Nuestra Belleza Mundo El Salvador was a national Beauty pageant in El Salvador. The winner represented El Salvador at Miss World. Between 2006 - 2015, the winner was given the title of Nuestra Belleza Universo and competed at Miss Universe.
History
Miss El Salvador (1972 – 2005)
Miss El Salvador was the organization in charge of choosing the representative to Miss Universe and Miss World. The organization since its birth sent a representative to Miss Universe (except in 1980) and Miss World (from 1975 to 1993, when the organization lost the franchise.) The organization was headed by Mr. Eddie González, who was the committed to put El Salvador at the international mark. The format of the competition was based on a representative from each of the 14 departments in the country. During the 1980s due to the Salvadorian Civil War situation, thanks to the special permission granted by The Miss Universe Organization, the representative was chosen behind closed doors. This continued till 1995 when they resumed the national competition.
In 2005, the organization had problems renewing the franchise and lost it.
Nuestra Belleza El Salvador In 2004, Telecorporacion Salvadorena acquired the franchise for Miss World, and in 2006 acquired the franchise for Miss Universe. The pageant was renamed Nuestra Belleza El Salvador and held two separate pageants to select the delegates to Miss Universe and Miss World. In 2010, the format changed as in that year they decided to select the two representatives in just one pageant. The pageant is open to any girls throughout the whole country. They choose the finalists via casting specials and the contestants are not required to have won a department title, which was the traditional way until 2005. The licensee for Miss Universe was given to the organization Reinado de El Salvador in March 2017 and the Miss World licensee in November 2018.
Titleholders 1954-2005 The Miss El Salvador titleholders represented El Salvador at the Miss Universe competition. YearMiss El Salvador1954 Myrna Roz Orozco 1955 Maribel Arrieta Gálvez1964 María Herma Hernández-Lazo1972 Ruth Eugenia Romero Ramírez 1973 Gloria Ivete Romero 1974 Ana Carlota Margarita Araujo 1975 Carmen Elena Figueroa 1976 Mireya Carolina Calderón Tovar 1977 Altagracia Arévalo1978 Iris Ivette Mazorra Castro 1979 Ivette López Lagos 1981 Martha Alicia Ortiz 1982 Jeannette Orietta Marroquín1983 Claudia Denisse Oliva Alberto1984 Ana Lorena Samayoa 1985 Julia Haydée Mora Alfaro 1986 Vicky Elizabeth Cañas Álvarez1987 Virna Passelly Machuca 1988 Ana Margarita Vaquerano Celarie 1989 Lucía Beatriz López Rodríguez 1990 Gracia María Guerra 1991 Rebeca Dávila Dada 1992 Melissa Salazar 1993 Kathy Méndez Cuéllar 1994 Claudia Méndez Cuéllar 1995 Eleonora Beatrice Carrillo Alammani 1996 Milena Mayorga1997 Carmen Irene Carrillo Vilanova 1998 María Gabriela Joviel Munguía1999 Cynthia Carolina Montoya 2000 Alexandra María Rivas Cruz 2001 Diana Betsy Guerrero2002 Elisa Sandoval Rodríguez 2003 Diana Renée Valdivieso Dubón2004 Silvia Gabriela Mejía Córdova 2005 Irma Marina Dimas Pineda Others Grace Marie Zabaneh Menéndez
2006-2019 The Miss El Salvador renamed as Nuestra Belleza El Salvador and went to Miss Universe and second placed went to Miss World until 2015. Since the owner of Nuestra Belleza El Salvador does not hold a contest in 2016, the franchise of Miss Universe moved to Reinado de El Salvador Organization and the appointment system inside of Nuestra Belleza El Salvador allows the casting winner to go to Miss World. YearNuestra Belleza El Salvador2006 Rebecca Iraheta 2007 Lissette Rodríguez 2008 Rebeca Moreno 2009 Mayella Mena 2010 Sonia Cruz 2011 Alejandra Ochoa 2012 Ana Yancy Clavel 2013 Alba Delgado 2014 Patricia Murillo 2015 Idubina Rivas 2016 Ana Cortez 2017 Fátima Cúellar2018 Marisela de Montecristo2019 Zuleika Soler
Representatives in Big Four pageants The following women have represented El Salvador in three of the Big Four major international beauty pageants for women. These are Miss World, Miss Universe, Miss International with exception of Miss Earth which has a separate national franchise in El Salvador.
Representatives at Miss Universe Color key
The official winner of Nuestra Belleza El Salvador competed at the Miss Universe pageant between 2006 - 2017. On occasion, when the winner did not qualify (due to age) for either contest, a runner-up was sent. In 1954 and 1955 the representatives were handpicked, with the exception in 1981, where the winner was sent to Miss World. In 2006, Nuestra Belleza El Salvador acquired the Miss Universe franchise and started crowning two titleholders, one for Miss Universe and another for Miss World, in separate pageants until 2010 when the pageants were merged. Since 2010, two titleholders were crowned at the same event. But in 2017, the organization gave up the franchise license of Miss Universe and only one titleholder would be crowned to compete at Miss World.
