Miss Honduras

The Miss Honduras or Miss Honduras Universe (also, known as Señorita Honduras) is a national beauty pageant in Honduras. The pageant was founded in 1930, where the winners were sent to Miss Universe.

Miss Honduras Organization

Formation	1930; 95 years ago (1930)
Type	Beauty pageant
Headquarters	Tegucigalpa
Location	Honduras
Membership	Miss Universe
Official language	Spanish
President	Carlos Rivera And Bryan Espinoza, Ricardo Caballero
Website	Official site

Titleholders

The following women have represented Honduras in the Big Four international beauty pageants.

Year	Miss Honduras	Department	Notes
1930	Angélica Meza Milla	Francisco Morazán
1954	Lilliam Padilla	Francisco Morazán
1955	Pastora Pagán Valenzuela	Cortés
1959	Rosemary Lefebre	Francisco Morazán
1964	Aracely Cano	Francisco Morazán
1965	Eda Inés Munguía	Francisco Morazán
1966	Danira Miralda	Yoro
1967	Denia Maria Alvarado Medina	Cortés
1968	Nora Idalia Guillén	Francisco Morazán
1969	Viena Paredes Zelaya	Choluteca
1970	Francis Irene VanTuyl	Cortés
1971	Dunia Aracely Ortega	Santa Bárbara
1972	Doris Alicia Roca Pagán	Cortés
1973	Nelly Suyapa González Mármol	El Paraíso
1974	Ethelinda Mejía Velásquez	Yoro
1976	Victoria Alejandra Pineda Fortín	Cortés
1977	Carolina Rosa Rauscher Sierra	Comayagua
1978	Olimpia Velásquez Medina	Cortés
1979	Gina Maria Weidner Cleaves	Cortés
1980	Ethelvina Raudales	Yoro
1981	Leslie Nohemi Sabillón Dávila	Francisco Morazán
1982	Eva Lissete Barahona Dheming	Atlántida
1983	Ollie June Thompson	Islas de la Bahía	Reina Internacional del Café 1984
1984	Mertyce Elitha Hyde	Bay Islands
1985	Diana Margarita García	Cortés
1986	Sandra Natalie Navarrete	Cortés
1987	Francia Tatiana Reyes	Francisco Morazán
1988	Jacqueline Herrera Mejía	Cortés
1989	Frances Siryi Milla	Atlántida
1990	Vivian Audely Moreno	Cortés
1992	Mónica Raquel Rápalo	Atlántida
1993	Denia Reyes	Atlántida
1994	Jim Haylock	Bay Islands
1996	Yazmín Fiallos	Francisco Morazán
1997	Joselina García Cobos	Atlántida
1998	Dania Patricia Prince Méndez	Choluteca	Miss Earth 2003
1999	Daryela Sofia Guerrero	Atlántida
2000	Flor de María García Ferrera	Cortés
2001	Esther Edén	Bay Islands	Resigned
2002	Erika Lizeth Ramírez	Atlántida
2007	Wendy Patricia Salgado Corea	Francisco Morazán
2008	Diana Gabriela Barraza Miralda	Olancho
2009	Belgica Nataly Suárez González[1]	Francisco Morazán
2010	Kenia Melissa Martínez	Atlántida
2011	Keylin Suzette Gómez Flores[2]	Cortés
2012	Jennifer Denise Andrade Felicidades[3]	Francisco Morazán
2013	Diana Gertrude Shoutsen Mendoza[4]	Atlántida
2014	Gabriela Nikol Ordóñez Cortés	Comayagua
2015	Iroshka Lindaly Elvir Flores	Francisco Morazán
2016	Olga Sirey Morán Castro	Yoro	Dethroned
2017	April Claudette Tobie Ramos	Bay Islands
2018	Claudia Vanessa Villars Figueroa	Santa Bárbara
2019	Rosemary Natalí Arauz Mejía	Cortés
2020	Cecilia Maria Rossell Guerra	Copán
2021	Rose Meléndez	Colón
2022	Rebeca Rodríguez Mora[5]	San Pedro Sula
2023	Zuheilyn Clemente[6]	Tegucigalpa
2024	Stephanie Cam	San Pedro Sula

Titleholders under Miss Honduras org.

