Miss Mexico 2018

Miss Mexico 2018 was the second edition of the Miss Mexico pageant, held on Saturday May 5, 2018 at the Imperial Hall of Villa Toscana Eventos in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico.^[1] The winner was Vanessa Ponce de León of Ciudad de México (Mexico City) and she represented Mexico in Miss World 2018. Ponce de León was crowned by outgoing titleholder Andrea Meza.^[2]

Miss Mexico 2018
Vanessa Ponce de León, Miss Mexico City 2017/2018, Miss Mexico 2018 & Miss World 2018
Date	May 5, 2018
Presenters	Ericka Honstein Carlos Arenas
Entertainment	Daniela Pedali
Venue	Imperial Hall of Villa Toscana Eventos, Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico
Broadcaster	MVS TV Telemax
Entrants	32
Placements	16
Returns	Guanajuato
Winner	Vanessa Ponce  Mexico City
Congeniality	Priscila Viveros  Hidalgo
Photogenic	Paula Bernal  Aguascalientes
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Results

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Miss Mexico 2018	Ciudad de México – Vanessa Ponce de León
1st Runner-Up	Quintana Roo – Minerva Luna
2nd Runner-Up	Sinaloa – Diana Romero
Top 5	Estado de México – María Malo   Michoacán – Ivonne Hernández
Top 10	Aguascalientes – Paula Bernal   Baja California – Karen Aguilar   Chihuahua – Andrea Sáenz   Tabasco – Flora Magdaleno   Yucatán – Mónica Hernández
Top 16	Campeche – Paola Gutiérrez   Chiapas – Grecia Esparza   Nuevo León – Mariana González   Sonora – Daniela Ochoa   Tlaxcala – Ely Martin   Veracruz – Alejandra Vargas

Special Awards

Award	Contestant
5K Race	Chihuahua - Andrea Sáenz
Best Social Work	Oaxaca - Minerva Gopar
History of Mexico Contest Winner	Ciudad de México - Vanessa Ponce de León
Miss Congeniality	Hidalgo - Priscila Viveros
Miss Photogenic	Aguascalientes - Paula Bernal
Most Beautiful Eyes	Quintana Roo - Minerva Luna
Most Beautiful Smile	Sinaloa - Diana Romero
Personal Grooming	Tamaulipas - Xaviera Ayala

Challenges

Beauty With a Purpose

Final Result	Candidate
Winner	Ciudad de México - Vanessa Ponce de León
Top 5	Baja California Sur - Valeria Verdugo   Chiapas - Grecia Esparza   Oaxaca - Minerva Gopar   Tabasco - Flora Magdaleno
Top 11	Baja California - Karen Aguilar   Campeche - Paola Gutiérrez   Estado de México - María Malo   Querétaro - Mayra Vásquez   Sinaloa - Diana Romero   Tlaxcala - Ely Martin

Talent

Final Result	Candidate
Winner	Yucatán - Mónica Hernández
1st Runner-Up	Nayarit - Andrea González
2nd Runner-Up	Sinaloa - Diana Romero
Top 12	Baja California - Karen Aguilar   Campeche - Paola Gutiérrez   Chiapas - Grecia Esparza   Guerrero - Mavi Miranda   Michoacán - Ivonne Hernández   Puebla - Sharon Mejía   Querétaro - Mayra Vásquez   Sonora - Daniela Ochoa   Veracruz - Alejandra Vargas

Beach Beauty

Final Result	Candidate
Winner	Jalisco - Lezly Diaz
1st Runner-Up	Sinaloa - Diana Romero
2nd Runner-Up	Estado de México - María Malo
Top 12	Aguascalientes - Paula Bernal   Chiapas - Grecia Esparza   Chihuahua - Andrea Sáenz   Colima - Lizbeth Rodríguez   Durango - Giselle Núñez   Michoacán - Ivonne Hernández   Puebla - Sharon Mejía   Quintana Roo - Minerva Luna   Veracruz - Alejandra Vargas

