Nuestra Belleza Latina 2012

The 54 candidates traveling to Miami for a chance to enter the Mansion and win the crown are:

Rank	Contestant	Years	Country Representing	Auditions
1	Ixchel Cardenas		Mexico	California
2	Gretchen Serrao		Venezuela	California
3	Flerida Besso	22	Mexico	California
4	Geisy Hernadendez		Cuba	California
5	Karen Garrido	22	Mexico	California
6	Viviana Granillo		Mexico	California
7	Setareh Khatibi	25	Mexico/ Iran	California
8	Naomi Marroquin	21	Guatemala	California
9	Cindy Arevalo		El Salvador	California
10	Thalia Lara		Mexico	California
11	Chanty Vargas	24	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico
12	Vanessa De Roide	24	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico
13	Ashley Ruiz	23	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico
14	Dimmary Castro	26	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico
15	Ester Rivera	21	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico
16	Luz Diaz	23	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico
17	Juliana Rodriguez	25	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico
18	Nicole Marquez		Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico
19	Shalimar Rivera	26	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico
20	Tatiana Ares	22	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico
21	Yara Rivera	20	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico
22	Nayeli Valles		Mexico	Phoenix
23	Karla Marquez	26	Mexico	Phoenix
24	Ashley Garner	18	Mexico	Phoenix
25	Raquel Huerta		Mexico	Phoenix
26	Priscila González	23	Colombia	New York
27	Rosalinda Silver	27	Dominican Republic	New York
28	Stephanie Castellanos		Dominican Republic	New York
29	Nataliz Jiménez	22	Dominican Republic	New York
30	Karol Scott	24	Venezuela	New York
31	Laurem Payano		Dominican Republic	New York
32	Patricia Cardona	27	Colombia	Miami
33	Mayela Caldera	26	Venezuela	Miami
34	Lisbeth Cañizales	22	Cuba	Miami
35	Karina Encarnación	23	Dominican Republic	Miami
36	Yaritza Medina	26	Puerto Rico	Miami
37	Ivanna Rodriguez	20	Mexico	Miami
38	Ximena Castro		Peru	Miami
39	Saidee Collado		Cuba	Miami
40	Lidislay González		Cuba	Miami
41	Elizabeth Robaina	23	Cuba	Miami
42	Adrializ Gutiérrez	19	Cuba	Miami
43	Adriana Bermudez		Venezuela	Texas
44	Angelika Rodriguez		Puerto Rico	Texas
45	Fanny Vargas	24	Mexico	Texas
46	Ligia de Uriarte	20	Mexico	Texas
47	Cinthia Guerrero	19	Mexico	Texas
48	Sarahi Pineda	20	Mexico	Texas
49	Andrea Castañeda		Mexico	Texas
50	Ambar Garcia		Dominican Republic	Texas
51	Diana Rojas		Colombia	Texas
52	Alma Lopez		Mexico	Chicago
53	Yesenia Beltran		Puerto Rico	Chicago
54	Paola Rodriguez	21	Puerto Rico	Chicago
55	Ciara Jiménez		Venezuela	Chicago
56	Vanessa Alvares		Venezuela	Casting Virtual
57	Lucia Galeano		Paraguay	Casting Virtual

• Guest Artist: Chino y Nacho

Group 1:

Rank	Contestant	Years	Country Representing	Auditions
1	Flerida Besso	22	Mexico	California
2	Karen Garrido	22	Mexico	California
3	Setareh Khatibi	25	Mexico/ Iran	California
4	Naomi Marroquin	21	Guatemala	California
5	Chanty Vargas	24	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico
6	Vanessa De Roide	24	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico
7	Ashley Ruiz	23	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico
8	Dimmary Castro	26	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico
9	Ester Rivera	21	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico
10	Luz Diaz	23	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico
11	Juliana Rodriguez	25	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico
12	Yara Rivera	20	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico
13	Karla Marquez	26	Mexico	Phoenix
14	Ashley Garner	18	Mexico	Phoenix
15	Priscilla Gonzalez	23	Colombia	New York
16	Rosalinda Silver	27	Dominican Republic	New York
17	Nataliz Jiménez	22	Dominican Republic	New York
18	Karol Scott	24	Venezuela	New York
19	Patricia Cardona	27	Colombia	Miami
20	Mayela Caldera	26	Venezuela	Miami
21	Lisbeth Cañizales	22	Cuba	Miami
22	Karina Encarnacion	23	Dominican Republic	Miami
23	Yaritza Medina	26	Puerto Rico	Miami
24	Ivanna Rodriguez	20	Mexico	Miami
25	Elizabeth Robaina	23	Cuba	Miami
26	Cinthia Guerrero	19	Mexico	Texas
27	Sarani Pineda	20	Mexico	Texas
28	Paola Rodriguez	21	Puerto Rico	Chicago

