Misses de Paraguay

Titleholders

Miss Paraguay for Miss Universe

 

The Miss Paraguay beauty pageant, created in 1957 by Guillermo Rolon (President of Miss Paraguay), nowadays sends delegates toReinado Internacional del Café held annually in Colombia, Miss Ambar Mundial, Miss Teen Panamericana, Miss Intercontinental, andMiss Globe International held each year in the eastern Mediterranean region. It was not held in 1959, 1968, 1969, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007 and 2008. In the 1996 edition of the Miss Ambar Mundial Pageant was Adriana Baum of Paraguay was winner, she was also the winner of the 1997 Miss Teen Panamericana pageant. The pageant stopped sending representatives for Miss Universe after 2001.

Year	Miss Paraguay	Region
1957	Lucy Montanero	Caaguazú
1958	Graciela Scorza	Alto Paraguay
1960	Mercedes Ruggia	Distrito Capital
1961	Maria Cristina Osnaghi	Distrito Capital
1962	Corina Rollon	Alto Paraguay
1963	Amelia Benitez	Central
1964	Miriam Riart Brugada	Distrito Capital
1965	Stella Castell	Gran Chaco
1966	Mirtha Martinez	Alto Paraguay
1967	Maria Eugenia Torres	Presidente Hayes
1970	Teresa Mercedes Britez Sullow	Paraguarí
1971	Marit Tomassone	Misiones
1972	Maria Stella Volpe Martinez	Central
1973	Teresita Maria Cano	Concepción
1974	Maria Angela Zulema Medina Monjagata	Alto Paraguay
1975	Susana Beatriz Vire Ferreira	Alto Paraná
1976	Nidia Fátima Cardenas	Central
1977	Maria Leticia Zarza Perriet	Distrito Capital
1978	Rosa Maria Duarte Melgarejo	Distrito Capital
1979	Patricia Lohman Bernie	Distrito Capital
1981	Maria Isabel Urizar Caras	Cordillera
1984	Elena Ortiz Allegretti	Guairá
1985	Daisy Patricia Ferreira	Distrito Capital
1986	Veronica Angulo Achinelli	Amambay
1987	Tammy Elizabeth Ortigoza Sonneborn	Distrito Capital
1988	Marta Noemi Acosta Granada	Canindeyú
1989	Ana Victoria Schaerer Del Puerto	Paraguarí
1990	Monica Plate Cano	Alto Paraguay
1991	Vivian Rosana Benitez Brizuela	Distrito Capital
1992	Pamela Zarza Enríquez	Boquerón
1993	Ada Raquel Acosta	Distrito Capital
1994	Lilian Noemí González Mena	Presidente Hayes
1995	Bettina Rosmary Barboza Caffarena	Distrito Capital
1996	Martha Lovera Parquét	Distrito Capital
1997	Rossana Elizabeth Jiménez Pereira	Cordillera
1998	Luz Marina González Ruíz	Ñeembucú
1999	Carmen Morínigo Machuca	San Pedro
2000	Carolina Ramírez Franco	Alto Paraná
2001	Rosmary Benítez	Caazapá

Nuestra Belleza Paraguay

Since 2004, Promociones Gloria created Miss Universo Paraguay or Nuestra Belleza Paraguay, sometimes also called Reinas Paraguayas, and replaced Miss Paraguay as the official preliminary to Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss Earth, and Miss International. Representatives to other pageants are also selected: Miss Tourism Queen International, Reina Hispanoamericana, Miss Continente Americano, Miss América Latina, etc.

