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 results Contestant Nuestra Belleza México 1997 Nuevo León – Katty Fuentes Suplente/1st Runner-up Morelos – Blanca Soto2nd Runner- up Distrito Federal – Felicidad Aveleyra 3rd Runner-up Estado de México – Elizabeth Jiménez 4th Runner-up Tabasco – Karla Corral5th Runner-up Aguascalientes – Patricia Amador Top 16 Baja California – Carolina Castro Campeche – Bárbara Macossay Coahuila – Alejandra Mena Colima – Karla Cortés Durango – Karla Pescador Guanajuato – Mónica Macías Jalisco – Tatiana Ruvalcaba Nayarit – Corina Torres Sinaloa – Deyanira Penney Tamaulipas – Kelly Nelson
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 results Contestant Nuestra Belleza Mundo México 1997 Morelos – Blanca SotoSuplente/1st Runner-up Distrito Federal – Felicidad Aveleyra 2nd Runner-up Nuevo León – Katty Fuentes3rd Runner-up Estado de México – Elizabeth Jiménez 4th Runner-up Nayarit – Corina Torres
Contestants State Contestant Age Aguascalientes María Patricia Amador Luján 21 Baja California Carolina Vanessa Castro Mendoza 22 Baja California Sur María Elizabeth Reyes Rodríguez 22 Campeche Bárbara Macossay Arteaga 19 Coahuila Alejandra Mena Ramírez 21 Colima Karla Ofelia Cortés Figueroa 19 Chiapas María Elena Peréz Peña 18 Chihuahua María Cristina Castro Loya 22 Distrito Federal Felicidad Aveleyra Talamantes 18 Durango Karla Pescador De la Peña 18 Estado de México Elizabeth Jiménez Dueñas 19 Guanajuato Mónica Macías Chávez 18 Guerrero Carla Coral López Solis 20 Hidalgo Gabriela García Muro 21 Jalisco Tatiana Eileen Ruvalcaba Della Roca 18 Michoacán María de Lourdes Romero Orozco 20 Morelos Blanca Delfina Soto Benavides 18 Nayarit Corina Torres Cañas 23 Nuevo León Katty Fuentes García 20 Oaxaca Annemie Santibañez Hoffmann 18 Puebla Liliana Flores Bashbuch 18 Querétaro Laura Manuela Barbeito Chávez 19 Quintana Roo Luz María Cabrera Montoya 22 San Luis Potosí Mayra Sandoval Martínez 21 Sinaloa Deyanira Liliana Penney López 21 Sonora Ana Laura Bernal Camarena 19 Tabasco Karla Alejandra Corral Salomón 21 Tamaulipas Kelly Ann Nelson González 18 Tlaxcala Ivonne Corona Morales 18 Veracruz Erika Beatríz Pérez Pérez 19 Yucatán Amelia Sierra Calderón 18 Zacatecas Gabriela Serrano Briones 20
Judges Preliminary competition Carlos Latapi – Photographer Rebeca Solano – Fashion Coordinator Tony Scheffler – Journalist Eugenia Cauduro – Model & Actress Mario Cimarro – Actor Rosario Pérez – Fashion Coordinator
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