Reinado Internacional del Café

The Reinado Internacional del Café (International Queen of Coffee) previously known as Reinado Continental del Café (Continental Queen of Coffee) is a beauty pageant established in 1957. The name of the pageant was changed in 1972 to allow participation from other countries.

Reina Internacional del Café 2008, Jessica Jordan, Bolivia

Reina Internacional del Café 2013, Ivanna Vale, Venezuela

The pageant has always been held annually on January at Manizales, Colombia during the Feria de Manizales (Manizales Fair), and is organized by the Instituto de Cultura y Turismo de Manizales. More than 20 contestants participated every year. The current titleholder is Aleksandra Klepaczka from Poland, who was crowned on January 13, 2024.

Titleholders

Year	Reinado Internacional del Café	Virreina Internacional del Café	Primera Princesa	Segunda Princesa	Tercera Princesa	Cuarta Princesa
1957	Análida Alfaro Estripeau Panama	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded
1959	Denise Guimarães Prado Brazil	Norma Rivas García Honduras	Cristina Emilia Álvarez Dominican Republic	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded
1961	Mercedes Elizabeth Carrascosa Von Glehn Brazil	Martha Ruth Fiorilo Guzmán Bolivia	Frances Ordóñez Rheinboldt Honduras	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded
1963	Ana de Lourdes Zúñiga Soto Honduras	Bertha Luz Rosell Zapata Peru	Blanca Stella Arbeláez Tavares Colombia	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded
1972	María Stella Volpe Martínez Paraguay	Ximena Moreno Ochoa Ecuador	Jeannette Amelia Donzella Sánchez Venezuela	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded
1973	Alicia Beatriz Daneri Batetta Argentina	María del Rosario Carranza Ulloa Costa Rica	Ana María Dibos Silva Peru	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded
1974	Luz María Osorio Fernández Colombia	Hilda Elvira Carrero García Venezuela	Vera Soto Jiménez Costa Rica	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded
1975	Paulina Esther Murgas Rieder Colombia	María Violeta Rentería Chile	Susana Beatriz Vire Ferreira Paraguay	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded
1976	María de los Ángeles González Santiago Puerto Rico	Morena Guadalupe Cuadra Mora Nicaragua	Miguelina Sánchez Rodríguez Dominican Republic	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded
1979	Paulina Leighton Palacios Chile	Ana María Ramírez Roa Colombia	Claudia María Iriarte Guatemala	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded
1981	Milagros Germán Dominican Republic	Ana Patricia Núñez Romero Mexico	Ligia Iveth Martínez Noack Guatemala	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded
1982	Ana Edilma "Eddy" Cano Puerta Colombia	María Lucila del Rosario Boggiano Lacca Peru	Ilma Julieta Urrutia Chang Guatemala	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded
1983	Karen Patricia Mertens Encina Chile	Lorena León García Mexico	María Mercedes Ramos Peña Colombia	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded
1984	June Ollie Thompson Bodden Honduras	Rosana María Protto Zavala Peru	María Eugenia Maldona Vásquez Mexico	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded
1985	Márcia Giagio Canavezes de Oliveira Brazil	Patricia Anne-Marie Kuypers Espejo Peru	Cilinia Prada Acosta Panama	Clara Inés García Perthuz Colombia	Maria Sol Corral Zambrano Ecuador	Not awarded
