Nuestra Belleza México 1998
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The 5th Nuestra Belleza México
Nuestra Belleza Mexico
Nuestra Belleza México is a Mexican national beauty pageant held annually since 1994. It is currently responsible for selecting the country's delegates to three of the most relevant international beauty contests, Miss Universe, Miss World and Miss International.In association with Televisa, the...

 pageant, was held for the second consecutive time in Acapulco
Acapulco
Acapulco is a city, municipality and major sea port in the state of Guerrero on the Pacific coast of Mexico, southwest from Mexico City. Acapulco is located on a deep, semi-circular bay and has been a port since the early colonial period of Mexico’s history...

, Guerrero
Guerrero
Guerrero officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Guerrero is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 81 municipalities and its capital city is Chilpancingo....

, Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

 on September 19, 1998. It was the first back to back victories in Nuestra Belleza Mexico history: Silvia Salgado
Silvia Salgado
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.-References:...

 of Nuevo León
Nuevo León
Nuevo León It is located in Northeastern Mexico. It is bordered by the states of Tamaulipas to the north and east, San Luis Potosí to the south, and Coahuila to the west. To the north, Nuevo León has a 15 kilometer stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border adjacent to the U.S...

 was crowned by outgoing Nuestra Belleza México
Nuestra Belleza Mexico
Nuestra Belleza México is a Mexican national beauty pageant held annually since 1994. It is currently responsible for selecting the country's delegates to three of the most relevant international beauty contests, Miss Universe, Miss World and Miss International.In association with Televisa, the...

 titleholder Katty Fuentes
Katty Fuentes
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...

 also of Nuevo León
Nuevo León
Nuevo León It is located in Northeastern Mexico. It is bordered by the states of Tamaulipas to the north and east, San Luis Potosí to the south, and Coahuila to the west. To the north, Nuevo León has a 15 kilometer stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border adjacent to the U.S...

. Salgado competed in Miss Universe 1999
Miss Universe 1999
Miss Universe 1999 was held at the Chaguaramas Convention Centre, Chaguaramas, Trinidad and Tobago on May 26, 1999. Mpule Kwelagobe of Botswana was crowned as Miss Universe 1999 by Miss Universe 1998 Wendy Fitzwilliam of Trinidad and Tobago. A record number of 84 contestants competed in the pageant...

 where she was a semifinalist in the Top 10. She is the second Nuevoleonesa to win the Nuestra Belleza México
Nuestra Belleza Mexico
Nuestra Belleza México is a Mexican national beauty pageant held annually since 1994. It is currently responsible for selecting the country's delegates to three of the most relevant international beauty contests, Miss Universe, Miss World and Miss International.In association with Televisa, the...

 Title. Thirty-two contestants competed for the national title.

The Title of Nuestra Belleza Mundo México
Nuestra Belleza Mexico
Nuestra Belleza México is a Mexican national beauty pageant held annually since 1994. It is currently responsible for selecting the country's delegates to three of the most relevant international beauty contests, Miss Universe, Miss World and Miss International.In association with Televisa, the...

 was won by Vilma Zamora
Vilma Zamora
Vilma Verónica Zamora Suñol, from the Mexican state of Guanajuato is a beauty pageant title holder. She won the title of Nuestra Belleza Mundo México in 1998, and represented her country in the 1998 Miss World pageant, held in Seychelles on November 26, 1998...

 of Guanajuato
Guanajuato
Guanajuato officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Guanajuato is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 46 municipalities and its capital city is Guanajuato....

, who later competed in Miss World 1998
Miss World 1998
The 48th Miss World pageant was held at the Lake Berjaya Mahé Resort in Mahé Island, Seychelles. 86 delegates from around the world competed for the crown. Ronan Keating then lead singer of Boyzone and MTV's Eden Harel hosted the event...

. Zamora was crowned by outgoing Nuestra Belleza Mundo México
Nuestra Belleza Mexico
Nuestra Belleza México is a Mexican national beauty pageant held annually since 1994. It is currently responsible for selecting the country's delegates to three of the most relevant international beauty contests, Miss Universe, Miss World and Miss International.In association with Televisa, the...

 titleholder Blanca Soto
Blanca Soto
Blanca Delfina Soto Benavides is a Mexican actress, model and former beauty queen. She competed in the national beauty pageant Nuestra Belleza Mexico in 1997. Representing the state of Morelos, in which she was raised, Soto became Miss Mexico World. She represented her country in the Miss World...

