Miss Teen International is an international beauty pageant for girls aged 15–19 years of all nationalities, operated by Ecuadorian businessman Rodrigo Moreira, owner of all intellectual property rights in Brazil,[1] Chile,[2] Costa Rica,[3] Dominican Republic,[4] El Salvador,[5] Ecuador,[6] Mexico[7] and Panama.[8]
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The current winner is Éffora Consoli of Brazil, who was crowned as Miss Teen International 2023, on November 15, 2023, in Guayaquil, Ecuador.[9]
1966 to 1969
The first contest bestowing the title of Miss Teen International took place on Wednesday, April 4, 1966, in Hollywood and was hosted by Adam West, star of TV's Batman, with guest appearances by actresses Mia Farrow and Barbara Parkins, actors Vic Morrow and John Astin, singers Robert Goulet and Sonny & Cher, and 1965 Miss Teen USA Susan Henning.[10][11]
The 1967 Miss Teen International pageant was held again in Hollywood on Saturday, March 20, and was hosted by actress Sally Field and actor-singer Noel Harrison, with 1966 Miss Teen USA Cindy Lewis making an appearance, along with the current 1966 and first Miss Teen International, Ewa Aulin, 17, who crowned her successor.[12]
At the 1968 pageant in Hollywood on Saturday, April 13, there were 12 girls from different countries participating in the event, with Miss Teen USA Pamela Martin, 18, representing the United States.[13]
The pageant was produced by Al Burton and the final competition aired as a single one-hour special nationally in prime time in the United States for each of four consecutive years on the ABC Television network in the United States and syndicated airing in foreign TV markets.[14][15][16]
2014 to 2018
Another version was first held in 2014 and was previously called Miss Teenager International. The title was won by Fabiola Ortiz from Bolivia, the first winner.
She not only won the maximum title, but she also obtained the prizes for Best Figure and Best Smile. Fabiola was sent to the contest by Promociones Gloria.[18]
Sex |
Female |
Age range |
15 to 19 |
Marital status |
Single |
Height |
At least 1.60 metres / 5'2" |
Skills |
Communication skills, modelling experience |
Additional attributes |
Photogenic, pleasing personality, friendly |
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Titleholder |
Country |
Venue of Competition |
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Al Burton pageant ownership era |
1966 |
Ewa Aulin |
Sweden |
Hollywood, California, United States |
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1967 |
Alice Alfeim |
Norway |
|
1968 |
Jeanette McLeod |
Australia |
|
1969 |
Mary Louise Lewis |
England |
|
Enrique Gonzalez pageant ownership era |
1993 |
Sofia Andersson |
Sweden |
San José, Costa Rica |
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1994 |
Ana Carina Góis |
Brazil |
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1995 |
Kristen Hungerford |
Sweden |
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1996 |
Renata Cavazzana |
Brazil |
|
1997 |
Katherine González |
Puerto Rico |
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1998 |
Vanessa Martins |
Brazil |
Guatemala City, Guatemala |
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1999 |
Carolina Raven |
Aruba |
San José, Costa Rica |
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2000 |
Mary Ann Statia |
Curacao |
Oranjestad, Aruba |
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2001 |
Yaraliz Lasanta |
Puerto Rico |
Willemstad, Curacao |
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2002 |
Fabriella Quesada |
Costa Rica |
San José, Costa Rica |
|
2003 |
María Teresa Rodríguez |
Costa Rica |
Coliseo Luis Leoro Franco, Ibarra, Ecuador |
[22] |
2004 |
Lauryn Eagle |
Australia |
San José, Costa Rica |
[23] |
2005 |
No pageant held |
2006 |
Mayra Matos |
Puerto Rico |
Teatro Auditorio Nacional, San José, Costa Rica |
[24] |
2007 |
Jenny Quiroga |
Mexico |
Auditorio del Parque de la Exposición, Lima, Peru |
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2008 |
Isabele Sánchez |
