Miss Paraguay Explained

Miss Paraguay
First:1957
Last:2024
Type:Women's beauty pageant
Headquarters:Luque, Paraguay
Current Titleholder:Naomi Méndez
Language:Spanish
Leader Title:President
Leader Name:Graciela Venialgo
Qualification:Miss Intercontinental
Reinado Internacional del Café

Miss Paraguay is a national beauty pageant in Paraguay established in 1957 that selects the Paraguay's representative to Miss Intercontinental and Reinado Internacional del Café.

Miss Paraguay 2024 is Naomi Méndez.

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.[1] 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.[2]

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.[3]

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.[4] In 2021 the contest was canceled for the same reason.[5] In July 2022, the death of the organization's president, Guillermo Rolón, was reported and the pageant did not take place that year either.[6] Since the death of Rolón, his widow, Graciela Venialgo, has taken charge of the organization.[7]

Titleholders

YearMiss ParaguayDepartment
1915María Anselma Clotilde "Anselmita" Heyn DenisAsunción
1957Lucy Montonaro
1958Graciela Scorza
1960Mercedes Ruggia
1961María Cristina Osnaghi
1962Corina Rolón
1963Amelia Benítez
1964Miriam Riart Brugada
1965Stella Castell
1966Mirtha Martínez
1967María Eugenia Torres
1969Blancanieves ZaldívarCentral
1970Teresa Mercedes Brítez Süllow[8]
1971Marit Tomassone
1972María Stella Volpe Martínez[9]
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[10] 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[11] Asunción
1996Martha Lovera ParquétAsunción
1997Rossana Elizabeth Jiménez PereiraCordillera
1998Luz Marina González RuízÑeembucú
1999Carmen Morínigo MachucaSan Pedro
2000Carolina Ramírez Franco[12] Alto Paraná
2001María Gabriela RiquelmeAsunción
2004 Myriam Rodríguez Insfrán[13] Misiones
2005 Liz Santacruz Amarilla[14] Asunción
2009 Viviana Mabel Benítez Duarte[15] Misiones
2010 Evelyn Catalina Jara Rojas[16] (resigned)Caaguazú
Luz Adela Alejandro Brizuela[17] (assumed)Amambay
2011 Clara Silvana Carrillo Gossen[18] Concepción
2012 Mónica Mariani Pascualotto[19] Canindeyú
2013 Noelia Díaz Rodríguez[20] Asunción
2014Isabel Soloaga Irala[21] Itapúa
2015 Katri Analía Villamayor Montiel[22] Alto Paraná
2016Alma María Monserrat Villagra Miranda[23] Paraguarí
2017Yessica Daiana Ledezma[24] Guairá
2018Verónica Viveros Viedma[25] Asunción
2019Cynthia Verónica Florenciani Agüero[26] Central
2023Milagros Aramí Walther[27] Alto Paraná
2024Naomi Méndez[28] May 30, 2024

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

YearDepartmentMiss Intercontinental ParaguayPlacement at Miss IntercontinentalSpecial AwardsNotes
Miss Paraguay
2023Alto ParanáMilagros Aramí Walther[29] Unplaced
2022colspan="5"
Miss Grand Paraguay
2021Alto ParanáFátima Lorena Rodríguez Benítez[30] Top 20[31]
2020colspan="5"
2019Distrito CapitalSol María Violeta Pavón Rolón[32] Unplaced
2018ItapúaGabriela Natasha Soley Sawkiw[33] Top 20
  • Best in Swimsuit[34]
2017Distrito CapitalJessica Torres Martínez[35] Unplaced
  • Best in Evening Gown[36]
  • Best Body (2nd runner-up)
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Miss Paraguay
2014CentralIsabel Soloaga IralaUnplaced
2013colspan="5"
2012Alto ParanáClaudia Kohl Grutzmann[37] Unplaced
2011ConcepciónClara Silvana Carrillo Gossen[38] Unplaced
2010Distrito CapitalMaura Rojas CanteroTop 20[39]
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1999Marta Concepción Rodríguez PortilloUnplaced
1998colspan="5"
1997Salmi Agüero EsgaibUnplaced
1996Claudia Rocío Melgarejo2nd Runner-up