Miss Honduras Universo

•   : Declared as Winner
•   : Ended as runner-up or top 5/6 qualification
•   : Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
•   : Ended as special awards winner

The Winner of Miss Honduras represents the country at the Miss Universe pageant. If the winner will resign the title, the runner-up will take over the crown.

Year	Department	Miss Honduras	Placement at Miss Universe	Special Awards	Notes
2025	Olancho	Alejandra Fuentes[7]	TBA	TBA
2024	San Pedro Sula	Stephanie Cam [8]	Unplaced	Best Skin
2023	Tegucigalpa	Zuheilyn Clemente	Unplaced
2022	San Pedro Sula	Rebeca Rodríguez Mora	Unplaced
2021	Colón	Rose Meléndez	Unplaced
2020	Copán	Cecilia María Rossell Guerra	Unplaced		Appointed — Due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, the Third Runner-up of 2019 crowned as the Miss Honduras 2020.
2019	Cortés	Rosemary Natalí Arauz Mejía	Unplaced
2018	Santa Bárbara	Claudia Vanessa Villars Figueroa	Unplaced
2017	Bay Islands	April Claudette Tobie Ramos	Unplaced		Ricardo Caballero (ICA/Independencia Centro America) directorship, Later Miss International Honduras 2024.
2016	Yoro	Olga Sirey Morán Castro	Unplaced		Dethroned later retained title; Crowned in 2015 together with Miss Honduras 2015, Iroshka Lindaly Elvir Flores.
2015	Francisco Morazán	Iroshka Lindaly Elvir Flores	Unplaced
2014	Comayagua	Gabriela Nikol Ordóñez Cortés	Unplaced
2013	Atlántida	Diana Shoutsen Mendoza[9]	Unplaced
2012	Francisco Morazán	Jennifer Denise Andrade[10]	Unplaced
2011	Cortés	Keylin Suzette Gómez Flores[11]	Unplaced
2010	Colón	Kenia Melissa Martínez[citation needed]	Unplaced
2009	Francisco Morazán	Belgica Nataly Suárez[12]	Unplaced
2008	Francisco Morazán	Diana Gabriela Barraza Miralda	Unplaced
2007	Francisco Morazán	Wendy Patricia Salgado Corea	Unplaced		Carlos Rivera directorship.
Señorita Honduras
Did not compete between 2003—2006
2002	Colón	Erika Lizeth Ramírez	Unplaced	Best National Costume (Top 20)
2001	Yoro	Olenka Miroslava Fuschich	Unplaced	Best National Costume (Top 3)	Appointed — A Runner-up took over to compete at Miss Universe 2001.
	Bay Islands	Esther Edén	Did not compete		Resigned.
2000	Cortés	Flor de María García Ferrera	Unplaced
1999	Atlántida	Daryela Sofia Guerrero	Unplaced
1998	Choluteca	Dania Patricia Prince Méndez	Unplaced
1997	Atlántida	Joselina García Cobos	Unplaced
1996	El Paraiso	Yazmín Fiallos	Unplaced
1995	Did not compete
1994	Bay Islands	Jem Haylock	Unplaced
1993	Atlántida	Denia Reyes	Unplaced
1992	Atlántida	Mónica Raquel Rápalo	Unplaced
1991	Yoro	Claudia Mercedes Caballero	Did not compete
1990	Cortés	Vivian Audely Moreno	Unplaced
1989	Atlántida	Frances Siryi Milla	Unplaced
1988	Cortés	Jacqueline Herrera Mejía	Unplaced
1987	Francisco Morazán	Francia Tatiana Reyes	Unplaced	Miss Congeniality
1986	Cortés	Sandra Natalie Navarrete	Unplaced
1985	Cortés	Diana Margarita García	Unplaced
1984	Bay Islands	Mertyce Elitha Hyde	Unplaced
1983	Bay Islands	Ollie June Thompson	Unplaced
1982	Atlántida	Eva Lissete Barahona Dheming	Unplaced
1981	Francisco Morazán	Leslie Nohemi Sabillón Dávila	Unplaced
1980	Yoro	Etelvina Raudales	Unplaced
1979	Cortés	Gina Maria Weidner Cleaves	Unplaced
1978	Cortés	Olimpia Velásquez Medina	Unplaced
1977	Comayagua	Carolina Rosa Rauscher Sierra	Unplaced
1976	Cortés	Victoria Alejandra Pineda Fortín	Unplaced
1975	Did not compete
1974	Yoro	Ethelinda Mejía Velásquez	Unplaced
1973	El Paraíso	Nelly Suyapa González Mármol	Unplaced
1972	Cortés	Doris Alicia Roca Pagán	Unplaced
1971	Santa Bárbara	Dunia Aracelly Ortega	Unplaced
1970	Cortés	Francis Irene VanTuyl	Unplaced
1969	Choluteca	Viena Paredes Zelaya	Unplaced
1968	Francisco Morazán	Nora Idalia Guillén	Unplaced
1967	Cortés	Denia Maria Alvafado Medina	Unplaced
Miss Honduras
Did not compete between 1956—1966
1955	Cortés	Pastora Pagán Valenzuela	Top 15
1954	Francisco Morazán	Lilliam Padilla	Unplaced

