| Reinas de Costa Rica | |
| Formation: | 1965 |
| Type: | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters: | San José |
| Location: | Costa Rica |
| Membership: | Miss World Miss International Miss Earth Miss Supranational |
| Language: | Spanish |
| Leader Title: | President |
| Leader Name: | Alan Aleman |
Reinas de Costa Rica is a national beauty pageant in Costa Rica that selects representatives to the Miss World and Miss International pageant. After the Miss Costa Rica pageant stopped sending contestants to the Miss World and Miss International pageants in 2006, the franchise was acquired by the Reinas de Costa Rica organization presided by Alan Aleman. However, after two years of absence in the Miss World pageant in 2017-2018, the organization eventually lost the franchise to the newly established contest, Concurso Nacional de Belleza de Costa Rica in 2019.[1] The organization also lost the Miss Earth franchise to Jose Vásconez in 2016.
This pageant is unrelated to the Miss Costa Rica Organization.
The following women have represented Costa Rica in three of the Big Four major international beauty pageants for women.[2] [3] These are Miss World, Miss International, and Miss Earth with the exception of Miss Universe which has its own national franchise in Costa Rica.[4] [5] [6]
On occasion, when the candidate does not qualify (due to age) for either contest, another girl is sent.
In 2005, Costa Rica was crowned as Miss Asia Pacific International 2005. She withdrew the title and competed at the Miss World pageant. This is the first time Costa Rica withdrew the title as the reigning queen. Later in 2007, Committee Miss Costa Rica has created a separate pageant called "Reinas de Costa Rica" to select its representative for Miss World 2007 and then lost the franchise to the Concurso Nacional de Belleza de Costa Rica in 2019.[1]
| Year | Miss World Costa Rica | Province | Placement | Special Awards | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| colspan=8 | |||||
| 1965 | Marta Eugenia Escalante Fernández | Top 16 | |||
| 1966 | Sonia Mora | Unplaced | |||
| 1967 | Marjorie Furniss | Unplaced | |||
| 1968 | Patricia Diers | Unplaced | |||
| 1969 | Damaris Ureña | Unplaced | |||
| 1970 | No Representative | ||||
| 1971 | No Representative | ||||
| 1972 | Victoria Eugenia Ross González | Unplaced | |||
| 1973 | No Representative | ||||
| 1974 | Rose Marie Laprade Coto | Unplaced | |||
| 1975 | María Mayela Bolaños Ugalde | Unplaced | |||
| 1976 | Ligia María Ramos Quesada | Unplaced | |||
| 1977 | Carmen María Núñez Benavides | Unplaced | |||
| 1978 | Top 15 | ||||
| 1979 | Maríanela Brealey Mora | Unplaced | |||
| 1980 | Marie Claire Tracy Coll | Unplaced | |||
| 1981 | Sucetty Salas Quintanilla | Unplaced | |||
| 1982 | Maureen Jiménez Solano | Unplaced | |||
| 1983 | María Meléndez Herrera | Unplaced | |||
| 1984 | Catalina María Blum Peña | Unplaced | |||
| 1985 | Maríanela Herrera Marín | Unplaced | |||
| 1986 | Ana Lorena González García | Top 15 | |||
| 1987 | Alexandra Eugenia Martínez Fuentes | Unplaced | |||
| 1988 | Virginia Steinvorth Koberg | Unplaced | |||
| 1989 | María Antonieta Sáenz Vargas | Unplaced | |||
| 1990 | Andrea Murillo Fallas | Unplaced | |||
| 1991 | Eugenie Jiménez Pacheco | Unplaced | |||
| 1992 | Marisol Soto Alarcón | Unplaced | |||
| 1993 | Laura Odio Salas | Unplaced | |||
