Reinado Internacional del Café (in English: International Queen of Coffee) is a women's beauty pageant held annually since its first edition in 1957. From its beginning until 1971, the event was called Continental Coffee Queen, as it only included countries from the American continent. The purpose of the event is to celebrate, within the Feria de Manizales, the cultivation and production of coffee among the countries that send their beauty ambassadors. Manizales has become the industrial hub of Colombia’s coffee industry, located in the region now known as the Coffee Axis (Eje Cafetero). The current titleholder is the Venezuelan Lady Di Mosquera.
Titleholders Year 1957 - Análida Alfaro rowspan="14" rowspan="14" 1959 - Denise Guimarães - Norma Rivas Dominican Republic - Cristina Álvarez 1961 - Mercedes Von Glehn - Martha Fiorilo - Frances Rheinboldt 1963 - Lourdes Soto - Bertha Zapata - Blanca Arbeláez 1972 - Stella Volpe - Ximena Ochoa - Jeannette Donzella 1973 - Alicia Batetta - Rosario Carranza - Ana María Dibos 1974 - Luz María Osorio - Hilda Carrero - Vera Soto 1975 - Paulina Rieder - Violeta Rentería - Susana Vire 1976 - María González - Guadalupe Mora Dominica - Miguelina Sánchez 1979 - Paulina Palacios - Ana María Ramírez - Claudia Iriarte 1981 Dominica - Milagros Germán - Patricia Romero - Ligia Noack 1982 - Eddy Puerta - Lucila Lacca - Ilma Urrutia 1983 - Karen Encina - Lorena León - Mercedes Peña 1984 - Ollie Thompson - Rosana Zavala - Eugenia Vásquez 1985 - Márcia Gabrielle - Patricia Espejo - Cilinia Acosta - Clara Perthuz - Maria Zambrano 1987 - Mariela Prinčič - Claudia Godoy - Lydia Birke 1988 - Márcia Marques - Bonny Rey - Marilú Ibarra Dominica - Jacqueline Soñé - Mónica Pacheco 1989 - Luana Bustamante - Nuria Raygata Dominica - Rosa Monegra - Gisel Sienra - Carmiña Suárez 1990 - Daniela Magnasco - Julieta Fuentes - Ángela Restrepo - Elba Borges - Emiliana Leitacón 1991 - Viviana Muñoz - Olga Maya - Vanessa Oyola - Isabel la Hoz USA - Brenda Hamor 1992 - Margaret Shaffner - Yumi Kuwano - Carmen Ebrat - Silke Perdomo USA - Shauna Lyn Grant 1993 - Sabina Zuluaga USA - Juliandra Cox - Claudia Mosquera - Cristiane Xavier - Patricia Hernández 1994 - Brenda Robles - Márcia Castro - Kalena Díaz - Beatriz Pinto - Vanessa Gurgel 1995 - Regilaine Bittencourt - Carmen Valera - Yoseany Finol - Desirée Lowry Dominica - Vielka Lama 1996 Dominica - Lara Betances - Karla Koning - Patsy Pérez 1997 - Mónica Vettori - Marena Bencomo - Gladys Caicedo - Rebeca Trejos - Alexandra Ochoa 1998 - Jairam Navas - Ana Gutiérrez - Luisa Salazar rowspan="3" rowspan="3" 1999 - Dayra Lambis Dominica - Carloty García - Carolina Arredondo 2000 - Cristine Meserville - Marianela Guillén - Renata Piotrowska 2001 - Francine Eickemberg - Eva Torres - Yolanda García - Magdalena Szarek - Daniela Stucan 2002 - Katharina Berndt - Claudia Antelo - Aura Zambrano - Johanna Lemus - Gamalis Cotto 2003 - Raquel Loureiro - Priscila Rosa - Carolina Miranda Dominica - Carol Arciniegas - Lidia Zaforas 2004 - Daniela Scholz - Silvia Dias - Silvana Santaella - Laura Alba - Melissa Meléndez 2005 - Aránzazu Testa Dominica - Yadira Cury - Christiana Marzek - Célia Renata - Karina Bedoya 2006 - Alice Panikian - Evangelina García - Liliana Campa - Rocío Bobadilla - Leonor Duque 2007 - Fabriella Quesada - Tania García - Yasmina Hernández - Monserrat Enciso - Carolina Castaño 2008 - Jéssica Jordan - Camila Carvalho - Mónica Bsereni Dominica - Mabel Peña - Aimeé Saldaña 2009 - Alejandra Mesa - Ana Martínez - Natasha Boscán Dominica - Victoria Tavárez - Anelize García 2010 - Mariana Notarângelo - Iwona Wyrzykowska - Flavia Arzabe Dominica - Audris Rijo - Elizabeth Mosquera 2011 Dominica - Sofinel Báez - Angela Ruiz - Jenny Villada - Ana Socorro - Teresa Córdova 2012 - Ximena Vargas - Yoselín Castillo - Laskary Metal - Gabriella Ferrari - Aline Sales 2013 - Ivanna Vale - Claudy Romaña Dominica - Melody Mir - Larissa Leeuwe - Jennifer Morel 2014 - Priscila Durand - Estefania Muñoz - María Benítez - Noelia Rodríquez - Antonella González 2015 - Yuri Uchida - Márcia Assunção - Yulibeth Angarita - Vitória Bisognin - Yvanne Baptiste 2016 - Maydeliana Díaz - Júlia Horta - Laura Prada - María José García - Jeslie Mergal 2017 - Lourdes Acevedo - Kerelyne Webster - Sara Croce - Francielly Ouriques - Ana Cristina Díaz 2018 - Carmen Serrano - Marta Stepien - Yanett Dib - Angelica Mancilla - Chelsey Agrón 2019 - Scarlet Sánchez - Yesenia Barrientos - Yu Harada - Sofía Trujillo - Innessa Pontes 2020 - Iris Guerra - Laura Romero - Natalia Pigula - Alessandra Cardola - Grisell Romero 2022 - Ismelys Velásquez - Eduarda Valotto - Mariana Cifuentes - Luciana Cienfuegos - Rebecca Stoughton 2023 - Isabella Bermudez - Maricrís Rojas - Cassandra Jacques - Ashley Díaz - Sofia Ferraris 2024 - Aleksandra Klepaczka - Manuella Parent - Karla Vilches - Lola Wilson - Karla Rivas 2025 - Cristiane Stipp - Fabiane Zambrana - Martyna Ruranska - Camila Arcila - Atalyane Torres2026 - Lady Di Mosquera - Lorena Ohana - Valeria Amaya - Ruslana Zicaru - Melany González
Not held in 1958, 1960, 1962, 1964–71, 1977–78, 1980, 1986 and 2021
Winner's Gallery
Titles By Countries 1st Place
CountryTitlesYear(s) 9 1959, 1961, 1985, 1988, 1995, 2001, 2010, 2014, 2025 7 1974, 1975, 1982, 1993, 2009, 2019, 2023 6 1998, 1999, 2013, 2016, 2022, 2026 4 1989, 1991, 2000, 2007 3 1981, 1996, 2011 1979, 1983, 1990 2 2005, 2018 2008, 2012 2002, 2004 1976, 1994 1973, 1987 1963, 1984 1 2024 2020 2017 2015 2006 2003 1997 1992 1972 1957
2nd Place
CountryTitlesYear(s) 5 1996, 2003, 2016, 2022, 2026 1979, 1991, 2012, 2013, 2014 1963, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1989 4 1961, 2002, 2019, 2025 1981, 1983, 2001, 2020 1974, 1988, 1997, 2011 3 1973, 1990, 2023 1994, 2004, 2015 1998, 2007, 2009 2 1959, 2017 1999, 2005 1 2024 2018 2010 2008 2006 2000 1995 1993 1992 1987 1976 1975 1972
3rd Place
CountryTitlesYear(s) 9 1963, 1983, 1990, 1992, 1996, 1997, 2011, 2016, 2022 7 1972, 1994, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2015, 2018 4 1959, 1976, 1989, 2013 3 2000, 2020, 2025 1979, 1981, 1982 2 2001, 2014 1961, 2007 1985, 2003 1987, 1999 1974, 1998 1991, 1993 1973, 1988 1 2026 2024 2023 2019 2017 2012 2010 2005 1984 1975
4th Place
CountryTitlesYear(s) 5 2004, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2024 1988, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2010 4 1993, 2005, 2015, 2017 3 1985, 2002, 2025 2012, 2019, 2020 2 2007, 2026 2018, 2023 1994, 2022 1985, 2002 1990, 1995 1991, 1992 1 2014 2013 2001 1997 1989
5th Place
