| Miss Honduras Organization | |
| Type: | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters: | Tegucigalpa |
| Location: | Honduras |
| Language: | Spanish |
| Leader Title: | President |
| Leader Name: | Carlos Rivera And Bryan Espinoza, Ricardo Caballero |
| Website: | Official site |
The Miss Honduras or Miss Honduras Universe (also, known as Señorita Honduras) is a national beauty pageant in Honduras. The pageant was founded in 1930, where the winners were sent to Miss Universe.
The first edition of Miss Honduras began in 1930. The winner in that year was given to Angélica Meza Milla on July 27, 1930. The second edition was started in 1954 by Ministry of Tourism Honduras. In 1954 Liliam Padilla was crowned as the first Miss Honduras after many years in 1930.
In 1965 Eda Inés Munguía of Tegucigalpa won Señorita Honduras under Doña Norma de Funes directorship. In that year the main winner competed at the Miss World while Honduras did not compete at the Miss Universe between 1956 and 1966. Began in 1967 the main winner returned to participate at the Miss Universe competition.
In 1996 Eduardo Zablah took the national pageant of Señorita Honduras and renamed it as Señorita Honduras Universe Inc. He also took the franchise of Miss World and Miss International for the runners-up.
Between 2003 and 2006 there was no Miss Honduras national contest. Dania Patricia Prince Méndezen, Miss Honduras 1998 was selected as Miss Honduras Tierra in 2003 by another agency which is unrelated to the main Miss Honduras Organization. Dania is the only one grand slam winner from Honduras who won Miss Earth 2003 in the Philippines.[1]
In 2007 A Puerto Rican citizen, Carlos Rivera took the franchise of Miss Universe Organization under Donald Trump. He also signed up other franchises like Miss Earth and Miss United Continents at Miss Honduras Organization. The first winner of Miss Honduras after four years absence was Wendy Patricia Salgado Corea.[2] Meanwhile Miss World and Miss International select from another agency which calls as now Señorita Honduras World or Miss World Honduras directed by Eduardo Zablah.
In 2016 Carlos Rivera, Bryan Espinoza, Ricardo Caballero appointed to be the new President of Miss Honduras Organization. He owns the committee of ICA (Independencia Centro America).[3] [4]
Miss Honduras contest traditionally holds in Tegucigalpa, M.D.C. at Convenciones del Hotel Honduras Maya, Teatro Nacional Manuel Bonilla and Country Club. In some years the contest also holds at Casino Sampedrano, Campo de la Asociación de Ganaderos y Agricultores (AGAS) and Confetis Discoteque.
The following women have represented Honduras in the Big Four international beauty pageants, the four major international beauty pageants for women.[5] [6] These are Miss World, Miss Universe, Miss International and Miss Earth.[7] [8] [9]
| Year | Miss Honduras | Department | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 | Angélica Meza Milla | Francisco Morazán | ||
| 1954 | Lilliam Padilla | Francisco Morazán | ||
