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Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2022 was the 66th Miss Universe Puerto Rico pageant, held at the Luis A. Ferré Performing Arts Center in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on August 11, 2022. Michelle Colón of Loíza crowned Ashley Cariño of Fajardo as her successor at the end of the event.
Miss Universe Puerto Rico is a national beauty pageant in Puerto Rico, held annually since 1952. Currently, the pageant is responsible for selecting Puerto Rico's delegates to Miss Universe . Since 2018, the organization is owned by Hemisphere Media Group , and the annual competition is broadcast on WAPA TV and WAPA América .
Ashley Ann Cariño Barreto (born August 3, 1994) is a Puerto Rican-American model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2022. Cariño was the second Afro-Puerto Rican to win the title. She represented Puerto Rico at Miss Universe 2022, placing at the Top 5.
The Miss Universe [2] pageant began in 1952 and since then Puerto Rico has had 26 representatives classify in the finals, including 5 winners, 11 runners-up, 8 finalists and 2 semi-finalists. With 5 wins, Puerto Rico is the third country with the most wins behind USA (9 wins) and Venezuela (7 wins).
Jennifer Colón Alvarado, 36, became the first woman over 28 and the first mother to win the title of Miss Puerto Rico. Mothers, married women , and contestants over 28 only became eligible to ...
For example, if a Miss Universe winner is required to give up her title and the first Runner-Up is unable/does not want to assume the winner's position, the title then passes to the second Runner-Up. The third place finisher being designated as 2nd runner-up has been awarded seventy-three times (1952–2024).
Miss Universe 2022 R'Bonney Gabriel of the U.S. presented Palacios with the crown. This year’s Miss USA, Noelia Voigt, placed in the top 20 of the competition before being eliminated.
In February, Daniela Arroyo González became the first trans woman to compete in Miss Universe Puerto Rico, where she finished within the top 10 finalists, according to her Instagram.