# Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2021

Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2021 was the 65th of Miss Universe Puerto Rico pageant, held at the Luis A. Ferré Performing Arts Center in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on September 30, 2021.
Estefanía Soto of San Sebastián crowned Michelle Colón of Loíza as her successor at the end of the event. Colón represented Puerto Rico at the Miss Universe 2021 pageant and finished as Top 10.

## Pageant
### Judges
#### Preliminary

* Uma Blasini – Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2007 from Guayanilla
* Danna Hernández – Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2017 from San Juan
* Katiria Soto – Journalist
* Yamil Ureña – Actor
* Paul Anthony – Hair and makeup artist
* Margarita Álvarez – Fashion designer
* Otilio Santiago – Businessman
* Maximiliano Córdova – Model and banker
* Eileen Ojeda – Walgreens director of operations

#### Final

* Aleyda Ortiz – Nuestra Belleza Latina 2014
* Ana Rosa Brito – Miss Universe Puerto Rico 1997 from San Juan
* Anna di Marco – Doctor
* Frances Estrada – Fashion blogger and influencer
* Joyce Giraud – Miss Universe Puerto Rico 1998 from Aguas Buenas
* Juan Casillas – B Media Group president
* Madison Anderson – Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2019 from Toa Baja
* Michelle Pérez – Vicepresident of El Vocero
* Viviana Ortiz – Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2011 from Corozal

## Results
### Placements

| Placement | Contestant |
| Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2021 | Loíza – Michelle Colón |
| 1st Runner-Up | San Lorenzo – Jaylene Álvarez |
| 2nd Runner-Up | Dorado – Oxana Rivera |
| Top 6 | Toa Baja – Heilymar Rosario Trujillo Alto – Sthephanie Miranda Villalba – Gabriela Guzmán § |
| Top 10 | Aguada – Liana Teresa Morales Isabela – Gabriela Sofía Muñoz Salinas – Astrid Dianet Arroyo San Juan – Fabiola Marie Aquino |
| Top 15 | Carolina – Ediris Joan Rivera Cidra – Marangelí Meléndez Mayagüez – Amanda Ayala Toa Alta – Zaely Coral Sierra Vega Baja – Génesis Oliver Santiago |
§ – Voted into the Top 6 by viewers

### Special awards

| Award | Winner |
| Miss Photogenic | Cidra – Marangelí Meléndez |
| Miss Friendship | Cayey – Karina von Gundlach |
| Most Beautiful Skin | Isabela – Gabriela Muñoz Lugo |
| Most Beautiful Hair | Trujillo Alto – Sthephanie Miranda |

## Contestants

Twenty-six contestants competed for the title.
| Municipality | Contestant | Age | Notes |
| Aguada | Andrea Carolina Delgado | 22 | |
| Aguadilla | Liana Teresa Morales Sizemore | 24 | |
| Añasco | Johalmi De Jesús Queliz | 26 | |
| Bayamón | Natalia Alexa Aldarondo | 24 | |
| Carolina | Ediris Joan Rivera | 25 | |
| Cidra | Marangelí Meléndez | 24 | |
| Dorado | Oxana Isabel Rivera Álvarez | 27 | |
| Fajardo | Janice Jimenez | 22 | |
| Guaynabo | Dalymar Villanueva | 23 | |
| Isabela | Gabriela Sofía Muñoz Lugo | 25 | |
| Juana Díaz | Leirian Cosme | 27 | |
| Loíza | Michelle Marie Colón Ramírez | 21 | |
| Luquillo | Jehanna López | 27 | |
| Mayagüez | Amanda Ayala | 27 | |
| Ponce | Lisamar Soe Olivera | 18 | |
| Río Grande | Nathàlie Santa Cruz Bacardí | 25 | |
| Salinas | Astrid Dianet Arroyo Díaz | 26 | |
| San Germán | Bárbara Betancourt | 27 | Later first runner-up at Miss World Puerto Rico 2021 |
| San Juan | Fabiola Marie Aquino Barreto | 25 | |
| San Lorenzo | Jaylene Marie Álvarez | 28 | |
| Toa Alta | Zaely Coral Sierra | 23 | |
| Toa Baja | Heilymar Rosario Velazquez | 25 | |
| Trujillo Alto | Sthephanie Marie Miranda Morales | 27 | Previously Miss Ohio USA 2020 (Top 16 at Miss USA 2020) |
| Vega Baja | Génesis Oliver Santiago | 23 | |
| Villalba | Gabriela Guzmán | 22 | |
| Yauco | Andrea Esperanza Cruz Álvares | 21 | |