Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2010 Explained

Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2010 was the 55th Miss Puerto Rico Universe pageant, held at the Centro De Bellas Artes Luis A. Ferré in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on November 12, 2009.

Mayra Matos crowned Mariana Vicente at the end of the event. Vicente represented Puerto Rico at the Miss Universe 2010 pageant, and placed in the top ten.

Results

Placements

PlacementContestant
Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2010
1st Runner-Up
2nd Runner-Up
3rd Runner-Up
4th Runner-Up
Top 10
Top 20
  • – Desmarie Nieves
  • Humacao – Liannelys Rodríguez
  • – Yenitzia Marie Ocasio
  • Las Marías – Rocío del Carmen Jorge
  • Orocovis – Katherine Ivonne Ortiz
  • – Mariela Mercedes Ramirez
  • Santa Isabel – Imarie Anaís Cintrón
  • – Candy Elizabeth Figueroa
  • Utuado – Kathleen Michelle Flores
  • Yabucoa – Kathryn Aydil Burgos

Special awards

AwardContestant
Miss Photogenic
  • – Chanty Vargas
Miss Congeniality
  • – Juanita Acosta
Miss L'Bel Face
  • – Mariana Vicente
Best National Costume
Miss Payless Catwalk
  • – Mariana Vicente
Miss Woolite Elegance
  • – Yeidy Bosques
Miss Figure Holsum Light
  • – Mariana Vicente
Walgreens Inside Beauty Award
  • – Yeidy Bosques
JcPenney's Style Award
  • – Mariana Vicente

Castings

Eight casting calls were held throughout Puerto Rico beginning on May 9, 2009 and ending on June 28, 2009. Over 60 women were selected as pre-contestants, but only 40 became the official contestants in an event on July 11, 2009 in Teatro Ambassador in San Juan. During the event five contestants were given the Special Awards of the night:

Buscando La Mas Bella

Buscando La Mas Bella is an interactive reality show featuring the 40 contestants in different activities and challenges. Each week people will have the chance to vote through a text message for their favorite contestant of the week, that contestant will have the chance to automatically advance to the finals and land a spot in the Top 20. There will be 10 contestant chosen like that, the other 10 will be chosen in the Preliminatory competition by a panel of experts. The show airs Sundays on Telemundo, since August 30 and finished on October 29, two weeks before the final night of Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2010. The show is hosted by Miss Puerto Rico national director and ex-Miss Puerto Rico 1995, Desiree Lowry. A panel of judges composed of Miss Universe 2006, Zuleyka Rivera, Miss Puerto Rico 2000, Zoribel Fonalledas, fashion designer Luis Antonio and actor Albert Rodriguez evaluate the girls each week in their challenges.

Buscando La Mas Bella winners:

Contestants

Here is a list of the official 39 contestants:[1]

MunicipalityContestantAgeHeight
AdjuntasSonia Noemí Cabá de Hoyos26
AñascoDianne Marie Mangual Rivera20
AreciboBrendaliz Sánchez Soto22
BarcelonetaZuleyka "Zukka" Santiago Rivera23
BayamónDesmarie Nieves Candelaria18
CaguasPatricia Corcino Pérez21
CamuyGiannina Hernández Torres21
CanóvanasTatiana Marie Delgado Quiñones20
CarolinaAriana Rodríguez Fernández19
CayeyAideliz Hidalgo Betances23
CorozalMelany Rivera Avilés19
DoradoChrisangelly Franco Collazo20
GuayanillaJasmine Cardona Meléndez19
GuaynaboMishelle Peña Reyes26
GuraboElizabeth Sánchez Castro23
HatilloCoral Del Mar Casanova Calcerrada23
HumacaoLiannelys Rodríguez Dávila19
Juana DíazYenitza Marie Ocasio Espada18
LaresMichelle Loraine Soto González18
Las MaríasRocio Del Carmen Jorge Rodríguez19
LuquilloRose Chabel Rivera20
ManatíEvelidys Ongay Pérez20
MayagüezYeidy Enid Bosques Pérez22
OrocovisKatherine Ivonne Ortiz Meléndez18
PonceMariela Mercedes Ramirez Morales21
QuebradillasCarla Ivelisse Quiñones Rivera18
RincónAshley Michelle Ruiz Rodríguez21
Río GrandeMariana Paola Vicente Morales20
San GermánAndrea Teresa Jiménez Mojica18
San JuanChanty Vargas Meléndez21
San LorenzoNeysa Idallys Fernández Sotomayor23
Santa IsabelImarie Anaís Cintrón Alvarado22
Toa AltaJuanita Acosta Taveras22
Toa BajaCandy Elizabeth Figueroa Shedrack21
Trujillo AltoMyosotis Enid Rivera López26
UtuadoKathleen Michelle Flores Centeno17
Vega BajaGretchen Marie Ramos Beauchamp20
VillalbaHilda Marie Rivera Colón20
YabucoaKathryn Aydil Burgos25

Notes

Disqualifications

Crossovers

Franchise Change

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.missuniversepuertorico.com/mu/cn/cn.asp?i=333
  2. Web site: Fuera de Miss Universe Puerto Rico la representante de Salinas . Primera Hora . 2009-11-10.