Miss Paraguay

Miss Paraguay
TypeWomen's beauty pageant
HeadquartersLuque, Paraguay
Qualifies for
First edition1915
Last edition2023
Current titleholderMilagros Aramí Walther
Alto Paraná
President
Graciela Venialgo
LanguageSpanish

Miss Paraguay is a national beauty pageant in Paraguay established in 1915. It currently selects Paraguay's representatives for the Miss Intercontinental and Reinado Internacional del Café pageants.

The current Miss Paraguay is Milagros Aramí Walther of Alto Paraná who was crowned on September 23, 2023 at the Centro Paraguayo Japonés in Asunción, Paraguay.[1]

History

In 1915, Arsenio López Decoud, president of the Unión Club, organized the first beauty pageant in Paraguay. It was held sometime during the spring at the National Theater (current "Ignacio A. Pane" Municipal Theater) and the winner was 19 years old María Anselma Clotilde "Anselmita" Heyn Denis.[2] The pageant was revived in 1957 by the dictator Alfredo Stroessner and the Secretary of Tourism of Paraguay.

In 1970, the contest was organized by Dinam Publicidad and took place in the Presidential Hall of the Hotel Guaraní.[3]

Then in 1990, Guillermo Rolón and the SNT took over Miss Paraguay until 2001. The organization stopped sending representatives to Miss Universe until 2001, with Paraguay absent in 2002 and 2003. The pageant was not held in 1959, 1968, 1969, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007 and 2008.

In March 2017, the pageant was declared of cultural interest by the Chamber of Deputies of Paraguay.[4]

In July 2020, it was reported that the coronation night scheduled to take place on August 14 was canceled due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.[5] In 2021 the contest was canceled for the same reason.[6] In July 2022, the death of the organization's president, Guillermo Rolón, was reported and the pageant did not take place that year either.[7] Since the death of Rolón, his widow, Graciela Venialgo, has taken charge of the organization.[8]

Titleholders

YearMiss ParaguayDepartment
1915María Anselma Clotilde "Anselmita" Heyn DenisAsunción
1957Lucy MontonaroCaaguazú
1958Graciela ScorzaAlto Paraguay
1960Mercedes RuggiaAsunción
1961María Cristina OsnaghiAsunción
1962Corina RolónAlto Paraguay
1963Amelia BenítezCentral
1964Miriam Riart BrugadaAsunción
1965Stella CastellGran Chaco
1966Mirtha MartínezAlto Paraguay
1967María Eugenia TorresPresidente Hayes
1969Blancanieves ZaldívarCentral
1970Teresa Mercedes Brítez Süllow[9]Paraguarí
1971Marit TomassoneMisiones
1972María Stella Volpe Martínez[10]Central
1973Teresita María CanoConcepción
1974María Ángela Zulema Medina MonjagataAlto Paraguay
1975Susana Beatriz Vire FerreiraAlto Paraná
1976Nidia Fátima CardenasCentral
1977María Leticia Zarza PerrietAsunción
1978Rosa María Duarte MelgarejoAsunción
1979Patricia Lohman BernieAsunción
1980Celia Noemí Schaerer del Puerto[11]Asunción
1981María Isabel Urizar CarasCordillera
1984Elena Ortiz AllegrettiGuairá
1985Daisy Patricia FerreiraAsunción
1986Verónica Angulo AchinelliAmambay
1987Tammy Elizabeth Ortigoza SonnebornItapúa
1988Marta Noemí Acosta GranadaCanindeyú
1989Ana Victoria Schaerer Del PuertoParaguarí
1990Mónica Plate CanoAlto Paraguay
1991Vivian Rosana Benítez BrizuelaAsunción
1992Pamela Zarza EnríquezBoquerón
1993Carolina BarriosItapúa
1994Lilian Noemí González MenaPresidente Hayes
1995Bettina Rosmary Barboza Caffarena[12]Asunción
1996Martha Lovera ParquétAsunción
1997Rossana Elizabeth Jiménez PereiraCordillera
1998Luz Marina González RuízÑeembucú
1999Carmen Morínigo MachucaSan Pedro
2000Carolina Ramírez Franco[13]Alto Paraná
2001María Gabriela RiquelmeAsunción
2004Myriam Rodríguez Insfrán[14]Misiones
2005Liz Santacruz Amarilla[15]Asunción
2009Viviana Mabel Benítez Duarte[16]Misiones
2010Evelyn Catalina Jara Rojas[17] (resigned)Caaguazú
Luz Adela Alejandro Brizuela[18] (assumed)Amambay
2011Clara Silvana Carrillo Gossen[19]Concepción
2012Mónica Mariani Pascualotto[20]Canindeyú
2013Noelia Díaz Rodríguez[21]Asunción
2014Isabel Soloaga Irala[22]Itapúa
2015Katri Analía Villamayor Montiel[23]Alto Paraná
2016Alma María Monserrat Villagra Miranda[24]Paraguarí
2017Yessica Daiana Ledezma[25]Guairá
2018Verónica Viveros Viedma[26]Asunción
2019Cynthia Verónica Florenciani Agüero[27]Central
2023Milagros Aramí Walther[1]Alto Paraná
2024TBA

