Denisse Iridane Franco Piña (born March 3, 1998) is a

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model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Mexico 2017. Franco was previously won Nuestra Belleza México 2017 and represented Mexico at the

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pageant, but she failed to enter the Top 16 semifinals, and she was the last candidate to hold the title of ''Nuestra Belleza Mexico'' before the organization changed its name to ''Mexicana Universal''.

Personal life

Franco was born in

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. She works as a professional model.

Pageantry

Franco was crowned

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in her hometown. On March 11, 2017, she won the national title of Nuestra Belleza México 2017. Franco represented

at the

pageant in

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on November 26, 2017, but did not place.

References

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