Top Model

Final Result	Candidate
Winner	Estado de México - María Malo
1st Runner-Up	Guerrero - Mavi Miranda
2nd Runner-Up	Ciudad de México - Vanessa Ponce de León
Top 5	Aguascalientes - Paula Bernal   Chiapas - Grecia Esparza
Top 12	Chihuahua - Andrea Sáenz   Jalisco - Lezly Diaz   Quintana Roo - Minerva Luna   San Luis Potosí - Fernanda Barbosa   Sinaloa - Diana Romero   Sonora - Daniela Ochoa   Veracruz - Alejandra Vargas

Sports

Final Result	Candidate
Winner	Yucatán - Mónica Hernández
1st Runner-Up	Michoacán - Ivonne Hernández
2nd Runner-Up	Zacatecas - Bárbara Gallegos
Top 8	Baja California - Karen Aguilar   Ciudad de México - Vanessa Ponce de León   Jalisco - Lezly Diaz   Nayarit - Andrea González   Puebla - Sharon Mejía

Dances of México

Final Result	Candidate
Top 6	Baja California - Karen Aguilar   Campeche - Paola Gutiérrez   Durango - Giselle Núñez   Michoacán - Ivonne Hernández   Quintana Roo - Minerva Luna   Sonora - Daniela Ochoa
Top 12	Estado de México - María Malo   Jalisco - Lezly Diaz   Nayarit - Andrea González   Puebla - Sharon Mejía   Tlaxcala - Ely Martin   Zacatecas - Bárbara Gallegos

Multimedia

Final Result	Candidate
Winner	Tabasco - Flora Magdaleno

Judges

Final Judges

These are the members of the judges who evaluated the contestants during the finals:

• Mariana Berumen - Miss World Mexico 2012
• Daniela Álvarez - Miss World Mexico 2014
• Alexander González - Image Advisor and International Speaker
• Duc Vincie - International Fashion Designer
• Nabani Matus - Aesthetic Surgeon
• Gerardo Murray - Vice-president of Brands, Marketing and Business Strategy of Intercontinental Hotels Group
• Heriberto Martínez - Connoisseur of beauty contests

Preliminary Judges

These are the members of the preliminary judges, who chose the 16 semifinalists, after seeing the candidates in during private interview sessions and catwalk sessions in swimsuits and evening gowns:

• Mariana Berumen - Miss World Mexico 2012
• Daniela Álvarez - Miss World Mexico 2014
• Alexander González - Image Advisor and International Speaker
• Duc Vincie - International Fashion Designer
• Nabani Matus - Aesthetic Surgeon
• Gerardo Murray - Vice-president of Brands, Marketing and Business Strategy of Intercontinental Hotels Group
• Heriberto Martínez - Connoisseur of beauty contests