Year	Nuestra Belleza Paraguay	Region
2004	Yanina Alicia González Jorgge	Alto Paraguay
2005	Karina Rebecca Buttner Naumann	Itapúa
2006	Lourdes Verónica Arévalos Elías	Alto Paraguay
2007	María José Maldonado Gómez	Boquerón
2008	Giannina Rufinelli Rojas	Distrito Capital
2009	Mareike Baumgarten Oroa	Central
2010	Yohana Benitez Olmedo	Central
2011	Alba Riquelme Valenzuela	Presidente Hayes
2012	Egni Analia Almirón Eckert	Central
2013	María Guadalupe González Talavera	Distrito Capital
2014	Sally Luz Jara Dávalos	Amambay
2015	Laura Leticia Garcete Riveros	Distrito Capital

Miss Paraguay at International pageants

Main article: Paraguay at major beauty pageants

The following women have represented Paraguay in international pageants:

Color key

•      Declared as Winner
•      Ended as runner-up
•      Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists

Representatives at Miss Universe

Since 1957 the winner of Miss Paraguay will be competing at Miss Universe pageant. Since 2004, Nuestra Belleza Paraguay will be sending the winner at the pageant. On occasion, when the winner does not qualify (due to age) for either contest, a runner-up is sent.

Year	Miss Paraguay	Placement	Special Awards
1957	Lucy Montanero	Unplaced
1958	Graciela Scorza	Unplaced
1960	Mercedes Ruggia	Unplaced
1961	Maria Cristina Osnaghi	Unplaced
1962	Corina Rollon	Unplaced
1963	Amelia Benitez	Unplaced
1964	Miriam Riart Brugada	Top 15
1965	Stella Castell	Unplaced
1966	Mirtha Martinez	Unplaced
1967	Maria Eugenia Torres	Unplaced
1970	Teresa Mercedes Britez Sullow	Unplaced
1972	Maria Stella Volpe Martinez	Unplaced
1973	Teresita Maria Cano	Unplaced
1974	Maria Angela Zulema Medina Monjagata	Unplaced
1975	Susana Beatriz Vire Ferreira	Unplaced
1976	Nidia Fátima Cardenas	Unplaced
1977	Maria Leticia Zarza Perriet	Unplaced
1978	Rosa Maria Duarte Melgarejo	Unplaced
1979	Patricia Lohman Berni	Unplaced
1981	Maria Isabel Urizar Caras	Unplaced	Miss Congeniality
1984	Elena Ortiz Allegretti	Unplaced
1985	Beverly Ocampo Gadea	Unplaced
1986	Johana Kelner Toja	Unplaced
1987	Tammy Elizabeth Ortigoza Sonneborn	Unplaced
1988	Marta Noemi Acosta Granada	Unplaced
1989	Ana Victoria Schaerer Del Puerto	Unplaced
1990	Monica Plate Cano	Unplaced
1991	Vivian Rosana Benitez Brizuela	Top 10	Best National Costume (1st Runner-up)
1992	Pamela Zarza Enríquez	Unplaced	Best National Costume
1993	Ada Raquel Acosta	Unplaced
1994	Lilian Noemí González Mena	Unplaced
1995	Bettina Rosmary Barboza Caffetena	Unplaced
1996	Martha Lovera Parquét	Unplaced
1997	Rossana Elizabeth Jiménez Pereira	Unplaced
1998	Luz Marina González Ruíz	Unplaced
1999	Carmen Morínigo Machuca	Unplaced
2000	Carolina Ramírez Franco	Unplaced
2001	Rosmary Benítez	Unplaced
2004	Yanina Alicia González Jorgge	3rd Runner-up
2005	Karina Rebecca Buttner Naumann	Unplaced
2006	Lourdes Verónica Arévalos Elías	3rd Runner-up
2007	María José Maldonado Gómez	Unplaced
2008	Giannina Rufinelli Rojas	Unplaced
2009	Mareike Baumgarten Oroa	Unplaced
2010	Yohana Benitez Olmedo	Unplaced
2011	Alba Riquelme Valenzuela	Unplaced
2012	Egni Analia Almirón Eckert	Unplaced
2013	María Guadalupe González Talavera	Unplaced
2014	Sally Luz Jara Dávalos	Unplaced
2015	Laura Leticia Garcete Riveros	TBA

Representatives at Miss World

The second title of local pageant will be crowning as Miss Mundo Paraguay. She represents her country at Miss World. On occasion, when the candidate does not qualify (due to age) for either contest, another girl is sent.

