Miss América Latina

Miss America Latina
Type	Beauty Pageant
Website	http://www.missamericalatina.com/

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.

The current titleholder is Nadine Teresa Verhulp from the Netherlands.

History

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]

Miss Latin America 2011

Miss Latin America 2011 took place on June 4, 2011, in the Grand Theater at the Barcelo Bavaro Palace Deluxe in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.[2] 30 delegates participated in the event. At the conclusion of the final event - which was televised in some areas - Colombia's Carolina Lemus crowned Ecuador's Estefani Chalco. Chalco became the first Ecuadorian woman to win the contest. The runners-up were Andrea Sandoval (Venezuela), Cintia Regert (Brazil), Johana Diaz (Colombia) and Yaneth Garcia (Mexico). The semifinalists were the delegates from the Dominican Republic, Philippines, Spain, Portugal, Guatemala, Uruguay and Bolivia.[3]

Titleholders

Year	Name	Nationality	City	Country
1981	Lesley Quintanilla	United States	Miami, Florida	United States
1982	Martha Álvarez	United States
1983	María Rosa	Puerto Rico
1984	Mirla Ochoa[4]	Venezuela
1985	Victoria Mauríz	Dominican Republic
1986	Lucia Collado	Dominican Republic	San José	Costa Rica
1987-1988[lower-alpha 1]	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
1994-1995[lower-alpha 2]	Priscila Furlan	Brazil	Guayaquil	Ecuador
1996-1997[lower-alpha 3]	Jeannette Chávez	Costa Rica	Lima	Peru
1998-1999[lower-alpha 4]	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	Maria 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
2007	Heidy García (successor)	Guatemala	Riviera Maya, Quintana Roo
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[5]	Brazil	Riviera Maya, Quintana Roo	Mexico
2014	Nicole Pinto (resigned)	Panama	Punta Cana	Dominican Republic
2014	Yanire Ortiz (successor)	Spain	Punta Cana	Dominican Republic
2015	Karla Monje	United States	Riviera Maya, Quintana Roo	Mexico
2016[6]	Laura Spoya	Peru	Riviera Maya, Quintana Roo
2017	Elicena Andrada Orrego	Spain	Bahías de Huatulco, Oaxaca
2018	Nadine Teresa Verhulp	Netherlands	Punta Cana	Dominican Republic

Number of titleholders by country

Country/Territory	Titles	Winning/Title Years
Brazil	4	1994-95, 1998–99, 2001, 2013
United States	4	1981, 1982, 2006, 2015
Guatemala	3	1993, 2007, 2012
Venezuela		1984, 1990, 2003
Dominican Republic		1985, 1986, 2002
Spain	2	2014, 2017
Peru		1991, 2016
Costa Rica		1996-97, 2009
Puerto Rico		1983, 2004
Netherlands	1	2018
Panama		2014
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.

Notes

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

"Latin America". pageantopolis.com. Archived from the original on January 16, 2012. Retrieved March 13, 2017.

"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.
"Eleccion Final y Coronacion de Miss America Latina del Mundo". 2011-11-29. Archived from the original on 2011-11-29. Retrieved 2017-03-13.
"Sudamericanas en Certamen Miss America Latina del Mundo". 2011-10-05. Archived from the original on 2011-10-05. Retrieved 2017-03-13.
Rodríguez, Julio; Montaldo, Diego (April 30, 2011). "Falleció Mirla Ochoa nuestra primera Miss America Latina". Rumberos.net (in Spanish). Retrieved March 13, 2017.
"Julia Guerra of Brazil Crowned Miss Latin America of the World 2013". Beauty Pageant News. August 31, 2013. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
"Belleza oriental en Sidney". EL PAIS (Online national news). Copyright ® EL PAIS S.A. 1918 - 2016. 4 June 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.

External links

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[Note_1988-5] The 1988 event was postponed until 1989 because of the Mexican presidential inauguration, and thus Lorenia Burruel was named Miss América Latina 1987-88

[Note_1995-6] The 1995 event was canceled due to a national crisis in the host city. Priscila Furlan was then named Miss América Latina 1994-95.

[Note_1997-7] The 1997 event was postponed for unknown reasons. Thus, Jeannette Chávez's title was extended to Miss América Latina 1996-97

[Note_1999-8] 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.

[:0-1] "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] "Eleccion Final y Coronacion de Miss America Latina del Mundo". 2011-11-29. Archived from the original on 2011-11-29. Retrieved 2017-03-13.

[3] "Sudamericanas en Certamen Miss America Latina del Mundo". 2011-10-05. Archived from the original on 2011-10-05. Retrieved 2017-03-13.

[rumberos2011-4] Rodríguez, Julio; Montaldo, Diego (April 30, 2011). "Falleció Mirla Ochoa nuestra primera Miss America Latina". Rumberos.net (in Spanish). Retrieved March 13, 2017.

[bpn2013-9] "Julia Guerra of Brazil Crowned Miss Latin America of the World 2013". Beauty Pageant News. August 31, 2013. Retrieved March 13, 2017.

[Miss_Latina_Australia_El_Pais-10] "Belleza oriental en Sidney". EL PAIS (Online national news). Copyright ® EL PAIS S.A. 1918 - 2016. 4 June 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.