Miss Honduras facts for kids
| Formation | 1930 |
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| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | Tegucigalpa |
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Membership
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Spanish |
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President
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Carlos Rivera And Bryan Espinoza, Ricardo Caballero |
| Website | Official site: https://www.facebook.com/MissHondurasUniverso |
The Miss Honduras or Miss Honduras Universe is a national beauty pageant in Honduras. This competition started in 1930. The winners of Miss Honduras often go on to represent their country in big international beauty contests like Miss Universe.
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What is Miss Honduras?
Miss Honduras is a special event where young women from different parts of Honduras compete. They show their talents, intelligence, and beauty. The main goal is to choose a representative for the country. This person then travels to international competitions.
The organization helps these young women prepare. They learn about public speaking and how to represent Honduras on a global stage. It's a chance for them to shine and share their culture.
Miss Honduras and International Pageants
The Miss Honduras organization helps send winners to several major international beauty pageants. These include:
- Miss Universe: This is one of the most famous pageants in the world.
- Miss World: Another very well-known competition that focuses on "Beauty with a Purpose."
- Miss International: This pageant promotes world peace and understanding.
- Miss Earth: This competition focuses on environmental awareness and protection.
Each year, a new Miss Honduras is chosen. She then gets ready to compete against women from many other countries. It's a big honor to represent Honduras.
Miss Honduras Universe Winners
The winner of Miss Honduras often goes to the Miss Universe pageant. If the main winner cannot go, a runner-up might take her place. Here are some of the women who have represented Honduras at Miss Universe:
| Year | Department | Miss Honduras | Placement at Miss Universe | Special Awards | Notes | |
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| 2025 | Olancho | Alejandra Fuentes | TBA | TBA | ||
| 2024 | San Pedro Sula | Stephanie Cam | Unplaced |
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| 2023 | Tegucigalpa | Zuheilyn Clemente | Unplaced | |||
| 2022 | San Pedro Sula | Rebeca Rodríguez Mora | Unplaced | |||
| 2021 | Colón | Rose Meléndez | Unplaced | |||
| 2020 | Copán | Cecilia María Rossell Guerra | Unplaced | Appointed — The Third Runner-up of 2019 was chosen as Miss Honduras 2020. | ||
| 2019 | Cortés | Rosemary Natalí Arauz Mejía | Unplaced | |||
| 2018 | Santa Bárbara | Claudia Vanessa Villars Figueroa | Unplaced | |||
| 2017 | Bay Islands | April Claudette Tobie Ramos | Unplaced | Later Miss International Honduras 2024. | ||
| 2016 | Yoro | Olga Sirey Morán Castro | Unplaced | Crowned in 2015 along with Miss Honduras 2015, Iroshka Lindaly Elvir Flores. | ||
| 2015 | Francisco Morazán | Iroshka Lindaly Elvir Flores | Unplaced | |||
| 2014 | Comayagua | Gabriela Nikol Ordóñez Cortés | Unplaced | |||
| 2013 | Atlántida | Diana Shoutsen Mendoza | Unplaced | |||
| 2012 | Francisco Morazán | Jennifer Denise Andrade | Unplaced | |||
| 2011 | Cortés | Keylin Suzette Gómez Flores | Unplaced | |||
| 2010 | Colón | Kenia Melissa Martínez | Unplaced | |||
| 2009 | Francisco Morazán | Belgica Nataly Suárez | Unplaced | |||
| 2008 | Francisco Morazán | Diana Gabriela Barraza Miralda | Unplaced | |||
| 2007 | Francisco Morazán | Wendy Patricia Salgado Corea | Unplaced | |||
| Señorita Honduras | ||||||
| Did not compete between 2003—2006 | ||||||
| 2002 | Colón | Erika Lizeth Ramírez | Unplaced |