| 1955 | Pastora Pagán Valenzuela | Cortés | ||
| 1959 | Rosemary Lefebre | Francisco Morazán | ||
| 1964 | Aracely Cano | Francisco Morazán | ||
| 1965 | Eda Inés Munguía | Francisco Morazán | ||
| 1966 | Danira Miralda | Yoro | ||
| 1967 | Denia Maria Alvarado Medina | Cortés | ||
| 1968 | Nora Idalia Guillén | Francisco Morazán | ||
| 1969 | Viena Paredes Zelaya | Choluteca | ||
| 1970 | Francis Irene VanTuyl | Cortés | ||
| 1971 | Dunia Aracely Ortega | Santa Bárbara | ||
| 1972 | Doris Alicia Roca Pagán | Cortés | ||
| 1973 | Nelly Suyapa González Mármol | El Paraíso | ||
| 1974 | Ethelinda Mejía Velásquez | Yoro | ||
| 1976 | Victoria Alejandra Pineda Fortín | Cortés | ||
| 1977 | Carolina Rosa Rauscher Sierra | Comayagua | ||
| 1978 | Olimpia Velásquez Medina | Cortés | ||
| 1979 | Gina Maria Weidner Cleaves | Cortés | ||
| 1980 | Ethelvina Raudales | Yoro | ||
| 1981 | Leslie Nohemi Sabillón Dávila | Francisco Morazán | ||
| 1982 | Eva Lissete Barahona Dheming | Atlántida | ||
| 1983 | Ollie June Thompson | Islas de la Bahía | Reina Internacional del Café 1984 | |
| 1984 | Mertyce Elitha Hyde | Bay Islands | ||
| 1985 | Diana Margarita García | Cortés | ||
| 1986 | Sandra Natalie Navarrete | Cortés | ||
| 1987 | Francia Tatiana Reyes | Francisco Morazán | ||
| 1988 | Jacqueline Herrera Mejía | Cortés | ||
| 1989 | Frances Siryi Milla | Atlántida | ||
| 1990 | Vivian Audely Moreno | Cortés | ||
| 1992 | Mónica Raquel Rápalo | Atlántida | ||
| 1993 | Denia Reyes | Atlántida | ||
| 1994 | Jim Haylock | Bay Islands | ||
| 1996 | Yazmín Fiallos | Francisco Morazán | ||
| 1997 | Joselina García Cobos | Atlántida | ||
| 1998 | Dania Patricia Prince Méndez | Choluteca | Miss Earth 2003 | |
| 1999 | Daryela Sofia Guerrero | Atlántida | ||
| 2000 | Flor de María García Ferrera | Cortés | ||
| 2001 | Esther Edén | Bay Islands | Resigned | |
| 2002 | Erika Lizeth Ramírez | Atlántida | ||
| 2007 | Wendy Patricia Salgado Corea | Francisco Morazán | ||
| 2008 | Diana Gabriela Barraza Miralda | Olancho | ||
| 2009 | Belgica Nataly Suárez González[10] | Francisco Morazán | ||
| 2010 | Kenia Melissa Martínez | Atlántida | ||
| 2011 | Keylin Suzette Gómez Flores[11] | Cortés | ||
| 2012 | Jennifer Denise Andrade Felicidades[12] | Francisco Morazán | ||
| 2013 | Diana Gertrude Shoutsen Mendoza[13] | Atlántida | ||
| 2014 | Gabriela Nikol Ordóñez Cortés | Comayagua | ||
| 2015 | Iroshka Lindaly Elvir Flores | Francisco Morazán | ||
| 2016 | Olga Sirey Morán Castro | Yoro | Dethroned | |
| 2017 | April Claudette Tobie Ramos | Bay Islands | ||
| 2018 | Claudia Vanessa Villars Figueroa | Santa Bárbara | ||
| 2019 | Rosemary Natalí Arauz Mejía | Cortés | ||
| 2020 | Cecilia Maria Rossell Guerra | Copán | ||
| 2021 | Rose Meléndez | Colón | ||
| 2022 | Rebeca Rodríguez Mora[14] | San Pedro Sula | ||
| 2023 | Zuheilyn Clemente[15] | Tegucigalpa | ||
| 2024 | TBA | TBA |
The Winner of Miss Honduras represents the country at the Miss Universe pageant. If the winner will resign the title, the runner-up will take over the crown.
