Miss Latin America 1984

Miss Latin America 1984
Date	September 8, 1984
Venue	Bal Harbour Sheraton Hotel, Miami Beach, Florida, USA
Entrants	29
Placements	10
Debuts	Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, Illinois, Indiana, Mexico, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Spain
Winner	Mirla Ochoa  Venezuela

Miss América Latina 1984 was the second international edition of the Miss América Latina contest, and the fourth overall. The final event was held on September 8, 1984 in Miami Beach, Florida, USA. At the conclusion of the pageant, Mirla Ochoa of Venezuela was crowned by outgoing titleholder, María Rosa of Puerto Rico. ^[1].

Results

Final Results	Contestant
Miss América Latina 1984	Venezuela - Mirla Ochoa
1st runner-up	Florida, USA - Yolanda Fernández
2nd runner-up	Colombia - Maria Elena Sánchez
3rd runner-up	Mexico - Elizabeth Carrillo
4th runner-up	Bolivia - Sandra Aliaga
Semi-finalists (in order of placement)	Argentina - Viviana Perrig  Ecuador - Cecilia Pozo  Panama - Cilinia Prada  Spain - Pilar Palau  Paraguay - Lourdes Araujo

Contestants^[2]

Argentina - Viviana Perrig  Arizona, USA - María Elena Verdugo  Bolivia - Sandra Aliaga  Brazil - Sandra Passy  California, USA - Carmen Camarena  Chile - Dominique Raab  Colombia - Maria Elena Sánchez  Costa Rica - Sylvia Portillo  Dominican Republic - Lourdes Díaz  Ecuador - Cecilia Pozo  El Salvador - Claudia Oliva  Florida, USA - Yolanda Fernández  Guatemala - Zenaida Escobedo  Honduras - Sonia Sosa  Illinois, USA - Angelita Pagán

Indiana, USA - Elsie Rivera  Mexico - Elizabeth Carrillo  Nevada, USA - Margarita Veloz  New Jersey, USA - María de Carvalho  New Mexico, USA - Eloisa Serna  New York, USA - Deborah de Castro  Panama - Cilinia Prada  Paraguay - Lourdes Araujo  Peru - Malena Rodríguez  Puerto Rico - Zulma Rodríguez  Spain - Pilar Palau  Texas, USA - Rachel Martínez  Uruguay - María Jesús  Venezuela - Mirla Ochoa

Pageant Notes

Debuts

Argentina  Brazil  Ecuador  Illinois  Indiana

Mexico  New Jersey  New Mexico  New York

Panama  Paraguay  Peru  Spain

Historical Significance

• Colombia and Florida also placed in 1983.
• The remaining countries all placed for the first time.
• This was the first of three wins for Venezuela.
• This is the highest placement Florida would achieve, matched in 1985. It would also be the highest placement achieved by the USA (matched in 1985, 2005 and 2009) until their first international win in 2006. (Technically, the first two Miss Latin America titleholders, from 1981 and 1982, were from the USA but the contest was open only to Florida women at the time.)
• Colombia, Mexico and Bolivia achieved their highest placements up to that point.

References

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