Miss América Latina Organization

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The Organización Miss América Latina, known in English as the Miss Latin America Organization is a company that owns and organizes the Miss Latin America, Miss Latina US and Miss Teen US Latina pageants. The organization was founded in the 1980s. The first pageant established was the Miss Latin America, in 1981. Miss Latina US was founded as Miss Latina USA in 1986, and is the official national preliminary for the United States to Miss Latin America. Miss Teen US Latina was founded in 2003.

[edit] Titleholders

The following is a list of the titleholders for the Miss Latin America Organization, spanning back to Miss Latin America 1981.

Year Miss Latin America Country Represented Miss Latina US State Represented Miss Teen US Latina State Represented
2007 Heidi Garcia * Flag of Guatemala Guatemala Yalena Matos Flag of Oregon Oregon Nicole Korrody Flag of Texas Texas
Giannina Silva * Flag of Uruguay Uruguay
2006 Melissa Quesada Flag of the United States United States Melissa Marin Flag of Rhode Island Rhode Island Karla Acosta Flag of Florida Florida
2005 Mariela Candia Flag of Paraguay Paraguay Melissa Quesada Flag of New York New York Geysha Gonzalez Flag of Illinois Illinois
2004 Gamalis Fermín Flag of Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Graciela Stanley Flag of Kansas Kansas Michelle Gonzalez Flag of Illinois Illinois
2003 Maria Carolina Casado Flag of Venezuela Venezuela Lydia Acuña Flag of Utah Utah Edshelee Torres Flag of Florida Florida
2002 Claudia Cruz Flag of the Dominican Republic Dominican Republic Elynor Martinez Flag of Utah Utah
2001 Grace Martins Flag of Brazil Brazil Karla Vargas Flag of California California
2000 Dania Prince Flag of Honduras Honduras Katherine Gonzalez Flag of New York New York
1999 Aline Resende *** Flag of Brazil Brazil Dilania Inoa Flag of Rhode Island Rhode Island Kristine Taranco ** Flag of Florida Florida
1998 Katherine Rodriguez Flag of Florida Florida
1997 Jeannette Chavez *** Flag of Costa Rica Costa Rica
1996 Iris Almario **** Flag of New York New York
1995 Priscila Furlan *** Flag of Brazil Brazil
1994 Joanne Morale-George Flag of Florida Florida
1993 María Fernanda Morales Flag of Guatemala Guatemala Dailin Garcia Flag of Florida Florida
1992 Ana Sofía Pereira Flag of Nicaragua Nicaragua Carla Morales Flag of Rhode Island Rhode Island
1991 María Elena Bellido Flag of Peru Peru Yvette Gonzalez Flag of New York New York
1990 Vanessa Holler Flag of Venezuela Venezuela Carola Garfias Flag of Arizona Arizona
1989 Suzanne Hannaux Flag of El Salvador El Salvador Hany Valdes Flag of Florida Florida
1988 Lorenia Burruel *** Flag of Mexico Mexico
1987 Sdenka Dobronic Flag of Washington, D.C. District of Columbia
1986 Lucia Collado Flag of the Dominican Republic Dominican Republic Sandra Luz Cedillos Flag of Texas Texas
1985 Victoria Mauríz Flag of the Dominican Republic Dominican Republic
1984 Mirla Ochoa Flag of Venezuela Venezuela
1983 María Rosa Flag of Puerto Rico Puerto Rico
1982 Martha Alvarez Flag of the United States Flag of Florida Miami, Florida, USA
1981 Lesley Quintana Flag of the United States Flag of Florida Miami, Florida, USA

* In 2007, Silva was dethroned by the Miss Latin America Organization and replaced by Garcia, the first runner-up.

** Taranco wasn't actually crowned Miss Teen US Latina, but rater won the title Miss Florida Teen Latina, the first teenage pageant associated with the Miss Latin America Organization.

*** For one various reason or another, Lorenia Burruel, Priscila Furlan, Jeannette Chavez, and Aline Resende had their titles expanded for another year.

**** No Miss Latina USA 1996 was organized. Rather, a panel of judges chose Iris Almario, the first runner-up at Miss Latina USA 1993, to represent the United States at Miss Latin America 1996.