Señorita México/Nuestra Belleza México Titleholders


Mexico has competed in Miss Universe since the very first contest in 1952, where is was one the first countries to reach the semi-finals. Though it did miss a few contests along the way, Mexico has done fairly well in its pursuit of the Miss Universe crown. Their national pageant was called Señorita México.

In 1994, Lupita Jones Garay, the only Mexican to win Miss Universe, was brought in as national director for the preliminaries to Miss Universe and Miss World. She named her pageant "Nuestra Belleza México", and so Señorita México then produced the Mexican representatives for Miss International. Thus, Señorita México 1952-1993 and Nuestra Belleza México 1994-present went to Miss Universe.

As of 2007, Mexico's Miss International representatives are again chosen from this organization.


Señorita México Titleholders

YEARNAMESTATE
1928María Teresa de LandaDistrito Federal
1929-47NO CONTESTS
1948Hortencia ConstanceDistrito Federal
1952Olga LlorenzChihuahua
1953Ana Bertha LepeJalisco
1954Elvira CastilloDistrito Federal
1955 *NO CONTEST
1956Erna Martha BaumannDistrito Federal
1957Irma ArévaloDistrito Federal
1958Elvira Leticia RisserDistrito Federal
1959Mirna GarcíaDistrito Federal
1960-1964NO COMPETITIONS
1965Jeanine AcostaDistrito Federal
1966NO COMPETITION
1967Valentina ValesYucatán
1968Perla Olivia AguirreDistrito Federal
1969Gloria Leticia HernándezGuanajuato
1970Libia Zulema LópezSinaloa
1971María Luisa LópezDistrito Federal
1972María del Carmen OrozcoChihuahua
1973Roxana VillaresYucatán
1974Guadalupe (Lupita) ElorriagaSinaloa
1975Delia ServínSinaloa
1976Carla Evert RegueraGuerrero
1977Felicia MercadoBaja California
1978Alba Margarita CerveraYucatán
1979Blanca María Luisa DíazNayarit
1980Ana Patricia NuñezSonora
1981Judith Grace GonzálezNuevo León
1982María del Carmen LópezDistrito Federal
1983Mónica RosasDurango
1984Elizabeth BrodenSinaloa
1985Yolanda de la Cruz CárdenasSinaloa
1986Alejandrina CarranzaSonora
1987 **Amandra Beatriz OlivaresPuebla
1988Adriana AbascalVeracruz
1989María (Marilé) de los Angeles del RosarioTlaxcala
1990María Guadalupe (Lupita) Jones GarayBaja California
1991Mónica ZúñigaHidalgo
1992Angelina GonzálezCampeche
1993Fabiola Pérez RovirosaChihuahua
1994Claudia HernándezNayarit
1995Sandra SosaPuebla
1996Marisol AlonsoChihuahua
1997NO CONTEST
1998Adriana Loya PaezVeracruz
1999Katy Chaires ArceChihuahua
2000Irma Mariana Ríos FrancoAguascalientes

