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Miss Paraguay

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Miss Paraguay
TypeWomen's beauty pageant
HeadquartersLuque, Paraguay
Qualifies for
First edition1915
Last edition2023
Current titleholderMilagros Aramí Walther
Alto Paraná
President
Graciela Venialgo
LanguageSpanish

Miss Paraguay is a national beauty pageant in Paraguay established in 1915. It currently selects Paraguay's representatives for the Miss Intercontinental and Reinado Internacional del Café pageants.

The current Miss Paraguay is Milagros Aramí Walther of Alto Paraná who was crowned on September 23, 2023 at the Centro Paraguayo Japonés in Asunción, Paraguay.[1]

History

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In 1915, Arsenio López Decoud, president of the Unión Club, organized the first beauty pageant in Paraguay. It was held sometime during the spring at the National Theater (current "Ignacio A. Pane" Municipal Theater) and the winner was 19 years old María Anselma Clotilde "Anselmita" Heyn Denis.[2] The pageant was revived in 1957 by the dictator Alfredo Stroessner and the Secretary of Tourism of Paraguay.

In 1970, the contest was organized by Dinam Publicidad and took place in the Presidential Hall of the Hotel Guaraní.[3]

Then in 1990, Guillermo Rolón and the SNT took over Miss Paraguay until 2001. The organization stopped sending representatives to Miss Universe until 2001, with Paraguay absent in 2002 and 2003. The pageant was not held in 1959, 1968, 1969, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007 and 2008.

In March 2017, the pageant was declared of cultural interest by the Chamber of Deputies of Paraguay.[4]

In July 2020, it was reported that the coronation night scheduled to take place on August 14 was canceled due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.[5] In 2021 the contest was canceled for the same reason.[6] In July 2022, the death of the organization's president, Guillermo Rolón, was reported and the pageant did not take place that year either.[7] Since the death of Rolón, his widow, Graciela Venialgo, has taken charge of the organization.[8]

Titleholders

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Year Miss Paraguay Department
1915 María Anselma Clotilde "Anselmita" Heyn Denis Asunción
1957 Lucy Montonaro Caaguazú
1958 Graciela Scorza Alto Paraguay
1960 Mercedes Ruggia Asunción
1961 María Cristina Osnaghi Asunción
1962 Corina Rolón Alto Paraguay
1963 Amelia Benítez Central
1964 Miriam Riart Brugada Asunción
1965 Stella Castell Gran Chaco
1966 Mirtha Martínez Alto Paraguay
1967 María Eugenia Torres Presidente Hayes
1969 Blancanieves Zaldívar Central
1970 Teresa Mercedes Brítez Süllow[9] Paraguarí
1971 Marit Tomassone Misiones
1972 María Stella Volpe Martínez[10] Central
1973 Teresita María Cano Concepción
1974 María Ángela Zulema Medina Monjagata Alto Paraguay
1975 Susana Beatriz Vire Ferreira Alto Paraná
1976 Nidia Fátima Cardenas Central
1977 María Leticia Zarza Perriet Asunción
1978 Rosa María Duarte Melgarejo Asunción
1979 Patricia Lohman Bernie Asunción
1980 Celia Noemí Schaerer del Puerto[11] Asunción
1981 María Isabel Urizar Caras Cordillera
1984 Elena Ortiz Allegretti Guairá
1985 Daisy Patricia Ferreira Asunción
1986 Verónica Angulo Achinelli Amambay
1987 Tammy Elizabeth Ortigoza Sonneborn Itapúa
1988 Marta Noemí Acosta Granada Canindeyú
1989 Ana Victoria Schaerer Del Puerto Paraguarí
1990 Mónica Plate Cano Alto Paraguay
1991 Vivian Rosana Benítez Brizuela Asunción
1992 Pamela Zarza Enríquez Boquerón
1993 Carolina Barrios Itapúa
1994 Lilian Noemí González Mena Presidente Hayes
1995 Bettina Rosmary Barboza Caffarena[12] Asunción
1996 Martha Lovera Parquét Asunción
1997 Rossana Elizabeth Jiménez Pereira Cordillera
1998 Luz Marina González Ruíz Ñeembucú
1999 Carmen Morínigo Machuca San Pedro
2000 Carolina Ramírez Franco[13] Alto Paraná
2001 María Gabriela Riquelme Asunción
2004 Myriam Rodríguez Insfrán[14] Misiones
2005 Liz Santacruz Amarilla[15] Asunción
2009 Viviana Mabel Benítez Duarte[16] Misiones
2010 Evelyn Catalina Jara Rojas[17] (resigned) Caaguazú
Luz Adela Alejandro Brizuela[18] (assumed) Amambay
2011 Clara Silvana Carrillo Gossen[19] Concepción
2012 Mónica Mariani Pascualotto[20] Canindeyú
2013 Noelia Díaz Rodríguez[21] Asunción
2014 Isabel Soloaga Irala[22] Itapúa
2015 Katri Analía Villamayor Montiel[23] Alto Paraná
2016 Alma María Monserrat Villagra Miranda[24] Paraguarí
2017 Yessica Daiana Ledezma[25] Guairá
2018 Verónica Viveros Viedma[26] Asunción
2019 Cynthia Verónica Florenciani Agüero[27] Central
2023 Milagros Aramí Walther[1] Alto Paraná
2024 TBA

