| Miss América Latina | |
| Type: | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters: | Miami |
| Location: | United States |
| Leader Title: | President |
| Leader Name: | Acirema Alayeto (1981-present) |
| Founder: | Acirema Alayeto |
| Website: | https://missamericalatina.com |
Miss América Latina or Miss América Latina del Mundo, known in English as Miss Latin America or Miss Latin America of the World, is an international beauty contest held annually. It is organized by the Miss América Latina Organization. Despite its name, the contest is not restricted to only Latin American nations. It is designed for women of Latina descent around the globe. There is an average of about 20 contestants every year. It has two sister pageants: Miss Latina US (which selects the US delegate to Miss América Latina) and Miss Teen US Latina.
The current titleholder is Massiel Chupani from the Dominican Republic.
The Miss América Latina pageant was founded in the early 1980s. The first edition was held in 1981, when it was open to only Latina contestants in Miami, Florida, United States. In 1983, the contest went international.[1]
| Year | Name | Represented | Host City | Host Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Lesley Quintanilla | Miami, Florida | United States | ||
| 1982 | Martha Álvarez | ||||
| 1983 | María Rosa |  Puerto Rico | |||
| 1984 | Mirla Ochoa[2] | ||||
| 1985 | Victoria Mauríz |  Dominican Republic | |||
| 1986 | Lucía Collado | San José | Costa Rica | ||
| data-sort-value="1988" | 1987-1988[3] | Lorenia Burruel |  Mexico | Santa Cruz de la Sierra | Bolivia |
| 1989 | Suzanne Hannaux |  El Salvador | Hermosillo, Sonora | Mexico | |
| 1990 | Vanessa Holler | San Salvador | El Salvador | ||
| 1991 | María Elena Bellido |  Peru | Buenos Aires | Argentina | |
| 1992 | Ana Sofía Pereira |  Nicaragua | Guayaquil | Ecuador | |
| 1993 | María Fernanda Morales |  Guatemala | Guatemala City | Guatemala | |
| 1994[4] | Priscila Furlan |  Brazil | Guayaquil | Ecuador | |
| 1996[5] | Jeannette Chávez |  Costa Rica | Lima | Peru | |
| 1998[6] | Aline Resende | Brazil | Costa del Sol | El Salvador | |
| 2000 | Dania Prince |  Honduras | Guatemala City | Guatemala | |
| 2001 | Grace Martins | Brazil | Montelimar Beach | Nicaragua | |
| 2002 | Claudia Cruz | Dominican Republic | Bávaro Beach | Dominican Republic | |
| 2003 | María Carolina Casado | Playa Tambor | Costa Rica | ||
| 2004 | Gamalis Fermín | Puerto Rico | Cancún, Quintana Roo | Mexico | |
| 2005 | Mariela Candia |  Paraguay | Punta Cana | Dominican Republic | |
| 2006 | Melissa Quesada |  United States | Riviera Maya, Quintana Roo | Mexico | |
| 2007 | Giannina Silva (dethroned) |  Uruguay | |||
| Heidy García (successor) | Guatemala | ||||
| 2008 | Daniele Sampaio |  Italy | Punta Cana | Dominican Republic | |
| 2009 | Johanna Solano | Costa Rica | |||
| 2010 | Carolina Lemus |  Colombia | |||
| 2011 | Estefani Chalco |  Ecuador | |||
| 2012 | Georgina Méndez | Guatemala | Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo | Mexico | |
| 2013 | Julia Guerra | Brazil | Riviera Maya, Quintana Roo | ||
| 2014 | Nicole Pinto (resigned) |  Panama | Punta Cana | Dominican Republic | |
| Yaniré Ortiz (successor) |  Spain | ||||
| 2015 | Karla Monje | United States | Riviera Maya, Quintana Roo | Mexico | |
| 2016[7] | Laura Spoya | Peru | |||
| 2017 | Elicena Andrada | Spain | Bahías de Huatulco, Oaxaca | ||
| 2018 | Nadine Teresa Verhulp |  Netherlands | Punta Cana | Dominican Republic | |
| 2019-2020 | Nancy Gómez | United States | |||
| 2021 | Yosdany Navarro | ||||
| 2022 | María Fátima Gaspar |  Portugal | |||
| 2023 | Ana Paula Caudana |  Argentina | |||
| 2024 | Massiel Chupani | Dominican Republic |
| Country/Territory | Titles | Winning/Title Years |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | 1981, 1982, 2006, 2015, 2019-20 | |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1985, 1986, 2002, 2024 |
| 1984, 1990, 2003, 2021 | ||
| Brazil | 1994–95, 1998–99, 2001, 2013 | |
| Guatemala | 3 | 1993, 2007, 2012 |
| Spain | 2 | 2014, 2017 |
| Peru | 1991, 2016 | |
| Costa Rica | 1996–97, 2009 | |
| Puerto Rico | 1983, 2004 | |
| Argentina | 1 | 2023 |
| Portugal | 2022 | |
| Netherlands | 2018 | |
| Ecuador | 2011 | |
| Colombia | 2010 | |
| Italy | 2008 | |
| Paraguay | 2005 | |
| Honduras | 2000 | |
| Nicaragua | 1992 | |
| El Salvador | 1989 | |
| Mexico | 1987-88 |
* The first two Miss Latin America contests were only open to women living in Miami. Although the winners of both contests are regarded as official Miss Latin America titleholders, their wins do not appear in the United States' tally.