12 Chosen:

#	Contestant	Age	Country of Origin	Audition Place
1	Vanessa De Roide	24	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico
2	Nataliz Jimenez	22	Dominican Republic	New York
3	Karol Scott	24	Venezuela	New York-
4	Flerida Besso	22	Mexico	California
5	Chanty Vargas	24	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico
6	Essined Aponte	20	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico
7	Patricia Cardona	27	Colombia	Miami
8	Elizabeth Robaina	23	Cuba	Miami
9	Ivanna Rodriguez	20	Mexico	Miami
10	Karla Marquez	26	Mexico	Phoenix
11	Setareh Khatibi	25	Mexico/ Iran	California
12	Naomi Marroquin	21	Guatemala	California

• Eliminated: Karen Garrido, Ashley Garner, Priscilla González, Mayela Caldera, Lisbeth Cañizales, Karina Encarnación, Yaritza Medina, Cinthia Guerrero, Sarani Pineda, Paola Rodríguez, Dimmary Castro, Ester Rivera, Luz Díaz, Juliana Rodríguez, Yara Rivera, and Rosalinda Silver.

• Guest Artist: Pepe Aguilar

Group 2:

Rank	Contestant	Country Representing	Auditions
1	Ixchel Cardenas	Mexico	California
2	Gretchen Serrao	Venezuela	California
3	Geisy Hernadendez	Cuba	California
4	Viviana Granillo	Mexico	California
5	Cindy Arevalo	El Salvador	California
6	Thalia Lara	Mexico	California
7	Nicole Marquez	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico
8	Shalimar Rivera	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico
9	Tatiana Ares	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico
10	Nayeli Valles	Mexico	Phoenix
11	Raquel Huerta	Mexico	Phoenix
12	Stephanie Castellanos	Dominican Republic	New York
13	Laurem Payano	Dominican Republic	New York
14	Ximena Castro	Peru	Miami
15	Saidee Collado	Cuba	Miami
16	Lidislay Gonzalez	Cuba	Miami
17	Adriana Bermudez	Venezuela	Texas
18	Angelika Rodriguez	Puerto Rico	Texas
19	Fanny Vargas	Mexico	Texas
20	Ligia de Uriarte	Mexico	Texas
21	Andrea Castañeda	Mexico	Texas
22	Ambar Garcia	Dominican Republic	Texas
23	Diana Rojas	Colombia	Texas
24	Alma Lopez	Mexico	Chicago
25	Yesenia Beltran	Puerto Rico	Chicago
26	Ciara Jimenez	Venezuela	Chicago
27	Vanessa Alvares	Venezuela	Casting Virtual
28	Lucia Galeano	Paraguay	Casting Virtual

12 Chosen:

Rank	Contestant	Country Representing	Auditions
1	Gretchen Serrao	Venezuela	California
2	Cindy Arevalo	El Salvador	California
3	Shalimar Rivera	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico
4	Tatiana Ares	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico
5	Stephanie Castellanos	Dominican Republic	New York
6	Ximena Castro	Peru/ Chile	Miami
7	Lidislay Gonzalez	Cuba	Miami
8	Adriana Bermudez	Venezuela	Texas
9	Angelika Rodriguez	Puerto Rico	Texas
10	Fanny Vargas	Mexico	Texas
11	Ligia de Uriarte	Mexico	Texas
12	Yesenia Beltran	Puerto Rico	Chicago

Eliminated: Ixchel Cardenas, Geisy Hernadendez, Viviana Granillo, Thalia Lara, Nicole Marquez, Nayeli Valles, Raquel Huerta, Lauren Payao, Saidee Collado, Andrea Castañeda, Ambar Garcia, Diana Rojas, Alma Lopez, Ciara Jimenez, Vanessa Alvares, and Lucia Galeano.

