Miss Costa Rica
| Formation | 1954 |
|---|---|
| Type | Beauty Pageant |
| Location | |
Official language | Spanish |
Broadcaster | Teletica |
| Website | teletica.com/misscostarica |
Miss Costa Rica is an annual national beauty pageant that selects Costa Rica's representative to the Miss Universe pageant since 1954.
The current titleholder is Marva Wright from Distrito Capital. She won the title in a nationally televised event on April 16, 2010.[1]
History
Women between the ages of 18-27, each representing a province, compete to represent Costa Rica for one year and participate in the annual Miss Universe international competition.
Costa Rica has participated in the Miss Universe pageant since 1954 and has sent 56 representatives in the pageant's 60-year history. The event has been broadcast by Teletica since 1960.[1]
Titleholders
Miss Costa Rica
Since the first Miss Costa Rica pageant in 1954, the winner goes to Miss Universe.
| Year | Winner | Represented | Miss Universe Placement |
Award | International Titles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Marva Wright Ureña[1] | Distrito Capital | |||
| 2009 | Jessica María Umaña Solís | Distrito Capital | |||
| 2008 | María Teresa Rodríguez Rodríguez | Alajuela | |||
| 2007 | Verónica María González Quesada | Heredia | |||
| 2006 | Fabriella María Quesada Sequeira | Puntarenas | Reina Internacional del Café 2006 | ||
| 2005 | Johanna Fernández Madrigal[2] | Valle del Bosque | |||
| 2004 | Nancy Soto Martínez[3] | Heredia | Top 10 finalist | ||
| 2003 | Andrea Ovares López | San José | |||
| 2002 | Merylin Villalta Castro | Cartago | |||
| 2001 | Paola Calderón Hütt | Guanacaste | |||
| 2000 | Laura Mata Mora | San José | |||
| 1999 | Arianna Bolaños Ugalde | Guanacaste | |||
| 1998 | Kisha Alvarado Murillo | Puntarenas | Miss Asia Pacific 1998 | ||
| 1997 | Gabriela Aguilar Chavarría | Cartago | 12th place | ||
| 1996 | Dafne Zeledón Monge | Limón | 45th place | ||
| 1995 | Beatriz Alejandra Alvarado Mejía | Cartago | 54th place | ||
| 1994 | Jasmín Morales Camacho | Limón | 43rd place | ||
| 1993 | Catalina Rodríguez Carranza | San José | 40th place | ||
| 1992 | Jessica Stephanie Manley Fredrich | Distrito Capital | 60th place | ||
| 1991 | Viviana Muñoz Fernández | Distrito Capital | 34th place | ||
| 1990 | Julieta Posla Fuentes | Distrito Capital | 14th place | ||
| 1989 | Luana Freer Bustamante | Distrito Capital | |||
| 1988 | Erika María Paoli González | Heredia | |||
| 1987 | Ana María Bolaños Aguilar | Alajuela | |||
| 1986 | Aurora Velásquez Arigño | Limón | |||
| 1985 | Rosibel Chacón Pereira | Puntarenas | |||
| 1984 | Silvia Portilla Vásquez | Guanacaste | |||
| 1983 | María Gabriela Pozuela Castro | Cartago | |||
| 1982 | Lilliana Corella Espinoza | Heredia | |||
| 1981 | Rosa Inés Solís Vargas | San José | |||
| 1980 | Bárbara Bonilla Herrero | Distrito Capital | |||
| 1979 | Carla Facio Franco | Guanacaste | |||
| 1978 | Maribel Fernández García[4] | San José | Miss Photogenic | ||
| 1977 | Claudia María Garnier Arias | Puntarenas | |||
| 1976 | Silvia Jiménez Pacheco | Limón | |||
| 1975 | María de los Angeles Picado González | Alajuela | |||
| 1974 | Jeannette Rebeca Montagné | Limón | |||
| 1973 | María del Rosario (Rossy) Mora Badilla | Alajuela | |||
| 1972 | Victoria Eugenia (Vicky) Ross González | San José | |||
| 1971 | Rosa María Rivera | San José | |||
| 1970 | Lilliam Berrocal | Cartago | |||
| 1969 | Clara Freda Antillón | Distrito Capital | |||
| 1968 | Ana María Rivera | Distrito Capital | |||
| 1967 | Rosa María Fernández | Guanacaste | |||
| 1966 | María Virginia Oreamuno | Cartago | |||
| 1965 | Mercedes Pinagal | Guanacaste | |||
| 1964 | Dora Solé Gómez | San José | |||
| 1963 | Sandra Chrysopulos Morúa | San José | |||
| 1962 | Helvetia Albónico | Heredia | |||
| 1960 | Leila Rodríguez | San José | |||
| 1959 | Sonia Monturiol | Heredia | |||
| 1958 | Eugenia María Valverde Guardia | Guanacaste | |||
| 1957 | Sonia Cristina Icaza | San José | |||
| 1956 | Anabella Granados[5] | Heredia | Miss Congeniality | ||
| 1955 | Clemencia Martínez de Montis | Distrito Capital | |||
| 1954 | Marían Esquivel McKeown[6] | San José | Top 15 semifinalist |
- Semifinalist
Runners-up
Representatives to Miss World
Until 2006, the 1st runner-up of Miss Costa Rica would usually go to Miss World.
