# Miss América Latina Organization

The Organización Miss América Latina, known in English as the Miss Latin America Organization is a company that owns and organizes the Miss Latin America and Miss Latina US pageants. The organization was founded in the 1980s. The first pageant established was the Miss Latin America, in 1981. Miss Latina US was founded as Miss Latina USA in 1986, and is the official national preliminary for the United States to Miss Latin America. Miss Teen US Latina was founded in 2003.

## Titleholders

The following is a list of the titleholders for the Miss Latin America Organization, spanning back to Miss Latin America 1981.
| Year | Name | Nationality | City | Country |
| 1981 | Lesley Quintanilla | United States | Miami, Florida | United States |
| 1982 | Martha Álvarez | United States | Miami, Florida | United States |
| 1983 | María Rosa | Puerto Rico | Miami, Florida | United States |
| 1984 | Mirla Ochoa | Venezuela | Miami, Florida | United States |
| 1985 | Victoria Mauríz | Dominican Republic | Miami, Florida | United States |
| 1986 | Lucia Collado | Dominican Republic | San José | Costa Rica |
| 1987-1988 | Lorenia Burruel | Mexico | Santa Cruz de la Sierra | Bolivia |
| 1989 | Suzanne Hannaux | El Salvador | Hermosillo, Sonora | Mexico |
| 1990 | Vanessa Holler | Venezuela | San Salvador | El Salvador |
| 1991 | María Elena Bellido | Peru | Buenos Aires | Argentina |
| 1992 | Ana Sofía Pereira | Nicaragua | Guayaquil | Ecuador |
| 1993 | María Fernanda Morales | Guatemala | Guatemala City | Guatemala |
| 1994-1995 | Priscila Furlan | Brazil | Guayaquil | Ecuador |
| 1996-1997 | Jeannette Chávez | Costa Rica | Lima | Peru |
| 1998-1999 | Aline Resende | Brazil | Costa del Sol | El Salvador |
| 2000 | Dania Prince | Honduras | Guatemala City | Guatemala |
| 2001 | Grace Martins | Brazil | Montelimar Beach | Nicaragua |
| 2002 | Claudia Cruz | Dominican Republic | Bávaro Beach | Dominican Republic |
| 2003 | Maria Carolina Casado | Venezuela | Playa Tambor | Costa Rica |
| 2004 | Gamalis Fermín | Puerto Rico | Cancún, Quintana Roo | Mexico |
| 2005 | Mariela Candia | Paraguay | Punta Cana | Dominican Republic |
| 2006 | Melissa Quesada | United States | Riviera Maya, Quintana Roo | Mexico |
| 2007 | Giannina Silva (dethroned) | Uruguay | Riviera Maya, Quintana Roo | Mexico |
| 2007 | Heidy García (successor) | Guatemala | Riviera Maya, Quintana Roo | Mexico |
| 2008 | Daniele Sampaio | Italy | Punta Cana | Dominican Republic |
| 2009 | Johanna Solano | Costa Rica | Punta Cana | Dominican Republic |
| 2010 | Carolina Lemus | Colombia | Punta Cana | Dominican Republic |
| 2011 | Estefani Chalco | Ecuador | Punta Cana | Dominican Republic |
| 2012 | Georgina Méndez | Guatemala | Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo | Mexico |
| 2013 | Julia Guerra | Brazil | Riviera Maya, Quintana Roo | Mexico |
| 2014 | Nicole Pinto (resigned) | Panama | Punta Cana | Dominican Republic |
| 2014 | Yanire Ortiz (successor) | Spain | Punta Cana | Dominican Republic |
| 2015 | Karla Monje | United States | Riviera Maya, Quintana Roo | Mexico |
| 2016 | Laura Spoya | Peru | Riviera Maya, Quintana Roo | Mexico |
| 2017 | Elicena Andrada Orrego | Spain | Bahías de Huatulco, Oaxaca | Mexico |
| 2018 | Nadine Teresa Verhulp | Holland | Punta Cana | Dominican Republic |
| Year | Miss Latin America | Country Represented | Miss Latina US | State Represented | Miss Teen US Latina | State Represented |
| 2008 | Daniele Sampaio | Italy | Fatima Leonardo+ | Rhode Island | | |
| 2007 | Heidi Garcia * | Guatemala | Yalena Matos | Oregon | Nicole Korrody | Texas |
| 2007 | Giannina Silva * | Uruguay | Yalena Matos | Oregon | Nicole Korrody | Texas |
| 2006 | Melissa Quesada | United States | Melissa Marin | Rhode Island | Karla Acosta | Florida |
| 2005 | Mariela Candia | Paraguay | Melissa Quesada | New York | Geysha Gonzalez | Illinois |
| 2004 | Gamalis Fermín | Puerto Rico | Graciela Stanley | Kansas | Michelle Gonzalez | Illinois |
| 2003 | Maria Carolina Casado | Venezuela | Lydia Acuña | Utah | Edshelee Torres | Florida |
| 2002 | Claudia Cruz | Dominican Republic | Elynor Martinez | Utah | | |
| 2001 | Grace Martins | Brazil | Karla Vargas | California | | |
| 2000 | Dania Prince | Honduras | Katherine Gonzalez | New York | | |
| 1999 | Aline Resende *** | Brazil | Dilania Inoa | Rhode Island | Kristine Taranco ** | Florida |
| 1998 | Aline Resende *** | Brazil | Katherine Rodriguez | Florida | | |
| 1997 | Jeannette Chavez *** | Costa Rica | | | | |
| 1996 | Jeannette Chavez *** | Costa Rica | Iris Almario **** | New York | | |
| 1995 | Priscila Furlan *** | Brazil | | | | |
| 1994 | Priscila Furlan *** | Brazil | Joanne Morale-George | Florida | | |
| 1993 | María Fernanda Morales | Guatemala | Dailin Garcia | Florida | | |
| 1992 | Ana Sofía Pereira | Nicaragua | Carla Morales | Rhode Island | | |
| 1991 | María Elena Bellido | Peru | Yvette Gonzalez | New York | | |
| 1990 | Vanessa Holler | Venezuela | Carola Garfias | Arizona | | |
| 1989 | Suzanne Hannaux | El Salvador | Hany Valdes | Florida | | |
| 1988 | Lorenia Burruel *** | Mexico | | | | |
| 1987 | Lorenia Burruel *** | Mexico | Sdenka Dobronic | District of Columbia | | |
| 1986 | Lucia Collado | Dominican Republic | Sandra Luz Cedillos | Texas | | |
| 1985 | Victoria Mauríz | Dominican Republic | | | | |
| 1984 | Mirla Ochoa | Venezuela | | | | |
| 1983 | María Rosa | Puerto Rico | | | | |
| 1982 | Martha Alvarez | Miami, Florida, United States | | | | |
| 1981 | Lesley Quintana | Miami, Florida, United States | | | | |