Sandoval is a habitational surname of Spanish origin. It primarily originates from Sandoval de la Reina, Spain, earlier called Sannoval, which is a blend word of Latin saltus and Latin novalis.
Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá is a football stadium in San Juan de Tibás, with a seating capacity of 23,112, making it the second-largest stadium in the country.
Leonora Jiménez Monge is a Costa Rican beauty pageant titleholder and the original winner of 2005 Miss Asia Pacific International. She was dethroned because of her participation in Miss World 2005 and the Miss Asia Pacific title was passed to the 1st runner up, Evgeniya Lapova of Russia. Leonora did not place among the semifinalists in Miss World.
Gidget Sandoval Herrera is a Costa Rican model and beauty queen who was crowned Miss International 1983.
Escats is a band from Costa Rica and it is composed of three members: Luis Alonso Naranjo, Kin Rivera Jr. and Felipe Contreras
The Vuelta Ciclista a Costa Rica is a bicycle racing stage race held annually, since 1965, in Costa Rica. The men's Vuelta carries a UCI rating of 2.2 and is part of the UCI America Tour, which is one of six UCI Continental Circuits sponsored by the Union Cycliste Internationale, the sport's international governing body. For the women's race see; Vuelta Internacional Femenina a Costa Rica.
María Amalia Matamoros Solís is a Costa Rican model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Reinas de Costa Rica 2008 and went on to represent her country in Miss World 2008 in Johannesburg, South Africa, on December 13, 2008. She was not among the fifteen semi-finalists.
Miss International 1978, the 18th Miss International pageant, was held on November 10, 1978 at the Mielparque in Tokyo, Japan. Katherine Ruth earned United States's second Miss International crown.
Miss International 1988, the 28th Miss International pageant, was held on July 17, 1988 in Gifu, Japan and hosted by Masumi Okada. Catherine Alexandra Gude of Norway was crowned at the end of the event.
The Miss Costa Rica is a national beauty pageant in Costa Rica. The winner of the pageant represents Costa Rica at Miss Universe pageant.
Cahuita is a district of the Talamanca canton, in the Limón province of Costa Rica. It is located on the Caribbean coast.
Maria Nazareth Cascante Madrigal is a Costa Rican model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Costa Rica 2012 and was represented her country in the Miss Universe 2012. Nazareth was also crowned as Miss Teen International in 2009.
Reinas de Costa Rica is a national beauty pageant in Costa Rica that selects representatives to the Miss World and Miss International pageant. After the Miss Costa Rica pageant stopped sending contestants to the Miss World and Miss International pageants in 2006, the franchise was acquired by the Reinas de Costa Rica organization presided by Alan Aleman. However, after two years of absence in the Miss World pageant in 2017-2018, the organization eventually lost the franchise to the newly established contest, Concurso Nacional de Belleza de Costa Rica in 2019. The organization also lost the Miss Earth franchise to Jose Vásconez in 2016.
Karina Ramos Leiton is a Costa Rican tv host, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Costa Rica 2014 and represented her country at Miss Universe 2014. She's also the CEO, and owner of the modeling agency Imagination Agency S.A., created by her for preparing future beauty pageant candidates.
Miss International 2015 was the 55th Miss International pageant, held at the Grand Prince Hotel Takanawa in Tokyo, Japan, on November 5, 2015.
Brenda Castro is a Costa Rican beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Costa Rica 2015 and represented her country at the Miss Universe 2015 pageant. She also represented Costa Rica at Miss Grand International 2019 in Caracas.
Miss World USA 1970 was the 9th edition of the Miss World USA pageant and it was held in Kings Castle in Lake Tahoe, Nevada and was won by Sandra Wolsfeld of Illinois. She was crowned by outgoing titleholder, Connie Lee Haggard of Texas. Wolsfeld went on to represent the United States at the Miss World 1970 Pageant in London later that year. She finished in the Top 15 at Miss World.
Miss Grand Costa Rica is a San José-based female national beauty pageant in Costa Rica, organized separately for in first time in 2022 by the Concurso Nacional de Belleza de Costa Rica, with Erick Solis as the president. The winner of the contest represents the country at its parent competition, the Miss Grand International pageant. Before 2022, the competition license belonged to different organizers, such as the Reinas de Costa Rica organization (2015 – 2017) and the Miss Costa Rica organization (2018 – 2021). Most of the country's representatives at the Miss Grand International pageant during such a period were appointed without organizing the respective pageant.
Miss Grand Costa Rica 2022 was the first edition of the Miss Grand Costa Rica beauty pageant, held at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre in San José on 7 July 2022. Twelve contestants, chosen to participate directly through the national casting held by the Concurso Nacional de Belleza de Costa Rica, competed for the title, of whom a 28-year-old model from Guanacaste, Brenda Muñoz, was named the winner. She then represented Costa Rica in the Miss Grand International 2022 pageant held on October 25 in Indonesia, but got a non-placement.
Miss Distrito Federal, formerly called Miss Brasília, is a Brazilian Beauty pageant which selects the representative for the Brazilian Federal District at the Miss Brazil contest. The pageant was created in 1959 and has been held every year since with the exception of 1990–1991, 1993, and 2020. The pageant is held annually with representation of several municipalities. Since 2019, the State director of Miss Distrito Federal is, Mayck Carvalho.
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