Nuestra Belleza Paraguay 2013

The Nuestra Belleza Paraguay 2013 pageant was held at the Yacth & Golf Club Paraguayo on June 27, 2013^[2] to select Paraguayan representatives to the 4 major beauty pageants. Egny Eckert, Miss Universe Paraguay 2012, Fiorella Migiore, Miss World Paraguay 2012, Nicole Huber, Miss International Paraguay 2012, and Alexandra Fretes, Miss Earth Paraguay 2012, crowned their successors, Guadalupe Gonzalez, Coral Ruiz, Marta Raviolo and Karen Duarte, respectively. This is the first time that the pageant was broadcast on LaTele, with new franchises holders, Salvador Mass and Isabel Mussi, and with a new name, 'Nuestra Belleza'.

Results

* Karen Duarte later withdrew for health reasons. The 1st runner-up, Leticia Cáceres, replaced her at Miss Earth 2013.

Delegates

There are 19 official contestants.^[3]

#	Candidates	Age	Height	Hometown
1	Zulma Galeano	19	1.73 m (5.7 ft)	Capiatá
2	Laura Garcete	23	1.76 m (5.8 ft)	Asunción
3	Karen Duarte	22	1.78 m (5.8 ft)	Ciudad del Este
4	Coral Ruiz Reyes	22	1.75 m (5.7 ft)	Luque
5	Guadalupe González	21	1.79 m (5.9 ft)	Lambaré
6	Gabriela Mereles	23	1.74 m (5.7 ft)	Asunción
7	Marta Raviolo	22	1.70 m (5.6 ft)	Coronel Oviedo
8	Margarita Chilavert	19	1.74 m (5.7 ft)	San Pedro
9	Paloma Ruíz Reyes	23	1.78 m (5.8 ft)	Luque
10	Marcela Benegas	26	1.76 m (5.8 ft)	Asunción
11	Emilce Giménez	19	1.82 m (6.0 ft)	Paraguarí
12	Leticia Cáceres	22	1.72 m (5.6 ft)	Itá
13	Daisy Lezcano	19	1.80 m (5.9 ft)	San Lorenzo
14	Nathalia Ascona	24	1.75 m (5.7 ft)	Asunción
15	Estela Maris López	23	1.81 m (5.9 ft)	Encarnación
16	Liliana Fragueda	19	1.78 m (5.8 ft)	Asunción
17	Vannia Dubrez	18	1.79 m (5.9 ft)	Fernando de la Mora
18	Laetitia Espinosa	21	1.71 m (5.6 ft)	Lambaré
19	Agustina Mendoza	24	1.72 m (5.6 ft)	Horqueta

Disqualified and withdrawal

Status	Contestant	Age	Hometown
Withdrew	Jazmín Chamorro	24	Villa Elisa
Withdrew	Gissella Sotomayor	21	Encarnación
Disqualified	Paola López	24	Asunción

Contestants notes

• Candidates # 4 and # 9, Coral and Paloma Ruiz Reyes, are siblings.
• Candidate # 4, Coral Ruiz Reyes, previously joined Miss Universo Paraguay 2011 where she finished as 1st Runner-up, she later represented her country at Miss Tourism Queen of The Year Internacional 2012 held in China.^[4]
• Candidate # 5, Guadalupe González, already represented Paraguay at Miss Atlántico International 2012 and Miss Latinoamérica 2012, held in Punta del Este, Uruguay, and Panamá City, Panamá, respectively.^[5]
• Candidate # 13, Daisy Lezcano, previously joined Miss Paraguay 2012 and she took the Miss Model of the World Paraguay crown.^[6]
• Candidate # 7, Marta Raviolo, was Miss Caaguazú 2009, participating at Miss Paraguay 2009, this pageant send their winners at Miss Globe and Reina Internacional del Café among other pageants. At the end of the event she finished as 1st Runner-up.^[7]
• Candidate # 10, Marcela Benegas, previously joined Miss Universo Paraguay 2008 but she did not placed.

Representation

After the pageant, the following contestants represented Paraguay in these international contests:

Candidate	Contest	Date	Place	Placement
Agustina Mendoza	Reina Mundial de la Piña 2013	July 7, 2013	Bucaramanga, Colombia	Winner
Laura Garcete	Miss United Continent 2013	September 14, 2013	Guayaquil, Ecuador	Didn't place
Coral Ruiz	Miss World 2013	September 28, 2013	Bali, Indonesia	Didn't place
Guadalupe González	Miss Universe 2013	November 9, 2013	Moscow, Russia	Didn't place
Paloma Ruiz	Miss Model of the World 2013	November 20, 2013	Shenzhen, China	Didn't place
Leticia Cáceres	Miss Earth 2013	December 7, 2013	Manila, Philippines	Didn't place
Guadalupe González	Reina Hispanoamericana 2013	December 12, 2013	Santa Cruz, Bolivia	5th runner-up
Marta Raviolo	Miss International 2013	December 17, 2013	Tokyo, Japan	Didn't place
Zulma Galeano	Miss Tourism International 2013	December 31, 2013	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Didn't place

Designations

After the June 27 final gala, some candidates were chosen by the organization to represent Paraguay at some international pageants

• Leticia Cáceres: Miss Earth
• Paloma Ruiz Reyez: Miss Model of the World

Judges

The following persons judged the final competition:^[8]

• Bettina Barboza de Ray, Miss Paraguay 1995
• Luis Carlos Adler Benítez
• Daiana Da Costa Ferreira, Miss Internacional Paraguay 2007
• Juan José Martínez
• Arnaldo Samaniego, mayor of the city of Asunción
• Carlos Aviles
• Vivian Benítez, Miss Paraguay 1991
• Robert Aveiro
• José Espínola, stylist
• Federico Duarte Macchi

See also

• Miss Paraguay
• Miss Universe 2013
• Miss World 2013
• Miss International 2013
• Miss Earth 2013
• Miss United Continent 2013

External links

• Promociones Gloria, holder of the franchises.
• Nuestra Belleza Paraguay Facebook Page

References

1. ↑ OFFICIAL: Miss Paraguay 2013 to be held on... Missosology.org 06/Jun/2013.
2. ↑ OFFICIAL: Miss Paraguay 2013 to be held on... Missosology.org 06/Jun/2013.
3. ↑ Road to the crown: Miss Paraguay 2013 - Official Contestants Missosology.org 30/Apr/2013.
4. ↑ Coral Ruiz competirá en Nanjing, China ABC Color 12/Oct/2012.
5. ↑ Guadalupe González, en Miss Latinoamérica ABC Color 09/Sep/2012.
6. ↑ Egny Eckert es la Miss Universo Paraguay 2012 Última Hora 19/May/2012.
7. ↑ Viviana Mabel Benitez es la nueva Miss Paraguay 2009 alparaguay.blogspot.com 2009.
8. ↑ Guadalupe González es la Miss Universo Última Hora 28/Jun/2013.