Women Pageant: 11/21/11

Rosa María Ojeda

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Birth name               Rosa María Ojeda Cuen
Birth date                October 15, 1986
Birth place               Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico
Height 5 ft 8.5 in (1.74 m)
Hair color    Black
Eye color Brown
Competition(s)         Nuestra Belleza Mexico 2006 (winner)
                                Miss Universe 2007 (Top 10)

Biography
Rosa María Ojeda Cuen is the youngest of five children. Her two oldest brothers died (merely three years after one another) when Ojeda was very young, and at 15 years of age, she was diagnosed thyroid cancer. After overcoming such unfortunate events during her childhood, Ojeda competed in the national beauty pageant Nuestra Belleza Mexico, held in Tampico, Tamaulipas on September 2, 2006, where she beat 30 other contestants to win the title, as well as obtain the right to represent her country in the 2007 Miss Universe pageant. She became the second woman from the state of Sinaloa to win the title since the Nuestra Belleza Mexico pageant first began in 1994. During the pageant week she was asked who was she closest to among all the 77 contestants, she said she had fun with all of them but felt closest to Xiomara Blandino, Miss Nicaragua 2007 her roommate and who also was in the top 10. On May 28, 2007, Ojeda placed as a Top 10 finalist in Miss Universe 2007 held in Mexico City. Riyo Mori of Japan was eventually crowned the winner.

Laura Elizondo

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Birth name Laura Elizondo Erhard
Birth date                    August 28, 1983
Birth place                  Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Hair color     Auburn
Eye color    Brown
Title(s) Miss Mexico Universe 2005
Major competition(s) Nuestra Belleza Mexico 2004 (winner)
                                 Miss Universe 2005 3rd Runner up

Miss Universe 2005
Laura Elizondo represented her country in the Miss Universe 2005 pageant, held in Bangkok, Thailand on May 31, 2005.

Rosalva Luna

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Birth name    Rosalva Yazmín Luna Ruiz
Birth place                Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico
Height    1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Hair color Black
Eye color                 Brown
Competition(s)         Nuestra Belleza México 2003 (Winner)
                                Miss Universe 2004 (Top 15)

Miss Universe 2004
As her country's official representative to the 2004 Miss Universe pageant, held in Quito, Ecuador, Luna placed second to Miss Panama in the Best National Costume competition. On June 1, 2004, she became one of the top 15 semifinalists who competed for the Miss Universe title, giving Mexico their first placement in the pageant since Silvia Salgado in 1999.

Ericka Cruz

Ericka Yadira Cruz Escalante from the Mexican state of Yucatán, represented her country in the Miss Universe 2002 She was also the first Afro-Mexican to represent Mexico in Miss Universe history.

Ericka Cruz is probably the less-known Mexican beauty queen of the decade. Her beauty was not your conventional Mexican beauty, as she possesses African heritage. This beauty from Yucatan won the title of Nuestra Belleza Mexico 2001, and would represent Mexico in Miss Universe 2002 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Ericka had a good-average performance, but failed to reach the Top 15 of Miss Universe 2002.

After Miss Universe
She rolled into politics, but currently she is a fashion designer and teaches modeling.

Silvia Salgado

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Birth name Silvia Salgado Cavazos
Birth place                 Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
Height                     1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Hair color    Light Brown
Eye color Brown
Title(s) Nuestra Belleza Mexico 1998
Major competition(s) Nuestra Belleza Mexico 1998 (winner)
                                Miss Universe 1999 (semifinalist)

Biography
Silvia Salgado Cavazos of Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, won the national pageant Nuestra Belleza Mexico and represented her country and placed among the semi-finalists in the 1999 Miss Universe pageant, held in Chaguaramas, Trinidad and Tobago, on May 26, 1999. (Source Wikipedia)

Katty Fuentes

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Birth name Katty Fuentes García
Birth place                   Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
Height                         1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Hair color    Black
Eye color    Green
Title(s)                        Nuestra Belleza Mexico 1997
Major competition(s) Nuestra Belleza Mexico 1997(winner)
                                   Miss Universe 1998

Biography
Katty Fuentes García is a Mexican woman from the state of Nuevo León, who won the national beauty pageant of Mexico and represented her country in the Miss Universe 1998 pageant, held in Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. on May 12, 1998. There, she received the Clairol Style Award and the third placement in the National Costume Competition.

Rebeca Tamez

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Birth name                Rebeca Lynn Tamez Jones
Birth date October 18, 1975
Birth place                Tamaulipas
Occupation               Model
Height                        172 cm

Biography
Rebeca Tamez is a former Miss Mexico Universe. The daughter of a Mexican father and an American mother, Rebeca represented her country in the 1997 Miss Universe pageant on May 16, 1997 in Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.. Currently she work as a model.