| Year | Department | Miss Honduras | Placement at Miss Universe | Special Awards | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | colspan=5 | ||||
| 2023 | Tegucigalpa | Zuheilyn Clemente | Unplaced | ||
| 2022 | San Pedro Sula | Rebeca Rodríguez Mora | Unplaced | ||
| 2021 | Colón | Rose Meléndez | Unplaced | ||
| 2020 | Copán | Cecilia María Rossell Guerra | Unplaced | Appointed — Due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, the Third Runner-up of 2019 crowned as the Miss Honduras 2020. | |
| 2019 | Cortés | Rosemary Natalí Arauz Mejía | Unplaced | ||
| 2018 | Santa Bárbara | Claudia Vanessa Villars Figueroa | Unplaced | ||
| 2017 | Bay Islands | April Claudette Tobie Ramos | Unplaced | Ricardo Caballero (ICA/Independencia Centro America) directorship, Later Miss International Honduras 2024. | |
| 2016 | Yoro | Olga Sirey Morán Castro | Unplaced | Dethroned later retained title; Crowned in 2015 together with Miss Honduras 2015, Iroshka Lindaly Elvir Flores. | |
| 2015 | Francisco Morazán | Iroshka Lindaly Elvir Flores | Unplaced | ||
| 2014 | Comayagua | Gabriela Nikol Ordóñez Cortés | Unplaced | ||
| 2013 | Atlántida | Diana Shoutsen Mendoza[16] | Unplaced | ||
| 2012 | Francisco Morazán | Jennifer Denise Andrade[17] | Unplaced | ||
| 2011 | Cortés | Keylin Suzette Gómez Flores[18] | Unplaced | ||
| 2010 | Colón | Kenia Melissa Martínez | Unplaced | ||
| 2009 | Francisco Morazán | Belgica Nataly Suárez[19] | Unplaced | ||
| 2008 | Francisco Morazán | Diana Gabriela Barraza Miralda | Unplaced | ||
| 2007 | Francisco Morazán | Wendy Patricia Salgado Corea | Unplaced | Carlos Rivera directorship. | |
| Señorita Honduras | |||||
| colspan=6 | |||||
| 2002 | Colón | Erika Lizeth Ramírez | Unplaced |
| |
| 2001 | Yoro | Olenka Miroslava Fuschich | Unplaced |
| Appointed — A Runner-up took over to compete at Miss Universe 2001. |
| Bay Islands | Esther Edén | Resigned. | |||
| 2000 | Cortés | Flor de María García Ferrera | Unplaced | ||
| 1999 | Atlántida | Daryela Sofia Guerrero | Unplaced | ||
| 1998 | Choluteca | Dania Patricia Prince Méndez | Unplaced | ||
| 1997 | Atlántida | Joselina García Cobos | Unplaced | ||
| 1996 | El Paraiso | Yazmín Fiallos | Unplaced | ||
| 1995 | colspan=6 | ||||
| 1994 | Bay Islands | Jem Haylock | Unplaced | ||
| 1993 | Atlántida | Denia Reyes | Unplaced | ||
| 1992 | Atlántida | Mónica Raquel Rápalo | Unplaced | ||
| 1991 | Yoro | Claudia Mercedes Caballero | |||
| 1990 | Cortés | Vivian Audely Moreno | Unplaced | ||
| 1989 | Atlántida | Frances Siryi Milla | Unplaced | ||
| 1988 | Cortés | Jacqueline Herrera Mejía | Unplaced | ||
| 1987 | Francisco Morazán | Francia Tatiana Reyes | Unplaced |
| |
| 1986 | Cortés | Sandra Natalie Navarrete | Unplaced | ||
| 1985 | Cortés | Diana Margarita García | Unplaced | ||
| 1984 | Bay Islands | Mertyce Elitha Hyde | Unplaced | ||
| 1983 | Bay Islands | Ollie June Thompson | Unplaced | ||
| 1982 | Atlántida | Eva Lissete Barahona Dheming | Unplaced | ||
| 1981 | Francisco Morazán | Leslie Nohemi Sabillón Dávila | Unplaced | ||
| 1980 | Yoro | Etelvina Raudales | Unplaced | ||
| 1979 | Cortés | Gina Maria Weidner Cleaves | Unplaced | ||
| 1978 | Cortés | Olimpia Velásquez Medina | Unplaced | ||
| 1977 | Comayagua | Carolina Rosa Rauscher Sierra | Unplaced | ||
| 1976 | Cortés | Victoria Alejandra Pineda Fortín | Unplaced | ||
| 1975 | colspan=6 | ||||
| 1974 | Yoro | Ethelinda Mejía Velásquez | Unplaced | ||
| 1973 | El Paraíso | Nelly Suyapa González Mármol | Unplaced | ||
| 1972 | Cortés | Doris Alicia Roca Pagán | Unplaced | ||
| 1971 | Santa Bárbara | Dunia Aracelly Ortega | Unplaced | ||
| 1970 | Cortés | Francis Irene VanTuyl | Unplaced | ||
| 1969 | Choluteca | Viena Paredes Zelaya | Unplaced | ||
| 1968 | Francisco Morazán | Nora Idalia Guillén | Unplaced | ||
| 1967 | Cortés | Denia Maria Alvafado Medina | Unplaced | ||
| Miss Honduras | |||||
| colspan=6 | |||||
| 1955 | Cortés | Pastora Pagán Valenzuela | Top 15 | ||
| 1954 | Francisco Morazán | Lilliam Padilla | Unplaced | ||
Prior to 2008 a Runner-up or sometimes winner of Miss Honduras went to Miss World pageant. Began 2008 the winner of Señorita Honduras Mundo in under Eduardo Zablah represents her country at the Miss World pageant.
