Due to restructuring in the

Miss Peru Miss Perú is the national beauty pageant of the Republic of Peru. The contest gathers participants from all over the nation, including Peruvian women representing their community overseas. Having been broadcast by all the major television netw ...

Organization, the national pageant was prevented to be held earlier in the year as originally planned. Jessica Newton, national Director of the

Miss Perú Miss Perú is the national beauty pageant of the Republic of Peru. The contest gathers participants from all over the nation, including Peruvian women representing their community overseas. Having been broadcast by all the major television netw ...

pageant planned a special ceremony on September 22 that took place at the Country Club Lima Hotel in San Isidro, Lima, Peru. The outgoing titleholder,

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of Lima crowned her successor,

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at the end of the event. The crowning featured the assistance of special guest Miss Universe 2016, Iris Mittenaere of France.

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was appointed to represent Peru at Miss Universe 2017. She was the first runner-up at the 2016 edition of the national pageant. She represented Peru at Miss Grand International 2016 in Las Vegas where she placed in the Top 10, finishing sixth overall. Piazza and Mittenaere also assisted in the crowning of María José Lora and Lorena Larriviere to represent Peru at the international level. Lora is a 27-year-old Entrepreneur/Business Owner of L'belle Model Management with the height of 6 feet. Larriviere is a known Peruvian model, nutritionist, and she also was the 1st runner-up at the

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pageant. Lora went on to become the fourth Peruvian to win a major title when she won the title Miss Grand International 2017. Larriviere finished in the Top 10 of Reina Hispanoamericana 2017.

2017 Appointments

2017 Miss World Peru Pageant

The Miss World Perú 2017 pageant was held on the night of April 29, 2017. 14 candidates competed for the crown. The outgoing titleholder, Miss World Peru 2016, Pierina Wong of Lambayeque crowned her successor, Pamela Sánchez of Amazonas as the end of the event. Sánchez represented Peru at Miss World 2017, where she placed in the Top 40. Reyna placed in the Top 20 at Miss Supranational 2017.

Placements

Special Awards

* Best Model - Region Lima - Lesly Reyna * Miss Talent- Ucayali - Giannina Valdez * Miss Sport - Tacna - Andrea Pacheco * Beauty with Purpose - Ancash - Gioconda Florian

Delegates

* Amazonas - Pamela Sanchez *

Áncash Ancash ( qu, Anqash; es, Áncash ) is a department and region in northern Peru. It is bordered by the departments of La Libertad on the north, Huánuco and Pasco on the east, Lima on the south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. Its capital is ...

- Gioconda Florian *

Arequipa Arequipa (; Aymara and qu, Ariqipa) is a city and capital of province and the eponymous department of Peru. It is the seat of the Constitutional Court of Peru and often dubbed the "legal capital of Peru". It is the second most populated city ...

- Ana Paula Fernandez *

Cajamarca Cajamarca (), also known by the Quechua name, ''Kashamarka'', is the capital and largest city of the Cajamarca Region as well as an important cultural and commercial center in the northern Andes. It is located in the northern highlands of Peru ...

- Solange Aparicio * Cañete - Sandra Lock * Huánuco - Mayra Panduro * Junín - Pamela Marrache * La Libertad - Ana Maria Villalobos *

Mollendo Mollendo is a town bordering the Pacific Ocean in southern Peru. It is located in the Arequipa Region and is the capital of both the Islay Province and the Mollendo District. Mollendo was the main port in the Peruvian southern coast until Matar ...

- Sandra Boitano * Region Lima - Lesly Reyna *

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- Karen Rojas *

Sullana SullanaRegional Tourism Office of Piuraciudad de Sullana. Consulted on July 8, 2009. is the capital of the Sullana Province, in the north-western coastal plains of Peru on the Chira valley. Location Sullana is located at 04°53' south latitude a ...

- Tatyana Reusche * Tacna - Andrea Pacheco * Ucayali - Giannina Valdez

References

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