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National beauty pageant competition in Mexico

Mexicana Universal Formation 1994; 32 years ago (1994) Type Beauty pageant Headquarters Mexico City Location Mexico Members Miss Grand International Miss International Miss Charm International Reina Hispanoamericana Miss Orb International Official language Spanish President Lupita Jones Website www.mexicanauniversal.com

The **Mexicana Universal** is a national [beauty pageant](/source/Beauty_pageant) in Mexico held annually since 2018, replacing the former pageant, Nuestra Belleza México, held since 1994. Currently, the pageant is responsible for selecting the country's delegates to [Miss Grand International](/source/Miss_Grand_International), [Miss International](/source/Miss_International), [Miss Charm](/source/Miss_Charm), [Reina Hispanoamericana](/source/Reina_Hispanoamericana) and Miss Orb International. The current Mexicana Universal is Melissa Flores of [Michoacán](/source/Michoac%C3%A1n), who represented Mexico at [Miss Universe 2023](/source/Miss_Universe_2023) but was unplaced.

The organization is directed by the nation's first Miss Universe titleholder, [Lupita Jones](/source/Lupita_Jones) ([1991](/source/Miss_Universe_1991)), who originally produced the pageant as **Nuestra Belleza México** in association with the [Televisa](/source/Televisa) TV network. In October 2017, the organization parted ways with Televisa, and found a new home for the pageant's broadcasting in rival network [TV Azteca](/source/TV_Azteca), rebranding the pageant due to televisa still owning the trademark, and changing the format.

The organization has produced two Miss Universe winners ([2010](/source/Miss_Universe_2010), [2020](/source/Miss_Universe_2020)), two Miss International winners ([2007](/source/Miss_International_2007), [2009](/source/Miss_International_2009)), and three [Reina Hispanoamericana](/source/Reina_Hispanoamericana) winners (2008, [2019](/source/Reina_Hispanoamericana_2019), [2021](/source/Reina_Hispanoamericana_2021)).

## Contestants

Aspiring hopefuls, ranging from 18 to 27 years of age and a minimum height of 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in), must fulfill the organization's additional requirements and consequently vie in their respective [state](/source/Administrative_divisions_of_Mexico) pageants for eligibility to participate in the national pageant. Contestants are permitted to compete for their sub-national beauty titles more than once. However, this can no longer be done once they have taken part in the national event. They may also choose to represent a different state, as long as they provide proof of having resided in it for at least the last twelve months before registration.

As of the year [2000](/source/Nuestra_Belleza_M%C3%A9xico_2000)'s edition of the pageant, it is not uncommon for some states to have more than one delegate competing simultaneously. This occurs when non-winning hopefuls from select subdivisions are invited (designated) by the organization to partake in the nationwide competition, taking into consideration their potential, and to possibly make up for other states which may lack representation. Usually three or four are designated annually.

Once in the national concentration, the participants engage in various events and appearances prior to the crucial preliminary competition from which a number of semi-finalists are chosen, only to be announced during the final competition. Additionally, five special awards given through sub-challenges enable the recipients an automatic pass to the semi-finals. During the crowning night, the semi-finalists are evaluated by a panel of judges while vying in swimsuit and evening gown, with eliminations taking place after each of these rounds. The remaining contestants are subsequently interviewed, and the runners-up and winners are respectively announced at the conclusion of the Nuestra Belleza México telecast.

If any of the titleholders is unable to fulfill her duties, the next in turn, known as the *suplente* (substitute), assumes the right to represent the country abroad. The pageant is held a year prior to when the winners compete internationally, giving them sufficient time to prepare for their corresponding beauty events.

## Titleholders

Below are the names of the annual titleholders of Nuestra Belleza México/Mexicana Universal, the states they represented and the venue which played host to their crowning, in ascending order. Titleholders whose names appear highlighted went on to win a major international pageant. For further details, see the [representatives at major international pageants](#Representatives_at_major_international_pageants) section.