Miss Honduras Mundo

•   : Declared as Winner
•   : Ended as runner-up or top 5/6 qualification
•   : Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
•   : Ended as special awards winner

Prior to 2008 a Runner-up or sometimes winner of Miss Honduras went to Miss World pageant. Began 2008 the winner of Señorita Honduras Mundo in under Eduardo Zablah represents her country at the Miss World pageant.

Year	Department	Señorita Honduras Mundo	Placement at Miss World	Special Awards	Notes
2025	Atlántida	Izza Sevilla[13]	Unplaced
2024	No competition held
2023	El Paraíso	Yelsin Almendarez[14]	Unplaced
2022	Miss World 2021 was rescheduled to 16 March 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak in Puerto Rico, no edition started in 2022
2021	Yoro	Dayana Bordas	Unplaced
2020	Due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, no competition held
2019	Yoro	Ana Romero	Unplaced	Miss World Sport (Top 32)
2018	Comayagua	Dayana Sabillón	Unplaced
2017	Santa Bárbara	Celia Monterrosa	Unplaced	Miss World Top Model (Top 30)
2016	Colón	Kerelyne Campigotti Webster	Unplaced	Miss World Sport (Top 24)
2015	Francisco Morazán	Gabriela Vanessa Salazar Valle	Unplaced
2014	Santa Bárbara	María José Alvarado	Did not compete		Withdrew — Kidnapped and murdered before competing.
2013	Bay Islands	Mónica Alexis Elwin Gough	Unplaced
2012	Copán	Jennifer Giselle Valle Morel	Unplaced
2011	Cortés	Bessy Beatriz Ochoa López	Unplaced
2010	Colón	Marilyn Elizabeth Medina	Unplaced
2009	Copán	Blaise Allys Massey Alvarado	Unplaced
2008	Copán	Gabriela Dennisse Zavala Irias	Unplaced		Señorita Honduras Mundo — Eduardo Zablah directorship.
Miss World Honduras
Did not compete between 2005—2007
2004	Bay Islands	Kimberly Michelle Macnab	Unplaced		Closed election.
Honduran representatives from Señorita Honduras
Did not compete between 2001—2003
2000	Cortés	Verónica Alejandra Castellón	Unplaced
1999	Cortés	Irma Waleska Quijada Henríquez	Unplaced
1998	Did not compete
1997	Copán	Hansel Cristina Cáceres Teruel	Unplaced
Did not compete between 1994—1996
1993	Francisco Morazán	Tania Bruchmann Escorcia	Unplaced
1992	Did not compete
1991	Francisco Morazán	Arlene Rocío Rauscher Duarte	Unplaced
1990	Cortés	Claudia Bendaña McCausland	Unplaced
1989	Cortés	Belinda Bodden Alvarez	Unplaced
1988	Francisco Morazán	Alina Patricia Díaz Ordóñez	Unplaced
1987	El Paraiso	Claudia María Paz	Unplaced
1986	Cortés	Nilcer Maria Viscovich	Unplaced
1985	Did not compete
1984	Bay Islands	Mertyce Elitha Hyde	Unplaced
1983	Cortés	Carmen Isabel Morales Ustariz	Unplaced
1982	Cortés	Ana Lucia Rivera Castro	Unplaced
1981	Cortés	Xiomara Sikaffy Mena	Unplaced
1980	Yoro	Etelvina (Ethel) Raudales	Unplaced
1979	Cortés	Gina Maria Weidner Cleaves	Unplaced
1978	Cortés	Maria Elena Bodadilla	Unplaced
1977	Francisco Morazán	María Marlene Villela Franco	Unplaced
1976	Colón	Maribel Ileana Ayala Ramírez	Unplaced
1975	Yoro	Ethelinda Mejía Velásquez	Unplaced
1974	Bay Islands	Leslie Suez Ramírez	Unplaced
1973	Cortés	Belinda Handal	Unplaced
1972	—	Doris Van Tuyl	Unplaced
Did not compete between 1968—1971
1967	—	Alba Maria Bobadilla	Unplaced
1966	Cortés	Denia Maria Alvarado Medina	Unplaced
1965	Francisco Morazán	Eda Inés Munguía	Unplaced
1964	Francisco Morazán	Aracely Cano	Unplaced
Honduran representatives from Miss Honduras
Did not compete between 1960—1963
1959	Francisco Morazán	Rosemary Lefebre	Unplaced
Did not compete between 1956—1958
1955	Cortés	Pastora Pagán Valenzuela	Unplaced

