Miss Guam Universe

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Miss Guam Universe
Formation	1966
Type	Beauty Pageant
Headquarters	Hagåtña
Location	Guam
Membership	Miss Universe Miss International
Official language	English
National Director	Joyce Bamba
Website	Official website

Miss Guam Universe (formerly known as "Miss Guam") is the oldest national pageant in Guam. The winner will be the ambassador of beauty in the island and will represent the island at the Miss Universe pageant. The current titleholder of Miss Guam 2014 is Brittany Bell.

History

Miss Guam identified was held for first time in 1966. The pageant will be selecting the winner for the Miss Universe and runner-ups for the Miss World and Miss International pageants.

Since 2001 Guam did not send at the Miss Universe pageant due to lack sponsorship from the event.

In 2008 the Miss Guam renamed as Miss Universe Guam and will be choosing the representative at the Miss Universe and Miss International. Since that year, Miss Universe Guam has two official licenses for the island. Meanwhile, the representative for the Miss World will be choosing by Miss World Guam pageant who marked the license in 2011.

Titleholders

Color key

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

Year	Miss Guam	Placement	Special Awards
1966	Barbara Jean Perez	Unplaced
1967	Hope Marie Navarro Alvarez	Unplaced
1968	Arlene Vilma Chaco	Unplaced
1969	Anita Johnston	Unplaced
1970	Hilary Ann Best	Top 15	Miss Congeiality
1971	Linda Mariano Avila	Unplaced
1972	Patricia Alvárez	Unplaced
1973	Beatrice Benito	Unplaced
1974	Elizabeth Clara Tenorio	Unplaced
1975	Deborah Lizama Naqui	Unplaced
1976	Pilar Martha Laguana	Unplaced
1977	Lisa Ann Caso	Unplaced
1978	Mary Lois Sampson	Unplaced
1979	Marie Cruz	Unplaced
1980	Dina Singson Aportadera	Unplaced
1981	Bertha Antoinette Harmon	Unplaced
1982	Patty Chong Kerkos	1st Runner-up	Miss Prensa
1983	Pamela Booth	Unplaced
1984	Eleanor Benavente	Unplaced
1985	Lucy Carbullido Montinola	Unplaced	Miss Congeniality
1986	Dina Reyes Salas	Unplaced	Miss Congeniality
1987	Teresa Torres Fischer	Unplaced
1988	Liza Maria Camacho	Unplaced	Miss Congeniality
1989	Janice Santos	Unplaced
1990	Marcia Damian	Unplaced
1991	Jevon Pellacani	Unplaced
1992	Cheryl Debra Payne	Unplaced
1993	Charlene Gumataotao	Unplaced
1994	Christina Perez	Unplaced
1995	Alia Tui Stevens	Unplaced
1998	Joylyn Munoz	Unplaced
1999	Tisha Elaine Heflin	Did not compete
2000	Lisamarie Quinata	Unplaced
2008	Siera Monique Robertson	Unplaced
2009	Racine Manley	Unplaced
2010	Vanessa Siguenza Torres	Unplaced
2011	Shayna Jo Afaisen	Unplaced
2012	Alyssa Cruz Aguero	Unplaced
2013	Alixes Scott	Unplaced
2014	Brittany Bell	Unplaced
2015	TBA	TBA

Representatives at Miss International

In beginning 2010, the second title of Miss Guam automatically will compete at the Miss International pageant. On occasion, when the candidate does not qualify (due to age) for either contest, another girl is sent.

Year	Miss Guam	Placement	Special Awards
2010	Lalaine Mercado	Unplaced
2011	Katarina Maria Martinez	Unplaced
2012	Chanel Cruz Jarrett	Unplaced
2013	Lirone Veskler	Unplaced
2015	Loriann Rabe	TBA	TBA

Notes

1974 Miss Guam Elizabeth Tenorio also held the title of Miss Guam World 1978.
1998 Miss Guam Joylyn Munoz also held the title of Miss Guam World 1995.
1999 Miss Guam Tisha Heflin withdrew from the competition due to illness. It is believed she was pregnant but no records show this to be true.
2001 - 2007 no pageant.
2008 Miss Guam Siera Monique Robertson won the title of Miss World Guam 2011 and competed at Miss World 2011 pageant.

References

External links

Official website

v t e Beauty pageants in Guam
Miss Guam Universe Miss World Guam Miss Earth Guam

Miss Universe participant countries and territories

Active
(1952–present)

Africa	Angola Botswana Cameroon Cote d'Ivoire Democratic Republic of the Congo Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Guinea Kenya Mauritius Namibia Nigeria Senegal Somalia South Africa Tanzania Zambia Zimbabwe
Americas	Argentina Aruba Bahamas Belize Bolivia Bonaire Brazil British Virgin Islands Canada Cayman Islands Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Curaçao Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Guadeloupe Guatemala Guyana Honduras Jamaica Martinique Mexico Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Puerto Rico Saint Lucia Suriname Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Uruguay United States US Virgin Islands Venezuela
Asia	Bahrain Bangladesh Cambodia China Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Israel Japan Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Macau Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Pakistan Philippines Singapore South Korea Sri Lanka Thailand United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam
Europe	Albania Armenia Belarus Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Gibraltar Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Kazakhstan Kosovo Latvia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands North Macedonia Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Serbia Slovakia Spain Switzerland Turkey Ukraine
Oceania	Australia Fiji New Zealand Samoa

Inactive since 2023 (under JKN Metaverse Inc.)

