Nuestra Belleza México

Nuestra Belleza México
Logo of the Nuestra Belleza México pageant.
Formation	1994
Type	Beauty Pageant
Headquarters	Mexico City
Location	Mexico
President	Lupita Jones
Website	Official website

Nuestra Belleza México (English: Our Beauty Mexico) is a Mexican national beauty pageant held annually since 1994. It is currently responsible for selecting the country's delegates to three of the most relevant international beauty contests, Miss Universe, Miss World and Miss International.

In association with Televisa, the Nuestra Belleza México pageant and organization of the same name is directed by the nation's first Miss Universe titleholder, Lupita Jones (1991).^[1] The organization has produced one Miss Universe (2010) — the second title for Mexico in that event, and two Miss International winners, 2007 and 2009.

Contestants

Aspiring hopefuls ranging from 18 to 23 years of age and a minimun height of 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) must fulfill the organization's additional requirements and vie in their respective state pageants for eligibility to participate in Nuestra Belleza México.^[2] Contestants are permitted to compete for their sub-national beauty titles more than once, as long as they still meet the age limit. This, however, can no longer be done once they have taken part in the national event, be it even as a designated contestant. As of 2000, it is not uncommon for some administrative divisions of the country to have more than one delegate competing simultaneously. This generally occurs when non-winning state pageant hopefuls are invited (designated) by the organization to partake in the national competition, either because they believe in the contestants' potential, or simply because other states lack representation.^[2] Over thirty of Mexico's most beautiful young women collide each year.

Once in the national concentration, the participants engage in various events and appearances prior to the crucial preliminary competition, from which a number of semifinalists are chosen, only to be announced during the final competition. Additionally, five special awards given through sub-challenges enable the winners of these an automatic pass to the semifinals.^[3] During the crowning night, the semifinalists are evaluated by a panel of judges while vying in swimsuit and evening gown, with eliminations taking place after each of these rounds. The remaining contestants are subsequently interviewed, and the runners-up and winners are respectively announced at the conclusion of the Nuestra Belleza México telecast. If any of the titleholders is unable to fulfill her duties, she is then replaced by the suplente (substitute). The pageant is held a year prior to when the winners compete internationally, facilitating more time to prepare for their corresponding beauty events.

Titleholders

Below are the names of the annual titleholders of Nuestra Belleza México, listed in ascending order, according to the year in which they participated in their respective international pageants. Nuestra Belleza México is in charge of representing the nation in Miss Universe, Nuestra Belleza Mundo México does likewise in Miss World and so does Nuestra Belleza Internacional México in Miss International. The states they represented during their national crowning or designation and their final placements and special awards acquired in the aforementioned global beauty competitions are also displayed.

Nuestra Belleza México

Year	Titleholder	State	Placement	Award
2012	Karina González Muñoz	Aguascalientes	TBD	TBD
2011	Karin Ontiveros Meza	Jalisco		1st Runner-up in Best National Costume
2010	Ximena Navarrete Rosete	Jalisco	Winner
2009	Karla Carrillo González	Jalisco
2008	Elisa Nájera Gualito	Guanajuato	4th Runner-up	Queen of Vinpearl Best Body
2007	Rosa María Ojeda Cuen	Sinaloa	Top 10
2006	Priscila Perales Elizondo	Nuevo León	Top 10
2005	Laura Elizondo Erhard	Tamaulipas	3rd Runner-up
2004	Rosalva Luna Ruiz	Sinaloa	Top 15
2003	Marisol González Casas	Coahuila
2002	Ericka Cruz Escalante	Yucatán
2001	Jacqueline Bracamontes van Hoorde	Jalisco
2000	Leticia Murray Acedo	Sonora		Best National Costume Clairol Style
1999	Silvia Salgado Cavazos	Nuevo León	Top 10
1998	Katty Fuentes García	Nuevo León		Clairol Style
1997	Rebeca Tamez Jones	Tamaulipas
1996	Vanessa Guzmán Niebla	Chihuahua	Top 6
1995	Luz María Zetina Lugo	México

     Won Miss Universe.