YearMiss El SalvadorPlacementSpecial Awards 1954 Myrna Roz Orozco Unplaced 1955 Maribel Arrieta Gálvez 1st Runner-up Miss Congeniality 1972 Ruth Eugenia Romero Ramírez Unplaced 1973 Gloria Ivete Romero Unplaced 1974 Ana Carlota Margarita Araujo Unplaced 1975 Carmen Elena Figueroa Top 12 1976 Mireya Carolina Calderón Tovar Unplaced 1977 Altagracia Arévalo Unplaced 1978 Iris Ivette Mazorra Castro Unplaced 1979 Judith Ivette López Lagos Unplaced 1981 Martha Alicia Ortiz Did not compete 1982 Jeannette Orietta Marroquín Unplaced 1983 Claudia Denisse Oliva Alberto Unplaced 1984 Ana Lorena Samayoa Unplaced 1985 Julia Haydée Mora Maza Unplaced Miss Media 1986 Vicky Elizabeth Cañas Álvarez Unplaced 1987 Virna Passelly Machuca Unplaced 1988 Ana Margarita Vaquerano Celarie Unplaced 1989 Lucia Beatriz López Rodríguez Unplaced 1990 Gracia María Guerra Unplaced 1991 Rebeca Dávila Dada Unplaced 1992 Melissa Salazar Unplaced 1993 Kathy Méndez Cuéllar Unplaced 1994 Claudia Méndez Cuéllar Unplaced 1995 Eleonora Beatrice Carrillo Alammani Top 10 1996 Milena Mayorga Top 10 1997 Carmen Irene Carrillo Vilanova Unplaced 1998 María Gabriela Joviel Munguía Unplaced 1999 Cynthia Carolina Montoya Unplaced 2000 Alexandra María Rivas Cruz Unplaced 2001 Diana Betsy Guerrero Unplaced 2002 Elisa Sandoval Rodríguez Unplaced 2003 Diana Renée Valdivieso Dubón Unplaced 2004 Silvia Gabriela Mejía Córdova Unplaced 2005 Irma Marina Dimas Pineda Unplaced 2006 Rebecca Iraheta Unplaced 2007 Lissette Rodríguez Unplaced 2008 Rebeca Moreno Unplaced Miss Congeniality 2009 Mayella Mena Unplaced 2010 Sonia Cruz Unplaced 2011 Mayra Aldana* Unplaced 2012 Ana Yancy Clavel Unplaced 2013 Alba Delgado Unplaced 2014 Patricia Murillo Unplaced 2015 Idubina Rivas** Unplaced (*) 2011: Due to personal accident, Alejandra Ochoa (Original winner) was replaced by Mayra Aldana (2nd Runner-up). (**) 2015: Nuestra Belleza is postponed. Idubina Rivas was appointed as Miss Universe El Salvador 2015 by National Director of Miss Universe in El Salvador. She was the winner of Reinado de El Salvador 2014.
Representatives at Miss World In 1978 and 1979, the winner of Miss El Salvador competed at both Miss Universe and Miss World pageants. Since 2006, the representative for Miss Universe and Miss World were crowned at the same event. But in 2017, only one titleholder would be crown, since the company lost the Miss Universe franchise.
YearMiss El SalvadorPlacementSpecial Awards 1975 Ana Stella Coman Durán Unplaced 1976 Soraya Comandari Zanotti Unplaced 1977 Magaly Varela Rivera Unplaced 1978 Iris Ivette Mazorra Castro Unplaced 1979 Judith Ivette Lopez Lagos Unplaced 1982 Loredana Munguía Unplaced 1983 Carmen Irene Álvarez Gallardo Unplaced 1984 Celina María López Párraga Unplaced 1985 Luz del Carmen Mena Duke Unplaced 1986 Nadine Monique Gutiérrez Unplaced 1987 Claudia Lorena Alvarenga Ruiz Unplaced 1988 Karla Lorena Hasbún Unplaced 1989 Ana Estela Aguilar Unplaced 1990 María Elena Henríquez Unplaced 1991 Lucía Beatriz López Rodríguez Unplaced 1992 Raquel Cristina Durán Unplaced 1993 Beatriz Eugenia Henríquez Pinto Unplaced 2004 Andrea Denise Charlaix Unplaced 2005 Alejandra Mirian Cárcamo Unplaced 2006 Evelyn Romero Unplaced 2007 Silvia Melhado Unplaced 2008 Gabriela Gavidia Unplaced 2009 Elena Tedesco Unplaced 2010 Gabriela Molina Unplaced 2012 Maria Luisa Vicuña Unplaced 2013 Paola Ayala Unplaced 2014 Larissa Vega Unplaced 2015 Marcela Santamaría* Unplaced 2016 Ana Cortez* Unplaced 2017 Fátima Cuéllar* Top 15 (*) 2015: Nuestra Belleza is postponed. Marcela Santamaría was appointed as Miss World El Salvador 2015 She was the winner of Reinado de El Salvador 2011. (*) 2016: Ana Cortez was appointed to represent El Salvador at Miss World 2016. (*) 2017: Fátima Cuéllar was appointed to represent El Salvador at Miss World 2017.
Representatives at Miss International In 1992 the third title of Miss El Salvador will be competing at Miss International pageant. In 2006 Miss El Salvador lost the franchise of the pageant. Nowadays, the official candidate for Miss International will be selecting by Reinado de El Salvador pageant together with some Big Four international beauty pageants.
YearMiss El SalvadorPlacementSpecial Awards1992 María Elena Ferreiro Unplaced 1994 Nathalia Gutiérrez Munguía Unplaced 1995 Natalia Díaz Unplaced 2004 Andrea Hernández Unplaced 2005 Ana Saidia Palma Rebollo Unplaced
References
External links Nuestra Belleza El Salvador official website