APRCC Pageant Archive
Past Queens
Honoring the Miss Puerto Rico of Aurora titleholders who have represented Puerto Rican heritage, scholarship, service, confidence, and community pride across generations.
More Than a Crown
The Miss Puerto Rico of Aurora tradition is part of APRCC’s larger work to preserve culture, mentor young leaders, and keep Puerto Rican heritage visible in Aurora. This first archive focuses on Miss Puerto Rico of Aurora titleholders; future updates can expand the page with Little Miss, Teen, Princesses, photos, interviews, and corrections.
2026 Titleholder
Giselle Galvez
Giselle Galvez is APRCC’s 2026 Miss Puerto Rico of Aurora, representing Lares, Puerto Rico. Her reign continues the pageant’s legacy of cultural pride, youth leadership, scholarship, and community service.
2025 Titleholder
Dyani Torres
Dyani Torres served as Miss Puerto Rico of Aurora in 2025, continuing the pageant’s tradition of cultural representation, community presence, and youth leadership.
Student Coverage
Dyani Torres Crowned Miss Puerto Rico of Aurora
42Fifty’s 2025 feature shares Dyani Torres’s crowning moment and her longtime connection to Aurora’s Puerto Rican pageant tradition.
Read 42Fifty CoverageCivic Leadership
Former queens have gone on to serve Aurora through civic leadership, education, business, communications, volunteer work, and cultural advocacy.
Scholarship & Service
The program has evolved from a traditional pageant into a scholarship-centered leadership experience tied to service and heritage.
Cultural Ambassadors
Titleholders represent APRCC at events, help keep Puerto Rican identity visible, and model pride for younger generations.
Featured Legacy Threads
The full story of each queen deserves room to grow. These early highlights show the kinds of community impact this archive can eventually preserve.
2019-2022 Titleholder
Giselle Torres
Giselle Torres carried the Miss Puerto Rico of Aurora title through an important chapter in the pageant’s modern history, helping preserve continuity for the program and its cultural legacy.
Zaida Rodriguez
Miss Puerto Rico of Aurora 1977, remembered as part of the pageant’s early leadership legacy and later community service.
Nanette Maldonado
Miss Puerto Rico of Aurora 1980, part of the tradition of former queens whose professional and volunteer work continued in Aurora.
Marissa Quiles Yelenosky
Miss Puerto Rico of Aurora 1981, recognized for a communications career and community-centered service.
Jalitza Colon
Miss Puerto Rico of Aurora 2003, part of the leadership that helped frame the pageant as a scholarship-centered program.
Community Archive
50th Anniversary Reunion Coverage
In 2022, past Aurora Puerto Rican Queen Pageant winners reunited during APRCC’s 50th Anniversary Festival, showing a visible lineage of titleholders from the early decades of the program into its modern era.
Read The Voice CoverageTitleholder & Historian
Taina Torres
Taina Torres, Miss Puerto Rico of Aurora 2023, is also the historian behind Borinquen Is Our Homeland, But Aurora Is Our Home. Her work connects the pageant’s leadership tradition with APRCC’s larger mission of preserving Puerto Rican history in Aurora.
Archive List
Miss Puerto Rico of Aurora
| Year | Titleholder |
|---|---|
| 1972 | Darlene Medina |
| 1973 | Diana Quinones |
| 1974 | Hortencia Ramos |
| 1975 | Susana Rosa |
| 1976 | Lucy Rivera |
| 1977 | Zaida Rodriguez |
| 1978 | Francis Rosa |
| 1979 | Matilde Rivera |
| 1980 | Nanette Maldonado |
| 1981 | Marissa Quiles Yelenosky |
| 1982 | Lydia Romero |
| 1983 | Sandra Ramirez |
| 1985 | Myrna Delgado |
| 1986 | Jeanette Hernandez |
| 1987 | Maribet Ramos |
| 1988 | Agna Luz Ulanga |
| 1989 | Heidi Rodriguez |
| 1990 | Evet Caraballo |
| 1991 | Christina Bracero |
| 1993 | Marcie Perez |
| 1994 | Ana Nydia Perez |
| 1995 | Teresa Torres |
| 1996 | Christy Rivera |
| 1997 | Jamie Molina |
| 1998 | Michelle Rivera |
| 1999-2000 | Teresa Gonzalez |
| 2001 | Natalie Sanchez |
| 2002 | Monica Hernandez |
| 2003 | Jalitza Colon |
| 2004 | Alexis Cervantes |
| 2005 | Monick Ramos |
| 2006 | Yamilet Suarez |
| 2007 | Leslie Sanchez |
| 2008 | Lynette Montanez |
| 2009-2010 | Vanessa M. Gomez |
| 2011 | Abigail Barreto |
| 2012-2013 | Viangeldi Rivera |
| 2014-2015 | Veronica Perez |
| 2016 | Aricela Mendez |
| 2017-2018 | Magaly Rodriguez |
| 2019-2022 | Giselle Torres |
| 2023 | Taina Torres |
| 2024 | Danielle Hernandez |
| 2025 | Dyani Torres |
| 2026 | Giselle Galvez |
Archive note: This page is a working historical archive. The list is based on APRCC history materials, research preserved by Taina D. Torres, Miss Puerto Rico of Aurora 2023, in Borinquen Is Our Homeland, But Aurora Is Our Home, and current APRCC pageant information. Please send corrections, photos, or missing details to APRCC.
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