Nuestra Belleza Latina 2008
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Nuestra Belleza Latina 2008 was the Second season of Nuestra Belleza Latina. The second season of Nuestra Belleza Latina
(Our Latin Beauty) premiered on February 2008. Auditions were once again held in five major US cities (Los Angeles, California; Houston, Texas; Miami, Florida; Chicago, Illinois; and New York City, New York) and in San Juan, Puerto Rico. During the audition process, 75 young women were given passes to the semi-finals in Miami, Florida. The elimination process was quick, with 15 women leaving the first week, 40 on the second week, and finally, on March 28, 2008, 8 women were eliminated leaving the 12 finalists who will be moving into a Miami mansion were they will be living together for the rest of the competition. Each week, viewers will have a chance to vote for their favorite finalists. The three women with the least number of votes will then be in danger of being eliminated. However, two of the women in the bottom three will have the chance of being saved, one by her fellow finalists, and the other by the judges.
Melissa Marty
, a contestant representing Puerto Rico
, won the competition.
and Alicia Machado
left the show. The replacement were, Beauty queen and Model Lupita Jones
and Model/Actor Julian Gil
. Osmel Sousa
was still the main Judge, and was tougher when he chose the girls in the Auditions. Alejandra Espinoza
became a correspondent in the show, she went backstage and had a one-on-one with the girls. The show was moved from Tuesday night to Fridays at 10pm/9c.
Original Air Date—29 February 2008
The Guest Judges were:
The following contestants were chosen:
Original Air Date—7 March 2008
The Guest Judges were:
The following contestants were chosen:
The 75 selected girls go to Miami. They receive classes and hit the runway for the first time. The judges eliminate 15 of them.
The third round of eliminations. The 60 remaining girs face a new challenge: they have to be the "weather girl". Just 20 of them make the cut.
All the selected girls go to Miami. The judges evaluate them on stage and pick The 20 semi-finalists have a talent to show onstage, but only the 12 of them named as finalists have the change to perform in front of a live audience. At then end, the people at home gets to vote for the first time.
The Final 12 are Chosen:
The 12 finalists move to the "Mansion of the Beauty" where they start their physical training. They also have to face their first challenge: walk through a 10-inches-wide runway, wearing a tight dress, over a pool. At the end of the show, Jannete Manzanares is eliminated.
The 11 remaining girls have to face the challenge of the week: after receiving an acting class from a soap opera star, they play a princess role in a fairy tale scene, where towards the end they must kiss a frog. At the end of the show, Leana Astorga is eliminated.
The 10 remaining girls visit the studio of one of the longest running variety shows on television, "Sabado Gigante". Their challenge is to act as models, saying the lines of an imaginary cereal's ad. At the end of the show, Dayanira Varela is eliminated.
The 9 remaining finalists face the challenge of the week: Doing an underwater photo shoot with stars' photographer Raul Higuera, in the house pool, holding their breath. The winner gets to meet Colombian singer Juanes at one of his concerts. At the end of the show, Aideliz Hidalgo is eliminated.
The 8 remaining finalists receive the visit of singer-songwriter Jeremias at the house. The challenge of the week is an audition for a shampoo TV ad in front of real clients. Genesis Seguias, the winner, receives $10,000 in cash but, at the end of the show, she is eliminated based on the audience votes.
The 7 remaining girls go to a department store where they take a look at a mannequin for 10 seconds and have to mimic its clothes in less than 10 minutes. Later, live on the show, they have to model their outfits with style. Melissa Marty is the winner of the $10,000 cash prize. At the end of the show, Natalia Rivera is eliminated.
The results show. For the second year, the people have voted for their favorite. The 6 remaining contestants receive a final evaluation by the judges before they get to know their position. At the end of the show, Melissa Marty is crowned as "Nuestra Belleza Latina 2008".
Winner:Melissa Marty
The best of this year's series. Deleted and extended scenes, backstage cameras, behind the scenes footage, interviews with the six finalists, the judges and the coaches.
competed in Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2008 where she landed a position in the Top 13.
Aideliz Hidalgo
competed in Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2010, where she placed as 2nd Runner-up. She former Miss Puerto Rico International 2010 and semifinalist in Miss International 2010
.
