El Salvador at major beauty pageants
This is a list of El Salvador's representatives and their placements at the Big Four international beauty pageants, considered the most important in the world. The country has yet to win any of the four pageants.
Hundreds of beauty pageants are conducted yearly, but the Big Four are considered the most prestigious,[1] widely covered and broadcast by media.[2] The Wall Street Journal,[3] BBC News,[4] CNN,[5] Xinhua News Agency,[6] and global news agencies such as Reuters[7] and Agence France-Presse[8][9] collectively refer to the four major pageants as "Big Four" namely: Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss International, and Miss Earth.[10][11][12]
The criteria for the Big Four inclusion is based on specific standards such as the pageants global prominence and prestige approved by worldwide media, the quality and quantity of crowned delegates recognized by international franchisees and pageant aficionados, the winner's post pageant activities; the pageants longevity, consistency, and history; the sincerity of the pageant's specific cause, platform, and advocacy; the overall pre-pageant activities, production quality and global telecast; the enormity of internet traffic; and the extent of popularity amongst pageant fans across the globe.[13][14]
El Salvador's Big Four titleholders
El Salvador has been represented in the Big Four international beauty pageants, the four major international beauty pageants for women.[3][15] These are Miss World, Miss Universe, Miss International and Miss Earth.[16][17][18]
- Color key
- Ended as Runner-up
- Ended as one of the Finalists or Semi-finalists
YEAR | MISS UNIVERSE | MISS WORLD | MISS INTERNATIONAL | MISS EARTH |
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2020 | TBA | TBA | Iris Yazmín Guerra | TBA |
2019 | Zuleika Soler | Fátima Mangandi | Elena Battle | x |
2018 | Marisela de Montecristo | Metzi Solano | Ena Cea | Andrea Jaco |
2017 | Alisson Abarca | Fatima Cuellar Top 15 |
Fátima Mangandi | x |
2016 | x | Ana Cortez | Elizabeth Cader Top 15 |
x |
2015 | Idubina Rivas | Marcela Santamaria | Eugenia Avalos | Pamela Valdivieso |
2014 | Patricia Murillo | Larissa Vega | Idubina Rivas | Georgina Gonzalez |
2013 | Alba Delgado | Paola Ayala | Yaritza Rivera | x |
2012 | Ana Yancy Clavel | Maria Luisa Vicuña | Marlin Ramirez | Yaritza Rivera |
2011 | Mayra Aldana | Marcela Castro | Marcela Santamaria | Anita Puertas |
2010 | Sonia Cruz | Gabriela Molina | x | x |
2009 | Mayella Mena | Elena Tedesco | Vanessa Hueck | Mayra Aldana |
2008 | Rebeca Moreno | Gabriela Gavidia | Georgina Cisneros | Teresita Gomez |
2007 | Lissette Rodríguez | Silvia Melhado | Ledin Dimas | Julia Iris Ayala |
2006 | Rebecca Iraheta | Evelyn Romero | x | Ana Flor Astrid Machado |
2005 | Irma Dimas | Alejandra Mirian Carcamo | Ana Saidia Palma Rebollo | Irma Dimas Top 16 |
2004 | Gabriela Mejia | Andrea Denise Charlaix | Andrea Hernández | Gabriela Mejia |
2003 | Diana Valdivieso | x | x | x |
2002 | Elisa Sandoval | x | x | Elisa Sandoval |
2001 | Grace Marie Zabaneh | x | x | Grace Marie Zabaneh |
2000 | Alexandra Rivas | x | x | ↑ No Pageant Held (established in 2001 in Manila, Philippines) |
1999 | Cynthia Cevallos | x | x | |
1998 | Maria Gabriela Joviel | x | x | |
1997 | Carmen Irene Carrillo Vilanova | x | x | |
1996 | Milena Mayorga Top 10 |
x | x | |
1995 | Eleonora Carrillo Top 10 |
x | Natalia Díaz | |
1994 | Claudia Mendez Cuellar | x | Nathalia Gutierrez Munguia | |
1993 | Kathy Mendez Cuellar | Beatriz Eugenia Henriquez Pinto | x | |
1992 | Melissa Salazar | Raquel Cristina Duran | Maria Elena Ferreiro | |
1991 | Rebeca Davila Dada | Lucia Beatriz Lopez Rodriguez | x | |
1990 | Gracia Maria Guerra | Maria Elena Henriquez | x | |
1989 | Lucia Beatriz Lopez Rodriguez | Ana Estela Aguilar | x | |
1988 | Ana Margarita Vaquerano Celarie | Karla Lorena Hasbun | x | |
1987 | Virna Passelly Machuca | Claudia Lorena Alvarenga Ruiz | x | |
1986 | Vicky Elizabeth Canas Alvarez | Nadine Monique Gutierrez | x | |
1985 | Julia Haydee Mora Alfaro | Luz Del Carmen Mena Duke | x | |
1984 | Ana Lorena Samagoa | Celina Maria Lopez Parraga | x | |
1983 | Claudia Deniz Oliva Alberto | Carmen Irene Alvarez Gallardo | x | |