Department rankings

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Department Title Year
Distrito Capital 16 1960, 1961, 1964, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1985, 1987, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996, 2008, 2013, 2015, 2020
Alto Paraguay 7 1958, 1962, 1966, 1974, 1990, 2004, 2006
Central 6 1963, 1972, 1976, 2009, 2010, 2012
Guairá 4 1984, 2016, 2021, 2022
Cordillera 1981, 1997, 2018, 2023
Alto Paraná 3 1975, 2000, 2019
Amambay 1986, 2014, 2017
Presidente Hayes 1967, 1994, 2011
Boquerón 2 1992, 2007
Paraguarí 1970, 1989
Itapúa 1 2005
Caazapá 2001
San Pedro 1999
Ñeembucú 1998
Canindeyú 1988
Concepción 1973
Misiones 1971
Gran Chaco 1963
Caaguazú 1957

Representatives to international beauty pageants

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Miss Intercontinental

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  •   : Declared as Winner
  •   : Ended as runner-up
  •   : Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
  •   : Ended as special awards winner
Year Department Miss Intercontinental Paraguay Placement at Miss Intercontinental Special Awards Notes
Miss Paraguay
2023 Alto Paraná Milagros Aramí Walther[28] Unplaced
2022 Did not compete
Miss Grand Paraguay
2021 Alto Paraná Fátima Lorena Rodríguez Benítez[29] Top 20[30]
2020 Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, no pageant in 2020
2019 Distrito Capital Sol María Violeta Pavón Rolón[31] Unplaced
2018 Itapúa Gabriela Natasha Soley Sawkiw[32] Top 20
  • Best in Swimsuit[33]
2017 Distrito Capital Jessica Torres Martínez[34] Unplaced
  • Best in Evening Gown[35]
  • Best Body (2nd runner-up)[35]
Did not compete between 2015–2016
Miss Paraguay
2014 Central Isabel Soloaga Irala Unplaced
2013 Did not compete
2012 Alto Paraná Claudia Kohl Grutzmann[36] Unplaced
2011 Concepción Clara Silvana Carrillo Gossen[37] Unplaced
2010 Distrito Capital Maura Rojas Cantero Top 20[38]
Did not compete between 2000–2009
1999 — Marta Concepción Rodríguez Portillo Unplaced
1998 Did not compete
1997 — Salmi Agüero Esgaib Unplaced
1996 — Claudia Rocío Melgarejo 2nd Runner-up

