Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2009 Explained

Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2009 was the 54th Miss Puerto Rico Universe pageant, held at the José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on October 22, 2008.^[1]

Ingrid Marie Rivera crowned Mayra Matos of Cabo Rojo as her successor at the end of the event. Matos represented Puerto Rico at Miss Universe 2009 in Nassau, Bahamas.^{[2] [3]}

Results

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2009	Cabo Rojo – Mayra Matos
1st Runner-Up	– Jennifer Colón
2nd Runner-Up	– Sharon Gómez
3rd Runner-Up	Adjuntas – Haydil Rivera
4th Runner-Up	Cataño – Agnes Benítez
5th Runner-Up	– Eydiebel Pérez
Top 12	Barceloneta – Yeslian Martinez – Stephanie Figueroa Hatillo – Jeann-Marie Maldonado – Angélica Colón – Patricia Quiñones – Chantee Díaz
Top 20	Arecibo – Monica Pastrana Caguas – Glorimar Serrano – Gloria Almonte Corozal – Stephanie Colón – Lorraine Suárez Naguabo – Krizia Lugo – Darla Pacheco – Alexandra González

Special Awards

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 semi-final.^[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

Seventy contestants competed for the title.

Municipality	Candidates	Age	Height	Hometown
Adjuntas	Haydil Rivera	22		Adjuntas
	Izamar Rodríguez	21		San Juan
Aguas Buenas	Helen Denis	18		Aguas Buenas
Aibonito	Sindia Torres	23		Ponce
Añasco	Carish Pérez	18		Culebra
Arecibo	Monica Pastrana	18		Arecibo
Arroyo	Ruth Rivera	21		Arroyo
Barceloneta	Yeslian Martinez	18		Barceloneta
Barranquitas	Zullymar Ortiz	18		Barranquitas
Bayamón	Stephanie Figueroa	21		Bayamón
Cabo Rojo	Mayra Matos	20		Cabo Rojo
Caguas	Glorimar Serrano	18		Hormigueros
Camuy	Jesenia Vega	22		Camuy
Carolina	Gloria Almonte	25		San Juan
Cataño	Agnes Benítez	21		Isabela
Cayey	Diane Ferrer	19		Cayey
Ceiba	Bethzeliz Maldonado	19		San Juan
Cidra	Coralys Rodríguez	21		Caguas
Coamo	Edlyn Pérez	19		San Juan
Comerío	Carmen Marín	18		Comerío
Corozal	Stephanie Colón	19		Corozal
Culebra	Rebecca Fernández	23		Culebra
Dorado	Ida Ibarra	19		Dorado
Fajardo	Ariana Robles	18		Fajardo
Guánica	Wilmarie Rivera	18		Guánica
Guaynabo	Lorraine Suárez	20		San Juan
Gurabo	Neysa Fernández	22		Gurabo
Hatillo	Jeann-Marie Maldonado	22		Ponce
Hormigueros	Noelia Torres	20		Ponce
Humacao	Zujeily Rivera	19		Bayamón
Isabela	Lizbeth Collazo	19		Isabela
Jayuya	Tessy Inez Liddell	17		Jayuya
Juana Díaz	Angélica Colón	18		Bayamón
Juncos	Shamari Vázquez	17		Juncos
Lajas	Gina Angeliz Herrera	19		Carolina
Lares	Dariana Santiago	20		Lares
Las Marías	Darling Cruz	19		Ponce
Las Piedras	Celimyr de Jesús	21		Las Piedras
Loíza	Edaris López	17		Bayamón
Luquillo	Stephanie Pagán	19		Luquillo
Manatí	Sheila Santiago	17		Manatí
Maunabo	Yessenia Monge	18		San Juan
Mayagüez	Kimberly Guzmán	18		Mayagüez
Moca	Odemaris Ortiz	20		Moca
Morovis	Carolyn Tossas	18		Morovis
Naguabo	Krizia Lugo	20		Ponce
Naranjito	Gloria Alicea	18		Naranjito
Orocovis	Ana Irma Rosado	23		Ponce
Peñuelas	Liz Angela Lugo	17		Peñuelas
Ponce	Darla Pacheco	19		Ponce
Quebradillas	Yolanda Marrero	21		Quebradillas
Rincón	Roxana Ríos	21		Rincón
Río Grande	Patricia Quiñones	19		Bayamón
Río Piedras	Elia Enid Colón	19		San Juan
Salinas	Alexandra González	19		Ponce
San Germán	Nicole Bahamundi	19		San Germán
San Juan	Jennifer Colón	20		San Juan
San Lorenzo	Chantee Díaz	20		San Lorenzo
San Sebastián	Krystal Mendoza	18		San Juan
Santa Isabel	Stefany Hernández	20		San Juan
Santurce	Sharon Gómez	22		San Juan
Toa Baja	Leslie Díaz	18		Bayamón
Trujillo Alto	Dayalí Romero	18		Trujillo Alto
Utuado	Maricelis González	26		Utuado
Vega Baja	Eydiebel Pérez	19		Vega Baja
Vieques	Charlyn Rodríguez	19		Vieques
Villalba	Cindia Maldonado	18		Bayamón
Yabucoa	Karelys Robles	20		Yabucoa
Yauco	Lorraine Llaurador	19		Yauco