1987	Mariella Ileana Princic Rinaldi Argentina	Claudia Pfister Godoy Guatemala	Lydia Ana Labarca Birke Chile	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded
1988	Ana Márcia Marques de Moura Brazil	Maribel "Bonny" Rey Venezuela	Marilú Bustamante Ibarra Peru	Jacqueline Soñé Alfonseca Dominican Republic	Mónica Liliana Carrascal Pacheco Colombia	Not awarded
1989	Luana Freer Bustamante Costa Rica	Nuria María Puig Raygata Peru	Rosa Elena Villanueva Monegra Dominican Republic	Gisel Silva Sienra Uruguay	Carmiña Cerdán Suárez Colombia	Not awarded
1990	Daniela Yolanda Thieme Magnasco Chile	Julieta Posla Fuentes Costa Rica	Ángela María Rivero Restrepo Colombia	Elba Morales Borges Puerto Rico	Emiliana Rodríguez Leitacón Paraguay	Not awarded
1991	Viviana Muñoz Fernández Costa Rica	Olga Isabel Ceballos Maya Colombia	Vanessa Mirna Razzore Oyola Argentina	Ana Isabel Cayarga de la Hoz Guatemala	Brenda Hamor United States	Not awarded
1992	Margaret Nicole Geymonat Shaffner Uruguay	Yumi Kuwano Japan	Carmen Beliza Martínez Ebrat Colombia	Silke Julieta Schilling Perdomo Guatemala	Shauna Lyn Searles Grant United States	Not awarded
1993	Sabina Arenas Zuluaga Colombia	Juliandra Cox Heyd United States	Claudia Bastón Mosquera Argentina	Cristiane Xavier Nunes Brazil	Patricia Campos Hernández Mexico	Not awarded
1994	Brenda Esther Robles Cortés Puerto Rico	Márcia Suzana Castro Oliveira Portugal	Carmen Elena "Kalena" Díaz Molina Venezuela	Beatriz Eugenia Henríquez Pinto El Salvador	Vanessa de Souza Gurgel Brazil	Not awarded
1995	Regilaine Bittencourt de Miranda Brazil	Carmen Milena Mayorga El Salvador	Yoseany Miglenis Finol Leidenz Venezuela	Desirée Louny Lowry Rodríguez Puerto Rico	Vielka Valenzuela Lama Dominican Republic	Not awarded
1996	Cándida Lara Betances Dominican Republic	Karla Koning Brazil	Patsy Janet Álvarez Pérez Colombia	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded
1997	Mónica Chacón de Vettori Peru	Marena Josefina Bencomo Giménez Venezuela	Gladys Buitrago Caicedo Colombia	Rebeca Escalante Trejos Costa Rica	Alexandra Ochoa Hincapié Aruba	Not awarded
1998	Jairam Caric Navas Domínguez Venezuela	Ana Belén Ugena Gutiérrez Spain	María Luisa Ureña Salazar Costa Rica	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded
1999	Daira del Carmen Lambis de Ávila Venezuela	Carloty María Veras García Dominican Republic	Carolina Arredondo Chile	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded
2000	Cristine de Meserville Ferreto Costa Rica	Marianela Salazar Guillén Panama	Renata Piotrowska Poland	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded
2001	Francine Eickemberg Brazil	Eva Ruiz Torres Mexico	Yolanda Mencia García Spain	Magdalena Szarek Poland	Daniela Alejandra Stucan Figliomera Argentina	Not awarded
2002	Katharina Berndt Germany	Claudia Andrea Arano Antelo Bolivia	Aura Consuelo Zambrano Alejos Venezuela	Johanna Cure Lemus Colombia	Gamalis Fermín Cotto Puerto Rico	Not awarded
2003	Raquel María da Silva Pinto Loureiro Portugal	Priscila Rosa dos Santos Brazil	Carolina Miranda Panama	Carol M. Arciniegas Dominican Republic	Lidia Sánchez Zaforas Spain	Not awarded
2004	Daniela Scholz Germany	Silvia Oliveira Dias Portugal	Silvana Santaella Arellano Venezuela	Laura García Alba Spain	Melissa del Carmen Piedrahíta Meléndez Panama	Not awarded