Reinado Internacional del Café

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  •   : Declared as Winner
  •   : Ended as runner-up
  •   : Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
  •   : Ended as special awards winner
Year Department Reina Internacional del Café Paraguay Placement at Reinado Internacional del Café Special Awards
Miss Paraguay
2024 Alto Paraná Milagros Aramí Walther Unplaced
2023 Central Yanina Isabel Villalba Ortiz[39] Unplaced
2022 Ñeembucú Érika Araceli Jara Muñoz Unplaced
2020 Central Cynthia Verónica Florenciani Agüero[40] Unplaced
2019 Distrito Capital Verónica Viveros Viedma Unplaced
2018 Guairá Yessica Ledezma Unplaced
2017 Paraguarí Alma María Monserrat Villagra Miranda Unplaced
2016 Alto Paraná Katri Analía Villamayor Montiel Unplaced
2015 Itapúa Isabel Soloaga Irala Unplaced
2014 Distrito Capital Noelia Díaz Rodríguez 2nd princess
  • Best Hair
  • Queen of the Carabineros (Top 5)
2013 Canindeyú Mónica Mariani Pascualotto Unplaced
2012 Concepción Clara Silvana Carrillo Gossen Unplaced
2011 Distrito Capital María Belén Alonso Virgili[41] Unplaced
2010 Misiones Viviana Mabel Benítez Duarte Unplaced
2009 Distrito Capital Fiorella Forestieri[42] Unplaced
2008 Alto Paraná Karen Natalia Álvarez[43] Unplaced
2007 Did not compete
2006 — Daylen Natalia Marcela Vittone Barreto Unplaced
2005 — Adriana María Vachoumard Rodríguez Unplaced
2004 Misiones Myriam Rodríguez Insfrán Unplaced
2003 — Pabla Victoria Thomen Rodríguez Unplaced
2002 — Tania María Ramírez Olmedo Unplaced
2001 — Claudia Violeta Rojas Yegros Unplaced
2000 — Carmen Alicia Moringio Machuca Unplaced
1999 Ñeembucú Luz Marina González Ruiz Díaz Top 6
1998 Cordillera Rossana Elizabeth Jiménez Pereira Unplaced
1997 Distrito Capital Marta Elizabeth Lovera Parquét Unplaced
1996 Distrito Capital Bettina Rosemary Barboza Caffarena Unplaced
1995 — Fabiola Cibils Bittar Unplaced
1994 — María Elicia Escalante Haneman Unplaced
1993 — Genny Margarita Fariña González Unplaced
1992 — Edith Myriam Núñez Espinoza Unplaced
1991 — Elizabeth Rocío Belinda Mongelos Méndez Unplaced
1990 — Emiliana Rodríguez 3rd princess
1989 — Liliana Cantero Trujillo Unplaced
1988 — Lidia Isabel Ozuna Riveros Unplaced
1987 — Norma Teresita Gayoso Gómez Unplaced
1985 — María Lucila Noguera Ojeda Unplaced
Did not compete between 1977–1984
1976 — Nidya Fátima Cárdenas Unplaced
1975 Alto Paraná Susana Beatriz Vire Ferreira 1st princess
1974 — Elizabeth Brandshab Unplaced
1973 — María Gloria González Unplaced
1972 Central María Stella Volpe Martínez[10] Reina Internacional del Café 1972

