Reinas de Costa Rica is a national beauty pageant inCosta Rica that selects representatives to theMiss World andMiss International pageant. After theMiss Costa Rica pageant stopped sending contestants to theMiss World andMiss International pageants in 2006, the franchise was acquired by theReinas de Costa Rica organization presided by Alan Aleman. However, after two years of absence in the Miss World pageant in 2017-2018, the organization eventually lost the franchise to the newly established contest, Concurso Nacional de Belleza de Costa Rica in 2019.^[1] The organization also lost the Miss Earth franchise to Jose Vásconez in 2016.^[2][3]

This pageant is unrelated to theMiss Costa Rica Organization.

The following women have representedCosta Rica in three of theBig Four major internationalbeauty pageants for women.^[4][5] These areMiss World,Miss International, andMiss Earth with the exception ofMiss Universe which has its own national franchise in Costa Rica.^[6][7][8]

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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 withdrew the title and competed at theMiss World pageant. This is the first time Costa Rica withdrew the title as the reigning queen. Later in 2007, Committee Miss Costa Rica has created a separate pageant called "Reinas de Costa Rica" to select its representative for Miss World 2007 and then lost the franchise to the Concurso Nacional de Belleza de Costa Rica in 2019.^[1]

Before joining to Reinas de Costa Rica, the 1st runner-up or Winner of Miss Costa Rica represented her country at theMiss 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.

During 2007 - 2015, theCosta Rica representatives atMiss Earth were sent by Reinas de Costa Rica. After the absence in 2016, a Costa Rican producer Jose Vásconez acquired the franchise and ran the pageant separately to select the country representatives forMiss Earth. Vásconez also serves as the national director of Miss Intercontinental Costa Rica.^[2][3]

Year	Miss Earth Costa Rica	Province	Placement	Special Awards	Notes
Miss Costa Rica (2002—2006)
2002	Maria del Mar Ruiz	San José	Unplaced
2003	Marianela Zeledón Bolaños	San José	Miss Earth Water (2nd Runner-up)
2004	Karlota Calderon Brenes	San Jose	Unplaced
2005	No Representative
2006	Mari Paz Duarte	San Jose	Unplaced
Reinas de Costa Rica (2007—2015)
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
2011	No Representative
2012	Fabiana Granados Herrera	Guanacaste	Top 16	Miss Ever Bilena Resorts Wear (Group 2) Miss Photogenic	Miss Costa Rica 2013
2013	Mariela Aparicio Alfaro	San José	Unplaced	Best in Swimsuit (Top 15)	Top 10 Miss Grand International 2015
No Representative since 2014—2016
Miss Earth Costa Rica (2017—present)
2017	Fernanda Rodríguez	Alajuela	Unplaced	Long Gown (Group 2)
2018	Arianna Medrano	Puntarenas	Unplaced
2019	Linda Ávila	San José	Unplaced
2020	Kelly Avila Mora	San José	Top 20	National Costume (America) Talent (Sing) (America) Best Eco-Video (America)
No Representative since 2021—2023
2024	Sharon Recinos	Heredia	Unplaced

• Miss World by country
• Beauty pageants in Costa Rica
• Recurring events established in 1965
• Costa Rican awards

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