Miss United Continent
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Logo of the Miss United Continent event. | |
| Formation | 2006 |
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| Type | Beauty Pageant |
| Headquarters | Guayaquil |
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Official language | Spanish |
President | María del Carmen de Aguayo |
| Website | missamericancontinent.com |
Miss United Continent, also known in Spanish as Miss Continentes Unidos, is an international beauty contest held annually. This annual beauty pageant, which began in 2006 as Miss Continente Americano (Miss American Continent), and is based in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Up to 2012 the participants were restricted to the countries in America; in 2013 participants of world were invited; and the name changed to Miss Continentes Unidos.
The current Miss United Continent is Geisha Montes De Oca from Dominican Republic. She was crowned on September 13, 2014 in Guayaquil by Miss United Continent 2013, Carolina Aguirre from Ecuador.
History
The first Miss Continente Americano Pageant held in Guayaquil, Ecuador in 2006. It was won by Mia Taveras from Dominican Republic. The contest Miss Continente Americano is a franchise that was created considering that there was a space in the world of beauty pageants that had not been organized globally in Ecuador. In this event involved the Misses chosen as official representatives of each country in the Americas and attending beauty events in the world: Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss Earth, Miss International, among others. This annual beauty pageant, which began in 2006 as Miss Continente Americano (Miss American Continent), and is based in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Up to 2012 the participants were restricted to the country clubs in America, in 2013 participants of world were invited, and the name changed to Miss United Continent. Miss United Continent is organized by the Municipality of Guayaquil and Gama TV television, one of the largest in the country, which also organizes the event Miss Ecuador under the management of María del Carmen de Aguayo.[1]
Starting 2014, the contest will be broadcast on Microsoft's Xbox Live online multiplayer and digital media platform for the Xbox consoles, with Xbox Entertainment Studios overseeing production for future contests.
Competition format
Since the start of the contest until today, on the final night all candidates competing in evening gown and swimsuit. After this round of competition, the six semi-finalists are announced, they are competing in the "final question" or interview round. At the end of competition auncia the second runner, runner-up and the winner is crowned by the outgoing queen.
Miss United Continents titleholders
| Year | Country | Miss United Continent | Venue |
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| 2015 | TBA | TBA | Guayaquil, Ecuador |
| 2014 |  Dominican Republic |
Geisha Montes De Oca | Guayaquil, Ecuador |
| 2013 |  Ecuador |
Carolina Aguirre | Guayaquil, Ecuador |
| 2012 |  Brazil |
Camila Serakides | Guayaquil, Ecuador |
| 2011 | Ecuador |
Claudia Schiess | Guayaquil, Ecuador |
| 2010 |  Peru |
Giuliana Zevallos | Guayaquil, Ecuador |
| 2009 |  Colombia |
Lina Mosquera | Guayaquil, Ecuador |
| 2008 |  Mexico |
Lupita González | Guayaquil, Ecuador |
| 2007 | Dominican Republic |
Marianne Cruz | Guayaquil, Ecuador |
| 2006 | Dominican Republic |
Mía Taveras | Guayaquil, Ecuador |
Special awards
- Mexico has won the Miss Photogenic award two times (2008, 2012).
- One Miss Continente Americano winner was awarded Miss Photogenic: Lupita González (Mexico, 2008)
- Canada, El Salvador have won the Miss Congeniality award two times (Canada 2008, 2012) (El Salvador 2006, 2009).
- Costa Rica, Ecuador and Peru have won the Most Beautiful Face award two times (Costa Rica 2007, 2012), (Ecuador 2006, 2013) (Peru 2009, 2010).
- Peru and Ecuador have won the Best National Costume award two times (Peru 2008, 2010) (Ecuador 2011, 2013).
Miss Photogenic
| Year | Winner | Country | Placement at Miss United Continent |
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| 2006 | Catalina López | Ecuador |
Top 6 |
| 2007 | Vivian Noronha | Brazil |
Top 6 |
| 2008 | Lupita González | Mexico |
Miss Continente Americano 2008 |
| 2009 | Mayella Mena |  El Salvador |
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| 2010 | Chanel Beckenlehner |  Canada |
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| 2011 | Fátima Flores |  Nicaragua |
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| 2012 | Karen Padilla | Mexico |
Top 6 |
| 2013 | Christina Joy Montero Devries |  Philippines |
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| 2014 | Gail Nicole Da Silva |  India |
1st Runner-up |
Miss Congeniality
| Year | Winner | Country | Placement at Miss United Continent |
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| 2006 | Rebecca Iraheta | El Salvador |
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| 2007 | Lugina Cabezas | Ecuador |
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| 2008 | Samantha Tajik | Canada |
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| 2009 | Mayella Mena | El Salvador |
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| 2010 | Marylia Bernardt | Brazil |
2nd Runner-up |
| 2011 | Keylin Gómez |  Honduras |
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| 2012 | Kesiah Papasin | Canada |
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| 2014 | Florencia Dunnage |  Chile |
Most Beautiful Face
| Year | Winner | Country | Placement at Miss United Continent |
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| 2006 | Catalina López | Ecuador |
Top 6 |
| 2007 | Verónica González |  Costa Rica |
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| 2008 | Lupita González | Mexico |
Miss Continente Americano 2008 |
| 2009 | Karen Schwarz | Peru |
Top 6 |
| 2010 | Giuliana Zevallos | Peru |
Miss Continente Americano 2010 |
| 2011 | Dalia Fernández | Dominican Republic |
1st Runner-up |
| 2012 | Fabiana Granados | Costa Rica |
Top 6 |
| 2013 | Carolina Aguirre | Ecuador |
Miss United Continent 2013 |
| 2014 | Chanelle Chacon |  United States |
Best National Costume
Award started in 2008.
