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| Formation | 1960 |
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| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | San Juan |
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Membership | Miss International |
Official language | Spanish |
President | Miguel Deliz |
Miss International Puerto Rico (previously called Miss Puerto Rico) is a national beauty pageant in Puerto Rico.
The first Puerto Rican delegate in Miss International was Carmen Sara Látimer, sent in 1960. Since 1960, Puerto Rico has produced two winners (Laurie Simpson in 1987 and Valerie Hernandez in 2014), one 3rd runner-up and ten semi-finalists. The Miss Puerto Rico pageant had the Miss International franchise from 1960 to 1997, after a two-year hiatus, a new pageant was created called Miss Puerto Rico Turismo that sent representatives until 2007 when a new organization acquired the franchise (Creative Options Inc. – Fernando Oquendo Vega). Nuestra Belleza Puerto Rico acquired the License in 2016 - President Miguel Deliz.
The Miss International [1] pageant began in 1960 and since then Puerto Rico has had 15 representatives classify in the finals including: 2 winners, 1 runner-up and 12 semi-finalists.
Since 2016 - Currently, the copyright of Miss International Puerto Rico has been transferred to Nuestra Belleza Puerto Rico.
The winner of Miss International Puerto Rico represents her country at the Miss International. On occasion, when the winner does not qualify (due to age) for either contest, a runner-up is sent.
| Year | Miss International Puerto Rico | Placement | Special Awards | ||
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| 2024 | TBA | TBA | TBA | ||
| 2023 | Amanda Paola Pérez Solís | Top 15 | |||
| 2022 | Paola Gonzalez Torres | ||||
| Due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, no competition held between 2020—2021 | |||||
| 2019 | Ivana Carolina Irizarry Fritany | Top 15 | |||
| 2018 | Yarelis Yvette Salgado Rodríguez | ||||
| 2017 | Beverly Marie Rodriguez De Leon | Did not compete | |||
| 2016 | Gabriela Berríos Pagán | ||||
| Nuestra Belleza Puerto Rico is under a new organisation since 2016. | |||||
| 2015 | Wilmary Monción Román | ||||
| 2014 | Valerie Hernández Matías | Miss International 2014 | |||
| 2013 | Ashley Beth Pérez Calderón | Top 15 | |||
| 2012 | Ashley Michelle Ruiz Rodríguez | ||||
| 2011 | Desiree Del Rio De Jesús | 3rd Runner-up | Miss Active | ||
| 2010 | Aideliz Hidalgo Betances | Top 15 | |||
| 2009 | Mónica Cristina Pastrana González | ||||
| 2008 | Miriam Pabón Carrión | Top 12 | |||
| 2007 | Haydil Rivera Escobales | Top 15 | |||
| 2006 | Sharon Haydée Gómez Díaz | Top 12 | |||
| 2005 | Dinorah Collazo | ||||
| 2004 | Meredith Herrera Morales | ||||
| 2003 | Dignelis Taymí Jiménez Hernández | ||||
| 2002 | Mariela Lugo Marín | ||||
| 2001 | Lorena Otero Pérez | ||||
| 2000 | Rosiveliz Diaz Rodriguez | ||||
| 1998 | Jacqueline Negrón | Did not compete | |||
| 1997 | Ymak Farah Fagundo Soto | Top 15 | |||
| 1996 | Lydia Guzmán López | ||||
| 1995 | Maria Del Rocío Arroyo Rivera | ||||
| 1994 | Alice Marina Lee | ||||
| 1993 | Brenda Esther Robles Cortés | ||||
| 1992 | Dayanara Torres | 3rd Runner-up | |||
| 1991 | Lizaura Quiñones Torres | ||||
| 1990 | Ana Rosa Brito Suárez | ||||
| 1989 | Michele Cotto | ||||
| 1988 | Yolanda Martínez | ||||
| 1987 | Laurie Tamara Simpson Rivera | Miss International 1987 | |||
| 1986 | Elizabeth Robison Latalladi | Top 15 | |||
| 1984 | Sandra Beauchamp Roche | Did not compete | |||
| 1977 | Marta Hernández | Miss Photogenic | |||
| 1976 | Yvonne Torres García | Top 15 | |||
| 1975 | Gladys Salgado Castillo | ||||
| 1972 | Miriam López | Miss Congeniality | |||
| 1971 | Doris L. Morales | ||||
| 1968 | Elsa Maria Schroeder Méndez | ||||
| 1967 | Maria Felisa Seda | ||||
| 1965 | Iraida Palacios | ||||
| 1964 | Zoé Sandra Foy Santiago | ||||
| 1963 | Aida Mercado Cordero | Top 15 | |||
| 1962 | Agnes Toro Garratón | ||||
| 1961 | Ivette Monagas | ||||
| 1960 | Carmen Sara Látimer | ||||
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