This is a list of Uruguay's official representatives and their placements at the Big Four international beauty pageants, considered the most important in the world. The country has yet to win any crowns.
Hundreds of beauty pageants are conducted yearly, but the Big Four are considered the most prestigious,[1] widely covered and broadcast by media.[2] The Wall Street Journal,[3] BBC News,[4] CNN,[5] Xinhua News Agency,[6] and global news agencies such as Reuters[7] and Agence France-Presse[8][9] collectively refer to the four major pageants as "Big Four" namely: Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss International and Miss Earth.[10][11][12]
Uruguay's Big Four Titleholders[]
Uruguay has been represented in the Big Four international beauty pageants, the four major international beauty pageants for women.[3][13] These are Miss World, Miss Universe, Miss International and Miss Earth.[14][15][16]
- Color key
- Miss Universe winner
- Miss World winner
- Miss International winner
- Miss Earth winner
- Ended as Runner-up
- Ended as one of the Finalists, Semi-finalists or Quarter-finalists
| YEAR | MISS UNIVERSE | MISS WORLD | MISS INTERNATIONAL | MISS EARTH |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | TBA | Valentina Camejo TBA |
Betina Margni TBA |
TBA |
| 2020 | Lola de los Santos | ↑ No Pageant Held | Lorena Sosa | |
| 2019 | Fiona Tenuta | × | × | × |
| 2018 | Sofía Marrero | × | × | × |
| 2017 | Marisol Acosta | Melina Carballo | × | × |
| 2016 | Magdalena Cohendet | Romina Trotto | × | Valeria Barrios |
| 2015 | Bianca Sánchez | Sherika de Armas | × | Maria Belen Cabrera |
| 2014 | Johana Riva | Romina Fernández | × | × |
| 2013 | × | × | Natalia Sanchez | × |
| 2012 | Camila Vezzoso | Valentina Henderson | × | Cynthia Kutscher |
| 2011 | Maria Fernanda Semino | Karina Sogliano | × | × |
| 2010 | Stephany Ortega | Eliana Olivera | × | × |
| 2009 | Cinthia D'Ottone | Claudia Vanrell | × | × |
| 2008 | Paula Díaz | Fatimih Dávila | × | × |
| 2007 | Giannina Silva | × | × | × |
| 2006 | Fatimih Dávila | Soledad Gagliardo | × | × |
| 2005 | Viviana Arenas | Daniela Tambasco | × | × |
| 2004 | Nicole Dupont | Jimena Rivas | × | Katherine Gonçalves |
| 2003 | × | Natalia Rodríguez | × | ↑ No Pageant Held (established in 2001 in Manila, Philippines. Uruguay sent their first delegate in 2004.) |
| 2002 | Fiorella Fleitas | Natalia Figueras | × | |
| 2001 | Carla Piaggio | Daniela Abásolo | × | |
| 2000 | Giovanna Piazza | Katja Thomsen Top 5 |
× | |
| 1999 | Verónica González | Katherine Gonçalves | Daniela Abásolo Top 15 | |
| 1998 | Virginia Russo | Desiree Fernández | × | |
| 1997 | Adriana Cano | Ana González | × | |
| 1996 | Adriana Maidana | Claudia Gallarreta | × | |
| 1995 | Sandra Žnidarić | × | × | |
| 1994 | Leonora Dibueno | × | × | |
| 1993 | Maria Fernanda Navarro | Maria Fernanda Navarro | × | |
| 1992 | Gabriela Ventura | Leonora Dibueno | × | |
| 1991 | Adriana Comas | Andrea Gorrochategui | × | |
| 1990 | Ondina Pérez | Carolina Casalia | × | |
| 1989 | Carolina Pies | × | × | |
| 1988 | Carla Trombotti | Gisel Silva | Gisel Silva | |
| 1987 | Victoria Zangaro | Mónica Borrea | × | |
| 1986 | Norma García | Alexandra Goldenthal | × | |
| 1985 | Andrea López 4th Runner-Up |
Gabriela de León | × | |
| 1984 | Yissa Pronzatti | Giselle Barthou | × | |
| 1983 | Jacqueline Beltrán | Silvia Zumarán | × | |
| 1982 | Silvia Vila Top 12 |
Varinia Govea | Carolina Sibils | |
| 1981 | Griselda Anchorena | Silvia Bas | Silvia Alonso | |
| 1980 | Beatriz Antuñez | Ana Claudia Carriquiry | Erna Alfonso | |
| 1979 | Elizabeth Busti | Laura Rodriguez Top 15 |
Nidia Silvera | |
| 1978 | Maria da Rosa | Mabel Rua | Sara Alaga | |
| 1977 | Adriana Umpierre | Adriana Umpierre | Dinorah González | |
| 1976 | Sara Alaga | Sara Alaga | Isabel Ferrero | |
| 1975 | Evelyn Rodríguez | Carmen Abal Top 15 |
Stella Barrios | |
| 1974 | Mirta Rodríguez | × | Mirta Rodríguez | |
| 1973 | Yolanda Ferrari | × | × | |
| 1972 | Christina Möller | × | Christina Möller | |
| 1971 | Alba Techeira | × | Carmen López | |
| 1970 | Reneé Buncristiano | × | × | |
| 1969 | Julia Möller | × | × | |
| 1968 | Graciela Minarrieta | × | Soledad Gandos | |
| 1967 | Mayela Berton | × | Raquel Erlich | |
| 1966 | × | × | ↑ No Pageant Held | |
| 1965 | Sonia Gorbaran | Raquel Delgado | × | |
| 1964 | Delia Babiak | Alicia Gómez | × | |
| 1963 | Graciela Pintos | × | Susana Casañas | |
| 1962 | Nelly Pettersen | Maria Noel Genovese Top 15 |
Silvia Romero | |
| 1961 | Susanna Lausorog | Roma Spadaccini | Mónica Moore | |
| 1960 | Iris Ubal | Beatriz Benítez | Beatriz Liñares | |
| 1959 | Claudia Bernat | Yvonne Kelly | ↑ No Pageant Held (established in 1960 in California, United States and then it was transferred in 1968 in Tokyo, Japan.) | |