| Year | Winner | Country | Placement at Miss United Continent |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Karol Castillo | Peru |
Top 6 |
| 2009 | Liseth Díaz |  Panama |
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| 2010 | Giuliana Zevallos | Peru |
Miss Continente Americano 2010 |
| 2011 | Claudia Schiess | Ecuador |
Miss Continente Americano 2011 |
| 2012 | Ana Melissa Cano | Colombia |
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| 2013 | Carolina Aguirre | Ecuador |
Miss United Continent 2013 |
| 2014 | Gail Nicole Da Silva | India |
1st Runner-up |
Top ten countries rankings
By country total
Anyone who follows the Olympic Games or other sporting events will be familiar with the concept of the Medal Table, which ranks countries based on their first (gold), second (silver) and third (bronze) place finishes. Below is a similar table of the top rankings for the Miss Continente Americano pageant, based on all results from the first event in 2006 to the most recent competition in 2014.
| Rank | Country | Miss United Continent | Virreina | 1st RU | 2nd RU | 3rd RU | 4th RU | Semifinalists | Total |
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| 1 | Dominican Republic |
3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | Ecuador |
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | Mexico |
1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Brazil |
1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 5 | Colombia |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | Peru |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 |  Venezuela |
0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 8 | India |
0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Panama |
0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 10 |  Uruguay |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
By number of wins
| Country/Territory | Titles | Winning years |
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| Dominican Republic |
2006, 2007, 2014 | |
| Ecuador |
2011, 2013 | |
| Brazil |
1 | 2012 |
| Peru |
2010 | |
| Colombia |
2009 | |
| Mexico |
2008 | |
Records and achievements
The Miss United Continent pageant continually celebrate diverse winners from different countries. From race to ethnicity, from height to age, or from religion to the number of languages spoken, all the winners generally reflect the global perspective of a beautiful woman of substance.
- There was one time consecutive victory in Miss Continente Americano history: Marianne Cruz of Dominican Republic, was crowned Miss Continente Americano 2007 by Miss Continente Americano 2006 Mía Taveras of Dominican Republic.
- One Miss Continente Americano winner placed as finalist in the Miss Universe pageant. She was: Mariane Cruz — 2nd runner-up, Dominican Republic 2008.
Age records
- Geisha Montes ( Dominican Republic) became to oldest winner at the age of 27 years, 145 days when she was crowned on September 13, 2014.
- Mía Taveras ( Dominican Republic) became the first and the youngest winner at the age of 20 years, 55 days when she was crowned on August 28, 2006.
Height records
- Marianne Cruz ( Dominican Republic) became the tallest winner at 5'11" when she was crowned on June 30, 2007.
- Claudia Schiess ( Ecuador) became the shortest winner at 5'7" when she was crowned on October 22, 2010.
Reign records
- Marianne Cruz ( Dominican Republic) holds the longest reign in history at 1 year, 2 months and 1 week (or 1 years, 68 days). She was crowned on June 30, 2007 and crowned her successor Lupita González ( Mexico) on September 6, 2008.
- Mía Taveras ( Dominican Republic) holds the shortest completed reign in history at 10 months and 2 days (or 306 days). She was crowned on August 28, 2006 and crowned her successor Marianne Cruz ( Dominican Republic) on June 30, 2007.
Delegate records
The year with the least number of delegates was on 2008, 2009 and 2010 with 20 delegates.Lupita González ( Mexico) won on September 6, 2008, Lina Mosquera ( Colombia) on September 26, 2009 and Giuliana Zevallos ( Peru) on September 18, 2010.
The years with the most number of delegates were on 2014 with 31 delegates. Geisha Montes ( Dominican Republic) won on September 13, 2014.
References
- ↑ "Miss United Continents". Angelopedia.com. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
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