CountryTitlesYear(s) 6 1988, 1989, 2005, 2006, 2007 4 1991, 1992, 2016, 2022 1994, 2009, 2012, 2019 2 2001, 2026 1993, 2024 2013, 2020 2002, 2018 2010, 2017 2004, 2008 1 2025 2023 2015 2014 2011 2003 1997 1995 1990 1985
6th Place CountryTitlesYear(s) 1 2019
Representatives from English speaking countries United States at Reina Internacional del Café Color key
Host/YearParticipationContestantState PlacementSpecial Awards 1979 1 Nancy Helen Ness Virginia 1987 2 Brenda Lynn Ortiz Hawaii 1989 3 Amy Marte Carrierre California 1991 4 Brenda Hamor California 4th runner-up 1992 5 Shauna Searles Grant California 4th runner-up 1993 6 Juliandra Cox Heyd Texas 1st runner-up 1994 7 Amy Christine Rising Florida 1995 8 Jennifer Kimble Arkansas 1996 9 Kimberly Anne Byers California Top 06 1997 10 Barbara Lynn Humes California 1998 11 Raquel Lynette Troyer California 1999 12 Diana Scianca Flores California 2000 13 Ashley Kristina Lincoln California Miss Congeniality 2001 14 Janice Nichole Torring California 2002 15 Diana De Vries California 2003 16 Elizabeth Dillingham California 2004 17 Amy Lynne Holbrook California 2005 - Amanda Cothran California colspan="2" 2006 - Shannon Head California colspan="2" 2008 18 Katherine Cartagena New York 2009 19 Michelle Fleming California Top 10 2010 20 Amanda Delgado California Best Hair 2011 21 Jocell Villa California Queen of Police 2012 22 Lili Dorotea Fifield California 2013 23 Tori Eileene Liesly Oregon 2014 24 Gabriela Warner New York 2016 25 Jeslie Mergal Florida 4th runner-up 2017 26 Claribel Marie Georgia 2018 - Yahiranelly López Florida colspan="2" 2022 27 Rebecca Linn Stoughton Illinois4th runner-up 2025 28 Brianna Morales Colorado
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Host/YearParticipationContestantProvincePlacementSpecial Awards 2004 1 Gretal Montgomery British Columbia Top 10 2005 2 Christiana Marzek Ontario 2nd runner-up 2006 3 Alice Panikian Ontario Winner 2007 4 Samantha Tajik Ontario 2008 5 Elena Semikina Ontario 2009 6 Chanel Beckenlehner Ontario Top 10 2010 7 Mariana Valente Ontario 2011 8 Jamie Caitlin Molz British Columbia 2012 9 Emily Kiss Ontario 2013 10 Chelsea Bird Alberta 2014 11 Rasela Mino Alberta 2015 12 Kesiah Papasin Ontario 2016 13 Paola Núñez Ontario 2017 14 Camila González Ontario 2018 15 Marta Stępień Ontario 1st runner-up 2019 16 Rita Houkayem Ontario 2020 17 Alysha Melinda Ortiz Alberta 2022 18 Dominique Doucette Quebec 2023 19 Simran Sohal Ontario 2024 20 Đỗ Hoàng Kim Alberta 2025 21 Arshdeep Thind British Columbia Top 12 2026 22 Jabili Kandula Ontario
England at Reina Internacional del Café Color key
Host/YearParticipationContestantCountyPlacementSpecial Awards 2011 1 Jessica Rose Edwards Monroy Greater London
The Bahamas at Reina Internacional del Café Color key
Host/YearParticipationContestantCity/Island PlacementSpecial Awards 2009 1 Kerel Pinder Freeport, Grand Bahama 2010 2 Nikie Severe Freeport, Grand Bahama 2011 3 Tempest Stubbs Freeport, Grand Bahama 2012 4 Keriann Brittney Stuart Nassau, New Providence 2013 5 Kristie Antonia Farah Nassau, New Providence 2014 6 Lashanda Wildgoose Nassau, New Providence 2015 7 Sade Nataly ColebrookNassau, New Providence 2016 8 Danielle Alexandrea Pratt Freeport, Grand Bahama 2017 9 Tiasha Winnifred Lewis Freeport, Grand Bahama
References
External links Instituto de Cultura y Turismo de Manizales Alcaldía de Manizales