Nuestra Belleza México Titleholders

YEARNAMESTATE
1994Luz María Zetina LugoEstado de México
2.Yadhira Carrillo VillalobosAguascalientes
3.Luz Elena Gonzalez de la TorreJalisco
4.Tania Turner SenDistrito Federal
5.Helen Amina Blancarte TiradoSinaloa
6.Gloria Michell RamirezColima
SEMI-FINALISTS:
7.Viridiana Cortez DominguezHidalgo
8.Yolanda Diana Vazquez MonroyMorales
9.Yadira Elizondo MontemayorNuevo Leon
10.Zayi Risso BretonPuebla
11.Andrea Guevara RowQueretero
12.Penelope Mezquita TorresQuintana Roo
13.Abigail Kunasich GameroSonora
14.Veronica Jaspeado MartinezTlaxcala
15.Angelica Schober LaferlYucatan
1995Vanessa Guzmán NieblaChihuahua
2.Alejandra Quintero VelascoNuevo Leon
3.Consuelo Rodriguez TarabayNayarit
4.Lourdes Sanchez Breton VillaTlaxcala
5.Karla Gonazalez LopezGuerrero
6.Guadalupe Portela PenunuriSonora
SEMI-FINALISTS:
7.Cythlali Galindo GomezQueretero
8.Maria del Socorro RetolazaVeracruz
9.Kathia Mitchell de la TorreSan Luis Potosi
10.Tania Prado LaursenJalisco
11.Adriana FregosoDistrito Federal
12.Marta Perez RodriguezColima
13.Maria Eva Curiel PadillaGuanajuato
14.Leticia Soria MirelesAguascalientes
15.Dalina de la Pena MontoyaSinaloa
16.Alma Alicia BallesterosBaja California
1996Rebeca Lynn Tamez JonesTamaulipas
2.Ileana Fomperosa ChavarinVeracruz
3.Banelli Carrasco LoyaChihuahua
4.Ivette Benavides RojasDistrito Federal
5.Hortensia GonzalezQueretero
6.Celia Gloria Chavez CarrascoSinaloa
SEMI-FINALISTS:
7.Yessica Salazar GonzalezJalisco
8.Lyndia Quiroz ZavalaYucatan
9.Gmelina Coutino GlaunerChiapas
10.Tania Elizabeth Vazquez PerezNayarit
11.Ana Ivette Zelaya EspinosaQuintana Roo
12.Blanca Elena Martinez de la FuenteNuevo Leon
13.Sonia Garcia RamirezZacatecas
14.Brenda Alcantar DiazDurango
15.Karin Roman PeilletOaxaca
16.Myrna Ileana Miranda TorresSonora
1997Katty Fuentes GarcíaNuevo León
2.Blanca Delfina Soto BenavidesMorelos
3.Felicidad Aveleyra TalamantesDistrito Federal
4.Elizabeth Jimenez DuenasEstado de Mexico
5.Karla Alejandra Corral SalomonTabasco
6.Maria Patricia Mador LujanAguascalientes
SEMI-FINALISTS:
7.Carolina Castro MendozaBaja California
8.Barbara Macossa Y ArteagaCampeche
9.Alejandrina Mena RamirezCoahuila
10.Karla Cortez FigueroaColima
11.Karla Pescador de la PenaDurango
12.Monica Macias ChavezGuanajuato
13.Tania Ruvalcaba Della RoccaJalisco
14.Corina Torres CanasNayarit
15.Deyanira Penney LopezSinaloa
16.Kelly Nelson GonzalezTamaulipas
1998Silvia Salgado CavazosNuevo León
2.Vilma Zamora Zunol Guanajuato
FINALISTS:
3.Edith Lopez Vidaurri Tabasco
4.Solange Rivera Astudillo Quintana Roo
5.Luisa Fernanda DiazPuebla
SEMI-FINALISTS:
6.Teresa Roldan RodriguezCoahuila
7.Karla Blancarte Figueroa Distrito Federal
8.Alejandra Morales Macias Jalisco
9.Claudia Gonzalez Ramos Nayarit
10.Larissa Carrera AguileraChihuahua
11.Teresa Campos RiosYucatan
1999Leticia Murray AcedoSonora
2.Danette Velasco Bataller Distrito Federal
3.Lynette Delgado Gastelum Sinaloa
FINALISTS:
4.Graciela Soto Camara Morelos
5.Rosa Maria AragonTamaulipas
SEMI-FINALISTS:
6.Ivette Roque Ruvalcaba Aguascalientes
7.Clara Francis Sandez Baja California Sur
8.Monica Rodriguez Chihuahua
9.Maria Esther Espinosa Guanajuato
10.Vanessa Valle YvesNuevo Leon
2000Jacqueline Bracamontes Van Hoorde Jalisco
2.Paulina Flores Arias Sinaloa
3.Ana Lourdes Astiazarán Nieves Sonora
4.Lillian Villanueva ChaanQuintana Roo
5.Eva Ruiz Torres Zacatecas
FINALISTS:
Ericka Valenzuela Chihuahua
Arcelia Alberdi Luna Distrito Federal
Paola Hinojos Distrito Federal
Verónica Penélope Gutierrez Nuevo León
Minerva Janeth Valenzuela Sinaloa
SEMI-FINALISTS:
Yessenia Moreno Castro Baja California Sur
Alma Mireya Cantú Coahuila
Martha Yadhira Martínez Colima
Gissela Oviedo Nuevo León
María Antonieta Fierro Querétaro
Marisel Puebla Juárez San Luis Potosí
María González Corrales Sinaloa
Ivette Quintanilla Barrios Tamaulipas
Emili Beer Ricco Veracruz
Evelyn López Pacheco Yucatán
2001: Ericka Cruz Escalante—Yucatán
N.B. MÉXICO MUNDO: Tatiana Rodríguez Romero—Campeche
FINALISTS:
3. Greta Galindo de la Peña—Coahuila
4. Carmen Varela Leyva—Sonora
5. Nancy Cecilia Esparza Tinajero—Chihuahua
6. Diana Cristina García Soto—Nuevo León
7. Ana Inés Santoyo Jasso—Jalisco
8. Claudia Collado—Sinaloa
9. Mónica Pashijas González—Sinaloa
10. Ericka Peña Ramírez—Sonora
11. Mónica Aragon Herrera—Tamaulipas
SEMI-FINALISTS:
Gabriela Hurtado—Distrito Federal
Anabel Mendoza Muñoz—Guanajuato
Karin Huerta Arredondo—Guanajuato
Miriam Ayala—Jalisco
Saray Álvarez Negrete—Jalisco
Elsa Burgos Pérez—Nuevo León
Rosa Alicia León Soto—Sinaloa
Lizeth Perez Rodarte—Sonora
Adriana Loya Páez—Veracruz
Andrea Pérez Verdera—Veracruz

