Miss Paraguay is a national beauty pageant in Paraguay established in 1915. It currently selects Paraguay's representatives for the Miss Intercontinental and Reinado Internacional del Café pageants.
Type | Women's beauty pageant |
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Headquarters | Luque, Paraguay |
Qualifies for | |
First edition | 1915 |
Last edition | 2023 |
Current titleholder | Milagros Aramí Walther Alto Paraná |
President | Graciela Venialgo |
Language | Spanish |
The current Miss Paraguay is Milagros Aramí Walther of Alto Paraná who was crowned on September 23, 2023 at the Centro Paraguayo Japonés in Asunción, Paraguay.[1]
History
editIn 1915, Arsenio López Decoud, president of the Unión Club, organized the first beauty pageant in Paraguay. It was held sometime during the spring at the National Theater (current "Ignacio A. Pane" Municipal Theater) and the winner was 19 years old María Anselma Clotilde "Anselmita" Heyn Denis.[2] The pageant was revived in 1957 by the dictator Alfredo Stroessner and the Secretary of Tourism of Paraguay.
In 1970, the contest was organized by Dinam Publicidad and took place in the Presidential Hall of the Hotel Guaraní.[3]
Then in 1990, Guillermo Rolón and the SNT took over Miss Paraguay until 2001. The organization stopped sending representatives to Miss Universe until 2001, with Paraguay absent in 2002 and 2003. The pageant was not held in 1959, 1968, 1969, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007 and 2008.
In March 2017, the pageant was declared of cultural interest by the Chamber of Deputies of Paraguay.[4]
In July 2020, it was reported that the coronation night scheduled to take place on August 14 was canceled due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.[5] In 2021 the contest was canceled for the same reason.[6] In July 2022, the death of the organization's president, Guillermo Rolón, was reported and the pageant did not take place that year either.[7] Since the death of Rolón, his widow, Graciela Venialgo, has taken charge of the organization.[8]
Titleholders
editYear | Miss Paraguay | Department |
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1915 | María Anselma Clotilde "Anselmita" Heyn Denis | Asunción |
1957 | Lucy Montonaro | Caaguazú |
1958 | Graciela Scorza | Alto Paraguay |
1960 | Mercedes Ruggia | Asunción |
1961 | María Cristina Osnaghi | Asunción |
1962 | Corina Rolón | Alto Paraguay |
1963 | Amelia Benítez | Central |
1964 | Miriam Riart Brugada | Asunción |
1965 | Stella Castell | Gran Chaco |
1966 | Mirtha Martínez | Alto Paraguay |
1967 | María Eugenia Torres | Presidente Hayes |
1969 | Blancanieves Zaldívar | Central |
1970 | Teresa Mercedes Brítez Süllow[9] | Paraguarí |
1971 | Marit Tomassone | Misiones |
1972 | María Stella Volpe Martínez[10] | Central |
1973 | Teresita María Cano | Concepción |
1974 | María Ángela Zulema Medina Monjagata | Alto Paraguay |
1975 | Susana Beatriz Vire Ferreira | Alto Paraná |
1976 | Nidia Fátima Cardenas | Central |
1977 | María Leticia Zarza Perriet | Asunción |
1978 | Rosa María Duarte Melgarejo | Asunción |
1979 | Patricia Lohman Bernie | Asunción |
1980 | Celia Noemí Schaerer del Puerto[11] | Asunción |
1981 | María Isabel Urizar Caras | Cordillera |
1984 | Elena Ortiz Allegretti | Guairá |
1985 | Daisy Patricia Ferreira | Asunción |
1986 | Verónica Angulo Achinelli | Amambay |
1987 | Tammy Elizabeth Ortigoza Sonneborn | Itapúa |
1988 | Marta Noemí Acosta Granada | Canindeyú |
1989 | Ana Victoria Schaerer Del Puerto | Paraguarí |
1990 | Mónica Plate Cano | Alto Paraguay |
1991 | Vivian Rosana Benítez Brizuela | Asunción |
1992 | Pamela Zarza Enríquez | Boquerón |
1993 | Carolina Barrios | Itapúa |
