- Miss Latin America 2006
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Miss América Latina 2006 was the twentieth international edition of the Miss América Latina contest, and the twenty-second overall. The final event was held on June 28, 2006 in Riviera Maya, Mexico. At the conclusion of the pageant, Melissa Quesada of the United States was crowned by outgoing titleholder, Mariela Candia of Paraguay[1].
Contents
Results
Final Results Contestant Miss América Latina 2006 USA - Melissa Quesada
1st runner-up Canary Islands - Neólida Hernández
2nd runner-up 3rd runner-up Guatemala - Catherine Gregg
4th runner-up Brazil - Geise Pousa
Semi-finalists (in order of placement)
Dominican Republic - Elisa Abreu
Honduras - Lissa Saenz
Catalonia - Silvia Massó
Paraguay - Liz Cardozo
Puerto Rico - Libni García
Spain - Esther Pérez
Mexico - Arianna Ramírez
Contestants[2]
Argentina - Yanina Mayor
Belize - Vanessa Chan
Bolivia - Mariela Flores
Brazil - Geise Pousa
Canary Islands - Neólida Hernández
Catalonia - Silvia Massó
Dominican Republic - Elisa Abreu
Ecuador - Karla Milán
Guatemala - Catherine Gregg
Holland - Mary-Grace van Leeuwen
Honduras - Lissa Saenz
Mexico - Arianna Ramírez
Nicaragua - Xiomara Blandino
Panama - Mayela Alzamora
Paraguay - Liz Cardozo
Peru - Milagros Ruiz
Portugal - Sandra di Novi
Puerto Rico - Libni García
Spain - Esther Pérez
Switzerland - Cinzia Bongiovanni
Uruguay - Paola Fros
USA - Melissa Quesada
Venezuela - Mereille Segovia
National Notes
Debuts
Returning territories
Withdraws
Historical significance
- USA earned its first international victory. The first two Miss Latin America titleholders, from 1981 and 1982, were both from the USA but both pageants were not international competitions.
- Canary Islands and Catalonia both placed for the first time.
- Canary Islands earned its highest placement ever.
- Nicaragua matched its highest placement (second runner-up) since winning in 1992.
- Brazil placed for the sixth consecutive time, tying Brazil with Colombia for the longest placement streak.
- Mexico, Paraguay, Peru and the USA also placed in 2005.
- Honduras last placed in 2000, when Dania Prince won.
- Guatemala and Nicaragua last placed in 2002.
- Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico last placed in 2004. Puerto Rico's Gamalis Fermín had been the winner.
- This year saw a change in format to calling out 12 semifinalists, the most semifinalists called out in the history of the pageant. This format would be repeated from 2008 onward.
- This was the only pageant, as of 2011, that Costa Rica did not attend.
References
Categories:- Miss América Latina
- 2006 beauty pageants
- 2006 in Mexico
- Beauty pageants in Mexico
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