Peru at major beauty pageants

This is a list of Peru's official representatives and their placements at the Big Four international beauty pageants, considered the most important in the world.

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 country has won three victories:

• One — Miss Universe crown (1957)
• Two — Miss World crowns (1967 • 2004)

Peru's Big Four titleholders

Peru has been represented in the Big Four international beauty pageants, the four major international beauty pageants for women.[3][13] These are Miss World, Miss Universe, Miss International and Miss Earth.[14][15][16]

Color Key

•   Ended as Runner-up
•   Ended as one of the Finalists or Semi-finalists

YEAR	MISS UNIVERSE	MISS WORLD	MISS INTERNATIONAL	MISS EARTH
2020	Janick Maceta	↑ No Pageant Held		Kelly Dávila
2019	Kelin Rivera Top 10	Angella Escudero	María José Barbis	Alexandra Caceres
2018	Romina Lozano	Clarisse Úribe	Marelid Medina	Jessica Russo
2017	Prissila Howard	Pamela Sánchez Top 40	Tiffany López	Karen Rojas
2016	Valeria Piazza Top 13	Pierina Wong	Danea Panta	Brunella Fossa
2015	Laura Spoya	Karla Chocano	Cynthia Toth	Zully Barrantes
2014	Jimena Espinoza	Sofía Rivera	Fiorella Peirano	Elba Fahsbender
2013	Cindy Mejía	Elba Fahsbender	Maria Gracía Figueroa	x
2012	Nicole Faverón Top 16	Giuliana Zevallos	Rosemary Pizarro	x
2011	Natalie Vértiz	Odilia García	Alejandra Chávez	Maria Gracía Figueroa
2010	Giuliana Zevallos	Alexandra Liao	Laura Spoya Top 15	Silvana Vásquez
2009	Karen Schwarz	Claudia Carrascó	Alejandra Pezet	Leticia Rivera
2008	Karol Castillo	Annmarie Dehainaut	Massiel Vidal	Giuliana Zevallos
2007	Jimena Elías	Cynthia Calderón	Luisa Monteverde	Odilia García Top 8
2006	Fiorella Viñas	Silvia Cornejo	Lissy Miranda	Valery Neff
2005	Débora Sulca Top 10	Fiorella Castellano	Vanessa López Top 12	Sara Paredes
2004	Liesel Holler	María Julia Mantilla WINNER	Aldana García	Liesel Holler Top 16
2003	Claudia Ortiz de Zevallos Top 15	Claudia Hernández Top 20	x	Dánitza Autero
2002	Adriana Zubiate	Marina Mora 2nd Runner-Up	x	Claudia Ortiz de Zevallos Top 10
2001	Viviana Rivasplata	Viviana Rivasplata	x	Paola Barreda
2000	Verónica Rueckner	Tatiana Ángulo	x	↑ No Pageant Held (established in 2001 in Manila, Philippines)
1999	Fabiola Lazo	Wendy Monteverde	x
1998	Karim Bernál	Mariana Larrabure Top 10	Melissa Quiñones
1997	Claudia Dopf	Claudia Luqué	Ana Matallana Top 15
1996	Natali Sacco Top 10	Mónica Chacón	x
1995	Paola Dellepiane	Paola Dellepiane	x
1994	Karina Calmet	Marcia Pérez	x
1993	Déborah de Souza-Peixoto	x	x
1992	Aline Arce	x	x
1991	Eliana Martínez	x	x
1990	Marisol Martínez	Giselle Martínez	x
1989	Mariana Sovero	Marítza Zorrilla	x
1988	Katia Escudero	Martha Kaik	Susan León Top 15
1987	Jessica Newton Top 10	Suzette Woodman	Rosario Leguía
1986	Karin Lindermann	Patricia Kuypers	x
1985	Gracia Galleno	Carmen Muro	x
1984	Fiorella Ferrari	Cristina Loayza	x
1983	Vivien Griffiths	Lisbet Alcázar	x
1982	Francesca Zaza Top 12	Cynthia Piedra	x
1981	Gladys Silva	Olga Zumarán	x
1980	Lisseth Ramis	Roxana Vega	x
1979	Jacqueline Brahms	Magali Pérez-Godoy	x
1978	Olga Zumarán Top 12	Karen Noeth	x
1977	María Isabel Frías	María Isabel Frías Top 15	x
1976	Rocío Lazcano	Rocío Lazcano	x
1975	Lourdes Bérninzon	Mary Orfanides	x
1974	x	x	x
1973	x	Mary Núñez Bartra	x
1972	Carmen Ampuero Top 12	x	x
1971	Magnolia Martínez	x	x
1970	Cristina Málaga	x	x
1969	Julia Mantilla Top 15	x	x
1968	Esther Brambilla	Ana Rosa Bérninzon	x
1967	Mirtha Calvo	Madeleine Hartog-Bel WINNER	Martha Químper 3rd Runner-Up
1966	Madeleine Hartog-Bel Top 15	x	↑ No Pageant Held
1965	Frieda Holler Top 15	Lourdes Cárdenas	Lola Muro Top 15
1964	Miluska Vondrák	x	Gladys González
1963	Dora Toledano	Lucía Buonnani	Esperanza Moy
1962	Silvia Dedekind	x	x
1961	Carmela Stein Top 15	x	Norma González
1960	Medallit Gallino	x	Irma Vargas
1959	Guadalupe Mariátegui	Maria Elena Rossél 1st Runner-Up	↑ No Pageant Held (established in 1960 in California, United States and then it was transferred in 1968 in Tokyo, Japan)
1958	Beatríz Boluarte Top 15	↑ No Pageant Held (established in 1951 in England, United Kingdom. Peru sent their first delegate in 1959)
1957	Gladys Zender WINNER
1956	Lola Sabogal Top 15
1955	x
1954	Isabella León Top 16
1953	Mary Ann Sármiento Top 16
1952	Ada Gabriela Bueno
	↑ No Pageant Held (established in 1952 in California, United States and then it was transferred in 1960 in Florida, United States)