Official Delegates

State	Candidate	Age	Height	Hometown
Aguascalientes	Paula Bernal Martinez	23	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)	Aguascalientes
Baja California	Karen Aguilar García	25	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Mexicali
Baja California Sur	Valeria Castro Verdugo	23	1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	Cabo San Lucas
Campeche	Paola Gutiérrez Guerrero^[3]	19	1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	Campeche City
Chiapas	Grecia Esparza Nieto^[4]	18	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	Tapachula
Chihuahua	Yamil Andrea Sáenz Castillo	20	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	Cuauhtémoc
Ciudad de México	Silvia Vanessa Ponce de León Sánchez	25	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)	Mexico City
Coahuila	Karla Gabriela Campbell Zetina	23	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Saltillo
Colima	Lizbeth Fernanda Rodríguez Álvarez^[5]	18	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Villa de Álvarez
Durango	Giselle Núñez Ochoa	23	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Santiago Papasquiaro
Estado de México	María Malo Juvera Raimond Kedilhac^[6]	21	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	Huixquilucan
Guanajuato	Angélica Hernández López	23	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)	León
Guerrero	Mavi Miranda Esparza	23	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	Cocula
Hidalgo	Priscila Viveros Estrada	21	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)	Tezontepec de Aldama
Jalisco	Lezly Viridiana Díaz Pérez^[7]	22	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Guadalajara
Michoacán	Ivonne Hernández Mendoza^[8]	24	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)	Morelia
Morelos	Priscila Moreno Valverde^[9]	18	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)	Cuautla
Nayarit	Andrea González Gómez	22	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	Bahía de Banderas
Nuevo León	Mariana González Nava^[10]	22	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	Monterrey
Oaxaca	Minerva Gopar Santos	24	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)	Ejutla de Crespo
Puebla	Sharon Mejía Cruz	21	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	Puebla
Querétaro	Mayra Alejandra Vásquez Lara	23	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	Querétaro City
Quintana Roo	Whitney Minerva Luna Correa	23	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Tlaquepaque
San Luis Potosí	María Fernanda Barbosa Gutiérrez	24	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	San Luis Potosí
Sinaloa	Diana Romero Ortega^[11]	25	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)	Mazatlán
Sonora	Daniela Ochoa Torres^[12]	20	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)	Cajeme
Tabasco	Flora Elena Magdaleno Campos^[13]	24	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Paraíso
Tamaulipas	Xaviera Ayala Castillo	23	1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)	Ciudad Madero
Tlaxcala	Elizabeth "Ely" Ramírez Martin^[14]	25	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)	Ixtenco
Veracruz	Alejandra Vargas Lara^[15]	20	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	Poza Rica
Yucatán	Mónica Fernanda Hernández Reynaga	23	1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	Mérida
Zacatecas	Diana Bárbara Gallegos Torres	21	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Zacatecas City

Notes

Replacements

•   Michoacán - Ivonne Hernández was appointed to represent Michoacán after the original state titleholder, Daniela Frutos, resigned due to personal reasons.

References

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2. Gutiérrez, Julio (2018-05-06). "Vanesa Ponce de León, de la Ciudad de México, se lleva la Corona Azul". EXPRESO (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 2020-08-25.
3. expreso (2018-04-26). "PAOLA GUTIÉRREZ, EN BUSCA DE LA CORONA DE MISS MÉXICO". El Expreso de Campeche (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 2020-08-25.
4. . Diario de Chiapas (in Mexican Spanish). 2017-09-12. Archived from the original on 2018-12-09. Retrieved 2020-08-25.
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6. UNIÓN EDOMEX, Redes de Información y Educación del Siglo XXI de EL UNIVERSAL y UNO TV (2019-10-23). "UN1ÓN | EDOMEX: Noticias de EDOMEX en tiempo real". www.unionedomex.mx (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 2020-08-25.
7. "¡Sencillamente hermosa! Lezly Díaz es el nuevo rostro de Miss Jalisco". EL DEBATE (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 2020-08-25.
8. "Michoacán ya tiene representante para Miss México". La Voz de Michoacán (in Mexican Spanish). 2017-11-26. Retrieved 2020-08-25.
9. "Priscila Moreno, gana certamen de belleza en Morelos". codice21.com.mx (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 2020-08-25.
10. "Mariana González, una Miss Nuevo León moderna". Monterrey 360 (in Mexican Spanish). 2018-02-24. Retrieved 2020-08-25.
11. "'Me siento confiada': Miss Sinaloa - Noroeste". www.noroeste.com.mx (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 2020-08-25.
12. "Ella es Daniela Ochoa Torres, Miss Sonora 2017". EL DEBATE (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 2020-08-25.
13. "Flora Elena Magdaleno Campos fue presentada como Miss Tabasco 2017". www.diariopresente.mx (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 2020-08-25.
14. Padilla, Ruth. "Belleza tlaxcalteca". El Sol de Tlaxcala (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 2020-08-25.
15. (in Mexican Spanish). 2018-12-09. Archived from the original on 2018-12-09. Retrieved 2020-08-25.

External links

• Official Website