Year	Miss Paraguay	Placement	Special Awards
1959	Elvira dos Santos Encina	Unplaced
1969	Blanca Zaldivar	Unplaced
1971	Rosa Maria Duarte Melgarejo	Unplaced
1972	Rosa Angelica Mussi	Unplaced
1976	Maria Cristina Fernández Samaniego	Unplaced
1977	Maria Elizabeth Giardina	Unplaced	Miss Personality
1978	Susana Del Pilar Galli	Unplaced
1979	Martha Maria Galli Romanach	Unplaced
1980	Celia Noemi Schaerer	Unplaced
1982	Zulema Dominguez Gutter	Unplaced
1983	Antonella Filartiga Montuori	Unplaced
1984	Susana Maria Ivansiuten Haurelechen	Unplaced
1985	Daisy Patricia Ferreira Caballero	Top 15
1986	Verónica América Angulo Ahcinelli	Unplaced
1987	Lourdes Beatriz Stanley Baranda	Unplaced
1988	Maria José Miranda	Unplaced
1989	Alicia Maria Jaime Villamayor	Unplaced
1990	Alba Maria Cordero Rivals	Unplaced
1991	Vivian Rosanna Benítez Brizuela	Unplaced
1992	Lourdes Magdalena Zaracho	Unplaced
1993	Claudia Florentín Fariña	Unplaced
1994	Jannyne Elena Peyrat Scolari	Unplaced
1995	Patricia Serafini Geoghegan	Unplaced
1996	Maria Ingrid Götze Scheunemann	Unplaced
1997	Mariela Quiñónez García	Unplaced
1998	Perla Carolina Benitez Gonzáles	Unplaced
1999	Mariela Candia Ramos	Unplaced
2000	Patricia Villanueva Distefano	Unplaced
2003	Karina Rebeca Buttner Naumann	Unplaced
2004	Tania María Domanickzy Vargas	Unplaced
2007	María de la Paz Vargas Morinigo	Unplaced
2008	Gabriela Mercedes Rejala Llanes	Unplaced
2009	Tamara Sosa Zapattini	Unplaced
2010	Egni Analia Almirón Eckert	Top 25
2011	Nicole Elizabeth Huber Vera	Top 20
2012	Fiorella Migliore Llanes	Unplaced
2013	Coral Ruiz Reyes	Unplaced
2014	Myriam Carolina Arévalos Villalba	Unplaced
2015	Giovanna Estéfani Cordeiro Villalba	TBA

Representatives at Miss International

The third title of local pageant will be crowning as Miss Internacional Paraguay. She represents her country at Miss International. On occasion, when the candidate does not qualify (due to age) for either contest, another girl is sent.

Year	Miss Paraguay	Placement	Special Awards
1960	Gretel Hedger Carvallo	Top 15
1961	Gladys Fernández	Top 15
1962	Gloria Alderete Irala	Unplaced
1963	Maria Elena Quesada	Unplaced
1989	Alba Maria Cordero Rivals	Unplaced
1991	Maria Luján Oviedo	Unplaced
1994	Jannyne Elena Peyrat Scolari	Unplaced	Best National Costume
1995	Patricia Viviana Galindo Cabral	Unplaced
1996	Claudia Rocío Melgarejo	Unplaced
1997	Martha Graciela Maldonado	Unplaced
1998	Maria Fabiola Roig Escandriolo	Unplaced
2005	Liz Concepción Santacruz Amarilla	Unplaced
2007	Daiana Natalia Ferreira da Costa	Unplaced
2008	Rossana Galeano	Unplaced
2009	Cristina Romina Bogado Cáceres	Unplaced
2010	María José Paredes	Unplaced
2011	Stephanie Vázquez	Unplaced
2012	Nicole Elizabeth Huber Vera	4th Runner-up
2013	María Marta Raviolo Vera	Unplaced
2014	Jessica Servin	Unplaced
2015	Mónica Mariani Pascualotto	TBD

Representatives at Miss Earth

Gabriela Rejala Top 16 semifinalist in the Miss Earth 2009

The fourth title of local pageant will be crowning as Miss Tierra Paraguay. She represents her country at Miss Earth. On occasion, when the candidate does not qualify (due to age) for either contest, another girl is sent.

