Miss Teenager World

Not to be confused with Miss Teen World.

Miss Teenager World

Formation	1990;35 years ago (1990)
Founder	César Montecé Queen of Ecuador Inc.
Type	Beauty pageant
Headquarters	Ecuador
Location	Guayaquil
Official language	English
President	Rodrigo Moreira (2014-present)
Website	missteenagerworld.com

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.

History

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]}

Titleholders

The following women have been crowned Miss Teenager World

Year	Country/Territory	Miss Teenager World	Venue
2024	South Africa	Mogau Ramaila	Lima, Peru
2023	Spain	Mia Acosta Iparraguirre	Guayaquil, Ecuador
2022	Mexico	Ilse Vanessa Torres Granados [8] [9]
2021	Canada	Jessica Lyn Macniel [10]
2020	Due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, no pageant in 20201
2019	Aruba	Zury Ruiz [11]	Guayaquil, Ecuador
2018	Costa Rica	Valeria Stefania Franceschi Alvarado	Panama City, Panama
2017	Panama	Dannelys Barrios
2016	Brazil	Luana Passos [12] [13]
2015	Ecuador	Angie Larrea Barzola	Guayaquil, Ecuador
2014	Puerto Rico	Sheisa Blasini Torres [14]
No pageants were held between 2010—2013
César Montecé pageant ownership era
2009	Brazil	Isis Stocco Machado [15] [16]	Guayaquil, Ecuador
2008	Venezuela	Ana María Fois Colina [17] [18]
2007	United States	Xioreli De La Vega
2006	Dominican Republic	Paloma Massiel Almonte Reynoso [19] [20] [21]
2005	Ecuador	Ximena Valarezo Alvarado [22]
2004	Canada	Daniela Rojas
2003	Ecuador	Yalitza Alcívar Montecé [23] [24] [25]
2002	Peru	Tracy Freundt Bonilla [26] [27] [28]
2001	Costa Rica	Marianela Zeledón Bolaños [29]
2000	Argentina	Gabriela Sobrado	Salinas, Ecuador

¹No pageant was held in 2020 due to the global restrictions on public events and international travel imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Countries/Territory by winning number

Nation	Titles	Year(s)
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

Major beauty pageants

Miss Teenager World titleholders in the world's major beauty contests.

Year	Miss Earth
2003	Marianela Zeledon Bolaños [30] Miss Earth Costa Rica and Miss Water 2003   Costa Rica
	Miss Intercontinental
2013	Paloma Almonte Reynoso [31] [32] [33] Miss Intercontinental Dominican Republic 2013   Dominican Republic
	Miss International
2015	Isis Stocco Machado [34] [35] [36] Miss International Brazil   Brazil
2021	Valeria Franceschi [37] Miss International Panama   Panama

Crossovers

Titleholders who previously competed or will be competing at other international beauty pageants:

Miss Asia Pacific International

• 2003:   Peru : Tracy Freundt ^[38] (3rd. Runner Up)

Miss Turismo de las Américas

• 2006:   Ecuador : Yalitza Alcívar ^[39] (Winner)

Top Model of the World

• 2008:   Dominican Republic : Paloma Almonte ^[40] (Unplaced)

