Miss Universe Puerto Rico

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

Miss Universe Puerto Rico
Formation1952
TypeBeauty pageant
HeadquartersSan Juan
Location
Membership
Miss Universe
Official language
Spanish
Key people
Denise Quiñones
(National Director)
Websitemuniversepr.com

The national director is Denise Quiñones who is Miss Universe 2001.

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

Representatives of Puerto Rico in the Miss Universe pageant.[5][6][7][8][9]

Main article: Miss Puerto Rico
  •   : Declared as Winner
  •   : Ended as runner-up or top 5/6 qualification
  •   : Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
  •   : Ended as special awards winner
Year City Represented Miss Universe Puerto Rico Placement at Miss Universe Special Awards Notes
2020 San Sebastián Estefanía Natalia Soto Torres TBA
2019 Toa Baja Madison Sara Anderson Berríos 1st Runner-up Miss Grand International 2016 (3rd Runner-up)
2018 Rincón Kiara Liz Ortega Delgado Top 5 Hemisphere Group (WAPA TV) and Denise Quiñones Directorship
Miss Universe Puerto Rico
2017 San Juan Danyeshka Hernández Valentín Unplaced Miss Teen Américas 2013 (Top 7 & Best Body)
2016 Aguadilla Brenda Azaria Jiménez Hernández Unplaced Took over as the new "Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2016" — Miss Grand International 2017 (3rd Runner-up)
Isabela Kristhielee Yinaira Caride Santiago Did not compete Dethroned
2015 Guaynabo Catalina Morales Gómez Unplaced
2014 Toa Baja Gabriela Berríos Pagán Unplaced Miss Photogenic Miss Supranational 2012 (Top 10), Miss Tourism Intercontinental 2010, Miss Latin International US 2010
2013 Arecibo Monic Marie Pérez Díaz Top 16
2012 Río Grande Bodine Koehler Peña Unplaced
2011 Corozal Viviana Ortiz Pastrana Top 16 Nuestra Belleza Latina 2013 (2nd Runner-up)
2010 Río Grande Mariana Paola Vicente Morales Top 10 Miss Universe Puerto Rico — Luisito Vigoreaux and Desiree Lowry Directorship
Miss Puerto Rico Universe
2009 Cabo Rojo Mayra Matos Pérez 4th Runner-up Miss Teen International 2006
2008 Dorado Ingrid Marie Rivera Santos Unplaced Miss World 2005 (2nd Runner-up & Miss World Caribbean)
2007 Guayanilla Wilmadilis "Uma" Blasini Pérez Unplaced Miss Continente Americano 2007 (Top 6), Miss Tourism Queen International 2007 (Best Long Gown award)
2006 Salinas Zuleyka Jerrís Rivera Mendoza Miss Universe 2006
2005 Salinas Cynthia Enid Olavarría Rivera 1st Runner-up
2004 Cidra Alba Giselle Reyes Santos 2nd Runner-up Miss Photogenic
2003 Vieques Carla Tricoli Rodríguez Unplaced Miss Photogenic
2002 Utuado Isis Marie Casalduc González Unplaced Miss Photogenic Miss Puerto Rico Universe — Magali Febles Directorship
Miss Universe Puerto Rico
2001 Lares Denise Marie Quiñones August Miss Universe 2001 Miss Photogenic, Bluepoint Best in Swimsuit, Clairol Herbal Essences Style Award
2000 Guaynabo Zoraida Isabel "Zoribel" Fonalledas Ferraiouli Unplaced
1999 Lares Brenda Liz López Ramos Top 10 Miss Photogenic Miss Universe Puerto Rico — TeleOnce Directorship
Miss Puerto Rico Universe
1998 Aguas Buenas Joyce Marie Giraud Mojica 2nd Runner-up
1997 San Juan Ana Rosa Brito Suárez Top 10
