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Arlette Rujel of Peru was crowned Reina Hispanoamericana 2022 during the pageant's final competition held on Saturday, March 25 at the Salón Sirionó Fexpocruz in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. The 23-year-old professional model bested 28 other competitors to become the first Peruvian woman to win the international title. She succeeded Andrea Bazarte of Mexico. Venezuela's Adriana Pérez placed second and was awarded the title Virreina Hispanoamericana 2022 while Guilhermina Montarroyos of Brazil, Ediris Rivera of Puerto Rico, Diana Robles of Mexico, and María Lucía Cuesta of Colombia were announced first, second, third, and fourth runners-up, respectively. Rounding out the Top 14 were Chile, Anita-María Rojas, Costa Rica, María Alejandra Acosta, Cuba, Alyanni Trujillo, Dominican Republic, Lady León, Equatorial Guinea, Serafina Nchama, Nicaragua, Yenifer Perez, Philippines, Ingrid Santamaría, and Spain, María José García. The new Reina Hispanoamericana is no stranger to pagean

Maryori Morán of Peru was crowned Miss Mesoamerica International 2023 in a glittering competition held on Saturday, March 18 in San Salvador, El Salvador. The 22-year-old fashion model from Lima, Peru became the first representative from her country to win the coveted international beauty title. "I can say that dreams do come true because there is no greater satisfaction than to have gotten where you are thanks to your perseverance, discipline, commitment, and dedication," she wrote (in Spanish) on social media. View this post on Instagram A post shared by MARYORI MORÁN🦋 (@_maryorimoran) A total of six main titles were at stake at the culmination of this year's pageant. Here are the rest of the winners: Miss Teen Mesoamerica International 2023 — Grethel Gámez of Nicaragua Miss Petite Mesoamerica International 2023 — Maruxa Salcedo of Peru Miss Teen Petite Mesoamerica International 2023 — Luna Maia Nuñez of Panama Miss Preteen Mesoamerica Internationa

Former Miss Grand Peru, Camila Escribens, decided to give pageantry another try by joining Miss Peru 2023 national competition. The 24-year-old Lima-born fashion model is no stranger to pageantry. After bagging the title of Miss Grand Peru 2019, she went on to participate in the 7th Miss Grand International pageant in Caracas, Venezuela, and finished in the Top 10 among 60 competitors. She was later on nominated by the Miss Peru Organization as Miss Supranational Peru 2020 and was supposed to take part in the 12th Miss Supranational edition in Poland but withdrew due to health reasons. At present, the national organization holds the licenses for Miss Universe, Miss International, Miss Grand International, and Miss Supranational pageants. Camila is currently the ambassador of an American fast fashion retail company Fashion Nova and signed under a US-based modeling agency Elite Model Management Miami. If she wins this year's Miss Peru, she will have the opportunity to represent her c

Jennifer Barrantes, representing the region of Ucayali, was crowned Miss World Peru 2022 on Sunday, September 25 in Lima. The 23-year-old beauty is a commercial aviation graduate, a business owner, and an animal advocate. Apart from winning her title, she also bagged several awards including Best Smile, Miss Yolett, and Top Model. Gianella Paz Pacheco of Callao was named first runner-up while Lucia Arellano of Loreto and Fairus Ore of Lima Centro were announced the second and third runners-up, respectively. Completing the Top 8 finalists were the representatives of Chincha, María Claudia Ghersi Núñez; Junín, Nea Paz; La Libertad, Sofia Armas; and Lima Este, Mariley Vivanco. The new Miss World Peru succeeded Paula Montes and will now prepare to represent her country at the 71st Miss World pageant, whose date and venue are yet to be announced. A total of 16 contestants representing various cities and regions of Peru participated in the event. Since its debut at Miss World in 1959, Peru h

Miss Piura, Nancy Salazar, was crowned Miss Earth Peru 2022 in a competition held on Sunday, August 14 at DataVision studio in Lima. The 23-year-old business administration graduate succeeds last year's titleholder Briggitte Corrales and will represent her country at Miss Earth 2022 in the Philippines this November. Miss Lima Sur, Maria Pia Huaranca, was named Miss Earth Peru Aire while the representatives of Lambayeque, Shantal Vega, and La Libertad, Pierina Azañedo completed the Top 4 and clinched the titles Miss Earth Peru Fuego and Miss Earth Peru Agua, respectively. A total of seven finalists participated in this year's Miss Earth Peru edition. Peru, a country in South America, has yet to win the Miss Earth pageant. Its last placement was Top 8 in 2007 with Odilia García. Photos: Fabian Nav / Miss Earth Peru

Alessia Rovegno was crowned Miss Peru 2022 (Miss Universe Peru) in a glittering competition that was held on Tuesday, June 14 in Lima. The 24-year-old model, singer and influencer, who also received the Miss Photogenic award, is the daughter of actress Bárbara Cayo and the current partner of athlete Hugo García. Tatiana Calmell and Tatiana Calmell were named Miss Peru International 2022 and Miss Peru Latina Universal 2022, respectively. The new Miss Universe Peru succeeds last year's titleholder Yely Rivera and will represent her country at the Miss Universe 2022 pageant later this year. "Infinitely grateful to all the people who support me and send me messages of love and motivation," she wrote on social media after winning her title. "I promise to give all of myself to leave the name of Peru high in Miss Universe and show the world how wonderful our country is," she added. View this post on Instagram A post shared by ALE (@alessiarovegno)