Reina Hispanoamericana

Reina Hispanoamericana
Formation	1991; 33 years ago
Type	Beauty pageant
Headquarters	Santa Cruz
Location	Bolivia;
Official language	Spanish
President	Gloria De Limpias
Website	http://www.promocionesgloria.com

Reina Hispanoamericana (Hispanic American Queen) is an annual beauty pageant celebrating Hispanic heritage, language and culture, started in 1991 as Reina Sudamericana (South American Queen), is based in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. Up to 2003 the participants were restricted to the 10 countries in South America; in 2004 participants from Panama and Costa Rica in Central America were invited; and in 2006 participants from the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, Portugal & Spain joined. In 2007 Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras & United States were added, and the name changed to Reina Hispanoamericana. In 2008, Curaçao and Haiti were added. In 2017, the Philippines, Canada, and Australia were added.

The pageant is organized by Promociones Gloria, based in Bolivia. More than 20 contestants participate every year.

The current Reina Hispanoamericana is Regina Peredo of Mexico who was crowned on 8 February 2020 in Santa Cruz, Bolivia.

Titleholders

Year	Reina Hispanoamericana	Virreina Hispanoamericana	Venue
1991	Patricia Godói Brazil	Vivian Benítez Paraguay	Santa Cruz, Bolivia
1992	Francis Gago Venezuela	Raquel Chaparro Colombia
1993	Paola Vintimilla Ecuador	Savka Pollak Chile
1994	Liliana González Paraguay	Solange Pastor Venezuela
1995	Carolina Taís Müller Brazil	María Auxiliadora González Venezuela
1996	Helga Bauer (Dethroned) Bolivia	Tonka Tomicic (new Virreina) Chile
1996	Gasbriela Vergara (Successor) Venezuela	Tonka Tomicic (new Virreina) Chile
1997	Patricia Fuenmayor Venezuela	Verónica Larrieu Bolivia
1998	Susana Barrientos Bolivia	Daira Lambis Venezuela
1999	Jenny Vaca Paz Bolivia	Karen Larrea Brazil
2000	Ligia Petit Venezuela	Natalia Figueras Uruguay
2001	María Rocío Stevenson Colombia	Norelys Rodríguez Venezuela
2002	Marcela Ruete Ecuador	Irene Aguilera Bolivia
2003	Cecília Valarini Brazil	María Fernanda Tóndolo Venezuela
2004	Tania Domanickzy Paraguay	Mónica Jaramillo Colombia	Cochabamba, Bolivia
2005	Diana Milena Cepeda Colombia	Priscila Del Salto Ecuador	Cochabamba, Bolivia
2006	Francine Eickemberg Brazil	Ana María Ortíz Bolivia	Santa Cruz, Bolivia
2007	Massiel Taveras Dominican Republic	Jane De Sousa Borges Brazil
2008	Laura Zúñiga (Dethroned) Mexico	Gabriela Rejala (new Virreina) Paraguay
2008	Vivian Noronha (Successor) Brazil	Gabriela Rejala (new Virreina) Paraguay
2009	Adriana Vasini Venezuela	Sandra Vinces Ecuador
2010	Caroline Medina Venezuela	Egni Eckert Paraguay
2011	Evalina Van Putten Curacao	María Jesús Matthei Chile
2012	Sarodj Bertin Haiti	Juliana Sampaio Spain
2013	María Alejandra López Colombia	Yaritza Reyes Dominican Republic
2014	Romina Rocamonje Bolivia	Vanessa López Mexico
2015	Sofía del Prado Spain	Laura Leticia Garcete Riveros (Dethroned) Paraguay
2015	Sofía del Prado Spain	Digene Marilyn Zimmerman (new Virreina) Aruba
2016	Maria Camila Soleibe Colombia	Magdalena Chiprés Mexico
2017	Teresita Marquez Philippines	Akisha Albert Curaçao
2018	Nariman Battikha Venezuela	Isabela Pandini Brazil
2019	Regina Peredo Mexico	Gabrielle Vilela Brazil
2020	TBD	TBD	TBD

Country by winning the title

Country/Territory	Titles	Winning Year(s)
Venezuela	7	1992, 1996^[B], 1997, 2000, 2009, 2010, 2018
Brazil	5	1991, 1995, 2003, 2006, 2008^[B]
Bolivia	4	1996^[A], 1998, 1999, 2014
Colombia	4	2001, 2005, 2013, 2016
Ecuador	2	1993, 2002
Mexico		2008^[A], 2019
Paraguay		1994, 2004
Philippines	1	2017
Spain		2015
Haiti		2012
Curacao		2011
Dominican Republic		2007