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| 2001 | Yoro | Olenka Miroslava Fuschich | Unplaced |
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A Runner-up was chosen to compete at Miss Universe 2001. | |
| Bay Islands | Esther Edén | Did not compete | Resigned. | |||
| 2000 | Cortés | Flor de María García Ferrera | Unplaced | |||
| 1999 | Atlántida | Daryela Sofia Guerrero | Unplaced | |||
| 1998 | Choluteca | Dania Patricia Prince Méndez | Unplaced | |||
| 1997 | Atlántida | Joselina García Cobos | Unplaced | |||
| 1996 | El Paraiso | Yazmín Fiallos | Unplaced | |||
| 1995 | Did not compete | |||||
| 1994 | Bay Islands | Jem Haylock | Unplaced | |||
| 1993 | Atlántida | Denia Reyes | Unplaced | |||
| 1992 | Atlántida | Mónica Raquel Rápalo | Unplaced | |||
| 1991 | Yoro | Claudia Mercedes Caballero | Did not compete | |||
| 1990 | Cortés | Vivian Audely Moreno | Unplaced | |||
| 1989 | Atlántida | Frances Siryi Milla | Unplaced | |||
| 1988 | Cortés | Jacqueline Herrera Mejía | Unplaced | |||
| 1987 | Francisco Morazán | Francia Tatiana Reyes | Unplaced |
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| 1986 | Cortés | Sandra Natalie Navarrete | Unplaced | |||
| 1985 | Cortés | Diana Margarita García | Unplaced | |||
| 1984 | Bay Islands | Mertyce Elitha Hyde | Unplaced | |||
| 1983 | Bay Islands | Ollie June Thompson | Unplaced | |||
| 1982 | Atlántida | Eva Lissete Barahona Dheming | Unplaced | |||
| 1981 | Francisco Morazán | Leslie Nohemi Sabillón Dávila | Unplaced | |||
| 1980 | Yoro | Etelvina Raudales | Unplaced | |||
| 1979 | Cortés | Gina Maria Weidner Cleaves | Unplaced | |||
| 1978 | Cortés | Olimpia Velásquez Medina | Unplaced | |||
| 1977 | Comayagua | Carolina Rosa Rauscher Sierra | Unplaced | |||
| 1976 | Cortés | Victoria Alejandra Pineda Fortín | Unplaced | |||
| 1975 | Did not compete | |||||
| 1974 | Yoro | Ethelinda Mejía Velásquez | Unplaced | |||
| 1973 | El Paraíso | Nelly Suyapa González Mármol | Unplaced | |||
| 1972 | Cortés | Doris Alicia Roca Pagán | Unplaced | |||
| 1971 | Santa Bárbara | Dunia Aracelly Ortega | Unplaced | |||
| 1970 | Cortés | Francis Irene VanTuyl | Unplaced | |||
| 1969 | Choluteca | Viena Paredes Zelaya | Unplaced | |||
| 1968 | Francisco Morazán | Nora Idalia Guillén | Unplaced | |||
| 1967 | Cortés | Denia Maria Alvafado Medina | Unplaced | |||
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| Did not compete between 1956—1966 | ||||||
| 1955 | Cortés | Pastora Pagán Valenzuela | Top 15 | |||
| 1954 | Francisco Morazán | Lilliam Padilla | Unplaced | |||
Miss Honduras World Winners
Before 2008, a runner-up or sometimes the Miss Honduras winner went to the Miss World pageant. Since 2008, the winner of Señorita Honduras Mundo represents Honduras at Miss World.
| Year | Department | Señorita Honduras Mundo | Placement at Miss World | Special Awards | Notes | |
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| 2025 | Atlántida | Izza Sevilla | Unplaced | |||
| 2024 | No competition held | |||||
| 2023 | El Paraíso | Yelsin Almendarez | Unplaced | |||
| 2022 | Miss World 2021 was rescheduled to March 16, 2022, so no new edition started in 2022. | |||||
| 2021 | Yoro | Dayana Bordas | Unplaced | |||
| 2020 | No competition held due to the global pandemic. | |||||
| 2019 | Yoro | Ana Romero | Unplaced | Miss World Sport (Top 32) | ||
| 2018 | Comayagua | Dayana Sabillón | Unplaced | |||
| 2017 | Santa Bárbara | Celia Monterrosa | Unplaced |
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| 2016 | Colón | Kerelyne Campigotti Webster | Unplaced |
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| 2015 | Francisco Morazán | Gabriela Vanessa Salazar Valle | Unplaced | |||
| 2014 | Santa Bárbara | María José Alvarado | Did not compete | Withdrew before competing. | ||
| 2013 | Bay Islands | Mónica Alexis Elwin Gough | Unplaced | |||
| 2012 | Copán | Jennifer Giselle Valle Morel | Unplaced | |||
| 2011 | Cortés | Bessy Beatriz Ochoa López | Unplaced | |||
