Reinas de Costa Rica

Reinas de Costa Rica is a national beauty pageant in Costa Rica that selects representative to the Miss World pageant since 2007. The Miss Costa Rica pageant stopped sending contestants to the Miss World and Miss International pageants. The last delegate sent by the organization was in 2006. In 2007, the franchise was acquired by the Reinas de Costa Rica organization presided by Alan Aleman. This pageant is unrelated to the Miss Costa Rica Organization.

Representatives at Big Four pageants

The following women have represented Costa Rica in three of the Big Four major international beauty pageants for women.^[1][2] These are Miss World, Miss International, and Miss Earth with the exception of Miss Universe which has its own national franchise in Costa Rica.^[3][4][5]

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Representatives at Miss World

On occasion, when the candidate does not qualify (due to age) for either contest, another girl is sent.

In 2005, Costa Rica was crowned as Miss Asia Pacific International 2005. She was withdrew the title and competed at the Miss World pageant. This is the first time of Costa Rica withdrew the title as the reigning queen.

As of 2007, Committee Miss Costa Rica has created a separate pageant called "Reinas de Costa Rica" to select its representative for Miss World 2007.

Representatives at Miss International

Before joining to Reinas de Costa Rica, the 1st runner-up or Winner of Miss Costa Rica represented her country at the Miss International pageant. On occasion, when the candidate does not qualify (due to age) for either contest, another girl is sent. As of 2003, Committee Miss Costa Rica has created a separate pageant called "Reinas de Costa Rica" to select its representative for Miss International 2003.

Representatives at Miss Earth

Year	Miss Earth Costa Rica	Province	Placement	Special Awards	Other Titles
2002	Maria del Mar Ruiz Carballo	San José	Unplaced
2003	Marianela Zeledón Bolaños	San José	2nd Runner-up
2004	Karlota Calderon Brenes	San Jose	Unplaced
2006	Mari Paz Duarte	San Jose	Unplaced
2007	Natalia Mattey Salas	Guanacaste	Unplaced
2008	Wendy Cordero Sánchez	Guanacaste	Unplaced
2009	Malena de los Ángeles	San José	Unplaced
2010	Allyson Alfaro Caravaca	Distrito Capital	Unplaced
2012	Fabiana Granados	Guanacaste	Top 16	Miss Ever Bilena 03 ! Resorts Wear (Group 2) 03 ! Miss Photogenic	Miss Costa Rica 2013
2013	Mariela Aparicio Alfaro	San José	Unplaced	Best in Swimsuit (Top 15)	Top 10 Miss Grand International 2015
2015	Brenda Muñoz	Guanacaste	Unplaced	02 ! Snowman Challenge
2017	Fernanda Rodríguez	Alajuela	TBA

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