Gidget Sandoval Herrera (born c. 1966) is a Costa Rican model and beauty queen who was crowned Miss International 1983.[1]
She is the second delegate from Costa Rica to win the title, held in Osaka, Japan.
Prior to her victory in the said pageant, she participated in the Miss Pan-American Teenager pageant, where she was adjudged Miss Elegance.[2]
Her mother was Flora Herrera Troyo, a Costa Rican radio broadcaster and former general manager of Radio Alajuela, who died in October 2025 at the age of 82.[3]
References
- ^ "Pageant Almanac". Archived from the original on July 11, 2006. Retrieved on 11 April 2008.
- ^ "Google Translate". Retrieved 2013-10-12.
- ^ Juan Pablo Sanabria (2025-10-26). "Murió querida figura de la radio de Costa Rica y madre de Miss que hizo historia en Japón" (in Spanish). La Nación. Retrieved 2026-03-25.
External links
- 2008 interview with Gidget Sandoval (in Spanish)