Miss Honduras Internacional

•   : Declared as Winner
•   : Ended as runner-up or top 5/6 qualification
•   : Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
•   : Ended as special awards winner

Prior to 2009 a Runner-up or sometimes winner of Miss Honduras went to Miss International pageant. Began in 2009 the Señorita Honduras Internacional winner in under Eduardo Zablah represents her country at the Miss International pageant.

Year	Department	Señorita Honduras Internacional	Placement at Miss International	Special Awards	Notes
2025	Francisco Morazán	Irma Handal[15]	TBA	TBA
2024	Bay Islands	April Claudette Tobie Ramos[citation needed]	Top 20	Miss Fitness	Previously Miss Universe Honduras 2017.
2023	Did not compete
2022	Cortés	Zully Paz Pasan	Unplaced
Due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, no competition held between 2020—2021
2019	Atlántida	Ariana María Bustillo Flores	Unplaced
2018	Olancho	Mayra Alejandra Fuentes	Unplaced
2017	Santa Bárbara	Claudia Vanessa Villars Figueroa	Top 15
2016	El Paraíso	Andrea Nicol Salinas Godoy	Unplaced
2015	Francisco Morazán	Jennifer Giselle Valle Morel	1st Runner-up
2014	Cortés	Mónica Kristel Brocatto	Unplaced
2013	Did not compete
2012	Francisco Morazán	Shirley Velasques Morales	Unplaced	Best National Costume
2011	Atlántida	Esthefany Pineda	Unplaced
2010	Did not compete
2009	Atlántida	Kenia Melissa Andrade	Unplaced	Best National Costume	Señorita Honduras Mundo — Eduardo Zablah Directorship; the Miss International Honduras placed as Señorita Honduras Internacional.
Miss International Honduras
2008	Did not compete
2007	—	Margarita Valle	Unplaced		Closed election.
2006	Colón	Lissa Diana Viera Sáenz	Unplaced		Closed election.
2005	Santa Bárbara	Ingrid Lopez	Unplaced		Closed election.
Honduran Representatives from Señorita Honduras
Did not compete between 2001—2004
2000	Yoro	Alba Marcela Rubí Castellón	Unplaced
1999	Did not compete
1998	Cortés	Wendy Suyapa Rodríguez	Unplaced
1997	Bay Islands	Jennifer Elizabeth Campbell	Unplaced
1996	Did not compete
1995	Francisco Morazáñ	Sayda Umaña López	Unplaced
1994	Did not compete
1993	Francisco Morazán	Miriam Liseth Zapata Godoy	Unplaced
1992	Cortés	Francis Funez Padilla	Top 15
1991	Cortés	Marly Karina Prudoth Guzmán	Unplaced
1990	Yoro	Claudia Mercedes Caballero	Unplaced
1989	Cortés	Cynthia Zavala	Unplaced
1988	Francisco Morazán	Erika Aguilera Garay	Unplaced
1987	Bay Islands	Darlene Jacqueline Sikaffy Powery	Unplaced
