Reina Hispanoamericana

Reina Hispanoamericana

Formation	1991;33 years ago (1991)
Type	Beauty pageant
Headquarters	Santa Cruz
Location	Bolivia
Official language	Spanish
President	Gloria De Limpias
Current titleholder	Maricielo Gamarra  Peru
Budget	$2M CAD
Website	http://www.promocionesgloria.com

Reina Hispanoamericana (Hispanic American Queen) is an annual beauty pageant celebrating Hispanic heritage, language and culture, started in 1991 as Reina Sudamericana (South American Queen), is based in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. Up to 2003 the participants were restricted to the 10 countries in South America; in 2004 participants from Panama and Costa Rica in Central America were invited; and in 2006 participants from the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, Portugal & Spain joined. In 2007 Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras & United States were added, and the name changed to Reina Hispanoamericana. In 2008, Curaçao and Haiti were added. In 2017, the Philippines, Canada, and Australia were added. In 2023, Indonesia was added.

Motto: Justice, Peace, Union and Fraternity; Hispanic Flag.

The pageant is organized by Promociones Gloria, based in Bolivia. More than 20 contestants from countries with Hispanic influence participate every year.

The current Reina Hispanoamericana 2023 is Maricielo Gamarra of Peru who was crowned on 28 January 2024 in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. ^{[1] [2]}

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
2023	Maricielo Gamarra [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]   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 [14]   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 Anaid Molina Rueda   Mexico	María Belén Alderete Gayoso   Paraguay	Marian Joyce Prado Ribera   Bolivia	Camila Ignacia Helfmann Pastene   Chile	Lisseth Naranjo   Ecuador	Gleidys Leyva   Cuba	Jessica McFarlane   Peru	Daniela Santeliz   Europe	Not awarded
2017	Teresita Ssen Marquez [15] [16] [17] [18] [19]   Philippines	Akisha Albert   Curacao	Maria Laís Wernner Berté   Brazil	María Victoria D'Ambrosio Díaz   Venezuela	Karla María López Berumen   Mexico	Katherine Aysathu Añazgo Orozco   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 Dias   Brazil	Paola Antonella Massaro Escalona   Venezuela	Raquel Pélissier Neiland   Haiti	Lourdes Andrea Melgarejo González   Paraguay	Sarah Loinaz Martín   Spain	Fiorella Ximena Peirano Medina   Peru	Not awarded
2015	Sofía del Prado   Spain	Laura Leticia Garcete Riveros (Dethroned)   Paraguay	Digene Marilyn Zimmerman (new Virreina)   Aruba	Karielys Cuadros Rodríguez   Venezuela	Yoana del Carmen Don Marozzi   Argentina	Neyda Juliana Lithgow Batista   Curacao	Not awarded
2014	Romina Rocamonje [20]   Bolivia	Vanessa López   Mexico	Andrea Victoria Lira Soledad   Venezuela	Inés Carolina Panchano Lara   Ecuador	Carolyn Désert   Haiti	María de Lourdes Gallimore Campos   Panama	Cindy Viviana Clavijo Chamorro   Colombia	Raquel De Oliveira Benetti   Brazil	Laura Melisa Mejia Muñoz   Curacao	Not awarded
2013	María Alejandra López [21] [22]   Colombia	Yaritza Reyes   Dominican Republic	Gabriela María Graf-Stillfried Barreto   Venezuela	María José Barrena Medel   Chile	Gabriela Prieto Díaz Infante   Mexico	Suzette Eunice Rivera Sanes   Puerto Rico	María Guadalupe González Talavera   Paraguay	Claudia María Tavel Antelo   Bolivia	Not awarded
2012	Sarodj Bertin [23]   Haiti	Juliana Sampaio   Spain	Alexia Laura Viruez Píctor   Bolivia	Stephania Sofía Vásquez Stegman   Paraguay	Jeanine Cristiane de Castro   Brazil	Ana Lorena Ibáñez Carles   Panama	Damaris Aguiar   Cuba	Not awarded
2011	Evalina Van Putten [24]   Curacao	María Jesús Matthei   Chile	Yessica Sharit Mouton Gianella   Bolivia	Olga Mercedes Álava Vargas   Ecuador	Alba Lucia Riquelme Valenzuela   Paraguay	Alba Fortes Viñolas   Spain	Angela Julieta Ruiz Pérez   Venezuela	Not awarded
2010	Caroline Medina [25] [26]   Venezuela	Egni Eckert   Paraguay	Maria Olivia Pinheiro Menacho   Bolivia	Suymara Barreto Parreira   Brazil	Raquel Lozano Fraile   Spain	Stephany Ortega Da Costa   Uruguay	Yesica Natalia Di Vincenzó   Argentina	Not awarded
2009	Adriana Vasini [27]   Venezuela	Sandra Vinces   Ecuador	Livia da Silva Nepomuceno   Brazil	Melodia Mir Jiménez   Spain	Flavia Fernanda Foianini Arzabe   Bolivia	Rocio Elizabeth Castellanos Matías   Dominican Republic	Lina Marcela Mosquera Ochoa   Colombia	Not awarded
2008	Laura Zúñiga (Dethroned)   Mexico	Vivian Noronha (Successor)   Brazil	Gabriela Rejala (new Virreina)   Paraguay	Paula Andrea Díaz Galione   Uruguay	Noemí Dominique Rosa Peltier de Liotta   Bolivia	Ligia Elena Hernández Frías   Venezuela	Annmarie Dehainaut Vélezmoro   Peru	Not awarded
2007	Massiel Taveras [28]   Dominican Republic	Jane De Sousa Borges   Brazil	Maria José Maldonado Gómez   Paraguay	Maria Jesús Ruiz Garzón   Spain	Not awarded
2006	Francine Eickemberg   Brazil	Ana María Ortíz   Bolivia	Lourdes Véronica Arévalos Elías   Paraguay	Not awarded
2005	Diana Milena Cepeda   Colombia	Priscila Del Salto   Ecuador	Jictzad Nakarhyt Viña Carreño   Venezuela	María Fiorella Castellano García   Peru	Emilce Rosanna Gómez Cabral   Paraguay	Not awarded
2004	Tania Domanickzy   Paraguay	Mónica Jaramillo   Colombia	Maria Nuvia Montenegro Apuri   Bolivia	Catarina de Lima Guerra   Brazil	Lucia Alva Espinoza   Peru	Not awarded
2003	Cecília Valarini   Brazil	María Fernanda Tóndolo   Venezuela	Karina Rebeca Buttner Naumann   Paraguay	Aldana Joyce García Jahnsen   Peru	Not awarded
2002	Marcela Ruete   Ecuador	Irene Aguilera   Bolivia	María Claudia Pañuela Cornejo   Colombia	Giselle de Oliveira Leite   Brazil	Not awarded
2001	María Rocío Stevenson   Colombia	Norelys Rodríguez   Venezuela	Katja Alexandra Thomsen Grien   Uruguay	Julia Román Rodríguez   Ecuador	Paola Clarisse Coimbra Antipieff   Bolivia	Not awarded
2000	Ligia Petit   Venezuela	Natalia Figueras   Uruguay	Lissette Sierra Ocayo   Chile	Claudia Andrea Araño Antelo   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 Borja   Peru	Not awarded
1996	Helga Bauer (Dethroned)   Bolivia	Gasbriela Vergara (Successor)   Venezuela	Tonka Tomicic (new Virreina)   Chile	Paula Denise Simon   Brazil	Not awarded
1995	Carolina Taís Müller   Brazil	María Auxiliadora González   Venezuela	Paola Cristina Torres Cala   Colombia	Patricia Serafini Geoghegan   Paraguay	Not awarded
1994	Liliana González   Paraguay	Solange Pastor   Venezuela	Carla Romero   Bolivia	Not awarded
1993	Paola Vintimilla   Ecuador	Savka Pollak   Chile	Alicia Andrea Ramon   Argentina	Not awarded
1992	Francis Gago   Venezuela	Raquel Chaparro   Colombia	Karen Goudeau Matzenbacher   Brazil	Not awarded
1991	Patricia Godói   Brazil	Vivian Benítez   Paraguay	Niurka Auristela Acevedo   Venezuela	Not awarded