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "¡Milagros Walther es la nueva Miss Paraguay!". ABC Color (in Spanish). Retrieved March 25, 2024.
  2. ^ "Una flor paraguaya" [A Paraguayan flower]. ABC Color (in Spanish). March 23, 2003. Archived from the original on March 8, 2014. Retrieved August 2, 2024.
  3. ^ "Apuesta a la familia". ABC Color (in Spanish). February 19, 2006. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
  4. ^ "Miss Paraguay fue declarado de interés cultural por Diputados" [Miss Paraguay was declared of cultural interest by Deputies]. La Nación (in Spanish). March 15, 2017. Archived from the original on March 16, 2017. Retrieved June 10, 2024.
  5. ^ "Paraguay no tendrá nueva Miss este año". A24 (in Spanish). July 13, 2020. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
  6. ^ "Comunicado oficial". Facebook. August 4, 2021. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
  7. ^ Sosa, Carlos (July 12, 2022). "Fallece Guillermo Rolón, el presidente de la organización Miss Paraguay". Diario HOY (in Spanish). Retrieved March 25, 2024.
  8. ^ "Fallece Guillermo Rolón, de Miss Paraguay". Última Hora (in Spanish). Retrieved March 25, 2024.
  9. ^ "Un viaje por el tiempo: Miss Paraguay 1970". www.abc.com.py (in Spanish). Retrieved March 26, 2024.
  10. ^ a b "María Stella Volpe Martínez: reencuentro con el Reinado Internacional del Café, 50 años después". La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved March 26, 2024.
  11. ^ "Murió ayer Celia Schaerer, Miss Paraguay 1980". Última Hora (in Spanish). February 3, 2010. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
  12. ^ ""Sentido de la vida es tener valores y no coleccionar cosas de valor"". Última Hora (in Spanish). August 18, 2023. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
  13. ^ "Narco tenía una historia de amor con ex Miss Paraguay". Extra (in Spanish). April 1, 2021. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
  14. ^ "Myriam Raquel Rodríguez es Miss Paraguay 2004". ABC Color (in Spanish). Retrieved March 25, 2024.
  15. ^ "Miss Asunción es la nueva "Miss Paraguay 2005"". ABC Color (in Spanish). Retrieved March 25, 2024.
  16. ^ "Los organizadores de Miss Paraguay invitan a Lugo al certamen de belleza". Última Hora (in Spanish). June 11, 2010. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
  17. ^ "Evelyn Jara Rojas es la nueva Miss Paraguay". ABC Color (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-03-25.
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  19. ^ "Eligen a Miss Paraguay del Bicentenario". ABC Color (in Spanish). Retrieved March 25, 2024.
  20. ^ "Mónica Mariani es Miss Paraguay". ABC Color (in Spanish). Retrieved March 25, 2024.
  21. ^ "Noelia Díaz es la flamante Miss Paraguay". Última Hora (in Spanish). May 16, 2013. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
  22. ^ "De Itapúa es la Miss Paraguay 2014". ABC Color (in Spanish). Retrieved March 25, 2024.
  23. ^ "Katri Villamayor". Última Hora (in Spanish). May 16, 2015. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
  24. ^ "Jovencita de Paraguarí es Miss Paraguay". Última Hora (in Spanish). August 16, 2018. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
  25. ^ "Nueva Miss Paraguay es gua'i". Crónica (in Spanish). October 23, 2017. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
  26. ^ "Morocha asuncena fue electa Miss Paraguay". Crónica (in Spanish). August 16, 2018. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
  27. ^ "Cynthia Florenciani es la nueva Miss Paraguay y ligó críticas a bulto". Extra (in Spanish). August 15, 2019. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
  28. ^ "Milagros Walther ya está en Egipto para el Miss Intercontinental 2023". ABC Color (in Spanish). Retrieved March 26, 2024.
  29. ^ "Fátima Rodríguez, con miras a la corona de Miss Intercontinental 2021". La Nación (in Spanish). October 26, 2021. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
  30. ^ "LORENA SE LUCIÓ. Reina paraguaya entró al Top 20". Crónica (in Spanish). October 31, 2021. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
  31. ^ "Miss Intercontinental Paraguay 2019-Sol Pavon". Miss Intercontinental. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
  32. ^ "Candidata paraguaya deslumbra en Filipinas con original vestido". A24 (in Spanish). January 21, 2019. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
  33. ^ "2018 Miss Intercontinental early winners". The Philippine Star. January 22, 2019. Retrieved March 26, 2024. Gabriela Natasha Soley Sawkiw of Paraguay, Best in Swimsuit
  34. ^ "Paraguaya participa en concurso "Miss Intercontinental 2018"". ADN Digital (in Spanish). January 24, 2018. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
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  36. ^ "Paraguaya en Miss Intercontinental". ABC Color. November 20, 2012. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
  37. ^ "Miss Paraguay participa en "Miss Intercontinental"". ABC Color. September 20, 2011. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
  38. ^ "Miss Puerto Rico Maydelise Columna wins Miss Intercontinental 2010". Retrieved March 26, 2024.
  39. ^ "Yanina Villalba viajó a Colombia en busca del título Reina Internacional del Café". ABC Color (in Spanish). Retrieved March 26, 2024.
  40. ^ "Este 11 de enero eligen 22 candidatas internacionales aspiran a la corona del Café". Diario del Cesar (in Spanish). Retrieved March 26, 2024.
  41. ^ "Reinado Internacional del Café, hoy - Sociales - ABC Color". ABC Color (in Spanish). Retrieved March 26, 2024.
  42. ^ "Fiorella Forestieri, en Reinado del Café". www.abc.com.py (in Spanish). Retrieved March 26, 2024.
  43. ^ "Tamara Zswako, electa Miss Turismo Fitpar 2007 - Articulos - ABC Color". ABC Color (in Spanish). Retrieved March 26, 2024.
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