Miss Costa Rica

Miss Costa Rica Organization

Formation	1954;71 years ago (1954)
Type	Beauty pageant
Headquarters	San José
Location	Costa Rica
Membership	Miss Universe
Official language	Spanish
President	Gabriela Alfaro
Staff	Teletica
Website	teletica.com/misscostarica

The Miss Costa Rica is a national beauty pageant in Costa Rica. The winner of the pageant represents Costa Rica at Miss Universe pageant.

History

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 used to be coproduced and broadcast by Teletica since 1960, but in 2024 the production changed to Ethe channel ¡OPA! ^{[1] [2] [3]} Women between the ages of 18 and 27, each representing a province, compete to represent Costa Rica for one year and participate in the annual Miss Universe international competition.

Titleholders

•   : Declared as Winner
•   : Ended as runner-up or top 5/6 qualification
•   : Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
•   : Ended as special awards winner

Year	Province	Miss Costa Rica	Placement at Miss Universe	Special Awards	Notes
¡OPA! directorship — a franchise holder to Miss Universe from 2024―present
2024	San José	Elena Hidalgo	Unplaced
Teletica directorship — a franchise holder to Miss Universe from 1962―2023
2023	Alajuela	Lisbeth Valverde [4]	Unplaced
2022	Alajuela	María Fernanda Rodríguez [5]	Unplaced
2021	Heredia	Valeria Rees	Unplaced		Appointed — Due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, no national pageant in 2021.
2020	San José	Ivonne Cerdas	Top 10
2019	San José	Paola Chacón	Unplaced
2018	San José	Natalia Carvajal	Top 10
2017	Heredia	Elena Correa [6]	Unplaced	Best National Costume (Top 16)	Appointed — Miss Costa Rica 2017 did not hold in 2017; the 1st Runner-up of Miss Costa Rica 2016, Elena Correa designated to be the new Miss Costa Rica 2017 and competed at Miss Universe 2017 in the United States.
2016	Alajuela	Carolina Rodríguez	Unplaced
2015	Limón	Brenda Castro [7]	Unplaced
2014	Heredia	Karina Ramos	Unplaced
2013	Guanacaste	Fabiana Granados	Top 16
2012	Alajuela	Nazareth Cascante	Unplaced
2011	Heredia	Johanna Solano [8]	Top 10
2010	Cartago	Marva Wright [3]	Unplaced
2009	San José	Jessica Umaña	Unplaced
2008	Alajuela	María Teresa Rodríguez	Unplaced
2007	Heredia	Verónica González	Unplaced
2006	San José	Fabriella Quesada	Unplaced
2005	San José	Johanna Fernández [9]	Unplaced
2004	Heredia	Nancy Soto [10]	Top 10	Best National Costume (Top 10)
2003	San José	Andrea Ovares	Unplaced
2002	Cartago	Merylin Villalta	Unplaced
2001	San José	Paola Calderón	Unplaced
2000	San José	Laura Mata	Unplaced
1999	Alajuela	Arianna Bolaños	Unplaced
1998	Puntarenas	Kisha Alvarado	Unplaced
1997	Cartago	Gabriela Aguilar	Unplaced
1996	Limón	Dafne Zeledón	Unplaced
1995	Alajuela	Beatriz Alvarado	Unplaced
1994	Limón	Jasmín Morales	Unplaced
1993	San José	Catalina Rodríguez	Unplaced
1992	San José	Jessica Manley	Unplaced
1991	San José	Viviana Muñoz	Unplaced
1990	San José	Julieta Posla	Unplaced
1989	San José	Luana Freer	Unplaced
1988	Heredia	Erika Paoli	Unplaced
1987	San José	Ana María Bolaños	Unplaced
1986	Limón	Aurora Velásquez	Unplaced
1985	Puntarenas	Rosibel Chacón	Unplaced
1984	San José	Silvia Portilla	Unplaced
1983	Cartago	Gabriela Pozuela	Unplaced
1982	Heredia	Lilliana Corella	Unplaced
1981	San José	Rosa Inés Solís	Unplaced
1980	San José	Bárbara Bonilla	Unplaced
1979	Guanacaste	Carla Facio	Unplaced
1978	San José	Maribel Guardia [11]	Unplaced	Miss Photogenic
1977	Puntarenas	Claudia Garnier	Unplaced
1976	Limón	Silvia Jiménez	Unplaced
1975	Alajuela	María de los Ángeles Picado	Unplaced
1974	Limón	Jeannette Rebeca	Unplaced
1973	Alajuela	María del Rosario Mora	Unplaced
1972	San José	Victoria Ross	Unplaced
1971	San José	Rosa María Rivera	Unplaced
1970	Cartago	Lilliam Berrocal	Unplaced
1969	San José	Clara Freda	Unplaced
1968	San José	Ana María Rivera	Unplaced
1967	Guanacaste	Rosa María Fernández	Unplaced
1966	Cartago	Virginia Oreamuno	Unplaced
1965	Guanacaste	Mercedes Pinagal	Unplaced
1964	San José	Dora Solé	Unplaced
1963	Cartago	Sandra Chrysopulos	Unplaced
1962	Heredia	Helvetia Albónico	Unplaced
1961	Did not compete
1960	San José	Leila Rodríguez	Unplaced
1959	Heredia	Sonia Monturiol	Unplaced
1958	Guanacaste	Eugenia Valverde	Unplaced		Disqualified from the competition.
1957	San José	Sonia Cristina Icaza	Unplaced
1956	Heredia	Anabella Granados [12]	Unplaced	Miss Congeniality
1955	San José	Clemencia Martínez	Unplaced
1954	San José	Marían Esquivel [13]	Top 15

