# Señorita México

Señorita México was the name of a national beauty pageant in Mexico, celebrated since 1952 to 2003, was the official pageant responsible for sending the country's representatives to the Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss International and other international pageants.
After the crowning of Lupita Jones, as Mexico's first Miss Universe, a dispute between Miss Jones and the pageant organizers over overdued prizes, led to a break of the longtime association between the pageant and the broadcast network Televisa. When the pageant moved to TV Azteca network, a competing pageant called "Nuestra Belleza México" was created, later directed by Miss Jones with the sponsorship of Televisa TV Network.
In 1994, Señorita México lost the bid to Nuestra Belleza México to be the official pageant for the Miss Universe pageant. Later Nuestra Belleza México also obtained the rights of sending Mexico's delegates to Miss World and Miss International.

## Representatives at major international pageants

Below are the names of the annual titleholders of Señorita México, listed in ascending order, the states they represented during their national crowning or assignment and their final placements in Miss Universe after their participation.

### Miss Universe

    Declared as Winner.
    Ended as Runner-up.
    Ended as Finalist or Semi-finalist.
| Year | Titleholders | State | Placement | Award |
| 1994 | Fabiola Pérez Rovirosa | Chihuahua | | |
| 1993 | Angelina González Guerrero | Campeche | | |
| 1992 | Mónica Zúñiga Arriaga | Hidalgo | | |
| 1991 | María Guadalupe "Lupita" Jones Garay | Baja California | Miss Universe 1991 | |
| 1990 | Marilé del Rosario Santiago | Tlaxcala | 3rd Runner-up | |
| 1989 | Adriana Abascal López-Cisneros | Veracruz | 4th Runner-up | |
| 1988 | Amanda Beatriz Olivares Phillip | Puebla | 2nd Runner-up | |
| 1987 | Cynthia Fallon García | Distrito Federal | | |
| 1986 | Connie Carranza Ancheta | Sonora | | |
| 1985 | Yolanda De la Cruz Cárdenas | Sinaloa | | |
| 1984 | Elizabeth Broden Ibáñez | Sinaloa | | |
| 1983 | Mónica Rosas Torres | Durango | | |
| 1982 | Carmen López Flores | Distrito Federal | | |
| 1981 | Judith Grace González Hicks | Nuevo León | | |
| 1980 | Ana Patricia Núñez Romero | Sonora | | |
| 1979 | María Luisa Díaz Tejeda | Nayarit | | |
| 1978 | Alba Margarita Cervera Lavat | Yucatán | Top 12 | |
| 1977 | Felicia Mercado Aguado | Baja California | | |
| 1976 | Carla Jean Evert Reguera † | Guerrero | | |
| 1975 | Delia Servín Nieto | Sinaloa | | |
| 1974 | Guadalupe Elorriaga Valdéz | Sinaloa | | |
| 1973 | Rossana Villares Moreno | Yucatán | | |
| 1972 | María del Carmen Orozco | Chihuahua | | |
| 1971 | Maria Luisa López Corzo | Distrito Federal | Top 12 | Best National Costume |
| 1970 | Libia Zulema Montemayor † | Sinaloa | | |
| 1969 | Gloria Leticia Hernández | Guanajuato | | |
| 1968 | Perla Olivia Aguirre Muñoz | Distrito Federal | | |
| 1967 | Valentina Vales Duarte | Yucatán | | |
| Did not compete between 1960—1966 |||||
| 1959 | Mirna Eugenia García Dávila | Distrito Federal | | |
| 1958 | Elvira Leticia Risser Corredor | Tamaulipas | | |
| 1957 | Irma Arévalo Toust | Distrito Federal | | |
| 1956 | Erna Martha Bauman Keller | Distrito Federal | Top 15 | |
| 1955 | Yolanda Mayen | Distrito Federal | | |
| 1954 | María Elvira Castillo y Olvera | Distrito Federal | | |
| 1953 | Ana Bertha Lepe Jiménez † | Jalisco | 3rd Runner-up | |
| 1952 | Olga Llorens Pérez Castillo | Chihuahua | Top 10 | |

