Reina Hispanoamericana

Formation	1991;34 years ago (1991)
Type	Beauty pageant
Headquarters	Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Location	Bolivia
Official language	Spanish
President	Gloria De Limpias
Current titleholder	Dia Maté, Philippines
Budget	CA$2 million
Website	promocionesgloria.com/reina-hispanoamericana/

Reina Hispanoamericana (Hispanic American Queen) is an annual beauty pageant that celebrates Hispanic heritage, language, and culture. It was established in 1991 as Reina Sudamericana (South American Queen) and is headquartered in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia.

Organized by Promociones Gloria, the pageant has expanded over the years and now features around 35 contestants from countries with Hispanic influence, reflecting its growing international reach. The pageant initially featured only South American participants but has since expanded to include contestants from Central America, the Caribbean, North America, Europe, Asia, and Oceania.

The pageant celebrates Hispanic heritage, language, and culture, with regular participation from countries like Mexico, Puerto Rico, the Philippines, and Spain. Recent additions, such as Indonesia (2023) and Guyana (2024), highlight its growing global reach.

The current titleholder, Reina Hispanoamericana 2025, is Dia Maté from the Philippines, who was crowned on 9 February 2025 in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. ^[1]

History

Reina Hispanoamericana, originally known as Reina Sudamericana (South American Queen), was established in 1991 and is headquartered in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. Initially, the competition was limited to contestants from the ten South American nations.

In 2004, the pageant expanded to include participants from Panama and Costa Rica in Central America. By 2006, it further welcomed contestants from the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, Portugal, and Spain.

The year 2007 marked a significant milestone when the competition opened its doors to Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and the United States, prompting a name change to Reina Hispanoamericana to reflect its broader reach.

In 2008, Curaçao and Haiti joined the competition, followed by the Philippines, Canada, and Australia in 2017. Indonesia was invited as a special guest in 2023, and in 2024, the pageant further expanded its global presence by welcoming contestants from Guyana and Poland.

