Reinado Internacional del Café

Reinado Internacional del Café ("International Coffee Queen ") is an international beauty pageant in Colombia . In 1957 it was held for the first time as a continental competition under the name Reinado Continental del Café ("Coffee Queen of the Continent"). Back then the venue was Manizales , where it still takes place today. In 1972 a rule change was decided that also allowed the participation of competitors from other countries, which then led to the renaming of the competition. Married or divorced women are still not allowed under the rules. Colombian Angie Sanclemente won Valencia in 2000 but was forced to surrender her title after it was revealed that she had been married for three months in 1998.

The event takes place annually in January between more than 20 competitors. Exceptions were the years 1958, 1960, 1962, 1964–71, 1977–78, 1980 and 1986. The Reinado Internacional del Café is hosted and organized by the Culture and Tourism Institute of Manizales. German participants have so far won the title twice, something that no country outside of South America has achieved so far.

winner

year	Surname	country
1957	Análida Alfaro	Panama
1959	Denise Guimarães	Brazil
1961	Mercedes Carrascosa	Brazil
1963	Ana de Lourdes Zúñiga	Honduras
1972	Maria Stella Volpe	Paraguay
1973	Alicia Daneri	Argentina
1974	Luz María Osorio	Colombia
1975	Paulina Murgas	Colombia
1976	María de los Angeles González	Puerto Rico
1979	Paulina Leighton	Chile
1981	Milagros German	Dominican Republic
1982	Eddy Cano	Colombia
1983	Karen Mertens	Chile
1984	Ollie Thompson	Honduras
1985	Márcia Canavezes	Brazil
1987	Mariella Princic	Argentina
1988	Ana Marcia Marques	Brazil
1989	Luana Freer	Costa Rica
1990	Daniela Thieme	Chile
1991	Viviana Muñoz	Costa Rica
1992	Margaret Geymonat	Uruguay
1993	Sabina Arenas	Colombia
1994	Brenda Robles	Puerto Rico
1995	Regilaine Bittencourt	Brazil
1996	Cándida Lara	Dominican Republic
1997	Mónica Chacón	Peru
1998	Jairam Navas	Venezuela
1999	Daira Lambis	Venezuela
2000	Cristine de Mezerville	Costa Rica
2001	Francine Eickemberg	Brazil
2002	Katharina Berndt	Germany
2003	Raquel Loureiro	Portugal
2004	Daniela Scholz	Germany
2005	Aránzazu Amoedo	Spain
2006	Alice Panikian	Canada
2007	Fabriella Quesada	Costa Rica
2008	Jéssica Jordan	Bolivia
2009	Alejandra Mesa	Colombia
2010	Mariana Notarângelo	Brazil
2011	Sofinel Báez	Dominican Republic
2012	Ximena Vargas	Bolivia
2013	Ivanna Vale	Venezuela
2014	Priscilla Durand	Brazil
2015	Yuri Uchida	Japan
2016	Maydeliana Diaz	Venezuela
2017	Marilu Acevedo	Mexico
2018	Carmen Serrano	Spain

Winners by country

Country / territory	title
Brazil	8th
Colombia	5
Venezuela	4th
Costa Rica	4th
Chile	3
Dominican Republic	3
Argentina	2
Bolivia	2
Germany	2
Honduras	2
Puerto Rico	2
Japan	1
Mexico	1
Canada	1
Panama	1
Paraguay	1
Peru	1
Portugal	1
Spain	1
Uruguay	1

German participants

year	candidate	country	Results	Forgive
1998	Nadja Hausmann	North Rhine-Westphalia	Top 06
1999	Claudia Kandestiauwsks	Berlin
2000	Liane Hampl	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania	Top 06
2002	Katharina Berndt	Bavaria	winner
2003	Katja Wagner	Hesse		Best hair
2004	Daniela Scholz	North Rhine-Westphalia	winner	Best Legs & Miss Press
2005	Victoria Stadtlander	Lower Saxony		Customs Officers' Choice
2008	Svetlana Tsys	Berlin	Top 10
2012	Johanna Acs	North Rhine-Westphalia
2013	Romy Krawczyk	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
2014	Manou Volkmer	Lower Saxony
2015	Catherine Rodin	Hesse
2016	Selina Kriechbaum	Hesse
2017	Alexandra Waluk	Lower Saxony
2018	Katrin Eisenberg	North Rhine-Westphalia

Web links

• Institute for Culture and Tourism in Manizales (Spanish)
• Reinado Internacional del Café (Spanish)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Destronada la Reina Nacional Del Café in: El Tiempo on July 6, 2000. (Spanish)
2. ↑ elegida nueva Reina del Café (Spanish)