Reinas de Costa Rica is a national beauty pageant in Costa Rica that selects representatives to the Miss World and Miss International pageant. After the Miss Costa Rica pageant stopped sending contestants to the Miss World and Miss International pageants in 2006, the franchise was acquired by the Reinas de Costa Rica organization presided by Alan Aleman. However, after two years of absence in the Miss World pageant in 2017-2018, the organization eventually lost the franchise to the newly established contest, Concurso Nacional de Belleza de Costa Rica in 2019.[1] The organization also lost the Miss Earth franchise to Jose Vásconez in 2016.[2][3]

Reinas de Costa Rica
Formation1965
TypeBeauty pageant
HeadquartersSan José
Location
Membership
Miss World
Miss International
Miss Earth
Miss Supranational
Official language
Spanish
President
Alan Aleman

This pageant is unrelated to the Miss Costa Rica Organization.

Representatives at Big Four pageants

The following women have represented Costa Rica in three of the Big Four major international beauty pageants for women.[4][5] These are Miss World, Miss International, and Miss Earth with the exception of Miss Universe which has its own national franchise in Costa Rica.[6][7][8]

Color key
  •   Declared as Winner
  •   Ended as runner-up
  •   Ended as one of the finalists or semi-finalists

Representatives at Miss World

On occasion, when the candidate does not qualify (due to age) for either contest, another girl is sent.

In 2005, Costa Rica was crowned as Miss Asia Pacific International 2005. She withdrew the title and competed at the Miss World pageant. This is the first time Costa Rica withdrew the title as the reigning queen. Later in 2007, Committee Miss Costa Rica has created a separate pageant called "Reinas de Costa Rica" to select its representative for Miss World 2007 and then lost the franchise to the Concurso Nacional de Belleza de Costa Rica in 2019.[1]

Year Miss World Costa Rica Province Placement Special Awards Notes
Miss Costa Rica (1965 - 2006)
1965 Marta Eugenia Escalante Fernández Puntarenas Top 16
1966 Sonia Mora Heredia Unplaced
1967 Marjorie Furniss Limón Unplaced
1968 Patricia Diers Limón Unplaced
1969 Damaris Ureña Guanacaste Unplaced
1970 No Representative
1971 No Representative
1972 Victoria Eugenia Ross González San José Unplaced
1973 No Representative
1974 Rose Marie Laprade Coto Guanacaste Unplaced
1975 María Mayela Bolaños Ugalde Distrito Capital Unplaced
1976 Ligia María Ramos Quesada Distrito Capital Unplaced
1977 Carmen María Núñez Benavides Distrito Capital Unplaced
1978 Maribel Fernández García[9] San José Top 15
1979 Maríanela Brealey Mora Heredia Unplaced
1980 Marie Claire Tracy Coll Guanacaste Unplaced
1981 Sucetty Salas Quintanilla Puntarenas Unplaced
1982 Maureen Jiménez Solano Distrito Capital Unplaced
1983 María Meléndez Herrera Distrito Capital Unplaced
1984 Catalina María Blum Peña Distrito Capital Unplaced
1985 Maríanela Herrera Marín Distrito Capital Unplaced
1986 Ana Lorena González García San José Top 15
1987 Alexandra Eugenia Martínez Fuentes Puntarenas Unplaced
1988 Virginia Steinvorth Koberg Alajuela Unplaced
1989 María Antonieta Sáenz Vargas Limón Unplaced
1990 Andrea Murillo Fallas Alajuela Unplaced
1991 Eugenie Jiménez Pacheco Heredia Unplaced
1992 Marisol Soto Alarcón San José Unplaced
1993 Laura Odio Salas Distrito Capital Unplaced
1994 Silvia Ester Muñoz Mata Distrito Capital Unplaced
1995 Shasling Navarro Aguilar San José Unplaced
1996 Natalia Carvajal Lorenzo Cartago Unplaced
1997 Rebeca Escalante Trejos San José Unplaced
1998 María Luisa Ureña Salazar Distrito Capital Unplaced
1999 Fiorella Martínez Martínez Heredia Unplaced
2000 Cristine de Mezerville Ferreto Heredia Unplaced
2001 Piarella Peralta Rodríguez Limón Unplaced Miss Scholarship
2002 No Representative
2003 Shirley Alvárez Sandoval Guanacaste Unplaced
2004 Shirley Calvo Jiménez San José Unplaced
2005 Leonora Jiménez Monge Alajuela Unplaced Miss Asia Pacific 2005
2006 Bélgica Arias Palomo Guanacaste Unplaced
Reinas de Costa Rica (2007 - 2016)
2007 Wendy del Carmen Cordero Sánchez Cartago Unplaced
2008 María Amalia Matamoros Solis San José Unplaced
2009 Angie Catalina Alfaro Loria Alajuela Unplaced
2010 Dayana Aguilera Sequeira Alajuela Unplaced
2011 Paola Chaverri Heredia Unplaced
2012 Silvana Sánchez Jiménez San José Unplaced
2013 Yarly Marín Ledezma Heredia Unplaced
2014 Mariam Natasha Sibaja Bermúdez San José Unplaced
2015 Ángelica Reyes Pérez Zeledón Unplaced
2016 Melania González Monge San José Unplaced
2017 No Representative
2018 No Representative
Miss World Costa Rica (2019 - present)
2019 Jéssica Jiménez Muñoz San José Unplaced Top 32 Miss World Sport
2020 Due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, no pageant in 2020
2021 Tamara Dal Maso Puntarenas Unplaced
2023 Krisly Salas Delgado[10] Alajuela Unplaced
2024 No competition held
2025 TBA TBA TBA