Titleholders

Year	Reina Hispanoamericana	Virreina Hispanoamericana	1st Runner-Up	2nd Runner-Up	3rd Runner-Up	4th Runner-Up	5th Runner-Up	6th Runner-Up	7th Runner-Up	8th Runner-Up	9th Runner-Up
2025	Dia Maté  Philippines [2]	Sofia Férnandez  Venezuela	Sharon Gamarra  Colombia	Carolina Barroso  Spain	Nikita Palma  Peru	Julia de Castro  Brazil	Zuzanna Balonek  Poland	Not awarded
2023	Maricielo Gamarra [3]  Peru	Fernanda Rojas  Venezuela	Cynthia Moura  Brazil	Michelle Arceo  Philippines	Bianty Gomperts  Curaçao	Paula Andrea Alarcón  Colombia	Not awarded
2022	Arlette Rujel  Peru	Adriana Pérez  Venezuela	Guilhermina Montarroyos  Brazil	Ediris Rivera  Puerto Rico	Diana Robles  Mexico	María Lucía Cuesta  Colombia	Not awarded
2021	Andrea Bazarte [4]  Mexico	Ana Lucia Tejeira  Panama	Alejandra Vengoechea  Colombia	Andrea Romero  Venezuela	Emmanuelle Vera  Philippines	Bruna Zanardo  Brazil	Theresa Agonia  Portugal	Not awarded
2019	Regina Peredo  Mexico	Gabrielle Vilela de Souza  Brazil	Laura Claro  Colombia	Yuanilie Alvarado  Puerto Rico	Ketlin Lottermann  Paraguay	Valeria Badell  Venezuela	Maria Katrina Llegado  Philippines	Ainara Cardaño  Spain	Franchesca Astier  Dominican Republic	Cassandra Cherry  Haiti	Monserrat Báez  United States
2018	Nariman Battikha  Venezuela	Isabela Pandini  Brazil	Aranza Molina  Mexico	Belén Alderete Gayoso  Paraguay	Joyce Prado  Bolivia	Camila Ignacia Helfmann  Chile	Lisseth Naranjo  Ecuador	Gleidys Leyva  Cuba	Jessica McFarlane  Peru	Daniela Santeliz  Europe	Not awarded
2017	Teresita Ssen Marquez [5]  Philippines	Akisha Albert  Curacao	Maria Laís Wernner  Brazil	María Victoria D'Ambrosio  Venezuela	Karla María López  Mexico	Katherine Añazgo  Bolivia	Gladys Carredeguas  Cuba	Daisy Lezcano  Paraguay	Valentina Schnitzer  Chile	Lorena Larriviere  Peru	Not awarded
2016	Maria Camila Soleibe  Colombia	Magdalena Chiprés  Mexico	Mayra Alves  Brazil	Antonella Massaro  Venezuela	Raquel Pélissier  Haiti	Lourdes Melgarejo  Paraguay	Sarah Loinaz  Spain	Fiorella Peirano  Peru	Not awarded
2015	Sofía del Prado  Spain	Laura Garcete (Dethroned)  Paraguay	Digene Zimmerman (new Virreina)  Aruba	Karielys Cuadros  Venezuela	Yoana Don  Argentina	Neyda Lithgow  Curacao	Not awarded
2014	Romina Rocamonje [6]  Bolivia	Vanessa López  Mexico	Andrea Lira  Venezuela	Inés Carolina Panchano  Ecuador	Carolyn Désert  Haiti	María de Lourdes Gallimore Campos  Panama	Cindy Clavijo  Colombia	Raquel De Oliveira  Brazil	Laura Mejia  Curacao	Not awarded
2013	María Alejandra López [7] [8]  Colombia	Yaritza Reyes  Dominican Republic	Gabriela Graf  Venezuela	María José Barrena  Chile	Gabriela Prieto  Mexico	Suzette Rivera  Puerto Rico	María Guadalupe González  Paraguay	Claudia María Tavel  Bolivia	Not awarded
2012	Sarodj Bertin [9]  Haiti	Juliana Sampaio  Spain	Alexia Laura Viruez  Bolivia	Stephania Stegman  Paraguay	Jeanine de Castro  Brazil	Ana Lorena Ibáñez  Panama	Damaris Aguiar  Cuba	Not awarded
2011	Evalina Van Putten [10]  Curacao	María Jesús Matthei  Chile	Yessica Sharit Mouton  Bolivia	Olga Álava  Ecuador	Alba Lucia Riquelme  Paraguay	Alba Fortes Viñolas  Spain	Angela Ruiz  Venezuela	Not awarded
2010	Caroline Medina [11] [12]  Venezuela	Egni Eckert  Paraguay	Maria Olivia Pinheiro  Bolivia	Suymara Barreto  Brazil	Raquel Lozano  Spain	Stephany Ortega  Uruguay	Yesica Di Vincenzó  Argentina	Not awarded
2009	Adriana Vasini [13]  Venezuela	Sandra Vinces  Ecuador	Livia da Silva  Brazil	Melodia Jiménez  Spain	Flavia Foianini  Bolivia	Rocio Castellanos  Dominican Republic	Lina Marcela Mosquera  Colombia	Not awarded
2008	Laura Zúñiga (Dethroned)  Mexico	Vivian Noronha (Successor)  Brazil	Gabriela Rejala  Paraguay	Paula Andrea Díaz  Uruguay	Noemí Peltier  Bolivia	Ligia Elena Hernández  Venezuela	Annmarie Dehainaut  Peru	Not awarded
2007	Massiel Taveras [14]  Dominican Republic	Jane De Sousa  Brazil	Maria José Maldonado  Paraguay	Maria Jesús Ruiz  Spain	Not awarded
2006	Francine Eickemberg  Brazil	Ana María Ortíz  Bolivia	Lourdes Arévalos  Paraguay	Not awarded
2005	Diana Milena Cepeda  Colombia	Priscila Del Salto  Ecuador	Jictzad Viña  Venezuela	María Fiorella Castellano  Peru	Emilce Rosanna Gómez  Paraguay	Not awarded
2004	Tania Domanickzy  Paraguay	Mónica Jaramillo  Colombia	Maria Nuvia Montenegro  Bolivia	Catarina Guerra  Brazil	Lucia Alva Espinoza  Peru	Not awarded
2003	Cecília Valarini  Brazil	María Fernanda Tóndolo  Venezuela	Karina Rebeca Naumann  Paraguay	Aldana Joyce García  Peru	Not awarded
2002	Marcela Ruete  Ecuador	Irene Aguilera  Bolivia	María Claudia Pañuela  Colombia	Giselle de Oliveira  Brazil	Not awarded
2001	María Rocío  Colombia	Norelys Rodríguez  Venezuela	Katja Thomsen  Uruguay	Julia Rodríguez  Ecuador	Paola Coimbra  Bolivia	Not awarded
2000	Ligia Petit  Venezuela	Natalia Figueras  Uruguay	Lissette Ocayo  Chile	Claudia Araño  Bolivia	Not awarded
1999	Jenny Vaca Paz  Bolivia	Karen Larrea  Brazil	María Laura Lugo  Venezuela	Claudie Neyra  Peru	Not awarded
1998	Susana Barrientos  Bolivia	Daira Lambis  Venezuela	Paola Villarroel  Chile	Marcela Viviana Brane  Argentina	Not awarded
1997	Patricia Fuenmayor  Venezuela	Verónica Larrieu  Bolivia	Geraldine Olga Salmón  Peru	Not awarded
1996	Helga Bauer (Dethroned)  Bolivia	Gabriela Vergara (Successor)  Venezuela	Tonka Tomicic  Chile	Paula Denise Simon  Brazil	Not awarded
1995	Carolina Taís Müller  Brazil	María Auxiliadora González  Venezuela	Paola Cristina Torres  Colombia	Patricia Serafini  Paraguay	Not awarded
1994	Liliana González  Paraguay	Solange Pastor  Venezuela	Carla Romero  Bolivia	Not awarded
1993	Paola Vintimilla  Ecuador	Savka Pollak  Chile	Alicia Ramon  Argentina	Not awarded
1992	Francis Gago  Venezuela	Raquel Chaparro  Colombia	Karen Goudeau  Brazil	Not awarded
1991	Patricia Godói  Brazil	Vivian Benítez  Paraguay	Niurka Acevedo  Venezuela	Not awarded