In the third show of Nuestra Belleza Latina, 24 semi-finalists opened the show dancing the theme of Rihanna "We Found Love" with super sexy silver dresses. Twelve of them were to receive the news that would enter the house of beauty to compete for a contract with Univision and $250,000. This night was a gala full of nerves and emotions. Giselle Blondet informed us that the Venezuelan Gretchen Serrao left the competition due to personal problems. Last week the girls had their first challenge, quinceañera dress and reflect the sweetness of the time to go out in the May issue of Seventeen magazine, the winners were Nataliz Jimenez, Ligia de Uriarte and Vanessa de Roide. Julian assumed that among the winners two were of his team, Nataliz of Dominican Republic and Ligia of Mexico.

The time to reveal the result reached by the public for two weeks to vote for their favorites. Cindy, Ligia, Ximena and Adriana were the first who took the stage for your future in Nuestra Belleza Latina, Cindy but was saved by the votes of the public did not survive the second round.

They have not yet entered the mansion and the girls begun to have conflicts, Giselle showed us the video. Patricia Cardona criticized Karla Marquez for her dance and Essined Aponte criticized Vanessa de Roide, her compatriot. De Roide stated that it upsets her. Elizabeth said Lidislay did not do well in the recording of this talent.

The first bed in the mansion was to Nataliz Jimenez and the second for the Cuban Elizabeth Robaina, the girls met Julian Group 47 percent of the votes from the public. Will Cuba take another crown? Greydis Gil of Cuba obtained the crown in 2009. Nataliz showed his talent of heroin and Elizabeth imitated Osmel Sousa.

Osmel Girls took the stage, the first runner up was Naomi Marroquin of Guatemala, who confessed she did not think being elected by her Spanish. She showed her talent in martial arts. The second chosen by the audience was Shalimar Rivera of Puerto Rico, she sang a song of India.

Lupita Jones' group, Fanny Vargas was the first choice and of course she could not hold back her tears. Osmel did not make the way easy for her, but Lupita supported and is confident that will fight for the crown. Ivanna Rodriguez was the second choice, she showed her talent for acting.

The singer Pablo Montero arrived with his mariachi to sing "Serenata Huasteca" and the girls go crazy. The Mexican pleased a fan with a kiss and Giselle had the pleasure of pinching.

The girls were taught Marcelo Crudele boxing, boxing coach Dale heartily.

Julian elected two more girls Ligia de Uriarte of Mexico, who auditioned in Houston, and Chanty Vargas of Puerto Rico. Lupita elected the Puerto Ricans Vanessa de Roide and Tatiana Ares.

Osmel Sousa explained that it seeks diversity but a real queen with elegance and class. Karol Scott, Venezuelan, was his choice and she showed us her talent for dancing samba. And the last room in the mansion was for the Mexican/Iranian Setareh Khatibi.

• Guest Artist: Pablo Montero
• Challenge of the week: Posing as a 15-year-old teenager. The top 3 winners are...

#	Contestant	Country of Origin	Audition Place
1	Patricia Cardona	Colombia	Miami
2	Elizabeth Robaina	Cuba	Miami
3	Lidislay Gonzalez	Cuba	Miami
4	Nataliz Jiménez	Dominican Republic	New York
5	Stephanie Castellanos	Dominican Republic	New York
6	Cindy Arevalo	El Salvador	California
7	Naomi Marroquín	Guatemala	California
8	Flerida Besso	Mexico	California
9	Ivanna Rodríguez	Mexico	Miami
10	Karla Marquez	Mexico	Phoenix
11	Setareh Khatibi	Mexico/ Iran	California
12	Essined Aponte	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico
13	Fanny Vargas	Mexico	Texas
14	Ligia de Uriarte	Mexico	Texas
15	Ximena Castro	Peru/ Chile	Miami
16	Tatiana Ares	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico
17	Vanessa De Roide	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico
18	Shalimar Rivera	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico
19	Chanty Vargas	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico
20	Angelika Rodriguez	Puerto Rico	Texas
21	Yesenia Beltran	Puerto Rico	Chicago
22	Adriana Bermudez	Venezuela	Texas
23	Gretchen Serrao	Venezuela	California
24	Karol Scott	Venezuela	New York

