Reina Hispanoamericana (Hispanic American Queen) is an annual beauty pageant celebrating Hispanic heritage, language and culture, started in 1991 as Reina Sudamericana (South American Queen), is based in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. Up to 2003 the participants were restricted to the 10 countries in South America; in 2004 participants from Panama and Costa Rica in Central America were invited; and in 2006 participants from the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, Portugal & Spain joined. In 2007 Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras & United States were added, and the name changed to Reina Hispanoamericana. In 2008, Curaçao and Haiti were added. In 2017, the Philippines, Canada, and Australia were added.

The pageant is organized by Promociones Gloria, based in Bolivia. More than 20 contestants from countries with hispanic influence participate every year.

The current Reina Hispanoamericana is Arlette Rujel of Peru who was crowned on 25 March 2023 in Santa Cruz, Bolivia.

Titleholders

Year	Reina Hispanoamericana	Virreina Hispanoamericana	1st Runner-Up	2nd Runner-Up	3rd Runner-Up	4th Runner-Up	5th Runner-Up	6th Runner-Up	7th Runner-Up	8th Runner-Up	9th Runner-Up
2022	Arlette Rujel  Peru	Adriana Pérez  Venezuela	Guilhermina Montarroyos  Brazil	Ediris Rivera  Puerto Rico	Diana Robles  Mexico	María Lucía Cuesta  Colombia	Not awarded
2021	Andrea Bazarte[1]  Mexico	Ana Lucia Tejeira  Panama	Alejandra Vengoechea  Colombia	Andrea Romero  Venezuela	Emmanuelle Vera  Philippines	Bruna Zanardo  Brazil	Theresa Agonia  Portugal	Not awarded
2019	Regina Peredo  Mexico	Gabrielle Vilela de Souza  Brazil	Laura Claro  Colombia	Yuanilie Alvarado  Puerto Rico	Ketlin Lottermann  Paraguay	Valeria Badell  Venezuela	Maria Katrina Llegado  Philippines	Ainara Cardaño  Spain	Franchesca Astier  Dominican Republic	Cassandra Cherry  Haiti	Monserrat Báez  United States
2018	Nariman Battikha  Venezuela	Isabela Pandini  Brazil	Aranza Anaid Molina Rueda  Mexico	María Belén Alderete Gayoso  Paraguay	Marian Joyce Prado Ribera  Bolivia	Camila Ignacia Helfmann Pastene  Chile	Lisseth Naranjo  Ecuador	Gleidys Leyva  Cuba	Jessica McFarlane  Peru	Daniela Santeliz  Europe	Not awarded
2017	Teresita Marquez  Philippines	Akisha Albert  Curacao	Maria Laís Wernner Berté  Brazil	María Victoria D'Ambrosio Díaz  Venezuela	Karla María López Berumen  Mexico	Katherine Aysathu Añazgo Orozco  Bolivia	Gladys Carredeguas  Cuba	Daisy Lezcano  Paraguay	Valentina Schnitzer  Chile	Lorena Larriviere  Peru	Not awarded
2016	Maria Camila Soleibe  Colombia	Magdalena Chiprés  Mexico	Mayra Alves Dias  Brazil	Paola Antonella Massaro Escalona  Venezuela	Raquel Pélissier Neiland  Haiti	Lourdes Andrea Melgarejo González  Paraguay	Sarah Loinaz Martín  Spain	Fiorella Ximena Peirano Medina  Peru	Not awarded
2015	Sofía del Prado  Spain	Laura Leticia Garcete Riveros (Dethroned)  Paraguay	Digene Marilyn Zimmerman (new Virreina)  Aruba	Karielys Cuadros Rodríguez  Venezuela	Yoana del Carmen Don Marozzi  Argentina	Neyda Juliana Lithgow Batista  Curacao	Not awarded
2014	Romina Rocamonje  Bolivia	Vanessa López  Mexico	Andrea Victoria Lira Soledad  Venezuela	Inés Carolina Panchano Lara  Ecuador	Carolyn Désert  Haiti	María de Lourdes Gallimore Campos  Panama	Cindy Viviana Clavijo Chamorro  Colombia	Raquel De Oliveira Benetti  Brazil	Laura Melisa Mejia Muñoz  Curacao	Not awarded
2013	María Alejandra López  Colombia	Yaritza Reyes  Dominican Republic	Gabriela María Graf-Stillfried Barreto  Venezuela	María José Barrena Medel  Chile	Gabriela Prieto Díaz Infante  Mexico	Suzette Eunice Rivera Sanes  Puerto Rico	María Guadalupe González Talavera  Paraguay	Claudia María Tavel Antelo  Bolivia	Not awarded