1994 | Lilian Noemí González Mena | Presidente Hayes |
1995 | Bettina Rosmary Barboza Caffarena[12] | Asunción |
1996 | Martha Lovera Parquét | Asunción |
1997 | Rossana Elizabeth Jiménez Pereira | Cordillera |
1998 | Luz Marina González Ruíz | Ñeembucú |
1999 | Carmen Morínigo Machuca | San Pedro |
2000 | Carolina Ramírez Franco[13] | Alto Paraná |
2001 | María Gabriela Riquelme | Asunción |
2004 | Myriam Rodríguez Insfrán[14] | Misiones |
2005 | Liz Santacruz Amarilla[15] | Asunción |
2009 | Viviana Mabel Benítez Duarte[16] | Misiones |
2010 | Evelyn Catalina Jara Rojas[17] (resigned) | Caaguazú |
Luz Adela Alejandro Brizuela[18] (assumed) | Amambay | |
2011 | Clara Silvana Carrillo Gossen[19] | Concepción |
2012 | Mónica Mariani Pascualotto[20] | Canindeyú |
2013 | Noelia Díaz Rodríguez[21] | Asunción |
2014 | Isabel Soloaga Irala[22] | Itapúa |
2015 | Katri Analía Villamayor Montiel[23] | Alto Paraná |
2016 | Alma María Monserrat Villagra Miranda[24] | Paraguarí |
2017 | Yessica Daiana Ledezma[25] | Guairá |
2018 | Verónica Viveros Viedma[26] | Asunción |
2019 | Cynthia Verónica Florenciani Agüero[27] | Central |
2023 | Milagros Aramí Walther[1] | Alto Paraná |
2024 | TBA |
Department rankings
editDepartment | Title | Year |
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Distrito Capital | 16 | 1960, 1961, 1964, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1985, 1987, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996, 2008, 2013, 2015, 2020 |
Alto Paraguay | 7 | 1958, 1962, 1966, 1974, 1990, 2004, 2006 |
Central | 6 | 1963, 1972, 1976, 2009, 2010, 2012 |
Guairá | 4 | 1984, 2016, 2021, 2022 |
Cordillera | 1981, 1997, 2018, 2023 | |
Alto Paraná | 3 | 1975, 2000, 2019 |
Amambay | 1986, 2014, 2017 | |
Presidente Hayes | 1967, 1994, 2011 | |
Boquerón | 2 | 1992, 2007 |
Paraguarí | 1970, 1989 | |
Itapúa | 1 | 2005 |
Caazapá | 2001 | |
San Pedro | 1999 | |
Ñeembucú | 1998 | |
Canindeyú | 1988 | |
Concepción | 1973 | |
Misiones | 1971 | |
Gran Chaco | 1963 | |
Caaguazú | 1957 |
Representatives to international beauty pageants
editMiss Intercontinental
edit- : Declared as Winner
- : Ended as runner-up
- : Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
- : Ended as special awards winner
Year | Department | Miss Intercontinental Paraguay | Placement at Miss Intercontinental | Special Awards | Notes |
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Miss Paraguay | |||||
2023 | Alto Paraná | Milagros Aramí Walther[28] | Unplaced | ||
2022 | Did not compete | ||||
Miss Grand Paraguay | |||||
2021 | Alto Paraná | Fátima Lorena Rodríguez Benítez[29] | Top 20[30] |
| |
2020 | Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, no pageant in 2020 | ||||
2019 | Distrito Capital | Sol María Violeta Pavón Rolón[31] | Unplaced | ||
2018 | Itapúa | Gabriela Natasha Soley Sawkiw[32] | Top 20 |
|
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2017 | Distrito Capital | Jessica Torres Martínez[34] | Unplaced | ||
Did not compete between 2015–2016 | |||||
Miss Paraguay | |||||
2014 | Central | Isabel Soloaga Irala | Unplaced | ||
2013 | Did not compete | ||||
2012 | Alto Paraná | Claudia Kohl Grutzmann[36] | Unplaced | ||
2011 | Concepción | Clara Silvana Carrillo Gossen[37] | Unplaced | ||
2010 | Distrito Capital | Maura Rojas Cantero | Top 20[38] | ||
Did not compete between 2000–2009 | |||||
1999 | — | Marta Concepción Rodríguez Portillo | Unplaced | ||
1998 | Did not compete | ||||
1997 | — | Salmi Agüero Esgaib | Unplaced | ||
1996 | — | Claudia Rocío Melgarejo | 2nd Runner-up |
Reinado Internacional del Café
edit- : Declared as Winner
- : Ended as runner-up
- : Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
- : Ended as special awards winner
