Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2021 Explained

Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2021 was the 65th edition of the Miss Universe Puerto Rico pageant, held on September 30, 2021 at Luis A. Ferré Performing Arts Center in San Juan, Puerto Rico.^[1] Estefanía Soto of San Sebastián crowned Michelle Colón of Loíza as her successor at the end of the event. Colón represented Puerto Rico at the Miss Universe 2021 pageant and finished as Top 10.^[2]

Pageant

Judges

Preliminary

• Uma Blasini – Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2007 from Guayanilla^[3]
• Danna Hernández – Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2017 from San Juan
• Katiria Soto – Journalist
• Yamil Ureña – Actor
• Paul Anthony – Hair and makeup artist
• Margarita Álvarez – Fashion designer
• Otilio Santiago – Businessman
• Maximiliano Córdova – Model and banker
• Eileen Ojeda – Walgreens director of operations

Final

• Aleyda Ortiz – Nuestra Belleza Latina 2014^[4]
• Ana Rosa Brito – Miss Universe Puerto Rico 1997 from San Juan
• Anna di Marco – Doctor
• Frances Estrada – Fashion blogger and influencer
• Joyce Giraud – Miss Universe Puerto Rico 1998 from Aguas Buenas
• Juan Casillas – B Media Group president
• Madison Anderson – Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2019 from Toa Baja
• Michelle Pérez – Vicepresident of El Vocero
• Viviana Ortiz – Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2011 from Corozal

Results

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2021	Loíza – Michelle Colón
1st runner-up	San Lorenzo – Jaylene Álvarez
2nd runner-up	Dorado – Oxana Rivera
Top 6	Toa Baja – Heilymar Rosario Trujillo Alto – Sthephanie Miranda Villalba – Gabriela Guzmán §
Top 10	Aguada – Liana Teresa Morales Isabela – Gabriela Sofía Muñoz Salinas – Astrid Dianet Arroyo San Juan – Fabiola Marie Aquino
Top 15	Carolina – Ediris Joan Rivera Cidra – Marangelí Meléndez Mayagüez – Amanda Ayala Toa Alta – Zaely Coral Sierra Vega Baja – Génesis Oliver Santiago

§ – Voted into the Top 6 by viewers

Special awards

Award	Winner
Miss Photogenic	Cidra – Marangelí Meléndez
Miss Friendship	Cayey – Karina von Gundlach
Most Beautiful Skin	Isabela – Gabriela Muñoz Lugo
Most Beautiful Hair	Trujillo Alto – Sthephanie Miranda

Contestants

Twenty-six contestants competed for the title.^[5]

Municipality	Contestant	Age	Notes
Aguada	Andrea Carolina Delgado	22
Aguadilla	Liana Teresa Morales Sizemore	24
Añasco	Johalmi De Jesús Queliz	26
Bayamón	Natalia Alexa Aldarondo	24
Carolina	Ediris Joan Rivera	25
Cidra	Marangelí Meléndez	24
Dorado	Oxana Isabel Rivera Álvarez	27
Fajardo	Janice Jimenez	22
Guaynabo	Dalymar Villanueva	23
Isabela	Gabriela Sofía Muñoz Lugo	25
Juana Díaz	Leirian Cosme	27
Loíza	Michelle Marie Colón Ramírez	21
Luquillo	Jehanna López	27
Mayagüez	Amanda Ayala	27
Ponce	Lisamar Soe Olivera	18
Río Grande	Nathàlie Santa Cruz Bacardí	25
Salinas	Astrid Dianet Arroyo Díaz	26
San Germán	Bárbara Betancourt	27	Later first runner-up at Miss World Puerto Rico 2021[6]
San Juan	Fabiola Marie Aquino Barreto	25
San Lorenzo	Jaylene Marie Álvarez	28
Toa Alta	Zaely Coral Sierra	23
Toa Baja	Heilymar Rosario Velazquez	25
Trujillo Alto	Sthephanie Marie Miranda Morales	27	Previously Miss Ohio USA 2020[7] (Top 16 at Miss USA 2020)
Vega Baja	Génesis Oliver Santiago	23
Villalba	Gabriela Guzmán	22
Yauco	Andrea Esperanza Cruz Álvares	21

See also

• Miss Universe Puerto Rico

Notes and References

1. Web site: Chan. Tailyn. 2021-07-20. En ruta a Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2021. 2021-07-22. muniversepr.com. en-US.
2. Web site: Miss Universe 2021 to be held in Israel, Steve Harvey to return as host. 2021-07-22. USA TODAY. en-US.
3. Web site: 27 September 2021 . Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2021: mira lo que ocurrió en la competencia preliminar . . Spanish.
4. Web site: 1 October 2021 . Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2021: estas son las 3 finalistas del concurso . . Spanish.
5. Web site: 2021-07-20. Presentan a las 27 candidatas de Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2021. 2021-07-22. El Nuevo Día. es.
6. Web site: 25 April 2021 . De Naranjito la nueva Miss Mundo de Puerto Rico 2021 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210829212614/https://www.elnuevodia.com/entretenimiento/farandula/notas/de-naranjito-la-nueva-miss-mundo-de-puerto-rico-2021/ . 29 August 2021 . 28 June 2024 . El Nuevo Día . es-PR.
7. Web site: November 11, 2019 . Campbell woman crowned Miss Ohio USA . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20191112152302/https://www.wkbn.com/news/local-news/campbell-woman-crowned-miss-ohio/ . November 12, 2019 . November 12, 2019 . WKBN.