**Color key**

- : Ended as Winner

- : Ended as Runner-up

- : Ended as one of the Finalists or Semi-finalists

Year Titleholder State Venue Placement at International Winner's Title is Mexicana Universal 2025 Montserrat Villalba Hidalgo Mexico City 5th Runner-up 2024 No Pageant 2023 Melissa Flores Michoacán Aguascalientes 2022 Irma Miranda Sonora San Luis Potosí 2021 Débora Hallal Sinaloa Appointed[a] 2020 Andrea Meza Chihuahua Juriquilla, Querétaro Miss Universe 2020 2019 Sofía Aragón Jalisco Mexico City 2nd Runner-up 2018 Andrea Toscano Colima Mexico City 1st Runner-up Until 2017 the Title was Nuestra Belleza México 2017 Denisse Franco Sinaloa Mexico City 2016 Kristal Silva Tamaulipas Mexico City Top 9 2015 No Pageant 2014 Wendolly Esparza Aguascalientes Jojutla, Morelos Top 15 2013 Josselyn Garciglia Baja California Toluca, State of Mexico 2012 Cynthia Duque Nuevo León Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas 2011 Karina González Aguascalientes Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco Top 10 2010 Karin Ontiveros Jalisco Saltillo, Coahuila 2009 Ximena Navarrete Jalisco Mérida, Yucatán Miss Universe 2010 2008 Karla Carrillo Jalisco Monterrey, Nuevo León 2007 Elisa Nájera Guanajuato Manzanillo, Colima 4th Runner-up 2006 Rosa María Ojeda Sinaloa Tampico, Tamaulipas Top 10 2005 Priscila Perales Nuevo León Aguascalientes Miss International 2007 Top 10 2004 Laura Elizondo Tamaulipas San Luis Potosí 3rd Runner-up 2003 Rosalva Luna Sinaloa Morelia, Michoacán Top 15 2002 Marisol González Coahuila Boca del Río, Veracruz 2001 Ericka Cruz Yucatán Toluca, State of Mexico 2000 Jacqueline Bracamontes Jalisco Apizaco, Tlaxcala 1999 Leticia Murray Sonora Pachuca, Hidalgo Top 15 1998 Silvia Salgado Nuevo León Acapulco, Guerrero Top 10 1997 Katty Fuentes Nuevo León Acapulco, Guerrero 1996 Rebeca Tamez Tamaulipas Cancún, Quintana Roo 1995 Vanessa Guzmán Chihuahua Toluca, State of Mexico Top 6 1994 Luz María Zetina State of Mexico Zapopan, Jalisco

a *Appointed; 1st Runner-Up at [Mexicana Universal 2020](/source/Mexicana_Universal_2020)*

### Mexican Miss Universe Winners

		- **Señorita México 1990** and **Miss Universe 1991** [Lupita Jones](/source/Lupita_Jones), [Baja California](/source/Baja_California)

		- **NB México 2009** and **Miss Universe 2010** [Ximena Navarrete](/source/Ximena_Navarrete), [Jalisco](/source/Jalisco)

		- **Mexicana Universal 2020** and **Miss Universe 2020** [Andrea Meza](/source/Andrea_Meza), [Chihuahua](/source/Chihuahua_(state))

## Representatives at major international pageants

Below are the names of the delegates enlisted by the Nuestra Belleza Mexico Organization to represent the country at major worldwide beauty contests. Keep in mind that they are listed according to the year in which they participated in their respective international pageants, which do not always coincide with when their national crowning took place, as explained in the last paragraph of the [contestants section](/source/Nuestra_Belleza_M%C3%A9xico#Contestants).