| 2010 | Colón | Marilyn Elizabeth Medina | Unplaced | |||
| 2009 | Copán | Blaise Allys Massey Alvarado | Unplaced | |||
| 2008 | Copán | Gabriela Dennisse Zavala Irias | Unplaced | Señorita Honduras Mundo began. | ||
| Miss World Honduras | ||||||
| Did not compete between 2005—2007 | ||||||
| 2004 | Bay Islands | Kimberly Michelle Macnab | Unplaced | |||
| Honduran representatives from Señorita Honduras | ||||||
| Did not compete between 2001—2003 | ||||||
| 2000 | Cortés | Verónica Alejandra Castellón | Unplaced | |||
| 1999 | Cortés | Irma Waleska Quijada Henríquez | Unplaced | |||
| 1998 | Did not compete | |||||
| 1997 | Copán | Hansel Cristina Cáceres Teruel | Unplaced | |||
| Did not compete between 1994—1996 | ||||||
| 1993 | Francisco Morazán | Tania Bruchmann Escorcia | Unplaced | |||
| 1992 | Did not compete | |||||
| 1991 | Francisco Morazán | Arlene Rocío Rauscher Duarte | Unplaced | |||
| 1990 | Cortés | Claudia Bendaña McCausland | Unplaced | |||
| 1989 | Cortés | Belinda Bodden Alvarez | Unplaced | |||
| 1988 | Francisco Morazán | Alina Patricia Díaz Ordóñez | Unplaced | |||
| 1987 | El Paraiso | Claudia María Paz | Unplaced | |||
| 1986 | Cortés | Nilcer Maria Viscovich | Unplaced | |||
| 1985 | Did not compete | |||||
| 1984 | Bay Islands | Mertyce Elitha Hyde | Unplaced | |||
| 1983 | Cortés | Carmen Isabel Morales Ustariz | Unplaced | |||
| 1982 | Cortés | Ana Lucia Rivera Castro | Unplaced | |||
| 1981 | Cortés | Xiomara Sikaffy Mena | Unplaced | |||
| 1980 | Yoro | Etelvina (Ethel) Raudales | Unplaced | |||
| 1979 | Cortés | Gina Maria Weidner Cleaves | Unplaced | |||
| 1978 | Cortés | Maria Elena Bodadilla | Unplaced | |||
| 1977 | Francisco Morazán | María Marlene Villela Franco | Unplaced | |||
| 1976 | Colón | Maribel Ileana Ayala Ramírez | Unplaced | |||
| 1975 | Yoro | Ethelinda Mejía Velásquez | Unplaced | |||
| 1974 | Bay Islands | Leslie Suez Ramírez | Unplaced | |||
| 1973 | Cortés | Belinda Handal | Unplaced | |||
| 1972 | — | Doris Van Tuyl | Unplaced | |||
| Did not compete between 1968—1971 | ||||||
| 1967 | — | Alba Maria Bobadilla | Unplaced | |||
| 1966 | Cortés | Denia Maria Alvarado Medina | Unplaced | |||
| 1965 | Francisco Morazán | Eda Inés Munguía | Unplaced | |||
| 1964 | Francisco Morazán | Aracely Cano | Unplaced | |||
| Honduran representatives from Miss Honduras | ||||||
| Did not compete between 1960—1963 | ||||||
| 1959 | Francisco Morazán | Rosemary Lefebre | Unplaced | |||
| Did not compete between 1956—1958 | ||||||
| 1955 | Cortés | Pastora Pagán Valenzuela | Unplaced | |||
Miss Honduras International Winners
Before 2009, a runner-up or the Miss Honduras winner sometimes went to the Miss International pageant. Since 2009, the Señorita Honduras Internacional winner represents Honduras.
| Year | Department | Señorita Honduras Internacional | Placement at Miss International | Special Awards | Notes |
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| 2024 | Bay Islands | April Claudette Tobie Ramos | Top 20 |
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Previously Miss Universe Honduras 2017. |
| 2023 | Did not compete | ||||
| 2022 | Cortés | Zully Paz Pasan | Unplaced | ||
| No competition held between 2020—2021 due to the global pandemic. | |||||
| 2019 | Atlántida | Ariana María Bustillo Flores | Unplaced | ||
| 2018 | Olancho | Mayra Alejandra Fuentes | Unplaced | ||
| 2017 | Santa Bárbara | Claudia Vanessa Villars Figueroa | Top 15 | ||
| 2016 | El Paraíso | Andrea Nicol Salinas Godoy | Unplaced | ||
| 2015 | Francisco Morazán | Jennifer Giselle Valle Morel | 1st Runner-up | ||
| 2014 | Cortés | Mónica Kristel Brocatto | Unplaced | ||
| 2013 | Did not compete | ||||
| 2012 | Francisco Morazán | Shirley Velasques Morales | Unplaced |
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| 2011 | Atlántida | Esthefany Pineda | Unplaced | ||
| 2010 | Did not compete | ||||
| 2009 | Atlántida | Kenia Melissa Andrade | Unplaced |