2005	Aránzazu Amoedo Testa Spain	Yadira Geara Cury Dominican Republic	Christiana Marzek Canada	Célia Renata da Silva Brazil	Karina Carvalho Bedoya Colombia	Not awarded
2006	Alice Panikian Canada	Evangelina María García Argentina	Liliana Campa Moerbeeck Venezuela	Rocío Guerrero Bobadilla Spain	María Leonor Duque Trujillo Colombia	Not awarded
2007	Fabriella María Quesada Sequeira Costa Rica	Tania Ladeiro García Spain	Yasmina Román Hernández Honduras	Monserrat María Montagut Enciso Mexico	Diana Carolina Orjuela Castaño Colombia	Not awarded
2008	Jéssica Jordan Bolivia	Camila Fernández Carvalho Uruguay	Mónica Suset Bsereni Hadad Venezuela	Claudia Mabel Peña Gómez Dominican Republic	Ginelle Aimeé Saldaña González Panama	Not awarded
2009	Alejandra Mesa Estrada Colombia	Ana Montabés Martínez Spain	Natasha Alexandra Domínguez Boscán Venezuela	Victoria de Jesús Fernández Tavárez Dominican Republic	Anelize García Brazil	Not awarded
2010	Mariana Notarangelo de Fonseca Brazil	Iwona Wyrzykowka Poland	Flavia Fernanda Foianini Arzabe Bolivia	Audris Rijo Dominican Republic	Ana Elizabeth Mosquera Gómez Venezuela	Not awarded
2011	Sofinel Báez Santos Dominican Republic	Angela Julieta Ruiz Pérez Venezuela	Jenny Marcela Arias Villada Colombia	Ana Isabel Miranda Socorro Spain	María Teresa Roca Córdova Bolivia	Not awarded
2012	Ximena Vargas Parada Bolivia	Yoselín Rincón Castillo Colombia	Laskary Andaly Metal Indonesia	Gabriella Ferrari Peirano Venezuela	Aline Sales Dos Reis Brazil	Not awarded
2013	Ivanna Mariam Vale Colman Venezuela	Claudy Jessy Blandon Romaña Colombia	Melody Mir Jiménez Dominican Republic	Larissa Anna María Leeuwe Aruba	Jennifer Giselle Valle Morel Honduras	Not awarded
2014	Priscila Medeiros Durand Brazil	Estefania Muñoz Jaramillo Colombia	María de los Remedios Gómez Benítez Spain	Noelia Faviola Díaz Rodríquez Paraguay	Antonella Rodríguez González Uruguay	Not awarded
2015	Yuri Uchida Japan	Márcia Assunção Portugal	Yulibeth Yasmín Angarita Serrano Venezuela	Vitória Bisognin Brazil	Yvanne Baptiste Haiti	Not awarded
2016	Maydeliana Liyimar Díaz Parada Venezuela	Júlia do Vale Horta Brazil	Laura Margarita Prada Anaya Colombia	María José García Breva Spain	Jeslie Mergal United States	Not awarded
2017	María de Lourdes Acevedo Domínguez Mexico	Kerelyne Isell Campigotti Webster Honduras	Sara Croce Italy	Francielly Soares Ouriques Brazil	Ana Cristina Díaz D'Santiago Venezuela	Not awarded
2018	Carmen Serrano Porras Spain	Marta Magdalena Stepien Canada	Yanett Margarita Díaz Dib Venezuela	Norma Angelica Díaz Mancilla Panama	Chelsey Mary García Agrón Puerto Rico	Not awarded
2019	Scarlet Sánchez Colombia	Yesenia Barrientos Castro Bolivia	Yu Harada Japan	María Sofía Contreras Trujillo Venezuela	Innessa Pontes Brazil	Keila Sofía Rodas Castillo Guatemala
2020	Iris Yazminhe Guerra Rivera El Salvador	Laura Mojica Romero Mexico	Natalia Daria Pigula Poland	Alessandra María Chiara Sánchez Cardola Venezuela	Ana Grisell Romero Nájera Honduras	Not awarded
2022	Ismelys Milagros del Valle Velásquez Lugo Venezuela	Maria Eduarda Valotto Brazil	Mariana Loaiza Cifuentes Colombia	Luciana Fernanda Martínez Cienfuegos El Salvador	Rebecca Linn Stoughton United States	Not awarded
2023	Isabella Bermudez Nieto Colombia	Maricrís Rodríguez Rojas Costa Rica	Cassandra Jacques Haiti	Ashley Denisse Díaz Panama	Sofia Ferraris Italy	Not awarded
2024	Aleksandra Klepaczka Poland	Manuella Parent France	Maria Karla Vilches Cuba	Lola Wilson Spain	Karla Rivas Mexico	Not awarded

