Mexicana Universal Jalisco (until 2016 called Nuestra Belleza Jalisco) is a state-level contest in the state of Jalisco, Mexico, which selects the state representative for the national contest Mexicana Universal (formerly called Nuestra Belleza México), thus aspiring to represent the country internationally on one of the platforms offered.
The state organization has achieved the following results since 1994: Winner: 7 (1996, 2000, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2018, 2023) 1st Runner-up: 4 (2006, 2007, 2014, 2025) 2nd Runner-up: 4 (2004, 2005, 2007, 2014) 3rd Runner-up: 4 (2009, 2011, 2012, 2013) 4th Runner-up: 2 (2017, 2022) Top 5/6: 2 (1994, 2016) Top 10/11/12: 6 (1998, 2001, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2016) Top 15/16: 5 (1995, 1997, 2006, 2019, 2021) Top 20/21: 3 (2001, 2003, 2004) Unplaced: 1 (2002)
National Queens Natalia Garibay - Mexicana Internacional 2025 Sofía Aragón - Mexicana Universal 2019 Nebai Torres - Mexicana Internacional 2018 (Designated) Karin Ontiveros - Nuestra Belleza México 2010 Ximena Navarrete - Nuestra Belleza México 2009 Karla Carrillo - Nuestra Belleza México 2008 Lupita González - Miss Continente Americano México 2008 (Designated) Gladys Castellanos - Miss Continente Americano México 2007 (Designated) Jacqueline Bracamontes - Nuestra Belleza México 2000 Yessica Salazar - Nuestra Belleza Mundo México 1996
International Queens Ximena Navarrete - Miss Universe 2010 Lupita González - Miss Continente Americano 2008
Titleholders The following are the names of the annual winners of Mexicana Universal Jalisco, listed in ascending order, as well as their results during the national Mexicana Universal pageant. State queens who represented the country in a current or past franchise of the national organization are also highlighted in a specific color.
Current Franchises: Competed at Miss Grand International. Competed at Miss International. Competed at Miss Charm. Competed at Reina Hispanoamericana. Competed at Miss Orb International. Competed at Nuestra Latinoamericana Universal.
Former Franchises: Competed at Miss Universe. Competed at Miss World. Competed at Miss Continente Americano. Competed at Miss Costa Maya International. Competed at Miss Atlántico Internacional. Competed at Miss Verano Viña del Mar. Competed at Reina Internacional del Café. Competed at Reina Internacional de las Flores. Competed at Señorita Continente Americano. Competed at Nuestra Belleza Internacional.
Year Titleholder Hometown Placement Special Award Notes 1994 Luz Elena González de la Torre Guadalajara Top 6 - - 1995 Tania Prado Laursen Zapopan Top 16 - - 1996 Yessica Salazar González La Barca Nuestra Belleza Mundo México - Top 10 at Miss World 1996 Top 16 at Nuestra Belleza México 1996 1997 Tatiana Eileen Ruvalcaba Della Roca Yahualica de González Gallo Top 16 - - 1998 Gloria Alejandra Morales MaciasZapopan Top 10 - - 1999 María Pía Marín Gutiérrez Encarnación de Díaz - - Competed at Nuestra Belleza Jalisco 1997 1st Runner-up at Señorita Turismo Región de los Altos 1996 Sñorita. Encarnación de Díaz 1996 Reina de las Fiestas Patronales de Nuestra Señora de la Encarnación 1996 Embajadora de las Fiestas Patrias 1995 2000 Jacqueline Bracamontes Van Hoorde Guadalajara Nuestra Belleza México Miss St. IvesBest Skin Competed at Miss Universe 2001 Won the Nuestra Belleza Mundo México 2000 crown, however, she also won the Nuestra Belleza México crown, so she had to give up going to Miss World. First Mexican-belgian born in Jalisco 2001 Miriam de Jesús Ayala Núñez San Miguel el Alto Top 20 - Top 21 at Nuestra Belleza Mundo México 2001 2002 Beatriz García Barragán Guadalajara - - - 2003 Ariadna Itzel Muro Esquivel Zapopan Top 20 - Top 10 at Miss Universe México 2024 Miss Universe Comunidad Internacional 2024 Runner-up at Miss Universo Italia Región Veneto Miss Woman Beauty 2023 Miss Woman Beauty México 2023 2004 Joanna Rivera Sibson Zapopan Top 20 - - 2005 Karina López Pérez Jalostotitlán - - Señorita Turismo Región de Los