This annual beauty pageant, which began in 1991 as Reina Sudamericana (South American Queen) and the name changed to Reina Hispanoamericana. The pageant is organized by Promociones Gloria, based in Bolivia. More than 15 contestants participate every year.
Reina Hispanoamericana 2009, The 19th Reina Hispanoamericana Beauty Pageant will held in Santa Cruz, Bolivia on October 29, 2009. 21 contestants are expected to compete in the event. Vivian Noronha Cia from Brazil will crown her successor at the final night.
Reina Hispanoamericana 2009 Contestants
 01 Argentina María Celeste Cavallo Carandino 20 / 172 cm Salta |  02 Bolivia Flavia Fernanda Foianini Arzabe 20 / 176 cm Santa Cruz 4th RU |  03 Brazil Lívia Da Silva Nepomuceno 23 / 176 cm Brasília 2nd RU |
 04 Chile Nataly Nadeska Chilet Bustamante 24 / 175 cm Santiago |  05 Colombia Lina Marcela Mosquera Ochoa 20 / 180 cm Quibdó 6th RU |  06 Costa Rica María Amalia Matamoros Solís 20 / 175 cm Naranjo |
 07 Cuba Vanessa González Quintanal 22 / 168 cm Miami |  08 Curaçao Fabina Nasia Maria Martis 20 / 172 cm Willemstad |  09 Dominican Republic Rocío Elizabeth Castellanos Matías 22 / 178 cm Santiago de los Caballeros 5th RU |
 10 Ecuador Sandra María Vinces Pinargote 19 / 178 cm Portoviejo 1st RU |  11 El Salvador Bárbara Yamileth Montiel López 17 / 180 cm San Salvador |  12 Mexico Andrea Martínez de Velasco 20 / 173 cm Celaya |
 13 Nicaragua Indira Rojas Calderón 23 / 173 cm Rivas |  14 Panama Joyce Fátima Marie Jacobi Samudio 21 / 170 cm David |  15 Paraguay Mareike Baumgarten Oroa 20 / 176 cm Asunción |
 16 Peru Karol Stephanie Castillo Pinillos 19 / 182 cm Trujillo |  17 Puerto Rico Rebecca Fernández Pérez 24 / 178 cm Culebra |  18 Spain Melodía "Melody" Mir Jiménez 20 / 177 cm Mallorca 3rd RU |
 19 United States Yuleiky Rocío Mena 20 / 172 cm Perth Amboy |  20 Uruguay Cinthia Carolina D'Ottone Reyna 21 / 179 cm Montevideo |  21 Venezuela Adriana Cristina Vasini Sánchez 22 / 178 cm Maracaibo Winner |
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