Representatives at Miss International

Before joining to Reinas de Costa Rica, the 1st runner-up or Winner of Miss Costa Rica represented her country at the Miss International pageant. On occasion, when the candidate does not qualify (due to age) for either contest, another girl is sent. As of 2003, Committee Miss Costa Rica has created a separate pageant called "Reinas de Costa Rica" to select its representative for Miss International 2003.

Year Miss International Costa Rica Province Placement Special Awards Notes
1965 Ana Koberg Limón Unplaced
1966 Pageant did not held
1967 No Representative
1968 Ana María Rivera Distrito Capital Unplaced
1969 Sonia Kohkemper Cartago Unplaced
1970 Haydée Brenes Puntarenas Top 15
1971 No Representative
1972 Isabel Amador San José Unplaced
1973 No Representative
1974 Ilse Magdolna von Herold San Jose Unplaced
1975 María Lidieth Mora Badilla Cartago Unplaced
1976 Maritza Elizabeth Ortiz Calvo Cartago Unplaced
1977 Hannia Chavarria Córdoba Alajuela Unplaced
1978 Marlene Lourdes Amador Barrenechea Guanacaste Unplaced
1979 María Lorena Acuña Karpinski San José Unplaced
1980 Lorna Marlene Chávez Mata[11] Distrito Capital Miss International 1980 Best National Costume
1981 Trylce Jirón García Limón Unplaced
1982 Sigrid Lizano Mejía Heredia Unplaced
1983 Gidget Sandoval Herrera[12] San José Miss International 1983
1984 Mónica Zamora Velasco Puntarenas Unplaced
1985 Maríanela Herrera Marín Distrito Capital Unplaced
1986 Ana Lorena González García San José Unplaced
1987 Alexandra Eugenia Martínez Fuentes Puntarenas Unplaced
1988 Erika María Paoli González Limón Top 15
1989 María Antonieta Sáenz Vargas Limón Unplaced
1990 Andrea Murillo Fallas Alajuela Unplaced
1991 Eugenie Jiménez Pacheco Heredia Unplaced
1992 Marisol Soto Alarcón San José Unplaced
1993 Laura Odio Salas Distrito Capital Unplaced
1994 Silvia Ester Muñoz Mata Distrito Capital Unplaced
1995 No Representative
1996 No Representative
1997 No Representative
1998 No Representative
1999 No Representative
2000 No Representative
2001 No Representative
2002 No Representative
2003 Merilyn Villalta Castro Distrito Capital Unplaced
2004 Tatiana Vargas Cruz Alajuela Unplaced
2007 Ibis Leonela Paniagua Viales Guanacaste Unplaced
2010 Mariela Aparicio Alfaro San José Top 15
2011 María Fernanda Arias Alajuela Unplaced
2012 Mariam Natasha Sibaja Bermúdez San José Unplaced
2013 Andrea María Rojas Pacheco San José Unplaced
2015 Melania González Monge San José Unplaced
2016 Raquel Guevara San José Unplaced
2017 Paola Chacón San José Unplaced
2018 Glennys Medina Segura Guanacaste Unplaced
2019 Tamara Dal Maso San José Unplaced
2020 Due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, no pageant in 2020
2021 Due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, no pageant in 2021
2022 Mahyla Roth Benavides[13] Limón Top 15
2023 Stacy Montero Camacho Limón Unplaced
2024 Jussan Ariana Sandoval Espinoza Alajuela TBA

