Miss Paraguay is a national

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Paraguay Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay, is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the Argentina–Paraguay border, south and southwest, Brazil to the Brazil–Paraguay border, east and northeast, and Boli ...

established in 1915. It currently selects Paraguay's representatives for the Miss Intercontinental and Reinado Internacional del Café pageants. The current Miss Paraguay is Milagros Aramí Walther of

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who was crowned on September 23, 2023 at the Centro Paraguayo Japonés in

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, Paraguay.

History

In 1915, Arsenio López Decoud, president of the Unión Club, organized the first beauty pageant in Paraguay. It was held sometime during the spring at the National Theater (current "Ignacio A. Pane" Municipal Theater) and the winner was 19 years old María Anselma Clotilde "Anselmita" Heyn Denis. The pageant was revived in 1957 by the dictator

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and the Secretary of Tourism of Paraguay. In 1970, the contest was organized by Dinam Publicidad and took place in the Presidential Hall of the Hotel Guaraní. Then in 1990, Guillermo Rolón and the SNT took over Miss Paraguay until 2001. The organization stopped sending representatives to

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until 2001, with Paraguay absent in 2002 and 2003. The pageant was not held in 1959, 1968, 1969, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007 and 2008. In March 2017, the pageant was declared of cultural interest by the Chamber of Deputies of Paraguay. In July 2020, it was reported that the coronation night scheduled to take place on August 14 was canceled due to the impact of the

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. In 2021 the contest was canceled for the same reason. In July 2022, the death of the organization's president, Guillermo Rolón, was reported and the pageant did not take place that year either. Since the death of Rolón, his widow, Graciela Venialgo, has taken charge of the organization.

Titleholders

Department rankings

Representatives to international beauty pageants

Miss Intercontinental

Reinado Internacional del Café

References

External links

Miss Paraguay Official Website
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