× Did not compete
↑ No pageant held

Pageant	Placements	Result
Miss Universe	19	Winner (1957)
Miss World	8	Winner (1967 • 2004)
Miss International	6	3rd Runner-Up (1967)
Miss Earth	3	Top 8 (2007)
Total	36	3 TITLES

References

1. 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.
2. Kanja, Kirstin (20 December 2019). "Beauty with a purpose: What it means to be Miss World, Miss Universe". Standard Media. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
3. Jun, Kwanwoo (2003-12-03). "Lost in Storm's Debris: A Beauty Pageant". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
4. Amee, Enriquez (2 February 2014). "Philippines: How to make a beauty queen". BBC News. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
5. Cabato, Regine (27 January 2017). "How a country hosts a Miss Universe pageant". CNN. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
6. 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.
7. News, Reuters (13 December 2013). "The Philippines earns another crown". Reuters. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
8. Joel, Guinto (13 March 2015). "PH Cinderellas 'duck walk' to world stage". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Agence France-Presse. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
9. 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.
10. Vietnam, News (2008-10-08). "Những scandal của Miss World". Vietnam Express. Archived from the original on November 17, 2015. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
11. Ibrahim, Lynda (2013-09-13). "The misses and missuses of the world". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
12. Lowe, Aya (2016-01-25). "Philippines' Miss Universe returns home, ignites dreams". Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
13. Kenya, News (2011-07-15). "Beauty with scandals". Standard Digital News. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
14. Vietnam, News (2008-10-08). "Những scandal của Miss World". Vietnam Express. Archived from the original on November 17, 2015. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
15. Ibrahim, Lynda (2013-09-13). "The misses and missuses of the world". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
16. Lowe, Aya (2016-01-25). "Philippines' Miss Universe returns home, ignites dreams". Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved 2016-09-11.

See also

• Miss Peru