Miss Bolivia
Miss Bolivia is a Bolivian beauty contest responsible for selecting its delegates to represent Bolivia in the four major international pageants: Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss Earth and Miss International.
The pageant was founded in 1959 and Gloria Suárez de Limpias has been the event's director since 1979. As of 2009, Bolivia has not won a Miss Universe or Miss World title.
A three-hour parade is held annually on August 5. Bolivian TV channel Unitel broadcasts it to the rest of Latin America, and cable broadcasts are available in the United States. For approximately one month, there are several preliminary events and presentations regarding the main parade.
Pageant logistics
By general rule, three major crowns are given each year: Miss Bolivia goes to Miss Universe, Miss Bolivia Mundo to Miss World, and Miss Bolivia Internacional to the Miss International contest; but starting 2010 the third title is awarded to the representative to Miss Earth, called Miss Bolivia Earth instead of the representative to Miss International; other titles are also given such as Miss Bolivia Continente Americano and Miss Bolivia Tourism Queen. Besides the titleholders, there are four runner-up positions.
Pageant in 2009
This year the local pageant changed its previous awarding modality by removing the inner Miss Amazonia, Miss Valle and Miss Andalucia titles to be replaced with Miss Bicentenario and Srta. Bicentenario, which are meant to be a historical way to remember the first steps of the local social movement that fought for the freedom of the south american countries ruled by the Spanish Colony 200 years ago (July 16, 1809), carried out in the nowadays currently administrative capital of Bolivia and the also main city where this pageant is hosted, La Paz.
At the same time, the company in charge of the Miss Bolivia pageant known as Promociones Gloria, with its Executive President Mrs. Gloria Suarez de Limpias, celebrates its 30th anniversary and had been honored to share such an event with the arrival of the currently two most beautiful women in the World, Miss Universe 2008 Dayana Mendoza from Venezuela and first Runner Up Taliana Vargas from Colombia.
Divisions for 2010
19 Contestants will compete in Miss Bolivia 2010
- Beni
- Miss Beni
- Srta. Beni
- Chuquisaca
- Miss Chuquisaca
- Miss Sucre D.C.
- Cochabamba
- Miss Cochabamba
- Srta. Cochabamba
- Miss Valle
- La Paz
- Miss La Paz
- Srta. La Paz
- Oruro
- Miss Oruro
- Pando
- Miss Pando
- Potosí
- Miss Potosí
- Srta. Potosí
- Santa Cruz
- Miss Santa Cruz
- Srta. Santa Cruz
- Miss Litoral
- Miss. Bicentenario
- Tarija
- Miss Tarija
- Srta. Tarija
Official Divisions
- Beni
- Miss Beni
- Srta. Beni
- Miss Amazonía
- Chuquisaca
- Miss Chuquisaca
- mISS Sucre D.C
- Cochabamba
- Miss Cochabamba
- Srta. Cochabamba
- Miss Valle
- La Paz
- Miss La Paz
- Srta. La Paz
- Oruro
- Miss Oruro
- Srta. Oruro
- Pando
- Miss Pando
- Potosí
- Miss Potosí
- Srta. Potosí
- Santa Cruz
- Miss Santa Cruz
- Srta. Santa Cruz
- Miss Litoral
- Srta. Litoral
- Tarija
- Miss Tarija
- Srta. Tarija
- Miss Andalucía
Winners of Miss Bolivia's main beauty crowns
| Year | Winner | Hometown | Title | Highest Position reached |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Luz María Rojas | Miss Bolivia Universe 1969 | Non Semifinalist | |
| No country participation | Miss Bolivia World 1968 | |||
| Erika Kohlenberger | Miss Bolivia International 1969 | Non Semifinalist | ||
| 1969 | Roxana Brown Trigo | Miss Bolivia Universe 1970 | Best National Costume | |
| No country participation | Miss Bolivia World 1969 | |||
| No country participation | Miss Bolivia International 1970 | |||