Department rankings

DepartmentTitleYear
Distrito Capital161960, 1961, 1964, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1985, 1987, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996, 2008, 2013, 2015, 2020
Alto Paraguay71958, 1962, 1966, 1974, 1990, 2004, 2006
Central61963, 1972, 1976, 2009, 2010, 2012
Guairá41984, 2016, 2021, 2022
Cordillera1981, 1997, 2018, 2023
Alto Paraná31975, 2000, 2019
Amambay1986, 2014, 2017
Presidente Hayes1967, 1994, 2011
Boquerón21992, 2007
Paraguarí1970, 1989
Itapúa12005
Caazapá2001
San Pedro1999
Ñeembucú1998
Canindeyú1988
Concepción1973
Misiones1971
Gran Chaco1963
Caaguazú1957

Representatives to international beauty pageants

Miss Intercontinental

  •   : Declared as Winner
  •   : Ended as runner-up
  •   : Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
  •   : Ended as special awards winner
YearDepartmentMiss Intercontinental ParaguayPlacement at Miss IntercontinentalSpecial AwardsNotes
Miss Paraguay
2023Alto ParanáMilagros Aramí Walther[28]Unplaced
2022Did not compete
Miss Grand Paraguay
2021Alto ParanáFátima Lorena Rodríguez Benítez[29]Top 20[30]
2020Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, no pageant in 2020
2019Distrito CapitalSol María Violeta Pavón Rolón[31]Unplaced
2018ItapúaGabriela Natasha Soley Sawkiw[32]Top 20
  • Best in Swimsuit[33]
2017Distrito CapitalJessica Torres Martínez[34]Unplaced
  • Best in Evening Gown[35]
  • Best Body (2nd runner-up)[35]
Did not compete between 2015–2016
Miss Paraguay
2014CentralIsabel Soloaga IralaUnplaced
2013Did not compete
2012Alto ParanáClaudia Kohl Grutzmann[36]Unplaced
2011ConcepciónClara Silvana Carrillo Gossen[37]Unplaced
2010Distrito CapitalMaura Rojas CanteroTop 20[38]
Did not compete between 2000–2009
1999—Marta Concepción Rodríguez PortilloUnplaced
1998Did not compete
1997—Salmi Agüero EsgaibUnplaced
1996—Claudia Rocío Melgarejo2nd Runner-up

Reinado Internacional del Café

  •   : Declared as Winner
  •   : Ended as runner-up
  •   : Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
  •   : Ended as special awards winner
YearDepartmentReina Internacional del Café ParaguayPlacement at Reinado Internacional del CaféSpecial Awards
Miss Paraguay
2024Alto ParanáMilagros Aramí WaltherUnplaced
2023CentralYanina Isabel Villalba Ortiz[39]Unplaced
2022ÑeembucúÉrika Araceli Jara MuñozUnplaced
2020CentralCynthia Verónica Florenciani Agüero[40]Unplaced
2019Distrito CapitalVerónica Viveros ViedmaUnplaced
2018GuairáYessica LedezmaUnplaced
2017ParaguaríAlma María Monserrat Villagra MirandaUnplaced
2016Alto ParanáKatri Analía Villamayor MontielUnplaced
2015ItapúaIsabel Soloaga IralaUnplaced
2014Distrito CapitalNoelia Díaz Rodríguez2nd princess
  • Best Hair
  • Queen of the Carabineros (Top 5)
2013CanindeyúMónica Mariani PascualottoUnplaced
2012ConcepciónClara Silvana Carrillo GossenUnplaced
2011Distrito CapitalMaría Belén Alonso Virgili[41]Unplaced
2010MisionesViviana Mabel Benítez DuarteUnplaced
2009Distrito CapitalFiorella Forestieri[42]Unplaced
2008Alto ParanáKaren Natalia Álvarez[43]Unplaced
2007Did not compete
2006—Daylen Natalia Marcela Vittone BarretoUnplaced
2005—Adriana María Vachoumard RodríguezUnplaced
2004MisionesMyriam Rodríguez InsfránUnplaced
2003—Pabla Victoria Thomen RodríguezUnplaced
2002—Tania María Ramírez OlmedoUnplaced
2001—Claudia Violeta Rojas YegrosUnplaced
2000—Carmen Alicia Moringio MachucaUnplaced
1999ÑeembucúLuz Marina González Ruiz DíazTop 6
1998CordilleraRossana Elizabeth Jiménez PereiraUnplaced
1997Distrito CapitalMarta Elizabeth Lovera ParquétUnplaced
1996Distrito CapitalBettina Rosemary Barboza CaffarenaUnplaced
1995—Fabiola Cibils BittarUnplaced
1994—María Elicia Escalante HanemanUnplaced
1993—Genny Margarita Fariña GonzálezUnplaced
1992—Edith Myriam Núñez EspinozaUnplaced
1991—Elizabeth Rocío Belinda Mongelos MéndezUnplaced
1990—Emiliana Rodríguez3rd princess
1989—Liliana Cantero TrujilloUnplaced
1988—Lidia Isabel Ozuna RiverosUnplaced
1987—Norma Teresita Gayoso GómezUnplaced
1985—María Lucila Noguera OjedaUnplaced
Did not compete between 1977–1984
1976—Nidya Fátima CárdenasUnplaced
1975Alto ParanáSusana Beatriz Vire Ferreira1st princess
1974—Elizabeth BrandshabUnplaced
1973—María Gloria GonzálezUnplaced
1972CentralMaría Stella Volpe Martínez[10]Reina Internacional del Café 1972

See also

References

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