1986	Francisco Morazán	Francia Tatiana Reyes Beselinoff	Unplaced
1985	Cortés	Waleska Zavala Peñalva	Unplaced
1984	Bay Islands	Mertyce Elitha Hyde	Unplaced
1983	Francisco Morazán	Ileana Maritza Turcios	Unplaced
1982	Francisco Morazán	Alba Luz Rogel	Unplaced
1981	Cortés	Gloria Patricia Durón	4th Runner-up
1980	Atlántida	Jennifer Bustillo	Unplaced
1979	Atlántida	Lilian Anibeth Rivera	Unplaced
1978	Atlántida	Lorena Irias Navas	Unplaced
1977	Francisco Morazán	Maria Marlene Villela Franco	Unplaced
1976	Francisco Morazán	Victoria Ann Baker	Top 15
1975	Yoro	Ligia Caballero Cárdenas	Unplaced
1974	Ocotepeque	Rosario Elena Carbajal	Unplaced
1973	Yoro	Rosa Edelinda López	Unplaced
1972	Did not compete
1971	Cortés	Doris Van Tuyl	Unplaced

Miss Honduras Tierra

•   : Declared as Winner
•   : Ended as runner-up or top 5/6 qualification
•   : Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
•   : Ended as special awards winner

The Señorita Honduras Tierra winner in under Eduardo Zablah represented her country at the Miss Earth pageant. Before creating the pageant the first runner-up of Miss Honduras or winner competed at the Miss Earth pageant between 2007 and 2012. Today the Miss Earth Honduras is holding by Miss Earth Honduras.

Year	Department	Miss Earth Honduras	Placement at Miss Earth	Special Awards	Notes
2025	Yoro	Claudia Castañeda[16]	TBA	TBA
2024	Gracias a Dios	Elizabeth Maldonado	Unplaced
2023	Comayagua	Ariana Gomez[17]	Unplaced
2022	Valle	Idania Santos	Did not compete
2021	Roatán	Jissel Rivera	Did not compete
2020	Tela	Mary Cruz Cardona	Unplaced
2019	Yoro	Rita Velasquez	Unplaced
2018	Danli	Diana Palma	Unplaced
2017	Tegucigalpa	Valeria Cardona	Unplaced	Resorts Wear (Group 1)
2016	Did not compete
2015	Yoro	Nadia Scarleth Morales	Unplaced
Honduran Representatives from Miss Honduras
Did not compete between 2013—2014
2012	Yoro	Odily Alvarenga	Unplaced
2011	Bay Islands	Stephany Hernández Martínez	Unplaced
2010	Did not compete
2009	—	Alejandra Maria Mendoza David	Unplaced
2008	Francisco Morazán	Kenia Melissa Andrade	Unplaced
Honduran Representatives from Señorita Honduras
2007	Did not compete
2006	—	Lesly Gabriela Molina Kristoff	Unplaced
2005	—	Ruth María Arita Luna	Unplaced
2004	Francisco Morazán	Gabriela Dennisse Zavala Irias	Top 8	Best in National Costume
2003	Choluteca	Dania Patricia Prince Méndez	Miss Earth 2003
2002	—	Leslie Paredes Barahona	Unplaced		Closed election

See also

• Miss Grand Honduras