Miss El Salvador
| Formation | 1954 |
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| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | San Salvador |
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Membership
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Miss World Miss Universe Miss International |
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Official language
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Spanish |
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Franchise holder
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Telecorporacion Salvadorena |
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Key people
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Raúl Domínguez |
| Website | www.nbelsalvador.com |
Nuestra Belleza Mundo El Salvador is a national Beauty pageant in El Salvador. The winner represents El Salvador at Miss World. Between 2006 - 2015, the winner was given the title of Nuestra Belleza Universo and competed at Miss Universe.
Miss El Salvador was the organization in charge of choosing the representative to Miss Universe and Miss World. The organization since its birth sent a representative to Miss Universe (except in 1980) and Miss World (from 1975–1993, when the organization lost the franchise.) The organization was headed by Mr. Eddie Gonzalez, who was the committed to put El Salvador at the international mark. The format of the competition was based on a representative from each of the 14 departments in the country. During the 1980s due to the Salvadorian Civil War situation, thanks to the special permission granted by The Miss Universe Organization, the representative was chosen behind closed doors. This continued till 1995 when they resumed the national competition.
In 2005, the organization had problems renewing the franchise and lost it.
In 2004, Telecorporacion Salvadorena acquired the franchise for Miss World, and in 2006 acquired the franchise for Miss Universe. The pageant was renamed Nuestra Belleza El Salvador and held two separate pageants to select the delegates to Miss Universe and Miss World. In 2010, the format changed as in that year they decided to select the two representatives in just one pageant. The pageant is open to any girls throughout the whole country. They choose the finalists via casting specials and the contestants are not required to have won a department title, which was the traditional way until 2005. In 2017, the licensee of Miss Universe was given to Reinado de El Salvador.
The following women have represented El Salvador in three of the Big Four major international beauty pageants for women. These are Miss World, Miss Universe, Miss International with exception of Miss Earth which has a separate national franchise in El Salvador.
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