. She is the first Guanajuatense to win the Nuestra Belleza Mundo México
Nuestra Belleza Mexico
Nuestra Belleza México is a Mexican national beauty pageant held annually since 1994. It is currently responsible for selecting the country's delegates to three of the most relevant international beauty contests, Miss Universe, Miss World and Miss International.In association with Televisa, the...

 Title.

Results

Final Results Contestant
Nuestra Belleza México 1998
  • Nuevo León
    Nuevo León
    Nuevo León It is located in Northeastern Mexico. It is bordered by the states of Tamaulipas to the north and east, San Luis Potosí to the south, and Coahuila to the west. To the north, Nuevo León has a 15 kilometer stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border adjacent to the U.S...

    - Silvia Salgado
    Silvia Salgado
    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.-References:...

Nuestra Belleza Mundo México 1998
  • Guanajuato
    Guanajuato
    Guanajuato officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Guanajuato is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 46 municipalities and its capital city is Guanajuato....

    - Vilma Zamora
    Vilma Zamora
    Vilma Verónica Zamora Suñol, from the Mexican state of Guanajuato is a beauty pageant title holder. She won the title of Nuestra Belleza Mundo México in 1998, and represented her country in the 1998 Miss World pageant, held in Seychelles on November 26, 1998...

  • Suplente / 1st Runner-up
  • Tabasco
    Tabasco
    Tabasco officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Tabasco is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 17 municipalities and its capital city is Villahermosa....

    - Edith López
  • 2nd Runner-up
  • Quintana Roo
    Quintana Roo
    Quintana Roo officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Quintana Roo is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 10 municipalities and its capital city is Chetumal....

    - Solange Rivera
  • 3rd Runner-up
  • Puebla
    Puebla
    Puebla officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Puebla is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 217 municipalities and its capital city is Puebla....

    - Luisa Fernanda Díaz
  • Top 10
  • Coahuila
    Coahuila
    Coahuila, formally Coahuila de Zaragoza , officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Coahuila de Zaragoza is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico...

    - Teresa Roldán
  • Chihuahua - Clarissa Carrera
  • Distrito Federal
    Mexico City
    Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...

    - Karla Blancarte
  • Jalisco
    Jalisco
    Jalisco officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Jalisco is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is located in Western Mexico and divided in 125 municipalities and its capital city is Guadalajara.It is one of the more important states...

    - Alejandra Morales
  • Nayarit
    Nayarit
    Nayarit officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Nayarit is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 20 municipalities and its capital city is Tepic.It is located in Western Mexico...

    - Claudia González
  • Yucatán
    Yucatán
    Yucatán officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Yucatán is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 106 municipalities and its capital city is Mérida....

    - Teresa Campos
  • For the first time in the history of the contest was a tie in the top 10 among Yucatán and Chihuahua


  • Special Awards

    Award Contestant
    Miss Photogenic
    • Nuevo León
      Nuevo León
      Nuevo León It is located in Northeastern Mexico. It is bordered by the states of Tamaulipas to the north and east, San Luis Potosí to the south, and Coahuila to the west. To the north, Nuevo León has a 15 kilometer stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border adjacent to the U.S...

      - Silvia Salgado
      Silvia Salgado
      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.-References:...

    Mary Kay Face
  • Nuevo León
    Nuevo León
    Nuevo León It is located in Northeastern Mexico. It is bordered by the states of Tamaulipas to the north and east, San Luis Potosí to the south, and Coahuila to the west. To the north, Nuevo León has a 15 kilometer stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border adjacent to the U.S...

    - Silvia Salgado
    Silvia Salgado
    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.-References:...



  • Judges

    • Verónica Castro
      Verónica Castro
      Verónica Castro is a Mexican actress, singer and television host. She is the mother of singer Cristian Castro and filmmaker Michelle Sáinz Castro and the sister of actress Beatriz Castro,and telenovela producer José Alberto Castro....

      - Actress
    • Andrés García
      Andrés García
      Andrés García is a Dominican-born Mexican actor. He is known throughout Latin America and among Hispanics in the United States....

      - Actor
    • Dayanara Torres
      Dayanara Torres
      Dayanara Torres Delgado is a Puerto Rican actress, singer, model, and former Miss Universe.Torres was discovered at age 17 while walking through the Plaza de Toa Alta in her hometown, and was invited to represent Toa Alta in the annual Miss Puerto Rico pageant. She won the pageant and the right...

      - Miss Universe 1993
      Miss Universe 1993
      Miss Universe 1993, the 42nd Miss Universe pageant, was held at Auditorio Nacional, Mexico City, Mexico on May 21, 1993. Dayanara Torres of Puerto Rico was crowned as Miss Universe 1993...