See also

• Miss Teen World

References

1. "Representará a Uruguay en "Miss Teenager World International" en Guayaquil" ["Miss Teenager World International" in Guayaquil]. Diario El Pueblo Uruguay (in Spanish). Jul 4, 2014.
2. "Laryssa Burgos regresa triunfante del Miss Teenager World" [Laryssa Burgos returns triumphant of the Miss Teenager World pageant]. Promociones Gloria (in Spanish). April 21, 2015.
3. "Larissa Burgos concursará en el Miss Teenager World 2015" [Bolivian will compete in the Miss Teenager World pageant]. Diario El Deber Bolivia (in Spanish). April 16, 2015.
4. "Laryssa Burgos rumbo al Miss Teenager World 2015" [Bolivian road to Miss Teenager World 2015]. Eju TV Bolivia (in Spanish). April 14, 2015.
5. "Miss Teenager Universal 2017". Siempreeventos.com. November 21, 2017.
6. "Gabriela Santiago wins Miss Teenager Universal 2016" [Gabriela Santiago Miss Teenager Universal 2016]. Te Paso El Dato Magazine - Ecuador (in Spanish). November 21, 2016.
7. "Hidalguense la nueva Miss Teenager Intercontinental" [Miss Teenager Intercontinental]. Organización Editorial Mexicana (in Spanish). November 7, 2016.
8. "Ilse Torres Miss Teenager World 2022". bellezaadolescente.com. October 22, 2022. Retrieved December 1, 2022. The Mexican Ilse Torres Granados, 19 years old, was elected Miss Teenager World 2022. (original in Spanish)
9. "Mexican Ilse Torres at the New York Fashion Award 2023". bellezaadolescente.com. February 6, 2022. Retrieved February 14, 2022. Ilse won the title of Miss Teenager World 2022, last October, in Ecuador. (original in Spanish)
10. "Miss Teenager World from South Surrey wants to change perceptions of beauty". Peace Arch News. Jul 12, 2022. One week after receiving her national crown, MacNiel headed to Ecuador in October 2021 to represent Canada, among 40 contestants from different nations at an international teen competition.
11. "Zury Ruiz wins Miss Teenager World 2019". Diario Aruba (in Papiamento). December 12, 2019.
12. "Luana Passos é eleita Miss Teenager World 2016 no Panamá" [Luana Passos wins Miss Teenager World title in Panama]. TV Diario Brasil (in Portuguese). November 7, 2016.
13. "Luana Passos eleita Miss Teenager World 2016" [Luana Passos wins Miss Teenager World 2016]. danashe.com.br (in Portuguese). November 7, 2016.
14. "Puerto Rico gana nueva corona internacional". El Nuevo Día. Retrieved June 16, 2021. (original in Spanish)
15. "Brasil ganó el tercer megaevento de belleza" [Brazil won the third beauty mega-event]. Diario El Universo (in Spanish). August 8, 2009.
16. "Maringaense é coroada Miss Brasil Internacional 2015" [Maringaense was crowned Miss Brazil International]. Folha Regional de Cianorte (in Portuguese). Sep 28, 2015.
17. "Dominicano ganó Dedal de Oro". Diario El Universo. August 23, 2008. Retrieved June 17, 2021. Ana María Fois, 16, won the Miss Teenager World 2008 pageant. (original in Spanish)
18. "International Beauty". Diverso Magazine. September 9, 2008. Retrieved June 17, 2021. Ana María Fois from Venezuela was chosen Miss Teenager World 2008 (original in Spanish)
19. "Young woman will represent Puerto Plata in "Miss Dominican Republic"". Puerto Plata Digital. February 29, 2012. Retrieved June 15, 2021. (original in Spanish)
20. "Una paloma que vuela como las aguilas". Noticias ENN. February 1, 2017. Retrieved June 16, 2021. (original in Spanish)
21. "Santo Domingo sede del Miss Coral 2017". Diario Libre. February 1, 2017. Retrieved June 17, 2021. The beauty pageant will be produced by its director Paloma Almonte
22. "Nuevas reinas ecuatorianas" [New Ecuadorian queens]. Diario La Hora (in Spanish). May 17, 2006.
23. "La "Pollera" cautiva en Miss Teen 2004". Diario Panamá América. February 28, 2004. Retrieved June 17, 2021. (original in Spanish)
24. "Miss Turismo Latinoamericana promociona a Ecuador". Diario La Hora. Retrieved June 17, 2021. (original in Spanish)
25. "Alcívar is Ecuador's Tourism Ambassador". Diario La Hora. Retrieved June 17, 2021. (original in Spanish)
26. "Tracy Freundt fue la adolescente más bella del mundo" [Tracy Freundt was the most beautiful teen of the world] (in Spanish). accesoperu.com. Sep 1, 2012.
27. "Tracy Freundt en una osada sesión fotográfica para SoHo" [Tracy Freundt in a photoshoot for SoHo]. El Comercio (in Spanish). Sep 2, 2020.
28. "Tracy Freundt se convirtió en madre por primera vez". America Television (in Spanish). Jul 5, 2015.
29. "Reina con adrenalina". Diario La Nación. June 16, 2001. Retrieved June 16, 2021. Marianela Zeledón won the crown of the Miss Teenager World contest" 2001. (original in Spanish)
30. "Miss Honduras obtiene Cetro Miss Earth 2003". Voz de America. Retrieved November 9, 2003. (original in Spanish)
31. "Paloma Almonte will represent the country in Germany". El Dia. 3 December 2013. Retrieved December 3, 2013. Paloma Almonte, Miss Tourism Dominican 2013 will travel to Germany to represent the Dominican Republic in the international Miss Intercontinental 2013 pageant where will compete more than 50 countries. (original in Spanish)
32. "Paloma Almonte, Miss Tourism Dominican 2013 will travel to Germany". El Caribe. Retrieved December 3, 2013. (original in Spanish)
33. "Miss Tourism Dominican 2013 travels to Germany". Diario Libre. Retrieved December 14, 2013. (original in Spanish)
34. "Profile Miss International Brazil 2015". Miss International Organization. Retrieved Dec 2, 2021.
35. "Miss Brasil Internacional 2015". perubeauties.org. Retrieved Dec 2, 2021.
36. "Venezuelana vence concurso Miss Internacional 2015" [Venezuelan wins Miss International 2015 contest] (in Portuguese). November 5, 2015. Retrieved December 2, 2021. [In addition to the first five mentioned, the representative of Brazil, Isis Stocco, was among the ten finalists, along with those sent from Mexico, the Philippines, Thailand and the United Kingdom.] English translation
37. "Valeria Franceschi, nueva Señorita Panamá Internacional 2020". Telemetro . Retrieved February 6, 2021. (original in Spanish)
38. "Ex Misses in the new Nubeluz". Peru Beauties. Retrieved June 16, 2021. (original in Spanish)
39. "Miss Turismo de las Américas en campaña". Diario El Universo. 26 April 2006. Retrieved June 17, 2021. (original in Spanish)
40. "Paloma Almonte guest of honor at a pageant in Egypt". Listin Diario. 25 March 2014. Retrieved June 17, 2021. Almonte participated in 2008 in the Top Model of the World contest, representing the Dominican Republic (original in Spanish)

External links

• Official website