- Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2009
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Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2009 Date October 22, 2008 Presenters Braulio Castillo, hijo
Rodolfo Jimenez
Zuleyka Rivera MendozaVenue Coliseo de Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico Broadcaster WAPA-TV Entrants 70 Placements 20 Winner Mayra Matos Pérez
Cabo RojoCongeniality Elia Enid Colón
Río PiedrasPhotogenic Jeann-Marie Maldonado Cintrón
HatilloThe 54th Annual Miss Puerto Rico Universe pageant was held at the José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico on October 22, 2008. About 70 competed for the crown, in which the competition was televised live by WAPA-TV. The winner of the pageant will represent Puerto Rico at the Miss Universe 2009 pageant.[1][2] On October 11, 2008, the show entered its final stage when twelve finalists elected by the public remained.[3]
Contents
Placements
Final Results Contestant Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2009 1st Runner-up - San Juan - Jennifer Colón Alvarado
2nd Runner-up - Santurce - Sharon Haydée Gómez Díaz
3rd Runner-up 4th Runner-up - Cataño - Agnes Eileen Benítez Santiago
5th Runner-up - Vega Baja - Eydiebel Pérez Méndez
Top 12 - Barceloneta - Yeslian Martinez
- Bayamón - Stephanie Figueroa
- Hatillo - Jeann-Marie Maldonado Cintrón
- Juana Díaz - Angélica Colón
- Río Grande - Patricia Quiñones
- San Lorenzo - Chantee Díaz
Top 20 - Arecibo - Mónica Cristina Pastrana González
- Caguas - Glorimar Serrano
- Carolina - Gloria Sophia Almonte
- Corozal - Stephanie Colón
- Guaynabo - Lorraine Suárez
- Naguabo - Krizia Lugo
- Ponce - Darla Pacheco Montañez
- Salinas - Alexandra González
Special Awards:
- Elia Enid Colón (Río Piedras) - Superation Award & Miss Congeniality
- Jeann-Marie Maldonado Cintrón (Hatillo) - Miss Photogenic
- Mayra Matos Pérez (Cabo Rojo) - Beautiful Face Award
- Jennifer Colón Alvarado (San Juan) - Beautiful Hair Award
Pageant preparations
WAPA-TV signed a contract with Miss Puerto Rico Universe to transmit a reality show titled Por la corona, beginning on August 15, 2008. The public will select via text message, with five of the participants classifying directly to the pageant's semifinal.[4] A jury composed of Sully Díaz, Mayra López Mulero and Omar Matos was assembled for the program, while Joyceline Montero was contracted as host.[5]
Por La Corona results
Throughout eight weeks, the show Por La Corona featured a different group of 9 or 8 contestants each week. The public voted for their favorite contestant that was featured on the show that particular week. One winner was selected from each group of girls shown during the eight week period. After the eight week run, all 70 contestants had been featured, 8 of them had already been selected as winners, however after all contestants had been featured the public had the opportunity to select 4 more other girls to join the original 8 winners to compete for the 5 spots that will automatically advance them to the semi-finals of the Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2009 pageant on October 22, 2008.
Winners from each week:
- First Week: Glorimar Serrano (Caguas)
- Second Week: Mónica Cristina Pastrana González (Arecibo)
- Third week: Darling Cruz (Las Marías)
- Fourth week: Angélica Colón (Juana Díaz)
- Fifth week: Edlyn Pérez (Coamo)
- Sixth week: Gloria Sophia Almonte (Carolina)
- Seventh week: Stephanie Figueroa (Bayamón)
- Eighth week: Chantee Díaz (San Lorenzo)
Dariana Santiago (Lares), Krizia Lugo (Naguabo), Alexandra González (Salinas) and Jeann-Marie Maldonado Cintrón (Hatillo) were the 4 other contestants the public selected.
Out of the 12 contestants selected by the public, here are the 5 contestants who will automatically advanced to the semi-finals:
- Glorimar Serrano (Caguas)
- Gloria Sophia Almonte (Carolina)
- Krizia Lugo (Naguabo)
- Chantee Díaz (San Lorenzo)
- Alexandra González (Salinas)
Castings
- On March 1, 2008 the first casting call was held in Bayamón, Puerto Rico.
- On March 16, 2008 the second casting call was held in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Contestants
Here is a list of the official 70 contestants.
