Miss Universe Chile (Spanish: Miss Universo Chile) is an annual national beauty pageant that selects Chile's official representative to Miss Universe—one of the Big Four beauty pageants.

Miss Chile Organization
Formation1952; 72 years ago (1952)
TypeBeauty pageant
HeadquartersSantiago
Location
Membership
Miss Universe
Official language
Spanish
President
Keno Manzur
WebsiteMiss Universo Chile Official Website

History

Chile is one of the few countries that has participated in Miss Universe since 1952, has sent 53 representatives in the pageant's 65-year history and placed 13 times in the semi-finals, with one Miss Universe crown: Cecilia Bolocco, in 1987.

Luciano Marocchino had the Chilean franchise for Miss Universe since 2004, but due to financial questions chose to not send a delegate during the 2007-2010 period. In 2011, Chile returned to the competition with Vanessa Ceruti, Miss Universo Chile 2011.

Marocchino's organization received much criticism, due to the less preparation given to the winners. He gave up the contest in 2015.

The national broadcaster, Chilevisión held the contest from 2016 up to 2018.

In 2019 Keno Manzur took over the Miss Universe franchise in Chile as National Director.

The current Miss Universo Chile is Celeste Viel of Santiago who was crowned on 13 August 2023. She represented her country at Miss Universe 2023 in El Salvador on 18 November 2023 where she placed among the Top 20.

Titleholders

  •   : Declared as Winner
  •   : Ended as a runner-up or Top 5/6 finalist
  •   : Ended as a finalists or semifinalists
  •   : Ended as a Special Award winner
The winner of Miss Chile represents her country at the Miss Universe. On occasion, when the winner does not qualify (due to age) a runner-up is sent.
Year Region Miss Chile Placement at Miss Universe Special Award(s)
2024 Santiago Emilia Dides Maffei Top 12
  • People's Choice Award
2023 Santiago Celeste Viel Caballero[1] Top 20
  • Voice For Change (Top 10)
2022 Santiago Sofía Depassier Sepúlveda[2] Unplaced
  • Miss Congeniality
2021 Coquimbo Antonia Figueroa Alvarado[3] Unplaced
  • Social Impact Award
2020 Atacama Daniela Nicolás Gómez Unplaced
2019 Santiago Geraldine González Martínez Unplaced
2018 Santiago Andrea Díaz Nicolás Unplaced
2017 Santiago Natividad Leiva Bello Unplaced
2016 Santiago Catalina Cáceres Ríos Unplaced
2015 Valparaiso Belén Jerez Spuler Unplaced
2014 O'Higgins Hellen Toncio Salazar Unplaced
2013 Santiago María Jesús Matthei Molina Unplaced
2012 Santiago Ana Luisa König Browne Unplaced
2011 Santiago Vanessa Ceruti Vásquez Unplaced
Did not compete between 2007—2010
2006 Coquimbo Belén Montilla Torreblanca Unplaced
2005 Santiago Renata Ruiz Pérez[4] Unplaced
2004 Valparaíso Gabriela Barros Tapia Top 15
2003 Did not compete
2002 Santiago Nicole Rencoret Ladrón de Guevara Unplaced
2001 Santiago Carolina Gámez Gallardo Unplaced
2000 Valparaíso Francesca Sovino Parra Unplaced
1999 Santiago Andrea Muñoz Sessarego Unplaced
1998 Magallanes Claudia Arnello Reynolds Unplaced
1997 Tarapacá Claudia Delpín Corssen Unplaced
Rapa Nui Hetu'u Rapu Atan Disqualified. The first runner-up took over.
1996 Santiago Andrea L'Huillier Troncoso Unplaced
1995 Magallanes Paola Falcone Bacigalupo Unplaced
1994 Santiago Constanza Barbieri Sanz Unplaced
1993 Santiago Savka Pollak Tomasevic Unplaced
1992 Santiago Marcela Vacarezza Etcheverry Unplaced
1991 Araucanía Cecilia Alfaro Navarrete Unplaced
1990 Antofagasta Uranía Haltenhoff Nikiforos Top 6
1989 Aysén Macarena Mina Garachena Top 10
1988 Valparaíso Verónica Romero Carvajal Unplaced
1987 Santiago Cecilia Bolocco Fonck Miss Universe 1987
1986 Santiago Mariana Villasante Aravena Top 10
  • Best National Costume (3rd Runner-up)
1985 O'Higgins Claudia van Sint Jan del Pedregal Top 10
1984 Valparaíso Carol Bähnke Muñoz Unplaced
1983 Santiago Josefa Isensee Ugarte Unplaced
1982 Santiago Jenny Purto Arab Unplaced
1981 Valparaíso Soledad Hurtado Arellano Unplaced
1980 Valparaíso Gabriela Campusano Puelma Unplaced
1979 Maule Cecilia Serrano Gildemeister Unplaced
1978 Santiago Mary Anne Müller Prieto Top 12
1977 Santiago Priscilla Brenner Conrad Unplaced
1976 Los Lagos Verónica Sommer Mayer Top 12
1975 Santiago Raquel Argandoña de la Fuente Unplaced
1974 Santiago Rebeca González Ramírez Unplaced
1973 Atacama Wendy Robertson Cleary Unplaced
  • Miss Congeniality
1972 Santiago Consuelo Fernández de Olivares Unplaced
1971 Did not compete
1970 Santiago Soledad Errázuriz García-Moreno Unplaced
1969 Santiago Mónica Larson Teuber Top 15
1968 Santiago Dánae Sala Sarradell Top 15
1967 Antofagasta Ingrid Vila Riveros Unplaced
1966 Bío Bío Stella Dunnage Roberts Unplaced
1965 Did not compete
1964 Valparaíso Patricia Herrera Cigna Unplaced
Did not compete between 1962—1963
1961 Magallanes Gloria Silva Escobar† Top 15
1960 Santiago Marinka Pohlhammer Espinoza Unplaced
1959 Did not compete
1958 Valparaíso Raquel Molina Urrutia Top 15
1957 Did not compete
1956 Santiago Concepción Obach Chacana Unplaced
1955 Antofagasta Rosita Merello Catalán Sidgman Unplaced
1954 Antofagasta Gloria Leguisos Mesina Top 16
1953 Did not compete
1952 Santiago Esther Saavedra Yoacham Unplaced
  • Most Popular Girl

See also

References

  1. ^ "¡Lo logró! Celeste, la hija de Felipe Viel, se quedó con la corona de Miss Universo Chile" [She did it! Celeste, the daughter of Felipe Viel, was left with the crown of Miss Universe Chile]. Teletrece (in Spanish). 14 August 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Conoce a la nueva Miss Chile: Sofía Depassier, representante de la comunidad extranjera en el país". Teletrece (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  3. ^ "Miss Universo Chile: Antonia Figueroa, Miss Coquimbo, es la sucesora de Daniela Nicolás". Terra (in Spanish). September 11, 2021. Retrieved September 11, 2021.
  4. ^ Terra: "Renata Ruiz fue elegida Miss Chile 2005"