Representatives at Miss Earth

During 2007 - 2015, the Costa Rica representatives at Miss Earth were sent by Reinas de Costa Rica. After the absence in 2016, a Costa Rican producer Jose Vásconez acquired the franchise and ran the pageant separately to select the country representatives for Miss Earth. Vásconez also serves as the national director of Miss Intercontinental Costa Rica.[2][3]

Year Miss Earth Costa Rica Province Placement Special Awards Notes
Miss Costa Rica (2002 - 2006)
2002 Maria del Mar Ruiz Carballo San José Unplaced
2003 Marianela Zeledón Bolaños San José Miss Water (2nd Runner-up)
2004 Karlota Calderon Brenes San Jose Unplaced
2005 No Representative
2006 Mari Paz Duarte San Jose Unplaced
Reinas de Costa Rica (2007 - 2015)
2007 Natalia Mattey Salas Guanacaste Unplaced
2008 Wendy Cordero Sánchez Guanacaste Unplaced
2009 Malena de los Ángeles San José Unplaced
2010 Allyson Alfaro Caravaca Distrito Capital Unplaced
2011 No Representative
2012 Fabiana Granados Guanacaste Top 16 Miss Ever Bilena
  Resorts Wear (Group 2)
  Miss Photogenic
Miss Costa Rica 2013
2013 Mariela Aparicio Alfaro San José Unplaced Best in Swimsuit (Top 15) Top 10 Miss Grand International 2015
2014 No Representative
2015 Andrea Rojas Palmares Unplaced   Snowman Challenge
2016 No Representative
Miss Earth Costa Rica (2017 - present)
2017 Fernanda Rodríguez Alajuela Unplaced   Long Gown (Group 2)
2018 Arianna Medrano Puntarenas Unplaced
2019 Linda Ávila San José Unplaced
2020 Kelly Avila Mora San José Top 20   National Costume (America)

  Talent (Sing) (America)

  Best Eco-Video (America)

No representatives since 2021 - 2023
2024 Sharon Recinos Heredia TBA TBA TBA

Representatives at Miss Supranational

Year Miss Supranational Costa Rica Province Placement Special Awards Notes
2024 Maria Jose Segura[14] San Jose TBA
2023 Margaret Gray San José Unplaced
2022 Natalia González San José Unplaced
Due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, no competition held between 2020-2021
2019 Lohana Aguilar Cartago Unplaced
2018 Allyson Alfaro Caravaca San José Unplaced
2017 Nicole Menayo Heredia Top 10
2016 Karla Paola Chacón Fuentes San José Unplaced
2015 Mónica Patricia Zamora Chavarría San José Unplaced
2014 Claudia Gallo Salazar San José Unplaced
2013 Elena Correa Usuga San José Unplaced
2012 Karina Ramos San José Top 20

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