Countries by number of wins

Country/Territory	Titles	Winning Year(s)
Venezuela	7	1992, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2009, 2010, 2018
Brazil	5	1991, 1995, 2003, 2006, 2008
Colombia	4	2001, 2005, 2013, 2016
Bolivia		1996, 1998, 1999, 2014
Mexico	3	2008, 2019, 2021
Philippines	2	2017, 2025
Peru		2022, 2023
Ecuador		1993, 2002
Paraguay		1994, 2004
Spain	1	2015
Haiti		2012
Curacao		2011
Dominican Republic		2007

Participating countries and territories

• Only countries with historical ties to Spain or are part of the Americas are allowed to compete.
  •  Argentina
  •  Aruba
  •  Australia
  •  Belize
  •  Bolivia
  •  Brazil
  •  Canada
  •  Chile
  •  Colombia
  •  Costa Rica
  •  Cuba
  •  Curacao
  •  Dominican Republic
  •  Ecuador
  •  El Salvador
  •  Equatorial Guinea
  •  Europe
  •  Germany
  •  Guatemala
  •  Guyana
  •  Haiti
  •  Honduras
  •  Italy
  •  Mexico
  •  Nicaragua
  •  Panama
  •  Paraguay
  •  Peru
  •  Philippines
  •  Poland
  •  Portugal
  •  Puerto Rico
  •  Spain
  •  Trinidad and Tobago
  •  United States
  •  Uruguay
  •  Venezuela

References

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8. "Miss Colombia María Alejandra López es la Reina Hispanoamericana 2013". eju.tv (in Spanish). December 13, 2013. Archived from the original on September 13, 2023. Retrieved September 13, 2023.
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14. "La dominicana Massiel Taveras, Reina Hispanoamericana 2007". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). October 27, 2007. Retrieved January 19, 2024.

External links

• Reina Hispanoamericana Official Website