| Year | Department | Señorita Honduras Mundo | Placement at Miss World | Special Awards | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | |
| 2024 | colspan=5 | ||||
| 2023 | El Paraíso | Yelsin Almendarez[20] | Unplaced | ||
| 2022 | colspan=5 | ||||
| 2021 | Yoro | Dayana Bordas | Unplaced | ||
| 2020 | colspan=5 | ||||
| 2019 | Yoro | Ana Romero | Unplaced | Miss World Sport (Top 32) | |
| 2018 | Comayagua | Dayana Sabillón | Unplaced | ||
| 2017 | Santa Bárbara | Celia Monterrosa | Unplaced |
| |
| 2016 | Colón | Kerelyne Campigotti Webster | Unplaced |
| |
| 2015 | Francisco Morazán | Gabriela Vanessa Salazar Valle | Unplaced | ||
| 2014 | Santa Bárbara | María José Alvarado | Withdrew — Kidnapped and murdered before competing. | ||
| 2013 | Bay Islands | Mónica Alexis Elwin Gough | Unplaced | ||
| 2012 | Copán | Jennifer Giselle Valle Morel | Unplaced | ||
| 2011 | Cortés | Bessy Beatriz Ochoa López | Unplaced | ||
| 2010 | Colón | Marilyn Elizabeth Medina | Unplaced | ||
| 2009 | Copán | Blaise Allys Massey Alvarado | Unplaced | ||
| 2008 | Copán | Gabriela Dennisse Zavala Irias | Unplaced | Señorita Honduras Mundo — Eduardo Zablah directorship. | |
| Miss World Honduras | |||||
| colspan=6 | |||||
| 2004 | Bay Islands | Kimberly Michelle Macnab | Unplaced | Closed election. | |
| Honduran representatives from Señorita Honduras | |||||
| colspan=6 | |||||
| 2000 | Cortés | Verónica Alejandra Castellón | Unplaced | ||
| 1999 | Cortés | Irma Waleska Quijada Henríquez | Unplaced | ||
| 1998 | colspan=5 | ||||
| 1997 | Copán | Hansel Cristina Cáceres Teruel | Unplaced | ||
| colspan=6 | |||||
| 1993 | Francisco Morazán | Tania Bruchmann Escorcia | Unplaced | ||
| 1992 | colspan=6 | ||||
| 1991 | Francisco Morazán | Arlene Rocío Rauscher Duarte | Unplaced | ||
| 1990 | Cortés | Claudia Bendaña McCausland | Unplaced | ||
| 1989 | Cortés | Belinda Bodden Alvarez | Unplaced | ||
| 1988 | Francisco Morazán | Alina Patricia Díaz Ordóñez | Unplaced | ||
| 1987 | El Paraiso | Claudia María Paz | Unplaced | ||
| 1986 | Cortés | Nilcer Maria Viscovich | Unplaced | ||
| 1985 | colspan=5 | ||||
| 1984 | Bay Islands | Mertyce Elitha Hyde | Unplaced | ||
| 1983 | Cortés | Carmen Isabel Morales Ustariz | Unplaced | ||
| 1982 | Cortés | Ana Lucia Rivera Castro | Unplaced | ||
| 1981 | Cortés | Xiomara Sikaffy Mena | Unplaced | ||
| 1980 | Yoro | Etelvina (Ethel) Raudales | Unplaced | ||
| 1979 | Cortés | Gina Maria Weidner Cleaves | Unplaced | ||
| 1978 | Cortés | Maria Elena Bodadilla | Unplaced | ||
| 1977 | Francisco Morazán | María Marlene Villela Franco | Unplaced | ||
| 1976 | Colón | Maribel Ileana Ayala Ramírez | Unplaced | ||
| 1975 | Yoro | Ethelinda Mejía Velásquez | Unplaced | ||
| 1974 | Bay Islands | Leslie Suez Ramírez | Unplaced | ||
| 1973 | Cortés | Belinda Handal | Unplaced | ||
| 1972 | — | Doris Van Tuyl | Unplaced | ||
| colspan=6 | |||||
| 1967 | — | Alba Maria Bobadilla | Unplaced | ||
| 1966 | Cortés | Denia Maria Alvarado Medina | Unplaced | ||
| 1965 | Francisco Morazán | Eda Inés Munguía | Unplaced | ||
| 1964 | Francisco Morazán | Aracely Cano | Unplaced | ||
| Honduran representatives from Miss Honduras | |||||
| colspan=6 | |||||
| 1959 | Francisco Morazán | Rosemary Lefebre | Unplaced | ||
| colspan=6 | |||||
| 1955 | Cortés | Pastora Pagán Valenzuela | Unplaced | ||
Prior to 2009 a Runner-up or sometimes winner of Miss Honduras went to Miss International pageant. Began in 2009 the Señorita Honduras Internacional winner in under Eduardo Zablah represents her country at the Miss International pageant.
