Miss World Puerto Rico

Miss World Puerto Rico
Formation	1959
Type	Beauty pageant
Headquarters	San Juan
Location	Puerto Rico;
Membership	Miss World
Official language	Spanish
President	Julia Morley

Miss World Puerto Rico or Miss Mundo de Puerto Rico is a national Beauty pageant that selects Puerto Rico's representative to the Miss World pageant.

History

Puerto Rico debuted in Miss World in 1959, then was absent from 1960 to 1969.^{[citation needed]} In 1970 a new organization took the responsibility of sending contestants until 1985 via castings. Puerto Rico did not compete in Miss World from 1986 to 1988. The Miss Puerto Rico organization, directed by Anna Santisteban, obtained the Miss World franchise in 1989, Tania Collazo was her first Miss World delegate. Santisteban produced Miss World PR until 1995.^{[citation needed]}

In 1996, Delia Cruz, mother of Miss World Wilnelia Merced Cruz,^{[citation needed]} obtained the franchise and began organizing the Miss Mundo de Puerto Rico pageant with Tania Collazo as organizer for a few years before Desiree Lowry and later on Shanira Blanco. Winners have been competing ever since in the international pageant. Puerto Rico has produced two winners (1975,2016), two 2nd runners-up (2005, 2011) and ten semi-finalists (1976, 1978, 1980, 1985, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010), and three quarter-finalists (2012, 2019, 2021).

In 2017, due to the devastating effects of two hurricanes that heavily ravaged the entire island within a week, the organizers of Miss World Puerto Rico decided not to send the country's representative in this year's Miss World. No delegate was appointed due to lack of funding and sponsorship.

Representatives

The Miss World pageant began in 1951 and since then Puerto Rico has had 18 representatives classify in the finals including: 2 winners, 2 runners-up, 10 semi-finalists and 4 quarter-finalists.

Color key

Declared as Winner
Ended as runner-up
Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists

Year	Municipality	Miss World Puerto Rico	Placement	Special Awards	Notes
2025	Manatí	Valeria Nicole Pérez^[1]	TBA	TBA
2024	No competition held
2023	Toa Baja	Elena Rivera Reyes^[2]	Top 40	Top 25 Miss World Head to Head Challenge Top 23 Miss World Talent
2022	Miss World 2021 was rescheduled to 16 March 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak in Puerto Rico, no edition started in 2022
2021	Naranjito	Aryam Mariel Díaz Rosado^[3]	Top 40	2nd runner-up Miss World Top Model
2020	Due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, no pageant in 2020
2019	Bayamón	Daniella Rodríguez Laureano	Top 40	Top 40 Miss World Top Model
2018	Canóvanas	Dayanara Martínez Rosado		Top 18 Miss World Talent 3rd Runner-up Sanya Tourism Promotional Video Award
2017	No Representative due to the devastating effects of two hurricanes
2016	Toa Baja	Stephanie Marie Del Valle Díaz^[4]	Miss World 2016	Top 21 Miss World Talent
2016	Dorado	Stephanie Román de León	Did not compete
2015	Quebradillas	Keysi Marie Vargas Vélez		Top 5 Miss World Top Model
2014	Arroyo	Génesis María Dávila Pérez		Top 20 Miss World Top Model
2013	Caguas	Nadyalee Torres López
2012	Barceloneta	Janelee Marcus Chaparro Colón	Top 30	Top 10 Best Dress Designer Award Top 40 Miss World Beach Beauty Top 46 Miss World Top Model
2011	San Juan	Amanda Victoria Vilanova Pérez	2nd Runner-up	Queen of Caribbean Top 11 Miss World Talent Top 24 Miss World Sports Top 30 Beauty with a Purpose
2010	Barranquitas	Yara Liz Lasanta Santiago	Top 25	Winner Miss World Beach Beauty
2009	Bayamón	Jennifer Colón Alvarado		Top 12 Miss World Beach Beauty Top 12 Miss World Sports Top 12 Best Dress Designer Award	Later Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2024
2008	San Juan	Ivonne Marie Orsini López	Top 15	Top 32 Miss World Top Model
2007	Orocovis	Jennifer Guevara Campos	Top 16	1st Runner-up Miss World Top Model
2006	Arecibo	Thebyam Carrión Álvarez	Top 17	1st Runner-up Miss World Sports Top 25 Miss World Beach Beauty
2005	Dorado	Ingrid Marie Rivera Santos	2nd Runner-up	Queen of Caribbean
2004	Luquillo	Cassandra Castro Holland
2003	Bayamón	Joyceline Montero García	Top 20	1st Runner-up Miss World Talent
2002	Guaynabo	Cassandra Polo Berríos	Top 20
2001	Vieques	Barbara Serrano Negrón
2000	Toa Alta	Sarybel Velilla Cabeza
1999	Bayamón	Arlene Torres Torres
1998	Juana Díaz	Antonia Alfonso Pagán
1997	Dorado	Aurea Isis Marrero Nieves
1996	Guaynabo	Marissa De La Caridad Hernández Cardona			Miss Mundo de Puerto Rico — Delia Cruz & Wilnelia Merced Cruz Lady Forsyth-Johnson Directorship
Miss Puerto Rico World/Miss World Puerto Rico through Miss Puerto Rico/Señorita Puerto Rico
1995	Guaynabo	Swanni Quiñones Laracuente
1994	Aguas Buenas	Joyce Marie Giraud Mojica
1993	San Juan	Ana Rosa Brito Suárez
1992	Trujillo Alto	Lianabel Rosario Centeno
1991	Lajas	Johanna Berenice Irizarry Nazario
1990	San Juan	Magdalena Pabón
1989	Orocovis	Tania Collazo Barreiro			Señorita Puerto Rico/Miss Puerto Rico — Ana Santisteban Directorship
Miss Puerto Rico for Miss World
1985	San Juan	Iris Matías Gonzáles	Top 15
1984	San Juan	Maria De Los Angeles Rosas Silva
1983	Aibonito	Fatima Mustafá Vázquez
1982	Morovis	Jannette Torres Burgos
1981	San Juan	Andrenira Ruiz
1980	Ponce	Michele Torres Cintrón	Top 15
1979	San Juan	Daisy Marissette López
1978	Río Piedras	Maria Jesús Cañizares	Top 15
1977	Santurce	Didriana "Dee Dee" Del Rio
1976	Bayamón	Ivette Rosado	Top 15
1975	Caguas	Wilnelia Merced Cruz	Miss World 1975
1974	Camuy	Loyda Eunice Valle Blas Machado
1973		Milagros García
1972	Ponce	Ana Nisi Goyco
1971		Raquel Quintana
1970		Alma Doris Pérez Vélez
Miss Puerto Rico
1959	San Juan	Lyllianna "Lilie" Díaz Noya