• Not held in 1958, 1960, 1962, 1964–71, 1977–78, 1980, 1986 and 2021

Titles By Countries

Reinado Internacional del Café

Country/Territory	Títles	Year(s)
Brazil	8	1959, 1961, 1985, 1988, 1995, 2001, 2010, 2014
Colombia	7	1974, 1975, 1982, 1993, 2009, 2019, 2023
Venezuela	5	1998, 1999, 2013, 2016, 2022
Costa Rica	4	1989, 1991, 2000, 2007
Dominican Republic	3	1981, 1996, 2011
Chile		1979, 1983, 1990
Spain	2	2005, 2018
Bolivia		2008, 2012
Germany		2002, 2004
Puerto Rico		1976, 1994
Argentina		1973, 1987
Honduras		1963, 1984
Poland	1	2024
El Salvador		2020
Mexico		2017
Japan		2015
Canada		2006
Portugal		2003
Peru		1997
Uruguay		1992
Paraguay		1972
Panama		1957

Virreina Internacional del Café

Country/Territory	Titles	Year(s)
Colombia	5	1979, 1991, 2012, 2013, 2014
Peru		1963, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1989
Brazil	4	1996, 2003, 2016, 2022
Mexico		1981, 1983, 2001, 2020
Venezuela		1974, 1988, 1997, 2011
Bolivia	3	1961, 2002, 2019
Costa Rica		1973, 1990, 2023
Portugal		1994, 2004, 2015
Spain		1998, 2007, 2009
Honduras	2	1959, 2017
Dominican Republic		1999, 2005
France	1	2024
Canada		2018
Poland		2010
Uruguay		2008
Argentina		2006
Panama		2000
El Salvador		1995
United States		1993
Japan		1992
Guatemala		1987
Nicaragua		1976
Chile		1975
Ecuador		1972

Primera Princesa

Country/Territory	Titles	Year(s)
Colombia	9	1963, 1983, 1990, 1992, 1996, 1997, 2011, 2016, 2022
Venezuela	7	1972, 1994, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2015, 2018
Dominican Republic	4	1959, 1976, 1989, 2013
Guatemala	3	1979, 1981, 1982
Poland	2	2000, 2020
Spain		2001, 2014
Honduras		1961, 2007
Panama		1985, 2003
Chile		1987, 1999
Costa Rica		1974, 1998
Argentina		1991, 1993
Peru		1973, 1988
Cuba	1	2024
Haiti		2023
Japan		2019
Italy		2017
Indonesia		2012
Bolivia		2010
Canada		2005
Mexico		1984
Paraguay		1975

Segunda Princesa

Country/Territory	Titles	Year(s)
Spain	5	2004, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2024
Dominican Republic		1988, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2010
Brazil	4	1993, 2005, 2015, 2017
Venezuela	3	2012, 2019, 2020
Panama	2	2018, 2023
El Salvador		1994, 2022
Colombia		1985, 2002
Puerto Rico		1990, 1995
Guatemala		1991, 1992
Paraguay	1	2014
Aruba		2013
Mexico		2007
Poland		2001
Costa Rica		1997
Uruguay		1989

Tercera Princesa

Country/Territory	Titles	Year(s)
Colombia	6	1988, 1989, 2005, 2006, 2007
United States	4	1991, 1992, 2016, 2022
Brazil		1994, 2009, 2012, 2019
Mexico	2	1993, 2024
Honduras		2013, 2020
Puerto Rico		2002, 2018
Venezuela		2010, 2017
Panama		2004, 2008
Italy	1	2023
Haiti		2015
Uruguay		2014
Bolivia		2011
Spain		2003
Argentina		2001
Aruba		1997
Dominican Republic		1995
Paraguay		1990
Ecuador		1985