| Year | Department | Señorita Honduras Internacional | Placement at Miss International | Special Awards | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Bay Islands | April Claudette Tobie Ramos | TBA | Previously Miss Universe Honduras 2017. | |
| 2023 | colspan=5 | ||||
| 2022 | Cortés | Zully Paz Pasan | Unplaced | ||
| colspan=6 | |||||
| 2019 | Atlántida | Ariana María Bustillo Flores | Unplaced | ||
| 2018 | Olancho | Mayra Alejandra Fuentes | Unplaced | ||
| 2017 | Santa Bárbara | Claudia Vanessa Villars Figueroa | Top 15 | ||
| 2016 | El Paraíso | Andrea Nicol Salinas Godoy | Unplaced | ||
| 2015 | Francisco Morazán | Jennifer Giselle Valle Morel | 1st Runner-up | ||
| 2014 | Cortés | Mónica Kristel Brocatto | Unplaced | ||
| 2013 | colspan=5 | ||||
| 2012 | Francisco Morazán | Shirley Velasques Morales | Unplaced |
| |
| 2011 | Atlántida | Esthefany Pineda | Unplaced | ||
| 2010 | colspan=5 | ||||
| 2009 | Atlántida | Kenia Melissa Andrade | Unplaced |
| Señorita Honduras Mundo — Eduardo Zablah Directorship; the Miss International Honduras placed as Señorita Honduras Internacional. |
| Miss International Honduras | |||||
| 2008 | colspan=5 | ||||
| 2007 | — | Margarita Valle | Unplaced | Closed election. | |
| 2006 | Colón | Lissa Diana Viera Sáenz | Unplaced | Closed election. | |
| 2005 | Santa Bárbara | Ingrid Lopez | Unplaced | Closed election. | |
| Honduran Representatives from Señorita Honduras | |||||
| colspan=6 | |||||
| 2000 | Yoro | Alba Marcela Rubí Castellón | Unplaced | ||
| 1999 | colspan=5 | ||||
| 1998 | Cortés | Wendy Suyapa Rodríguez | Unplaced | ||
| 1997 | Bay Islands | Jennifer Elizabeth Campbell | Unplaced | ||
| 1996 | colspan=5 | ||||
| 1995 | Francisco Morazáñ | Sayda Umaña López | Unplaced | ||
| 1994 | colspan=5 | ||||
| 1993 | Francisco Morazán | Miriam Liseth Zapata Godoy | Unplaced | ||
| 1992 | Cortés | Francis Funez Padilla | Top 15 | ||
| 1991 | Cortés | Marly Karina Prudoth Guzmán | Unplaced | ||
| 1990 | Yoro | Claudia Mercedes Caballero | Unplaced | ||
| 1989 | Cortés | Cynthia Zavala | Unplaced | ||
| 1988 | Francisco Morazán | Erika Aguilera Garay | Unplaced | ||
| 1987 | Bay Islands | Darlene Jacqueline Sikaffy Powery | Unplaced | ||
| 1986 | Francisco Morazán | Francia Tatiana Reyes Beselinoff | Unplaced | ||
| 1985 | Cortés | Waleska Zavala Peñalva | Unplaced | ||
| 1984 | Bay Islands | Mertyce Elitha Hyde | Unplaced | ||
| 1983 | Francisco Morazán | Ileana Maritza Turcios | Unplaced | ||
| 1982 | Francisco Morazán | Alba Luz Rogel | Unplaced | ||
| 1981 | Cortés | Gloria Patricia Durón | 4th Runner-up | ||
| 1980 | Atlántida | Jennifer Bustillo | Unplaced | ||
| 1979 | Atlántida | Lilian Anibeth Rivera | Unplaced | ||