| 1970 | Ana Maria Landivar | Miss Bolivia Universe 1971 | Non Semifinalist | |
| No country participation | Miss Bolivia World 1970 | |||
| María Villarejo | Miss Bolivia International 1971 | Non Semifinalist | ||
| 1971 | Maria Alicia Vargas Vasquez | Miss Bolivia Universe 1972 | Non Semifinalist | |
| No country participation | Miss Bolivia World 1971 | |||
| No country participation | Miss Bolivia International 1972 | |||
| 1972 | Roxana Sittic Harb | Miss Bolivia Universe 1973 | Non Semifinalist | |
| No country participation | Miss Bolivia World 1972 | |||
| Rosemary Columba | Miss Bolivia International 1973 | Non Semifinalist | ||
| 1973 | Teresa Isabel Callau | Miss Bolivia Universe 1974 | Non Semifinalist | |
| No country participation | Miss Bolivia World 1973 | |||
| Dilian Nela Martínez | Miss Bolivia International 1974 | Non Semifinalist | ||
| 1974 | Jacqueline Gamarra Sckett | Miss Bolivia Universe 1975 | Non Semifinalist | |
| No country participation | Miss Bolivia World 1974 | |||
| No country participation | Miss Bolivia International 1975 | |||
| 1975 | Carolina Elisa Aramayo Esteves | Miss Bolivia Universe 1976 | Non Semifinalist | |
| Maria Monica Guardia | Miss Bolivia World 1975 | Non Semifinalist | ||
| Martha Rosa Baeza | Miss Bolivia International 1976 | Non Semifinalist | ||
| 1976 | Liliana Gutiérrez Paz | Miss Bolivia Universe 1977 | Non Semifinalist | |
| No country participation | Miss Bolivia World 1976 | |||
| No country participation | Miss Bolivia International 1977 | |||
| 1977 | Raquel Roca Kuikanaga | Miss Bolivia Universe 1978 | Non Semifinalist | |
| Elizabeth Yanone Morón | Miss Bolivia World 1977 | Non Semifinalist | ||
| Rosita de Lourdes Requeña | Miss Bolivia International 1978 | Friendship award | ||
| 1978 | María Luisa Rendon | Cochabamba | Miss Bolivia Universe 1979 | Non Semifinalist |
| No country participation | Miss Bolivia World 1978 | |||
| Sonia Beatriz Villarroel | Miss Bolivia International 1979 | Non Semifinalist | ||
| 1979 | Carmen Parada | Miss Bolivia Universe 1980 | 42nd of swimsuit contest | |
| Patricia Asbun Galarza | Miss Bolivia World 1979 | Non Semifinalist | ||
| María Beatriz Landívar | Miss Bolivia International 1980 | Non Semifinalist | ||
| 1980 | Sonia Pereira | Santa Cruz | Miss Bolivia Universe 1981 | Non Semifinalist |
| Sonia Giovanna Malpartida | Chuquisaca | Miss Bolivia World 1980 | Non Semifinalist | |
| Maria Beatriz Landívar | Santa Cruz | Miss Bolivia International 1981 | Non Semifinalist | |
| 1981 | Maricruz Aponte | Santa Cruz | Miss Bolivia Universe 1982 | Non Semifinalist |
| Carolina Diaz Mansour | Pando | Miss Bolivia World 1981 | Non Semifinalist | |
| Rosario Suárez | Santa Cruz | Miss Bolivia International 1982 | Did Not Enter | |
| 1982 | Sandra Villarroel Gallati | Santa Cruz | Miss Bolivia Universe 1983 | Non Semifinalist |
| Brita Cederberg | Oruro | Miss Bolivia World 1982 | Semifinalist | |
| Beatrice Peña | Santa Cruz | Miss Bolivia International 1983 | Non Semifinalist | |
| 1983 | Cecilia Zamora | Tarija | Miss Bolivia Universe 1984 | Non Semifinalist |
| Ana Maria Taboada Arnold | Tarija | Miss Bolivia World 1983 | Semifinalist | |
| Valeria Buitrago Crespo | La Paz | Miss Bolivia International 1984 | ||
| 1984 | Lourdes Aponte | La Paz | Miss Bolivia Universe 1985 | Non Semifinalist |
| Erika Weise | Santa Cruz | Miss Bolivia World 1984 | Non Semifinalist | |
| Maria Gómez | Cochabamba | Miss Bolivia International 1985 | Non Semifinalist | |
| 1985 | Gabriela Orozco | La Paz | Miss Bolivia Universe 1986 | Non Semifinalist |
| Carolina Issa Abudinen | Santa Cruz | Miss Bolivia World 1985 | Non Semifinalist | |