Brazil |
Teatro Auditorio Nacional, San José, Costa Rica |
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2009 |
Nazareth Cascante |
Costa Rica |
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2010 |
Lynette do Nascimento |
Aruba |
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2011 |
Adriana Paniagua |
Nicaragua |
[25] |
2012 |
Valerie Hernandez |
Puerto Rico |
[26] |
2013 |
Isabella Novaes |
Brazil |
[27] |
2014 |
Ailin Adorno |
Paraguay |
Hotel Riu, Guanacaste, Costa Rica |
[28] |
Rodrigo Moreira pageant ownership era |
2014 |
Fabiola Ortiz |
Bolivia |
Auditorio del MAAC, Guayaquil, Ecuador |
[18] |
2015 |
Paola Serrano |
Puerto Rico |
Teatro Centro de Arte, Guayaquil, Ecuador |
[29] |
2016 |
Camila Montenegro |
Ecuador |
Continental Hotel, Panama City, Panama |
[30] |
2017 |
Tanailyn Medina |
Puerto Rico |
Centro Empresarial Las Cámaras, Guayaquil, Ecuador |
[31] |
2018 |
Julia Hemza |
Brazil |
[32] |
2019 |
Luciana Begazo |
Peru |
[20] |
20201 |
Maria Alejandra Royo |
Panama |
Nex Televisión, Panama City, Panama |
[33] |
2021 |
Aurora Villalobos |
Mexico |
Concha Acústica, Parque Samanes, Guayaquil, Ecuador |
[34][35] |
2022 |
Yulienke Jacobs |
South Africa |
Hotel Oro Verde, Guayaquil, Ecuador |
[36][37][38] |
2023 |
Éffora Consoli |
Brazil |
Concha Acústica, Parque Samanes, Guayaquil, Ecuador |
[9] |
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1Judging of the competition took place outside of the normal pageant environment due to the global restrictions on public events and international travel imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic. The winner was crowned in a live-streamed event.
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2019 Luciana Begazo Peru
2020 Maria Alejandra Royo Panama
2021 Aurora Villalobos Mexico
2022 Yulienke Jacobs South Africa
2023 Éffora Consoli Brazil
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Nation |
Titles |
Year(s) |
Brazil |
7 |
1994, 1996, 1998, 2008, 2013, 2018, 2023 |
Puerto Rico |
6 |
1997, 2001, 2006, 2012, 2015, 2017 |
Costa Rica |
3 |
2002, 2003, 2009 |
Sweden |
1966, 1993, 1995 |
Mexico |
2 |
2007, 2021 |
Aruba |
1999, 2010 |
Australia |
1968, 2004 |
South Africa |
1 |
2022 |
Panama |
2020 |
Peru |
2019 |
Ecuador |
2016 |
Paraguay |
2014 |
Nicaragua |
2011 |
Curacao |
2000 |
England |
1969 |
Norway |
1967 |
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"INPI". inpi.gov.br. Brazil. July 25, 2023. Retrieved July 27, 2023. (original in Portuguese)
"INAPI - Consulta de Marca". inapi.cl. Chile: National Institute of Industrial Property. 2023. Retrieved July 17, 2023. (INAPI, National Institute of Industrial Property, Chile)
"WIPO PUBLISH 1.5a". rnp.go.cr. Costa Rica: National Registry of Costa Rica. 2023. p. 10. Retrieved June 5, 2023. (The Gazette of Intellectual Rights, published by the National Registry of Costa Rica)
"La Gaceta de los Derechos Intelectuales". gaceta.propiedadintelectual.gob.ec. Ecuador: Servicio Nacional de Derechos Intelectuales. 2018. p. 278. Retrieved May 20, 2021. (The Gazette of Intellectual Rights, published by the National Service for Intellectual Rights, Ecuador)
"Miss Teen International 2023: Éffora Consoli of Brazil". pageantopolis.net. Miami, Florida: Pageantopolis. November 14, 2023. Retrieved December 4, 2023. Effora Consoli, a 17-year-old model from Santa Catarina, Brazil, beat 20 other contestants to win her country's seventh international crown at the megaevent held in Guayaquil, Ecuador. She also won the award for Best National Costume at Miss Teen International 2023 in a preliminary contest supported by the authorities and she succeeds last year's winner Yulienke Jacobs of South Africa.
"Yields Throne". newspapers.com. Atlanta, Georgia: The Atlanta Constitution. April 4, 1966. p. 51. Retrieved February 14, 2021. Photo caption: Mia Farrow, left, and Barbara Parkins, right, of Peyton Place, will help Susan Henning, 1965 titleholder of the Miss Teen USA title, pass her crown to another youngster Wednesday in the Miss Teen International Pageant at 10 p.m. on Channel 11.