**Color key**

- : Declared as Winner

- : Ended as Runner-up or top 5/6 qualification

- : Ended as one of the Finalist/Semi-finalists

- : Unplaced but given Special award(s)

### Miss Grand International

Main article: [Miss Grand Mexico](/source/Miss_Grand_Mexico)

Year Delegate State Competition performance Placements Special award(s) 2025 Montserrat Villalva Castillo Hidalgo 5th Runners-up Best Evening Gown 2024 Tania Estrada Quezada Chihuahua Top 20

### Miss International

Year Delegate State Competition performance Placements Special award(s) 2025 Natalia Garibay Valencia Jalisco Top 20 2024 Valeria López Villanueva Colima Miss Photogenic 2023 Itzia Margarita García Jiménez Colima 5th Runner-up People's Choice Award 2022 Yuridia del Carmen Peña Durán Nayarit Due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, no competition held between 2020—2021 2019 Andrea Isabel Toscano Ramírez Colima 1st Runner-up 2018 Nebai Torres Camarena Jalisco Top 15 Miss Best Dresser 2017 Treisy Citlaly Higuera López Tamaulipas 2016 María Geraldine Ponce Méndez Nayarit Top 15 2015 Lorena Marlene Sevilla Mesina Colima Top 10 2014 Vianey Vázquez Ramírez Aguascalientes Top 10 2013 Miroslava Montemayor García Nuevo León 2012 Jessica García Formenti Baja California Sur Top 15 2011 Karen Alicia Higuera Contreras Baja California Sur Miss Friendship 2010 Gabriela Palacio Díaz de León Aguascalientes Miss Photogenic 2009 Anagabriela Espinoza Marroquín Nuevo León Miss International 2009[1][2] Miss Chengdu Glamor 2008 Lorenza Bernot Krauze Morelos 2007 Silvia Priscila Perales Elizondo Nuevo León Miss International 2007 2000 Leticia Judith Murray Acedo Sonora Top 15

### Former titles

### Miss Universe

Year Titleholder State Competition performance Placements Special award(s) 2023 Melissa Flores Godínez Michoacán 2022 Irma Cristina Miranda Valenzuela Sonora 2021 Débora Hallal Ayala Sinaloa 2020 Alma Andrea Meza Carmona Chihuahua Miss Universe 2020[3][4] 2019 Sofía Montserrat Aragón Torres Jalisco 2nd Runner-up 2018 Andrea Isabel Toscano Ramírez Colima 2017 Denisse Iridiane Franco Piña Sinaloa 2016 Yuselmi Kristal Silva Dávila Tamaulipas Top 9 2015 Wendolly Esparza Delgadillo Aguascalientes Top 15 2014 Josselyn Garciglia Bañuelos Baja California Sur 2013 Cynthia Lizeth Duque Garza Nuevo León 2012 Laura Karina González Muñoz Aguascalientes Top 10 2011 Karin Cecilia Ontiveros Meza Jalisco 2010 Ximena Navarrete Rosete Jalisco Miss Universe 2010[5][6] 2009 Karla María Carrillo González Jalisco 2008 Elisa Nájera Gualito Guanajuato 4th Runner-up Best Swimsuit & Best Figure 2007 Rosa María Ojeda Cuen Sinaloa Top 10 2006 Silvia Priscila Perales Elizondo Nuevo León Top 10 2005 Laura Elizondo Erhard Tamaulipas 3rd Runner-up 2004 Rosalva Yazmín Luna Ruiz Sinaloa Top 15 2003 Marisol González Casas Coahuila 2002 Ericka Yadira Cruz Escalante Yucatán 2001 Jacqueline Bracamontes Jalisco 2000 Leticia Judith Murray Acedo Sonora Best National Costume 1999 Silvia Salgado Cavazos Nuevo León Top 10 1998 Katty Fuentes García Nuevo León Clairol Herbal Essences Style 1997 Rebeca Lynn Tamez Jones Tamaulipas 1996 Vanessa Guzmán Niebla Chihuahua Top 6 1995 Luz María Zetina Lugo Estado de México