Year	Miss Paraguay	Placement	Special Awards
2002	Adriana Raquel Baum Ramos	Unplaced
2004	Yanina Alicia González Jorgge	3rd Runner-up	Best in Swimsuit
2005	Tania María Domaniczky Vargas	Top 8
2006	Paloma Navarro	Unplaced
2007	Griselda Monserrat Quevedo Chávez	Unplaced
2008	Yeruti García	Unplaced
2009	Gabriela Rejala	Top 16
2011	Nicole Elizabeth Huber Vera	Top 16
2012	Alexandra Fretes	Unplaced	Miss Earth Hamilo Coast  M.E Sponsored Swimsuit Parade  M.E Official Swimsuit Competition
2013	Leticia Cáceres	Unplaced	Best Talent (Top 15)
2014	Sendy Cáceres	Unplaced	Miss Hannah's Beach Resort: Best in Evening Gown Tropical Beauty of the Night  Best Teacher  Cocktail Wear  Resort Wear
2015	Myriam Carolina Arévalos Villalba	TBD	TBD

Representatives at Miss Supranational

Year	Miss Paraguay	Placement	Special Awards
2010	Alexandra Helena Fretes Galeano	Unplaced
2015	Stephania Vasquez Stegman	Winner

Representatives at Miss United Continents

Year	Miss Paraguay	Placement	Special Awards
2006	Alicia Flores González	Unplaced
2007	Analia Diana Marecos Ruiz Díaz	Unplaced
2008	Giselle Elizabeth Riveros Diarte	Unplaced
2009	Tamara María Sosa Zapattini	Unplaced
2010	María José Estrellita Paredes González	Unplaced
2011	Myrian Leticia Patiño Argüello	Unplaced
2012	Liliana Noemi Santa Cruz Vera	Top 6
2013	Laura Leticia Garcete Riveros	Unplaced
2014	Julia Frison	4th Runner-up
2015	Myriam Carolina Arévalos Villalba	1st Runner-up

Representatives at Miss Tourism International

Year	Miss Paraguay	Placement	Special Awards
2004	Maria Rosalía González Flores	Unplaced
2006	Mari Cafi Agüero Esgaib	Unplaced
2008	Giselle Elizabeth Riveros Diarte	Top 15
2009	Larissa María Villalba Valbez	Unplaced
2010	Mónica Mariani Pascuolato	Unplaced
2012	Lourdes María del Carmen Motta Rolón	3rd Runner-up
2013	Zulma Margarita Galeano Ferreira	Unplaced
2014	Giovanna Estefani Cordeiro Villalba	Top 10
2015	Thaysa Zepper	TBA	Miss Pacífico y Caribe Mundo 2015

Department rankings

Departments	Titles	Years
Distrito Capital	14	1960, 1961, 1964, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1985, 1987, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996, 2008, 2013
Alto Paraguay	7	1958, 1962, 1966, 1974, 1990, 2004, 2006
Central	6	1963, 1972, 1976, 2009, 2010, 2012
Presidente Hayes	3	1967, 1994, 2011
Amambay	2	1986, 2014
Boquerón		1992, 2007
Alto Paraná		1975, 2000
Cordillera		1981, 1997
Paraguarí		1970, 1989
Itapúa	1	2005
Caazapá		2001
San Pedro		1999
Ñeembucú		1998
Canindeyú		1988
Guairá		1984
Concepción		1973
Misiones		1971
Gran Chaco		1963
Caaguazú		1957