# Miss World Mexico 2016

Miss World Mexico 2016, now referred to as Miss Mexico 2016, is the very first edition of a new pageant organization formed by Hugo Castellanos after Lupita Jones, president of Nuestra Belleza México (now Mexicana Universal), lost the franchise with Miss World. The pageant held at Teatro Morelos of Morelia, Michoacán on 14 October 2016 . 31 contestants of the Mexican Republic competed for the national title. Two winners were crowned at the end of the event: Ana Girault of Ciudad de México (Mexico City) as Miss World Mexico 2016/Miss Mexico 2016, and Andrea Meza of Chihuahua as Miss World Mexico 2017/Miss Mexico 2017. Ana Girault of Ciudad de México (Mexico City) was crowned as the titleholder for 2016 and Andrea Meza of Chihuahua was crowned as the titleholder for 2017. Meza represented the country at Miss World 2017 in China.

## Results
### Placements

| Placement | Contestant |
| Miss World Mexico 2016 | Ciudad de México – Ana Girault |
| Miss World Mexico 2017 | Chihuahua – Andrea Meza |
| Miss Supranational Mexico 2016 | Guerrero – Samantha Leyva |
| Miss Grand Mexico 2016 | Jalisco – Yoana Gutiérrez |
| Reina Internacional del Café México 2016 | Veracruz – Marilú Acevedo |
| Top 10 | Durango – María Elena Bechelani  Querétaro – Ruth Grosser  Quintana Roo – Fabiola Peniche  Sonora – Norhely Celaya  Zacatecas – Roxana Reyes |
| Top 16 | Aguascalientes – Giovanna Alfieri  Chiapas – Phegda Bustillos  Nayarit – Camila Villalvazo  San Luis Potosí – Alejandra Delgadillo  Sinaloa – Melissa Lizarraga  Tamaulipas – Patricia Morato |

## Judges
### Final Judges

These are the members of the jury who evaluated the contestants:
* José Medel - Beauty Contest Historian
* Misael Espinoza - Models and Public Relations agent of the Queta Rojas Agency
* Aldo Esparza - Mister Mexico 2016
* Alejo Rios - Trainer of Misses in Los Angeles
* Alejandro Mata - Fashion Designer

### Preliminary Judges

These are the members of the preliminary jury, who chose the 16 semifinalists, after seeing the candidates in private during interviews and catwalk in swimsuits and gala:
* José Medel - Beauty Contest Historian
* Karla Carrillo - Nuestra Belleza México 2009, Model, Actress and Television Host
* Aldo Esparza - Mister Mexico 2016
* Dra. Vicky Benitez - Director of Modstil, a collaborator of Elite Mexico
* Alejandro Mata - Fashion Designer

## Candidates

31 Candidates have been officially chosen
| State | Candidate | Age | Height (m) | Origin |
| Aguascalientes | Giovanna Alfieri González | 24 | 1.75 | Aguascalientes |
| Baja California | Analy Soliz Wong | 25 | 1.75 | Mexicali |
| Baja California Sur | Cristina Zacarías Flores | 25 | 1.76 | La Paz |
| Campeche | Monique Lomelí Canavaggio | 24 | 1.76 | Campeche City |
| Chiapas | Phegda Becerra Bustillo | 24 | 1.80 | Tuxtla Gutiérrez |
| Chihuahua | Alma Andrea Meza Carmona | 22 | 1.82 | Chihuahua City |
| Coahuila | Liliana Rodríguez Saucedo | 25 | 1.75 | Ramos Arizpe |
| Colima | Claudia Delgado Munguía | 24 | 1.75 | Colima City |
| Ciudad de México | Ana Girault Contreras | 25 | 1.82 | Mexico City |
| Durango | María Elena Bechelani Ánima | 24 | 1.73 | Durango |
| Estado de México | Eva Liliana Velasquez Ye | 24 | 1.78 | Naucalpan de Juarez |
| Guerrero | Samantha Leyva Trujillo | 24 | 1.82 | Acapulco |
| Hidalgo | Jennifer Rodríguez Sosa | 25 | 1.75 | Pachuca |
| Jalisco | Yoana Gutiérrez Vázquez | 24 | 1.80 | San Miguel el Alto |
| Michoacán | María Nefertari González Nuñez | 24 | 1.68 | Lázaro Cárdenas |
| Morelos | Ximena Cardoso Gutiérrez | 24 | 1.80 | Cuernavaca |
| Nayarit | Camila Villalvazo Osoria | 18 | 1.73 | Tepic |
| Nuevo León | Mariel Mátar Herrera | 25 | 1.75 | San Pedro Garza Garcia |
| Oaxaca | Mitzy Ruschke Lira | 25 | 1.70 | San Pedro Pochutla |
| Puebla | Giovanna de la Barreda Angon | 25 | 1.70 | Puebla |
| Querétaro | Ruth Grosser Alcántara | 25 | 1.87 | Corregidora |
| Quintana Roo | Fabiola Peniche Gómez | 21 | 1.75 | Cancún |
| Sinaloa | Melissa Carolina Lizárraga Castro | 25 | 1.75 | Culiacán |
| San Luis Potosí | Alejandra Delgadillo Salazar | 24 | 1.81 | San Luis Potosí |
| Sonora | Norhely Celaya Bracamontes | 25 | 1.82 | Hermosillo |
| Tabasco | Yussihey Litzahally Vidal Celorio | 24 | 1.66 | Villahermosa |
| Tamaulipas | Claudia Patricia Morato García | 24 | 1.72 | Matamoros |
| Tlaxcala | Areli García González | 25 | 1.72 | Tlaxcala |
| Veracruz | Marilú Acevedo Dominguez | 24 | 1.76 | Córdoba |
| Yucatán | María Carolina Estrada Fritz | 25 | 1.78 | Mérida |
| Zacatecas | Roxana Reyes Herrera | 24 | 1.78 | Cuauhtémoc |