| Year | Runner-Up | Represented | Miss World Placement |
Award | International Titles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | Marta Eugenia Escalante Fernández | Puntarenas | Top 16 semifinalist | ||
| 1966 | Sonia Mora | Heredia | |||
| 1967 | Marjorie Furniss | Limón | |||
| 1968 | Patricia Diers | Limón | |||
| 1969 | Damaris Ureña | Guanacaste | |||
| 1972 | Victoria Eugenia (Vicky) Ross González | San José | |||
| 1974 | Rose Marie Leprade Coto | Guanacaste | |||
| 1975 | María Mayela Bolaños Ugalde | Distrito Capital | |||
| 1976 | Ligia María Ramos Quesada | Distrito Capital | |||
| 1977 | Carmen María Núñez Benavides | Distrito Capital | |||
| 1978 | Maribel Fernández García[7] | San José | Top 15 semifinalist | ||
| 1979 | Maríanela Brealey Mora | Heredia | |||
| 1980 | Marie Claire Tracy Coll | Guanacaste | |||
| 1981 | Sucetty Salas Quintanilla | Puntarenas | |||
| 1982 | Maureen Jiménez Solano | Distrito Capital | |||
| 1983 | María Meléndez Herrera | Distrito Capital | |||
| 1984 | Catalina María Blum Peña | Distrito Capital | |||
| 1985 | Maríanela Herrera Marín | Distrito Capital | |||
| 1986 | Ana Lorena González García | San José | Top 15 semifinalist | ||
| 1987 | Alexandra Eugenia Martínez Fuentes | Puntarenas | |||
| 1988 | Virginia Steinvort | Alajuela | |||
| 1989 | María Antonieta Sáenz Vargas | Limón | |||
| 1990 | Andrea Murillo Fallas | Alajuela | |||
| 1991 | Eugenie Jiménez Pacheco | Heredia | |||
| 1992 | Marisol Soto Alarcón | San José | |||
| 1993 | Laura Odio Salas | Distrito Capital | |||
| 1994 | Silvia Ester Muñoz Mata | Distrito Capital | |||
| 1995 | Shasling Navarro Aguilar | San José | |||
| 1996 | Natalia Carvajal Lorenzo | Cartago | |||
| 1997 | Rebeca Escalante Trejos | San José | |||
| 1998 | María Luisa Ureña Salazar | Distrito Capital | |||
| 1999 | Fiorella Martínez Martínez | Heredia | |||
| 2000 | Cristine de Mezerville Ferreto | Heredia | |||
| 2001 | Piarella Peralta Rodríguez | Limón | Miss World Scholarship | ||
| 2003 | Shirley Alvárez Sandoval | Guanacaste | |||
| 2004 | Shirley Calvo Jiménez[3] | San José | |||
| 2005 | Leonora Jiménez Monge[2] | Alajuela | Miss Asia Pacific 2005 | ||
| 2006 | Bélgica Arias Palomo | Guanacaste |
- Semifinalist
In 2007, Miss Costa Rica stopped selecting representatives to Miss World. Another organization sends delegates since 2007.
| Year | Delegate | Represented | Miss World Placement |
Award | International Titles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Wendy del Carmen Cordero Sánchez | Cartago | |||
| 2008 | María Amalia Matamoros Solis | San Juan de Naranjo | |||
| 2009 | Angie Catalina Alfaro Loria | Alajuela | |||
| 2010 | Dayana Aguilera Sequeira | Alajuela | |||
| 2011 | Paola Chaverri | Heredia |
Representatives to Miss International
Until 1994, the first runner-up, the winner or a finalist would go to Miss International.