12 Chosen:

Rank	Contestant	Country Representing	Auditions
1	Nataliz Jiménez	Dominican Republic	New York
2	Elizabeth Robaina	Cuba	Miami
3	Naomi Marroquín	Guatemala	California
4	Shalimar Rivera	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico
5	Fanny Vargas	Mexico	Texas
6	Ivanna Rodríguez	Mexico	Miami
7	Chanty Vargas	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico
8	Ligia de Uriarte	Mexico	Texas
9	Vanessa De Roide	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico
10	Tatiana Ares	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico
11	Karol Scott	Venezuela	New York
12	Setareh Khatibi	Mexico/ Iran	California

• Eliminated: Patricia Cardona, Lidslay Gonzalez, Stephanie Castellanos, Cindy Arevalo, Flerida Besso, Karla Marqez, Essined Aponte, Ximena Castro, Angelika Rodriguez, Yesenia Beltran, Adriana Bermudez, and Gretchen Serrao.

• Guest Artist: Juan Magan
• Challenge of the week: the challenge of the week is divided into two groups and the strong winner roup...

Rank	Contestant	Country Representing	Punctuation of Live challenge
1	Nataliz Jiménez	Dominican Republic	21 Points
2	Elizabeth Robaina	Cuba	17 Points
3	Naomi Marroquín	Guatemala	12 Points
4	Shalimar Rivera	Puerto Rico	20 Points
5	Fanny Vargas	Mexico	27 Points
6	Ivanna Rodríguez	Mexico	22 Points
7	Chanty Vargas	Puerto Rico	19 Points
8	Ligia de Uriarte	Mexico	18 Points
9	Vanessa De Roide	Puerto Rico	07 Points
10	Tatiana Ares	Puerto Rico	23 Points
11	Karol Scott	Venezuela	18 Points
12	Setareh Khatibi	Mexico/ Iran	20 Points

• Live challenge: the gateway of Tibet: consisted of the candidates modeling and walking on a runway showing beauty and poise. The best in this challenge was Fanny Vargas the three candidates who did worse in this competition was Vanessa de Roide, Naomi Marroquín, and Elizabeth Robaina.
• all three were threatened ...

Rank	Contestant	Country Representing	state by the public	status of the girls	state by the jury
#1	Ligia de Uriarte	Mexico	threatened	—	removed
#2	Vanessa de Roide	Puerto Rico	safe	safe	—
#3	Karol Scott	Venezuela	safe	threatened	safe

• Elimination: Host Giselle Blondet revealed the name of the three girls who were threatened and they were: Ligia de Uriarte from Mexico, Vanessa de Roide of Puerto Rico and Venezuelan Karol Scott.... Giselle then revealed that Ligia de Uriarte of Mexico had the lowest number of votes from the public. Vanessa de Roide of Puerto Rico and Venezuelan Karol Scott received votes from the other girls in the competition to see who would go up to see the judges. They decided to threaten Karol Scott, Karol and Ligia went to the judges and the judges decided to save Karol. Ligia was eliminated from the competition getting 12th place.
• Eliminated:  Mexico - Ligia de Uriarte

• Guest Artist: Prince Royce
• Challenge of the week: The challenge was that the candidate with the highest physical strength and Agility in soccer would win $10,000 and the winner was: ...