### Miss World

    Declared as Winner.
    Ended as Runner-up.
    Ended as Finalist or Semi-finalist.
| Year | Representative | State | Placement | Award |
| 1994 | Claudia Hernández Rodríguez | Nayarit | | |
| 1993 | Elizabeth Margain Rivera | Sonora | | |
| 1992 | Carla Lucía Lehman Fernández | Yucatán | | |
| 1991 | María Cristina Urrutia De la Vega | Aguascalientes | | |
| 1990 | Luz María Mena Basso | Yucatán | | |
| 1989 | Nelia María Ochoa Arteaga | Veracruz | | |
| 1988 | Cecilia Cervera Ferrer | Tlaxcala | | |
| 1987 | Elizabeth Carrillo Iturrios | Sinaloa | | |
| 1986 | María De la Luz Velasco Félix | Baja California | | |
| 1985 | Alicia Yolanda Carrillo González | Jalisco | | |
| 1984 | Mariana Sofía Urrea Stettner | Jalisco | | |
| 1983 | Mayra Adela Rojas González | Oaxaca | Top 15 | |
| 1982 | Ana Ruth García Jiménez | Tabasco | | |
| 1981 | Dora Pontvianne Espinoza | Tamaulipas | Top 15 | Miss Personality |
| 1980 | Claudia Mercedes Holley | Tamaulipas | | |
| 1979 | Roselina Rosas Torres | Durango | Top 15 | |
| 1978 | Martha Eugenia Ortíz Gámez | Distrito Federal | 3rd Runner-Up | Miss Photogenic |
| 1977 | Elizabeth Aguilar González | Estado de México | Top 15 | |
| 1976 | Carla Jean Evert Reguera | Guerrero | | |
| 1975 | Blanca Patricia López Esparza | Jalisco | | |
| 1974 | Lupita Elorriaga Valdés | Sinaloa | | |
| 1973 | Roxana Villares Moreno | Yucatán | | |
| 1972 | Gloria "Mayo" Gutiérrez López | Distrito Federal | Top 15 | |
| 1971 | Zita Lucía Arellano Zajur | Zacatecas | | |
| 1970 | Libia Zulema Montemayor † | Sinaloa | | |
| 1969 | Gloria Leticia Martín Del Campo | Guanajuato | | |
| 1968 | Ana María Magaña | Los Ángeles | | |
| 1967 | María Cristina Ortal | Los Ángeles | | |
| 1966 | María Cecilia González DuPree | Los Ángeles | | |
| Did not compete between 1964—1965 |||||
| 1963 | Ana Beatriz Martínez Solórzano | Distrito Federal | Disqualified | Best in Swimsuit Best National Costume |

### Miss International

    Declared as Winner.
    Ended as Runner-up.
    Ended as Finalist or Semi-finalist.
| Year | Representative | State | Placement | Award |
| 1998 | Karina Patricia Mora Novelo | Campeche | | |
| 1997 | Marisol Alonso González | Chihuahua | | |
| 1995 | Marlene de la Garza | Tamaulipas | | |
| 1994 | Lilia Elizabeth Huesca Guajardo | Tamaulipas | | |
| 1993 | María Cristina Arcos Torres | Jalisco | Top 15 | |
| 1992 | María De los Ángeles López | Veracruz | | |
| 1991 | Lilia Cristina Serrano Nájera | Chiapas | Top 15 | Best National Costume |
| 1990 | Elizabeth Cavazos Leal | Tamaulipas | | |
| 1989 | Erika Salum Escalante | Quintana Roo | Top 15 | |
| 1988 | María Alejandra Merino Ferrer | Tabasco | Top 15 | |
| 1987 | Rosa Isela Fuentes Chávez | Tlaxcala | 2nd Runner-Up | |
| 1986 | Martha Merino Ponce de León | Puebla | 2nd Runner-Up | |
| 1985 | Rebecca De Alba Díaz | Zacatecas | | |
| 1984 | Adriana González García | Hidalgo | Top 15 | Best National Costume |
| 1983 | Rosalba Chávez Carretero | Puebla | | |
| 1982 | Norma Patricia Méndez Tornell | Estado de México | 4th Runner-Up | |
| 1981 | María Fabiola Torres Sarlat | Yucatán | | |
| 1980 | Narda Sabag Cianca | Estado de México | | |
| 1979 | Marcela Díaz Portilla | Distrito Federal | | |
| 1978 | Olga Pescador Sosa | Estado de México | | Best National Costume |
| 1977 | Ernestina Sodi Miranda | Distrito Federal | | |
| 1976 | Alejandra Mora Urbina | Distrito Federal | | |
| 1975 | Margarita Vernitz Guajardo | Distrito Federal | | Best National Costume |
| 1974 | Alicia Elena Cardona Ruiz | Guanajuato | | Miss Friendship |
| 1973 | Luz del Carmen Bermúdez | Chiapas | | |
| 1972 | Margarita Julia Martínez | San Luis Potosí | | |
| 1971 | Carolina Cortázar | Distrito Federal | | |
| 1970 | Lidia Goñi | Tamaulipas | | |

## State Tally

Anyone who follows the Olympic Games or other sporting events will be familiar with the concept of the Medal Table, which ranks countries based on their first (gold), second (silver) and third (bronze) place finishes. Below is a similar table of the top rankings for the Señorita Mexico pageant, but of the 32 Mexican states, based on all results from the first event in 1952 to the most recent competition.
| Rank | State | Titles | Year |
| 1 | Distrito Federal | 7 | 1954, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1971, 1982, 1987 |
| 2 | Sinaloa | 5 | 1970, 1974, 1975, 1984, 1985 |
| 3 | Chihuahua | 3 | 1952, 1972, 1993 |
| 3 | Baja California | 3 | 1955, 1977, 1990 |
| 4 | Nayarit | 2 | 1979, 1994 |
| 4 | Sonora | 2 | 1980, 1986 |
| 4 | Yucatán | 2 | 1973, 1978 |
| 5 | Campeche | 1 | 1992 |
| 5 | Hidalgo | 1 | 1991 |
| 5 | Tlaxcala | 1 | 1989 |
| 5 | Veracruz | 1 | 1988 |
| 5 | Puebla | 1 | 1987 |
| 5 | Durango | 1 | 1983 |
| 5 | Nuevo León | 1 | 1981 |
| 5 | Guerrero | 1 | 1976 |
| 5 | Tamaulipas | 1 | 1958 |
| 5 | Jalisco | 1 | 1953 |