Miss Universe Chile (abbreviated as MUCH; ) is an annual national beauty pageant that selects Chile's official representative to Miss Universe—one of the Big Four beauty pageants.
The current Miss Universo Chile is Dominga López of Viña del Mar, who was crowned in August 2026.
History Between 1969 and 1995, Paula magazine was responsible for organizing the contest and maintaining the franchise; during this period, TVN broadcast the competition beginning in 1976. Between 1991 and 1994, Paula magazine and Canal 13 jointly selected Miss Chile for Miss Universe and Miss World. Subsequently, a partnership between Caras magazine and Megavisión maintained the franchise in 1996 and 1997. Canal 13 broadcast the pageant uninterruptedly from 1998 to 2002.
Luciano Marocchino had the Chilean franchise for Miss Universe since 2004, but due to financial questions chose to not send a delegate during the 2007-2010 period. In 2011, Chile returned to the competition with Vanessa Ceruti. Marocchino's organization received much criticism, for not ensuring adequate preparation to the winners. He gave up the contest in 2015.
The national broadcaster, Chilevisión held the contest from 2016 up to 2018.
In 2019, Keno Manzur took over the Miss Universe franchise in Chile as National Director.
Chile placed 14 times in the semi-finals, with one Miss Universe winner Cecilia Bolocco in 1987.
Titleholders
The winner of Miss Chile represents her country at the Miss Universe. On occasion, when the winner does not qualify (due to age) a runner-up is sent.
Year Represented Miss Chile Placement at Miss Universe Special Award(s) 2026 Viña del Mar Dominga López TBA2025VitacuraMaría Ignacia Moll Bilbao Top 12 2024 Vitacura Emilia Dides Maffei Top 12 People's Choice Award Best National Costume (2nd Place) 2023 Chilean Community in USA Celeste Viel Caballero Top 20 Voice For Change (Top 10) 2022 Chilean Community in USA Sofía Depassier Sepúlveda Unplaced Miss Congeniality 2021 Coquimbo Antonia Figueroa Alvarado Unplaced Social Impact Award 2020 Copiapo Daniela Nicolás Gómez Unplaced 2019 Escuela Supermiss Geraldine González Martínez Unplaced 2018 Santiago Andrea Díaz Nicolás Unplaced 2017 Santiago Natividad Leiva Bello Unplaced 2016 Huechuraba Catalina Cáceres Ríos Unplaced 2015 Valparaiso Belén Jerez Spuler Unplaced 2014 O'Higgins Hellen Toncio Salazar Unplaced 2013 Tarapaca María Jesús Matthei Molina Unplaced 2012 O'Higgins Ana Luisa König Browne Unplaced 2011 Magallanes Vanessa Ceruti Vásquez Unplaced colspan=5 2006 Coquimbo Belén Montilla Torreblanca Unplaced 2005 Santiago Renata Ruiz PérezTerra: "Renata Ruiz fue elegida Miss Chile 2005" Unplaced 2004 Valparaíso Gabriela Barros Tapia Top 15 2003 colspan=5 2002 Santiago Nicole Rencoret Ladrón de Guevara Unplaced 2001 Santiago Carolina Gámez Gallardo Unplaced 2000 Valparaíso Francesca Sovino Parra Unplaced 1999 Santiago Andrea Muñoz Sessarego Unplaced 1998 Magallanes Claudia Arnello Reynolds Unplaced 1997 Tarapacá Claudia Delpín Corssen Unplaced Rapa Nui Hetu'u Rapu Atan colspan="3" 1996 Santiago Andrea L'Huillier Troncoso Unplaced 1995 Magallanes Paola Falcone Bacigalupo Unplaced 1994 Santiago Constanza Barbieri Sanz Unplaced 1993 Santiago Savka Pollak Tomasevic Unplaced 1992 Santiago Marcela Vacarezza Etcheverry Unplaced 1991 Araucanía Cecilia Alfaro Navarrete Unplaced 1990 Antofagasta Uranía Haltenhoff Nikiforos Top 6 1989 Magallanes Macarena Mina Garachena Top 10 1988 Valparaíso Verónica Romero Carvajal Unplaced 1987 Santiago Cecilia Bolocco Fonck Miss Universe 1987 1986 Santiago Mariana Villasante Aravena Top 10 Best National Costume (3rd Place) 1985 O'Higgins Claudia van Sint Jan del Pedregal Top 10 1984 Valparaíso Carol Bähnke Muñoz Unplaced 1983 Santiago Josefa Isensee Ugarte Unplaced 1982 Santiago Jenny Purto Arab Unplaced 1981 Valparaíso Soledad Hurtado Arellano Unplaced 1980 Valparaíso Gabriela Campusano Puelma Unplaced 1979 Maule Cecilia Serrano Gildemeister Unplaced 1978 Santiago Mary Anne Müller Prieto Top 12 1977 Santiago Priscilla Brenner Conrad Unplaced 1976 Los Lagos Verónica Sommer Mayer Top 12 1975 Santiago Raquel Argandoña de la Fuente Unplaced 1974 Santiago Rebeca González Ramírez Unplaced 1973 Atacama Wendy Robertson Cleary Unplaced Miss Congeniality 1972 Santiago Consuelo Fernández de Olivares Unplaced 1971 colspan=4 1970 Santiago Soledad Errázuriz García-Moreno Unplaced 1969 Santiago Mónica Larson Teuber Top 15 1968 Santiago Dánae Sala Sarradell Top 15 1967 Antofagasta Ingrid Vila Riveros Unplaced 1966 Bío Bío Stella Dunnage Roberts Unplaced 1965 colspan=4 1964 Valparaíso Patricia Herrera Cigna Unplaced colspan=6 1961 Magallanes Gloria Silva Escobar† Top 15 1960 Santiago Marinka Pohlhammer Espinoza Unplaced 1959 colspan=4 1958 Valparaíso Raquel Molina Urrutia Top 15 1957 colspan=4 1956 Santiago Concepción Obach Chacana Unplaced 1955 Antofagasta Rosita Merello Catalán Sidgman Unplaced 1954 Antofagasta Gloria Leguisos Mesina Top 16 1953 colspan=4 1952 Santiago Esther Saavedra Yoacham† Unplaced Most Popular Girl
Winners by locality LocalitiesTitlesWinning YearsSantiago251952, 1956, 1960, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2017, 2018Valparaiso91958, 1964, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1988, 2000, 2004, 2015Antofagasta41954, 1955, 1967, 1990Magallanes1961, 1995, 1998, 2011O'Higgins31985, 2012, 2014Vitacura22024, 2025Chilean Community in USA2022, 2023Coquimbo2006, 2021Tarapacá1997, 2013Viña del Mar12026Copiapo2020Escuela Supermiss2019Huechuraba2016Rapa Nui1997Araucanía1991Aysén1989Los Lagos1976Maule1974Atacama1973Bío Bío1966
See also Miss World Chile Mister Chile
References
External links Official Miss Universo Chile website