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Reinas de Costa Rica

Reinas de Costa Rica is a national beauty pageant in Costa Rica that selects representatives to the Miss World and Miss International pageant. After the Miss Costa Rica pageant stopped sending contestants to the Miss World and Miss International pageants in 2006, the franchise was acquired by the Reinas de Costa Rica organization presided by Alan Aleman. However, after two years of absence in the Miss World pageant in 2017-2018, the organization eventually lost the franchise to the newly established contest, Concurso Nacional de Belleza de Costa Rica in 2019.^[1] The organization also lost the Miss Earth franchise to Jose Vásconez in 2016.^[2][3]

This pageant is unrelated to the Miss Costa Rica Organization.

Representatives at Big Four pageants

The following women have represented Costa Rica in three of the Big Four major international beauty pageants for women.^[4][5] These are Miss World, Miss International, and Miss Earth with the exception of Miss Universe which has its own national franchise in Costa Rica.^[6][7][8]

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Representatives at Miss World

On occasion, when the candidate does not qualify (due to age) for either contest, another girl is sent.

In 2005, Costa Rica was crowned as Miss Asia Pacific International 2005. She withdrew the title and competed at the Miss World pageant. This is the first time Costa Rica withdrew the title as the reigning queen. Later in 2007, Committee Miss Costa Rica has created a separate pageant called "Reinas de Costa Rica" to select its representative for Miss World 2007 and then lost the franchise to the Concurso Nacional de Belleza de Costa Rica in 2019.^[1]

Representatives at Miss International

Before joining to Reinas de Costa Rica, the 1st runner-up or Winner of Miss Costa Rica represented her country at the Miss International pageant. On occasion, when the candidate does not qualify (due to age) for either contest, another girl is sent. As of 2003, Committee Miss Costa Rica has created a separate pageant called "Reinas de Costa Rica" to select its representative for Miss International 2003.

Representatives at Miss Earth

During 2007 - 2015, the Costa Rica representatives at Miss Earth were sent by Reinas de Costa Rica. After the absence in 2016, a Costa Rican producer Jose Vásconez acquired the franchise and ran the pageant separately to select the country representatives for Miss Earth. Vásconez also serves as the national director of Miss Intercontinental Costa Rica.^[2][3]

Year	Miss Earth Costa Rica	Province	Placement	Special Awards	Notes
Miss Costa Rica (2002 - 2006)
2002	Maria del Mar Ruiz Carballo	San José	Unplaced
2003	Marianela Zeledón Bolaños	San José	Miss Water (2nd Runner-up)
2004	Karlota Calderon Brenes	San Jose	Unplaced
2005	No Representative
2006	Mari Paz Duarte	San Jose	Unplaced
Reinas de Costa Rica (2007 - 2015)
2007	Natalia Mattey Salas	Guanacaste	Unplaced
2008	Wendy Cordero Sánchez	Guanacaste	Unplaced
2009	Malena de los Ángeles	San José	Unplaced
2010	Allyson Alfaro Caravaca	Distrito Capital	Unplaced
2011	No Representative
2012	Fabiana Granados	Guanacaste	Top 16	Miss Ever Bilena Resorts Wear (Group 2) Miss Photogenic	Miss Costa Rica 2013
2013	Mariela Aparicio Alfaro	San José	Unplaced	Best in Swimsuit (Top 15)	Top 10 Miss Grand International 2015
2014	No Representative
2015	Andrea Rojas	Palmares	Unplaced	Snowman Challenge
2016	No Representative
Miss Earth Costa Rica (2017 - present)
2017	Fernanda Rodríguez	Alajuela	Unplaced	Long Gown (Group 2)
2018	Arianna Medrano	Puntarenas	Unplaced
2019	Linda Ávila	San José	Unplaced
2020	Kelly Avila Mora	San José	Top 20	National Costume (America) Talent (Sing) (America) Best Eco-Video (America)
2021	No Representative

Representatives at Miss Supranational

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