Miss Latin America 1990

Miss América Latina 1990 was the seventh international edition of the Miss América Latina contest, and the ninth overall. The final event was held on October 26, 1990 in San Salvador, El Salvador. At the conclusion of the pageant, Vanessa Holler of Venezuela was crowned by outgoing titleholder, Suzanne Hannaux of El Salvador..^[1]

Results

Final Results	Contestant
Miss América Latina 1990	Venezuela - Vanessa Holler
1st runner-up	Brazil - Patricia Franco
2nd runner-up	Ecuador - Rádmila Pandzic
3rd runner-up	El Salvador - Nora Ruano
4th runner-up	Colombia - Helena Benavides
Semi-finalists (in order of placement)	Puerto Rico - María Matos  Panama - Lorena Henríquez  Mexico - Verónica Velasco  Costa Rica - Johanna Rojas  Argentina - Fernanda Jatón

Contestants^[2]

Argentina - Fernanda Jatón  Bolivia - Mary Daza  Brazil - Patricia Franco  Colombia - Helena Benavides  Costa Rica - Johanna Rojas  Dominican Republic - María Isabel De León  Ecuador - Rádmila Pandzic  El Salvador - Nora Ruano  Guatemala - Linda Alvarado

Honduras - Berenice Luna  Mexico - Verónica Velasco  Panama - Lorena Henríquez  Peru - Giannina Olivares  Puerto Rico - María Matos  Uruguay - Silvia Figueredo  USA - Carola Garfias  Venezuela - Vanessa Holler

National Notes

Returning territories

• Last competed in 1987:
  •  Colombia

• Withdraws:

Chile

Paraguay

Spain

Historical Significance

• Venezuela became the second territory, after the Dominican Republic, to win a second Miss Latin America title.
• Venezuela last placed in 1987.
• Brazil placed for the fourth consecutive time, and achieved its highest placement up to that point. Brazil would later win in 1994, 1998 and 2001.
• Ecuador last placed in 1984. With a second runner-up, this was Ecuador's highest placement up to that point, and would remain so until 1998.
• El Salvador, the defending territory as well as the host territory, became the second defending territory, after the Dominican Republic (first place in 1985 and 1986) to have a finalist.
• Colombia last placed in 1987. Because the country had not participated in 1989, it made them the first territory to have a 100% placement rate at any point.
• Panama, Puerto Rico and Costa Rica also placed in 1989.
• Mexico and Argentina last placed in 1987.

References

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