[citation needed] In 1970 a new organization took the responsibility of sending contestants until 1985 via castings.
[citation needed] In 1996, Delia Cruz, mother of Miss World Wilnelia Merced Cruz,[citation needed] obtained the franchise and began organizing the Miss Mundo de Puerto Rico pageant with Tania Collazo as organizer for a few years before Desiree Lowry and later on Shanira Blanco.
Puerto Rico has produced two winners (1975,2016), two 2nd runners-up (2005, 2011) and ten semi-finalists (1976, 1978, 1980, 1985, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010), and three quarter-finalists (2012, 2019, 2021).
In 2017, due to the devastating effects of two hurricanes that heavily ravaged the entire island within a week, the organizers of Miss World Puerto Rico decided not to send the country's representative in this year's Miss World.
The Miss World pageant began in 1951 and since then Puerto Rico has had 18 representatives classify in the finals including: 2 winners, 2 runners-up, 10 semi-finalists and 4 quarter-finalists.