Nuestra Belleza Latina

Nuestra Belleza Latina
Logo used since Nuestra Belleza Latina 2011
Format	Reality Beauty contest
Created by	Marlon Quintero
Presented by	Giselle Blondet
Judges	Osmel Sousa Lupita Jones (2008-Present) Julian Gil (2008 & 2010-2011) Jorge Aravena (2009) Carlos Calderón (2007) Alicia Machado(2007)
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	6
No. of episodes	61(As of Season 5)
Production
Location(s)	Initial auditions: Various cities Main show: Miami, Florida
Running time	60 min (2007–2008) 90 min(2009) 2 hours (2010–present)
Broadcast
Original channel	Univision
Original run	March 27, 2007 (2007-03-27) – present
External links
[nuestrabellezalatina.com Website]

Nuestra Belleza Latina (English: Our Latin Beauty) is a reality TV show^[1] revolving around 12 young women competing title of Nuestra Belleza Latina also win a cash price and become a personality for the Spanish television network Univision. The show was created Univision network and its hosted by talk-show host and actress Giselle Blondet, who does the audition process and is also the mentor of the winner for the year of reign. The first "Season" premiered in March 27, 2007 and was one of Univision's highest rated shows. The opening theme for casting till the finalist is performed by past winners Alejandra Espinoza, Melissa Marty, Greydis Gil and Ana Patricia Gonzalez. When finalist are chosen, the opening theme changes showing each one of them, excluting eliminees. It is distributed for Univision and Univision Puerto Rico, it's also distributated in Mexico by Televisa. The show's 5th season concluded on May 22, 2011. A 6th season (Nuestra Belleza Latina 2012) has been confirmed.

Format

Logo used in Nuestra Belleza Latina 2007-2010

After casting in six different cities in the United States and Puerto Rico between 12-14 finalists move to a mansion in Miami and live together where they receive different classes of dancing, runway, diction, teleprompter and physical training. The finalists then compete against each other every week in different challenges. After each episode of the show is over, the audience at home gets to vote for their favorite contestant by phone or text message. The audience is meant to vote based on the delegate, and not their nationality, therefore it is allowed to have more than one contestant from the same country or have the same nationality. Week by week the 3 finalists with the least votes are in danger, meaning that one is saved by the other contestants, another by the judges and the one left is eliminated, although in some rare cases, a contestant might be disqualified (2009 & 2011) and replaced by a semifinalist. Or a double elimination occurs (2011). The show runs between 11-13 episodes, having the auditions be in the first three episodes, or in some cases all castings in one. Following that the girls are narrowed down to six finalist (2007–2010), as of Season 5 only four finalist compete in the finale. The winner of the contest wins a contract to be one of the new personality faces on many of Univision's programs and award shows, as well as other contracts for different sponsoring companies, a chance to win more than $250,000 in cash and prizes and be crowned and reign with the title of Nuestra Belleza Latina for a year. In 2010 as an added bonus the runner-up was given the opportunity to become a hostess of Sabado Gigante and a grand prize of $50,000 dollars.

Judges

As of the Sixth Season, the current judging panel includes, head judge Osmel Sousa (Season 1-Present). Followed by second head judge and former Miss Universe 1991 Lupita Jones (Season 2-Present). And the third judge still remains a mystery. Previous judges included former, Miss Universe 1996 Alicia Machado (Season 1). TV personality and co-conductor of El Gordo y la Flaca, Carlos Calderón (Season 1). Peruvian actor Jorge Aravena (Season 3). Last Actor/Model Julian Gil (Season 2 · Season 4-Season 5).

Logo used in Nuestra Belleza Latina 2011-Present

Current Judges/Past Judges

Judge	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	Nationality
Osmel Sousa	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Venezuela
Lupita Jones	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Mexico
Julian Gil	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Argentina
Jorge Aravena	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Peru
Carlos Calderón	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Mexico
Alicia Machado	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Venezuela

Prizes

Prizes and Sponsorship

Each year, after the winner is chosen they get to become the face of different brands of cosmetics, cars and clothing. Throughout the seasons, various sponsors have been changed and the grand total money prize has been raced. Overall Maybelline, JC Penney and Garnier Frutis have awarded the winners with cash money and become the face of their brand.

Season	Total Cash Prize	Appearance	Store	Cell Comp.	Cosmetic	Hair Products	Main Sponsor	Other Sponsors	Magazine Appearance
Season 1	$200,000	Sabado Gigante	JC Penney	Cingular Wireless	Maybelline New York*	Garnier Fructis	Ford Edge	None	None
Season 2		Acceso Maximo		AT&T	Maybelline		State Farm	None	None
Season 3		Eva Luna						None	None
Season 4	$250,000	Despierta America						Disney · Palmolive · Degree Women Natureffects · Crystal Light · Subway	People en Español magazine's 50 most beautiful people
Season 5		El Gordo y la Flaca					Subway	Disney · Degree for Women · Palmolive

• Maybelline New York, gave the winner $40,000 shopping spree in New York and an all Day Spa treatment in Miami plus one guest.

