Reina Hispanoamericana 2018 Explained

Caption:	Reina Hispanoamericana 2018
Date:	3 November 2018
Venue:	Salón Sirionó, Fexpocruz, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
Entrants:	30
Placements:	10
Winner:	Nariman Battikha
Represented:
Congeniality:	Gleidys Leyva Cuba
Photogenic:	Aranza Molina Mexico
Best National Costume:	Lisseth Naranjo Ecuador
Before:	2017
Next:	2019

Reina Hispanoamericana 2018 was the 28th Reina Hispanoamericana pageant, held at the Salón Sirionó, Fexpocruz in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, on November 3, 2018.

Teresita Ssen Marquez of the Philippines crowned Nariman Battikah of Venezuela as her successor at the end of the event.

Results

Top 10

Thirty contestants competed for the title. They are: ^[1]

Country/Territory	Name
Argentina	Maria Irigaray
Aruba	Raquelle Elina Rosalia Reeberg
Belize	Selene Maria Urias
	Marian Joyce Prado Ribera
Brazil	Isabele Pandini Nogueira
Canada	Rafaella Enderica Peña
Chile	Camila Ignacia Helfmann Pastene
Colombia	Alma Beatriz Díaz Bonilla
Costa Rica	Daniela Johnson Quirós
Cuba	Gleidys Leyva Rodríguez
	Dailin Viera
Dominican Republic	Johanny Estefanía Ureña Billa
Ecuador	Lisseth Naranjo
El Salvador	Icela Trinidad Aparicio Villegas
	Daniela Santeliz
Guatemala	Dulce Tatiana López Villatoro
Haiti	Cristina Cadet Prosper
Honduras	Laurien Daniela Villafranca Gamero
Mexico	Aranza Anaid Molina Rueda
Nicaragua	Alicia Karina Ramírez Urbina
Panama	Norma Angélica Díaz Mancilla
Paraguay	María Belén Alderete Gayoso
Philippines	Micaella Alyssa Muhlach Alvarez
Portugal	Ana Rita Aguiar
Puerto Rico	Erika Medina Batista
Spain	Magnolia María Martínez Ortuño
United States	Geraldine Alexandra Chaparro Briceño
Uruguay	Florencia Barrios Rüsch
	Nariman Cristina Battikha Yanyi

Debuts

Returns

Last competed in 2015:

Last competed in 2016:

Withdrawals

Australia Cindy Guevara is one of the contestants but she withdrew because of unknown reasons.

Designations

Mexico Aranza Molina was designated by Lupita Jones who is the national director of Mexicana Universal. Aranza Molina is the 1st runner-up in Mexicana Universal 2018.

Replacements

Costa Rica Ivonne Cerdas was the original representative of Costa Rica in Reina Hispanoamericana 2018 but because of the change of plans, Daniela Johnson elected as the representative of Costa Rica in Reina Hispanoamericana 2018.
Dominican Republic Onelly Rosario declined to participate for unknown reasons. She was replaced by Johanna Ureña.
Paraguay Ana Livieres resigned due to personal issues. Belén Alderete had been elected. Belén Alderete also won the title of Miss Universo Paraguay 2018.
Nicaragua Geyssell García would be the representative of Nicaragua but after having participated in the Face of Beauty International 2018 in which she was a Second Finalist, the contract with the aforementioned contest did not allow her to participate in another contest until the year of her reign. She was replaced by Alicia Ramírez.