Miss Latin America 1994

Miss América Latina 1994 was the eleventh international edition of the Miss América Latina contest, and the thirteenth overall. The final event was held on November 14, 1994 in Guayaquil, Ecuador. At the conclusion of the pageant, Priscila Furlan of Brazil was crowned by outgoing titleholder, María Fernanda Morales of Guatemala^[1]. When Miss América Latina 1995 was canceled due to a crisis in the host city, Furlan's title was extended to Miss América Latina 1994-95.

Results

Final Results	Contestant
Miss América Latina 1994-95	Brazil - Priscila Furlan
1st runner-up	Chile - Carola Muñoz
2nd runner-up	Mexico - Patricia Servoni
Semi-finalists (in order of placement)	Spain - Sofía Lucilla  Bolivia - Carla Morón  Venezuela - Marianella Gómez  Peru - Issa Cox

Contestants^[2]

Bolivia - Carla Morón  Brazil - Priscila Furlan  Chile - Carola Muñoz  Colombia - Marítza Rodríguez  Costa Rica - Shirley Valverde  Dominican Republic - Soraya Sánchez  Ecuador - Mónica Villacís  El Salvador - Alexandra Mena  Guatemala - Karen Mansilla  Honduras - Belkys Hernández

Mexico - Patricia Servoni  Nicaragua - Karen Celebertti  Panama - Sussana De Freitas  Paraguay - Katja Schulz  Peru - Issa Cox  Puerto Rico - Nashalí Enchautegui  Spain - Sofía Lucilla  Uruguay - Sandra Znidaric  USA - Joanne Morales-George  Venezuela - Marianella Gómez

National Notes

Returning Territories

Last competed in 1991:  Uruguay

Last competed in 1992:  Venezuela

Withdraws

•  Argentina

Historical Significance

• Brazil earned its first of three victories. It became the first territory whose official language wasn't Spanish to win the contest.
• Spain and Peru both placed for the third consecutive time.
• Chile also placed in 1993.
• Bolivia, Brazil and Mexico last placed in 1991.
• Chile earned its highest placement ever.
• Mexico earned its highest placement, second runner-up, since winning in 1987. As of 2011, this would remain as Mexico's highest placement since winning, matched in 1996 and 2010.
• Although technically matching its (to that point) highest placement of fifth place, because of format changes, Bolivia did not become a finalist.
• Venezuela last placed in 1992.

References

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