Why is there a miss us virgin islands but not a miss puerto rico?

Question

In the Miss America pageant. Both Puerto Rico and the VI are US territories, and Puerto Rico always does so good in beauty pageants.

Answer 1

Who said that there was no Miss Pureto Rico?

Here is a Google Image search for Miss Puerto Rico. http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&imgsz=small%7Cmedium%7Clarge%7Cxlarge&q=Miss+Puerto+Rico

Former Miss Universe, Denise Quinones, was also Miss Puerto Rico (and she is a Very Beautiful lady).
http://www.hoy.com.ec/especial/2004/miss/revista/2001.jpg