Miss Latin America 1987

Miss América Latina 1987 was the fifth international edition of the Miss América Latina contest, and the seventh overall. The final event was held on October 17, 1987 in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. At the conclusion of the pageant, Lorenia Burruel of Mexico was crowned by outgoing titleholder, Lucia Collado of the Dominican Republic.^[1] Because the 1988 event had to be postponed due to the Mexican presidential inauguration that year, Burruel's title was extended to Miss América Latina 1987-88.

Results

Contestants^[2]

Nation notes

Returning territories

• Last competed in 1985:
  •  Ecuador

Historical Significance

• Peru managed to place for the first time.
• Colombia managed to place for the fifth consecutive time. This would hold as the longest placement streak (matched by Brazil in 1991), until Colombia itself broke the record with a sixth consecutive placement in 2003.
• Venezuela managed to place for the fourth time in a row, its own personal record for placement. Venezuela also earned its highest placement since winning in 1984.
• The Dominican Republic placed for the third time in a row, after having won back-to-back in 1985 and 1986.
• Bolivia, Brazil and Mexico also placed in 1986.
• This is the first and, as of 2011, only win for Mexico.
• Honduras had last placed in 1983, matching the previous rank of semi-finalist.
• Argentina last placed in 1984. Argentina achieved its highest placement up to that point.
• Paraguay last placed in 1985.

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