### Miss World

Year Delegate State Competition performance Placements Special award(s) 2015 Yamelin Ramírez Cota Sonora 2014 Daniela Álvarez Reyes Morelos Top 10 2013 María Elena Chagoya Triana Veracruz 2012 Mariana Berumen Reynoso Guanajuato Top 15 2011 Gabriela Palacio Díaz de León Aguascalientes 2010 Anabel Solís Sosa Yucatán 2009 Perla Judith Beltrán Acosta Sinaloa 1st Runner-up Miss World Americas Miss World Top Model 2008 Anagabriela Espinoza Marroquín Nuevo León Top 15 Miss World Beach Beauty 2007 Carolina Morán Gordillo Colima 2nd Runner-up Miss World Americas 2006 Karla Verónica Jiménez Amezcua Puebla Top 17 2005 Dafne Molina Lona Distrito Federal 1st Runner-up Miss World Americas 2004 Yessica Ramírez Meza Baja California Top 15 Miss World Top Model 2003 Erika Honstein Sonora 2002 Blanca Zumárraga Contreras Puebla 2001 Tatiana Rodríguez Romero Campeche 2000 Paulina Flores Arias Sinaloa 1999 Danette Velasco Bataller Distrito Federal 1998 Vilma Verónica Zamora Suñol Guanajuato 1997 Blanca Delfina Soto Benavides Morelos 1996 Yessica Salazar González Jalisco Top 10 Spectacular Beach Wear 1995 Alejandra Aidee Quintero Velasco Nuevo León Top 10

### Replaced delegates

The Nuestra Belleza México contestants below were slated to participate in an international pageant, but were unable to go through with it for one reason or another. And thus, they were eventually replaced.

Year Name State Did not compete in Reason 2024 Tania Estrada Chihuahua Miss Charm 2024 Resigned 2011 Cynthia de la Vega Nuevo León Miss World 2011 Dethroned 2009 Laura Zúñiga Sinaloa Miss International 2009 Dethroned 2000 Jacqueline Bracamontes Jalisco Miss World 2000 Resigned 1999 Lynette Delgado Sinaloa Miss International 1999 Resigned

## State tally

Below is a table of the top rankings for the Nuestra Belleza Mexico pageant, of the thirty-two Mexican states, based on all results from the first event in 1994 to the most recent competition.

Rank State NB México MxU Universal until 2023 NB Mundo México until 2015 NB Internacional México MxU Internacional Miss Charm Internacional México MxU Charm Internacional Reina Hispanoamericana México MxU Hispanoamericana Total 1 Jalisco 5 2[c] 2 8 2 Nuevo León 4 2[a] 3 9 3 Sinaloa 4 2 [b] [b] 6 4 Tamaulipas 3 1 1 5 5 Aguascalientes 2 1 2 1 6 6 Sonora 1 2 1 2 6 7 Guanajuato 1 2 1 4 8 Colima 1 1 2 4 9 Yucatán 1 1 1 3 10 Baja California Sur 1 2 3 11 Michoacán 1 1 2 Chihuahua 1 1 2 12 Coahuila 1 1 Estado de México 1 1 13 Morelos 2 2 4 14 Ciudad de México 2 1 1 4 15 Puebla 2 1 3 16 Baja California 1 1 2 17 Campeche 1 1 Veracruz 1 1 18 Nayarit 2 1 3 19 San Luis Potosí 1 1 20 Tabasco 1 1 Oaxaca 1 1 Hidalgo 1 1

a *Cynthia de la Vega was dethroned, decreasing the number of Nuestra Belleza Mundo México titles for Nuevo León by one. The title was passed on to Gabriela Palacio of Aguascalientes.* b *Laura Zuñiga was dethroned, decreasing the number of Nuestra Belleza Internacional México titles for Sinaloa by one. The title was passed on to Anagabriela Espinoza of Nuevo León.* c *Jacqueline Bracamontes resigned her title after winning the main Nuestra Belleza México crown, decreasing the number of Nuestra Belleza Mundo México titles for Jalisco by one. The title was passed on to Paulina Flores.*