Altos 2004 Señorita Jalostotitlán 2004 2006 Gladys Castellanos Jiménez Guadalajara 1st Runner-up Miss TalentSteps to FameBest National Costume 2nd Runner-up at Miss Continente Americano 2007 Miss Continente Americano México 2007 2007 María Guadalupe González GallegosTepatitlán 1st Runner-up Best HairThe Queens Choice Miss Continente Americano 2008 Miss Continente Americano México 2008 Señorita Turismo Región de Los Altos 2005 Señorita Tepatitlán 2005 2008 Mayra González Vázquez Guadalajara Assumed the state title when Karla Carrillo won Nuestra Belleza Mundo México 2009 1st Runner-up at Nuestra Belleza Jalisco 2008 2008 Karla María Carrillo González Guadalajara Nuestra Belleza México Fuller Beuaty Queen 1st Runner-up at Miss Continente Americano 2010 Miss Continente Americano México 2010 Competed at Miss Universe 2009 2009 Janeth Pérez Palencia Zapopan Assumed the state title when Ximena Navarrete won Nuestra Belleza Mundo México 2009 1st Runner-up at Nuestra Belleza Jalisco 2009 2009 Ximena Navarrete Rosete Guadalajara Nuestra Belleza México Academic AwardFuller Beauty Queen Miss Universe 2010 2010 Maria de Jesús Padilla Romo Jalostotitlán Assumed the state title when Karin Ontiveros won Nuestra Belleza Mundo México 2010 1st Runner-up at Nuestra Belleza Jalisco 2010 2010 Karin Cecilia Ontiveros Meza Amatitán Nuestra Belleza Mexico Miss TalentSteps to Fame Competed at Miss Universe 2011 2011 Lucía Silva González Puerto Vallarta 3rd Runner-up Miss Top ModelPersonality Fraiche Competed at Miss F1 México 2015 2012 Ana Karen Siordia Velasco Guadalajara Top 10 - Competed at Miss F1 México 2015 2013 Paola Nereyda Sánchez Corona Guadalajara 3rd Runner-up Miss Top Model Competed at Miss F1 México 2015 2014 Alessa Bravo Agredano Guadalajara 2nd Runner-up Steps to Fame 1st Runner-up at Nuestra Belleza Mundo México 2014 Top3 at Mexico's Next Top Model 2012 2015 Mariana Franco Anguiano Tonalá Top 10 - - 2016 Adriana Mardueño Villaseñor Autlán Top 10 - - Until 2016 the Title was Nuestra Belleza Jalisco 2017 Nebai Torres Camarena Guadalajara 4th Runner-up Fuller Cosmetics Face Top 15 at Miss International 2018 Mexicana Internacional 2018 4th Runner-up at Mexico's Next Top Model 2014 2018 Sofía Montserrat Aragón Torres(Assumed) Zapopan Mexicana Universal Best in Evening Gown 2nd Runner-up at Miss Universe 2019 2nd Runner-up at Mexicana Universal Jalisco 2018 2nd Runner-up at Miss Jalisco 2017 2018 Dorothy Nathaly Sutherland Barragán(Dismissed) Puerto Vallarta Did not Compete - First Mexican-american born in Jalisco 2019 Michel López Sosa Guadalajara Top 15 - 1st Runner-up at Mexicana Universal Jalisco 2018 2020colspan="6"! 2021 María Guadalupe Vargas Naranjo Zapopan Top 16 - Will compete at Miss Universe 2026 Miss Universe Mexico 2026 Miss Universe Jalisco 2026 Top 5 at Miss Jalisco 2018 2022 María José de la Torre Cerda(Assumed after national competition) Atotonilco El Alto 4th Runner-up - 1st Runner-up at Mexicana Universal Jalisco 2022 1st Runner-up at Señorita Turismo Región de los Altos 2015 Señorita Atotonilco el Alto 2014 2022 Cristina Villegas Murillo(Resinged after national competition) Zapopan - - Top 10 at Miss Universe México 2024 Miss Universe Jalisco 2024 Miss Intercontinental North America 2023 1st Runner-up at Miss Intercontinental 2023 Miss Intercontinental México 2023 2023 Natalia Garibay Valencia(Assumed) Puerto Vallarta Mexicana Internacional Best National Costume Top 20 at Miss International 2025 2023 Gabriela Viridiana Reyes Vital(Resigned) Arandas Did not Compete - Competed at Miss Mesoamérica Universe 2018 Miss Mesoamérica Universe México 2018 2024colspan="5"! 2025 Karen Gabriela Yanes González Zapopan 1st Runner-up - -
Designated Contestants Starting in 2000, states were allowed to have more than one candidate, as some states were not sending candidates for various reasons. The following contestants from Jalisco were invited to compete in the national pageant alongside the reigning queen, and in some cases, they achieved even better results.
