Miss Uruguay

{{Infobox organization

| name = Miss Uruguay Organization

| formation = {{start date and years ago|1952}}

| type = Beauty pageant

| headquarters = Montevideo

| location = Uruguay

| membership = {{Hlist|Miss Universe|Miss World|Miss Earth|Miss Supranational|Miss Grand International}}

| language = Spanish

| leader_title = Organization

| leader_name = N Entertainment

| key_people = Nadia Cerri

| website = {{url|www.misschanneltv.com}}

}}

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.

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 (2006–2007) and TV Ciudad (2008–2010). 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==

::The first Miss Uruguay 1952 was Nennella Prunell who withdrew at the Miss Universe 1952 in Long Beach after getting crown of Miss Uruguay. For personal reasons, Prunell decided to not compete at the Miss Universe first edition. Her first runner-up, Gladys Rubio Fajardo took over her chance to be the first Miss Universe representative from Uruguay. Began in 2004 the Miss Uruguay Organization renamed as Miss Universo Uruguay and divided the title into the two categories where the main Miss Uruguay named as Miss Universo Uruguay and the second title will be automatically awarded as Miss Mundo Uruguay. TNT Latinoamérica has become an official broadcast network for Uruguay.

class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align:center"
width="60"\|Year\|\| style="width:250px;"\|Miss Uruguay\|\| style="width:250px;"\|Department\|\| style="width:250px;"\|Notes
1952 \| Nennella Prunell \| Montevideo ! Country Club Atlantis (Canelones) directorship
1953 \| Ada Alicia Ibáñez Amengual \| Montevideo \|
1954 \| Ana Moreno \| Montevideo \|
1955 \| Inge Hoffmann \| Montevideo \|
1956 \| Gullermina Aguirre \| Montevideo \|
1957 \| Gabriela Pascal \| Montevideo \|
1958 \| Irene Augustyniak \| Montevideo \|
1959 \| Claudia Bernat \| Montevideo \|
1960 \| Iris Teresa Ubal Cabrera \| Montevideo \|
1961 \| Susanna Lausorog Ferrari \| Montevideo \|
1962 \| Nelly Pettersen Vasigaluz \| Montevideo \|
1963 \| Graciela Pintos \| Montevideo \|
1964 \| Delia Babiak \| Montevideo \|
1965 \| Sonia Raquel Gorbaran \| Montevideo ! Mieguel Angel Viera and Canal 12 directorship
1966 \| Susana Regeden \| Montevideo \|
1967 \| Mayela Berton Martínez \| Montevideo \|
1968 \| Graciela Minarrieta \| Montevideo \|
1969 \| Julia Möller Roche \| Montevideo \|
1970 \| Reneé Buncristiano \| Montevideo \|
1971 \| Alba Techeira López \| Montevideo \|
1972 \| Cristina Moller \| Montevideo \|
1973 \| Yolanda Ferrari \| Montevideo \|
1974 \| Mirta Graziella Rodríguez \| Montevideo \|
1975 \| Evelyn Rodríguez \| Montevideo \|
1976 \| Sara Alaga Valega \| Montevideo \|
1977 \| Adriana Umpierre Escudero \| Salto \|
1978 \| María del Carmen da Rosa \| Salto \|
1979 \| Elizabeth Busti \| Montevideo \|
1980 \| Beatriz Antúñez \| Montevideo ! Mieguel Angel Viera directorship
1981 \| Griselda Dianne Anchorena \| Montevideo \|
1982 \| Silvia Beatriz Vila Abavian \| Montevideo \|
1983 \| María Jacqueline Beltrán \| Montevideo \|
1984 \| Giselle Barthou Quintes \| Montevideo \|
1985 \| Andrea Beatríz López Silva \| Montevideo \|
1986 \| Norma Silvana García Lapitz \| Montevideo \|
1987 \|María Victoria Zangaro Groso \| Montevideo \|
style="background:gold; font-weight:bold;" \| 1988 \| Carla Trombotti \| Montevideo \| Reina Mundial del Banana 1987
1989 \| Carolina Pies Riet \| Montevideo \|
1990 \| Ondina Pérez Isaza \| Montevideo \|
1991 \| Adriana Comas Silvera \| Cerro Largo \|
1992 \| Gabriela Ventura Escoba \| Montevideo \|
1993 \| María Fernanda Navarro Guigou \| Montevideo \|
1994 \| Leonora Îrene Dibueno Fenocchi \| Montevideo \|
1995 \| Sandra Znidaric \| Montevideo \|
1996 \| Adriana Sandra Maidana \| Maldonado \|
1997 \| Ana González \| Montevideo \|
1998 \| Virginia Lourdes Russo Marrero \| Montevideo \|
1999 \| Verónica González \| Montevideo \|
2000 \| Natalia Figueras Cabezas \| Montevideo ! Dethroned
2001 \| Carla Leticia Piaggio Taracido \| Montevideo \|
2002 \| Fiorella Fleitas \| Canelones \|
2003 \| Natalia Rodríguez Lassiy \| Montevideo \|
2004 \| Nadia Theoduloz \| Maldonado ! Dethroned
2005 \| Viviana Antonella Arenas \| Salto \|
2006 \| Fatimih Dávila Sosa \| Maldonado ! Antonio Vergara Olmos (Teledoce Televisión Color) directorship
style="background:gold; font-weight:bold;" \| 2007 \| Giannina Carla Silva Varela \| Artigas \| Miss America Latina 2007
2008 \| Paula Andrea Díaz Galione \| Canelones \|
2009 \| Cinthia Carolina D'Ottone Reyna \| Colonia \|
2010 \| Stephany Ortega Da Costa \| Montevideo \|
2011 \| María Fernanda Semino \| Montevideo \|
2012 \| Camila Vezzoso García \| Artigas \|
2013 \| Micaela Orsi Jorcín \| Colonia \|
2014 \| Johana Riva Garabetian \| Montevideo \|
2015 \| Bianca Sánchez Pico \| Montevideo \|
style="background:gold; font-weight:bold;" \| 2016 \| Magdalena Cohendet \| Artigas ! Miss América Continental 2019 — In 2016 the Miss Uruguay was taken over by Laurens Drillich, Leti Fernandez Feijoo (Escuela de Modelos y Actitud-EMA Model Uruguay) and TNT Latin America
2017 \| Marisol Acosta \| Canelones \|
2018 \| Sofía Marrero \| Canelones \|
2019 \| Fiona Tenuta Vanerio \| Maldonado ! Osmel Sousa directorship
2020 \| Lola de los Santos \| Paysandú ! Nadia Cerri directorship
2022 \| Carla Romero \| Montevideo \|
2024 \| colspan="2" \|TBA \|

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width="60"|Year|| style="width:250px;"|Miss Uruguay|| style="width:250px;"|Department|| style="width:250px;"|Notes

1952

| Nennella Prunell

Miss Uruguay

History

=Franchise holders=

Titleholders under Miss Uruguay org.

=Miss Universo Uruguay=

=Miss Mundo Uruguay=

=Miss Internacional Uruguay=

=Miss Tierra Uruguay=

=Miss Supranational Uruguay=

=Miss Grand Uruguay=

References

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