The Organización Miss América Latina, known in English as the Miss Latin America Organization is a company that owns and organizes the Miss Latin America and Miss Latina US pageants. The organization was founded in the 1980s. The first pageant established was the Miss Latin America, in 1981. Miss Latina US was founded as Miss Latina USA in 1986, and is the official national preliminary for the United States to Miss Latin America. Miss Teen US Latina was founded in 2003.

Titleholders

The following is a list of the titleholders for the Miss Latin America Organization, spanning back to Miss Latin America 1981.

Year Name Nationality City Country
1981 Lesley Quintanilla  United States Miami, Florida  United States
1982 Martha Álvarez
1983 María Rosa  Puerto Rico
1984 Mirla Ochoa[1]  Venezuela
1985 Victoria Mauríz  Dominican Republic
1986 Lucia Collado San José  Costa Rica
1987-1988[lower-alpha 1] Lorenia Burruel  Mexico Santa Cruz de la Sierra  Bolivia
1989 Suzanne Hannaux  El Salvador Hermosillo, Sonora  Mexico
1990 Vanessa Holler  Venezuela San Salvador  El Salvador
1991 María Elena Bellido  Peru Buenos Aires  Argentina
1992 Ana Sofía Pereira  Nicaragua Guayaquil  Ecuador
1993 María Fernanda Morales  Guatemala Guatemala City  Guatemala
1994-1995[lower-alpha 2] Priscila Furlan  Brazil Guayaquil  Ecuador
1996-1997[lower-alpha 3] Jeannette Chávez  Costa Rica Lima  Peru
1998-1999[lower-alpha 4] Aline Resende  Brazil Costa del Sol  El Salvador
2000 Dania Prince  Honduras Guatemala City  Guatemala
2001 Grace Martins  Brazil Montelimar Beach  Nicaragua
2002 Claudia Cruz  Dominican Republic Bávaro Beach  Dominican Republic
2003 Maria Carolina Casado  Venezuela Playa Tambor  Costa Rica
2004 Gamalis Fermín  Puerto Rico Cancún, Quintana Roo  Mexico
2005 Mariela Candia  Paraguay Punta Cana  Dominican Republic
2006 Melissa Quesada  United States Riviera Maya, Quintana Roo  Mexico
2007 Giannina Silva (dethroned)  Uruguay Riviera Maya, Quintana Roo
Heidy García (successor)  Guatemala
2008 Daniele Sampaio  Italy Punta Cana  Dominican Republic
2009 Johanna Solano  Costa Rica
2010 Carolina Lemus  Colombia
2011 Estefani Chalco  Ecuador
2012 Georgina Méndez  Guatemala Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo  Mexico
2013 Julia Guerra  Brazil Riviera Maya, Quintana Roo
2014 Nicole Pinto (resigned)  Panama Punta Cana  Dominican Republic
Yanire Ortiz (successor)  Spain
2015 Karla Monje  United States Riviera Maya, Quintana Roo  Mexico
2016[2] Laura Spoya  Peru
2017 Elicena Andrada Orrego  Spain Bahías de Huatulco, Oaxaca
2018 Nadine Teresa Verhulp  Holland Punta Cana  Dominican Republic
Year Miss Latin America Country Represented Miss Latina US State Represented Miss Teen US Latina State Represented
2008 Daniele Sampaio  Italy Fatima Leonardo+  Rhode Island
2007 Heidi Garcia *  Guatemala Yalena Matos  Oregon Nicole Korrody  Texas
Giannina Silva *  Uruguay
2006 Melissa Quesada United States United States Melissa Marin  Rhode Island Karla Acosta  Florida
2005 Mariela Candia  Paraguay Melissa Quesada  New York Geysha Gonzalez  Illinois
2004 Gamalis Fermín  Puerto Rico Graciela Stanley  Kansas Michelle Gonzalez  Illinois
2003 Maria Carolina Casado  Venezuela Lydia Acuña  Utah Edshelee Torres  Florida
2002 Claudia Cruz  Dominican Republic Elynor Martinez  Utah
2001 Grace Martins  Brazil Karla Vargas  California
2000 Dania Prince  Honduras Katherine Gonzalez  New York
1999 Aline Resende ***  Brazil Dilania Inoa  Rhode Island Kristine Taranco **  Florida
1998 Katherine Rodriguez  Florida
1997 Jeannette Chavez ***  Costa Rica
1996 Iris Almario ****  New York
1995 Priscila Furlan ***  Brazil
1994 Joanne Morale-George  Florida
1993 María Fernanda Morales  Guatemala Dailin Garcia  Florida
1992 Ana Sofía Pereira  Nicaragua Carla Morales  Rhode Island
1991 María Elena Bellido  Peru Yvette Gonzalez  New York
1990 Vanessa Holler  Venezuela Carola Garfias  Arizona
1989 Suzanne Hannaux  El Salvador Hany Valdes  Florida
1988 Lorenia Burruel ***  Mexico
1987 Sdenka Dobronic  District of Columbia
1986 Lucia Collado  Dominican Republic Sandra Luz Cedillos  Texas
1985 Victoria Mauríz  Dominican Republic
1984 Mirla Ochoa  Venezuela
1983 María Rosa  Puerto Rico
1982 Martha Alvarez United States Florida Miami, Florida, United States
1981 Lesley Quintana United States Florida Miami, Florida, United States

Notes

  1. The 1988 event was postponed until 1989 because of the Mexican presidential inauguration, and thus Lorenia Burruel was named Miss América Latina 1987-88
  2. The 1995 event was canceled due to a national crisis in the host city. Priscila Furlan was then named Miss América Latina 1994-95.
  3. The 1997 event was postponed for unknown reasons. Thus, Jeannette Chávez's title was extended to Miss América Latina 1996-97
  4. The 1999 event was renamed to Miss América Latina 2000 in order to post-date the titles. Aline Resende's title was changed to Miss América Latina 1998-99.

* In 2007, Silva was dethroned by the Miss Latin America Organization and replaced by Garcia, the first runner-up.

** Taranco wasn't actually crowned Miss Teen US Latina, but rather won the title Miss Teen Florida Latina, the first teenage pageant associated with the Miss Latin America Organization.

*** For one various reason or another, Lorenia Burruel, Priscila Furlan, Jeannette Chavez, and Aline Resende had their titles expanded for another year.

**** No Miss Latina USA 1996 was organized. Rather, a panel of judges chose Iris Almario, the first runner-up at Miss Latina USA 1993, to represent the United States at Miss Latin America 1996.

+ Fatima Leonardo was selected to represent the United States at Miss Latin America 2008. She had won the state title for Rhode Island already, and was selected amongst those who were going to compete at Miss Latina US 2008, which had been postponed to after Miss Latin America 2008.

References

  1. Rodríguez, Julio; Montaldo, Diego (April 30, 2011). "Falleció Mirla Ochoa nuestra primera Miss America Latina". Rumberos.net (in Spanish). Retrieved March 13, 2017.
  2. "Belleza oriental en Sidney". EL PAIS. No. Online national news. Copyright ® EL PAIS S.A. 1918 - 2016. 4 June 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
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