Natalia Rivera competed in Miss Puerto Rico Teen 2006, where she won the title.
Dayanira Varela
competed in Nuestra Belleza México 2006
representing Zacatecas.
Zoila Ceballos competed in Protagonistas First Season but was voted off in top 36.
Nuestra Belleza Latina
Nuestra Belleza Latina is a reality TV show revolving around 12 young women competing title of Nuestra Belleza Latina also win a cash price and become a personality for the Spanish television network Univision....
(Our Latin Beauty) premiered on February 2008. Auditions were once again held in five major US cities (Los Angeles, California; Houston, Texas; Miami, Florida; Chicago, Illinois; and New York City, New York) and in San Juan, Puerto Rico. During the audition process, 75 young women were given passes to the semi-finals in Miami, Florida. The elimination process was quick, with 15 women leaving the first week, 40 on the second week, and finally, on March 28, 2008, 8 women were eliminated leaving the 12 finalists who will be moving into a Miami mansion were they will be living together for the rest of the competition. Each week, viewers will have a chance to vote for their favorite finalists. The three women with the least number of votes will then be in danger of being eliminated. However, two of the women in the bottom three will have the chance of being saved, one by her fellow finalists, and the other by the judges.
Melissa Marty
Melissa Marty
Melissa Marty is a beauty pageant titleholder from Puerto Rico. Marty placed as a semi-finalist in Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2008, competing as "Miss Caguas." She then became a contestant on the reality show/beauty contest Nuestra Belleza Latina, and after weeks of competition and eliminations,...
, a contestant representing Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
, won the competition.
Changes
There were some major changes to this Season, two of the judging panel, Carlos CalderonGalavisión
Galavisión is a Miami, Florida based Spanish language cable network owned by Univision Communications, Inc. The station is unrelated to the Mexican channel of the same name, other than sharing the Televisa-produced programming.-History:...
and Alicia Machado
Alicia Machado
Yoseph Alicia Machado Fajardo is an actress, singer and former Miss Universe. She was the fourth woman from Venezuela to capture the Miss Universe crown.-Career:...
left the show. The replacement were, Beauty queen and Model Lupita Jones
Lupita Jones
María Guadalupe "Lupita" Jones Garay became the first Mexican woman to win the title of Miss Universe in 1991.-Miss Universe 1991:...
and Model/Actor Julian Gil
Julian Gil
Julián Elías Gil Beltrán is an Argentine-born Puerto Rican actor, model, and entertainer. He is based in Miami, Florida.-Biography:...
. Osmel Sousa
Osmel Sousa
Osmel Ricardo Sousa Mancilla is a Cuban-Venezuelan beauty pageant gurú and the president of the Miss Venezuela Organization. Formerly an advertising draftsman, Osmel Sousa joined the Venezuelan Committee of Beauty in 1969...
was still the main Judge, and was tougher when he chose the girls in the Auditions. Alejandra Espinoza
Alejandra Espinoza
Alejandra Espinoza Cruz is a Mexican beauty queen. She won the first year of Univision's beauty contest/reality television show Nuestra Belleza Latina on May 22, 2007.-Pageants:...
became a correspondent in the show, she went backstage and had a one-on-one with the girls. The show was moved from Tuesday night to Fridays at 10pm/9c.