Cuarta Princesa

Country/Territory	Titles	Year(s)
Guatemala	1	2019

English Native Representatives

USA on Reina Internacional del Café

Color key

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

Host/Year	Participation	Contestant	State	Placement	Special Awards
1979	1	Nancy Helen Ness	Virginia
1987	2	Brenda Lynn Ortiz	Hawaii
1989	3	Amy Marte Carrierre	California
1991	4	Brenda Hamor	California	4th runner-up
1992	5	Shauna Searles Grant	California	4th runner-up
1993	6	Juliandra Cox Heyd	Texas	1st runner-up
1994	7	Amy Christine Rising	Florida
1995	8	Jennifer Kimble	Arkansas
1996	9	Kimberly Anne Byers	California	Top 06
1997	10	Barbara Lynn Humes	California
1998	11	Raquel Lynette Troyer	California
1999	12	Diana Scianca Flores	California
2000	13	Ashley Kristina Lincoln	California		Miss Congeniality
2001	14	Janice Nichole Torring	California
2002	15	Diana De Vries	California
2003	16	Elizabeth Dillingham	California
2004	17	Amy Lynne Holbrook	California
2008	18	Katherine Cartagena	New York
2009	19	Michelle Fleming	California	Top 10
2010	20	Amanda Delgado	California		Best Hair
2011	21	Jocell Villa	California		Queen of Police
2012	22	Lili Dorotea Fifield	California
2013	23	Tori Eileene Liesly	Oregon
2014	24	Gabriela Warner	New York
2016	25	Jeslie Mergal	Florida	4th runner-up
2017	26	Claribel Marie	Georgia
2022	27	Rebecca Linn Stoughton	Illinois	4th runner-up

Canada on Reina Internacional del Café

Color key

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

Host/Year	Participation	Contestant	Province	Placement	Special Awards
2004	1	Gretal Montgomery	British Columbia	Top 10
2005	2	Christiana Marzek	Ontario	2nd runner-up
2006	3	Alice Panikian	Ontario	Reina Internacional del Café
2007	4	Samantha Tajik	Ontario
2008	5	Elena Semikina	Ontario
2009	6	Chanel Beckenlehner	Ontario	Top 10
2010	7	Mariana Valente	Ontario
2011	8	Jamie Caitlin Molz	British Columbia
2012	9	Emily Kiss	Ontario
2013	10	Chelsea Bird	Alberta
2014	11	Rasela Mino	Alberta
2015	12	Kesiah Papasin	Ontario
2016	13	Paola Núñez	Ontario
2017	14	Camila González	Ontario
2018	15	Marta Stępień	Ontario	Virrena Internacional Del Cafe
2019	16	Rita Houkayem	Ontario
2020	17	Alysha Melinda Ortiz	Alberta
2022	18	Dominique Doucette	Quebec
2023	19	Simran Sohal	Ontario

England on Reina Internacional del Café

Color key

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

Host/Year	Participation	Contestant	County	Placement	Special Awards
2011	1	Jessica Rose Edwards Monroy	Greater London

The Bahamas on Reina Internacional del Café

Color key

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

Host/Year	Participation	Contestant	City/Island	Placement	Special Awards
2009	1	Kerel Pinder	Freeport, Grand Bahama
2010	2	Nikie Severe	Freeport, Grand Bahama
2011	3	Tempest Stubbs	Freeport, Grand Bahama
2012	4	Keriann Brittney Stuart	Nassau, New Providence
2013	5	Kristie Antonia Farah	Nassau, New Providence
2014	6	Lashanda Wildgoose	Nassau, New Providence
2015	7	Sade Nataly Colebrook	Nassau, New Providence
2016	8	Danielle Alexandrea Pratt	Freeport, Grand Bahama
2017	9	Tiasha Winnifred Lewis	Freeport, Grand Bahama

See also

• List of beauty contests

External links

• Instituto de Cultura y Turismo de Manizales
• Alcaldía de Manizales