| 1978 | Atlántida | Lorena Irias Navas | Unplaced | ||
| 1977 | Francisco Morazán | Maria Marlene Villela Franco | Unplaced | ||
| 1976 | Francisco Morazán | Victoria Ann Baker | Top 15 | ||
| 1975 | Yoro | Ligia Caballero Cárdenas | Unplaced | ||
| 1974 | Ocotepeque | Rosario Elena Carbajal | Unplaced | ||
| 1973 | Yoro | Rosa Edelinda López | Unplaced | ||
| 1972 | colspan=5 | ||||
| 1971 | Cortés | Doris Van Tuyl | Unplaced | ||
The Señorita Honduras Tierra winner in under Eduardo Zablah represented her country at the Miss Earth pageant. Before creating the pageant the first runner-up of Miss Honduras or winner competed at the Miss Earth pageant between 2007 and 2012. Today the Miss Earth Honduras is holding by Miss Earth Honduras.
| Year | Department | Miss Earth Honduras | Placement at Miss Earth | Special Awards | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | TBA | TBA | TBA | ||
| 2023 | Comayagua | Ariana Gomez[21] | Unplaced | ||
| 2022 | Valle | Idania Santos | Unplaced | ||
| 2021 | Roatán | Jissel Rivera | |||
| 2020 | Tegucigalpa | Andreas Nuñez | Unplaced | ||
| 2019 | Yoro | Rita Velasquez | Unplaced | ||
| 2018 | Danli | Diana Palma | Unplaced | ||
| 2017 | Tegucigalpa | Valeria Cardona | Unplaced |
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| 2016 | colspan=5 | ||||
| 2015 | Yoro | Nadia Scarleth Morales | Unplaced | ||
| Honduran Representatives from Miss Honduras | |||||
| colspan=6 | |||||
| 2012 | Yoro | Odily Alvarenga | Unplaced | ||
| 2011 | Bay Islands | Stephany Hernández Martínez | Unplaced | ||
| 2010 | colspan=5 | ||||
| 2009 | — | Alejandra Maria Mendoza David | Unplaced | ||
| 2008 | Francisco Morazán | Kenia Melissa Andrade | Unplaced | ||
| Honduran Representatives from Señorita Honduras | |||||
| 2007 | colspan=5 | ||||
| 2006 | — | Lesly Gabriela Molina Kristoff | Unplaced | ||
| 2005 | — | Ruth María Arita Luna | Unplaced | ||
| 2004 | Francisco Morazán | Gabriela Dennisse Zavala Irias | Top 8 |
| |
| 2003 | Choluteca | Dania Patricia Prince Méndez | Miss Earth 2003 | ||
| 2002 | — | Leslie Paredes Barahona | Unplaced | Closed election | |
| Year | Department | Miss Honduras | Placement at Miss Supranational | Special Awards | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Cortés | Stephie Morel[22] | Top 25 | ||
| colspan=6 | |||||
| 2019 | Cortés | Nicole Ponce | Unplaced | ||
| 2014 | Francisco Morazán | Tishanah Welcome | Did not compete | ||
| 2013 | Comayagua | Andrea Nicole López Mallorquín | Unplaced | ||
| 2012 | Francisco Morazán | Natalia Coto Hernández | Top 20 | ||
| 2011 | Atlántida | Marla Yadira Escobar Montúfar | Unplaced | ||
| 2010 | Cortés | Lesly Kristoff | Top 20 | ||
| 2009 | Cortés | Ruth Alemán Alvarado | 3rd Runner-up | ||