Year | Department | Reina Internacional del Café Paraguay | Placement at Reinado Internacional del Café | Special Awards | |
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Miss Paraguay | |||||
2024 | Alto Paraná | Milagros Aramí Walther | Unplaced | ||
2023 | Central | Yanina Isabel Villalba Ortiz[39] | Unplaced | ||
2022 | Ñeembucú | Érika Araceli Jara Muñoz | Unplaced | ||
2020 | Central | Cynthia Verónica Florenciani Agüero[40] | Unplaced | ||
2019 | Distrito Capital | Verónica Viveros Viedma | Unplaced | ||
2018 | Guairá | Yessica Ledezma | Unplaced | ||
2017 | Paraguarí | Alma María Monserrat Villagra Miranda | Unplaced | ||
2016 | Alto Paraná | Katri Analía Villamayor Montiel | Unplaced | ||
2015 | Itapúa | Isabel Soloaga Irala | Unplaced | ||
2014 | Distrito Capital | Noelia Díaz Rodríguez | 2nd princess |
| |
2013 | Canindeyú | Mónica Mariani Pascualotto | Unplaced | ||
2012 | Concepción | Clara Silvana Carrillo Gossen | Unplaced | ||
2011 | Distrito Capital | María Belén Alonso Virgili[41] | Unplaced | ||
2010 | Misiones | Viviana Mabel Benítez Duarte | Unplaced | ||
2009 | Distrito Capital | Fiorella Forestieri[42] | Unplaced | ||
2008 | Alto Paraná | Karen Natalia Álvarez[43] | Unplaced | ||
2007 | Did not compete | ||||
2006 | — | Daylen Natalia Marcela Vittone Barreto | Unplaced | ||
2005 | — | Adriana María Vachoumard Rodríguez | Unplaced | ||
2004 | Misiones | Myriam Rodríguez Insfrán | Unplaced | ||
2003 | — | Pabla Victoria Thomen Rodríguez | Unplaced | ||
2002 | — | Tania María Ramírez Olmedo | Unplaced | ||
2001 | — | Claudia Violeta Rojas Yegros | Unplaced | ||
2000 | — | Carmen Alicia Moringio Machuca | Unplaced | ||
1999 | Ñeembucú | Luz Marina González Ruiz Díaz | Top 6 | ||
1998 | Cordillera | Rossana Elizabeth Jiménez Pereira | Unplaced | ||
1997 | Distrito Capital | Marta Elizabeth Lovera Parquét | Unplaced | ||
1996 | Distrito Capital | Bettina Rosemary Barboza Caffarena | Unplaced | ||
1995 | — | Fabiola Cibils Bittar | Unplaced | ||
1994 | — | María Elicia Escalante Haneman | Unplaced | ||
1993 | — | Genny Margarita Fariña González | Unplaced | ||
1992 | — | Edith Myriam Núñez Espinoza | Unplaced | ||
1991 | — | Elizabeth Rocío Belinda Mongelos Méndez | Unplaced | ||
1990 | — | Emiliana Rodríguez | 3rd princess | ||
1989 | — | Liliana Cantero Trujillo | Unplaced | ||
1988 | — | Lidia Isabel Ozuna Riveros | Unplaced | ||
1987 | — | Norma Teresita Gayoso Gómez | Unplaced | ||
1985 | — | María Lucila Noguera Ojeda | Unplaced | ||
Did not compete between 1977–1984 | |||||
1976 | — | Nidya Fátima Cárdenas | Unplaced | ||
1975 | Alto Paraná | Susana Beatriz Vire Ferreira | 1st princess | ||
1974 | — | Elizabeth Brandshab | Unplaced | ||
1973 | — | María Gloria González | Unplaced | ||
1972 | Central | María Stella Volpe Martínez[10] | Reina Internacional del Café 1972 |
See also
editReferences
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- ^ "Comunicado oficial". Facebook. August 4, 2021. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
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- ^ "Un viaje por el tiempo: Miss Paraguay 1970". www.abc.com.py (in Spanish). Retrieved March 26, 2024.
- ^ a b "María Stella Volpe Martínez: reencuentro con el Reinado Internacional del Café, 50 años después". La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved March 26, 2024.
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- ^ ""Sentido de la vida es tener valores y no coleccionar cosas de valor"". Última Hora (in Spanish). August 18, 2023. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
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Gabriela Natasha Soley Sawkiw of Paraguay, Best in Swimsuit
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