| Ana Patricia Castellanos | Tarija | Miss Bolivia International 1986 | Non Semifinalist | |
| 1986 | Elizabeth O’Connor D’Arlach | Tarija | Miss Bolivia Universe 1987 | Non Semifinalist |
| Claudia Arévalo | Cochabamba | Miss Bolivia World 1986 | Non Semifinalist | |
| Gloria Patricia Roca | Beni | Miss Bolivia International 1987 | Non Semifinalist | |
| 1987 | Patricia Arce | Santa Cruz | Miss Bolivia Universe 1988 | Non Semifinalist |
| Birgit Ellefsen | Cochabamba | Miss Bolivia World 1987 | Non Semifinalist | |
| Gouldin Balcázar | Santa Cruz | Miss Bolivia International 1988 | Non Semifinalist | |
| 1988 | Ana Maria Pereira | Santa Cruz | Miss Bolivia Universe 1989 | Non Semifinalist |
| Claudia Nazer | Tarija | Miss Bolivia World 1988 | Non Semifinalist | |
| Sonia Montero | Santa Cruz | Miss Bolivia International 1989 | Non Semifinalist | |
| 1989 | Raquel Cors | Tarija | Miss Bolivia Universe 1990 | Non Semifinalist |
| Maria Victoria Julio | Tarija | Miss Bolivia World 1989 | Non Semifinalist | |
| Katerine Rivera | Santa Cruz | Miss Bolivia International 1990 | Non Semifinalist | |
| 1990 | Rosario Rico Toro | Cochabamba | Miss Bolivia Universe 1991 | Top 6 Finalist |
| Daniela Domínguez | Tarija | Miss Bolivia World 1990 | Non Semifinalist | |
| Giselle Greminger | Santa Cruz | Miss Bolivia International 1991 | Semifinalist | |
| 1991 | Selva Landívar | Santa Cruz | Miss Bolivia Universe 1992 | Non Semifinalist |
| Mónica Gamarra | Cochabamba | Miss Bolivia World 1991 | Non Semifinalist | |
| Rosmy Pol | Cochabamba | Miss Bolivia International 1992 | Non Semifinalist | |
| 1992 | Natasha Gabriel Arana | Beni | Miss Bolivia Universe 1993 | Non Semifinalist |
| Verónica Pino | Tarija | Miss Bolivia World 1992 | Non Semifinalist | |
| Ana Paola Roca | Santa Cruz | Miss Bolivia International 1993 | Non Semifinalist | |
| 1993 | Cecilia O'Connor-d'Arlach | Santa Cruz | Miss Bolivia Universe 1994 | Non Semifinalist |
| Claudia Arrieta | Santa Cruz | Miss Bolivia World 1993 | Non Semifinalist | |
| Maria Renée David | Santa Cruz | Miss Bolivia International 1994 | Non Semifinalist | |
| 1994 | Sandra Rivero Zimmermann | Santa Cruz | Miss Bolivia Universe 1995 | Non Semifinalist |
| Mariel Gabriela Arce Taborga | Cochabamba | Miss Bolivia World 1994 | Non Semifinalist | |
| Maria Cristina Tondelli | Santa Cruz | Miss Bolivia International 1995 | Non Semifinalist | |
| 1995 | Natalia Cronenbold Aguilera | Santa Cruz | Miss Bolivia Universe 1996 | Non Semifinalist |
| Carla Morón | Santa Cruz | Miss Bolivia World 1995 | Semifinalist | |
| Liliana Arce Angulo | Tarija | Miss Bolivia International 1996 | Semifinalist | |
| 1996 | Helga Bauer Salas | Santa Cruz | Miss Bolivia Universe 1997 | Non Semifinalist |
| Andrea Forti Sandoval | Tarija | Miss Bolivia World 1996 | Non Semifinalist | |
| Elke Groterhorst Pacheco | Santa Cruz | Miss Bolivia International 1997 | Semifinalist | |
| 1997 | Verónica Larrieu | Santa Cruz | Miss Bolivia Universe 1998 | Non Semifinalist |
| Mitzy Suárez | Santa Cruz | Miss Bolivia World 1997 | Non Semifinalist | |
| Fabiana Nieva Caso | Tarija | Miss Bolivia International 1998 | Non Semifinalist | |
| 1998 | Susana Barrientos Roig | Santa Cruz | Miss Bolivia Universe 1999 | Non Semifinalist |
| Bianca Bauer | Santa Cruz | Miss Bolivia World 1998 | Non Semifinalist | |
| Liliana Peña | Santa Cruz | Miss Bolivia International 1999 | Semifinalist | |
| 1999 | Yenny Vaca Paz | Santa Cruz | Miss Bolivia Universe 2000 | Non Semifinalist |
| Raquel Rivera | Tarija | Miss Bolivia World 1999 | Non Semifinalist | |
| Natalia Arteaga Gamarra | Santa Cruz | Miss Bolivia International 2000 | Non Semifinalist | |
