Nuestra Belleza Latina (English: Our Latin Beauty) is an American reality television beauty contest that aired on Univision from 2007, 2016 to 2018 and will likely return in 2022.
Reunion specials have been placed and run in 2016, 2018, and 2020.
How Belleza Latina Winners are Determined
Ok, you’re desperate to see the winners, but here’s how the winners are picked!
Nuestra Belleza Latina contestants reside in a home together in Miami, Florida, and compete in weekly challenges and tasks to earn the Nuestra Belleza Latina title. Contestants remain there unless voted out.
These can include physical fitness, trivia, catwalk, speaking, dance and other related tasks which the finalists receive training in, set by the hosts for the viewing public pleasure.
This is before the judges and audience casts a vote for who is eliminated by receiving fewest votes.
Each week, the watching audience chooses and votes for their favorite contestant and competitor – one of the other contestants is removed.
Among other things, the winner gets a year-long television presenting contract with Univision Communications INC.
Finalists and the winner receives training and past winners also won a cash prize, as well as various prizes like contracts for TV.
The contestants are Hispanic and Latino Americans who are either citizens of the United States or permanent residents.
If you want to see some Latin beauty, here is the Nuestra Belleza Latina winner list of all seasons 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12.
Nuestra Belleza Latina Season 1 Winner: Alejandra Espinoza
Year – 2007
Prize Money – $250,000 and a contract to be on Univision’s entertainment gossip show El Gordo y La Flaca.
Alejandra Espinoza Marrero, born on March 27, 1987, is a Mexican American beauty queen, model, and TV host.
On May 22, 2007, she won the inaugural season of Univision’s beauty pageant/reality television program Nuestra Belleza Latina.
After signing a deal with the Univision network, she began working as a journalist and guest co-host on El Gordo y la Flaca in 2007.
Espinoza debuted as a model and co-presenter on Univision’s smash program Sabado Gigante, starring Don Francisco, in February 2008.
Nuestra Belleza Latina Season 2 Winner: Melissa Marty
Year – 2008
Prize Money – $100,000 and a contract to be on Univision’s entertainment gossip show El Gordo y La Flaca.
Melissa Marty is a Puerto Rican beauty pageant winner.
Marty competed as “Miss Caguas” and reached the semi-finals of Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2008.
She next appeared as a competitor on the reality show/beauty competition Nuestra Belleza Latina, where she won the top prize of nearly $100,000, a contract with Univision, and the title of Nuestra Belleza Latina 2008.
She is a Mu Alpha Phi sorority member.
She earned a bachelor’s degree in Communications from college.
She achieved national prominence after winning Nuestra Belleza Latina and has worked as an entertainment host on programs on Univision, Galavision, and the Telefutura network.
Nuestra Belleza Latina Season 3 Winner: Greidys Gil
Year – 2009
Prize Money – $200,000 and a contract to be on Univision’s entertainment gossip show El Gordo y La Flaca.
Greidys Gil (born in Havana on November 18, 1980) is a Cuban actress, television personality, model, and beauty queen.
Gil appeared in the reality show/beauty pageant Nuestra Belleza Latina.
Gil won the ultimate prize of $200,000 and a contract with Univision after weeks of competition and eliminations, earning the title of Nuestra Belleza Latina 2009.
She won the “50 Mas Bellos” challenge and was included in the People en Espanol magazine.
Nuestra Belleza Latina Season 4 Winner: Ana Patricia Gámez
Year – 2010
Prize Money – $250,000 and a contract to be on Univision’s entertainment gossip show El Gordo y La Flaca.
The fourth season of the program, in which the winner was Mexican Ana Patricia González, who later changed her name to Ana Patricia Gámez after divorcing her first husband.
Gámez was born in Navojoa, Sonora, and took part in the national Nuestra Belleza México beauty pageant.
In the 2005 edition of the tournament, the eighteen-year-old represented the state of Sonora.
Gámez auditioned for Nuestra Belleza Latina 2010 in Los Angeles a few years later and was chosen to participate in the reality program.
She won the main prize of $250,000, a contract with Univision, and the title “Nuestra Belleza Latina 2010” after weeks of competition and eliminations, becoming the second Mexican woman to do so following Alejandra Espinoza in 2007.
Alejandra, Ana Patricia, and Francisca Lachapel are the only Nuestra Belleza Latina champions who have never been in the Bottom 2 or 3.
She also won the Mas Bellos competition and was named one of Persons en Espaol magazine’s 50 most beautiful people in 2010.
Nuestra Belleza Latina Season 5 Winner: Nastassja Bolívar
Year – 2011
Prize Money – $250,000 and a contract to be on Univision’s entertainment gossip show El Gordo y La Flaca.
Nastassja Bolivar of Nicaragua won the beauty pageant/reality program Nuestra Belleza Latina 2011 on Univision on May 22, 2011.
Nastassja won $250,000 in cash and prizes, as well as a one-year deal with the Univision Network, after 12 weeks of competition.
She is the first (and so far, only) winner who was born and reared in the United States.
Nuestra Belleza Latina Season 6 Winner: Vanessa De Roide
Year – 2012
Prize Money – $250,000 and a contract to be on Univision’s entertainment gossip show El Gordo y La Flaca.
