Miss Universe Costa Rica
| Formation | 1954 |
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| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | San José |
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| Membership | |
Official language | Spanish |
National Director | Yessenia Ramírez |
Current titleholder | Mahyla Roth |
| Staff | Gente OPA |
| Website | [1] |
Miss Universe Costa Rica, formerly known as Miss Costa Rica, is a national beauty pageant in Costa Rica. Until 2023, under the direction of Teletica, and from 2024, under the direction of Gente OPA (with which the pageant changes its name), it is responsible for selecting the Costa Rican representative in Miss Universe.
The current Miss Universe Costa Rica is Mahyla Roth from Cahuita, Limón. She will represent the country in Miss Universe 2025. She is the latest representative selected by this pageant.
History
Women of all ages, each representing different provinces and cities in Costa Rica, compete to represent Costa Rica for one year and participate in Miss Universe.
Costa Rica has participated in the Miss Universe pageant since 1954 and has sent 69 representatives in the history of the pageant. The event was broadcast by Teletica from 1960 to 2023. In February 2024, it was reported that Teletica lost the Miss Universe license to ¡Opa!, a television channel established in 2023, which renamed the pageant Miss Universe Costa Rica.
Since 2024, the pageant has had regional franchises, the first being San José, Cartago, Guanacaste, Puntarenas, Pérez Zeledón, Limón, and North Caribbean, which accounted for more than half of the participants in the 2025 pageant.
Titleholders
- : Declared as Winner
- : Ended as runner-up or top 5/6 qualification
- : Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
- : Ended as special awards winner
| Year | Province | Miss Universo Costa Rica | Placement at Miss Universe | Special awards | Notes | |
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| ¡OPA! directorship — a franchise holder to Miss Universe from 2024―present (Miss Universo Costa Rica) | ||||||
| 2026 | TBA | TBA | TBA | |||
| 2025 | Limón | Mahyla Roth[1] | Top 30 |
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| 2024 | San José | Elena Hidalgo | Unplaced | |||
| Teletica directorship — a franchise holder to Miss Universe from 1962―2023 (Miss Costa Rica) | ||||||
| 2023 | Alajuela | Lisbeth Valverde[2] | Unplaced | |||
| 2022 | Alajuela | María Fernanda Rodríguez[3] | Unplaced | |||
| 2021 | Heredia | Valeria Rees | Unplaced | Appointed — Due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, no national pageant in 2021. | ||
| 2020 | San José | Ivonne Cerdas | Top 10 | |||
| 2019 | San José | Paola Chacón | Unplaced | |||
| 2018 | San José | Natalia Carvajal | Top 10 | |||
| 2017 | Heredia | Elena Correa[4] | Unplaced |
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Appointed — Miss Costa Rica 2017 did not hold in 2017; the 1st Runner-up of Miss Costa Rica 2016, Elena Correa designated to be the new Miss Costa Rica 2017 and competed at Miss Universe 2017 in the United States. | |
| 2016 | Alajuela | Carolina Rodríguez | Unplaced | |||
| 2015 | Limón | Brenda Castro[5] | Unplaced | |||
| 2014 | Heredia | Karina Ramos | Unplaced | |||
| 2013 | Guanacaste | Fabiana Granados | Top 16 | |||
| 2012 | Alajuela | Nazareth Cascante | Unplaced | |||
| 2011 | Heredia | Johanna Solano[6] | Top 10 | |||
| 2010 | Cartago | Marva Wright[7] | Unplaced | |||
| 2009 | San José | Jessica Umaña | Unplaced | |||
| 2008 | Alajuela | María Teresa Rodríguez | Unplaced | |||
| 2007 | Heredia | Verónica González | Unplaced | |||
| 2006 | San José | Fabriella Quesada | Unplaced | |||
| 2005 | San José | Johanna Fernández[8] | Unplaced | |||
| 2004 | Heredia | Nancy Soto[9] | Top 10 |
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| 2003 | San José | Andrea Ovares | Unplaced | |||
| 2002 | Cartago | Merylin Villalta | Unplaced | |||
| 2001 | San José | Paola Calderón | Unplaced | |||
| 2000 | San José | Laura Mata | Unplaced | |||
| 1999 | Alajuela | Arianna Bolaños | Unplaced | |||
| 1998 | Puntarenas | Kisha Alvarado | Unplaced | |||
| 1997 | Cartago | Gabriela Aguilar | Unplaced | |||
| 1996 | Limón | Dafne Zeledón | Unplaced | |||
| 1995 | Alajuela | Beatriz Alvarado | Unplaced | |||
| 1994 | Limón | Jasmín Morales | Unplaced | |||
