Miss Uruguay


The Miss Uruguay is a national beauty pageant in Uruguay that selects Uruguay representatives to compete in three of the big four major international beauty pageants: the Miss World, Miss Universe and Miss Earth competitions.
WWW missuniverso.com.uy

History

Began in 1952 the committee of Miss Uruguay held Miss Uruguay for Miss Universe the first time. Between 1965 and 1979 the pageant was broadcast on TV under Miguel Angel Viera Bruchou. The Miss Uruguay constantly sends its winner to the Miss Universe and runner-up to Miss World. In addition, Miss Uruguay winners may compete to Miss International, Reina Hispanoamericana, Miss Intercontinental, Miss United Continents, Reina Internacional del Café and Miss America Latina.

Franchise holders

In 2000 due to financial support, Miss Uruguay lost the Miss International franchise. Started in that year, Miss Uruguay selects its winner to only Miss Universe and first runner-up to Miss World.
In 2004 after Mieguel Angel Viera Bruchou directed the Miss Uruguay contest, the Promociones Gloria took over to hold Miss Universo Uruguay pageant where the main winner automatically went to Miss Universe and runner-up participated to Miss World. The Gloria pageant had existed until 2006. In 2006 Antonio Vergara Olmos purchased Miss Universe franchise to Uruguay. The pageant was broadcast on Teledoce and TV Ciudad. Between 2011 and 2015 the Miss Uruguay held at Conrad Hotel in Punta del Este.
Osmel Sousa, former Miss Venezuela President, took over the Miss Universe license in Uruguay in 2019, and picked a delegate to attend the international pageant.
In 2020, Nadia Cerri, director of the Miss World license in Argentina, took over the Miss World and Miss Universe licenses in Uruguay, and is proceeding to organize separate competitions of Miss Mundo Uruguay and Miss Universo Uruguay.

Titleholders

YearMiss UruguayDepartmentNotes
1952Nennella PrunellMontevideoCountry Club Atlantis directorship
1953Ada Alicia Ibáñez AmengualMontevideo
1954Ana MorenoMontevideo
1955Inge HoffmannMontevideo
1956Gullermina AguirreMontevideo
1957Gabriela PascalMontevideo
1958Irene AugustyniakMontevideo
1959Claudia BernatMontevideo
1960Iris Teresa Ubal CabreraMontevideo
1961Susanna Lausorog FerrariMontevideo
1962Nelly Pettersen VasigaluzMontevideo
1963Graciela PintosMontevideo
1964Delia BabiakMontevideo
1965Sonia Raquel GorbaranMontevideoMieguel Angel Viera and Canal 12 directorship
1966Susana RegedenMontevideo
1967Mayela Berton MartínezMontevideo
1968Graciela MinarrietaMontevideo
1969Julia Möller RocheMontevideo
1970Reneé BuncristianoMontevideo
1971Alba Techeira LópezMontevideo
1972Cristina MollerMontevideo
1973Yolanda FerrariMontevideo
1974Mirta Graziella RodríguezMontevideo
1975Evelyn RodríguezMontevideo
1976Sara Alaga ValegaMontevideo
1977Adriana Umpierre EscuderoSalto
1978María del Carmen da RosaSalto
1979Elizabeth BustiMontevideo
1980Beatriz AntúñezMontevideoMieguel Angel Viera directorship
1981Griselda Dianne AnchorenaMontevideo
1982Silvia Beatriz Vila AbavianMontevideo
1983María Jacqueline BeltránMontevideo
1984Giselle Barthou QuintesMontevideo
1985Andrea Beatríz López SilvaMontevideo
1986Norma Silvana García LapitzMontevideo
1987María Victoria Zangaro GrosoMontevideo
1988Carla TrombottiMontevideoReina Mundial del Banana 1987
1989Carolina Pies RietMontevideo
1990Ondina Pérez IsazaMontevideo
1991Adriana Comas SilveraCerro Largo
1992Gabriela Ventura EscobaMontevideo
1993María Fernanda Navarro GuigouMontevideo
1994Leonora Îrene Dibueno FenocchiMontevideo
1995Sandra ZnidaricMontevideo
1996Adriana Sandra MaidanaMaldonado
1997Ana GonzálezMontevideo
1998Virginia Lourdes Russo MarreroMontevideo
1999Verónica GonzálezMontevideo
2000Natalia Figueras CabezasMontevideoDethroned
2001Carla Leticia Piaggio TaracidoMontevideo
2002Fiorella FleitasCanelones
2003Natalia Rodríguez LassiyMontevideo
2004Nadia TheodulozMaldonadoDethroned
2005Viviana Antonella ArenasSalto
2006Fatimih Dávila SosaMaldonadoAntonio Vergara Olmos directorship
2007Giannina Carla Silva VarelaArtigasMiss America Latina 2007
2008Paula Andrea Díaz GalioneCanelones
2009Cinthia Carolina D'Ottone ReynaColonia
2010Stephany Ortega Da CostaMontevideo
2011María Fernanda SeminoMontevideo
2012Camila Vezzoso GarcíaArtigas
2013Micaela Orsi JorcínColonia
2014Johana Riva GarabetianMontevideo
2015Bianca Sánchez PicoMontevideo
2016Magdalena CohendetArtigasMiss América Continental 2019 — In 2016 the Miss Uruguay was taken over by Laurens Drillich, Leti Fernandez Feijoo and TNT Latin America
2017Marisol AcostaCanelones
2018Sofía MarreroCanelones
2019Fiona Tenuta VanerioMaldonadoOsmel Sousa directorship
2020Lola de los SantosPaysandúNadia Cerri directorship
2022Carla RomeroMontevideo
2024Yanina LucasLavallejaYeison Coronado directorship
2025Valeria Baladan ListeMontevideo