# Miss Bolivia

The Miss Bolivia is a national beauty pageant in Bolivia. The pageant was founded in 1930, and the first winner, Rosa Pizarro Araoz of Tarija, was sent to compete in Miss Latin America held in Miami, United States.

## History

The Miss Bolivia contest was organized for the first time in 1930 when the Miss Latin America pageant, headquartered in Miami, requested all participating countries to hold the national event to elect the country representatives. In the case of Bolivia, the newspaper El Diario took charge and coordinated with the prefectures and academies of fine arts of each department. So that, through commissions, each department could proceed with the election of their representative for the national contest, which was sponsored by the Miami National Bathing Beauty Pageant. The regional competitions happened in Potosí, Lapaz, Oruro, Tarija, Santa Cruz, and Cochabamba.
In the national final of Miss Bolivia 1930, held at the Rotary Club on February 15 in Lapaz, the representative of Tarija, Rosa Pizarro Araoz, was named the winner and was awarded by the first lady of Bolivia, Luisa Salinas Vega. Araoz then competed in the Miss Latin America in Miami, United States, where eight Latin countries participated, including Bolivia, Chile, Costa Rica, Panama, Panama Canal Zone, Peru, Ecuador, and Nicaragua, of whom the representative of Panama, Melinda Boyd, was elected the winner.
In 1959, the contest was managed by Gloria Suárez de Limpias who was the event's director until 1979.

## Titleholders

| Year | Miss Bolivia | Province | International competition | International competition |
| Year | Miss Bolivia | Province | Pageant | Competition result |
| 1930 | Rosa Pizarro Araoz | Tarija | Miss Latin America 1930 | Unplaced |
| 1959 | Corina Taborga | Tarija | | |
| 1968 | Luz María Rojas | Santa Cruz | |
| 1969 | Roxana Brown Trigo | Santa Cruz | |
| 1970 | Ana Maria Landivar | Santa Cruz | |
| 1971 | Maria Alicia Vargas Vasquez | Santa Cruz | |
| 1972 | Roxana Sittic Harb | Santa Cruz | |
| 1973 | Teresa Isabel Callau | Santa Cruz | |
| 1974 | Jacqueline Gamarra Sckett | Santa Cruz | |
| 1975 | Carolina Elisa Aramayo Esteves | Santa Cruz | |
| 1976 | Liliana Gutiérrez Paz | Santa Cruz | |
| 1977 | Raquel Roca Kuikanaga | Santa Cruz | |
| 1978 | María Luisa Rendon | Cochabamba | |
| 1979 | Carmen Parada | Santa Cruz | |
| 1980 | Sonia Pereira | Santa Cruz | |
| 1981 | Maricruz Aponte | Santa Cruz | |
| 1982 | Sandra Villarroel Gallati | Santa Cruz | |
| 1983 | Cecilia Zamora | Tarija | |
| 1984 | Lourdes Elizabeth Aponte | La Paz | |
| 1985 | Gabriela Orozco | La Paz | |
| 1986 | Elizabeth O’Connor D’Arlach | Tarija | |
| 1987 | Patricia Arce | Santa Cruz | |
| 1988 | Ana Maria Pereira | Santa Cruz | |
| 1989 | Raquel Cors | Tarija | |
| 1990 | Rosario Rico Toro | Cochabamba | |
| 1991 | Selva Landívar | Santa Cruz | |
| 1992 | Natasha Gabriel Arana | Beni | |
| 1993 | Cecilia O'Connor-d'Arlach | Santa Cruz | |
| 1994 | Sandra Rivero Zimmermann | Santa Cruz | |
| 1995 | Natalia Cronenbold Aguilera | Santa Cruz | |
| 1996 | Helga Bauer Salas | Santa Cruz | Reina Hispanoamericana 1996 | Winner Dethroned |
| 1997 | Verónica Larrieu | Santa Cruz | Miss Universe 1998 | Unplaced |
| 1998 | Susana Barrientos Roig | Santa Cruz | Reina Hispanoamericana 1998 | Winner |
| 1998 | Susana Barrientos Roig | Santa Cruz | Miss Universe 1999 | Unplaced |
| 1999 | Yenny Vaca Paz | Santa Cruz | Reina Hispanoamericana 1999 | Winner |
| 1999 | Yenny Vaca Paz | Santa Cruz | Miss Universe 2000 | Unplaced |
| 2000 | Claudia Andrea Arano | Santa Cruz | Miss Universe 2001 | Unplaced |
| 2001 | Paola Coimbra Antipieff | Santa Cruz | Miss Universe 2002 | Unplaced |
| 2002 | Irene Aguilera | Santa Cruz | Miss Universe 2003 | Unplaced |
| 2003 | Gabriela Oviedo | Santa Cruz | Miss Universe 2004 | Unplaced |
| 2004 | Andrea Abudinen Richter | Santa Cruz | Miss Universe 2005 | Unplaced |
| 2005 | María Desiree Durán Morales | Santa Cruz | Miss Universe 2006 | Top 10 |
| 2006 | Jessica Anne Jordan Burton | Beni | Miss Universe 2007 | Unplaced |
| 2007 | Katherine "Kate" David Céspedes | Santa Cruz | Miss Universe 2008 | Unplaced |
| 2008 | Rosa Dominique Noemí Peltier De Liota | Cochabamba | Reina Hispanoamericana 2008 | 2nd runner-up |
| 2008 | Rosa Dominique Noemí Peltier De Liota | Cochabamba | Miss Universe 2009 | Unplaced |
| 2009 | Claudia Arce Lemaitre | Chuquisaca | Miss Universe 2010 | Unplaced |
| 2010 | María Olivia Pinheiro Menacho | Santa Cruz | Reina Hispanoamericana 2010 | 2nd runner-up |
| 2010 | María Olivia Pinheiro Menacho | Santa Cruz | Miss Universe 2011 | Unplaced |
| 2011 | Yessica Mouton Gianella | Litoral | Reina Hispanoamericana 2011 | 1st runner-up |
| 2011 | Yessica Mouton Gianella | Litoral | Miss Universe 2012 | Unplaced |
| 2012 | Alexia Laura Viruez Pictor | Santa Cruz | Reina Hispanoamericana 2012 | 1st runner-up |
| 2012 | Alexia Laura Viruez Pictor | Santa Cruz | Miss Universe 2013 | Unplaced |
| 2013 | Claudia Maria Tavel Antelo | Santa Cruz | Reina Hispanoamericana 2013 | 6th runner-up |
| 2013 | Claudia Maria Tavel Antelo | Santa Cruz | Miss Universe 2014 | Unplaced |
| 2014 | Romina Rocamonje Fuentes | Beni | Reina Hispanoamericana 2014 | Winner |
| 2014 | Romina Rocamonje Fuentes | Beni | Miss Universe 2015 | Unplaced |
| 2015 | Paula Caroline Schneider Aguilera (Resigned) | Santa Cruz | Reina Hispanoamericana 2015 | Unplaced |
| 2015 | Paula Caroline Schneider Aguilera (Resigned) | Santa Cruz | Miss Universe 2016 | Unplaced |
| 2016 | Antonella Moscatelli Saucedo | Santa Cruz | Miss Universe 2016 | Unplaced |
| 2017 | Gleisy Noguer Hassen | Pando | Miss Universe 2017 | Unplaced |
| 2018 | Marian Joyce Prado Rivera (Dethroned) | Santa Cruz | Reina Hispanoamericana 2018 | 3rd runner-up |
| 2018 | Marian Joyce Prado Rivera (Dethroned) | Santa Cruz | Miss Universe 2018 | Unplaced |
| 2019 | Fabiana Hurtado Tarrazona | Santa Cruz | Miss Universe 2019 | Unplaced |
| 2020 | Lenka Nemer Drpić | La Paz | Miss Universe 2022 | Unplaced |
| 2021 | Nahemi Uequin Antelo | Santa Cruz | Miss Universe 2021 | Unplaced |
| 2022 | Maria Fernanda Pavisic Rojas | Cochabamba | Dethroned | Dethroned |
| 2022 | María Camila Sanabria Pereyra | Santa Cruz | Miss Grand International 2022 | Unplaced |
| 2022 | María Camila Sanabria Pereyra | Santa Cruz | Miss Universe 2022 | Unplaced |
| 2023 | María Estefany Rivero Giesse | Beni | Miss Universe 2023 | Unplaced |
| 2024 | Juliana Barrientos Gaidrikh | Cochabamba | Miss Universe 2024 | Top 12 |

