Nuestra Belleza Latina

Nuestra Belleza Latina (English: Our Latin Beauty) is a beauty pageant and reality show produced by Univision. 12 young women selected by the judges compete for the title of Nuestra Belleza Latina, as well as winning cash prizes and becoming a personality for Univision. It's hosted by Venezuelan TV host Chiquinquira Delgado and Mexican TV host Javier Poza. The first season premiered on March 27, 2007 and was one of Univision's highest rated shows. The opening theme for casting till the finalist has been performed by past winners Alejandra Espinoza, Melissa Marty, Greydis Gil, Ana Patricia Gonzalez, Nastassja Bolivar and Vanessa De Roide, Marisela Demontecristo and Aleyda Ortiz. When the finalists are chosen, the opening theme changes showing each contestant, excluding eliminated contestants. It is distributed by Univision including Puerto Rico, it's also distributed in Mexico by Televisa.

The current Nuestra Belleza Latina 2015 crown holder is Francisca Lachapel from Dominican Republic.

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Osmel Sousa

Osmel Ricardo Lázaro Cipriano Sousa Mansilla (born September 26, 1945) is a Cuban, beauty pageant entrepreneur, gurú and the president of the Miss Venezuela Organization. He has been called "The Czar of Beauty" for his role in producing Venezuela's large number of beauty queens.

Early life

Osmel Sousa was born in Rodas, a town in the province of Cienfuegos in Cuba. When he was thirteen, his family sent him to live with his grandmother in Maracaibo, Venezuela. After high school he studied with Horacio Peterson's acting company with Lupita Ferrer, Miguel Ángel Landa and Luis Abreu, but quickly realized that he was not cut out to be an actor. He then briefly held jobs as an advertising draftsman and art designer for the two large television networks in Venezuela, the state owned VTV and the cable network RCTV.

Miss Venezuela Organization

In 1969 Osmel Sousa went to work for the publicity company in charge of organizing the annual Miss Venezuela contest. He was assigned to work with the Venezuelan Committee of Beauty. Sousa continued working with that committee when, in 1970, Ignacio Font Coll reconstituted it as the OPPA Advertising Agency, which in turn was the predecessor of the actual Miss Venezuela Organization.

Chiquinquirá Delgado

María Chiquinquirá Delgado Díaz (born August 17, 1972 in Maracaibo, Venezuela) is a Venezuelan TV host, model, and actress. She was a co-host of Mira Quien Baila on the Univision network in the United States. Prior to that, she was the host of ¡Despierta América!, the morning show on Univision, from 2010 until 2012.

Biography

Named after the Virgen de Chiquinquirá, Delgado grew up in a devout Roman Catholic family in Maracaibo, Venezuela. Delgado was first runner-up in the 1990 Miss Venezuela beauty pageant, and has appeared in several soap operas and hosted a number of programs on Venezuelan television. From 1991 until 1999, she was married to singer and actor Guillermo Dávila, with whom she has a daughter. From 2004 until 2010, she was married to Venezuelan television host Daniel Sarcos, with whom she also has a daughter. Delgado has been dating Univision news anchor Jorge Ramos since 2011.

Delgado recently launched her own fashion apparel line in collaboration with David Lerner. It is available at ChiquiDelgado.com as well as at select boutiques and department stores.

Jacqueline Bracamontes

Jacqueline Bracamontes (pronounced: [ˈʝaklim bɾakaˈmontes], [ʝakeˈlin]; born Jacqueline Bracamontes Van Hoorde, Dutch: [vɑn ˈɦoːrdə] on December 23, 1979 in Guadalajara) is a Mexican actress, former model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Nuestra Belleza Jalisco 2000, Nuestra Belleza México 2000 and represented her country at Miss Universe 2001 .

Biography

Jacqueline Bracamontes born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico to Jesus Bracamontes, the former coach of the popular Mexican football team Chivas Rayadas del Guadalajara, and Jacqueline Van Hoorde, a Mexican of Belgian descent. She is the oldest of three children, she has a sister Alina, and a brother, Jesus, Jr. Her father is currently a football analyst for the Hispanic-American television network Univision.

After high school, Bracamontes moved to France to study French. She then returned to Mexico and studied Communication Science at the Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Occidente. While there, she began working as a model. She speaks Spanish, French and English fluently.