Miss Intercontinental Pageant

Lara Dutta, Miss Intercontinental 1997 from India.

Miss Intercontinental is an annual international beauty contest run by the World Beauty Organization that is located in "Panama City, Panama". The contest was founded in 1973, in Aruba. The current Miss Intercontinental is Jessica Hartman, from United States. She won the title on October 7, 2011.

History

International Teen Princess was a contest that began in 1966 in "Chicago, Illinois", where it was held for four years. In 1970 its name was changed to "World Teen Princess" and held three times in European locations. In 1973 it was changed to two contest; one "Teen Princess" that was countiniued for two times and other "Miss Teenage Peace International" in "Oranjestad, Aruba".

The "Miss Teenage Peace International" pageant was first held in 1973, in Aruba. It was Organized by the local magazine "Amistad", this was the first international beauty contest to be held in Aruba and organized by a local committee. In 1974 its name was changed to "Miss Teenage Intercontinental" and organized by "Rene Lacle" until 1979 that became "Miss Teen Intercontinental". In 1982 its name was changed to "Miss Intercontinental". In 1984 it was discontinued.

Miss Intercontinental pageants were held in various locations around the world from 1985 to 1992. These were not extensively publicized, and data and photographs are scarce or not available. In 1986 a Nigerian organization took over a contest that was named "Miss Africa World"', but in 1987 its name was changed to "Miss Intercontinental". It did In November 1987 but title announced for 1988. The pageant was held until 1991.

In 1991 there were 2 Miss Intercontinental contests; one by Nigerian organizers in Lagos, Nigeria and other by Aruban organizers in Bonn, Germany that was continued until 1992. In 1993 a German organization took over the pageant which has been held in that country until 2003, and afterwards in other countries around the world.

• Teen Princess (1966–1974)
  • 1. International Teen Princess (1966–1969)
  • 2. World Teen Princess (1970–1972)
  • 3. Others (1973–1974)
• Miscellaneous (1971–1972)
  • Miscellaneous are not Miss Intercontinental contests but are include

in official archive of this pageant.

• Aruba Version (1973–1983)
  • 1. Miss Teenage Peace International (1973)
  • 2. Miss Teenage Intercontinental (1974–1978)
  • 3. Miss Teen Intercontinental (1979–1981)
  • 4. Miss Intercontinental (1982–1983)
• Miscellaneous (1985–1987)
  • Miscellaneous are not Miss Intercontinental contests but are include

in official archive of this pageant.

• Nigeria Version (1986–1991)
  • 1. Miss Africa World (1986)
  • 2. Miss Intercontinental (1988–1991)
• Aruba New Version in Germany (1991–1992)
• New Version (1993–2011)

Recent Winners

Main article: Miss Intercontinental Winners

Year	Miss Intercontinental	Winner Country	Date	Entries	Host City	Host Country
2011	Jessica Hartman	United States	07-Oct	60	Orihuela, Alicante	Spain
2010	Maydelise Columna	Puerto Rico	07-Nov	58	Punta Cana	Dominican Republic
2009	Hannelly Zulami Quintero Ledezma	Venezuela	27-Sep	56	Minsk	Belarus
2008	Cristina Lucia Camargo de la Rans	Colombia	25-Oct	57	Zabrze	Poland
2007	Nancy Afiouni	Lebanon	13-Oct	41	Mahé	Seychelles
2006	Katarina Manova	Slovakia	15-Oct	45	Nassau	Bahamas
2005	Emmarys Diliana Pinto Peralta	Venezuela	30-Jul	61	Huangshan	China
2004	Deisy Catalina Valencia Deossa	Colombia	24-Jul	54	Hohhot	China
2003	Dominique Hourani	Lebanon	02-Jul	34	Berlin	Germany
2002	Rychacviana Coffie	Curacao	08-Jun	31	Fürth	Germany
2001	Ligia Fernanda Petit Vargas	Venezuela	21-Jun	32	Coburg	Germany

Ranking

Main article: Miss Intercontinental Country Rankings

Country	Number of winning	Years of winning
United States	5	1973, 1979, 1982, 1994, 2011
Venezuela	4	1974, 2001, 2005, 2009
Puerto Rico	3	1986, 1991, 2010
Germany	3	1992, 1993, 2000
Colombia	2	2004, 2008
Lebanon	2	2003, 2007
Curacao	2	1988, 2002
Brazil	2	1981, 1998
India	2	1978, 1997
Slovakia	1	2006
Turkey	1	1999
Tahiti	1	1996
United States Virgin Islands	1	1995
Russia	1	1991
Jamaica	1	1990
Nigeria	1	1989
Dominican Republic	1	1989
Netherlands	1	1983
Argentina	1	1980
England	1	1977
Nicaragua	1	1976
Iran	1	1975

• Teen Princess and Miscellanous are not include in winner countries.

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References

1. ^ Official Website
2. ^ Pageantopolis
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