On May 20, 2012, Vanessa de Roide was crowned Nuestra Belleza Latina 2012.
In addition to the title, she received a one-year contract with the Spanish-language Univision, $250,000 in cash and prizes.
She became the second Puerto Rican woman to win the title, after Melissa Marty in 2008.
She was also featured on the cover of Cosmopolitan en Espaol magazine in 2012.
Nuestra Belleza Latina Season 7 Winner: Marisela de Montecristo
Year – 2013
Prize Money – $250,000, a new Kia Forte, and a contract to be on Univision’s entertainment gossip show El Gordo y La Flaca.
In 2013, de Montecristo auditioned in Los Angeles for Nuestra Belleza Latina 2013, a Univision Latina beauty pageant reality program.
Her coach throughout the competition was Venezuelan Osmel Sousa.
She was eventually chosen as one of the twelve finalists and advanced each week until she was proclaimed the winner.
De Montecristo became the first woman from El Salvador to win the competition and just the second Central American following Nicaragua’s Nastassja Bolvar, who won Nuestra Belleza Latina 2011.
She won $250,000, a new Kia Forte, and a year-long television presenting contract with Univision to reward her victory.
Nuestra Belleza Latina Season 8 Winner: Aleyda Ortiz
Year – 2014
Prize Money – $200,000 in prizes, a Kia Soul, and a contract with Univision Network and appeared on the cover of Cosmopolitan en Español magazine.
The eighth season of Nuestra Belleza Latina was won by Aleyda Ortiz.
In 2014, Univision produced the ninth season of the reality show Nuestra Belleza Latina, which was at the time one of the most popular Hispanic television shows in the United States.
After more than ten weeks of galas, Every Sunday, in conclusion, the audience picked Puerto Rican Aleyda Ortiz as the winner.
Aleyda Ortiz is a former beauty queen from her country with experience in international contests, who dominated from the start, becoming one of the strongest contenders to win the crown.
Nuestra Belleza Latina Season 9 Winner: Francisca Lachapel
Year – 2015
Prize Money – $200,000 in prizes, a Kia Soul, a one-year contract with Univision network, and she was featured in People en Español magazine’s 50 most beautiful people of 2015
Francisca Lachapel was the winner of Nuestra Belleza Latina’s Ninth Season.
In 2015, Francisca Lachapel won the ninth season of the reality show Nuestra Belleza Latina, one of Univision’s most popular series, which will return to the screen next September.
From the event’s start, the young Dominican captured the public’s attention and popularity, and she was proclaimed Univisión’s new queen that year.
Francisca Lachapel not only placed everyone in her pocket with her elegance, beauty, and huge charm, but she also broke the pattern of usual beauty queens with her rendition of Mela la Melasa.
This role made her shine even brighter.
Nuestra Belleza Latina Season 10 Winner: Clarissa Molina
Year – 2016
Prize Money – $250,000 and a contract to be on Univision’s entertainment gossip show El Gordo y La Flaca.
Clarissa Molina is a Dominican model and beauty queen who was crowned the Miss Dominican Republic 2015 and represented her country in the Miss Universe 2015 competition.
She went on to win the title of Nuestra Belleza Latina 2016 after becoming third runner-up the previous year.
Nuestra Belleza Latina Season 11 Winner: Migbelis Castellanos
Year – 2018
Prize Money – $250,000 and a contract to be on Univision’s entertainment gossip show El Gordo y La Flaca.
Migbelis participated in the Univision competition Nuestra Belleza Latina in 2018.
On December 2, 2018, Castellanos was declared the champion, marking the competition’s first Venezuelan and South American winner.
Castellanos receives a one-year deal with Univision to win the contest.
Nuestra Belleza Latina Season 12 Winner: Sirey Morán
Year – 2021
Prize Money – $250,000 and a contract to be on Univision’s entertainment gossip show El Gordo y La Flaca
After over 6,000 women participated in the virtual auditions this season, “Nuestra Belleza Latina,” Univision’s most popular and longest-running reality competition, has crowned a new Queen with the crowning of Sirey Morán.
The hunt for Univision’s next television personality culminated in a gala filled of surprises and star-studded performances, with emotions running high.
Week after week, Sirey became one of the audience’s favorites, and the judges praised her dedication and improvement after each of the tasks.
She quit a profession as a TV sports journalist in Honduras to pursue her ambition of winning the NBL.
Sirey exemplified this year’s theme “Una reina no nace, se hace” (A queen is not born, she is formed) with her attempts to improve each week.
Nuestra Belleza Season 13: Who will be the winner?
Winner – N/C
Year – 2022
Prize Money – N/C
The 12th season of Nuestra Belleza Latina concluded with the airing of the gala last November 21, 2021, in which Honduran Sirey Morán was proclaimed the new queen of the reality program beauty contest.
Following the conclusion of the reality show that is the most popular on Univision’s programming, many people have been wondering whether there would be a new season in 2022.
The answer is yes, however, nothing is known about it at the moment.
Stay tuned with us for the latest updates and information regarding your search for the Nuestra Belleza Winner’s Name in 2022 as well as casting calls.
