida | United States | |
Martha Álvarez | ||||
1983 | María Rosa | Puerto Rico | ||
1984 | Mirla Ochoa[3] | Venezuela | ||
Victoria Mauríz | Dominican Republic | |||
1986 | Lucia Collado | San José | Costa Rica | |
1987-1988[a] | Lorenia Burruel | Mexico | Santa Cruz de la Sierra | Bolivia |
1989 | Suzanne Hannaux | El Salvador | Hermosillo, Sonora | Mexico |
1990 | Vanessa Holler | Venezuela | San Salvador | El Salvador |
1991 | María Elena Bellido | Peru | Buenos Aires | Argentina |
1992 | Ana Sofía Pereira | Nicaragua | Guayaquil | Ecuador |
1993 | María Fernanda Morales | Guatemala | Guatemala City | Guatemala |
1994-1995[b] | Priscila Furlan | Brazil | Guayaquil | Ecuador |
1996-1997[c] | Jeannette Chávez | Costa Rica | Lima | Peru |
1998-1999[d] | Aline Resende | Brazil | Costa del Sol | El Salvador |
2000 | Dania Prince | Honduras | Guatemala City | Guatemala |
2001 | Grace Martins | Brazil | Montelimar Beach | Nicaragua |
2002 | Claudia Cruz | Dominican Republic | Bávaro Beach | Dominican Republic |
2003 | Maria Carolina Casado | Venezuela | Playa Tambor | Costa Rica |
2004 | Gamalis Fermín | Puerto Rico | Cancún, Quintana Roo | Mexico |
2005 | Mariela Candia | Paraguay | Punta Cana | Dominican Republic |
2006 | Melissa Quesada | United States | Riviera Maya, Quintana Roo | Mexico |
2007 | Giannina Silva (dethroned) | Uruguay | Riviera Maya, Quintana Roo | |
Heidy García (successor) | Guatemala | |||
2008 | Daniele Sampaio | Italy | Punta Cana | Dominican Republic |
2009 | Johanna Solano | Costa Rica | ||
2010 | Carolina Lemus | Colombia | ||
2011 | Estefani Chalco | Ecuador | ||
2012 | Georgina Méndez | Guatemala | Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo | Mexico |
2013 | Julia Guerra[4] | Brazil | Riviera Maya, Quintana Roo | |
2014 | Nicole Pinto (resigned) | Panama | Punta Cana | Dominican Republic |
Yanire Ortiz (successor) | Spain | |||
2015 | Karla Monje | United States | Riviera Maya, Quintana Roo | Mexico |
2016[5] | Laura Spoya | Peru | ||
2017 | Elicena Andrada Orrego | Spain | Bahías de Huatulco, Oaxaca | |
2018 | Nadine Teresa Verhulp | Netherlands | Punta Cana | Dominican Republic |
2019-2020 | Nancy Gomez | United States | ||
2021 | Yosdany Navarro | Venezuela |
Number of titleholders by country[]
Country/Territory | Titles | Winning/Title Years |
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United States | 5 | 1981, 1982, 2006, 2015, 2019-20 |
Venezuela | 4 | 1984, 1990, 2003, 2021 |
Brazil | 1994-95, 1998–99, 2001, 2013 | |
Guatemala | 3 | 1993, 2007, 2012 |
Dominican Republic | 1985, 1986, 2002 | |
Spain | 2 | 2014, 2017 |
Peru | 1991, 2016 | |
Costa Rica | 1996-97, 2009 | |
Puerto Rico | 1983, 2004 | |
Netherlands | 1 | 2018 |
Ecuador | 2011 | |
Colombia | 2010 | |
Italy | 2008 | |
Paraguay | 2005 | |
Honduras | 2000 | |
Nicaragua | 1992 | |
El Salvador | 1989 | |
Mexico | 1987-88 |
* The first two Miss Latin America contests were only open to women living in Miami.[1] Although the winners of both contests are regarded as official Miss Latin America titleholders, their wins do not appear in the United States' tally.
See also[]
- List of beauty contests
Notes[]
- ^ The 1988 event was postponed until 1989 because of the Mexican presidential inauguration, and thus Lorenia Burruel was named Miss América Latina 1987-88
- ^ The 1995 event was canceled due to a national crisis in the host city. Priscila Furlan was then named Miss América Latina 1994-95.
- ^ The 1997 event was postponed for unknown reasons. Thus, Jeannette Chávez's title was extended to Miss América Latina 1996-97
- ^ The 1999 event was renamed to Miss América Latina 2000 in order to post-date the titles. Aline Resende's title was changed to Miss América Latina 1998-99.
References[]
- "Latin America". pageantopolis.com. Archived from the original on January 16, 2012. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
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- ^ a b "Historia del Certamen Miss América Latina inaugurado en Miami, Florida, USA". 2009-02-28. Archived from the original on 28 February 2009. Retrieved 2017-03-13.
- ^ "Venezolana Yosdany Navarro se coronó Miss América Latina del Mundo". 2021-10-15. Retrieved 2021-10-15.
- ^ Rodríguez, Julio; Montaldo, Diego (April 30, 2011). "Falleció Mirla Ochoa nuestra primera Miss America Latina". Rumberos.net (in Spanish). Retrieved March 13, 2017.
- ^ "Julia Guerra of Brazil Crowned Miss Latin America of the World 2013". Beauty Pageant News. August 31, 2013. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
- ^ "Belleza oriental en Sidney". EL PAIS. No. Online national news. Copyright ® EL PAIS S.A. 1918 - 2016. 4 June 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
External links[]
- Miss América Latina
- International beauty pageants
- Continental beauty pageants
- Beauty pageants for people of specific ethnic or national descents