    • Héctor Soberón
      Héctor Soberón
      Héctor Soberón Lorenzo , better known as Héctor Soberón, is a Mexican actor.-Acting career:...

      - Actor
    • Alejandra Quintero
      Alejandra Quintero
      Alejandra Quintero Velasco is a Mexican woman from the state of Nuevo León, who represented her country and placed in the semi-finals in the 1995 Miss World pageant, held in Sun City, South Africa on November 18, 1995. She studied Marketing.- References :...

      - Nuestra Belleza Mundo México 1995
      Nuestra Belleza México 1995
      The 2nd Nuestra Belleza México pageant, was held at the Teatro Morelos of Toluca, Estado de México, Mexico on October 22, 1995. Thirty-two contestants competed for the national title, which was won by Vanessa Guzmán of Chihuahua, who later competed in Miss Universe 1996 where she was a semifinalist...

    • José Quintero - Photographer
    • Carla Estrada
      Carla Estrada
      Carla Estrada is one of the foremost telenovela producers of Latin America.On 2005 the Mexican government decided to place a statue of the producer in one of Mexico City's most important parks and on January, 2007 she appeared on People En Españols list of The 100 Most Influential Hispanics in the...

      - Producer¡¡
    • Joss Claude - Stylist
    • Martha Chapa - Painter
    • Luis Manuel Rodríguez - Director & Producer


    Contestants

    State Contestant Age Height
    (m)
    Aguascalientes
    Aguascalientes
    Aguascalientes is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 11 municipalities and its capital city is Aguascalientes....

    Cecilia Colombe Gutiérrez Reyes 19 1.70
    Baja California
    Baja California
    Baja California officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is both the northernmost and westernmost state of Mexico. Before becoming a state in 1953, the area was known as the North...

    Aneli Lucero Barajas López 19 1.83
    Baja California Sur
    Baja California Sur
    Baja California Sur , is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. Before becoming a state on October 8, 1974, the area was known as the South Territory of Baja California. It has an area of , or 3.57% of the land mass of Mexico and comprises...

    Borinquen Telles Vargas 19 1.70
    Campeche
    Campeche
    Campeche is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. Located in Southeast Mexico, it is bordered by the states of Yucatán to the north east, Quintana Roo to the east, and Tabasco to the south west...

    Kathia Patricia Villegas Heredia 19 1.78
    Coahuila
    Coahuila
    Coahuila, formally Coahuila de Zaragoza , officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Coahuila de Zaragoza is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico...

    Teresa Roldán Rodríguez 20 1.75
    Colima
    Colima
    Colima is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, make up the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It shares its name with its capital and main city, Colima....

    Denisse Zarai Guzmán 19 1.75
    Chiapas
    Chiapas
    Chiapas officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Chiapas is one of the 31 states that, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 118 municipalities and its capital city is Tuxtla Gutierrez. Other important cites in Chiapas include San Cristóbal de las...

    Nubia Venicia León Montoya 19 1.68
    Chihuahua Clarissa Carrera Aguilera 19 1.76
    Distrito Federal
    Mexico City
    Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...

    Karla Blancarte Figueroa 21 1.73
    Durango
    Durango
    Durango officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Durango is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. The state is located in Northwest Mexico. With a population of 1,632,934, it has Mexico's second-lowest population density, after Baja...

    Alejandra Fernández de Castro Sosa 19 1.75
    Estado de México
    Mexico (state)
    México , officially: Estado Libre y Soberano de México is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of the United Mexican States. It is divided in 125 municipalities and its capital city is Toluca de Lerdo....

    Karen Maya Helm 20 1.73
    Guanajuato
    Guanajuato
    Guanajuato officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Guanajuato is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 46 municipalities and its capital city is Guanajuato....

    Vilma Verónica Zamora Suñol 19 1.78
    Guerrero
    Guerrero
    Guerrero officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Guerrero is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 81 municipalities and its capital city is Chilpancingo....

    Paulina Crofton Nadal 23 1.81
    Hidalgo Laura Gabriela Peréz Cuevas 18 1.68
    Jalisco
    Jalisco
    Jalisco officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Jalisco is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is located in Western Mexico and divided in 125 municipalities and its capital city is Guadalajara.It is one of the more important states...

    Alejandra Morales Macias 19 1.78
    Michoacán
    Michoacán
    Michoacán officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Michoacán de Ocampo is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 113 municipalities and its capital city is Morelia...

    Giovanna Páramo Garduño 20 1.75
    Morelos
    Morelos
    Morelos officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Morelos is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 33 municipalities and its capital city is Cuernavaca....

