Miss Puerto Rico is a national title bestowed on the women representing Puerto Rico in international beauty pageants.
María Stella Márquez de Araneta, often styled as Madame Stella de Araneta, is a Colombian—Filipino pageant director and beauty queen. She grew up in New York City and moved back to Colombia, where she became a pageant titleholder. As Miss Colombia, she was crowned the first Miss International in 1960. She obtained her Filipino citizenship via naturalization in 1970.
Kandace Gayle Krueger Matthews is an American beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss USA 2001 and represented the United States in the Miss Universe 2001 where she placed second runner-up. She is the daughter of Larry and Barbara Johnson Krueger, and was born and raised in Austin, Texas.
Cynthia Enid Olavarría Rivera is a Puerto Rican actress, fashion model, TV host and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2005 and placed 1st Runner-Up at Miss Universe 2005.
Tara Elizabeth Conner is an American model, television personality, and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss USA 2006 and has also competed in the Miss Teen USA and Miss Universe pageants. Apart from her role as Miss USA, Conner has been employed as a model. She was a featured model on the HDNet series Bikini Destinations in 2004, posing in Lake Tahoe. She has also held the titles Miss Kentucky Teen USA 2002, Miss Kentucky County Fair 2004, and Miss Kentucky USA 2006.
Alice Panikian is a Bulgarian-Canadian journalist, TV host, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe Canada 2006 and Miss Reinado Internacional del Cafe 2006. She attended William Lyon Mackenzie Collegiate Institute in Toronto, and graduated in 2003.
Íngrid Marie Rivera Santos is a Puerto Rican actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Mundo de Puerto Rico 2005 and represented her country at Miss World 2005. She later won Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2008 and represented her country at Miss Universe 2008.
Zuleyka Jerrís Rivera Mendoza is a Puerto Rican actress, tv host, dancer, model, and beauty queen who won Miss Universe 2006 in Los Angeles. She was previously crowned Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2006. She made her debut as a telenovela actress in Mexico's Telemundo's soap opera Dame Chocolate in 2007, which was followed by several other soap opera roles. In 2017 she appeared in the music video for "Despacito" by Luis Fonsi.
Rachel Renee Smith is an American actress, tv host, model and beauty pageant titleholder who won the Miss USA 2007 pageant and who previously had competed in the Miss Teen USA 2002 pageant. She represented the United States at Miss Universe 2007 and placed 4th Runner-Up.
Wilmadilis Blasini Pérez best known as Uma Blasini is a Puerto Rican beauty pageant titleholder who represented Puerto Rico at the Miss Universe 2007 beauty pageant.
Riyo Mori is a Japanese actress, dancer, model and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Universe 2007 in Mexico City.
Miss Universe 1958 was the seventh Miss Universe pageant, held at the Long Beach Municipal Auditorium in Long Beach, California, United States on 25 July 1958.
Miss Universe 1953 was the second Miss Universe pageant, held at the Long Beach Municipal Auditorium in Long Beach, California, United States of America on 17 July 1953.
Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2009 was the 54th Miss Puerto Rico Universe pageant, held at the José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on October 22, 2008.
Desiree Lowry Rodríguez is a Puerto Rican beauty pageant titleholder, fashion model, tv host, event coordinator, model agency owner and former pageant director for Miss Universe Puerto Rico.
Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2007 was the 52nd Miss Puerto Rico Universe pageant, held at the Centro de Convenciones de Puerto Rico in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on November 22, 2006.
Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2012 was the 57th Miss Universe Puerto Rico pageant, held at the Centro de Bellas Artes de Santurce in San Juan, Puerto Rico on November 7, 2011.
The Miss Perú 1994 pageant was held on April 10, 1994. That year, 24 candidates were competing for the national crown. The chosen winner represented Peru at the Miss Universe 1994. The rest of the finalists would enter in different pageants.
Miss Universe Puerto Rico is a national beauty pageant in Puerto Rico, held annually since 1952. Currently, the pageant is responsible for selecting Puerto Rico's delegates to Miss Universe. Since 2018, the organization is owned by Hemisphere Media Group, and the annual competition is broadcast on WAPA TV and WAPA América. After Hemisphere Media Group acquired the rights of the franchise, Denise Quiñones, was appointed as the director of the organization.
Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2021 was the 65th edition of the Miss Universe Puerto Rico pageant, held on September 30, 2021 at Luis A. Ferré Performing Arts Center in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Estefanía Soto of San Sebastián crowned Michelle Colón of Loíza as her successor at the end of the event. Colón represented Puerto Rico at the Miss Universe 2021 pageant and finished as Top 10.