Year Titleholder Hometown Placement Special Award Notes 2000 Libertad Godínez Herrera Zapopan - Best Skin 1st Runner-up at Nuestra Belleza Jalisco 2000 2001 Ana Inés Santoyo Jasso Guadalajara Top 10 - Top 21 en Nuestra Belleza Mundo México 2001 Top 3 at Nuestra Belleza Jalisco 2001 2001 Ana Inés Santoyo Jasso Guadalajara Top 10 - Top 21 en Nuestra Belleza Mundo México 2001 Top 3 at Nuestra Belleza Jalisco 2001 2001 Sarahi Alejandra Álvarez Negrete Guadalajara Top 20 - Top 21 en Nuestra Belleza Mundo México 2001 Top 3 at Nuestra Belleza Jalisco 2001 2002 Cecilia de Jesús Gutiérrez Avilés Guadalajara - - Señora México Internacional 2021 Señora Jalisco 2021 1st Runner-up at Nuestra Belleza Jalisco 2002 2003 Paola Topete Vela Guadalajara - - 2nd Runner-up at Nuestra Belleza Jalisco 2000 2003 Gladys Anaya Martín San Miguel el Alto - - 1st Runner-up at Nuestra Belleza Jalisco 2000 1st Runner-up at Señorita Turismo Región de los Altos 2000 Señorita San Miguel el Alto 2000 2004 Gabriela Vázquez Patrón Guadalajara 2nd Runner-up - 1st Runner-up at Nuestra Belleza Jalisco 2004 2005 Ana Paola Sifuentes Gutiérrez Guadalajara 2bd Runner-up - 1st Runner-up at Nuestra Belleza Jalisco 2005 2006 Perla Lizbeth Mercado Barajas Guadalajara Top 15 - Top 5 at Nuestra Belleza Jalisco 2006 2007 María Esmeralda Pimentel Murguía Ciudad Guzmán 2nd Runner-up - Top 5 at Nuestra Belleza Jalisco 2007 2009 Sandra Luz Vargas Plazola Puerto Vallarta 3rd Runner-up - Top 5 at Nuestra Belleza Jalisco 2009 2010 Eunice Guadalupe Sánchez Valencia Guadalajara Top 10 - Top 10 at World Miss University 2010 Miss Mundo Universidad México 2010 Top 5 at Nuestra Belleza Jalisco 2010 2012 Jacqueline Ivonne Sauza Ávila Guadalajara 3rd Runner-up - Top 5 at Nuestra Belleza Mundo México 2012 Designated Nuestra Belleza Jalisco Virtual 2012 Runner-up virtual casting Nuestra Belleza México 2012 2013 Rocío Hernández Zamudio San Ignacio Cerro Gordo - Best National Costume Top 5 at Nuestra Belleza Jalisco 2013 2014 Karina Stephania Martin Jímenez Tonalá 1st Runner-up The Queens ChoicePersonality Fraiche 4th Runner-up at Miss Supranational 2015 Miss Supranational México 2015 Competed at Miss F1 México 2015 World Miss University North America 2014 World Miss University 2014 Miss Mundo Universidad México 2014 2016 Ángela Goretti Robles Ibarra Guadalajara Top 5 - 1st Runner-up at Miss Model of the World 2017 Miss Model of the World México 2017 1st Runner-up at Nuestra Belleza Jalisco 2016 Competed at Miss F1 México 2015 1st Runner-up at Nuestra Belleza Jalisco 2015 2021 Priscila Franco Franco Tepatitlán Top 16 - 3rd Runner-up at Miss Grand Mexico 2023 Miss Grand Jalisco 2023 2nd Runner-up at Mexicana Universal Jalisco 2021 Competed at Señorita Turismo Región de los Altos 2018 Señorita Tepatitlán 2018
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