Nuestra Belleza Mundo México

Year	Titleholder	State	Placement	Award
2012	Mariana Berumen Reynoso	Guanajuato	TBD	TBD
2011	Gabriela Palacio Díaz (replacement)	Aguascalientes
	Cynthia de la Vega Oates (dethroned)	Nuevo León	DNC
2010	Anabel Solís Sosa	Yucatán
2009	Perla Beltrán Acosta	Sinaloa	1st Runner-up	Miss World Americas Miss World Top Model
2008	Anagabriela Espinoza Marroquín	Nuevo León	Top 15	Miss World Beach Beauty
2007	Carolina Morán Gordillo	Colima	2nd Runner-up	Miss World Americas
2006	Karla Jiménez Amezcua	Puebla	Top 17
2005	Dafne Molina Lona	Distrito Federal	1st Runner-up	Miss World Americas
2004	Yessica Ramírez Meza	Baja California	Top 15	Miss World Top Model
2003	Erika Honstein García	Sonora
2002	Blanca Zumárraga Contreras	Puebla
2001	Tatiana Rodríguez Romero	Campeche
2000	Paulina Flores Arias	Sinaloa
1999	Danette Velasco Bataller	Distrito Federal
1998	Vilma Zamora Suñol	Guanajuato
1997	Blanca Soto Benavides	Morelos
1996	Yessica Salazar González	Jalisco	Top 10	Spectacular Swimwear
1995	Alejandra Quintero Velasco	Nuevo León	Top 10

Nuestra Belleza Internacional México

Year	Titleholder	State	Placement	Award
2011	Karen Higuera Contreras	Baja California Sur		Miss Friendship
2010	Gabriela Palacio Díaz	Aguascalientes		Miss Photogenic
2009	Anagabriela Espinoza Marroquín (replacement)	Nuevo León	Winner	Miss Chengdu Glamor
	Laura Zúñiga Huizar (dethroned)	Sinaloa	DNC
2008	Lorenza Bernot Krauze	Morelos
2007	Priscila Perales Elizondo	Nuevo León	Winner
2000	Leticia Murray Acedo	Sonora	Top 15
1999	Graciela Soto Cámara	Morelos

     Won Miss International.

State tally

Anyone who follows the Olympic Games or other sporting events will be familiar with the concept of the Medal Table, which ranks countries based on their first (gold), second (silver) and third (bronze) place finishes. Below is a similar table of the top rankings for the Nuestra Belleza Mexico pageant, but of the thirty-two Mexican states, based on all results from the first event in 1994 to the most recent competition.

Rank	State	Nuestra Belleza México	NB Mundo México	NB Internacional México	Total
1	Jalisco	4	1		5
2	Nuevo León	3	2[a]	2	7
3	Sinaloa	2	2	[b]	4
4	Tamaulipas	2			2
5	Guanajuato	1	2		3
6	Aguascalientes	1	1	1	3
	Sonora	1	1	1	3
7	Yucatán	1	1		2
8	Chihuahua	1			1
	Coahuila	1			1
	México	1		1	2
9	Distrito Federal		2		2
	Puebla		2		2
10	Morelos		1	2	3
11	Baja California		1		1
	Campeche		1		1
	Colima		1		1
12	Baja California Sur			1	1

^a Cynthia de la Vega was dethroned, decreasing the number of Nuestra Belleza Mundo México titles for Nuevo León by one. The title was passed on to Gabriela Palacio of Aguascalientes.
^b Laura Zuñiga was dethroned, decreasing the number of Nuestra Belleza Internacional México titles for Sinaloa by one. The title was passed on to Anagabriela Espinoza of Nuevo León.

See also

• El Modelo Mexico
• Señorita México
• Nuestra Belleza Jalisco
• Nuestra Belleza Nuevo León

References

1. ^ Nuetra Belleza Mexico
2. ^ ^{a b} Nuestra Belleza Mexico - FAQ
3. ^ Nuestra Belleza Mexico - Premios Especiales

External links

• Official Website
• Miss Mexico: A Brief, Sexy History - slideshow by Life magazine