Elena Isabel Hidalgo Ramírez, the first mother to represent Costa Rica in Miss Universe, won the Miss Universe Costa Rica 2024 title. She crowned her successor, Mahyla Roth, on July 19, 2025. Roth will compete in Miss Universe 2025 in Thailand. Finalists included candidates from various regions of Costa Rica.
15 Miss Universe Costa Rica 2025 candidates competing in San Antonio, Belen, Heredia
Elena Isabel Hidalgo Ramírez made history as the first mother to represent Costa Rica in Miss Universe, winning the title at Miss Universe Costa Rica 2024. On July 19, 2025, she will crown her successor among 15 finalists for the national beauty pageant, continuing a legacy of representation since 1954.
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Sheynnis Palacios crowns Miss Universe Costa Rica 2024 Elena Hidalgo in San Antonio, Belen, Heredia
Miss Universe 2023, Sheynnis Palacios, crowned Elena Hidalgo as the inaugural Miss Universe Costa Rica during a ceremony at Centro Internacional de Convenciones ANDE on September 10, 2024. Hidalgo will represent Costa Rica in Miss Universe 2024. The event featured 13 candidates, with various finalists announced across multiple placements.
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13 Miss Universe Costa Rica 2024 candidates competing in San Antonio, Belen, Heredia
¡OPA! has held Costa Rica's Miss Universe franchise since 2024, with Gabriela Alfaro as the national director. The inaugural Miss Universe Costa Rica 2024 ceremony will take place on September 10, 2024, featuring 13 competitors. Costa Rica has had six placements in Miss Universe history, competing since 1954, except for 1952, 1953, and 1961.
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Valeria Rees biography: 13 things about Miss Universe Costa Rica 2021
Valeria Rees Loria is a Costa Rican model and beauty queen born and raised in Heredia, Costa Rica. She is 5'9" tall and she loves travelling. After surviving anorexia, Rees founded the Open Cage Foundation. Here are 13 more things about her: In 2010, she started modelling professionally. In 2016, she was one of the … Continue reading Valeria Rees biography: 13 things about Miss Universe Costa Rica 2021
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Austin, Texas’s Kaitlin Armstrong captured in Puntarenas, jailed in Los Lagos, Heredia
Kaitlin Marie Armstrong, 34, of Austin, Texas was arrested in Santa Teresa, Puntarenas, Costa Rica on June 29, 2022. She was booked into the Centro de Aprehensión Regional Central in Los Lagos, Heredia, Costa Rica on June 30, 2022.
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