Country by winning the title

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

Participating countries and territories

• Only the countries with historical ties with Spain 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
  •   Haiti
  •   Honduras
  •   Indonesia
  •   Italy
  •   Mexico
  •   Nicaragua
  •   Panama
  •   Paraguay
  •   Peru
  •   Philippines
  •   Portugal
  •   Puerto Rico
  •   Spain
  •   Trinidad and Tobago
  •   United States
  •   Uruguay
  •   Venezuela

US performance

Year	US Representatives	State/Country	Hometown	Age	Placement	Special Award
2007	Sarah Rivera	New York	New York City	22
2008	Glenys Sánchez	New York	New York City	20
2009	Yuleiky Rocío	New Jersey	Perth Amboy	20
2010	Yildry Peña	New York	New York City	18		Miss Elegance & Best Smile
2011	Jocell Villa	California	Hacienda Heights	20
2012	Joely Bernat	New York	New York City	23		Miss Facebook
2013	Beverly De León	Puerto Rico	Ponce	19
2014	Katherine Peña	New Jersey	Trenton	24		Miss Congeniality
2015	Tamisha Rivera	Florida	Miami	23
2016	Susanlee Forty	Florida	Fort Lauderdale	20		Miss Congeniality
2017	Francis Bautista	Florida	Miami 1	21
2018	Alexandra Chaparro	Florida	Miami 2	28
2019	Monserrat Báez	New York	Phoenix	19	9th Runner-Up	Best Smile
2020	No contest due to Covid-19 world pandemic.
2021	Vanessa Saavedra	Florida	Miami 3	27
2022	Silvia Colón	Florida	Jacksonville	22

¹ Bautista was born in Dominican Republic, and lives in Miami.
² Chaparro was born in Venezuela, and lives in Miami.
³ Saavedra was born in Colombia, and lives in Miami.

By state

State/Country	Titles	Victories
Florida	6	2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022
New York	5	2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2019
New Jersey	2	2009, 2014
Puerto Rico	1	2013
California		2011

References

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Notes

1. Originally crowned 1st Runner-Up. Took over title after original winner was dethroned.
2. Dethroned

External links

• Reina Hispanoamericana Official Website