# Nuestra Belleza México 1997

Nuestra Belleza México 1997, the 4th annual Nuestra Belleza México beauty pageant, was held at the Salon Teotihuacan of the Centro Internacional de Convenciones Acapulco of Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico on September 20, 1997. Thirty-two contestants of the Mexican Republic competed for the national title, which was won by Katty Fuentes from Nuevo León, who later competed at Miss Universe 1998 in the US. Fuentes was crowned by outgoing Nuestra Belleza México titleholder Rebeca Tamez. She was the first Neoleonesa to win this title.
The Nuestra Belleza Mundo México title was won by Blanca Soto from Morelos, who later competed at Miss World 1997 in Seychelles. Soto was crowned by outgoing Nuestra Belleza Mundo México titleholder Yessica Salazar. She is the first and only contestant with short hair to win, as well as the first Morelense to win this Title.
For the second time in a row, two events were held separately to select the two winners for the titles Nuestra Belleza México and Nuestra Belleza Mundo México.

## Results
### Nuestra Belleza México

| Final Results | Contestant |
| Nuestra Belleza México 1997 | Nuevo León – Katty Fuentes |
| Suplente/1st Runner-up | Morelos – Blanca Soto |
| 2nd Runner- up | Distrito Federal – Felicidad Aveleyra |
| 3rd Runner-up | Estado de México – Elizabeth Jiménez |
| 4th Runner-up | Tabasco – Karla Corral |
| 5th Runner-up | Aguascalientes – Patricia Amador |
| Top 16 | Baja California – Carolina Castro Campeche – Bárbara Macossay Coahuila – Alejandra Mena Colima – Karla Cortés Durango – Karla Pescador Guanajuato – Mónica Macías Jalisco – Tatiana Ruvalcaba Nayarit – Corina Torres Sinaloa – Deyanira Penney Tamaulipas – Kelly Nelson |

### Nuestra Belleza Mundo México

One week before the Final Competition was held, the Preliminary Competition featured a live show entitled "Nuestra Belleza Mexico: Rumbo a Miss Mundo" in which was announced that the winner of the Nuestra Belleza Mundo México title was Blanca Soto from Morelos, who would go on to represent Mexico at Miss World 1997. All contestants competed in swimsuit and evening gown categories during the contest.
The Nuestra Belleza Mundo México pageant was held at the Salon Teotihuacan of the Centro Internacional de Convenciones Acapulco in Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico and was hosted by Raúl Velasco and Karina Velasco. It was the 2nd edition of the "Nuestra Belleza Mundo México" contest and as an official separate pageant to choose Mexico's representative to Miss World. The winner of this event also competed in the Final Competition, but only finished as the first runner-up.
The musical part was enlivened by the following groups: Sentidos Opuestos, Mœnia, Paulina Rubio and Vicente Fernández.
| Final Results | Contestant |
| Nuestra Belleza Mundo México 1997 | Morelos – Blanca Soto |
| Suplente/1st Runner-up | Distrito Federal – Felicidad Aveleyra |
| 2nd Runner-up | Nuevo León – Katty Fuentes |
| 3rd Runner-up | Estado de México – Elizabeth Jiménez |
| 4th Runner-up | Nayarit – Corina Torres |

## Contestants

| State | Contestant | Age |
| Aguascalientes | María Patricia Amador Luján | 21 |
| Baja California | Carolina Vanessa Castro Mendoza | 22 |
| Baja California Sur | María Elizabeth Reyes Rodríguez | 22 |
| Campeche | Bárbara Macossay Arteaga | 19 |
| Coahuila | Alejandra Mena Ramírez | 21 |
| Colima | Karla Ofelia Cortés Figueroa | 19 |
| Chiapas | María Elena Peréz Peña | 18 |
| Chihuahua | María Cristina Castro Loya | 22 |
| Distrito Federal | Felicidad Aveleyra Talamantes | 18 |
| Durango | Karla Pescador De la Peña | 18 |
| Estado de México | Elizabeth Jiménez Dueñas | 19 |
| Guanajuato | Mónica Macías Chávez | 18 |
| Guerrero | Carla Coral López Solis | 20 |
| Hidalgo | Gabriela García Muro | 21 |
| Jalisco | Tatiana Eileen Ruvalcaba Della Roca | 18 |
| Michoacán | María de Lourdes Romero Orozco | 20 |
| Morelos | Blanca Delfina Soto Benavides | 18 |
| Nayarit | Corina Torres Cañas | 23 |
| Nuevo León | Katty Fuentes García | 20 |
| Oaxaca | Annemie Santibañez Hoffmann | 18 |
| Puebla | Liliana Flores Bashbuch | 18 |
| Querétaro | Laura Manuela Barbeito Chávez | 19 |
| Quintana Roo | Luz María Cabrera Montoya | 22 |
| San Luis Potosí | Mayra Sandoval Martínez | 21 |
| Sinaloa | Deyanira Liliana Penney López | 21 |
| Sonora | Ana Laura Bernal Camarena | 19 |
| Tabasco | Karla Alejandra Corral Salomón | 21 |
| Tamaulipas | Kelly Ann Nelson González | 18 |
| Tlaxcala | Ivonne Corona Morales | 18 |
| Veracruz | Erika Beatríz Pérez Pérez | 19 |
| Yucatán | Amelia Sierra Calderón | 18 |
| Zacatecas | Gabriela Serrano Briones | 20 |

## Judges
### Preliminary competition

* Carlos Latapi – Photographer
* Rebeca Solano – Fashion Coordinator
* Tony Scheffler – Journalist
* Eugenia Cauduro – Model & Actress
* Mario Cimarro – Actor
* Rosario Pérez – Fashion Coordinator