    Arlette Natera Martínez 22 1.68
    Nayarit
    Nayarit
    Nayarit officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Nayarit is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 20 municipalities and its capital city is Tepic.It is located in Western Mexico...

    Claudia Liliana González Ramos 18 1.80
    Nuevo León
    Nuevo León
    Nuevo León It is located in Northeastern Mexico. It is bordered by the states of Tamaulipas to the north and east, San Luis Potosí to the south, and Coahuila to the west. To the north, Nuevo León has a 15 kilometer stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border adjacent to the U.S...

    Silvia Salgado Cavazos 20 1.75
    Oaxaca
    Oaxaca
    Oaxaca , , officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Oaxaca is one of the 31 states which, along with the Federal District, comprise the 32 federative entities of Mexico. It is divided into 571 municipalities; of which 418 are governed by the system of customs and traditions...

    Marbella López Nuñez 22 1.68
    Puebla
    Puebla
    Puebla officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Puebla is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 217 municipalities and its capital city is Puebla....

    Luisa Fernanda Díaz Maldonado 19 1.69
    Querétaro
    Querétaro
    Querétaro officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Querétaro de Arteaga is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 18 municipalities and its capital city is Santiago de Querétaro....

    Myriam Adaliz Domínguez Yemez 22 1.69
    Quintana Roo
    Quintana Roo
    Quintana Roo officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Quintana Roo is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 10 municipalities and its capital city is Chetumal....

    Solange Rivera Astudillo 21 1.70
    San Luis Potosí
    San Luis Potosí
    San Luis Potosí officially Estado Libre y Soberano de San Luis Potosí is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 58 municipalities and its capital city is San Luis Potosí....

    María Cristina Domínguez Portales 21 1.72
    Sinaloa
    Sinaloa
    Sinaloa officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sinaloa is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 18 municipalities and its capital city is Culiacán Rosales....

    Kathya Verenice Morales Luna 23 1.78
    Sonora
    Sonora
    Sonora officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sonora is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 72 municipalities; the capital city is Hermosillo....

    Lina Mercedes Samaniego Jiménez 18 1.68
    Tabasco
    Tabasco
    Tabasco officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Tabasco is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 17 municipalities and its capital city is Villahermosa....

    Edith López Vidaurri 22 1.75
    Tamaulipas
    Tamaulipas
    Tamaulipas officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Tamaulipas is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 43 municipalities and its capital city is Ciudad Victoria. The capital city was named after Guadalupe Victoria, the...

    Nayma Karina Balquiarena Peréz 18 1.69
    Tlaxcala
    Tlaxcala
    Tlaxcala officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Tlaxcala is one of the 31 states which along with the Federal District comprise the 32 federative entities of Mexico. It is divided into 60 municipalities and its capital city is Tlaxcala....

    Fabiola Sánchez Wadw 21 1.69
    Veracruz
    Veracruz
    Veracruz, formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave , is one of the 31 states that, along with the Federal District, comprise the 32 federative entities of Mexico. It is divided in 212 municipalities and its capital city is...

    Maribel Rodríguez Gasca 18 1.70
    Yucatán
    Yucatán
    Yucatán officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Yucatán is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 106 municipalities and its capital city is Mérida....

    María Teresa Campos Ríos 20 1.77
    Zacatecas
    Zacatecas
    Zacatecas officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Zacatecas is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 58 municipalities and its capital city is Zacatecas....

    Claudia Susana Landeros Botello 21 1.71


    Historical Significance

    • Nuevo León won Nuestra Belleza México back to back 1997 and 1998 (First in Nuestra Belleza México's History)
    • Guanajuato won the title of Nuestra Belleza Mundo México for the first time.
    • After two years of carrying out the competition "Nuestra Belleza Mexico: Road to Miss World" in the night semifinal, this year chose the two queens in the final competition.
    • Also for the first time the event took place in a massive event, and that from 1994 to 1997 this was carried out in the Sunday program Siempre en Domingo.
    • For the first time in the history of the contest was a tie in the top 10 among Yucatán and Chihuahua.
    • Distrito Federal, Jalisco and Nuevo León placed for fifth consecutive year.
    • Pueba and Quintana Roo returned to making calls to the semifinals after four years (1994
      Nuestra Belleza México 1994
      The 1st Nuestra Belleza México pageant, was held at the Auditorio Benito Juárez of Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico on November 13, 1994. Thirty-two contestants competed for the national title, which was won by Luz María Zetina of the Estado de México, who later competed in Miss Universe 1995. Zetina was...