2002: Marisol González Casas—Coahuila
N.B. MÉXICO MUNDO: Blanca Zumárraga Contreras—Puebla
FINALISTS:
3. Paulina Almada Rojas—Morelos
4. Erika Honstein García—Sonora
5. María José Rosado Solis—Yucatán
SEMI-FINALISTS:
6. Alejandra Oates Urias—Chihuahua
7. Michelle Glen García—Queretaro
8. Karina Alvarez May—Tabasco
9. Miriam Ferro Romero—Tamaulipas
10. Argentina de Luna Flores—Tamaulipas
11. María del Carmen Félix Espinoza—Sonora
12. Kaztenny de la Vega Vázquez—Veracruz

2003: Rosalva Yazmín Luna Ruiz—Sinaloa
N.B. MÉXICO MUNDO: Yessica Ramirez Meza—Baja California
FINALISTS:
3. Alejandra Villanueva Campos—Nuevo León
4. Jiapsy Bojorquez Martínez—Durango
5. Paulina Michelle Alatorre—Distrito Federal
SEMI-FINALISTS:
6. Liliana Bejarano—Aguascalientes
7. Rubi Valdés Silva—Guanajuato
8. Alejandra Arredondo Méndez—Nuevo León
9. Amada Castillo López—Sonora
10. Cecilia Magallanes López—Zacatecas

2004: Laura Elizondo Erhard—Tamaulipas
N.B. MÉXICO MUNDO: Dafne Molina Lorna—Distrito Federal

FINALISTS:
Ana Paola de la Parra Goldbaum—Nuevo León
Gabriela Vázquez—Jalisco
Melissa Cantu Rosales—Coahuila
SEMI-FINALISTS:
Elsa Salgado Quiñonez—Chihuahua
Priscilla Avellaneda Padilla—Guerrero
Elizabeth Cortez Orozco—Michoacán
Ana Sofia Escoboza González—San Luis Potosi
Melina Rivera Roberts—Veracruz

2005: Priscila Perales Elizondo—Nuevo León
N.B. MÉXICO MUNDO: Karla Jiménez Amezcua—Puebla

FINALISTS:
Daniela de Jesús Cossio—Baja California Sur
Ana Paola Sifuentes—Jalisco
María Julia Muñoz Gonzalez—Tamaulipas
SEMI-FINALISTS:
Marcela Rubio Villarreal—Baja California
Priscila García Valles—Distrito Federal
Angela Sandoval Cantu—Guanajuato
Cindy Cajuste Sequeira—Veracruz
Diana Karimen Jiménez Pérez—Zacatecas

2006: Rosa María Ojeda Cuen—Sinaloa
N.B. MÉXICO MUNDO: Carolina Morán Gordillo—Colima

FINALISTS:
Gladys Castellanos Jiménez—Jalisco
Adriana Celis Renero—Tamaulipas
Alejandra Espinosa Cruz—Baja California
SEMI-FINALISTS:
Montserrat Montagut Enciso—Chihuahua
Tania Rincón Sánchez—Michoacán
Carolina González Serrato—Nayarit
Mariana Lombard González—Nuevo León
Rosalba Rojas Chávez—Puebla
QUARTER-FINALISTS:
Luz Areli Astorga Gurza—Coahuila
Marisol González Ficacci—Distrito Federal
Perla Mercado Barajas—Jalisco
Alejandra Ballesteros González—Nuevo León
Melissa Estrella Pérez—Sonora

2007: Elisa Najera Gualito—Guanajuato
N.B. MÉXICO MUNDO: Ana Gabriela Espinoza Marroquín—Nuevo León
FINALISTS:
3. María Guadalupe “Lupita” González Gallegos—Jalisco
4. María Esmeralda Pimentel Murguia—Jalisco
5. Irene Chavira Maravilla—Colima
SEMI-FINALISTS:
Natalia Ruiz Álvarez—Chiapas
Georgina Holguin Lozano—Chihuahua
Lorenza Bernot Krauze—Morelos
Carla Denise Cardona González—Sonora
Valerie Padilla Pontvianne—Tamaulipas
QUARTER-FINALISTS:
María José del Cueto—Distrito Federal
Vanessa Huppenkoten Labra—Distrito Federal
Fabiola Guajardo Martínez—Nuevo León
Paloma Garciaferro Lajud—Veracruz
Valentina Cervera Ávila—Yucatan

*-There was no national contest, but in Los Angeles, Yolanda Mayen was selected as the Mexican representative for Miss Universe 1955, but she is not Señorita México.
**-In 1987, Señorita México was changed so that the winner went to Miss Universe in the following year. This change meant that there was no representative for 1987, so a preliminary contest called Señorita Universo México was held, and Cintya Fallon was named the Mexican representative for Miss Universe 1987.



Lists courtesy of José Medel Bello and Arturo García.

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