| 1994 | Silvia Ester Muñoz Mata | Unplaced | |||
| 1995 | Shasling Navarro Aguilar | Unplaced | |||
| 1996 | Natalia Carvajal Lorenzo | Unplaced | |||
| 1997 | Rebeca Escalante Trejos | Unplaced | |||
| 1998 | María Luisa Ureña Salazar | Unplaced | |||
| 1999 | Fiorella Martínez Martínez | Unplaced | |||
| 2000 | Cristine de Mezerville Ferreto | Unplaced | |||
| 2001 | Piarella Peralta Rodríguez | Unplaced | Miss Scholarship | ||
| 2002 | No Representative | ||||
| 2003 | Shirley Alvárez Sandoval | Unplaced | |||
| 2004 | Shirley Calvo Jiménez | Unplaced | |||
| 2005 | Unplaced | Miss Asia Pacific 2005 | |||
| 2006 | Bélgica Arias Palomo | Unplaced | |||
| colspan=8 | |||||
| 2007 | Wendy del Carmen Cordero Sánchez | Unplaced | |||
| 2008 | Unplaced | ||||
| 2009 | Angie Catalina Alfaro Loria | Unplaced | |||
| 2010 | Dayana Aguilera Sequeira | Unplaced | |||
| 2011 | Paola Chaverri | Unplaced | |||
| 2012 | Unplaced | ||||
| 2013 | Yarly Marín Ledezma | Unplaced | |||
| 2014 | Mariam Natasha Sibaja Bermúdez | Unplaced | |||
| 2015 | Ángelica Reyes | Unplaced | |||
| 2016 | Melania González Monge | Unplaced | |||
| 2017 | No Representative | ||||
| 2018 | No Representative | ||||
| colspan=8 | |||||
| 2019 | Jéssica Jiménez Muñoz | Unplaced | Top 32 Miss World Sport | ||
| 2020 | colspan=5 | ||||
| 2021 | Tamara Dal Maso | Unplaced | |||
| 2023 | Krisly Salas Delgado[7] | Unplaced | |||
| 2024 | colspan=5 | ||||
| 2025 | TBA | TBA | TBA | ||
Before joining to Reinas de Costa Rica, the 1st runner-up or Winner of Miss Costa Rica represented her country at the Miss International pageant. On occasion, when the candidate does not qualify (due to age) for either contest, another girl is sent. As of 2003, Committee Miss Costa Rica has created a separate pageant called "Reinas de Costa Rica" to select its representative for Miss International 2003.
| Year | Miss International Costa Rica | Province | Placement | Special Awards | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | Ana Koberg | Unplaced | |||
| 1966 | Pageant did not held | ||||
| 1967 | No Representative | ||||
| 1968 | Ana María Rivera | Unplaced | |||
| 1969 | Sonia Kohkemper | Unplaced | |||
| 1970 | Haydée Brenes | Top 15 | |||
| 1971 | No Representative | ||||
| 1972 | Isabel Amador | Unplaced | |||
| 1973 | No Representative | ||||
| 1974 | Ilse Magdolna von Herold | Unplaced | |||
| 1975 | María Lidieth Mora Badilla | Unplaced | |||
| 1976 | Maritza Elizabeth Ortiz Calvo | Unplaced | |||
| 1977 | Hannia Chavarria Córdoba | Unplaced | |||
| 1978 | Marlene Lourdes Amador Barrenechea | Unplaced | |||
| 1979 | María Lorena Acuña Karpinski | Unplaced | |||
| 1980 | Lorna Marlene Chávez Mata | Distrito Capital | Miss International 1980 | Best National Costume | |
| 1981 | Trylce Jirón García | Unplaced | |||
| 1982 | Sigrid Lizano Mejía | Unplaced | |||
| 1983 | Gidget Sandoval Herrera | San José | Miss International 1983 | ||
| 1984 | Mónica Zamora Velasco | Unplaced | |||
| 1985 | Maríanela Herrera Marín | Unplaced | |||
| 1986 | Ana Lorena González García | Unplaced | |||
| 1987 | Alexandra Eugenia Martínez Fuentes | Unplaced | |||
| 1988 | Erika María Paoli González | Top 15 | |||
| 1989 | María Antonieta Sáenz Vargas | Unplaced | |||
| 1990 | Andrea Murillo Fallas | Unplaced | |||
| 1991 | Eugenie Jiménez Pacheco | Unplaced | |||
| 1992 | Marisol Soto Alarcón | Unplaced | |||