Notes

• Miss Cabo Rojo, Mayra Matos, represented Puerto Rico at Miss Universe 2009 in Nassau, Bahamas where she finished as 4th runner-up. This was Puerto Rico's highest placement so far at Miss Universe since Zuleyka Rivera's win in 2006 until 2018 when Kiara Ortega also finished in the Top 5 and until recent Miss Universe 2019, where Madison Anderson positioned as 1st runner up. She previously won the title of Miss Teen International 2006.
• Miss San Juan, Jennifer Colón, later competed at Miss Mundo de Puerto Rico 2009 representing Bayamón where she won and later went on to represent Puerto Rico at Miss World 2009 in Johannesburg, South Africa where she failed to place in the semi-finals.^[6] She previously finished as 2nd runner-up at Miss Puerto Rico Teen 2006. She later competed at Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2024 representing Orocovis where she won the title and will represent the island at Miss Universe 2024.
• Miss Santurce, Sharon Gómez, represented Puerto Rico at Miss International 2006 in Beijing, China where she finished in the semi-finals. She also finished as 3rd runner-up at Miss Hawaiian Tropic 2008 and competed in Nuestra Belleza Latina 2008. She was also Miss Puerto Rico Turismo 2006.
• Miss Adjuntas, Haydil Rivera, previously held the titles of Miss Teen Puerto Rico 2004, Miss Teen World 2004, Miss Puerto Rico International 2007 and represented Puerto Rico at Miss International 2007 in Tokyo, Japan where she finished in the semi-finals.
• Miss Arroyo, Ruth Rivera, competed in Miss Puerto Rico Teen 2004 and Miss World Puerto Rico 2005.
• Miss Carolina, Gloria Almonte, held the titles Miss New York Teen USA 2001 and Miss New York USA 2007 and finished as 1st runner-up at Miss Teen USA 2001 and was unplaced at Miss USA 2007.
• Miss Canóvanas, Carla Vázquez, and Miss Patillas, Rosaura Latorre 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.
• Miss Maunabo, Yessenia Monge, was the shortest participant in Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2009 (5'2").
• Miss Jayuya, Tessy Inez Liddell, is the only contestant who was never featured on the show Por La Corona.
• Miss Yabucoa, Karelys Robles, 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

• Monica Pastrana (Miss Arecibo), Stephanie Figueroa (Miss Bayamón), and Agnes Benítez (Miss Cataño) participated at 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.^[7]
• Glorimar Serrano (Miss Caguas), Rebecca Fernández (Miss Culebra), and Jennifer Colón Alvarado (Miss San Juan) participated at Miss World Puerto Rico 2009. Glorimar and Rebecca placed as one of the twelve semi-finalists, and Jennifer won the pageant.
• Yessenia Monge (Miss Maunabo) later participated at Miss Puerto Rico Petite 2009.
• Darla Pacheco (Miss Ponce) would later represent Puerto Rico at Miss International Beauty 2009 in which she placed as a semi-finalist. On November 7, 2011, Darla later competed in Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2012 pageant representing Yabucoa where she finished as Top 10. She later won the title of Miss Earth Puerto Rico 2012 and represented the island at Miss Earth 2012 but failed to place in the semi-finals.
• Agnes Benítez (Miss Cataño) would later represent Puerto Rico at the Miss Tourism Queen International 2009 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 and she represented Puerto Rico at Miss Earth 2011 but failed to place in the semi-finals.
• Stephanie Pagan (Miss Luquillo) would later represent United States at Miss Intercontinental 2009 in which she placed as a semi-finalist.^[8]
• Mónica Pastrana (Miss Arecibo) would later represent Puerto Rico at Miss International 2009.^[6]

External links

• Web site: Coming Soon page. Porlacorona.wapa.tv. 13 October 2017.
• Web site: Entretenimiento - Primera Hora. Primera Hora. 13 October 2017.
• Web site: Primera Hora - Portada. Primera Hora. 13 October 2017.

Notes and References

1. News: Llega a su etapa final. Amary Santiago Torres. Primera Hora. Spanish. 2008-10-11. 2008-10-11. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090829233513/http://www.primerahora.com/noticia/tv/espectaculos_asi/llega_a_su_etapa_final/238135. 2009-08-29.
2. Web site: Entretenimiento - Primera Hora. Primera Hora. 13 October 2017.
3. Web site: Al Coliseo de Puerto Rico el certamen local de Miss Universo. Elnuevodia.com. 13 October 2017.
4. News: El público elegirá a la nueva reina. Primera Hora. Spanish. 2008-08-08. 2008-08-11. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090823010133/http://www.primerahora.com/noticia/tv/espectaculos_asi/el_publico_elegira_a_la_nueva_reina/217740. 2009-08-23.
5. News: El lado no tan bello de los certámenes. Mariela Fullana Acosta. Primera Hora. Spanish. 2008-08-15. 2008-08-17. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090829234619/http://www.primerahora.com/noticia/otros_asi/espectaculos_asi/el_lado_no_tan_bello_de_los_certamenes/219836. 2009-08-29.
6. Web site: De Bayamón Miss Mundo de Puerto Rico 2009. El Nuevo Dia. 13 October 2017.
7. Web site: Nuestra Belleza Latina. Univision.com. 13 October 2017.
8. Web site: World Beauty Organization - Miss Intercontinental® : MISS INTERCONTINENTAL 2009 . 2011-08-29 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100917104359/http://missintercontinental.com/news/detail/article/miss-intercontinental-2009/ . 2010-09-17 .