Miss Spain

Winning Spanish provinces of Miss España from 1995-2009.

Miss España is the main annual beauty pageant of Spain that selects the official representative to the Miss Universe pageant. Runners-up go to Miss World, Miss International and Miss Earth.

History

Its origins go back to 1929, when early contests took place until the advent of civil war in 1936, followed by the dictatorship of Francisco Franco, which did not permit beauty pageants until 1961.

It is currently broadcast to the entire country by Telecinco, from the Marina d'Or resort, in the province of Castellón.

Any woman who wants to participate in Miss Spain must appear before provincial branches of the pageant, and learn about the requirements needed, as well as methods for selection to be carried out in that province. Once selected by a delegation, they will represent their province in the contest. After a month of preliminary competition, events and cultural activities around the country, the new Miss Spain is selected.

The winner of Miss Spain is sent to represent her country in Miss Universe. However, if Miss Spain is underage, a runner-up is sent to Miss Universe. Overall in these international pageants, Spain's success has been moderate with one Miss Universe title in 1974 and 3 Miss International titles in 1977, 1990 and 2008.

Winners

Patricia Yurena Rodríguez, Miss Spain 2008.

Eva González, Miss Spain 2003.

Year	Miss Spain	Represented	Notes
2010	Paula Guilló Sempere[1]	Teruel
2009	Estíbaliz Pereira Rabade	A Coruña
2008	Patricia Yurena Rodríguez Alonso[2]	Tenerife	Top 15 (Miss World 2008)
2007	Natalia Zabala Arroyo	Guipúzcoa
2006	Elisabeth Reyes Villegas	Málaga
2005	Verónica Hidalgo	Girona
2004	María Jesús Ruiz Garzón	Jaén
2003	Eva María González Fernández	Seville
2002	Vania Millán Miras	Almería
2001	Lorena Van Heerde Ayala	Alicante
2000	Helen Lindes Griffiths	Las Palmas	2nd Runner up (Miss Universe 2000)
1999	Lorena Bernal Pascual	Guipúzcoa	Top 10 (Miss World 1999)
1998	María José Besora Villanueva	Murcia
1997	Inés Sáinz Esteban	Biscay	33rd place (Miss Universe 1997)
1996	María José Suárez Benítez	Seville	17th place (Miss Universe 1996)
1995	María Reyes Vázquez	Soria	13th place (Miss Universe 1995)
1993-94	Raquel Rodríguez Hidalgo	Córdoba	37th place (Miss Universe 1994)
1992	Eugenia del Pilar Santana Alba	Las Palmas	Top 10 (Miss Universe 1993)
1991	Sofía Mazagatos Gómez	Madrid
1990	Esther Arroyo Bermúdez	Cádiz	17th place (Miss Universe 1991)
1989	Raquel Revuelta Armengou	Seville	43rd place (Miss Universe 1990)
1988	Eva María Pedraza López	Córdoba
1987	Sonsoles Artigas Mederos	Las Palmas
1986	Remedios Cervantes Montoya	Málaga
1985	Amparo Martínez Cerdán	Valencia
1984	Juncal Rivero Fadrique Castilla	Valladolid	Winner (Miss Europe 1985)
1983	Garbiñe Abasolo García	Basque Country
1982	Ana Isabel Herrero García	Aragón	Top 12 (Miss Universe 1983)
1981	Cristina Pérez Cottrell	Málaga
1980	Francisca Ondiviela	Las Palmas
1979	María Dolores Forner Toro	Alicante	Top 15 (Miss World 1979)
1978	Gloria María Valenciano	Lanzarote
1977	Guillermina Ruiz Doménech	Balearic Islands	2nd Runner-up (Miss Universe 1978)
1976	Luz María Polegre Hernández	Tenerife	Top 12 (Miss Universe 1977)
1975	Volha Fernández Pérez	Galicia
1974	Consuelo Martín López	Atlántico
1973	Amparo Muñoz	Málaga	Winner (Miss Universe 1974)
1972	Rocío Martín Madrigal	Seville
1971	Maria del Carmen Muñoz
1970	Josefina Román	Cádiz	Top 12 (Miss Universe 1971)
1969	Noelia Afonso	Tenerife	Winner (Miss Europe 1970)
1968	Amparo Rodrigo	Valencia
1967	Paquita Delgado Sánchez	Andalucía
1966	Paquita Torres Pérez	Andalucía	Winner (Miss Europe 1967)
1965	Alicia Borrás	Barcelona
1964	Lucía Herrara	Tenerife
1963	María Rosa Pérez Gómez	Tenerife
1962	Maruja García Nicolau	Majorca	Winner (Miss Europe 1962)
1961	María del Carmen Cervera	Cataluña
1960	Elena Herrera
1935	Alicia Navarro	Canary Islands	Winner (Miss Europe 1935)
1934	María Eugenia Henríquez Girón	Madrid
1933	Emilia Docet	Madrid
1932	Teresita Daniel	Cataluña
1931	Ermelina Carreño	Castilla la Nueva
1930	Elena Pla	Valencia
1929	Pepita Samper	Valencia

     Won Miss Universe
     Won Miss Europe

Regional titles

Autonomous Community	Titles
Andalucía	16
Canary Islands	10
Valencia	6
Basque Country	5
Madrid	5
Cataluña	4
Balearic Islands	2
Castile and León	2
Galicia	2
Murcia	2
Aragón	1
Castile-La Mancha	1

Best results

Contestant	Competition	Rank
Alejandra Andreu Santamarta	Miss International 2008	Winner
Silvia de Estaban Niubó	Miss International 1990	Winner
Pilar Medina Canadell	Miss International 1977	Winner
Amparo Muñoz Quesada	Miss Universe 1974	Winner
Maria Cervera Fernández	Miss World 1961	2nd runner-up
Ángela Gómez Durán	Miss Earth 2007	3rd runner-up
Alejandra Echevarria	Miss Earth 2009	3rd runner-up

Miss Europe winners

Year	Titleholder
1935	Alicia Navarro
1936	Antonia Arques
1962	Maruja García Nicoláu
1967	Paquita Torres Pérez
1970	Noelia Alfonso Cabrera
1974	Maria Isabel Lorenzo
1985	Juncal Rivero Fadrique

References

1. ^ "Paula Guilló, Miss Teruel, is crowned Miss Spain 2010". ¡Hola!. September 26, 2010. http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=es&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hola.com%2Ffamosos%2F2010092645637%2Fganadora%2FMissEspana%2F2010%2F1%2F. Retrieved 2010-10-10. 
2. ^ "Miss Tenerife is crowned Miss Spain". Canarias7. EFE. March 2, 2010. http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=es&tl=en&u=http://www.canarias7.es/articulo.cfm%3Fid%3D86325&act=url. Retrieved 21 October 2010. 

External links

• Official Website