## Delegates at other pageants

### Miss Charm

Year Delegate State Competition performance Placements Special award(s) 2025 Francia Cortés Sandoval Nayarit Top 5 2024 Xiadani Saucedo Arrieta Ciudad de México Top 5 2023 Ana Karen Bustos González San Luis Potosí Top 20

### Reina Hispanoamericana

Year Delegate State Competition performance Placements Special award(s) 2026 Melissa Payró de la O Yucatán 2nd Runner-up 2025 Daniela Cardona Rosales Ciudad de México Top 12 2023 Carolina Pérez Martínez Sinaloa Top 13 Fan Vote Choicely 2022 Diana Abigail Robles Rivera Guanajuato 3rd Runner-up 2021 Andrea Martínez Bazarte Nuevo León Reina Hispanoamericana 2021 Best Smile 2019 Regina Peredo Gutierrez Puebla Reina Hispanoamericana 2019 2018 Aranza Anaid Molina Rueda Tabasco 1st Runner-up Miss Photogenic Miss Elegance Best Lips 2017 Karla María López Berumen Aguascalientes 3rd Runner-up 2016 Magdalena Chipres Herrera Michoacán Virreina Hispanoamericana 2016 Best National Costume 2015 Sandra Ahumada Treviño Tamaulipas Top 10 2014 Vanessa López Quijada Sonora Virreina Hispanoamericana 2014 Miss Photogenic Look Oster Amazonas Girl 2013 Gabriela Prieto Díaz Infante Chihuahua 3rd Runner-up 2012 Jeraldine González Meza Baja California Miss Elegance 2011 Lili Marlene Rosales López Hidalgo 2010 Ángeles Aguilar del Puerto Oaxaca 2009 Andrea Martínez de Velasco Guanajuato Best National Costume 2008 Laura Elena Zúñiga Huizar Sinaloa Reina Hispanoamericana 2008 (dethroned) 2007 Melissa Estrella Pérez Sonora Miss Friendship

### Former titles

### Miss Continente Americano

Year Delegate State Competition performance Placements Special award(s) 2012 Karen Joselin Padilla Brizuela Distrito Federal 5th Runner-up Miss Photogenic 2011 Blanca Cecilia Montaño Moreno Sonora 1st Runner-up 2010 Karla María Carrillo González Jalisco 1st Runner-up 2009 Paulina Hernández Calderón Baja California 2008 María Guadalupe González Gallegos Jalisco Miss Continente Americano 2008 Miss Photogenic Miss Yanbal Face 2007 Gladys Castellanos Jiménez Jalisco 2nd Runner-up 2006 Diana Karime Jiménez Pérez Zacatecas

### Reina Internacional del Café

Year Delegate State Competition performance Placements Special award(s) 2008 Georgina Holguín Lozano Chihuahua Top 10 2007 Monserrat Montagut Enciso Chihuahua 2nd Runner-up 2006 Daniela de Jesús Cosío Baja California Sur Top 10 2004 Brisseida Moya Leal Nuevo León 2003 María Félix Espinoza Sonora 2002 Mónica Aragón Herrera Tamaulipas 2001 Eva Ruíz Torres Zacatecas Vice Queen 2000 Hortensia Teruel Contreras Nuevo León 1999 Silvia Salgado Cavazos Nuevo León Best Face 1998 Karla Corral Salomón Tabasco

### Miss Atlantic International

Year Delegate State Competition performance Placements Special award(s) 2007 Natalia Pérez Suárez Morelos 1st Runner-up Miss Photogenic 2004 Mónica Rodríguez Chihuahua 2003 Ofelia Chávez Moreno Chihuahua 2002 Claudia Collado Careaga Sinaloa 2000 Gmelina Coutiño Glovner Chiapas 1999 Solagne Rivera Astudillo Quintana Roo Best National Costume 1998 Katty Fuentes García Nuevo León 1st Runner-up Miss Elegance Miss Congeniality

