Miss Puerto Rico 2017: Meet the candidates

Miss Puerto Rico 2017 will be held on May 4, 2017 in the Centro de Bellas Artes Luis A. Ferré in San Juan, PR. The winner will be crowned by Brenda Jimenez as "Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2017" and will represent La Isla del Encanto in Miss Universe 2017.

Did you know this ? Puerto Rico is one of the most successful competitors in the history of the Miss Universe pageant, having won five times. Marisol Malaret, Miss Puerto Rico 1970, was the first Puerto Rican to win the Miss Universe title. The four other Puerto Rican delegates who have won the Miss Universe title are Deborah Carthy-Deu (1985), Dayanara Torres (1993), Denise Quiñones (2001), and Zuleyka Rivera (2006).