| Year | Runner-Up | Represented | Miss International Placement |
Award | International Titles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | Ana Koberg | Limón | |||
| 1968 | Ana María Rivera | Distrito Capital | |||
| 1969 | Sonia Kohkemper | Cartago | |||
| 1970 | Haydée Brenes | Puntarenas | Top 15 semifinalist | ||
| 1972 | Isabel Amador | San José | |||
| 1974 | Ilse Marie Von Herold | Heredia | |||
| 1975 | María Lidieth Mora Badilla | Cartago | |||
| 1976 | Maritza Elizabeth Ortiz Calvo | Cartago | |||
| 1977 | Hannia Chavarria Córdoba | Alajuela | |||
| 1978 | Marlene Lourdes Amador Barrenechea | Guanacaste | |||
| 1979 | María Lorena Acuña Karpinski | San José | |||
| 1980 | Lorna Marlene Chávez Mata[8] | Distrito Capital | Miss International 1980 | Best National Costume | |
| 1981 | Trylce Jirón García | Limón | |||
| 1982 | Sigrid Lizano Mejía | Heredia | |||
| 1983 | Gidget Sandoval Herrera[9] | San José | Miss International 1983 | ||
| 1984 | Mónica Zamora Velasco | Puntarenas | |||
| 1985 | Maríanela Herrera Marín | Distrito Capital | |||
| 1986 | Ana Lorena González García | San José | |||
| 1987 | Alexandra Eugenia Martínez Fuentes | Puntarenas | |||
| 1988 | Erika María Paoli González | Limón | Top 15 semifinalist | ||
| 1989 | María Antonieta Sáenz Vargas | Limón | |||
| 1990 | Andrea Murillo Fallas | Alajuela | |||
| 1991 | Eugenie Jiménez Pacheco | Heredia | |||
| 1992 | Marisol Soto Alarcón | San José | |||
| 1993 | Laura Odio Salas | Distrito Capital | |||
| 1994 | Silvia Ester Muñoz Mata | Distrito Capital |
- Winner
- Semifinalist
Other organizations have sent delegates to Miss International since 2003.
| Year | Delegate | Represented | Miss International Placement |
Award | International Titles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Merilyn Villalta Castro | Distrito Capital | |||
| 2004 | Tatiana Vargas Cruz | Alajuela | |||
| 2007 | Ibis Leonela Paniagua Viales | Guanacaste | |||
| 2010 | Mariela Aparicio Alfaro | San José | Top 15 semifinalist | ||
| 2011 | María Fernanda Arias | Alajuela |
Winners by province
| Represented | # | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Distrito Capital | 10 | 1955, 1968, 1969, 1980, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 2009, 2010 |
| San José | 1954, 1957, 1960, 1963, 1971, 1978, 1981, 1993, 2000, 2003 | |
| Cartago | 7 | 1966, 1970, 1972, 1983, 1995, 1997, 2002 |
| Guanacaste | 1958, 1965, 1967, 1979, 1984, 1999, 2001 | |
| Heredia | 6 | 1956, 1959, 1962, 1982, 1988, 2007 |
| Limón | 1974, 1976, 1986, 1994, 1996, 2004 | |
| Alajuela | 4 | 1973, 1975, 1987, 2008 |
| Puntarenas | 1977, 1985, 1998, 2006 | |
| Valle del Bosque | 1 | 2005 |
References
- ^ a b c "Marva Wright is the new Miss Costa Rica". La Nación. April 17, 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2011.
- ^ a b "Costa Rica has a queen for Miss Universe". Panamá América. ACAN-EFE. January 30, 2005. Retrieved 22 February 2011.
- ^ a b "Beauty contests open doors". Diario Extra. January 27, 2004. Retrieved 22 February 2011.
- ^ Associated Press (July 25, 1978). "Judges name Capetown woman Miss Universe". The Palm Beach Post. Retrieved 22 February 2011.
Miss Fernandez of Costa Rica, the winner of Miss Photogenic.
- ^ "Beauties tearful at farewells". Los Angeles Times. July 23, 1956. Retrieved 22 February 2011.
Miss Costa Rica, Anabella Granados, who was voted Miss Friendship during the pageant.
- ^ "Giant wave slams youth onto beach". Los Angeles Times. July 13, 1954. Retrieved 22 February 2011.
From left: Marta Rrocha, 21, Brazil; Myrna Orozco, 20, Miss San Salvador; and Marian Esquivel, 18, who will compete as Miss Costa Rica.
- ^ "Nine favorites". Youngstown Vindicator. Associated Press. November 13, 1978. Retrieved 22 February 2011.
- ^ "Costa Rican beauty wins Miss International title". Lakeland Ledger. Associated Press. November 5, 1980. Retrieved 22 February 2011.
- ^ "Prize winner". Pittsburgh Press. UPI. October 12, 1983. Retrieved 22 February 2011.