Reinado Internacional del Café

YearDepartmentReina Internacional del Café ParaguayPlacement at Reinado Internacional del CaféSpecial Awards
Miss Paraguay
2024Alto ParanáMilagros Aramí WaltherUnplaced
2023CentralYanina Isabel Villalba Ortiz[40] Unplaced
2022ÑeembucúÉrika Araceli Jara MuñozUnplaced
2020CentralCynthia Verónica Florenciani Agüero[41] 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[42] Unplaced
2010MisionesViviana Mabel Benítez DuarteUnplaced
2009Distrito CapitalFiorella Forestieri[43] Unplaced
2008Alto ParanáKaren Natalia Álvarez[44] Unplaced
2007colspan="4"
2006Daylen Natalia Marcela Vittone BarretoUnplaced
2005Adriana María Vachoumard RodríguezUnplaced
2004MisionesMyriam Rodríguez InsfránUnplaced
2003Pabla Victoria Thomen RodríguezUnplaced
2002Tania María Ramírez OlmedoUnplaced
2001Claudia Violeta Rojas YegrosUnplaced
2000Carmen Alicia Moringio MachucaUnplaced
1999ÑeembucúLuz Marina González Ruiz DíazTop 6
1998CordilleraRossana Elizabeth Jiménez PereiraUnplaced
1997Distrito CapitalMarta Elizabeth Lovera ParquétUnplaced
1996Distrito CapitalBettina Rosemary Barboza CaffarenaUnplaced
1995Fabiola Cibils BittarUnplaced
1994María Elicia Escalante HanemanUnplaced
1993Genny Margarita Fariña GonzálezUnplaced
1992Edith Myriam Núñez EspinozaUnplaced
1991Elizabeth Rocío Belinda Mongelos MéndezUnplaced
1990Emiliana Rodríguez3rd princess
1989Liliana Cantero TrujilloUnplaced
1988Lidia Isabel Ozuna RiverosUnplaced
1987Norma Teresita Gayoso GómezUnplaced
1985María Lucila Noguera OjedaUnplaced
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1976Nidya Fátima CárdenasUnplaced
1975Alto ParanáSusana Beatriz Vire Ferreira1st princess
1974Elizabeth BrandshabUnplaced
1973María Gloria GonzálezUnplaced
1972CentralMaría Stella Volpe MartínezReina Internacional del Café 1972