1982 | Jeannette Orietta Marroquin | Loredana Munguta | x | |
1981 | Martha Alicia Ortiz | x | x | |
1980 | x | x | x | |
1979 | Judith Ivette Lopez Lagos | Judith Ivette Lopez Lagos | x | |
1978 | Iris Ivette Mazorra Castro | Iris Ivette Mazorra Castro | x | |
1977 | Altagracia Arevalo | Magaly Varela Rivera | x | |
1976 | Mireya Carolina Calderon Tovar | Soraya Comandari Zanotti | x | |
1975 | Carmen Elena Figueroa Top 12 |
Ana Stella Coman Duran | x | |
1974 | Ana Carlota Margarita Araujo | x | x | |
1973 | Gloria Ivete Romero | x | x | |
1972 | Ruth Eugenia Romero Ramirez | x | x | |
1971 | x | x | x | |
1970 | x | x | x | |
1969 | x | x | x | |
1968 | x | x | x | |
1967 | x | x | x | |
1966 | x | x | x | |
1965 | x | x | x | |
1964 | x | x | x | |
1963 | x | x | x | |
1962 | x | x | x | |
1961 | x | x | x | |
1960 | x | x | x | |
1959 | x | x | ↑ No Pageant Held (established in 1960 in California, United States and then it was transferred in 1968 in Tokyo, Japan) | |
1958 | x | x | ||
1957 | x | x | ||
1956 | x | x | ||
1955 | Maribel Arrieta 1st Runner-Up |
x | ||
1954 | Myrna Roz Orozco | x | ||
1953 | x | x | ||
1952 | x | x | ||
× Did not compete
↑ No pageant held
Pageant | Placements | Best result |
---|---|---|
Miss Universe | 4 | 1st Runner-up (1955) |
Miss World | 1 | Top 15 (2017) |
Miss International | 1 | Top 15 (2016) |
Miss Earth | 1 | Top 16 (2005) |
Total | 7 | 1st Runner-up (1955) (Miss Universe) |
References
- Ornos, Riza (30 September 2013). "Philippines, Brazil And Venezuela: Three Countries To Win The Big Four International Beauty Pageants". International Business Times. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
- Kanja, Kirstin (20 December 2019). "Beauty with a purpose: What it means to be Miss World, Miss Universe". Standard Media. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- Jun, Kwanwoo (2003-12-03). "Lost in Storm's Debris: A Beauty Pageant". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
- Amee, Enriquez (2 February 2014). "Philippines: How to make a beauty queen". BBC News. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
- Cabato, Regine (27 January 2017). "How a country hosts a Miss Universe pageant". CNN. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
- News, China (3 November 2018). "Myanmar's beauty queen to take part in Miss World pageant 2018 in China". Xinhua News Agency. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
- News, Reuters (13 December 2013). "The Philippines earns another crown". Reuters. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
- Joel, Guinto (13 March 2015). "PH Cinderellas 'duck walk' to world stage". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Agence France-Presse. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
- Joel, Guinto (12 March 2015). "In beauty pageants, Philippines' modern day Cinderellas seize world stage". GMA News Online. Agence France-Presse. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
- Vietnam, News (2008-10-08). "Những scandal của Miss World". Vietnam Express. Archived from the original on November 17, 2015. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
- Ibrahim, Lynda (2013-09-13). "The misses and missuses of the world". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
- Lowe, Aya (2016-01-25). "Philippines' Miss Universe returns home, ignites dreams". Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
- "Sashfactor.info". www.sashfactor.info.
- "Reinado de El Salvador". www.reinadodeelsalvador.com.
- Kenya, News (2011-07-15). "Beauty with scandals". Standard Digital News. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
- Vietnam, News (2008-10-08). "Những scandal của Miss World". Vietnam Express. Archived from the original on November 17, 2015. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
- Ibrahim, Lynda (2013-09-13). "The misses and missuses of the world". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
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External links
- "Miss Universe country participation lists", pageantopolis.com, archived from the original on 2007-12-11, retrieved 2017-11-19
- Miss World country participation lists.
- Miss International country participation lists.
- Miss Earth country participation lists.