Miss Paraguay

Miss Universo Paraguay
Formation	2004
Type	Beauty Pageant
Location	Paraguay
President	Gloria Suárez de Limpias
Website	Official website

Miss Universo Paraguay is an annual beauty pageant that selects the official representative to the Miss Universe pageant since 2004. First runner-up goes to Miss World. Second runner-up represents Paraguay in Miss International.

History

Since 2004, Promociones Gloria created Miss Universo Paraguay and replaced Miss Paraguay as the official preliminary to Miss Universe, Miss World and Miss International. Representatives to other pageants are also selected: Miss Earth, Miss Tourism Queen International, Reina Hispanoamericana, Miss Continente Americano, Miss América Latina, etc.

Miss Paraguay

Former Miss Paraguay beauty pageant, created in 1957, nowadays sends delegates to Reinado Internacional del Café held annually in Colombia, [Miss Ambar Mundial]],[Miss teen Panamericana]],and Miss Globe International held each year in the eastern Mediterranean region. It was not held in 1959, 1968, 1969, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007 and 2008. In 1996 [Miss Ambar Mundial] Adriana Baum is Winner and Best National Costume. The winner of the 1997 Miss Teen Panamericana pageant was also Adriana Baum of Paraguay.

Miss Paraguay winners

Year	Name	Represented
1957	Lucy Montanero	Asunción
1958	Graciela Scorza	Alto Paraguay
1960	Mercedes Ruggia	Asunción
1961	Maria Cristina Osnaghi	Asunción
1962	Corina Rollon	Alto Paraguay
1963	Amelia Benitez	Asunción
1964	Miriam Riart Brugada	Asunción
1965	Stella Castell	Gran Chaco
1966	Mirtha Martinez	Alto Paraguay
1967	Maria Eugenia Torres	Presidente Hayes
1970	Teresa Mercedes Britez Sullow	Paraguarí
1971	Marit Tomassone	Misiones
1972	Maria Stella Volpe Martinez	Central
1973	Teresita Maria Cano	Concepción
1974	Maria Angela Zulema Medina Monjagata	Alto Paraguay
1975	Susana Beatriz Vire Ferreira	Alto Paraná
1976	Nidia Fátima Cardenas	Asunción
1977	Maria Leticia Zarza Perriet	Asunción
1978	Rosa Maria Duarte Melgarejo	Asunción
1979	Patricia Lohman Berni	Caazapá
1980	Martha Galli Romagnac	Canindeyú
1981	Maria Isabel Urizar Caras	Cordillera
1982	Maris Stella Villalba Medoza	Itapúa
1983	Mercedes Bosch Cuarilla	Central
1984	Elena Ortiz Allegretti	Guairá
1985	Daisy Patricia Ferreira	Asunción
1986	Veronica Angulo Achinelli	Amambay
1987	Tammy Elizabeth Ortigoza Sonneborn	Asunción
1988	Marta Noemi Acosta Granada	Asunción
1989	Ana Victoria Schaerer Del Puerto	Paraguarí
1990	Monica Plate Cano	Asunción
1991	Vivian Rosana Benitez Brizuela	Asunción
1992	Pamela Zarza Enríquez	Boquerón
1993	Carolina Barrios	Alto Paraná
1994	Lilian Noemí González Mena	Presidente Hayes
1995	Bettina Rosmary Barboza Caffarena	Asunción
1996	Martha Lovera Parquét	Asunción
1997	Rossana Elizabeth Jiménez Pereira	Asunción
1998	Luz Marina González Ruíz	Caaguazú
1999	Carmen Morínigo Machuca	Asunción
2000	Carolina Ramírez Franco	Alto Paraná
2001	Gabriela Riquelme	Caaguazú
2004	Myrian Rodríguez	Asunción
2005	Liz Santacruz Amarilla	Caaguazú
2009	Viviana Benitez Duarte	Misiones
2010	Evelyn Catalina Jara Rojas (Withdrew) Luz Adela Alejandro	Caaguazú Amambay
2011	Clara Silvana Carrillo Gossen	Concepción

Miss Universo Paraguay

Miss Universo Paraguay winners

Year	Name	Hometown
2004	Yanina Alicia González Jorgge	Asunción
2005	Karina Rebecca Buttner Naumann	Itapúa
2006	Lourdes Verónica Arévalos Elías	Central
2007	María José Maldonado Gómez	Paraguari
2008	Giannina Rufinelli Rojas	Central
2009	Mareike Baumgarten Oroa	Asunción
2010	Yohana Benitez Olmedo	San Lorenzo
2011	Alba Riquelme Valenzuela	Asunción

Miss World Paraguay winners

Year	Name	Hometown
2004	Tania María Domanickzy Vargas	Central
2007	María de la Paz Vargas Morinigo	Alto Paraguay
2008	Gabriela Mercedes Rejala Llanes	Presidente Hayes
2009	Tamara Sosa Zapattini	Asunción
2010	Egni Eckert	Luque
2011	Nicole Huber	Asunción