Rank	Contestant	Country Representing	Gender	Punctuation of Live challenge
1	Nataliz Jiménez	Dominican Republic	Tango	21 Points
2	Elizabeth Robaina	Cuba	Rock	16 Points
3	Naomi Marroquín	Guatemala	Geisha & Ninja	17 Points
4	Shalimar Rivera	Puerto Rico	Caribbean Music	14 Points
5	Fanny Vargas	Mexico	Black Swan	24 Points
6	Ivanna Rodríguez	Mexico	Witch	17 Points
7	Chanty Vargas	Puerto Rico	Catwoman	20 Points
8	Vanessa de Roide	Puerto Rico	Bell	21 Points
9	Tatiana Ares	Puerto Rico	Cabernicola	13 Points
10	Karol Scott	Venezuela	Arabic Music	25 Points
11	Setareh Khatibi	Mexico/ Iran	Clown	25 Points

• Live challenge:Flying beauties: the challenge is that the candidates should this tied to a cable that fly in the air formaque realizadon different activities in the air of different musical genres.
• all three were threatened ...

Rank	Contestant	Country Representy	state by the public	status of the girls	state by the jury
#1	Tatiana Ares	Puerto Rico	threatened	—	Removed
#2	Elizabeth Robaina	Cuba	safe	safe	—
#3	Shalimar Rivera	Puerto Rico	safe	threatened	safe

• Elimination: Giselle Blondet reported early on which girls were the three threatened with the lowest percentage of votes from the public and they were: Chanty Vargas, Tatiana Ares, and Elizabeth Robaina. To avoid elimination these three girls had to receive high scores in the live challenge. Finally the three girls with the lowest scores between the live challenge and the votes of the audience were: Shalimar Rivera, Tatiana Ares, and Elizabeth Robaina. Later Tatiana received the news that she had the lowest audience votes and was threatened. Shalimar and Elizabeth received votes from the other girls and they saved Elizabeth. Tatiana Ares and Shalimar Rivera both from Puerto Rico faced the judges and since there was a tie, the decision to save one of them was in the hands of Julian Gil. In the end Julian saved Shalimar. Tatiana Ares was eliminated and received 11th place.
• Eliminated:  Puerto Rico – Tatiana ares

• Guest Artist: Gloria Trevi
• Challenge of the week:

Rank	Contestant	Country Representing	Punctuation of Live challenge
1	Nataliz Jiménez	Dominican Republic	08 Points
2	Elizabeth Robaina	Cuba	14 Points
3	Naomi Marroquín	Guatemala	11 Points
4	Shalimar Rivera	Puerto Rico	19 Points
5	Fanny Vargas	Mexico	20 Points
6	Ivanna Rodríguez	Mexico	13 Points
7	Chanty Vargas	Puerto Rico	17 Points
8	Vanessa De Roide	Puerto Rico	21 Points
09	Karol Scott	Venezuela	28 Points
10	Setareh Khatibi	Mexico	23 Points

• Live challenge:
• all three were threatened ...

Rank	Contestant	Country Representy	state by the public	status of the girls	state by the jury
#1	Elizabeth Robaina	Cuba	threatened	—	removed
#2	Ivanna Rodriguez	Mexico	safe	threatened	safe
#3	Nataliz Jimenez	Dominican Republic	safe	safe	—

• Eliminated:  Cuba – Elizabeth Robaina

• Challenge of the week:

Rank	Contestant	Country Representing	Punctuation of Live challenge
1	Nataliz Jiménez	Dominican Republic	23 points
2	Naomi Marroquín	Guatemala	04 points
3	Shalimar Rivera	Puerto Rico	16 points
4	Fanny Vargas	Mexico	16 points
5	Ivanna Rodríguez	Mexico	15 points
6	Chanty Vargas	Puerto Rico	25 points
7	Vanessa De Roide	Puerto Rico	19 points
8	Karol Scott	Venezuela	12 points
9	Setareh Khatibi	Mexico	06 points

• Live challenge:
• all three were threatened ...