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: March 23, 2003 . Una flor paraguaya . A Paraguayan flower . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20140308050720/https://www.abc.com.py/edicion-impresa/suplementos/abc-revista/una-flor-paraguaya-691026.html . March 8, 2014 . August 2, 2024 . . es.
  2. Web site: February 19, 2006 . Apuesta a la familia . March 25, 2024 . ABC Color . es.
  3. Web site: March 15, 2017 . Miss Paraguay fue declarado de interés cultural por Diputados . Miss Paraguay was declared of cultural interest by Deputies . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20170316134530/https://www.lanacion.com.py/politica/2017/03/15/miss-paraguay-fue-declarado-de-interes-cultural-por-diputados/ . March 16, 2017 . June 10, 2024 . La Nación . es.
  4. Web site: July 13, 2020 . Paraguay no tendrá nueva Miss este año . March 25, 2024 . A24 . es-AR.
  5. Web site: August 4, 2021 . Comunicado oficial . March 25, 2024 . Facebook.
  6. Web site: Sosa . Carlos . July 12, 2022 . Fallece Guillermo Rolón, el presidente de la organización Miss Paraguay . March 25, 2024 . Diario HOY . es.
  7. Web site: Fallece Guillermo Rolón, de Miss Paraguay . March 25, 2024 . Última Hora . es.
  8. Web site: Un viaje por el tiempo: Miss Paraguay 1970 . March 26, 2024 . www.abc.com.py . es.
  9. Web site: María Stella Volpe Martínez: reencuentro con el Reinado Internacional del Café, 50 años después . March 26, 2024 . La Nación . es.
  10. Web site: February 3, 2010 . Murió ayer Celia Schaerer, Miss Paraguay 1980 . March 26, 2024 . Última Hora . es.
  11. Web site: August 18, 2023 . “Sentido de la vida es tener valores y no coleccionar cosas de valor” . March 25, 2024 . Última Hora . es.
  12. Web site: April 1, 2021 . Narco tenía una historia de amor con ex Miss Paraguay . March 26, 2024 . Extra . es.
  13. Web site: Myriam Raquel Rodríguez es Miss Paraguay 2004 . March 25, 2024 . ABC Color . es.
  14. Web site: Miss Asunción es la nueva "Miss Paraguay 2005" . March 25, 2024 . ABC Color . es.
  15. Web site: June 11, 2010 . Los organizadores de Miss Paraguay invitan a Lugo al certamen de belleza . March 25, 2024 . Última Hora . es.
  16. Web site: Evelyn Jara Rojas es la nueva Miss Paraguay . 2024-03-25 . ABC Color . es.
  17. Web site: September 12, 2012 . Coronaron a Miss Paraguay 2010 y Miss Universitaria 2010 . March 25, 2024 . Paraguay.com.
  18. Web site: Eligen a Miss Paraguay del Bicentenario . March 25, 2024 . ABC Color . es.
  19. Web site: Mónica Mariani es Miss Paraguay . March 25, 2024 . ABC Color . es.
  20. Web site: May 16, 2013 . Noelia Díaz es la flamante Miss Paraguay . March 25, 2024 . Última Hora . es.
  21. Web site: De Itapúa es la Miss Paraguay 2014 . March 25, 2024 . ABC Color . es.
  22. Web site: May 16, 2015 . Katri Villamayor . March 25, 2024 . Última Hora . es.
  23. Web site: August 16, 2018 . Jovencita de Paraguarí es Miss Paraguay . March 25, 2024 . Última Hora . es.
  24. Web site: October 23, 2017 . Nueva Miss Paraguay es gua’i . March 25, 2024 . Crónica . es.
  25. Web site: August 16, 2018 . Morocha asuncena fue electa Miss Paraguay . March 25, 2024 . Crónica . es.
  26. Web site: August 15, 2019 . Cynthia Florenciani es la nueva Miss Paraguay y ligó críticas a bulto . March 25, 2024 . Extra . es.
  27. Web site: ¡Milagros Walther es la nueva Miss Paraguay! . March 25, 2024 . ABC Color . es.
  28. News: Naomi Méndez es la nueva Miss Universo Paraguay 2024 y desata polémica en las redes. Última Hora.
  29. Web site: Milagros Walther ya está en Egipto para el Miss Intercontinental 2023 . March 26, 2024 . ABC Color . es.
  30. Web site: Fátima Rodríguez, con miras a la corona de Miss Intercontinental 2021. March 26, 2024. October 26, 2021. La Nación. es.
  31. Web site: LORENA SE LUCIÓ. Reina paraguaya entró al Top 20. March 26, 2024. October 31, 2021. Crónica. es.
  32. Web site: March 26, 2024 . Miss Intercontinental Paraguay 2019-Sol Pavon . Miss Intercontinental.
  33. Web site: Candidata paraguaya deslumbra en Filipinas con original vestido. March 26, 2024. January 21, 2019. A24. es.
  34. Web site: 2018 Miss Intercontinental early winners. March 26, 2024. January 22, 2019. The Philippine Star. Gabriela Natasha Soley Sawkiw of Paraguay, Best in Swimsuit.
  35. Web site: Paraguaya participa en concurso “Miss Intercontinental 2018”. March 26, 2024. January 24, 2018. ADN Digital. es.
  36. Web site: Results Miss Intercontinental 2017 - Egypt. March 26, 2024. Miss Intercontinental.
  37. Web site: Paraguaya en Miss Intercontinental. March 26, 2024. November 20, 2012. ABC Color.
  38. Web site: Miss Paraguay participa en "Miss Intercontinental". March 26, 2024. September 20, 2011. ABC Color.
  39. Web site: Miss Puerto Rico Maydelise Columna wins Miss Intercontinental 2010. March 26, 2024.
  40. Web site: Yanina Villalba viajó a Colombia en busca del título Reina Internacional del Café . March 26, 2024 . ABC Color . es.
  41. Web site: Este 11 de enero eligen 22 candidatas internacionales aspiran a la corona del Café . March 26, 2024 . Diario del Cesar . es-CO.
  42. Web site: Reinado Internacional del Café, hoy - Sociales - ABC Color . March 26, 2024 . ABC Color. es.
  43. Web site: Fiorella Forestieri, en Reinado del Café . March 26, 2024 . www.abc.com.py . es.
  44. Web site: Tamara Zswako, electa Miss Turismo Fitpar 2007 - Articulos - ABC Color . March 26, 2024 . ABC Color . es.