Miss Paraguay International winners

Year	Name	Hometown
2007	Daiana Natalia Ferreira da Costa	Misiones
2008	Marilé Barrios*	Asunción
2009	Cristina Romina Bogado Cáceres	Asunción
2010	María José Paredes	Ciudad del Este
2011	Stephanie Vázquez	Asunción

* Withdrew, the 1st Runner-up Rossana Galeano took her place

Paraguayan representatives to International pageants

The following women have represented Paraguay in international pageants:

Representatives to Miss Universe

Year	Titleholder	Placement	Special Awards
1957	Lucy Montanero
1958	Graciela Scorza
1959	-
1960	Mercedes Ruggia
1961	Maria Cristina Osnaghi
1962	Corina Rollon
1963	Amelia Benitez
1964	Miriam Riart Brugada	Top 15
1965	Stella Castell
1966	Mirtha Martinez
1967	Maria Eugenia Torres
1968	-
1969	-
1970	Teresa Mercedes Britez Sullow
1971	-
1972	Maria Stella Volpe Martinez
1973	Teresita Maria Cano
1974	Maria Angela Zulema Medina Monjagata
1975	Susana Beatriz Vire Ferreira
1976	Nidia Fátima Cardenas
1977	Maria Leticia Zarza Perriet
1978	Rosa Maria Duarte Melgarejo
1979	Patricia Lohman Berni
1980	Martha Galli Romagnac
1981	Maria Isabel Urizar Caras
1982	Maris Stella Villalba Medoza
1983	Mercedes Bosch Cuarilla
1984	Elena Ortiz Allegretti
1985	Beverly Ocampo Gadea
1986	Johana Kelner Toja
1987	Tammy Elizabeth Ortigoza Sonneborn
1988	Marta Noemi Acosta Granada
1989	Ana Victoria Schaerer Del Puerto
1990	Monica Plate Cano
1991	Vivian Rosana Benitez Brizuela	Top 10
1992	Pamela Zarza Enríquez		Best National Costume
1993	Carolina Barrios
1994	Lilian Noemí González Mena
1995	Bettina Rosmary Barboza Caffetena
1996	Martha Lovera Parquét
1997	Rossana Elizabeth Jiménez Pereira
1998	Luz Marina González Ruíz
1999	Carmen Morínigo Machuca
2000	Carolina Ramírez Franco
2001	Rosmary Benítez
2002	-
2003	-
2004	Yanina Alicia González Jorgge	3rd Runner-Up
2005	Karina Buttner
2006	Lourdes Arévalos	3rd Runner-Up
2007	María José Maldonado
2008	Gianinna Rufinelli
2009	Mareike Baumgarten
2010	Yohana Benitez
2011	Alba Riquelme

Representatives to Miss World

Year	Titleholder	Placement	Special Awards
1959	Elvira dos Santos Encina
1960 to 1968	There were no delegates in 9 years
1969	Blanca Zaldivar
1970	-
1971	Rosa Maria Duarte Melgarejo
1972	Rosa Angelica Mussi
1973	-
1974	-
1975	-
1976	Maria Cristina Fernández Samaniego		Personality
1977	Maria Elizabeth Giardina
1978	Susana Del Pilar Galli
1979	Martha Maria Galli Romanach
1980	Celia Noemi Schaerer
1981	-
1982	Zulema Dominguez Gutter
1983	Antonella Filartiga Montuori
1984	Susana Maria Ivansiuten Haurelechen
1985	Daisy Patricia Ferreira Caballero	Top 15
1986	Verónica América Angulo Ahcinelli
1987	Lourdes Beatriz Stanley Baranda
1988	Maria José Miranda
1989	Alicia Maria Jaime Villamayor
1990	Alba Maria Cordero Rivals
1991	Vivian Rosanna Benítez Brizuela
1992	Lourdes Magdalena Zaracho
1993	Claudia Florentín Fariña
1994	Jannyne Elena Peyrat Scolari
1995	Patricia Serafini Geoghegan
1996	Maria Ingrid Götze Scheunemann
1997	Mariela Quiñónez García
1998	Perla Carolina Benitez Gonzáles
1999	Mariela Candia Ramos
2000	Patricia Villanueva Distefano
2001	-
2002	-
2003	Karina Rebeca Buttner Naumann
2004	Tania María Domanickzy Vargas		Top 10: Beach Beauty
2005	-
2006	-
2007	María de la Paz Vargas Morinigo		Top 16: Miss Sports
2008	Gabriela Rejala		Top 25: Beach Beauty Top 32: Top Model
2009	Tamara Sosa
2010	Egni Eckert	Top 25	Top 20: Beach Beauty Top 20: Miss Sports
2011	Nicole Huber	TBA	TBA