The Runner Up of each season gets:

Season	Prize:	Appearances in:
2007	None	Premios Juventud
2008	None	Premios Juventud
2009	None	Premios Lo Nuestro
2010	$50,000	Sabado Gigante
2011	Univision Contract	Premios Juventud

Past Title Holders

Year	Country/Territory	Winner
2007	Mexico	Alejandra Espinoza
2008	Puerto Rico	Melissa Marty
2009	Cuba	Greydis Gil
2010	Mexico	Ana Patricia González
2011	Nicaragua	Nastassja Bolivar

Seasons

Season	Season Premier	Season Finale	Winner	Runner-up	Other Contestans in Order of Elimination	Number of Contestants	Winners Country	Runner Ups Country
Nuestra Belleza Latina 2007	March 27, 2007	May 25, 2007	Alejandra Espinoza	Mayra Muñoz	Marlene Alvarez  · Lorraine Lara  · Joana Parra  · Martha Maria López  · Angie Chavez  · Madelis Soto  · Giselle Sousa  · Raengel Solis  · Elizabeth López  · Yara Lasanta	12	Mexico	El Salvador
Nuestra Belleza Latina 2008	February 29, 2008	May 27, 2008	Melissa Marty	Emeraude Toubía	Jannet Manzanarez  · Leana Astorga  · Dayanira Varela  · Aideliz Hidalgo  · Genesis Seguias  · Natalia Rivera  · Manuela Arbeláez  · Leticia Castro  · Zoila Ceballos  · Dayami Padron	12	Puerto Rico	Mexico
Nuestra Belleza Latina 2009	March 1, 2009	May 17, 2009	Greydis Gil	Marycarmen López	Francheska Mattei (La Intrusa-Eliminated)  · Stephanie Figueroa (Expelled)  · Vanessa Lotero  · Anna Valencia  · Susie de los Santos  · Chastelyn Rodriguez  · Jennifer Andrade  · Monica Pastrana  · Berenice Guzmán  · Janice Bencosme  · Mónica De León  · Catalina López	14	Cuba	Mexico
Nuestra Belleza Latina 2010	March 9, 2010	May 23, 2010	Ana Patricia González	Carolina Ramirez	Agostina Fusari  · Indiana Sanchez  · Cynthia Pina  · Mayra Zavala  · Rossibell Mateos  · Heidy Alvarado  · Fabiola Barinas  · Lisandra De La Cruz  · Barbara Moros  · Tatiana Delgado	12	Mexico	Colombia
Nuestra Belleza Latina 2011	March 6, 2011	May 22, 2011	Nastassja Bolivar	Gredmarie Colon	Yahaira Núñez  · Paulette Acosta  · Juliete Cabrera (Expelled)  · Jocell Villa  · Darla Delgado  · Maribel de Santiago[2]  · Diana Cano  · Patricia Corcino  · Miriam Hernandez  · Jenny Arzola  · Nicole Suárez	13	Nicaragua	Puerto Rico

Ratings

Each season, the shows audience has grown. It started with 3.3 million viewers for the first episode in 2007. During the premiere of the 4th season, the audience was averaged to 4.2 million viewers. For the season 4 finale, the presenter announced a total of more than 8 million votes were counted for the finale, the most the show had ever received.

Since the beginning, the show has also grown with more and more sponsors, which has made the prize money increase, having them give out a total of $300,000 during the 4th season, and also offering many different contracts with the shows winner and also the finalists.

By Number of Wins/Coutries By Tally

Country/Territory	Titles	Winning years
Mexico	2	2007, 2010
Puerto Rico	1	2008
Cuba	1	2009
Nicaragua	1	2011

Rank	Country/Territory	Nuestra Belleza Latina	2nd Place	3rd Place	4th Place	Semifinalists*	Total
1	Mexico'	2	2	0	1	15	20
2	Puerto Rico	1	2	2	0	9	14
3	Cuba	1	0	1	2	3	7
4	Colombia	0	1	1	0	3	5
5	Nicaragua	1	0	0	0	2	3
6	Dominican Republic	0	0	0	1	6	7
7	Venezuela	0	0	1	0	7	8

• (Excluding top 4)

Winner

Year	Winner	1 rump	2 rump	3 rump	4 rump	5 rump
2011	Nicaragua Nastassja Bolivar	Puerto Rico Gredmarie colon	Colombia Nicole Suarez	Cuba Jenny Arzola	Mexico Miriam Hernandez	Puerto Rico Patricia Corcino
2010	Mexico Ana Patricia González	Colombia Carolina Ramirez	Puerto Rico Tatiana Delgado	Venezuela Barbara moros	Cuba Lissandra de la Cruz	Dominican Republic Fabiola Barinas
2009	Cuba Greydis Gil	Mexico Maricarmen Lopez	Ecuador Catalina López	Mexico Monica De Leon	Dominican Republic Janice Bescome	Mexico Berenice Guzman
2008	Puerto Rico Melissa Marty	Mexico Emeraude Toubia	Cuba Dayami Padron	Dominican Republic Zoila Ceballos	Mexico Leticia Castro	Colombia Manuela Arbeláez
2007	Mexico Alejandra Espinoza	El Salvador Mayra Muñoz	Puerto Rico Yara Lasanta	Cuba Elizabeth Lopez	Dominican Republic Raengel Solis	Colombia Giselle Souda

References

1. ^ Univision Announces 12 Finalists in `Nuestra Belleza Latina' Competition Retrieved: 2010-04-01.
2. ^ "Nuestra Belleza Latina - Participantes - Maribel de Santiago". univision.com. 

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External links

• Nuestra Belleza Latina - Official Page (Spanish)
• Nuestra Belleza Latina at the Internet Movie Database

Sources

• Nuestra Belleza Latina at Univision.com (Spanish)