Elimination chart
| Top 12 | Winner | 1st Runner Up |
| Safe | Bottom 3 | Bottom 2 | Eliminated |
| Stage: | Finals | Finale | ||||||
| Week: | 4/4 | 4/11 | 4/18 | 4/25 | 5/2 | 5/9 | 5/16 | |
| Place | Contestant | Result | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Melissa Marty | Bottom 2 | Winner | |||||
| 2 | Emeraude Toubía | 1st Runner Up | ||||||
| 3 | Dayami Padron | Bottom 3 | Bottom 2 | Bottom 2 | 2nd Runner Up | |||
| 4 | Zoila Ceballos | 3rd Runner Up | ||||||
| 5 | Leticia Castro | Bottom 2 | 4th Runner Up | |||||
| 6 | Manuela Arbeláez | Bottom 2 | Bottom 3 | Bottom 3 | Bottom 3 | Bottom 3 | 5th Runner Up | |
| 7 | Natalia Rivera | Elim | ||||||
| 8 | Genesis Seguias | Bottom 2 | Elim | |||||
| 9 | Aideliz Hidalgo | Elim | ||||||
| 10 | Dayanira Varela | Bottom 3 | Elim | |||||
| 11 | Leana Astorga | Elim | ||||||
| 12 | Jannet Manzanarez | Elim | ||||||
Countries Being Represented
| CPW | Country | Position | Year Previously Won |
||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |||
| Puerto Rico | 2nd | 5th | 1st | 6th | 2nd | 5th | Winner | 2008 | |
| Mexico | 7th | 2nd | 6th | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 2007 | |
| — | Cuba | 3rd | 1st | 4th | 5th | 5th | 4th | 3rd | None |
| — | Rep. Dominicana | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 4th | None |
| — | Colombia | 6th | 6th | 5th | 4th | 4rd | 3rd | 5th | None |
| — | Venezuela | 5th | 4th | 2nd | 3rd | 6th | None | ||
| — | Nicaragua | 4th | 7th | None | |||||
- Eliminated
- First Place
- CPW: Countries Previously won: Countries Previously won
Contestants
| Rank | Contestant | Country Representing |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | Melissa Marty Melissa Marty Melissa Marty is a beauty pageant titleholder from Puerto Rico. Marty placed as a semi-finalist in Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2008, competing as "Miss Caguas." She then became a contestant on the reality show/beauty contest Nuestra Belleza Latina, and after weeks of competition and eliminations,... |
|
| 2nd Place | Emeraude Toubía | |
| 3rd Place | Dayami Padron | |
| 4th Place | Zoila Ceballos | |
| 5th Place | Leticia Castro | |
| 6th Place | Manuela Arbeláez Manuela Arbeláez Manuela Arbeláez Correa is a Colombian-born, naturalized American model and actress perhaps best known for her work on the television game show The Price Is Right.... |
|
| 7th Place | Natalia Rivera | |
| 8th Place | Genesis Seguias | |
| 9th Place | Aideliz Hidalgo Aideliz Hidalgo Aideliz Hidalgo is a Puerto Rican beauty pageant titleholder who currently holds the title of Miss Puerto Rico International 2010 Aideliz Hidalgo is a first black woman to will compete in Miss International as Miss Puerto Rico.-Nuestra Belleza Latina 2008:... |
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| 10th Place | Dayanira Varela Nuestra Belleza Mexico 2006 The 13th Nuestra Belleza México pageant, was held at the Espacio Cultural Metropolitano of Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico on September 2, 2006. Thirty contestants competed for the national title, which was won by Rosa Maria Ojeda of Sinaloa, who later competed in Miss Universe 2007 where she was a... |
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| 11th Place | Leana Astorga | |
| 12th Place | Jannet Manzanarez | |
Season 2, Episode 1: Castings LA, Miami & Houston
The best of the auditions held in Los Angeles, Miami and Houston.Original Air Date—29 February 2008
The Guest Judges were:
| Judge | Audition Place |
|---|---|
| Carmen Jara | Los Angeles Los Ángeles Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants... |
| Lupita Jones Lupita Jones María Guadalupe "Lupita" Jones Garay became the first Mexican woman to win the title of Miss Universe in 1991.-Miss Universe 1991:... |
Miami |
| Raul Brindis | Houston |
The following contestants were chosen:
| Contestant | Audition Place |
|---|---|
| Dayami Padron | Miami |
| Genesis Seguias | Miami |
| Emeraude Toubía | Los Angeles |
| Leticia Castro | Los Angeles |
Season 2, Episode 2: Castings NY, Chicago and Puerto Rico
The best of season 2 auditions held in New York, Chicago and Puerto Rico.Original Air Date—7 March 2008
The Guest Judges were:
| Judge | Audition Place |
|---|---|
| Lupita Jones Lupita Jones María Guadalupe "Lupita" Jones Garay became the first Mexican woman to win the title of Miss Universe in 1991.-Miss Universe 1991:... |
Chicago Chicago Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles... |
| Julian Gil Julian Gil Julián Elías Gil Beltrán is an Argentine-born Puerto Rican actor, model, and entertainer. He is based in Miami, Florida.-Biography:... |
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an... |
| Cynthia Olavarria Cynthia Olavarría Cynthia Enid Olavarría Rivera is a Puerto Rican actress, television host, fashion model, and former Miss Puerto Rico who competed in the Miss Universe 2005 beauty pageant.-Early years:... |
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an... |
| Kika Rocca | New York New York New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east... |
The following contestants were chosen:
| Contestant | Audition Place |
|---|---|
| Melissa Party | Puerto Rico |
| Natalia Rivera | Puerto Rico |
| Zoila Ceballos | New York |
| Dayanara Varela | New York |
| Manuela Arbeláez | New York |
| Leana Astorga | Chicago |
| Janet Manzanarez | Chicago |
Season 2, Episode 3: Second Round in Miami
Original Air Date—14 March 2008The 75 selected girls go to Miami. They receive classes and hit the runway for the first time. The judges eliminate 15 of them.