| 1958 | Irene Augustyniak | ↑ No Pageant Held (established in 1951 in England, United Kingdom. Uruguay sent their first deleagte in 1959.) | ||
| 1957 | Gabriela Pascal Top 16 | |||
| 1956 | Titina Aguirre | |||
| 1955 | Inge Hoffmann | |||
| 1954 | Ana Moreno Top 16 | |||
| 1953 | Ada Ibáñez Top 16 | |||
| 1952 | Gladys Fajardo Top 16 | |||
| 1951 | ↑ No Pageant Held (established in 1952 in California, United States and then it was transferred in 1960 in Florida, United States.) | |||
× Did not compete
↑ No pageant held
× Did not compete
↑ No pageant held
| Pageant | Placements | Best result |
|---|---|---|
| Miss Universe | 6 | 4th Runner-Up (1985) |
| Miss World | 4 | Top 5 (2000) |
| Miss International | 1 | Top 15 (1999) |
| Miss Earth | 0 | None |
| Total | 11 | 4th Runner-Up (1985) (Miss Universe) |
References[]
- ↑ Ornos, Riza (30 September 2013). "Philippines, Brazil And Venezuela: Three Countries To Win The Big Four International Beauty Pageants". International Business Times. https://www.ibtimes.com.au/philippines-brazil-venezuela-three-countries-win-big-four-international-beauty-pageants-1318720.
- ↑ Kanja, Kirstin (20 December 2019). "Beauty with a purpose: What it means to be Miss World, Miss Universe". Standard Media. https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/evewoman/article/2001353920/what-it-means-to-be-miss-world-miss-universe.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Jun, Kwanwoo (2003-12-03). "Lost in Storm's Debris: A Beauty Pageant". The Wall Street Journal. https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303562904579230743737206568. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
- ↑ Amee, Enriquez (2 February 2014). "Philippines: How to make a beauty queen". BBC News. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-25550425. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
- ↑ Cabato, Regine (27 January 2017). "How a country hosts a Miss Universe pageant". CNN. http://cnnphilippines.com/life/culture/2017/01/27/miss-universe-cover.html.
- ↑ News, China (3 November 2018). "Myanmar's beauty queen to take part in Miss World pageant 2018 in China". Xinhua News Agency. http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-11/03/c_137579570.htm.
- ↑ News, Reuters (13 December 2013). "The Philippines earns another crown". Reuters. http://in.reuters.com/video/2013/12/19/the-philippines-earns-another-crown?videoId=276014896. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
- ↑ Joel, Guinto (13 March 2015). "PH Cinderellas 'duck walk' to world stage". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Agence France-Presse. http://lifestyle.inquirer.net/187109/beauty-pageant-cinderellas-beat-poverty-in-ph-seize-world-stage. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
- ↑ Joel, Guinto (12 March 2015). "In beauty pageants, Philippines' modern day Cinderellas seize world stage". Agence France-Presse. GMA News Online. http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/451153/lifestyle/in-beauty-pageants-philippines-modern-day-cinderellas-seize-world-stage. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
- ↑ Vietnam, News (2008-10-08). "Những scandal của Miss World". Vietnam Express. http://giaitri.vnexpress.net/tin-tuc/gioi-sao/trong-nuoc/nhung-scandal-cua-miss-world-1898682.html. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
- ↑ Ibrahim, Lynda (2013-09-13). "The misses and missuses of the world". The Jakarta Post. http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2013/09/13/urban-chat-the-misses-and-missuses-world.html. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
- ↑ Lowe, Aya (2016-01-25). "Philippines' Miss Universe returns home, ignites dreams". Channel NewsAsia. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/philippines-miss-universe/2455920.html. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
- ↑ Kenya, News (2011-07-15). "Beauty with scandals". Standard Digital News. http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000038924&pageNo=2. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
- ↑ Vietnam, News (2008-10-08). "Những scandal của Miss World". Vietnam Express. Archived from the original on November 17, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151117022548/http://giaitri.vnexpress.net/tin-tuc/gioi-sao/trong-nuoc/nhung-scandal-cua-miss-world-1898682.html. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
- ↑ Ibrahim, Lynda (2013-09-13). "The misses and missuses of the world". The Jakarta Post. http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2013/09/13/urban-chat-the-misses-and-missuses-world.html. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
- ↑ Lowe, Aya (2016-01-25). "Philippines' Miss Universe returns home, ignites dreams". Channel NewsAsia. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/philippines-miss-universe/2455920.html. Retrieved 2016-09-11.