| 1993 | Laura Odio Salas | Unplaced | |||
| 1994 | Silvia Ester Muñoz Mata | Unplaced | |||
| 1995 | No Representative | ||||
| 1996 | No Representative | ||||
| 1997 | No Representative | ||||
| 1998 | No Representative | ||||
| 1999 | No Representative | ||||
| 2000 | No Representative | ||||
| 2001 | No Representative | ||||
| 2002 | No Representative | ||||
| 2003 | Merilyn Villalta Castro | Unplaced | |||
| 2004 | Tatiana Vargas Cruz | Unplaced | |||
| 2007 | Ibis Leonela Paniagua Viales | Unplaced | |||
| 2010 | Mariela Aparicio Alfaro | Top 15 | |||
| 2011 | María Fernanda Arias | Unplaced | |||
| 2012 | Mariam Natasha Sibaja Bermúdez | Unplaced | |||
| 2013 | Andrea María Rojas Pacheco | Unplaced | |||
| 2015 | Melania González Monge | Unplaced | |||
| 2016 | Raquel Guevara | Unplaced | |||
| 2017 | Paola Chacón | Unplaced | |||
| 2018 | Glennys Medina Segura | Unplaced | |||
| 2019 | Tamara Dal Maso | Unplaced | |||
| 2020 | colspan=5 | ||||
| 2021 | colspan=5 | ||||
| 2022 | Mahyla Roth Benavides[8] | Top 15 | |||
| 2023 | Stacy Montero Camacho | Unplaced | |||
| 2024 | Jussan Ariana Sandoval Espinoza | TBA | |||
During 2007 - 2015, the Costa Rica representatives at Miss Earth were sent by Reinas de Costa Rica. After the absence in 2016, a Costa Rican producer Jose Vásconez acquired the franchise and ran the pageant separately to select the country representatives for Miss Earth. Vásconez also serves as the national director of Miss Intercontinental Costa Rica.[9] [10]
| Year | Miss Earth Costa Rica | Province | Placement | Special Awards | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| colspan=8 | ||||||
| Maria del Mar Ruiz Carballo | Unplaced | |||||
| Marianela Zeledón Bolaños | Miss Water (2nd Runner-up) | |||||
| Karlota Calderon Brenes | Unplaced | |||||
| No Representative | ||||||
| Mari Paz Duarte | Unplaced | |||||
| colspan=8 | ||||||
| Natalia Mattey Salas | Unplaced | |||||
| Wendy Cordero Sánchez | Unplaced | |||||
| Malena de los Ángeles | Unplaced | |||||
| Allyson Alfaro Caravaca | Unplaced | |||||
| No Representative | ||||||
| Fabiana Granados | Top 16 | Miss Ever Bilena Resorts Wear (Group 2) Miss Photogenic | Miss Costa Rica 2013 | |||
| Mariela Aparicio Alfaro | Unplaced | Best in Swimsuit (Top 15) | Top 10 Miss Grand International 2015 | |||
| No Representative | ||||||
| Andrea Rojas | Unplaced | Snowman Challenge | ||||
| No Representative | ||||||
| colspan=8 | ||||||
| Fernanda Rodríguez | Unplaced | Long Gown (Group 2) | ||||
| Arianna Medrano | Unplaced | |||||
| Linda Ávila | Unplaced | |||||
| Kelly Avila Mora | Top 20 | National Costume (America) Talent (Sing) (America) Best Eco-Video (America) | ||||
| colspan="6" | ||||||
| 2024 | Sharon Recinos | Heredia | TBA | TBA | TBA | |
| Year | Miss Supranational Costa Rica | Province | Placement | Special Awards | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maria Jose Segura[11] | TBA | ||||
| Margaret Gray | Unplaced | ||||
| Natalia González | Unplaced | ||||
| colspan=6 | |||||
| Lohana Aguilar | Unplaced | ||||
| Allyson Alfaro Caravaca | Unplaced | ||||
| 2017 | Nicole Menayo | Top 10 | |||
| Karla Paola Chacón Fuentes | Unplaced | ||||
| 2015 | Mónica Patricia Zamora Chavarría | Unplaced | |||
| 2014 | Claudia Gallo Salazar | Unplaced | |||
| Elena Correa Usuga | Unplaced | ||||
| 2012 | Top 20 | ||||