Season 2, Episode 4: Weather Prompter
Original Air Date—21 March 2008The third round of eliminations. The 60 remaining girs face a new challenge: they have to be the "weather girl". Just 20 of them make the cut.
Season 2, Episode 5: Talent Showcase
Original Air Date—28 March 2008All the selected girls go to Miami. The judges evaluate them on stage and pick The 20 semi-finalists have a talent to show onstage, but only the 12 of them named as finalists have the change to perform in front of a live audience. At then end, the people at home gets to vote for the first time.
The Final 12 are Chosen:
| Contestant | Country Representing |
|---|---|
| Melissa Marty | Puerto Rico |
| Emeraude Toubía | Mexico |
| Dayami Padron | Cuba |
| Zoila Ceballos | Republica Dominicana |
| Leticia Castro | Mexico |
| Manuela Arbeláez | Colombia |
| Natalia Rivera | Puerto Rico |
| Genesis Seguias | Venezuela |
| Aideliz Hidalgo | Puerto Rico |
| Dayanira Varela | Mexico |
| Leana Astroga | Nicaragua |
| Jannet Manzanarez | Mexico |
Season 2, Episode 6: Extreme Runway
Original Air Date—4 April 2008The 12 finalists move to the "Mansion of the Beauty" where they start their physical training. They also have to face their first challenge: walk through a 10-inches-wide runway, wearing a tight dress, over a pool. At the end of the show, Jannete Manzanares is eliminated.
Season 2, Episode 7: Mr. Frog's Soap Opera
Original Air Date—11 April 2008The 11 remaining girls have to face the challenge of the week: after receiving an acting class from a soap opera star, they play a princess role in a fairy tale scene, where towards the end they must kiss a frog. At the end of the show, Leana Astorga is eliminated.
Season 2, Episode 8: Sabado gigante model
Original Air Date—18 April 2008The 10 remaining girls visit the studio of one of the longest running variety shows on television, "Sabado Gigante". Their challenge is to act as models, saying the lines of an imaginary cereal's ad. At the end of the show, Dayanira Varela is eliminated.
Season 2, Episode 9: Underwater Photoshoot
Original Air Date—25 April 2008The 9 remaining finalists face the challenge of the week: Doing an underwater photo shoot with stars' photographer Raul Higuera, in the house pool, holding their breath. The winner gets to meet Colombian singer Juanes at one of his concerts. At the end of the show, Aideliz Hidalgo is eliminated.
Season 2, Episode 10: Shampoo Audition
Original Air Date—2 May 2008The 8 remaining finalists receive the visit of singer-songwriter Jeremias at the house. The challenge of the week is an audition for a shampoo TV ad in front of real clients. Genesis Seguias, the winner, receives $10,000 in cash but, at the end of the show, she is eliminated based on the audience votes.
Season 2, Episode 11: Memory Game
Original Air Date—9 May 2008The 7 remaining girls go to a department store where they take a look at a mannequin for 10 seconds and have to mimic its clothes in less than 10 minutes. Later, live on the show, they have to model their outfits with style. Melissa Marty is the winner of the $10,000 cash prize. At the end of the show, Natalia Rivera is eliminated.
Season 2, Episode 12: The Big Finale 2008
Original Air Date—16 May 2008The results show. For the second year, the people have voted for their favorite. The 6 remaining contestants receive a final evaluation by the judges before they get to know their position. At the end of the show, Melissa Marty is crowned as "Nuestra Belleza Latina 2008".