| 2000 | Claudia Andrea Arano | Santa Cruz | Miss Bolivia Universe 2001 | Non Semifinalist |
| Jimena Rico Toro Gamarra | Cochabamba | Miss Bolivia World 2000 | Non Semifinalist | |
| Catherine Villarroel Márquez | Santa Cruz | Miss Bolivia International 2001 | Non Semifinalist | |
| 2001 | Paola Coimbra Antipieff | Santa cruz | Miss Bolivia Universe 2002 | Non Semifinalist |
| Claudia Etmüller Spinatto | Santa Cruz | Miss Bolivia World 2001 | Non Semifinalist | |
| Joan Priscila Quiroga | La Paz | Miss Bolivia International 2002 | Non Semifinalist | |
| Catherine Villarroel Márquez | Santa Cruz | Miss Bolivia Earth 2001 | Semifinalist | |
| 2002 | Irene Aguilera | Santa Cruz | Miss Bolivia Universe 2003 | Non Semifinalist |
| Alejandra Montero | Beni | Miss Bolivia World 2002 | Non Semifinalist | |
| Carla Ameller | Santa Cruz | Miss Bolivia International 2003 | Non Semifinalist | |
| Susana Vaca Diez | Santa Cruz | Miss Bolivia Earth 2002 | Non Semifinalist | |
| 2003 | Gabriela Oviedo | Santa Cruz | Miss Bolivia Universe 2004 | Non Semifinalist |
| Helen Aponte | Beni | Miss Bolivia World 2003 | Semifinalist (2nd runner up in Miss World Beach Beauty) | |
| Muriel Cruz | Santa Cruz | Miss Bolivia International 2004 | Semifinalist | |
| Claudia Azaeda Melgar | Santa Cruz | Miss Bolivia Earth 2003 | Miss Photogenic | |
| 2004 | Andrea Abudinen Richter | Santa Cruz | Miss Bolivia Universe 2005 | Non Semifinalist |
| Nuvia Montenegro | Beni | Miss Bolivia World 2004 | Top 10 in Miss World Beach Beauty | |
| Vanessa Morón | Tarija | Miss Bolivia International 2005 | Non Semifinalist | |
| Muriel Cruz | Santa Cruz | Miss Bolivia Earth 2004 | Non Semifinalist | |
| 2005 | Desiree Durán | Santa Cruz | Miss Bolivia Universe 2006 | Top 10 Finalist |
| Viviana Méndez | Santa Cruz | Miss Bolivia World 2005 | Non Semifinalist | |
| Gretel Stehli Parada | Santa Cruz | Miss Bolivia International 2006 | Non Semifinalist | |
| Vanessa Patricia Morón Jarzun | Tarija | Miss Bolivia Earth 2005 | Non Semifinalist | |
| 2006 | Jessica Jordan Burton | Beni | Miss Bolivia Universe 2007 | Non Semifinalist |
| Ana María Ortíz | Beni | Miss Bolivia World 2006 | Top 25 in Miss World Beach Beauty | |
| Pamela Justiniano | Santa Cruz | Miss Bolivia International 2007 | Non Semifinalist | |
| Jessica Jordan Burton | Beni | Miss Bolivia Earth 2006 | Non Semifinalist | |
| 2007 | Katherine David Céspedes | Santa Cruz | Miss Bolivia Universe 2008 | Non Semifinalist |
| Sandra Lea Hernández | Cochabamba | Miss Bolivia World 2007 | Non Semifinalist | |
| Angélica Olavarría | Santa Cruz | Miss Bolivia International 2008 | Non Semifinalist | |
| Carla Fuentes Rivero | Tarija | Miss Bolivia Earth 2007 | Non Semifinalist | |
| 2008 | Dominique Peltier | Cochabamba | Miss Bolivia Universe 2009 | Non Semifinalist |
| Jaqueline Arias | Beni | Miss Bolivia World 2008 | Non Semifinalist | |
| Laura Olivera | Tarija | Miss Bolivia International 2009 | Non Semifinalist | |
| Carolina Urquiola | La Paz | Miss Bolivia Earth 2008 | Non Semifinalist | |
| 2009 | Claudia Arce Lemaitre | Chuquisaca | Miss Bolivia Universe 2010 | Non Semifinalist |
| Flavia Foianini | Santa Cruz | Miss Bolivia World 2009 | 4th runner up in Miss World Beach Beauty | |
| Ximena Vargas | Santa Cruz | Miss Bolivia International 2010 | Pending event | |
| 2010 | Olivia Pinheiro | Santa Cruz | Miss Bolivia Universe 2011 | Pending event |
| María Teresa Roca | Beni | Miss Bolivia World 2010 | Top 40 in Miss World Beach Beauty | |
| Yovana O'Brien | Santa Cruz | Miss Bolivia Earth 2010 | Pending event | |
| Beatriz Olmos | Santa Cruz | Miss Bolivia Tourism Queen 2010 | Pending event |