Nuestra Belleza México 1997 Explained

Nuestra Belleza México 1997, the 4th annual Nuestra Belleza México beauty pageant, was held at the Salon Teotihuacan of the Centro Internacional de Convenciones Acapulco of Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico on September 20, 1997. Thirty-two contestants of the Mexican Republic competed for the national title, which was won by Katty Fuentes from Nuevo León, who later competed at Miss Universe 1998 in the US. Fuentes was crowned by outgoing Nuestra Belleza México titleholder Rebeca Tamez. She was the first Neoleonesa to win this title.

The Nuestra Belleza Mundo México title was won by Blanca Soto from Morelos, who later competed at Miss World 1997 in Seychelles. Soto was crowned by outgoing Nuestra Belleza Mundo México titleholder Yessica Salazar. She is the first and only contestant with short hair to win, as well as the first Morelense to win this Title.

For the second time in a row, two events were held separately to select the two winners for the titles Nuestra Belleza México and Nuestra Belleza Mundo México.

Results

Nuestra Belleza México

Final ResultsContestant
Nuestra Belleza México 1997
Suplente/1st Runner-up
2nd Runner- up
3rd Runner-up
4th Runner-up
5th Runner-up
Top 16

Nuestra Belleza Mundo México

One week before the Final Competition was held, the Preliminary Competition featured a live show entitled "Nuestra Belleza Mexico: Rumbo a Miss Mundo" in which was announced that the winner of the Nuestra Belleza Mundo México title was Blanca Soto from Morelos, who would go on to represent Mexico at Miss World 1997. All contestants competed in swimsuit and evening gown categories during the contest.

The Nuestra Belleza Mundo México pageant was held at the Salon Teotihuacan of the Centro Internacional de Convenciones Acapulco in Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico and was hosted by Raúl Velasco and Karina Velasco. It was the 2nd edition of the "Nuestra Belleza Mundo México" contest and as an official separate pageant to choose Mexico's representative to Miss World. The winner of this event also competed in the Final Competition, but only finished as the first runner-up.

The musical part was enlivened by the following groups: Sentidos Opuestos, Mœnia, Paulina Rubio and Vicente Fernández.

Final ResultsContestant
Nuestra Belleza Mundo México 1997
Suplente/1st Runner-up
2nd Runner-up
3rd Runner-up
4th Runner-up

Contestants

StateContestantAge
AguascalientesMaría Patricia Amador Luján21
Baja CaliforniaCarolina Vanessa Castro Mendoza22
Baja California SurMaría Elizabeth Reyes Rodríguez22
CampecheBárbara Macossay Arteaga19
CoahuilaAlejandra Mena Ramírez21
ColimaKarla Ofelia Cortés Figueroa19
ChiapasMaría Elena Peréz Peña18
ChihuahuaMaría Cristina Castro Loya22
Distrito FederalFelicidad Aveleyra Talamantes18
DurangoKarla Pescador De la Peña18
Estado de MéxicoElizabeth Jiménez Dueñas19
GuanajuatoMónica Macías Chávez18
GuerreroCarla Coral López Solis20
HidalgoGabriela García Muro21
JaliscoTatiana Eileen Ruvalcaba Della Roca18
MichoacánMaría de Lourdes Romero Orozco20
MorelosBlanca Delfina Soto Benavides18
NayaritCorina Torres Cañas23
Nuevo LeónKatty Fuentes García20
OaxacaAnnemie Santibañez Hoffmann18
PueblaLiliana Flores Bashbuch18
QuerétaroLaura Manuela Barbeito Chávez19
Quintana RooLuz María Cabrera Montoya22
San Luis PotosíMayra Sandoval Martínez21
SinaloaDeyanira Liliana Penney López21
SonoraAna Laura Bernal Camarena19
TabascoKarla Alejandra Corral Salomón21
TamaulipasKelly Ann Nelson González18
TlaxcalaIvonne Corona Morales18
VeracruzErika Beatríz Pérez Pérez19
YucatánAmelia Sierra Calderón18
ZacatecasGabriela Serrano Briones20

Judges

Preliminary competition