Lucero Miroslava Montemayor Gracia (born January 5, 1990) is a Mexican former
beauty pageant
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titleholder, sportscaster and businesswoman.
Montemayor won
Nuestra Belleza Internacional México 2013 title and represented Mexico at
Miss International 2013
Miss International 2013, the 53rd Miss International pageant, was held on December 17, 2013 at the Shinagawa Prince Hotel Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Alejandra Andreu, Miss International 2008, crowned Bea Santiago of the Philippines at the end of th ...
.
Pageants
Lucero Montemayor was Señorita UANL 2011, beauty pageant in her University. She represented her home Químicas as Señorita Químicas 2011.
Later at
Nuestra Belleza Nuevo León 2012 she was the Suplente/1st Runner-up and was designated to compete with
Cynthia Duque
Cynthia Lizeth Duque Garza (born September 18, 1992) is a Mexican beauty pageant titleholder who won Nuestra Belleza México 2012 and represented Mexico at Miss Universe 2013.
Duque was crowned Nuestra Belleza Mexico 2012 at the grand finale ...
winner of
Nuestra Belleza Nuevo León 2012 at
Nuestra Belleza México 2012
The 19th annual Nuestra Belleza Mexico pageant was held at the Poliforum del Centro de Convenciones of Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, Mexico on September 1, 2012. Thirty-five contestants of Mexico competed for the national title, which was won by Cy ...
pageant.
At the semifinal competition she was the Suplente/1st Runner-up of
Nuestra Belleza Mundo México 2012, title which was won by
Marilyn Chagoya from
Veracruz
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. At the final night she was again the Suplente/1st Runner-up of
Cynthia Duque
Cynthia Lizeth Duque Garza (born September 18, 1992) is a Mexican beauty pageant titleholder who won Nuestra Belleza México 2012 and represented Mexico at Miss Universe 2013.
Duque was crowned Nuestra Belleza Mexico 2012 at the grand finale ...
who was
Nuestra Belleza México 2012
The 19th annual Nuestra Belleza Mexico pageant was held at the Poliforum del Centro de Convenciones of Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, Mexico on September 1, 2012. Thirty-five contestants of Mexico competed for the national title, which was won by Cy ...
winner.
Months later, she was designated by
Nuestra Belleza México
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Organization as
Nuestra Belleza Internacional México 2013. And she represented Mexico at
Miss International 2013
Miss International 2013, the 53rd Miss International pageant, was held on December 17, 2013 at the Shinagawa Prince Hotel Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Alejandra Andreu, Miss International 2008, crowned Bea Santiago of the Philippines at the end of th ...
in Japan.
Broadcasting career
In 2014 Montemayor started her sportscasting career in
Monterrey appearing in
TV Azteca
TV Azteca, S.A.B. de C.V. is a Mexican multimedia conglomerate owned by Grupo Salinas. It is the second-largest mass media company in Mexico after Televisa. It primarily competes with Televisa as well as some local operators. It owns two nationa ...
Noreste sports show ''ADN''. At TV Azteca Noreste, Montemayor covered the
2015 Pro Bowl
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and
Super Bowl XLIX
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in
Glendale, Arizona, as well as other sporting events. In December 2015, Montemayor left Azteca and joined
ESPN
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to become the presenter of Spanish-language version of ''
NFL Live
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''. Montemayor was also the presenter for ESPN Mexico's afternoon sports talk show ''Los Capitanes'' which is anchored by
José Ramón Fernández
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Pre-Revolution life
Fernández Alvarez was born in Santiago de Cuba, where he studied ...
.
Montemayor left ''NFL Live'' and ''Los Capitanes'' in August 2017 to become an anchor for the Spanish version of ''
SportsCenter''. She also hosts a show named ''Otra Ronda'' with Adalberto Franco every Thursday, the show airs on
ESPN2
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ESPN2 was initially fo ...
in Mexico.
At ESPN Montemayor has covered events such as the
Mexican Tennis Open in
Acapulco
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, the
Los Cabos Open
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in
Los Cabos
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,
Super Bowl LI
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in
Houston
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and the
2018 FIFA World Cup
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in Russia.
On October 4, 2019, Montemayor announced her departure from ESPN.
Personal life
Montemayor is in a relationship with businessman and
Club Tijuana
Club Tijuana Xoloitzcuintles de Caliente, commonly known as Tijuana, or simply as '' Xolos'', is a Mexican professional football club based in Tijuana. The club's badge is the founder's (Jorge Hank) hairless xoloitzcuintle, Hermoso.
Founded ...
President and owner Jorge Alberto Hank (son of
Jorge Hank Rhon
Jorge Hank Rhon (born January 28, 1956) is a Mexican businessman and owner of Mexico's largest sports betting company, ''Grupo Caliente''. He served from December 2004 to February 2007 as the president of the municipality of Tijuana. He is th ...
). On September 14, 2019, Montemayor announced their engagement on
Instagram
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.
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Montemayor, Miroslava
1990 births
Living people
Nuestra Belleza México winners
Mexican beauty pageant winners
Mexican television journalists
Mexican television presenters
Mexican journalists
Mexican women journalists
Miss International 2013 delegates
Women television journalists
Mexican women television presenters
Mexican expatriates in the United States