{"id":257975,"date":"2026-06-07T04:34:49","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T04:34:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/257975\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T04:34:49","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T04:34:49","slug":"from-heredia-to-miss-universe-mariale-acosta-is-the-new-queen-beauty-queen-of-costa-rica-%e2%8b%86-the-costa-rica-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/257975\/","title":{"rendered":"From Heredia to Miss Universe: Mariale Acosta is the New queen Beauty Queen of Costa Rica \u22c6 The Costa Rica News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following an evening filled with gala gowns, high heels, and, above all, an abundance of <a href=\"https:\/\/thecostaricanews.com\/misses-join-oij-to-help-women-who-suffer-physical-and-sexual-violence\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"99166\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">beauty queens<\/a>, Costa Rica has chosen its new representative for<a href=\"https:\/\/thecostaricanews.com\/panama-joins-costa-rica-and-boycotts-miss-universe-pageant\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"23373\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"> Miss Universe<\/a>: Mariale Acosta from Heredia.<\/p>\n<p>A Grand Gala of Glamour and Beauty Queens<\/p>\n<p>The emotional evening kicked off with an impressive opening runway that gathered all the guest misses. A total of 19 international and national beauty queens were introduced to an enthusiastic crowd that cheered continuously for Costa Rican beauty. Some of the most applauded figures during the prelude to this spectacular night included Sheynnis Palacios, Victoria Kjaer, Mahyla Roth, and Johanna Solano. The 14 contestants took the<br \/>stage wearing short red dresses to perform a salsa-infused choreography before introducing themselves.<br \/>Best Essence: Alexia S\u00e1nchez<br \/>Miss Elegance: Mar\u00eda Alejandra Acosta<br \/>Best Smile: Samaria Montero<br \/>Miss Photogenic: Aaliyah Cunningham<br \/>Best Face: Nayeli Montenegro<br \/>Best Digital Creator: Samaria Montero<\/p>\n<p>The Defining Moment<\/p>\n<p>The panel, consisting of industry titans like Elena Hidalgo, Geury Rodr\u00edguez, Ramiro Barrio, Karina Ramos, and Victoria Kjaer, set off the high-stakes Q&amp;A panel to isolate the absolute top contenders. One of the night\u2019s biggest surprises came when Acosta delivered her answer entirely in English, leaving the auditorium momentarily spellbound.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was very afraid to be here again, but I was more afraid of not trying. Our differences make us<br \/>worthy of a crown; I am ready to be your queen,\u201d said Mariale, who served as first runner-up<br \/>(virreina) in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>At the close of the night, emotions ran high as Mahyla Roth officially crowned Mariale Acosta amid the roaring applause and excitement of the crowd.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.behold-retreats.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"304\" alt=\"Behold Retreats BANNER\" class=\"wp-image-204801 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/behold-retreats-2.webp\"  data- data-eio-rwidth=\"640\" data-eio-rheight=\"304\"\/><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"304\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/behold-retreats-2.webp\" alt=\"Behold Retreats BANNER\" class=\"wp-image-204801\"   data-eio=\"l\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Advertisement &#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Following an evening filled with gala gowns, high heels, and, above all, an abundance of beauty queens, Costa&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":257976,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[7578,100555,100556,10695,9,24,100557,63,666,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-257975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-beauty","tag-costa-rica-news","tag-heredia-costa-rica","tag-miss-universe","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-news-costa-rica","tag-nyc","tag-queen","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=257975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257975\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/257976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=257975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=257975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}