      ) while Chihuahua and Yucatán after two years (1996
      Nuestra Belleza México 1996
      The 3rd Nuestra Belleza México pageant, was held at the Centro de Convenciones of Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico on September 22, 1996. Thirty-two contestants competed for the national title, which was won by Rebeca Tamez of Tamaulipas, who later competed in Miss Universe 1997. Tamez was crowned by...

      ).
    • States that were called to the semifinals last year and this year failed to qualify were Aguascalientes, Baja California, Campeche, Colima, Durango, Estado de México, Morelos, Sinaloa and Tamaulipas.
    • Marco Antonio Regil
      Marco Antonio Regil
      Marco Antonio Regil is a Mexican television personality and game show host, born in Tijuana, Mexico. He began his career as a Radio D.J. when he was 15 years old...

       hosted this pageant for the first time.
    • Nuevo León won Miss Photogenic for second consecutive year and Mary Kay Face Award for the first time.
    • The host delegate, Paulina Crofton of Guerrero, failed to place in the semifinals.
    • Baja California is the higher delegate in this edition (1.83 m).
    • Chiapas, Hidalgo, Morelos, Oaxaca and Sonora are the lower delegates in this edition (1.68 m).


    Contestants Notes

    • Colima
      Colima
      Colima is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, make up the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It shares its name with its capital and main city, Colima....

      - Denisse Guzmán was selected by the organization of Nuestra Belleza México
      Nuestra Belleza Mexico
      Nuestra Belleza México is a Mexican national beauty pageant held annually since 1994. It is currently responsible for selecting the country's delegates to three of the most relevant international beauty contests, Miss Universe, Miss World and Miss International.In association with Televisa, the...

       to participate in the contest Miss Costa Maya International 1998 in Belize
      Belize
      Belize is a constitutional monarchy and the northernmost country in Central America. Belize has a diverse society, comprising many cultures and languages. Even though Kriol and Spanish are spoken among the population, Belize is the only country in Central America where English is the official...

       where she won the 1st place.
    • Distrito Federal
      Mexico City
      Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...

      - Karla Blancarte competed in the Reinado Internacional de las Flores 1999.
    • Guanajuato
      Guanajuato
      Guanajuato officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Guanajuato is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 46 municipalities and its capital city is Guanajuato....

      - Vilma Zamora
      Vilma Zamora
      Vilma Verónica Zamora Suñol, from the Mexican state of Guanajuato is a beauty pageant title holder. She won the title of Nuestra Belleza Mundo México in 1998, and represented her country in the 1998 Miss World pageant, held in Seychelles on November 26, 1998...

       represented her country in Miss World 1998
      Miss World 1998
      The 48th Miss World pageant was held at the Lake Berjaya Mahé Resort in Mahé Island, Seychelles. 86 delegates from around the world competed for the crown. Ronan Keating then lead singer of Boyzone and MTV's Eden Harel hosted the event...

      , held at the Lake Berjaya Mahé Resort in Mahé Island
      Mahé, Seychelles
      Mahé is the largest island of the Seychelles, lying in the north east of the nation. The population of Mahé is 80,000. It contains the capital city of Victoria and accommodates 90% of the country's total population...

      , Seychelles
      Seychelles
      Seychelles , officially the Republic of Seychelles , is an island country spanning an archipelago of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean, some east of mainland Africa, northeast of the island of Madagascar....

       on November 26, 1998 but she didn't place. She also represented Mexico
      Mexico
      The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

       in Colombia
      Colombia
      Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...

       in Reinado Internacional de las Flores 1998 and in Honduras
      Honduras
      Honduras is a republic in Central America. It was previously known as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from British Honduras, which became the modern-day state of Belize...

       she was in Señorita Continente Americano 1998 where she won 2nd place.
    • Jalisco
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      - Alejandra Morales participated en the contest Reinado Internacional del Bambuco 1998 held in Colombia
      Colombia
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       where she won the award as Ambassador of Tourism and International Folklore.
    • Nuevo León
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      - Silvia Salgado
      Silvia Salgado
      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.-References:...

       represented Mexico
      Mexico
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       in the annual Reinado Internacional del Café
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       on January, 1999 in Manizales
      Manizales
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      , Colombia
      Colombia
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      . Despite being her one of the favorites for the crown, their participation was marred by getting the flu during your stay in the contest which looked sad, failing to qualify for the semifinals, but she was Queen of Journalists and Jollie Vogue Face in the contest. Months after she represented her country and placed among the semifinalists in Miss Universe 1999
      Miss Universe 1999
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      , held at the Chaguaramas Convention Centre in Chaguaramas, Trinidad and Tobago
      Trinidad and Tobago
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      , on May 26, 1999. Actually she is married with Businessman Antonio Quiroga Rodríguez.


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