Formation | 1990 |
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Founder | César Montecé Queen of Ecuador Inc. |
Type | Beauty pageant |
Headquarters | Ecuador |
Location | |
Official language | English |
President | Rodrigo Moreira (2014-present) |
Website | missteenagerworld |
Miss Teenager World is the oldest international teen beauty pageant, founded in Guayaquil, Ecuador. [1] [2] [3] [4]
The pageant is only open to teenage girls and women who have never been married or given birth.
The current Miss Teenager World is Mogau Ramaila of South Africa who was crowned on November 25, 2024 in Lima, Peru.
Miss Teenager World was launched in the year 1990 and continued in the coming year as well. In 2016, the beauty contest chose to Miss Teenager Universal and was held for the first time in the history in Panama. [5] [6] [7]
The following women have been crowned Miss Teenager World
Year | Country/Territory | Miss Teenager World | Venue | |||
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2024 | South Africa | Mogau Ramaila | Lima, Peru | |||
2023 | Spain | Mia Acosta Iparraguirre [8] | Guayaquil, Ecuador | |||
2022 | Mexico | Ilse Vanessa Torres Granados [9] [10] | ||||
2021 | Canada | Jessica Lyn Macniel [11] [12] | ||||
2020 | Due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, no pageant in 20201 | |||||
2019 | Aruba | Zury Ruiz [13] | Guayaquil, Ecuador | |||
2018 | Costa Rica | Valeria Stefania Franceschi Alvarado | Panama City, Panama | |||
2017 | Panama | Dannelys Barrios | ||||
2016 | Brazil | Luana Passos [14] [15] | ||||
2015 | Ecuador | Angie Larrea Barzola [16] | Guayaquil, Ecuador | |||
2014 | Puerto Rico | Sheisa Blasini Torres [17] | ||||
No pageants were held between 2010—2013 | ||||||
César Montecé pageant ownership era | ||||||
2009 | Brazil | Isis Stocco Machado [18] [19] | Guayaquil, Ecuador | |||
2008 | Venezuela | Ana María Fois Colina [20] [21] | ||||
2007 | United States | Xioreli De La Vega | ||||
2006 | Dominican Republic | Paloma Massiel Almonte Reynoso [22] [23] [24] | ||||
2005 | Ecuador | Ximena Valarezo Alvarado [25] | ||||
2004 | Canada | Daniela Rojas [26] | ||||
2003 | Ecuador | Yalitza Alcívar Montecé [27] [28] [29] | ||||
2002 | Peru | Tracy Freundt Bonilla [30] [31] [32] | ||||
2001 | Costa Rica | Marianela Zeledón Bolaños [33] | ||||
2000 | Argentina | Gabriela Sobrado [34] | Salinas, Ecuador | |||
Nation | Titles | Year(s) |
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Ecuador | 3 | 2003, 2005, 2015 |
Costa Rica | 2 | 2001, 2018 |
Canada | 2004, 2021 | |
Brazil | 2009, 2016 | |
Argentina | 1 | 2000 |
Peru | 2002 | |
Dominican Republic | 2006 | |
United States | 2007 | |
Venezuela | 2008 | |
Puerto Rico | 2014 | |
Panama | 2017 | |
Aruba | 2019 | |
Mexico | 2022 | |
Spain | 2023 | |
South Africa | 2024 | |
Miss Teenager World titleholders in the world's major beauty contests.
Year | Miss Earth |
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2003 | Marianela Zeledon Bolaños [35] Miss Earth Costa Rica and Miss Water 2003 Costa Rica |
Miss Intercontinental | |
2013 | Paloma Almonte Reynoso [36] [37] [38] Miss Intercontinental Dominican Republic 2013 Dominican Republic |
Miss International | |
2015 | Isis Stocco Machado [39] [40] [41] Miss International Brazil Brazil |
2021 | Valeria Franceschi [42] Miss International Panama Panama |
Titleholders who previously competed or will be competing at other international beauty pageants:
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Ana María Fois, 16, won the Miss Teenager World 2008 pageant.(original in Spanish)
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Marianela Zeledón won the crown of the Miss Teenager World contest" 2001.(original in Spanish)
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Almonte participated in 2008 in the Top Model of the World contest, representing the Dominican Republic(original in Spanish)