The Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2023 coronation ceremony will be held at the Luis A. Ferré Performing Arts Center in San Juan, Puerto Rico on August 24, 2023. It is the 15th edition of the beauty pageant that selects Puerto Rico’s Miss Universe candidate.
On August 11, 2022, Ashley Cariño of Fajardo was crowned Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2022 at the Luis A. Ferré Performing Arts Center. Leonela Gonzalez de Jesus of Dorado and Camille Fabery Diana of Cataño were the respective first and second runners-up.
Puerto Rico was represented in Miss Universe by the winner of Miss Puerto Rico from 1952 to 1998 and Miss Puerto Rico Universe from 1999 to 2002. The inaugural Miss Universe Puerto Rico was held in 2009.
Currently, Puerto Rico has 25 Miss Universe placements including the coronations of Marisol Malaret Contreras in 1970, Deborah Fátima Carthy-Deu in 1985, Dayanara Torres in 1993, Denise Marie Quiñones August in 2001 and Zuleyka Jerrís Rivera Mendoza in 2006. The most recent one was in the 2022 edition when Cariño finished in the Top 5.
There are 33 women competing for the Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2023 crown. Here are the candidates:
- Jinny Valentín (Aguada)
- Paola Crystal Rosa Badillo (Aguadilla)
- Melanie Rivera Sánchez (Aibonito)
- Ninoshka Rodríguez Muñoz (Añasco)
- Nemesie Naara Martínez Negrón (Barceloneta)
- Rocío del Mar Avilés Mercado (Barranquitas)
- Gabriela Paola Santiago Ortiz (Bayamon)
- Daniela Arroyo (Cabo Rojo)
- Celimar Rosario Caballero (Caguas)
- Andrea Sofía Collazo Molina (Canovanas)
- Luisa Angélica Vázquez Ríos (Carolina)
- Gina Lee García Colón (Cataño)
- Neysha Marie Mendoza Castro (Cayey)
- Nathalie Santa Cruz Bacardi (Culebra)
- Devi Michelle Alfonso Daniels (Dorado)
- Camila Molina García (Fajardo)
- Carmen Angélica Figueroa Guzmán (Guaynabo)
- Thaiz Maceira Candelaria (Hatillo)
- Fiorella Medina (Isabela)
- Cristina E. Martes Lugo (Jayuya)
- Karina Rivera Camacho (Lajas)
- Angela Escalera Carrasquillo (Loiza)
- Sachelle González Rodríguez (Manati)
- Janairi Pomales García (Naguabo)
- Karla Guilfú Acevedo (Patillas)
- Mistral Cedanio Rojas (Peñuelas)
- Natalia Elena Zayas Morales (Ponce)
- Xarimar Acevedo (Rio Grande)
- Gabriela Veguilla Cotto (Salinas)
- Rina Rivera Vargas (San Juan)
- Isarel Marielis Román Almeda (San Lorenzo)
- Kiara Rivera Escudero (Toa Baja)
- Juanita Polanco Irizarry (Trujillo Alto)
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