Señorita México was the name of a national beauty pageant in Mexico, celebrated since 1952 to 2003, was the official pageant responsible for sending the country's representatives to the
Miss Universe
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,
Miss World
Miss World is the oldest existing international beauty pageant. It was created in the United Kingdom by Eric Morley in 1951. Since his death in 2000, Morley's widow, Julia Morley, has co-chaired the pageant. Along with Miss Universe, Mi ...
,
Miss International
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and other international pageants.
After the crowning of
Lupita Jones
María Guadalupe "Lupita" Jones Garay (; born 6 September 1967) is a Mexican producer, actress and model. She was crowned Miss Universe 1991, and was the first Mexican contestant to win a major international beauty pageant.
Education
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, as Mexico's first Miss Universe, a dispute between Miss Jones and the pageant organizers over overdued prizes, led to a break of the longtime association between the pageant and the broadcast network
Televisa
Grupo Televisa, S.A.B., simply known as Televisa, is a Mexican telecommunications and broadcasting company. A major Latin American mass media corporation, it often presents itself as the largest producer of Spanish-language content.
In April ...
. When the pageant moved to
TV Azteca
Televisión Azteca, S.A.B. de C.V., commonly known as TV Azteca, 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 so ...
network, a competing pageant called "Nuestra Belleza México" was created, later directed by Miss Jones with the sponsorship of Televisa TV Network.
In 1994, Señorita México lost the bid to
Nuestra Belleza México
The Mexicana Universal is a national beauty pageant in Mexico held annually since 2018, replacing the former pageant, Nuestra Belleza México, held since 1994. Currently, the pageant is responsible for selecting the country's delegates to Miss ...
to be the official pageant for the Miss Universe pageant. Later Nuestra Belleza México also obtained the rights of sending Mexico's delegates to Miss World and Miss International.
Representatives at international pageants
Below are the names of the annual titleholders of Señorita México, listed in ascending order, the states they represented during their national crowning or assignment and their final placements in Miss Universe after their participation.
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Miss Universe
Miss International
Miss World
See also
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Mexicana Universal
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Miss Mexico Organization
Miss Mexico is a national Beauty pageant in Mexico. It is responsible for selecting the country's delegates to international beauty contests: Miss World and other pageants such as Miss Supranational, Miss Cosmo and Top Model of the World.
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Mr World Mexico
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Mister México
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Miss Earth México
Miss Earth México is an annual beauty pageant in Mexico. The winner of Miss Earth Mexico obtains the right to represent the country in the Miss Earth pageant, the third most important beauty festival in the world, where the goal is to promote en ...
References
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Beauty pageants in Mexico
Culture of Mexico
Mexico
Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...
Mexico
Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...
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