See also

• Reinas de Costa Rica
• Mister Costa Rica

References

1. "¿Cómo logró el canal OPA quedarse con la franquicia de Miss Costa Rica? Esto es lo que se sabe". February 23, 2024.
2. https://www.crhoy.com/entretenimiento/tras-cambio-de-televisora-carboni-anuncia-que-competira-en-miss-costa-rica/ ^{[ bare URL ]}
3. "Marva Wright is the new Miss Costa Rica". La Nación . April 17, 2010. Retrieved February 22, 2011.
4. "Lisbeth Valverde Miss Costa Rica 2023:'Un día fui una niña qué soñó con esto'" [Lisbeth Valverde Miss Costa Rica 2023: 'One day I was a girl who dreamed of this']. La Nacion (in Spanish). August 17, 2023. Retrieved August 17, 2023.
5. Villegas, Andrey (September 28, 2022). "Nueva reina: Fernanda Rodríguez se corona Miss Costa Rica 2022". crhoy.com (in Spanish). Retrieved September 29, 2022.
6. "Miss Costa Rica Crown Awarded to Elena Correa". The CR Post. June 14, 2017.
7. "A Miss Costa Rica le faltará el premio mayor". nacion.com (in Spanish). July 18, 2015. Retrieved August 8, 2015.
8. "Johanna Solano is Miss Costa Rica 2011". La Nación . March 26, 2010. Retrieved March 28, 2011.
9. "Costa Rica has a queen for Miss Universe". Panamá América. ACAN-EFE. January 30, 2005. Retrieved February 22, 2011.
10. "Beauty contests open doors". Diario Extra . January 27, 2004. Archived from the original on June 2, 2008. Retrieved February 22, 2011.
11. "Judges name Capetown woman Miss Universe". The Palm Beach Post . Associated Press. July 25, 1978. Retrieved February 22, 2011. Miss Fernandez of Costa Rica, the winner of Miss Photogenic.
12. "Beauties tearful at farewells". Los Angeles Times . July 23, 1956. Archived from the original on June 29, 2011. Retrieved February 22, 2011. Miss Costa Rica, Anabella Granados, who was voted Miss Friendship during the pageant.
13. "Giant wave slams youth onto beach". Los Angeles Times . July 13, 1954. Archived from the original on June 29, 2011. Retrieved February 22, 2011. From left: Marta Rrocha, 21, Brazil; Myrna Orozco, 20, Miss San Salvador; and Marian Esquivel, 18, who will compete as Miss Costa Rica.

External links

• Official Miss Costa Rica website Archived July 8, 2018, at the Wayback Machine