### Miss Costa Maya Internacional

Year Delegate State Competition performance Placements Special award(s) 2002 Elsa Lucia Burgos Pérez Nuevo León Miss Costa Maya Internacional 2002 Best National Costume 2001 Evelyn Esther López Pacheco Yucatán 2000 Valeria de Anda González Yucatán 1999 Denisse Guzmán Virgen Colima Miss Costa Maya Internacional 1999 1998 Bárbara Macossay Artega Campeche 1997 Tania Elizabeth Vásquez Pérez Nayarit 1996 Socorro Retolaza Ulloa Veracruz Miss Costa Maya Internacional 1996

### Nuestra Belleza Internacional

Year Delegate State Competition performance Placements Special award(s) 1995 Helen Amina Blancarte Tirado Sinaloa Nuestra Belleza Internacional 1995

## See also

- [Señorita México](/source/Se%C3%B1orita_M%C3%A9xico)

- [Miss Grand Mexico](/source/Miss_Grand_Mexico)

- [Miss Universe Mexico](/source/Miss_Universe_Mexico)

- [Miss Mexico Organization](/source/Miss_Mexico_Organization)

- [Mr World Mexico](/source/Mr_World_Mexico)

- [Miss Earth México](/source/Miss_Earth_M%C3%A9xico)

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["La mexicana Ana Gabriela Espinoza es la nueva Miss internacional"](https://www.elespectador.com/cromos/famosos/la-mexicana-ana-gabriela-espinoza-es-la-nueva-miss-internacional/?outputType=amp). *elespectador.com/cromos/* (in Spanish). 1 December 2009. Retrieved 6 June 2019.

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## External links

- [Official Website](http://www.mexicanauniversal.com/)

- [El Universal Mexicana Universal Website](http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/tag/mexicana-universal)

- [Miss Mexico: A Brief, Sexy History](http://www.life.com/image/first/in-gallery/47611/miss-mexico-a-brief-sexy-history) – slideshow by *[Life magazine](/source/Life_magazine)*

v t e Miss Mexico Pageant Miss Mexico Organization Mexicana Universal Miss Earth México Señorita México

v t e Mexicana Universal Mexicana Universal 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Nuestra Belleza México 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Editions

v t e Miss Universe participant countries and territories Active (1952–present) Africa Angola Botswana Cape Verde Côte d'Ivoire Democratic Republic of the Congo Egypt Equatorial Guinea Ghana Guinea Mauritius Mayotte Namibia Nigeria Rwanda Senegal South Africa Tanzania Zambia Zimbabwe Americas Argentina Aruba Bahamas Belize Bolivia Bonaire Brazil British Virgin Islands Canada Cayman Islands Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Curaçao Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Guadeloupe Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Latina Martinique Mexico Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Puerto Rico Saint Lucia Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands Uruguay United States United States Virgin Islands Venezuela Asia Armenia Bangladesh Cambodia China Hong Kong India Indonesia Iraq Israel Japan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Macau Malaysia Myanmar Nepal Pakistan Palestine Philippines Singapore South Korea Sri Lanka Thailand Turkey United Arab Emirates Vietnam Europe Belarus Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Great Britain Greece Hungary Ireland Italy Kosovo Latvia Malta Moldova Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Ukraine Oceania Australia New Zealand Inactive since 2025 (under JKN Metaverse Inc.) Africa Benin (1962) Cameroon (2024) Eritrea (2024) Ethiopia (2017) Eswatini (1994) Gabon (2015) Gambia (1986) Kenya (2024) Lesotho (1978) Liberia (1977) Madagascar (1961) Morocco (2021) Réunion (1986) Seychelles (2022) Sierra Leone (2019) Somalia (2024) Tunisia (1971) Americas Antigua and Barbuda (2008) Barbados (2020) Bermuda (1997) Dominica (1985) French Guiana (1984) Greenland (1990) Grenada (1964) Jamaica (2024) Saint Kitts and Nevis (1981) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (2006) Sint Maarten (2006) Suriname (2024) Asia Azerbaijan (2013) Bahrain (2024) Bhutan (2022) Georgia (2019) Iran (2024) Jordan (1960) Maldives (2024) Mongolia (2024) Taiwan (2004) Uzbekistan (2024) Europe Albania (2024) Austria (2017) Cyprus (2024) Germany (2024) Gibraltar (2024) Iceland (2024) Lithuania (2019) Luxembourg (1994) Montenegro (2024) North Macedonia (2024) Oceania American Samoa (1978) Cook Islands (1999) Fiji (2024) French Polynesia (1985) Guam (2019) Micronesia (1975) New Caledonia (1982) Northern Mariana Islands (2006) Papua New Guinea (1986) Samoa (2024) Vanuatu (1978) Inactive territories and dependencies (1952–2006) Constituent countries of Great Britain (began 1992, using Great Britain sash at Miss Universe) England (1955–1990) Scotland (1961–1990) Wales (1961–1990) The islands were under U.S. administration until reversion to Japan in 1972 Okinawa (1963–1968) Bantustans of South Africa Bophuthatswana (1979) Transkei (1979–1983) U.S. territories before becoming states in 1959 Alaska (1952–1958) Hawaii (1952–1959) Former entities (1952–2006) Commonwealth of Independent States (1992) Czechoslovakia (1970–1992) Rhodesia and Nyasaland (1961) Serbia and Montenegro (1968–2006) Soviet Union (1990–1991) West Indies (1954–1958)

