Miss América Latina Organization

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The Organización Miss América Latina, known in English as the Miss Latin America Organization is a company that owns and organizes the Miss Latin America and Miss Latina US pageants. The organization was founded in the 1980s. The first pageant established was the Miss Latin America, in 1981. Miss Latina US was founded as Miss Latina USA in 1986, and is the official national preliminary for the United States to Miss Latin America. Miss Teen US Latina was founded in 2003.

Titleholders

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The following is a list of the titleholders for the Miss Latin America Organization, spanning back to Miss Latin America 1981.

Year Name Nationality City Country
1981 Lesley Quintanilla   United States Miami, Florida   United States
1982 Martha Álvarez
1983 María Rosa   Puerto Rico
1984 Mirla Ochoa[1]   Venezuela
1985 Victoria Mauríz   Dominican Republic
1986 Lucia 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
1994-1995[b] Priscila Furlan   Brazil Guayaquil   Ecuador
1996-1997[c] Jeannette Chávez   Costa Rica Lima   Peru
1998-1999[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 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
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   Brazil Riviera Maya, Quintana Roo
2014 Nicole Pinto (resigned)   Panama Punta Cana   Dominican Republic
Yanire Ortiz (successor)   Spain
2015 Karla Monje   United States Riviera Maya, Quintana Roo   Mexico
2016[2] Laura Spoya   Peru
2017 Elicena Andrada Orrego   Spain Bahías de Huatulco, Oaxaca
2018 Nadine Teresa Verhulp   Holland Punta Cana   Dominican Republic
Year Miss Latin America Country Represented Miss Latina US State Represented Miss Teen US Latina State Represented
2008 Daniele Sampaio   Italy Fatima Leonardo+   Rhode Island
2007 Heidi Garcia *   Guatemala Yalena Matos   Oregon Nicole Korrody   Texas
Giannina Silva *   Uruguay
2006 Melissa Quesada   United States Melissa Marin   Rhode Island Karla Acosta   Florida
2005 Mariela Candia   Paraguay Melissa Quesada   New York Geysha Gonzalez   Illinois
2004 Gamalis Fermín   Puerto Rico Graciela Stanley   Kansas Michelle Gonzalez   Illinois
2003 Maria Carolina Casado   Venezuela Lydia Acuña   Utah Edshelee Torres   Florida
2002 Claudia Cruz   Dominican Republic Elynor Martinez   Utah
2001 Grace Martins   Brazil Karla Vargas   California
2000 Dania Prince   Honduras Katherine Gonzalez   New York
1999 Aline Resende ***   Brazil Dilania Inoa   Rhode Island Kristine Taranco **   Florida
1998 Katherine Rodriguez   Florida
1997 Jeannette Chavez ***   Costa Rica
1996 Iris Almario ****   New York
1995 Priscila Furlan ***   Brazil
1994 Joanne Morale-George   Florida
1993 María Fernanda Morales   Guatemala Dailin Garcia   Florida
1992 Ana Sofía Pereira   Nicaragua Carla Morales   Rhode Island
1991 María Elena Bellido   Peru Yvette Gonzalez   New York
1990 Vanessa Holler   Venezuela Carola Garfias   Arizona
1989 Suzanne Hannaux   El Salvador Hany Valdes   Florida
1988 Lorenia Burruel ***   Mexico
1987 Sdenka Dobronic   District of Columbia
1986 Lucia Collado   Dominican Republic Sandra Luz Cedillos   Texas
1985 Victoria Mauríz   Dominican Republic
1984 Mirla Ochoa   Venezuela
1983 María Rosa   Puerto Rico
1982 Martha Alvarez     Miami, Florida, United States
1981 Lesley Quintana     Miami, Florida, United States

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.

* In 2007, Silva was dethroned by the Miss Latin America Organization and replaced by Garcia, the first runner-up.

** Taranco wasn't actually crowned Miss Teen US Latina, but rather won the title Miss Teen Florida Latina, the first teenage pageant associated with the Miss Latin America Organization.

*** For one various reason or another, Lorenia Burruel, Priscila Furlan, Jeannette Chavez, and Aline Resende had their titles expanded for another year.

**** No Miss Latina USA 1996 was organized. Rather, a panel of judges chose Iris Almario, the first runner-up at Miss Latina USA 1993, to represent the United States at Miss Latin America 1996.

+ Fatima Leonardo was selected to represent the United States at Miss Latin America 2008. She had won the state title for Rhode Island already, and was selected amongst those who were going to compete at Miss Latina US 2008, which had been postponed to after Miss Latin America 2008.

References

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  1. ^ Rodríguez, Julio; Montaldo, Diego (April 30, 2011). "Falleció Mirla Ochoa nuestra primera Miss America Latina". Rumberos.net (in Spanish). Retrieved March 13, 2017.
  2. ^ "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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