# Miss Mexico 2018

Miss Mexico 2018 was the second edition of the Miss Mexico pageant, held at the Imperial Hall of Villa Toscana Eventos in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico, on May 5, 2018.
Andrea Meza of Chihuahua crowned Vanessa Ponce of Mexico City as her successor at the end of the event. Ponce represented Mexico in Miss World 2018.

## 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 – Maria 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 | 19 | 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Campeche City |
| Chiapas | Grecia Esparza Nieto | 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 | 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 | Maria Malo Juvera Raimond Kedilhac | 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 | 22 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Guadalajara |
| Michoacán | Ivonne Hernández Mendoza | 24 | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | Morelia |
| Morelos | Priscila Moreno Valverde | 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 | 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 | 25 | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | Mazatlán |
| Sonora | Daniela Ochoa Torres | 20 | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | Cajeme |
| Tabasco | Flora Elena Magdaleno Campos | 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 | 25 | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | Ixtenco |
| Veracruz | Alejandra Vargas Lara | 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 |