Meet Miss Nicaragua!

The International Costa Maya Festival presents its first candidate vying for the title of Miss Costa Maya International.

The Miss Costa Maya International Pageant is scheduled for Thursday, August 4, 2016 at the Louis Sylvester Sporting Complex in San Pedro, Belize. The International Costa Maya Festival invites everyone to come out and support your favorite candidate from El Mundo Maya. Look out for the rest of the contestants from Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Panama, Costa Rica, and Belize.

Meet Miss Costa Rica!

The International Costa Maya Festival is excited to announce its second contestant vying the title of Miss Costa Maya International 2016.

Meet Miss Costa Rica, Monique Rodriguez. Monique is a beautiful 24-year- old, who combines her passion for yoga , dance and acting with a great sense of altruism and love for nature and wants to leave the name of Costa Rica high. Monique ranked 4th in Miss Costa Rica Universe 2013.

For more information and photographs, click here for the International Costa Maya Festival website.

Miss El Salvador – Miss Costa Maya International 2016 Contestant

The International Costa Maya Festival is excited to announce its third contestant vying the title of Miss Costa Maya International 2016.

Meet Marlin Ramirez. Marlin is 25 years old, is a native of Santa Ana, San Antonio Pajonal, a site with Mayan ancestors. In their lands many ceramic and clay utensils were found.

She is currently studying her third year of undergraduate career in sociology at the National University of Santa Ana.

She loves to learn about the history, culture of the countries she has visited and to loves to carry and show our culture.

For more information and photographs, click here for the International Costa Maya Festival website.

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Miss Honduras – Miss Costa Maya Festival 2016 Contestant

The International Costa Maya Festival is excited to announce its fourth contestant vying the title of Miss Costa Maya International 2016.

Meet Miss Honduras, Corina Alejandra Flores Canales. The representative from Honduras is an international business administrator. She represented her country in the Miss Ambar Mundial 2015 pageant in Punta Cana Republica Dominicana. She also won the title of Chica Verano 2015 in her country Honduras.

For more information and photographs, click here for the International Costa Maya Festival website.

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Miss Panama – Miss Costa Maya Festival 2016 Contestant

The International Costa Maya Festival is excited to announce its fifth contestant vying the title of Miss Costa Maya International 2016.

The International Costa Maya Festival is excited to announce its fifth contestant vying the title of Miss Costa Maya International 2016. Meet Margareth Villanueva. If anything defines Margareth is her enthusiasm, love and joy for life. Model, entrepreneur, writer and Panamanian philanthropic, at 22 years she shows that with determination and conviction you can achieve each of the goals that you propose. She started her journey as a model at 15 years leading her to be part of campaigning, commercials and walkways with some of the best brands in Panama. Today she is one of the official participants for Miss Panama 2017 contest in which the highest representatives of the beauty sector in her country participate. The winners become carriers of international titles such as Miss Panama for Miss Universe, among others.

For more information and photographs, click here for the International Costa Maya Festival website.

Miss Guatemala – Miss Costa Maya Festival 2016 Contestant

The International Costa Maya Festival is excited to announce its sixth contestant vying the title of Miss Costa Maya International 2016. Meet Miss Guatemala, Maria Jose Larrañaga Retolaza.

Maria Jose, likes to share with family and friends, share with kids and elderly persons (social works) in foundations, horseback riding, box, catwalk modelling, go to the beach and travel.

For more information and photographs, click here for the International Costa Maya Festival website.

Miss Mexico – Miss Costa Maya International 2016 Contestant

The International Costa Maya Festival is excited to announce its seventh contestant vying the title of Miss Costa Maya International 2016. Meet Miss Mexico, Ingrid Elizabeth Luna Solís. The Mexican beauty won the title of Miss Teen Universe Puebla in 2015.

Ingrid enjoys reading, traveling, modeling, spending time with family and friends and is currently a student of psychology.

For more information and photographs, click here for the International Costa Maya Festival website.

Miss Belize – Miss Costa Maya International 2016 Contestant

The International Costa Maya Festival is excited to announce its eight and final contestant vying for the title of Miss Costa Maya International 2016. Meet Miss Belize, Yadira Yvette Argueta.

Yadira Yvette Argueta is an enthusiastic and determined young lady who is currently pursuing a Bachelors Degree in accounting at the University of Belize. The twenty two year old works full time in the accounting field. Her future endeavor is to pursue a Masters degree in finance and aspires to become an auditor and eventually open her own accounting firm. However, her dichotomous nature is truly revealed as she regularly trades in her office wear for the catwalk in expression of her passion for modeling and pageantry. Miss Argueta captured the title and Queen of the Bay Belize in 2012, one of the most prestigious pageants of the country of Belize . She also represented Belize in Miss PJD2 Caribbean pageant in 2014. In her leisure she enjoys dancing, singing playing sports and meeting new people. She also enjoys reading and stimulating conversation in an effort to quench her undying thirst for knowledge. “It takes a whole village to raise a child” is the proverb that has become the Motto Yadira chooses to live by. She is a mentor to many adolescents and she is always willing to lend a helping hands to those in need.

For more information and photographs, click here for the International Costa Maya Festival website.

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Yadira Argueta to Compete in 2016 Costa Maya Pageant

Thank you Seaquarious Adventures for Sea Trek!

**Minor Change of Date**
Costa Maya moved down by only 1 day

The International Costa Maya Festival has been working very closely with the National Emergency Management Organization (NEMO) of Belize, and will continue to do so until the threat of Tropical Storm Earl has passed.

Based on the information received from NEMO, it has been decided that the Reina de la Costa Maya International Pageant, originally scheduled to take place on Thursday, August 4th will now take place on Sunday, August 7th but all other events of the festival will proceed as scheduled.