Miss Universe Spain 2013

Miss Universe Spain 2013 was the very first edition of the Miss Universe Spain pageant. It was held in the Convention Center at the Hotel Ada Palace in Madrid on 11 September 2013, exclusively for selecting the Spanish representative to Miss Universe 2013 as a result of the discontinuation of the traditional Miss Spain pageant which was last held in 2011.

Miss Universe Spain 2013
Date18 July 2013 (2013-07-18)
VenueConvention Center at the Hotel Ada Palace, Madrid, Spain[1]
Entrants12
Placements6
WinnerPatricia Yurena Rodríguez
Tenerife
CongenialityKaira Cabrera
Best National CostumePatricia Yurena Rodríguez
PhotogenicPatricia Yurena Rodríguez

Beating 11 other finalists, the winner was Patricia Yurena Rodríguez, a former Miss Spain 2008 winner and Miss World 2008 semi-finalist. She eventually placed as the first runner-up at the Miss Universe 2013 pageant.[2][3][4]

Results
Patricia Yurena Rodríguez, Miss Universe Spain 2013
Final results Contestant
Miss Universe Spain 2013
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
Top 6 semi-finalists

Special awards

Miss Photogenic - Patricia Yurena Rodríguez
Miss Congeniality (voted by the contestants) - Kaira Cabrera
Miss Rostro - Sara Niño
Best National Costume - Patricia Yurena Rodríguez

Delegates
ContestantAgeHeightHometown
Kaira Cabrera
20
1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Vitoria-Gasteiz
Belen Matas
20
1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
L'Hospitalet
Varinia Jordan
19
1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Palma de Mallorca
Ana Isabel Montabes
25
1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)Jaén
Mariona Elías
20
1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
San Nicolás de Tolentino
Lidia Altagracia Santos
23
1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Madrid
Ana Araceli Jiménez
23
1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Melilla
Leticia Ximénez
26
1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Guardo
Lorena Abrines
21
1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Seville
Sara Niño
27
1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Ciudad de Osma
Patricia Yurena Rodríguez
23
1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Canary Islands
Araya Frasquet
24
1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Valencia

References
  1. Miss Universe Spain 2013 kicks off in Madrid
  2. 20minutos (2014-08-23). "La 'miss' Patricia Yurena, tras salir del armario: "Lo hice como la cosa más normal del mundo"". www.20minutos.es - Últimas Noticias (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-02-24.
  3. "Miss España se confiesa gay. "En el amor no hay género"". La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-02-24.
  4. Ponferrada, Diario de León | Noticias de León, Bierzo y (2014-08-24). "Una miss del siglo XXI". Diario de León | Noticias de León, Bierzo y Ponferrada (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-02-24.
  5. "Former Miss Spain is country's first openly gay national beauty queen". TODAY.com. Retrieved 2023-02-24.
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