Miss
Costa
Rica
2011
Beauty
Pageant
Tonight
This
weekend
is a big
weekend
in Costa
Rica
with the
inauguration
of the
new
National
Stadium
and
tonight's
(Friday)
Miss
Costa
Rica
2011
beauty
pageant,
which is
will be
occurring
across
from the
street
of the
National
Stadium,
in the
studios
of
Teletica.
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The Miss
Costa
Rica is
an
annual
event
that
selects
Costa
Rica's
representative
for the
Miss
Universe
pageant
since
1954.
The
current
titleholder
is Marva
Wright
from San
José.
She won
the
title in
a
nationally
televised
event on
April
16,
2010.
Women
between
the ages
of
18-27,
each
representing
a
province,
compete
to
represent
Costa
Rica for
one year
and
participate
in the
annual
Miss
Universe
international
competition.
Until
2006,
the 1st
runner-up
of Miss
Costa
Rica
would
usually
go to
Miss
World
and
until
1994,
the
first
runner-up,
the
winner
or a
finalist
would go
to Miss
International.
Tonight
the 10
finalists
compete
for the
crown.
Costa
Rica has
participated
in the
Miss
Universe
pageant
since
1954 and
has sent
56
representatives
in the
pageant's
60-year
history.
The
event
has been
broadcast
by
Teletica
since
1960.
During
the
years a
total of
20 Miss
Costa
Rica
titles
have
been won
by
candidates
from San
José, 7
from
Cartago,
7 from
Guanacaste,
6 from
Heredia,
6 from
Limón, 4
from
Puntarenas
and 5
from
Alajuela.
Get to
know the
10
finalists.
Click
here
or any
of the
photos
below.
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