"TV Highlights" (PDF). rbr.mtpl.org/rbr. Red Bank, New Jersey: The Daily Register. April 6, 1966. p. 24. Retrieved February 24, 2021. 10–11 [p.m.] ([channel] 7) - Special. 'The Miss Teen International Pageant.' Another in the endless round of beauty parades. This time, high school girls representing twelve countries compete with Miss Teen U.S.A. for a new title, in Hollywood. The girls are introduced by emcee Adam 'Batman' West, and such presenters as Robert Goulet, Vic Morrow, John Astin, 'Peyton Place' youngsters, and Sonny and Cher. (Color).
"Teen Fair". newspapers.com. Long Beach, California: Independent Press-Telegram. March 19, 1967. p. 85. Retrieved February 24, 2021. Photo caption: Miss Teen International Trio. Sally Field and Noel Harrison, hosts, with Cindy Lewis, 1966 Miss Teen U.S.A. / Article quote: The second annual 'Miss Teen International Pageant' will be presented in color at 9:30 p.m. Saturday, on Channel 7. The pageant, which will originate live in Hollywood, will bring together Miss Teen International finalists from 11 countries: Japan, France, Sweden, Norway, Italy, Ireland, Canada, Switzerland, England, Ecuador and the United States. ... Seventeen- year-old Ewa Aulin, the blue-eyed, golden-haired Stockholm model who is the reigning Miss Teen International, and who has just completed a year-long tour of world capitals, will crown her successor.
"Michigan Girl Is Miss Teen U.S.A." newspapers.com. Fremont, Ohio: The News Messenger. April 11, 1968. p. 8. Retrieved February 24, 2021. Photo caption: Pamela Martin, 18, clutches her trophy as she accepts congratulations from other competitors in Hollywood after being named Miss Teen U.S.A. during the Teen Age Fair. Miss Martin is a junior at Seaholm high school in Birmingham, Mich. She competed against nine others for the U.S.A. title and on Saturday will be competing against 11 girls from foreign countries for the title of Miss Teen International.
Witbeck, Charles H. (April 6, 1966). "This International Pageant Hails Fun – Not Madness\". newspapers.com. Miami, Florida: The Miami News. p. 32. Retrieved June 3, 2021. HOLLYWOOD – Following, and hopefully not stumbling, on the heels of 'America's Junior Miss Pageant' from Mobile, Ala. is a slicked-up, glamorized Hollywood merchandised version for high school cuties, airing tonight on ABC. It's the 'Miss Teen International Pageant,' spiced by such ABC-TV celebrities as emcee Adam 'Batman' West, and presenters John Astin, Robert Goulet, four youngsters from 'Peyton Place' and the wailers, Sonny and Cher. Endowed with puzzling measurements in stone and centimeters, and capable of speaking a little English, young ladies from countries like Ireland, Mexico, Italy and Germany fly to Hollywood to compete with Miss Teen U.S.A. during Easter vacation week. ... a shrewd little TV producer by the name of Al Burton decided to lure kids away from sin on the sand by putting on a teenage fair, and perhaps earn a few nickels as well.
Terrace, Vincent (2013). Television Specials: 5,336 Entertainment Programs, 1936-2012, 2d ed. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. p. 258. ISBN 9781476612409. Retrieved June 3, 2021. Quote: Miss Teen International. (Beauty Pageant; ABC; Mar. 25, 1967). Single telecast of the finals competition wherein teenage girls from around the world compete in various challenges for the title 'Miss Teen International.' Host: Sally Field, Noel Harrison. Producer: Al Burton. Director: Bob Henry.
"MissTeen International 2014: Canada among the finalists". torontohispano.com. HispanoCity. November 21, 2014. Retrieved May 18, 2021. The Paraguayan Ailin Adorno, 17, was crowned the new Miss Teen International 2014 during the contest that was held at the prestigious RIU Palace Guanacaste hotel, Costa Rica, where ladies from different countries participated. ... On the other hand, the organizer of the contest, Enrique González, said that the round of questions played a very important role in deciding the winner.
