Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2009 was the 54th Miss Puerto Rico Universe pageant, held at the José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on October 22, 2008. Ingrid Marie Rivera crowned Mayra Matos of Cabo Rojo as her successor at the end of the event. Matos represented Puerto Rico at Miss Universe 2009 in Nassau, Bahamas.

Pageant preparations

WAPA-TV signed a contract with Miss Puerto Rico Universe to transmit a reality show titled Por la corona, beginning on August 15, 2008. The public will select via text message, with five of the participants classifying directly to the pageant's semi-final. A jury composed of Sully Díaz, Mayra López Mulero and Omar Matos was assembled for the program, while Joyceline Montero was contracted as host.

Por La Corona results

Throughout eight weeks, the show Por La Corona featured a different group of 9 or 8 contestants each week. The public voted for their favorite contestant that was featured on the show that particular week. One winner was selected from each group of girls shown during the eight-week period. After the eight-week run, all 70 contestants had been featured, 8 of them had already been selected as winners, however after all contestants had been featured the public had the opportunity to select 4 more other girls to join the original 8 winners to compete for the 5 spots that will automatically advance them to the semi-finals of the Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2009 pageant on October 22, 2008. Winners from each week: Dariana Santiago (Lares), Krizia Lugo (Naguabo), Alexandra González (Salinas) and Jeann-Marie Maldonado Cintrón (Hatillo) were the 4 other contestants the public selected. Out of the 12 contestants selected by the public, here are the 5 contestants who will automatically advanced to the semi-finals:

Castings

Crossovers