Miss Universe Puerto Rico

Miss Universe Puerto Rico
Formation 1952
Type Beauty pageant
Headquarters San Juan
Location
Membership
Miss Universe
Official language
Spanish
Key people
 Denise Quiñones
(National Director)
Website muniversepr.com

Miss Universe Puerto Rico (previously called Miss Puerto Rico) is a national Beauty pageant in Puerto Rico.

History

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, Luisito Vigoreaux and Desireé Lowry 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.[1] 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.[2]

On February 5, 2018, it was announced that Luisito Vigoreaux and Desiree Lowry had lost the rights to the franchise, with WME/IMG awarding rights to WAPA-TV.[3]

On February 15, 2018, Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2001 and Miss Universe 2001 winner Denise Quiñones was named as the pageant’s national director.[4]

Titleholders at Big Four pageants

Puerto Rico has been represented in the Big Four international beauty pageants, the four major international beauty pageants for women.[5][6] These are Miss World, Miss Universe, Miss International and Miss Earth.[7][8][9]

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

Representative to Miss Universe

Year Miss Universe Puerto Rico Placement Special Awards
2018 Kiara Liz Ortega Delgado TBA TBA
2017 Danyeshka Hernández Valentín
2016 Brenda Azaria Jiménez Hernández (Assumed)
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
2005 Cynthia Enid Olavarría Rivera 1st Runner-up
2004 Alba Giselle Reyes Santos 2nd Runner-up Miss Photogenic
2003 Carla Tricoli Rodríguez Miss Photogenic
2002 Isis Marie Casalduc González Miss Photogenic
2001 Denise Marie Quiñones August Miss Universe 2001 Miss Photogenic
2000 Zoraida Isabel "Zoribel" Fonalledas Ferraiouli
1999 Brenda Liz López Ramos Top 10 Miss Photogenic
1998 Joyce Marie Giraud Mojica 2nd Runner-Up
1997 Ana Rosa Brito Suárez Top 10
1996 Sarybel Velilla Cabeza
1995 Desirée Lowry Rodríguez Top 6
1994 Brenda Esther Robles Cortés
1993 Dayanara Torres Delgado Miss Universe 1993
1992 Daisy García Rodríguez
1991 Lizzette Marie Bouret Echevarría
1990 Maria Luisa Fortuño Cosimi
1989 Catalina María Villar Ruiz
1988 Isabel Maria Pardo Cubeñas
1987 Laurie Tamara Simpson Rivera 4th Runner-Up
1986 Elizabeth Robison Latalladi Top 10
1985 Deborah Fátima Carthy-Deu Miss Universe 1985
1984 Sandra Beauchamp Roche
1983 Carmen Batíz Vergara
1982 Lourdes Milagros Mantero Hormazábal
1981 Carmen Lotti Rodríguez
1980 Agnes Tañón Correa Top 12
1979 Audrey Teresa "Tere" López Hernández
1978 Ada Cecille Perkins Flores †
1977 Maria Del Mar Rivera Veglio
1976 Elizabeth Zayas Ortiz
1975 Lorell Del Carmen Carmona Juan
1974 Sonia María Stege Chardón Top 12
1973 Gladys Vanessa Colón Díaz
1972 Bárbara Torres Viñolo
1971 Idalia Margarita "Beba" Franco 3rd Runner-Up
1970 Marisol Malaret Contreras Miss Universe 1970
1969 Aida Betancourt
1968 Marylene Carrasquillo
1967 Ivonne Coll Mendoza
1966 Carol Bajandas
1965 Gloria Cobián Díaz
1964 Yolanda Rodríguez Machín
1963 Jeanette Biascoechea
1962 Ana Celia Sosa
1961 Enid Del Valle
1957 Mapita Mercado Cordero Miss Congeniality
1956 Paquita Vivo
1955 Carmen Laura Betancourt
1954 Lucy Santiago
1953 Wanda Irizarry
1952 Marilia Levy Bernal

See also

References

  1. ↑ Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2007 Podcast
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  5. ↑ Jun, Kwanwoo (2003-12-03). "Lost in Storm's Debris: A Beauty Pageant". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
  6. ↑ Kenya, News (2011-07-15). "Beauty with scandals". Standard Digital News. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
  7. ↑ Vietnam, News (2008-10-08). "Những scandal của Miss World". Vietnam Express. Archived from the original on 2015-11-17. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
  8. ↑ Ibrahim, Lynda (2013-09-13). "The misses and missuses of the world". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
  9. ↑ Lowe, Aya (2016-01-25). "Philippines' Miss Universe returns home, ignites dreams". Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
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