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"Fabiola Ortíz wins the Miss Teenager International". eju.tv. Bolivia: Eju TV. August 11, 2014. Retrieved December 3, 2021. The model, Gloria Fabiola Ortiz, obtained the title of Miss Teenager International 2014 held in Guayaquil, Ecuador.
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"Peruvian Luciana Begazo brings the Miss Teen International crown". larepublica.pe. Peru: La República. July 21, 2019. Retrieved May 26, 2021. The young Peruvian Luciana Begazo established herself as the most beautiful woman at the Miss Teen International, held at the Las Cámaras de Guayaquil Business Center in Ecuador.
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"Costa Rica se llevó el título de Miss Teen Internacional" [Costa Rica took the title of Miss Teen International]. lahoraecuador.com.ec (in Spanish). Ecuador: Diario La Hora. November 30, 2003. Retrieved December 6, 2023. Finally the jury's decision was known. Uruguay, third finalist; Puerto Rico, second finalist; United States, first runner-up and María Teresa Rodríguez from Costa Rica took the title of Miss Teen International.
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"Lauryn Eagle, a beauty that hits hard". expreso.ec. Ecuador: Diario Expreso. April 9, 2021. Retrieved June 7, 2023. Her sympathy has led her to be a model winning Miss Teen International 2004 and she was in reality shows..
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"Charm of the island". aldia.cr. Costa Rica: Al Día. April 12, 2006. Retrieved June 12, 2023. Miss Puerto Rico, Mayra Matos, won the title of Miss Teen International on Thursday, and also the friendship of all the Costa Rican people.
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"Isabella Novaes, from Brazil, won the Miss Teen crown". nacion.com. Costa Rica: La Nación. December 3, 2013. Retrieved December 6, 2023. With a taste of samba. This is how Miss Teen International 2013 was announced, a beauty pageant in which Isabella Novaes, from Brazil, was crowned the new and brand new youth queen.
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"Internacionales". missteenworldpr.org. Puerto Rico: Teen World of Puerto Rico Inc. December 10, 2018. Retrieved April 10, 2023. (original in Spanish)
"International". missesdelecuador.com. Ecuador: Misses del Ecuador. December 24, 2022. Retrieved April 10, 2023. Camila Montenegro Miss Teen International 2016 (Panama).
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"Julia Hemza é eleita Miss Teen Internacional 2018 no Equador" [Julia Hemza is elected Miss Teen International 2018 in Ecuador]. mundomiss.com (in Portuguese). Brazil: Mundo Miss Magazine. July 10, 2018. Retrieved October 26, 2022. Julia Hemza, 16, born in São Paulo, won the Miss Teen International 2018 contest held last Saturday, July 7, in the city of Guayaquil, Ecuador.
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"Gana mexicana Miss Teen International 2021 en Ecuador" [Mexican Miss Teen International 2021 wins in Ecuador] (in Spanish). November 29, 2021. Retrieved November 30, 2021. [Aurora Villalobos, Nutrition student and flight attendant, originally from Ocotlán, Jalisco, 19 years old, was crowned "Miss Teen International 2021" at the Guayaquil event, she also won first place in the election of the Best International Typical Costume 2021] English translation
"Yulienke Jacobs ganó el Miss Teen International 2022" [Yulienke Jacobs won the Miss Teen International 2022]. ultimahoraecuador.com (in Spanish). Ecuador: Ultima Hora. October 20, 2022. Retrieved October 21, 2022. Jacobs became the first South African to win Miss Teen International.
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"Sudafricana Yulienke Jacobs es la nueva Miss Teen International 2022" [South African Yulienke Jacobs is the new Miss Teen International 2022]. lahoraecuador.com.ec (in Spanish). Ecuador: Diario La Hora. October 26, 2022. Retrieved October 26, 2022. The 16-year-old model Yulienke Jacobs, representative of South Africa, was crowned Miss Teen International 2022, in the world-class event that took place last Wednesday, October 19 at the Oro Verde Hotel, within the framework of the 202 years of Independence of Guayaquil.
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"Yulienke Jacobs Miss Teen International 2022" [Yulienke Jacobs Miss Teen International 2022]. mundomiss.com (in Portuguese). Brazil: Mundo Miss Magazine. October 22, 2022. Retrieved October 26, 2022. Meet the South African who won the title of Miss Teen International in Ecuador.
(original in Portuguese)