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| Miss International Honduras | |||||
| 2008 | Did not compete | ||||
| 2007 | — | Margarita Valle | Unplaced | ||
| 2006 | Colón | Lissa Diana Viera Sáenz | Unplaced | ||
| 2005 | Santa Bárbara | Ingrid Lopez | Unplaced | ||
| Honduran Representatives from Señorita Honduras | |||||
| Did not compete between 2001—2004 | |||||
| 2000 | Yoro | Alba Marcela Rubí Castellón | Unplaced | ||
| 1999 | Did not compete | ||||
| 1998 | Cortés | Wendy Suyapa Rodríguez | Unplaced | ||
| 1997 | Bay Islands | Jennifer Elizabeth Campbell | Unplaced | ||
| 1996 | Did not compete | ||||
| 1995 | Francisco Morazáñ | Sayda Umaña López | Unplaced | ||
| 1994 | Did not compete | ||||
| 1993 | Francisco Morazán | Miriam Liseth Zapata Godoy | Unplaced | ||
| 1992 | Cortés | Francis Funez Padilla | Top 15 | ||
| 1991 | Cortés | Marly Karina Prudoth Guzmán | Unplaced | ||
| 1990 | Yoro | Claudia Mercedes Caballero | Unplaced | ||
| 1989 | Cortés | Cynthia Zavala | Unplaced | ||
| 1988 | Francisco Morazán | Erika Aguilera Garay | Unplaced | ||
| 1987 | Bay Islands | Darlene Jacqueline Sikaffy Powery | Unplaced | ||
| 1986 | Francisco Morazán | Francia Tatiana Reyes Beselinoff | Unplaced | ||
| 1985 | Cortés | Waleska Zavala Peñalva | Unplaced | ||
| 1984 | Bay Islands | Mertyce Elitha Hyde | Unplaced | ||
| 1983 | Francisco Morazán | Ileana Maritza Turcios | Unplaced | ||
| 1982 | Francisco Morazán | Alba Luz Rogel | Unplaced | ||
| 1981 | Cortés | Gloria Patricia Durón | 4th Runner-up | ||
| 1980 | Atlántida | Jennifer Bustillo | Unplaced | ||
| 1979 | Atlántida | Lilian Anibeth Rivera | Unplaced | ||
| 1978 | Atlántida | Lorena Irias Navas | Unplaced | ||
| 1977 | Francisco Morazán | Maria Marlene Villela Franco | Unplaced | ||
| 1976 | Francisco Morazán | Victoria Ann Baker | Top 15 | ||
| 1975 | Yoro | Ligia Caballero Cárdenas | Unplaced | ||
| 1974 | Ocotepeque | Rosario Elena Carbajal | Unplaced | ||
| 1973 | Yoro | Rosa Edelinda López | Unplaced | ||
| 1972 | Did not compete | ||||
| 1971 | Cortés | Doris Van Tuyl | Unplaced | ||
Miss Honduras Earth Winners
The winner of Señorita Honduras Tierra represents Honduras at the Miss Earth pageant. Before this pageant was created, the first runner-up of Miss Honduras or the winner competed at Miss Earth between 2007 and 2012.
| Year | Department | Miss Earth Honduras | Placement at Miss Earth | Special Awards | Notes |
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| 2024 | Gracias a Dios | Elizabeth Maldonado | Unplaced | ||
| 2023 | Comayagua | Ariana Gomez | Unplaced | ||
| 2022 | Valle | Idania Santos | Did not compete | ||
| 2021 | Roatán | Jissel Rivera | Did not compete | ||
| 2020 | Tela | Mary Cruz Cardona | Unplaced | ||
| 2019 | Yoro | Rita Velasquez | Unplaced | ||
| 2018 | Danli | Diana Palma | Unplaced | ||
| 2017 | Tegucigalpa | Valeria Cardona | Unplaced |
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| 2016 | Did not compete | ||||
| 2015 | Yoro | Nadia Scarleth Morales | Unplaced | ||
| Honduran Representatives from Miss Honduras | |||||
| Did not compete between 2013—2014 | |||||
| 2012 | Yoro | Odily Alvarenga | Unplaced | ||
| 2011 | Bay Islands | Stephany Hernández Martínez | Unplaced | ||
| 2010 | Did not compete | ||||
| 2009 | — | Alejandra Maria Mendoza David | Unplaced | ||
| 2008 | Francisco Morazán | Kenia Melissa Andrade | Unplaced | ||
| Honduran Representatives from Señorita Honduras | |||||
| 2007 | Did not compete | ||||
| 2006 | — | Lesly Gabriela Molina Kristoff | Unplaced | ||
| 2005 | — | Ruth María Arita Luna | Unplaced | ||
| 2004 | Francisco Morazán | Gabriela Dennisse Zavala Irias | Top 8 |
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| 2003 | Choluteca | Dania Patricia Prince Méndez | Miss Earth 2003 | ||
| 2002 | — | Leslie Paredes Barahona | Unplaced | ||
See also
In Spanish: Miss Honduras para niños
- Miss Grand Honduras
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