In 1996 , Delia Cruz , mother of Miss World Wilnelia Merced Cruz , obtained the franchise and began organizing the Miss Mundo de Puerto Rico pageant with Tania Collazo as organizer for a few years before Desiree Lowry and later on Shanira Blanco . Winners have been competing ever since in the international pageant . Puerto Rico has produced two winners ( 1975,2016 ) , two 2nd runners-up ( 2005 , 2011 ) and ten semi-finalists ( 1976 , 1978 , 1980 , 1985 , 2002 , 2003 , 2006 , 2007 , 2008 , 2010 ) , and one quarter-finalist ( 2012 )
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