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Miss World Puerto Rico or ''Miss Mundo de Puerto Rico'' is a national
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that selects
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (; abbreviated PR; tnq, Boriken, ''Borinquen''), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ( es, link=yes, Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, lit=Free Associated State of Puerto Rico), is a Caribbean island and Unincorporated ...
's representative to the
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pageant.


History

Puerto Rico debuted in
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in 1959, then was absent from 1960 to 1969. In 1970 a new organization took the responsibility of sending contestants until 1985 via castings. Puerto Rico did not compete in Miss World from 1986 to 1988. The Miss Puerto Rico organization, directed by Anna Santisteban, obtained the Miss World franchise in 1989, Tania Collazo was her first Miss World delegate. Santisteban produced Miss World PR until 1995. In 1996, Delia Cruz, mother of
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Wilnelia Merced Cruz, obtained the franchise and began organizing the Miss Mundo de Puerto Rico pageant with Tania Collazo as organizer for a few years before Desiree Lowry and later on Shanira Blanco. Winners have been competing ever since in the international pageant. Puerto Rico has produced two winners (1975,2016), two 2nd runners-up (2005, 2011) and ten semi-finalists (1976, 1978, 1980, 1985, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010), and three quarter-finalists (2012, 2019, 2021). In 2017, due to the devastating effects of two hurricanes that heavily ravaged the entire island within a week, the organizers of Miss World Puerto Rico decided not to send the country's representative in this year's Miss World. No delegate was appointed due to lack of funding and sponsorship.


Representatives

The Miss World pageant began in 1951, and since then Puerto Rico has had 16 representatives classify in the finals including: 2 winners, 2 runners-up, 10 semi-finalists and 2 quarter-finalists. ;Color key


Winners' gallery

File:Joyce Giraud 2014.jpg, Miss World Puerto Rico 1994
Joyce Marie Giraud Mojica File:Ingrid.JPG, Miss World Puerto Rico 2005
Ingrid Rivera File:Miss Puerto Rico 07 Jennifer Guevara.jpg, Miss World Puerto Rico 2007
Jennifer Guevara Jennifer Guevara Campos (born May 18, 1987) is a Puerto Rican beauty queen who represented Puerto Rico at Miss World 2007 in China placing in the Top 16 semifinalists of the pageant. She has learned to use sign language and helps coach deaf ch ...
File:Miss Puerto Rico 08 Ivonne Orsini.jpg, Miss World Puerto Rico 2008
Ivonne Orsini Ivonne Marie Orsini López (born April 6, 1988, at Bayamón) is a Puerto Rican actress, model and TV personality. Her career began in the pageantry industry, but she has moved into other media. Orsini was one of the hosts of WAPA-TV show '' ...
File:Amanda Vilanova at PRHFW'11.jpg, Miss World Puerto Rico 2011
Amanda Vilanova Amanda Victoria Vilanova Pérez (born December 30, 1991) is a Puerto Rican TV Host, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss World Puerto Rico 2011 and represented Puerto Rico at Miss World 2011 and placed 2nd runner-up. Page ...
File:Génesis Dávila profile.jpg, Miss World Puerto Rico 2014
Génesis Dávila Génesis María Dávila Pérez (born November 18, 1990) is a Puerto Rican American model and beauty pageant titleholder. She won the Miss World Puerto Rico 2014 competition, where she represented Arroyo. She also represented Puerto Rico at Mis ...
File:Stephanie Del Valle, Miss World 2016.jpg, Miss World Puerto Rico 2016
Stephanie Del Valle


See also

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Miss Puerto Rico Miss Puerto Rico is a national beauty pageant in Puerto Rico. Currently, there are two separate televised pageants held annually: Miss Universe Puerto Rico to select the representative for Miss Universe and Miss Mundo de Puerto Rico to select t ...


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