1996 Toa Alta Sarybel Velilla Cabeza Unplaced Miss Puerto Rico Universe — Telemundo Directorship
Miss Puerto Rico / Señorita Puerto Rico
1995 Corozal Desirée Lowry Rodríguez Top 6 International Queen of Coffee 1995 (3rd Runner-up)
1994 Isabela Brenda Esther Robles Cortés Unplaced
1993 Toa Alta Dayanara Torres Delgado Miss Universe 1993 Miss International 1992 (Top 12)
1992 Bayamón Daisy García Rodríguez Unplaced
1991 Toa Alta Lizzette Marie Bouret Echevarría Unplaced
1990 Guaynabo Maria Luisa Fortuño Cosimi Unplaced
1989 Salinas Catalina María Villar Ruiz Unplaced
1988 Guaynabo Isabel Maria Pardo Cubeñas Unplaced
1987 San Juan Laurie Tamara Simpson Rivera 4th Runner-up Miss International 1987
1986 San Germán Elizabeth Robison Latalladi Top 10
1985 San Juan Deborah Fátima Carthy-Deu Miss Universe 1985
1984 Mayagüez Sandra Beauchamp Roche Unplaced
1983 Trujillo Alto Carmen Batíz Vergara Unplaced
1982 Juncos Lourdes Milagros Mantero Hormazábal Unplaced
1981 Guaynabo Carmen Lotti Rodríguez Unplaced
1980 Caguas Agnes Tañón Correa Top 12
1979 Mayagüez Teresa "Tere" López Hernández Unplaced
1978 San Juan Ada Cecille Perkins Flores Unplaced Miss Teen International 1978 (2nd Runner-up)
1977 Ponce Maria Del Mar Rivera Veglio Unplaced
1976 Salinas Elizabeth Zayas Ortiz Unplaced
1975 San Germán Lorell Del Carmen Carmona Juan Unplaced
1974 San Juan Sonia María Stege Chardón Top 12
1973 Orocovis Gladys Vanessa Colón Díaz Unplaced
1972 Santurce Bárbara Torres Viñolo Unplaced
1971 San Juan Idalia Margarita "Beba" Franco 3rd Runner-up
1970 Santurce Marisol Malaret Contreras Miss Universe 1970
1969 Río Piedras Aida Betancourt Unplaced
1968 Santurce Marylene Carrasquillo Unplaced
1967 Fajardo Ivonne Coll Mendoza Unplaced
1966 Santurce Carol Bajandas Unplaced
1965 Caguas Gloria Cobián Díaz Unplaced
1964 San Juan Yolanda Rodríguez Machín Unplaced
1963 Ponce Jeanette Biascoechea Unplaced
1962 San Juan Ana Celia Sosa Unplaced
1961 San Juan Enid Del Valle Unplaced
1957 Ponce Mapita Mercado Cordero Unplaced Miss Congeniality
1956 San Lorenzo Paquita Vivo Unplaced
1955 Trujillo Alto Carmen Laura Betancourt Unplaced
1954 San Juan Lucy Santiago Unplaced
1953 San Juan Wanda Irizarry Unplaced
1952 Lares Marilia Levy Bernal Unplaced Señorita Puerto Rico/Miss Puerto Rico — Ana Santisteban Directorship

Statistic rankings
CityTitleYear
San Juan 12 1953, 1954, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1971, 1974, 1978, 1985, 1987, 1997, 2017
Guaynabo 5 1981, 1988, 1990, 2000, 2015
Salinas 4 1976, 1989, 2005, 2006
Santurce 1966, 1968, 1970, 1972
Lares 3 1952, 1999, 2001
Toa Alta 1991, 1993, 1996
Ponce 1957, 1963, 1977
Toa Baja 2 2014, 2019
Isabela 1994, 2016*
Río Grande 2010, 2012
Corozal 1995, 2011
San Germán 1975, 1986
Mayagüez 1979, 1984
Trujillo Alto 1955, 1983
Caguas 1965, 1980
San Sebastián 1 2020
Rincón 2018
Aguadilla 2016*
Arecibo 2013
Cabo Rojo 2009
Dorado 2008
Guayanilla 2007
Cidra 2004
Vieques 2003
Utuado 2002
Aguas Buenas 1998
Bayamón 1992
Juncos 1982
Orocovis 1973
Río Piedras 1969
Fajardo 1967
San Lorenzo 1956

See also

References
  1. Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2007 Podcast
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