| 1993 | San José | Catalina Rodríguez | Unplaced | |||
| 1992 | San José | Jessica Manley | Unplaced | |||
| 1991 | San José | Viviana Muñoz | Unplaced | |||
| 1990 | San José | Julieta Posla | Unplaced | |||
| 1989 | San José | Luana Freer | Unplaced | |||
| 1988 | Heredia | Erika Paoli | Unplaced | |||
| 1987 | San José | Ana María Bolaños | Unplaced | |||
| 1986 | Limón | Aurora Velásquez | Unplaced | |||
| 1985 | Puntarenas | Rosibel Chacón | Unplaced | |||
| 1984 | San José | Silvia Portilla | Unplaced | |||
| 1983 | Cartago | Gabriela Pozuela | Unplaced | |||
| 1982 | Heredia | Lilliana Corella | Unplaced | |||
| 1981 | San José | Rosa Inés Solís | Unplaced | |||
| 1980 | San José | Bárbara Bonilla | Unplaced | |||
| 1979 | Guanacaste | Carla Facio | Unplaced | |||
| 1978 | San José | Maribel Guardia[10] | Unplaced |
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| 1977 | Puntarenas | Claudia Garnier | Unplaced | |||
| 1976 | Limón | Silvia Jiménez | Unplaced | |||
| 1975 | Alajuela | María de los Ángeles Picado | Unplaced | |||
| 1974 | Limón | Jeannette Rebeca | Unplaced | |||
| 1973 | Alajuela | María del Rosario Mora | Unplaced | |||
| 1972 | San José | Victoria Ross | Unplaced | |||
| 1971 | San José | Rosa María Rivera | Unplaced | |||
| 1970 | Cartago | Lilliam Berrocal | Unplaced | |||
| 1969 | San José | Clara Freda | Unplaced | |||
| 1968 | San José | Ana María Rivera | Unplaced | |||
| 1967 | Guanacaste | Rosa María Fernández | Unplaced | |||
| 1966 | Cartago | Virginia Oreamuno | Unplaced | |||
| 1965 | Guanacaste | Mercedes Pinagal | Unplaced | |||
| 1964 | San José | Dora Solé | Unplaced | |||
| 1963 | Cartago | Sandra Chrysopulos | Unplaced | |||
| 1962 | Heredia | Helvetia Albónico | Unplaced | |||
| 1961 | Did not compete | |||||
| 1960 | San José | Leila Rodríguez | Unplaced | |||
| 1959 | Heredia | Sonia Monturiol | Unplaced | |||
| 1958 | Guanacaste | Eugenia Valverde | Unplaced | Disqualified from the competition. | ||
| 1957 | San José | Sonia Cristina Icaza | Unplaced | |||
| 1956 | Heredia | Anabella Granados[11] | Unplaced |
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| 1955 | San José | Clemencia Martínez | Unplaced | |||
| 1954 | San José | Marían Esquivel[12] | Top 15 | |||
See also
- Reinas de Costa Rica
- Mister Costa Rica
References
- ^ Castro, Camila (July 19, 2025). "Mahyla Roth es la nueva Miss Universe Costa Rica 2025" [Mahyla Roth is the new Miss Universe Costa Rica 2025]. CR Hoy (in Spanish). Retrieved July 20, 2025.
- ^ "Lisbeth Valverde Miss Costa Rica 2023:'Un día fui una niña qué soñó con esto'" [Lisbeth Valverde Miss Costa Rica 2023: 'One day I was a girl who dreamed of this']. La Nacion (in Spanish). August 17, 2023. Retrieved August 17, 2023.
- ^ Villegas, Andrey (September 28, 2022). "Nueva reina: Fernanda Rodríguez se corona Miss Costa Rica 2022". crhoy.com (in Spanish). Retrieved September 29, 2022.
- ^ "Miss Costa Rica Crown Awarded to Elena Correa". The CR Post. June 14, 2017.
- ^ "A Miss Costa Rica le faltará el premio mayor". nacion.com (in Spanish). July 18, 2015. Retrieved August 8, 2015.
- ^ "Johanna Solano is Miss Costa Rica 2011". La Nación. March 26, 2010. Retrieved March 28, 2011.
- ^ "Marva Wright is the new Miss Costa Rica". La Nación. April 17, 2010. Retrieved February 22, 2011.
- ^ "Costa Rica has a queen for Miss Universe". Panamá América. ACAN-EFE. January 30, 2005. Retrieved February 22, 2011.
- ^ "Beauty contests open doors". Diario Extra. January 27, 2004. Archived from the original on June 2, 2008. Retrieved February 22, 2011.
- ^ "Judges name Capetown woman Miss Universe". The Palm Beach Post. Associated Press. July 25, 1978. Retrieved February 22, 2011.
Miss Fernandez of Costa Rica, the winner of Miss Photogenic.
- ^ "Beauties tearful at farewells". Los Angeles Times. July 23, 1956. Archived from the original on June 29, 2011. Retrieved February 22, 2011.
Miss Costa Rica, Anabella Granados, who was voted Miss Friendship during the pageant.
- ^ "Giant wave slams youth onto beach". Los Angeles Times. July 13, 1954. Archived from the original on June 29, 2011. Retrieved February 22, 2011.
From left: Marta Rrocha, 21, Brazil; Myrna Orozco, 20, Miss San Salvador; and Marian Esquivel, 18, who will compete as Miss Costa Rica.
External links
- Official Miss Costa Rica website Archived July 8, 2018, at the Wayback Machine