## Challenges
### Sports

| Final Result | Candidate |
| Winner | Chihuahua - Andrea Meza |
| 1st Runner-Up | San Luis Potosí - Alejandra Delgadillo |
| 2nd Runner-Up | Colima - Claudia Delgado |
| Top 5 | Nuevo León - Andrea Garza Tlaxcala - Areli García |

### Top Model

| Final Result | Candidate |
| Winner | Zacatecas - Roxana Reyes |
| 1st Runner-Up | Jalisco - Yoana Gutiérrez |
| 2nd Runner-Up | Chihuahua - Andrea Meza |
| Top 10 | Ciudad de México - Ana Girault  Coahuila - Liliana Rodríguez Guerrero - Samantha Leyva  Morelos - Ximena Cardoso  Nayarit - Camila Villalvazo  San Luis Potosí - Alejandra Delgadillo  Sonora - Norhely Celaya |

### Beach Beauty

| Final Result | Candidate |
| Winner | San Luis Potosí - Alejandra Delgadillo |
| 1st Runner-Up | Oaxaca - Mittzy Ruschke |
| 2nd Runner-Up | Jalisco - Yoana Gutiérrez |
| Top 12 | Ciudad de México - Ana Girault Durango - María Elena Bechelani Guerrero - Samantha Leyva  Michoacán - Nefertari González  Nuevo León - Andrea Garza  Tabasco - Yussihey Vidal  Tamaulipas - Patricia Morato  Veracruz - Marilú Acevedo  Zacatecas - Roxana Reyes |

### Beauty With a Purpose

| Final Result | Candidate |
| Winner | Chiapas - Phegda Bustillo |
| Top 5 | Aguascalientes - Giovanna Alfieri Ciudad de México - Ana Girault Guerrero - Samantha Leyva Veracruz - Marilú Acevedo |
| Top 12 | Baja California Sur - Cristina Zacarías Campeche - Monique Lomelí  Chihuahua - Andrea Meza Colima - Claudia Delgado Hidalgo - Jennifer Rodríguez  Sonora - Norhely Celaya  Yucatán - Carolina Estrada |

### Talent

| Final Result | Candidate |
| Winner | Tamaulipas - Patricia Morato |
| 1st Runner-up | Guerrero - Samantha Leyva |
| 2nd Runner-up | Durango - María Elena Bechelani Querétaro - Ruth Grosser |
| Top 12 | Campeche - Itziar Alarcón Ciudad de México - Ana Girault Chiapas - Jennifer Vázquez  Chihuahua - Andrea Meza  Coahuila - Liliana Rodríguez  Nayarit - Camila Villalvazo Sinaloa - Melissa Lizárraga Veracruz - Marilú Acevedo |

### Golf Challenge

| Final Result | Candidate |
| Winner | Ciudad de México - Ana Girault |
| 1st Runner-Up | Coahuila - Liliana Rodríguez |
| 2nd Runner-Up | Baja California - Analy Solís |

### Multimedia

| Final Result | Candidate |
| Winner | Guerrero - Samantha Leyva |
| 1st Runner-Up | Chiapas - Phegda Bustillo |
| 2nd Runner-Up | Michoacán - Nefertari González |
| Top 10 | Chihuahua - Andrea Meza Ciudad de México - Ana Girault  Colima - Claudia Delgado Jalisco - Yoana Gutiérrez  Nuevo León - Andrea Garza  Tabasco - Yussihey Vidal  Zacatecas - Roxana Reyes |

#### Dances of México

| Final Result | Candidate |
| Top 6 | Aguascalientes - Giovanna Alfieri  Campeche - Monique Lomelí Guerrero - Samantha Leyva  Michoacán - Nefertari González  Nuevo León - Andrea Garza Veracruz - Marilú Acevedo |

## About the contestants

* Aguascalientes – Giovana Alfieri participated in Nuestra Belleza Aguascalientes 2015, and is the actual "Reina de la Feria de San Marcos".
* Coahuila – Liliana Saucedo was Miss Earth Coahuila 2014 and Top 16 in Miss Earth México 2014.
* Guanajuato – Renata Aguirre resigned from the competition a few days before the finale because of online bullying.
* Jalisco – Yoanna Gutierrez won the Regional pageant of Señorita Turismo Región de los Altos in 2013.
* Nayarit – Camila Villalvazo was Miss Teen Universe Nayarit 2015.
* San Luis Potosí – Veronica Sánchez who participated in Nuestra Belleza México 2012 resigned from the title after getting an offer for a job at an international model agency. Alejandra Delgadillo from Nuevo León takes the thrown of Miss San Luis Potosí 2016.
* Sinaloa – Melissa Lizarraga participated in Nuestra Belleza Sinaloa in 2015 and was placed as the first runner up.
* Sonora - Norhely Celaya participated in Nuestra Belleza Sonora 2009 where she was placed as the second runner up and was finalist in Nuestra Belleza Sonora 2011.
* Tabasco – Yussihey Vidal was Miss Earth Tabasco 2011 and finished in second place (Miss Air Mexico or First Runner-Up) in Miss Earth Mexico 2011 and 2013 she won Flor Tabasco in representing to Jonuta.
* Tamaulipas – Patricia Morato participated in Nuestra Belleza Tamualipas 2016, where she was placed as the first runner up.
* Veracruz – Marilú Acevedo participated in Nuestra Belleza Veracruz 2012, where she was placed as the first runner up.
* Zacatecas - Roxana Reyes participated in Nuestra Belleza Zacatecas 2012, where she was placed as the 1st Runner-up.