v t e Miss International participant countries and territories Active (1960–present) Africa Angola Cape Verde Côte d'Ivoire Ethiopia Ghana Kenya Mauritius Namibia Nigeria Réunion Sierra Leone South Africa South Sudan Tanzania Tunisia Zimbabwe Americas Argentina Bolivia Brazil Canada Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Puerto Rico Turks and Caicos Islands United States United States Virgin Islands Venezuela Asia Bangladesh Cambodia China Hong Kong India Indonesia Japan Kyrgyzstan Laos Macau Malaysia Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Philippines Singapore South Korea Sri Lanka Taiwan Turkey Thailand Vietnam Europe Albania Belgium Bulgaria Czech Republic Denmark Finland France Greece Ireland Italy Luxembourg Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Spain Ukraine United Kingdom Oceania Australia Hawaii New Zealand Inactive since 2024 Africa Burkina Faso (2019) Cameroon (2019) Democratic Republic of the Congo (1987) Egypt (2018) Equatorial Guinea (2019) Gabon (2014) Lesotho (2023) Liberia (2019) Madagascar (2018) Morocco (2019) Republic of the Congo (2008) Senegal (2004) Seychelles (1995) Sudan (2009) Togo (2022) Uganda (2023) Zambia (2019) Americas Aruba (2019) Bahamas (2010) Belize (2019) Bermuda (1971) Curaçao (2018) Guadeloupe (2019) Guyana (2014) Haiti (2022) Martinique (2023) Suriname (2013) Trinidad and Tobago (2011) Uruguay (1999) Asia Armenia (2019) Georgia (2014) Israel (2014) Jordan (1963) Kazakhstan (2005) Lebanon (2018) Pakistan (2023) Uzbekistan (2022) Europe Austria (1994) Belarus (2022) Croatia (2003) Cyprus (2006) England (1986) Estonia (2023) Germany (2022) Gibraltar (2017) Hungary (2018) Iceland (2013) Latvia (2012) Lithuania (2023) North Macedonia (2002) San Marino (2001) Scotland (1986) Serbia (2023) Slovakia (2022) Sweden (2019) Switzerland (1993) Wales (1986) Oceania Cook Islands (2018) Fiji (1996) French Polynesia (2019) Guam (2019) New Caledonia (2006) Northern Mariana Islands (2022) Palau (2001) Inactive non-existing countries and former territories Czechoslovakia (1992) Latin (Ethnic Representative) (2003) Native American (Ethnic Representative) (2003) North Borneo (1960) Serbia and Montenegro (2006) South Pacific (1960) Soviet Union (1990) West Indies (1965)

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