Rank	Contestant	Country Representy	state by the public	status of the girls	state by the jury
#1	Karol Scott	Venezuela	threatened	—	safe
#2	Naomi Marroquín	Guatemala	safe	threatened	removed
#3	Setareh Khatibi	Mexico/ Iran	safe	safe	—

• Eliminated:  Guatemala – Naomi Marroquín

• Guest Artist:
• Challenge of the week:

Rank	Contestant	Country Representing	Punctuation of Live challenge
1	Nataliz Jiménez	Dominican Republic	25 points
2	Shalimar Rivera	Puerto Rico	16 points
3	Fanny Vargas	Mexico	30 points
4	Ivanna Rodríguez	Mexico	15 points
5	Chanty Vargas	Puerto Rico	19 points
6	Vanessa de Roide	Puerto Rico	23 points
7	Karol Scott	Venezuela	09 points
8	Setareh Khatibi	Mexico	12 points

• Live challenge:
• all three were threatened ...

Rank	Contestant	Country Representy	state by the public	status of the girls	state by the jury
#1	Chanty Vargas	Puerto Rico	threatened	—	removed
#2	Shalimar Rivera	Puerto Rico	safe	threatened	safe
#3	Setareh Khatibi	Mexico/ Iran	Safe	Safe	—

• Eliminated:  Puerto Rico - Chanty Vargas

• Guest Artist:
• Challenge of the week:

Rank	Contestant	Country Representing	Punctuation of Live challenge
1	Nataliz Jiménez	Dominican Republic	22 points
2	Shalimar Rivera	Puerto Rico	24 points
3	Fanny Vargas	Mexico	19 points
4	Ivanna Rodríguez	Mexico	16 points
5	Vanessa De Roide	Puerto Rico	27 points
6	Karol Scott	Venezuela	27 points
7	Setareh Khatibi	Mexico/ Iran	25 points

• Live challenge:
• all three were threatened ...

Rank	Contestant	Country Representy	state by the public	status of the girls	state by the jury
#1	Fanny Vargas	Mexico	threatened	—	safe
#2	Ivanna Rodriguez	Mexico	safe	threatened	removed
#3	Setareh Kathibi	Mexico	safe	safe	—

• Eliminated:  Mexico – Ivanna Rodriguez

Rank	Contestant	Country Representing	State
1	Nataliz Jiménez	Dominican Republic	Safe
2	Shalimar Rivera	Puerto Rico	Eliminated
3	Fanny Vargas	Mexico	Eliminated
4	Vanessa De Roide	Puerto Rico	safe
5	Karol Scott	Venezuela	Safe
6	Setareh Khatibi	Mexico	Safe

both are threatened by the public .....

Rank	Contestant	Country Representy	State
#1	Shalimar Rivera	Puerto Rico	Removed
#2	Karol Scott	Venezuela	Safe

both are threatened by the jury .....

Rank	Contestant	Country Represented	State
#1	Setareh Khatibi	Mexico	Safe
#2	Fanny Vargas	Mexico	Removed

• Eliminated:
•  Puerto Rico – Shalimar Rivera
•  Mexico – Fanny Vargas

• Guest Artists: Juanes and David Bisbal
• Guest Actor: Gabriel Soto

Rank	Contestant	Country Represented	Final Results
1	Vanessa de Roide	Puerto Rico	Winner
2	Setareh Khatibi	Mexico	2nd place
3	Karol Scott	Venezuela	3rd place
4	Nataliz Jiménez	Dominican Republic	4th place

• Eliminated:
•  Dominican Republic – Nataliz Jiménez
•  Venezuela – Karol Scott
•  Mexico – Setareh Kahtibi

¹ – This contestant was initially going to be in danger of elimination, but the results of the live challenge saved her from elimination.

² – This contestant was initially safe from elimination, but the results of the live challenge caused her to be in danger of elimination.

³ – During gala 07, there was no live challenge, and only the two girls in danger faced the risk of elimination. The rest of the contestants were put through simultaneously during the first elimination, and individually during the second elimination.

• Each judge may give the contestant a score that ranges from 1-10. There are three judges, meaning that the greatest possible score is 30 points.
• Elimination and weekly ranks are determined by the public vote. The three contestants with the fewest votes from the public each week, are within danger of elimination. Contestants may escape the danger zone if they receive a high score from the judges for their performance at the live challenge, and if their added scores are high enough. In contrast, contestants that were initially safe, may have to face the risk of elimination if they receive a low score from the judges, and fall below the line of safety.