Africa	Benin (1962) Ethiopia (2017) Eswatini (1994) Gabon (2015) Gambia (1986) Ghana (2022) Lesotho (1978) Liberia (1977) Madagascar (1961) Morocco (2021) Réunion (1986) Seychelles (2022) Sierra Leone (2019) Tunisia (1971)
Americas	Antigua and Barbuda (2008) Barbados (2020) Bermuda (1997) Dominica (1985) French Guiana (1984) Greenland (1990) Grenada (1964) Haiti (2022) Saint Kitts and Nevis (1981) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (2006) Sint Maarten (2006)
Asia	Bhutan (2022) Chinese Taipei (2004) Iraq (2017) Jordan (1960)
Europe	Austria (2017) Azerbaijan (2013) Georgia (2019) Lithuania (2019) Luxembourg (1994) Slovenia (2017) Sweden (2021)
Oceania	American Samoa (1978) Cook Islands (1999) Guam (2019) New Caledonia (1982) Northern Marianas (2006) Papua New Guinea (1986) Tahiti (1985) Vanuatu (1978)

Inactive territories and dependencies
(1952–2006)

Constituent countries of Great Britain (began 1992, using Great Britain sash at Miss Universe)	England (1955–1990) Scotland (1961–1990) Wales (1961–1990)
Prefecture of Japan	Okinawa (1963–1968)
Bantustans of South Africa	Bophuthatswana (1979) Transkei (1979–1983)
States of the United States	Alaska (1952–1958) Hawaii (1952–1959)
Former entities (1952–2006)	Commonwealth of Independent States (1992) Czechoslovakia (1970–1992) Micronesia (1975) Southern Rhodesia (1961) Serbia and Montenegro (2003–2006) Soviet Union (1990–1991) West Indies (1954–1958) Yugoslavia (1968–2002)

Miss International participant countries and territories

Active
(1960–present)

Africa	Angola Cape Verde Cote d'Ivoire Ethiopia Ghana Kenya Lesotho Mauritius Namibia Nigeria Sierra Leone South Africa South Sudan Togo Tunisia Equatorial Guinea Uganda Zimbabwe
Americas	Argentina Bolivia Brazil British Virgin Islands Canada Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Guatemala Haiti Honduras Jamaica Martinique Mexico Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Puerto Rico United States Venezuela
Asia	Bangladesh Cambodia China Hong Kong India Indonesia Japan Korea Laos Macau Malaysia Kyrgyzstan Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Pakistan Philippines Singapore Sri Lanka Taiwan Thailand Uzbekistan Vietnam
Europe	Albania Belarus Belgium Bulgaria Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Ireland Italy Lithuania Luxembourg Moldova Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Slovakia Spain Ukraine United Kingdom
Oceania	Australia Hawaii New Zealand Northern Marianas

Inactive since 2022 (first edition in the COVID-19 pandemic)

Africa	Burkina Faso (2019) Cameroon (2019) Democratic Republic of the Congo (1987) Egypt (2018) Gabon (2014) Liberia (2019) Madagascar (2018) Morocco (2019) Republic of the Congo (2008) Senegal (2004) Seychelles (1995) Sudan (2009) Tanzania (2011) Zambia (2019)
Americas	Aruba (2019) Bahamas (2010) Belize (2019) Bermuda (1971) Curaçao (2018) Guadeloupe (2019) Guyana (2014) Suriname (2013) Trinidad and Tobago (2011) Uruguay (1999) US Virgin Islands (2012)
Asia	Israel (2014) Jordan (1963) Lebanon (2018)
Europe	Armenia (2019) Austria (1994) Croatia (2003) Cyprus (2006) Georgia (2014) Gibraltar (2017) Hungary (2018) Iceland (2013) Kazakhstan (2005) Latvia (2012) Malta (2004) North Macedonia (2002) Russia (2019) San Marino (2001) Serbia (2014) Sweden (2019) Switzerland (1993) Turkey (2015)
Oceania	Cook Islands (2018) Fiji (1996) Guam (2019) Tahiti (2019) New Caledonia (2006) Palau (2001)

Inactive non-existing countries and former territories
Borneo (1960) Czechoslovakia (1992) England (1986) Latin Mexico (Ethnic Representation) (2003) Malaya (1962) Native American (Ethnic Representation) (2003) Scotland (1986) Serbia and Montenegro (2006) South Pacific (Ethnic Representation) (1960) USSR (1990) Wales (1986) West Indies (1965) Yugoslavia (2002)