1957-1963

Continental Queen of Coffee / Reina Continental del Café

Panama, Nicaragua & Mexico	Honduras, Guatemala & El Salvador	Costa Rica & Brazil
1957 January 24 15 entries NOTE In this first pageant only the winner was chosen, with no runners-up. Result 1 Panama Análida Alfaro Estripeau Remainder Brazil Berta Cléia Honain Colombia Gloria Aristizábal Posada Costa Rica Martha Elena de la Espriella Cuba Norma Domínguez Valdés Dominican Republic Magda Eleonora Mejía Guzmán Ecuador Marlene Enriqueta Guillén El Salvador Sonia Magaña Guatemala Hilda Rivera Guzmán Honduras Gloria Elizabeth Berger Caballero Mexico Mercedes Espinoza Braniff Nicaragua Leyla Bendaña Puerto Rico Ivonne Mattei Oms Venezuela Irma de la Rosa Withdrew Peru Bertha Melgar	Colombia, Venezuela, Puerto Rico & Peru (who withdrew)
	Ecuador, Dominican Republic & Cuba		Panama (winner)

1959 January 29 13 entries Results 1 Brazil Denise Guimarães Prado 2 Honduras Norma Rivas García 3 Dominican Republic Cristina Emilia Alvarez Remainder Colombia Olga Pumarejo Korkor (SF Universe '59) Costa Rica Ana Cecilia Quirós Hand Ecuador Cecilia Ripalda Mora El Salvador Aida Elena Mendoza Sol Guatemala Ana Maria Arzú Nicaragua Maria de Lourdes Valladares Panama Ana Elena Boyd Peru Victoria García Larco Puerto Rico Annette Antomattei Venezuela Blanca Pawer Briceño	Brazil	Colombia
		Brazil (winner)

1961 January 27
14 entries

Results
1 Brazil Mercedes Elizabeth Carrascosa Von Glehn
2 Bolivia Martha Ruth Fiorilo Guzmán
3 Honduras Frances Ordóñez Rheinboldt

Remainder
Colombia Ofelia Gómez Restrepo
Costa Rica Martha Eugenia Pozuelo Pagés
Ecuador Patricia Rolando Ceballos
El Salvador Teresita Posada
Guatemala Ileana Polasek Alzamora (International '61)
Haiti Gladys Domond
Mexico Isela Vega Durazo
Panama Vilma Aranegui
Peru Lilian Revilla
Puerto Rico Adita Molina Vivaldi
Venezuela Alida Sánchez Adrián

Brazil (winner)

1963 January 25
11 entries

Results
1 Honduras Ana de Lourdes Zúñiga Soto
2 Peru Bertha Luz Rosell Zapata
3 Colombia Blanca Stella Arbeláez Tavares

Remainder
Brazil Andréa Bittencourt Vasconcelos
Costa Rica Ana Isabel Alfaro Aragón
Dominican Republic Rosa Maria Vicioso Tuero
Ecuador Rita Angolina Poggi Carreño
Haiti Joselyne Sylvain
Panama Maruca Raquel Boyd Paredes
Puerto Rico Teresita Lluch Vega
Venezuela Mayra Vernett Antonetti

Honduras (right)

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Honduras (winner)

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