## Titleholders under Promociones Gloria org.
### Miss Bolivia Universo

* : Declared as Winner
* : Ended as runner-up or top 5/6 qualification
* : Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
* : Ended as special awards winner
       The winner of Miss Bolivia Universo represents her country at the Miss Universe. On occasion, when the winner does not qualify (due to age) for either contest, a runner-up is sent.

### Miss Bolivia Mundo

* : Declared as Winner
* : Ended as runner-up or top 5/6 qualification
* : Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
* : Ended as special awards winner
       Yearly, the first runner-up went to the Miss World competition. In recent years, Miss Bolivia formatted the new regulation from Miss World Organization to hold an independent pageant, Miss Bolivia Mundo. Later than that before the main event, the Miss Bolivia pageant, another section, Miss Bolivia Mundo will crown the winner to represent Bolivia at the Miss World competition.

### Miss Bolivia Internacional

* : Declared as Winner
* : Ended as runner-up or top 5/6 qualification
* : Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
* : Ended as special awards winner
       Between 1969 and 2014 the second runner-up of Miss Bolivia represented Bolivia at the Miss International pageant. Since 2015 after the committee divided pageant into two pageants, the Miss Bolivia Internacional selects by the first runner-up of Miss Bolivia pageant.

### Miss Grand Bolivia

* : Declared as Winner
* : Ended as runner-up or top 5/6 qualification
* : Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
* : Ended as special awards winner
       Promociones Gloria holds the license of Miss Grand International for Bolivia since 2013. The country representatives for each year's edition were determined directly through the Miss Bolivia pageant. In some case, an appointment has been observed.

#### Miss Grand Bolivia's gallery

* Camila Sanabria (2022)
* Victoria Olguín (2023)
* Carolina Granier (2024)

### Miss Bolivia Tierra

* : Declared as Winner
* : Ended as runner-up or top 5/6 qualification
* : Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
* : Ended as special awards winner
       Between 2001 and 2014 the third runner-up of Miss Bolivia represented Bolivia at the Miss Earth pageant. Began in 2015 the second runner-up of Miss Bolivia will go to Miss Earth pageant.

### Miss Bolivia Supranacional

* : Declared as Winner
* : Ended as runner-up or top 5/6 qualification
* : Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
* : Ended as special awards winner