Miss Latin America 1987

Miss América Latina 1987 was the fifth international edition of the Miss América Latina contest, and the seventh overall. The final event was held on October 17, 1987 in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. At the conclusion of the pageant, Lorenia Burruel of Mexico was crowned by outgoing titleholder, Lucia Collado of the Dominican Republic. . Because the 1988 event had to be postponed due to the Mexican presidential inaguration that year, Burruel's title was extended to Miss América Latina 1987-88.

Results

Final Results

Contestant

Miss América Latina 1987-88
  • - Lorenia Burruel

1st runner-up
  • - Cora Ruiz

2nd runner-up
  • - Ursula Molina

3rd runner-up
  • - Claudia Ramognino

4th runner-up
  • - Evelyn Roda

Semi-finalists (in order of placement)
  • - Zoila García
  • - Ana Pereira
  • - María Acosta
  • - Mónica Fadul
  • - Jacqueline Herrera

Contestants

  • - Claudia Ramognino
  • - Ana Pereira
  • - Evelyn Roda
  • - Carolina Puebla
  • - Mónica Fadul
  • - Amarilys Chávez
  • - Zoila Indhira García Mena
  • - Gianella Avellaneda
  • - Jeanine Hannaux
  • - Silvia Soto
  • - Jacqueline Herrera
  • - Lorenia Burruel
  • - Rebecca Porras
  • - María Acosta
  • - Ursula Molina
  • - Carla Alvarado
  • - Clara Espuche
  • - María Abbona
  • - Sdenka Dobronec
  • - Cora Ruiz

Trivia

  • Ecuador last competed in 1985.
  • Peru placed for the first time. Colombia placed for the fifth consecutive time, Venezuela for the fourth, the Dominican Republic for the third and Bolivia, Brazil and Mexico for the second time in a row.
  • Countries that had not placed for a while were: Honduras (1983), Argentina (1984) and Paraguay (1985).