Representatives to Miss International

Year	Titleholder	Placement	Special Awards
1960	Gretel Hedger Carvallo	Top 15
1961	Gladys Fernández	Top 15
1962	Gloria Alderete Irala
1963	Maria Elena Quesada
1964 to 1988	There was not delegates in 25 years
1989	Alba Maria Cordero Rivals
1990	-
1991	Maria Luján Oviedo
1992	-
1993	-
1994	Jannyne Elena Peyrat Scolari		Best National Costume
1995	Patricia Viviana Galindo Cabral
1996	Claudia Rocío Melgarejo
1997	Martha Graciela Maldonado
1998	Maria Fabiola Roig Escandriolo
1999 to 2004	There were no delegates in 6 years
2005	Liz Concepción Santacruz Amarilla
2006	-
2007	Daiana Natalia Ferreira
2008	Rossana Galeano
2009	Romina Bogado
2010	María José Paredes

Representatives to Miss Earth

Year	Titleholder	Placement	Special Awards
2002	Adriana Raquel Baum Ramos
2003	-
2004	Yanina Alicia González Jorgge	3rd Runner Up	Best in Swimsuit
2005	Tania María Domaniczky Vargas	Top 8
2006	Paloma Navarro
2007	Griselda Monserrat Quevedo Chávez
2008	Yeruti Garcia
2009	Gabriela Rejala	Top 16	Top 15: Best in Swimsuit Top 15: Best in Long Gown
2010	-

Representatives to Miss Tourism Queen International

Year	Titleholder	Placement	Special Awards
2005	Maria de los Angeles Martínez Cano
2006	Elvira Maria Beatriz Cuéllar		Best National Costume
2007	Jéssica Giselle Argüello Vargas
2008	Emilce Rossana Gomez Cabral
2009	Fiorella Dellavedova
2010	Not pageant held

Paraguayan representatives to Regional pageants

Representatives to Miss América Latina

Year	Titleholder	Placement	Special Awards
1983	-
1984	Lourdes Araujo	Top 10
1985	Beverly Ocampo	Top 10
1986	Raquel Barreto
1987	María Acosta	Top 10
1988	Not held
1989	Alicia Jaime	3rd Runner-up
1990	-
1991	Ayesa Frutos
1992	Lourdes Alfonso	Top 8
1993	Lourdes Frutos	Top 8
1994	Katja Schulz
1995	Not held
1996	Noeli Julián
1997	Adriana Baum	Winner	Best National Costume
1998	Martha Elena Pérez
1999	Not held
2000	Bárbara Florentín
2001	Luciana Díaz
2002	-
2003	Rosana Toillier
2004	-
2005	Mariela Candia	Winner
2006	Liz Cardozo	Top 12
2007	Carolina Limprich
2008	Mirna Pereira
2009	Sofía López
2010	María Belen Hornung

Representatives to Reina Hispanoamericana

Year	Titleholder	Placement	Special Awards
1991	Vivian Rosana Benitez Brizuela	1st Runner-Up	Best National Costume
1992	No data
1993	No data
1994	Liliana Noemi González Mena	Winner
1995	Patricia Serafini Geoghegan	3rd Runner-Up
1996	Adriana Raquel Baum Ramos	1st Runner-Up	Best National Costume
1997	Rossana Elizabeth Jiménez Pereira
1998	Maria Fabiola Roig Escandriolo
1999	Sirley Diana González Ruiz Díaz
2000	Carolina Ramirez Franco		Miss Photogenic
2001	María Grabriela Riquelme
2002	Edith Rossana González
2003	Karina Rebeca Buttner Naumann	2nd Runner-Up	Miss Photogenic Best National Costume
2004	Tania Maria Domanickzy Vargas	Winner	Miss Photogenic, Best National Costume and Most Beautiful Smile
2005	Emilce Rosanna Gómez Cabral	4th Runner-Up	Most Beautiful Smile
2006	Lourdes Véronica Arévalos Elías	2nd Runner-Up
2007	Maria José Maldonado Gómez	2nd Runner-Up	Miss Photogenic Best National Costume
2008	Gabriela Mercedes Rejala Llanes	2nd Runner-Up	Chica Aerosur
2009	Mareike Baumgarten Oroa		Miss Elegance
2010	Egni Eckert	1st Runner Up	Best Body

Representatives to Miss Continente Americano

Year	Titleholder	Placement	Special Awards
2006	Alicia Flores Batistei
2007	Analia Marecos Ruiz Díaz
2008	Giselle Elizabeth Riveros
2009	Tamara Sosa Zapattini
2010	María José Paredes

See also

• Miss Universe
• Miss World
• Miss International
• Miss Earth
• Miss América Latina
• Reina Hispanoamericana
• Miss Continente Americano
• Miss Ambar Mundial
• Miss Teen Panamericano

External links

• Miss Paraguay Official Website
• Miss Universo Paraguay Official Website