2012	Sarodj Bertin  Haiti	Juliana Sampaio  Spain	Alexia Laura Viruez Píctor  Bolivia	Stephania Sofía Vásquez Stegman  Paraguay	Jeanine Cristiane de Castro  Brazil	Ana Lorena Ibáñez Carles  Panama	Damaris Aguiar  Cuba	Not awarded
2011	Evalina Van Putten  Curacao	María Jesús Matthei  Chile	Yessica Sharit Mouton Gianella  Bolivia	Olga Mercedes Álava Vargas  Ecuador	Alba Lucia Riquelme Valenzuela  Paraguay	Alba Fortes Viñolas  Spain	Angela Julieta Ruiz Pérez  Venezuela	Not awarded
2010	Caroline Medina  Venezuela	Egni Eckert  Paraguay	Maria Olivia Pinheiro Menacho  Bolivia	Suymara Barreto Parreira  Brazil	Raquel Lozano Fraile  Spain	Stephany Ortega Da Costa  Uruguay	Yesica Natalia Di Vincenzó  Argentina	Not awarded
2009	Adriana Vasini  Venezuela	Sandra Vinces  Ecuador	Livia da Silva Nepomuceno  Brazil	Melodia Mir Jiménez  Spain	Flavia Fernanda Foianini Arzabe  Bolivia	Rocio Elizabeth Castellanos Matías  Dominican Republic	Lina Marcela Mosquera Ochoa  Colombia	Not awarded
2008	Laura Zúñiga (Dethroned)  Mexico	Vivian Noronha (Successor)  Brazil	Gabriela Rejala (new Virreina)  Paraguay	Paula Andrea Díaz Galione  Uruguay	Noemí Dominique Rosa Peltier de Liotta  Bolivia	Ligia Elena Hernández Frías  Venezuela	Annmarie Dehainaut Vélezmoro  Peru	Not awarded
2007	Massiel Taveras  Dominican Republic	Jane De Sousa Borges  Brazil	Maria José Maldonado Gómez  Paraguay	Maria Jesús Ruiz Garzón  Spain	Not awarded
2006	Francine Eickemberg  Brazil	Ana María Ortíz  Bolivia	Lourdes Véronica Arévalos Elías  Paraguay	Not awarded
2005	Diana Milena Cepeda  Colombia	Priscila Del Salto  Ecuador	Jictzad Nakarhyt Viña Carreño  Venezuela	María Fiorella Castellano García  Peru	Emilce Rosanna Gómez Cabral  Paraguay	Not awarded
2004	Tania Domanickzy  Paraguay	Mónica Jaramillo  Colombia	Maria Nuvia Montenegro Apuri  Bolivia	Catarina de Lima Guerra  Brazil	Lucia Alva Espinoza  Peru	Not awarded
2003	Cecília Valarini  Brazil	María Fernanda Tóndolo  Venezuela	Karina Rebeca Buttner Naumann  Paraguay	Aldana Joyce García Jahnsen  Peru	Not awarded
2002	Marcela Ruete  Ecuador	Irene Aguilera  Bolivia	María Claudia Pañuela Cornejo  Colombia	Giselle de Oliveira Leite  Brazil	Not awarded
2001	María Rocío Stevenson  Colombia	Norelys Rodríguez  Venezuela	Katja Alexandra Thomsen Grien  Uruguay	Julia Román Rodríguez  Ecuador	Paola Clarisse Coimbra Antipieff  Bolivia	Not awarded
2000	Ligia Petit  Venezuela	Natalia Figueras  Uruguay	Lissette Sierra Ocayo  Chile	Claudia Andrea Araño Antelo  Bolivia	Not awarded
1999	Jenny Vaca Paz  Bolivia	Karen Larrea  Brazil	María Laura Lugo  Venezuela	Claudie Neyra  Peru	Not awarded
1998	Susana Barrientos  Bolivia	Daira Lambis  Venezuela	Paola Villarroel  Chile Marcela Viviana Brane  Argentina	Not awarded
1997	Patricia Fuenmayor  Venezuela	Verónica Larrieu  Bolivia	Geraldine Olga Salmón Borja  Peru	Not awarded
1996	Helga Bauer (Dethroned)  Bolivia	Gasbriela Vergara (Successor)  Venezuela	Tonka Tomicic (new Virreina)  Chile	Paula Denise Simon  Brazil	Not awarded
1995	Carolina Taís Müller  Brazil	María Auxiliadora González  Venezuela	Paola Cristina Torres Cala  Colombia	Patricia Serafini Geoghegan  Paraguay	Not awarded
1994	Liliana González  Paraguay	Solange Pastor  Venezuela	Carla Romero  Bolivia	Not awarded
1993	Paola Vintimilla  Ecuador	Savka Pollak  Chile	Alicia Andrea Ramon  Argentina	Not awarded
1992	Francis Gago  Venezuela	Raquel Chaparro  Colombia	Karen Goudeau Matzenbacher  Brazil	Not awarded
1991	Patricia Godói  Brazil	Vivian Benítez  Paraguay	Niurka Auristela Acevedo  Venezuela	Not awarded