Winner:Melissa Marty
Melissa Marty
Melissa Marty is a beauty pageant titleholder from Puerto Rico. Marty placed as a semi-finalist in Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2008, competing as "Miss Caguas." She then became a contestant on the reality show/beauty contest Nuestra Belleza Latina, and after weeks of competition and eliminations,...
Season 2, Episode 13: El destape 2008
Original Air Date—25 May 2008The best of this year's series. Deleted and extended scenes, backstage cameras, behind the scenes footage, interviews with the six finalists, the judges and the coaches.
Orden de llamados
| Order | |Episodes | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 (Finale) | Top 2 | ||||||
| 1 | Melissa | Emeraude | Dayami | Melissa | Melissa | Emeraude | Emeraude | Melissa | Emeraude | Emeraude | Emeraude | Melissa | ||
| 2 | Emeraude | Zoila | Emeraude | Emeraude | Emeraude | Natalia | Melissa | Emeraude | Zoila | Dayami | Melissa | Emeraude | ||
| 3 | Dayami | Natalia | Melissa | Natalia | Natalia | Leticia | Zoila | Leticia | Melissa | Melissa | Dayami | |||
| 4 | Zoila | Melissa | Zoila | Genesis | Zoila | Melissa | Manuela | Zoila | Dayami | Zoila | ||||
| 5 | Leticia | Dayami | Natalia | Zoila | Leticia | Zoila | Leticia | Dayami | Leticia | |||||
| 6 | Manuela | Dayanira | Genesis | Aideliz | Genesis | Manuela | Dayami | Manuela | ||||||
| 7 | Natalia | Leana | Leticia | Melissa | Manuela | Dayami | Natalia | |||||||
| 8 | Genesis | Aideliz | Aideliz | Dayami | Dayami | Genesis | ||||||||
| 9 | Aideliz | Genesis | Dayanira | Manuela | Aideliz | |||||||||
| 10 | Dayanira | Leticia | Manuela | Dayanira | ||||||||||
| 11 | Leana | Manuela | Leana | |||||||||||
| 12 | Janet | Janet | ||||||||||||
- The contestant won the challenge of the week
- The contestant was eliminated
- The contestant won the challenge of the week, but was eliminated
- The contestant became the runner-up
- The contestant won the competition
Contestants notes
Melissa MartyMelissa Marty
Melissa Marty is a beauty pageant titleholder from Puerto Rico. Marty placed as a semi-finalist in Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2008, competing as "Miss Caguas." She then became a contestant on the reality show/beauty contest Nuestra Belleza Latina, and after weeks of competition and eliminations,...
competed in Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2008 where she landed a position in the Top 13.
Aideliz Hidalgo
Aideliz Hidalgo
Aideliz Hidalgo is a Puerto Rican beauty pageant titleholder who currently holds the title of Miss Puerto Rico International 2010 Aideliz Hidalgo is a first black woman to will compete in Miss International as Miss Puerto Rico.-Nuestra Belleza Latina 2008:...
competed in Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2010, where she placed as 2nd Runner-up. She former Miss Puerto Rico International 2010 and semifinalist in Miss International 2010
Miss International 2010
Miss International 2010, the 50th Miss International pageant, was held at Sichuan Province Gymnasium in Chengdu, China on November 7, 2010.Seventy contestants competed for the title, the highest turnout in 50 years of history...
.
Natalia Rivera competed in Miss Puerto Rico Teen 2006, where she won the title.
Dayanira Varela
Nuestra Belleza Mexico 2006
The 13th Nuestra Belleza México pageant, was held at the Espacio Cultural Metropolitano of Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico on September 2, 2006. Thirty contestants competed for the national title, which was won by Rosa Maria Ojeda of Sinaloa, who later competed in Miss Universe 2007 where she was a...
competed in Nuestra Belleza México 2006
Nuestra Belleza Mexico 2006
The 13th Nuestra Belleza México pageant, was held at the Espacio Cultural Metropolitano of Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico on September 2, 2006. Thirty contestants competed for the national title, which was won by Rosa Maria Ojeda of Sinaloa, who later competed in Miss Universe 2007 where she was a...
representing Zacatecas.
Zoila Ceballos competed in Protagonistas First Season but was voted off in top 36.