Miss Bonaire

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Miss Bonaire
Formation1967
TypeBeauty pageant
HeadquartersKralendijk
Location
Membership
Official language
Dutch
National Director
Roderick Beaumont (Miss Bonaire)
Bonaire Top International Org. (Miss International Bonaire)
WebsiteOfficial website

Miss Bonaire is a national beauty pageant in Bonaire.[1][2]

History

Traditionally, Miss Bonaire sent its winners to Miss Universe from 1967 to 1999. From 1973 to 1983, the winner of the Miss Bonaire pageant competed at Miss Intercontinental. Since the 2000s, the municipality has not competed at any international pageants. In 2010, the municipality declared to return to the international pageants.

In 2023, the 2022 Miss Bonaire, Ruby Pouchet, was sent to compete in Miss Grand International.[3]

Disallowed in Miss Universe

Since 2010, the Netherlands proclaimed Bonaire as a municipality of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The Miss Universe Organization confirmed that the municipality is only allowed to compete at Miss Nederland and will not go to Miss Universe anymore. If the winner of the Miss Bonaire was crowned as Miss Nederland, she may compete in Miss Universe as "Miss Universe Netherlands".

Titleholders

Color key
  •   Declared as Winner
  •   Ended as runner-up
  •   Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists

Miss Bonaire

Since then the official winner of Miss Bonaire represented her country at the Miss Universe pageant. On occasion, when the winner does not qualify (due to age) for either contest, a runner-up is sent. The last representative of Bonaire at the pageant was in 1999. Now, the winner competes in the Miss World.

Year Miss Bonaire International Pageants Notes
1967 Cristina Landwier
1968 Ilse Maria de Jong
1969 Julia Edviga Nicolaas
1973 Els Marie Beukenboom
  • Miss Teenage Peace International 1973
    (Top 7)
Miss Teenage Peace International is "Now" called as the Miss Intercontinental
1974 Jasmin Romondt
  • Miss Teenage Intercontinental 1974
Miss Teen Intercontinental is "Now" called as the Miss Intercontinental
1975 Judith Antonia Evertsz
  • Miss Teenage Intercontinental 1975
1978 Rosseley Hernandez
1983 Susan Angela
  • Miss Intercontinental 1983
  • Miss Turismo del Caribe 1985
1995 Donna Landwier
1996 Jessy Viceisza
1997 Jhane-Louise Landwier Previously won Miss World Bonaire 1996
1998 Uzmin Mariluz Everts
1999 Julina Felida Assumed as the People's Choice Award by website only for Miss Universe 1999
2010 Benazir Berends Charles Since 2010 the Netherlands proclaimed that Bonaire is being Municipality of the Netherlands. The Miss Universe confirmed that Bonaire is only allowed to compete at Miss Nederland and will not go to Miss Universe anymore.
2012 Saphira Elouise Janga
  • Miss Intercontinental 2012
    (People's Choice Award)
Withdrew at Miss World and Ana Gisel Maciel took over to be the new Miss World Bonaire 2012
2014 Michelle Gumbs
  • Miss Intercontinental 2014
Withdrew at Miss Intercontinental 2014 and Skye Romeijn took over to be the new Miss Intercontinental Bonaire 2014/2015
2018 Ruthgainy Frans Did not compete
2022 Ruby Pouchet[3]

Miss International Bonaire

Year Miss Bonaire International Pageants Notes
2019 Vera Ghazzouli
  • Did not compete
The Bonaire Top International Organization franchised the Miss International license for Bonaire

References

  1. ^ "Bonaire crowns new Miss Bonaire and Miss Tourism Bonaire". bes-reporter.com. 5 December 2022. Archived from the original on 20 September 2023. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Nieuwe Miss Bonaire mag jaar lang gratis auto rijden". bonaire.nu (in Dutch). 14 December 2022. Archived from the original on 20 September 2023. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Miss Bonaire 2022, Ruby Pouchet, signs an agreement to represent Bonaire at Miss Grand International 2023". www.eanews.com. 4 September 2023. Archived from the original on 7 September 2023. Retrieved 4 September 2023.

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