Participating countries and territories

Only the countries with historical ties with Spain are allowed to compete.

•  Argentina
•  Aruba
•  Australia
•  Belize
•  Bolivia
•  Brazil
•  Canada
•  Chile
•  Colombia
•  Costa Rica
•  Cuba
•  Curacao
•  Dominican Republic
•  Ecuador
•  El Salvador
•  Equatorial Guinea
•  Europe
•  Germany
•  Guatemala
•  Haiti
•  Honduras
•  Indonesia
•  Italy
•  Mexico
•  Nicaragua
•  Panama
•  Paraguay
•  Peru
•  Philippines
•  Portugal
•  Puerto Rico
•  Spain
•  Trinidad and Tobago
•  United States
•  Uruguay
•  Venezuela

US performance

Country/Territory	Titles	Winning Year(s)
Brazil	5	1991, 1995, 2003, 2006, 2008[lower-alpha 1]
Bolivia	4	1996,[lower-alpha 2] 1998, 1999, 2014
Colombia		2001, 2005, 2013, 2016
Mexico	3	2008,[lower-alpha 2] 2019, 2021
Ecuador	2	1993, 2002
Paraguay		1994, 2004
Peru	1	2022
Venezuela		1999
Spain		2015
Haiti		2012
Curacao		2011
Philippines		2017
Dominican Republic	2007

Year	US Representatives	State/Country	Hometown	Age	Placement	Special Award
2007	Sarah Rivera	New York	New York City	22
2008	Glenys Sánchez	New York	New York City	20
2009	Yuleiky Rocío	New Jersey	Perth Amboy	20
2010	Yildry Peña	New York	New York City	18		Miss Elegance & Best Smile
2011	Jocell Villa	California	Hacienda Heights	20
2012	Joely Bernat	New York	New York City	23		Miss Facebook
2013	Beverly De León	Puerto Rico	Ponce	19
2014	Katherine Peña	New Jersey	Trenton	24		Miss Congeniality
2015	Tamisha Rivera	Florida	Miami	23
2016	Susanlee Forty	Florida	Fort Lauderdale	20		Miss Congeniality
2017	Francis Bautista	Florida	Miami 1	21
2018	Alexandra Chaparro	Florida	Miami 2	28
2019	Monserrat Báez	New York	Phoenix	19	9th Runner-Up	Best Smile
2020	No contest due to Covid-19 world pandemic.
2021	Vanessa Saavedra	Florida	Miami 3	27
2022	Silvia Colón	Florida	Jacksonville	22

¹ Bautista was born in Dominican Republic, and lives in Miami.
² Chaparro was born in Venezuela, and lives in Miami.
³ Saavedra was born in Colombia, and lives in Miami.

References

Notes

External links

• Reina Hispanoamericana Official Website