The beautiful Miss Costa Rica 2011, Johanna Solano, is currently one of the top contenders to take the title of the beauty queen with the best physique in the planet in 2011. The 21-year old stunner, who is a former Señorita San José pageant competitor, currently ranks at number six in the Reinas Universal Awards Best Body of 2011 list published by the online version of 20 Minutos, a leading news daily in Spain. Voting will continue through the end of the year.

Johana Solano has been one of the most celebrated Miss Costa Rica winners in recent history. Upon her arrival at the 2011 Miss Universe pageant in Brazil earlier this year, Johanna set the place abuzz not just with her arresting looks and charming personality, but also for her football prowess. At a friendly match between the pageant contestants organized in Sao Paulo, Johanna was the lead scorer. At the Missosology website, an online forum dedicated to the perennial debate over who is the most beautiful and refined beauty contestant in the world, Johanna has been nominated as one of this year’s Timeless Beauties.

The reigning beauty queen is currently involved in “Devolvé Ilusiones”, a charity effort organized by Plaza Real Cariari and Banco Popular for the benefit of the Alfredo and Delia González Flores retirement home in Heredia. The elderly residents of this home need all the help they can get, and anyone who shops at Real Cariari this holiday season can help Johanna collect more funds for the retirement home by simply keeping their purchase receipt -even if it’s for 100 colones- and entering the details of the sales slip at the charity’s website. The more sales slips entered, the greater the donation the organizers will contribute to the cause, and shoppers will also have a chance to get a nice 100 percent reimbursement on their purchases with occasional raffles. Former President Alfredo González was a staunch supporter for improving quality of life for elderly Ticos.

Choosing Johanna’s replacement in 2012 will certainly be difficult since she has set an unprecedented standard for aspiring Ticas. To that extent, Teletica will be deploying a scouting team in January across all five provinces to look for Costa Rica’s next ambassador of beauty and grace.