Miss América Latina

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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.

Miss América Latina
Formation1981; 43 years ago (1981)
FounderAcirema Alayeto
TypeBeauty pageant
HeadquartersMiami
Location
President
Acirema Alayeto (1981-present)
Websitehttps://missamericalatina.com

The current titleholder is Ana Paula Caudana from Argentina.

History

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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]

Titleholders

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Year Name Represented Host City Host Country
1981 Lesley Quintanilla   United States Miami, Florida United States
1982 Martha Álvarez
1983 María Rosa   Puerto Rico
1984 Mirla Ochoa[2]   Venezuela
1985 Victoria Mauríz   Dominican Republic
1986 Lucía 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[b] Priscila Furlan   Brazil Guayaquil Ecuador
1996[c] Jeannette Chávez   Costa Rica Lima Peru
1998[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 María 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[citation needed]   Brazil Riviera Maya, Quintana Roo
2014 Nicole Pinto (resigned)   Panama Punta Cana Dominican Republic
Yaniré Ortiz (successor)   Spain
2015 Karla Monje   United States Riviera Maya, Quintana Roo Mexico
2016[3] Laura Spoya   Peru
2017 Elicena Andrada   Spain Bahías de Huatulco, Oaxaca
2018 Nadine Teresa Verhulp   Netherlands Punta Cana Dominican Republic
2019-2020 Nancy Gómez   United States
2021 Yosdany Navarro   Venezuela
2022 María Fátima Gaspar   Portugal
2023 Ana Paula Caudana   Argentina

Number of titleholders by country

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Country/Territory Titles Winning/Title Years
  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
  Argentina 1 2023
  Portugal 2022
  Netherlands 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

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Notes

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  1. ^ The 1988 event was postponed until 1989 because of the Mexican presidential inauguration, and thus Lorenia Burruel was named Miss América Latina 1987-88
  2. ^ The 1995 event was canceled due to a national crisis in the host city. Priscila Furlan was then named Miss América Latina 1994-95.
  3. ^ The 1997 event was postponed for unknown reasons. Thus, Jeannette Chávez's title was extended to Miss América Latina 1996-97
  4. ^ 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

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Rodríguez, Julio; Montaldo, Diego (April 30, 2011). "Falleció Mirla Ochoa nuestra primera Miss America Latina". Rumberos.net (in Spanish). Retrieved March 13, 2017.
  3. ^ "Belleza oriental en Sidney". EL PAIS. No. Online national news. Copyright ® EL PAIS S.A. 1918 - 2016. 4 June 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
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