Representing Contestant Age Height Hometown Adjuntas Haydil Rivera Escobales 22 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in) Adjuntas Aguadilla Izamar Rodríguez 21 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) San Juan Aguas Buenas Helen Denis 18 1.72 m (5 ft 7 3⁄4 in) Aguas Buenas Aibonito Sindia Torres 23 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in) Ponce Añasco Carish Pérez 18 1.68 m (5 ft 6 1⁄4 in) Culebra Arecibo Mónica Cristina Pastrana González 18 1.77 m (5 ft 9 3⁄4 in) Arecibo Arroyo Ruth Rivera 21 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Arroyo Barceloneta Yeslian Martinez 18 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Luquillo Barranquitas Zullymar Ortiz 18 1.66 m (5 ft 5 1⁄4 in) Barranquitas Bayamón Stephanie Figueroa 21 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Bayamón Cabo Rojo Mayra Matos Pérez 20 1.80 m (5 ft 10 3⁄4 in) Cabo Rojo Caguas Glorimar Serrano 18 1.72 m (5 ft 7 3⁄4 in) Hormigueros Camuy Jesenia Vega 22 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄4 in) Camuy Carolina Gloria Sophia Almonte 25 1.77 m (5 ft 9 3⁄4 in) The Bronx Cataño Agnes Eileen Benítez Santiago 21 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Isabela Cayey Diane Ferrer 19 1.67 m (5 ft 5 3⁄4 in) Cayey Ceiba Bethzeliz Maldonado Torres 19 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄4 in) San Juan Cidra Coralys Rodríguez 21 1.69 m (5 ft 6 1⁄2 in) Caguas Coamo Edlyn Pérez 19 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) Santurce Comerio Carmen G. Marín 18 1.69 m (5 ft 6 1⁄2 in) Comerio Corozal Stephanie Colón 19 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Corozal Culebra Rebecca Fernández Pérez 23 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in) Culebra Dorado Ida Ibarra 19 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Dorado Fajardo Ariana Robles 18 1.69 m (5 ft 6 1⁄2 in) Fajardo Guánica Wilmarie Rivera 18 1.72 m (5 ft 7 3⁄4 in) Guánica Guaynabo Lorraine Suárez 20 1.72 m (5 ft 7 3⁄4 in) San Juan Gurabo Neysa Fernández Sotomayor 22 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄4 in) Gurabo Hatillo Jeann Marie Maldonado Cintrón 22 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Ponce Hormigueros Noelia Torres 20 1.72 m (5 ft 7 3⁄4 in) Ponce Humacao Zujeily Rivera 19 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄4 in) Bayamón Isabela Lizbeth Collazo 19 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) Isabela Jayuya Tessy Inez Liddell 17 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Jayuya Juana Díaz Angélica Colón 18 1.77 m (5 ft 9 3⁄4 in) Bayamón Juncos Shamari Vázquez 17 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) Juncos Lajas Gina Angeliz Herrera 19 1.77 m (5 ft 9 3⁄4 in) Carolina Lares Dariana Santiago 20 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄4 in) Lares Las Marías Darling Cruz 19 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄4 in) Ponce Las Piedras Celimyr de Jesús 21 1.69 m (5 ft 6 1⁄2 in) Las Piedras Loíza Edaris López 17 1.72 m (5 ft 7 3⁄4 in) Bayamón Luquillo Stephanie Pagán 19 1.69 m (5 ft 6 1⁄2 in) Luquillo Manatí Sheila Santiago 17 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) Manatí Maunabo Yessenia Monge 18 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) San Juan Mayagüez Kimberly Guzmán 18 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) Mayagüez Moca Odemaris Ortiz 20 1.72 m (5 ft 7 3⁄4 in) Moca Morovis Carolyn Tossas 18 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Morovis Naguabo Krizia Lugo 20 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄4 in) Ponce Naranjito Gloria Alicea 18 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) Naranjito Orocovis Ana Irma Rosado 23 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) Ponce Peñuelas Liz Angela Lugo 17 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) Peñuelas Ponce Darla Pacheco Montañez 19 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in) Ponce Quebradillas Yolanda Marrero 21 1.82 m (5 ft 11 3⁄4 in) Quebradillas Rincón Roxana Ríos 21 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄4 in) Rincón Río Grande Patricia Quiñones 19 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Bayamón Río Piedras Elia Enid Colón 19 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) Río Piedras Salinas Alexandra González 19 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) Ponce San Germán Nicole Bahamundi González 19 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄4 in) San Germán San Juan Jennifer Colón ALvarado 20 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) San Juan San Lorenzo Chantee Díaz 20 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄4 in) San Lorenzo San Sebastián Krystal Mendoza 18 1.69 m (5 ft 6 1⁄2 in) Bayamón Santa Isabel Stefany Hernández 20 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) Ponce Santurce Sharon Haydée Gómez Díaz 22 1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄4 in) Miami Toa Baja Leslie Díaz 18 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Bayamón Trujillo Alto Dayalí Romero 18 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) Trujillo Alto Utuado Maricelis González 26 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) Utuado Vega Baja Eydiebel Pérez Méndez 19 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Vega Baja Vieques Charlyn Rodríguez 19 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) Vieques Villalba Cindia Maldonado 18 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Bayamón Yabucoa Karelys Robles 20 1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄4 in) Yabucoa Yauco Lorraine Llaurador 19 1.69 m (5 ft 6 1⁄2 in) Yauco Notes
- Haydil Rivera Escobales (Adjuntas) has previously held the titles of, Miss Teen Puerto Rico 2004, Miss Teen World 2004, Miss Puerto Rico International 2007 and placed as a semifinalist in Miss International 2007.
- Ruth Rivera (Arroyo) participated in Miss Puerto Rico Teen 2004 and in Miss World Puerto Rico 2005.
