Miss Universo Chile

Miss Universo Chile
Type	Beauty Pageant
Location	Chile
President	Luciano Marocchino
Website	missuniversochile.cl

Miss Universo Chile is a national beauty pageant that selects Chile's representative to the Miss Universe pageant.

History

Chile is one of the few countries that has participated in Miss Universe since 1952, has sent 47 representatives in the pageant's 60-year history and placed 13 times in the semifinals, with one Miss Universe crown: Cecilia Bolocco, in 1987.

Integral beauty, intelligence, and poise are taken into consideration to select Chile's titleholder from a group of delegates who represent the city they come from. It is said that the winner is the most beautiful woman of Chile, which gives her the right to represent her country for one year and participate in the Miss Universe international competition.

Luciano Marocchino has had the Chilean franchise for Miss Universe since 2004, but did not send a delegate since 2007. In 2011, Chile returned to the Miss Universe 2011 with Vanessa Ceruti, Miss Universo Chile 2011.

Winners

Year Miss Chile Hometown National Costume Placement 1952 Esther Saavedra Yoacham Santiago Most Popular Girl in Parade 1953 1954 Gloria Leguisos Mesina Tocopilla "Huasa Tradicional" Top 16 semifinalist 1955 Rosita Merello Catalán Antofagasta 1956 Concepción Obach Chacana Santiago "China de Campo" 1957 1958 Raquel Molina Urrutia Quilpué "China de Campo" Top 15 semifinalist 1959 1960 Marinka Pohlhammer Espinoza Santiago "China de Campo" 1961 Gloria Silva Escobar Santiago "China de Campo" Top 15 semifinalist 1962 1963 1964 Patricia Herrera Cigna Viña del Mar "China de Campo" 1965 1966 Stella Dunnage Roberts Concepción 1967 Ingrid Vila Riveros Antofagasta 1968 Dánae Sala Sarradell Santiago "Pascuense" (Easter Island) Top 15 semifinalist 1969 Mónica Larson Teuber Santiago "Huasa de Salón" Top 15 semifinalist 1970 Soledad Errázuriz García-Moreno Santiago "Huasa de Salón" 1971 1972 Consuelo Fernández De Olivares Santiago Conceptual (Huaso) 1973 Wendy Robertson Cleary Santiago "Pascuense" (Easter Island) Miss Congeniality 1974 Rebeca González Ramírez Santiago "Pascuense" (Easter Island) 1975 Raquel Argandoña De la Fuente Santiago "Huasa Tradicional" 1976 María Verónica Sommers Valdivia "Huasa de Salón" Top 12 semifinalist 1977 Priscilla Brenner Conrad Santiago Mapuche 1978 Marianne Müller Prieto Santiago "Pascuense" (Easter Island) Top 12 - 7th place 1979 María Cecilia Serrano Gildemeister Santiago "Huasa de Salón" 1980 María Gabriela Campusano Puelma Viña del Mar "Huasa de Salón" 1981 María Soledad Hurtado Arellano Viña del Mar Mapuche 1982 Jenny Purto Arab Melipilla Conceptual (Copper) 1983 María Josefa Isensee Ugarte Santiago "Diablada de La Tirana" 1984 Carol Bähnke Muñoz Viña del Mar "Huasa de Salón" 1985 Claudia Van Sint Jan Del Pedregal San Fernando "Huasa Tradicional" Top 10 - 8th place 1986 Mariana Villasante Aravena Santiago "Huasa de Salón" (Best national costume - 3rd place) Top 10 - 9th place 1987 Cecilia Carolina Bolocco Fonck Santiago Mapuche Miss Universe 1987 1988 Verónica Romero Carvajal Viña del Mar Typical Costume of the North of Chile 1989 Macarena Mina Garachena Santiago Typical Costume of the North of Chile Top 10 semifinalist 1990 Uranía Haltenhoff Nikiforos Antofagasta Typical Costume of the North of Chile Top 6 finalist 1991 Cecilia Alfaro Navarrete Santiago Mapuche 15th place 1992 Marcela Vacarezza Etcheverry Santiago Mapuche 27th place 1993 Savka Pollak Tomasevic Santiago "Pascuense" (Easter Island) 17th place 1994 Constanza Barbieri Sanz Santiago Mapuche 58th place 1995 Paola Falcone Bacigalupo Santiago Personage (La Quintrala) 45th place 1996 Andrea L'Huillier Troncoso Santiago "Pascuense" (Easter Island) 16th place 1997 Claudia Delpín Iquique Typical Costume of the North of Chile 38th place 1998 Claudia Arnello Reynolds Santiago Typical Costume of the North of Chile 1999 Andrea Muñoz Sessarego Santiago "Pascuense" (Easter Island) 2000 Francesca Sovino Parra Quillota Vendimia 2001 Carolina Gámez Gallardo Santiago Conceptual (Ices of the Chilean Antarctic) 2002 Nicole Rencoret Ladrón de Guevara Santiago Conceptual (Ona-Selknam culture, painted body) 2003 2004 Gabriela Barros Tapia Viña del Mar Personage (Carmela de San Rosendo) Top 15 semifinalist 2005 Renata Ruiz Pérez[1] Santiago "Pascuense" (Easter Island) 2006 Belén Montilla Torreblanca Arica Mapuche 2011 Vanessa Ceruti Santiago Conceptual (Chilean Miners)       Winner       Semifinalist

Delegates

• Chile has a total of 11 semifinalists, 1 finalist and 1 winner (Cecilia Bolocco, Miss Universe 1987) in this annual worldwide contest. The last classification of Chile was Gabriela Barros (Semifinalist: 12°), in 2004.^[2]

• The first Miss Chile competition was organized by Eva magazine.

• Miss Chile Universe 1961, Gloria Silva, had to be the unexpected translator of Miss France during the transmission of the Miss Universe 1961, because the French delegate couldn't understand a question. Gloria was a Semifinalist that year.^[2]

• Sonia Bravo, who was the first runner-up of Miss Chile Universe 1968, is the mother of Miss World Venezuela 2000, Vanessa Cárdenas. She won the title of Miss Objetivo International 1968 in Sao Paulo, Brazil.^[3]

• Miss Chile 1970, Soledad Errázuriz, competed in the 1969 Miss World Chile pageant, where she came second.

• The white gown worn by Cecilia Bolocco for her coronation as Miss Universe 1987, was designed by the Chilean couturier Rubén Campos. In the evening gown competition, Bolocco obtained 9.765 points, overcoming other delegates and assuring her victory.^[2]

• In 1997, Hetu'u Rapu, the representative of Easter Island, won the Miss Chile competition. However, it turned out that she was too young (by only 17 days) to compete in Miss Universe that year. She was replaced by the 1st runner-up Claudia Delpín. Claudia had to wear the same wardrobe prepared for Hetu'u, including the national costume. In spite of it, she managed to place 13th after the preliminary competition.^[2]

• 2002 was the last year in which the national contest was televised, with Nicole Rencoret's coronation, broadcast by Canal 13 (UCTV). From 2004 to date, the national contests haven't been broadcast because the organizations haven't come to agreements with TV channels.^[2]

• Renata Ruiz, Miss Chile Universe 2005, won Elite Model Look Chile and placed first runner-up in Elite Model Look International 2001. Former Miss Universe Dayana Mendoza, also participated in this competition.^[2]

References

1. ^ Terra: "Renata Ruiz fue elegida Miss Chile 2005"
2. ^ ^{a b c d e f} Chileancharm / Reportajes
3. ^ Sonia Bravo in Chileancharm

External links

• Official Miss Universo Chile website