- Mayra Matos Pérez (Cabo Rojo) won the title of Miss Teen International in 2006.
- Jennifer Colón Alvarado (San Juan) placed 2nd Runner-up at Miss Puerto Rico Teen 2006.
- Sharon Haydée Gómez Díaz (Santurce) participated in Miss International 2006 and was semifinalist., Miss Hawaiian Tropic 2008 and 4th runner up and in Nuestra Belleza Latina. Also was Miss Puerto Rico Turismo 2006.
- Gloria Sophia Almonte (Carolina) held the titles Miss New York Teen USA 2001 and Miss New York USA 2007, placed 1st Runner-up at Miss Teen USA 2001 and was unplaced at Miss USA 2007.
- Carla Vázquez (Canóvanas) and Rosaura Latorre (Patillas) resigned from the competition only days before the final pageant night. The public found about their resignation during the preliminary competition when neither contestant participated in the event.
- Yessenia Monge (Maunabo) was the shortest participant in Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2009 (5'2").
- Tessy Inez Liddell (Jayuya) is the only contestant who was never featured on the show Por La Corona.
- Karelys Robles (Yabucoa) was hospitalized and had to go under surgery days before the final competition, therefore she was not able to compete during the final competition.
Crossovers
- Mónica Cristina Pastrana González (Arecibo), Stephanie Figueroa (Bayamón) and Agnes Eileen Benítez Santiago (Cataño) participated in Nuestra Belleza Latina 2009. Agnes became one of the semi-finalists, but was eliminated right before the twelve finalists were selected. Monica and Stephanie became part of the official twelve finalists, however Stephanie was disqualified from the competition within the first week, and Monica finished in seventh place overall.[6]
- Glorimar Serrano (Caguas), Rebecca Fernández (Culebra) and Jennifer Colón Alvarado (San Juan) participated in the Miss World Puerto Rico 2009 pageant. Glorimar and Rebecca placed as one of the twelve semi-finalists, and Jennifer won the pageant.
- Yessenia Monge (Maunabo) will now participate at the Miss Puerto Rico Petite 2009 pageant.
- Darla Pacheco (Miss Ponce) would later represent Puerto Rico at the Miss International Beauty 2009 pageant in which she placed as a Semi-finalist[7]. In November of 2011 Darla will compete in the Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2012 pageant as Miss Yabucoa.
- Agnes Benítez (Miss Cataño) would later represent Puerto Rico at the Miss Tourism Queen International 2009[8] pageant in which she placed as a Semi-finalist and was appointed the title of Miss Tourism of Americas. In 2011 Agnes was crowned Miss Puerto Rico Earth 2011[9] and she will now represent Puerto Rico at the Miss Earth 2011 pageant.
- Stephanie Pagan (Miss Luquillo) would later represent United States at the Miss Intercontinental 2009 pageant in which she placed as a Semi-finalist[10].
- Mónica Pastrana (Miss Arecibo) would later represent Puerto Rico at the Miss International 2009 pageant.
- Jennifer Colón (Miss San Juan) would later be crowned Miss Puerto Rico World 2009[11], Jennifer represented Puerto Rico at the Miss World 2009 pageant.
References
- ^ » Primera Hora
- ^ Al Coliseo de Puerto Rico el certamen local de Miss Universo
- ^ Amary Santiago Torres (2008-10-11). "Llega a su etapa final" (in Spanish). Primera Hora. http://www.primerahora.com/noticia/tv/espectaculos_asi/llega_a_su_etapa_final/238135. Retrieved 2008-10-11.[dead link]
- ^ "El público elegirá a la nueva reina" (in Spanish). Primera Hora. 2008-08-08. http://www.primerahora.com/noticia/tv/espectaculos_asi/el_publico_elegira_a_la_nueva_reina/217740. Retrieved 2008-08-11.[dead link]
- ^ Mariela Fullana Acosta (2008-08-15). "El lado no tan bello de los certámenes" (in Spanish). Primera Hora. http://www.primerahora.com/noticia/otros_asi/espectaculos_asi/el_lado_no_tan_bello_de_los_certamenes/219836. Retrieved 2008-08-17.[dead link]
- ^ http://www.univision.com/content/channel.jhtml?chid=10&schid=10753&secid=0
- ^ http://www.globalbeauties.com/news/2009/aug/int.html
- ^ http://www.pageantopolis.com/international/tourism_queen.htm
- ^ http://beautypageantnews.com/agnes-eileen-benitez-crowned-miss-earth-puerto-rico-2011/
- ^ http://www.missintercontinental.com/news/detail/article/miss-intercontinental-2009/
- ^ http://www.elnuevodia.com/debayamonmissmundodepuertorico2009-595612.html
Sources
- http://www.missiologia.com/news/039.htm
- http://porlacorona.wapa.tv/
- http://www.primerahora.com/noticia/otros_asi/espectaculos_asi/se_corre_el_velo_de__la_corona/185346
- http://www.vocero.com/noticias.asp?s=Escenario&n=111969
- http://www.primerahora.com/noticia/tv/espectaculos_asi/se_muda_a_wapa_tv/181272
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