Nuestra Belleza Latina 2012


Nuestra Belleza Latina 2012 was the sixth season of Nuestra Belleza Latina, and the season finale aired on Univision on May 20, 2012 at 8pm central.
The auditions were shown Sundays, prior to the final 12 being revealed. Auditions were held from December 2011 to February 1, 2012 in six major US cities Auditions were also held in San Juan, Puerto Rico. During the audition process, 54 young women were given passes to the semi-finals in Miami. Two additional contestants were chosen from online auditions, with the help of public votes.
The winner of the contest will be awarded a contract to be one of the new faces on many of Univision's programs and award shows, along with a chance to win more than $250,000 in cash and prizes. She will also become a correspondent for one of Univision's top shows and reign as Nuestra Belleza Latina for a year. As an added bonus, the winner will appear on the cover of Cosmopolitan Magazine.
The winner of the competition was Vanessa De Roide, who represented the island of Puerto Rico.

2012 Judges

Contestants

Results

Challenges WonContestantFinalist
Gala 04
  • ' – Nataliz Jiménez
  • ' – Ligia de Uriarte
  • ' – Vanessa De Roide
  • Gala 05
  • ' – Elizabeth Robaina
  • ' – Nataliz Jiménez
  • ' – Naomi Marroquín
  • ' – Ivanna Rodriguez
  • '/' – Setareh Khatibi
  • ' – Karol Scott
  • Gala 06
  • ' – Nataliz Jiménez
  • ' – Karol Scott
  • Gala 07
  • ' – Vanessa De Roide
  • ' – Karol Scott
  • Gala 08
  • ' – Nataliz Jiménez
  • ' – Fanny Vargas
  • ' – Karol Scott
  • Gala 09
  • ' – Chanty Vargas
  • ' – Ivanna Rodríguez
  • ' – Vanessa De Roide
  • Gala 10
  • ' – Karol Scott
  • Live challenges WonContestant
    Gala 05
    • ' – Fanny Vargas
    Gala 06
  • ' – Karol Scott
  • '/' – Setareh Khatibi
  • Galas 07
  • ' – Karol Scott
  • Gala 08
  • ' – Chanty Vargas
  • Gala 09
  • ' – Fanny Vargas
  • Gala 10
  • ' – Vanessa De Roide
  • ' – Karol Scott
  • Elimination table

    Countries Being Represented

    Online Castings

    Note: On March 11, it was announced who the two candidates are to travel to Miami, to compete with the rest of the candidates selected.
    RankContestantAgeCountry Representing
    1Vanessa Alvares20'
    2Lucia Galeano26'

    Episodes

    Episode 1

    The 54 candidates traveling to Miami for a chance to enter the Mansion and win the crown are:
    RankContestantYearsCountry RepresentingAuditions
    1Ixchel Cardenas'California
    2Gretchen Serrao'California
    3Flerida Besso22'California
    4Geisy Hernadendez'California
    5Karen Garrido22'California
    6Viviana Granillo'California
    7Setareh Khatibi25'/'California
    8Naomi Marroquin21'California
    9Cindy Arevalo'California
    10Thalia Lara'California
    11Chanty Vargas24'Puerto Rico
    12Vanessa De Roide24'Puerto Rico
    13Ashley Ruiz23'Puerto Rico
    14Dimmary Castro26'Puerto Rico
    15Ester Rivera21'Puerto Rico
    16Luz Diaz23'Puerto Rico
    17Juliana Rodriguez25'Puerto Rico
    18Nicole Marquez'Puerto Rico
    19Shalimar Rivera26'Puerto Rico
    20Tatiana Ares22'Puerto Rico
    21Yara Rivera20'Puerto Rico
    22Nayeli Valles'Phoenix
    23Karla Marquez26'Phoenix
    24Ashley Garner18'Phoenix
    25Raquel Huerta'Phoenix
    26Priscila González23'New York
    27Rosalinda Silver27'New York
    28Stephanie Castellanos'New York
    29Nataliz Jiménez22'New York
    30Karol Scott24'New York
    31Laurem Payano'New York
    32Patricia Cardona27'Miami
    33Mayela Caldera26'Miami
    34Lisbeth Cañizales22'Miami
    35Karina Encarnación23'Miami
    36Yaritza Medina26'Miami
    37Ivanna Rodriguez20'Miami
    38Ximena Castro'Miami
    39Saidee Collado'Miami
    40Lidislay González'Miami
    41Elizabeth Robaina23'Miami
    42Adrializ Gutiérrez19'Miami
    43Adriana Bermudez'Texas
    44Angelika Rodriguez'Texas
    45Fanny Vargas24'Texas
    46Ligia de Uriarte20'Texas
    47Cinthia Guerrero19'Texas
    48Sarahi Pineda20'Texas
    49Andrea Castañeda'Texas
    50Ambar Garcia'Texas
    51Diana Rojas'Texas
    52Alma Lopez'Chicago
    53Yesenia Beltran'Chicago
    54Paola Rodriguez21'Chicago
    55Ciara Jiménez'Chicago
    56Vanessa Alvares'Casting Virtual
    57Lucia Galeano'Casting Virtual

    ColorDescription
    Group 1
    Group 2

    Episode 2 {March 11, 2012} (Group 1, 28 participants, 12 selected)

    Group 1:
    RankContestantYearsCountry RepresentingAuditions
    1Flerida Besso22'California
    2Karen Garrido22'California
    3Setareh Khatibi25'/'California
    4Naomi Marroquin21'California
    5Chanty Vargas24'Puerto Rico
    6Vanessa De Roide24'Puerto Rico
    7Ashley Ruiz23'Puerto Rico
    8Dimmary Castro26'Puerto Rico
    9Ester Rivera21'Puerto Rico
    10Luz Diaz23'Puerto Rico
    11Juliana Rodriguez25'Puerto Rico
    12Yara Rivera20'Puerto Rico
    13Karla Marquez26'Phoenix
    14Ashley Garner18'Phoenix
    15Priscilla Gonzalez23'New York
    16Rosalinda Silver27'New York
    17Nataliz Jiménez22'New York
    18Karol Scott24'New York
    19Patricia Cardona27'Miami
    20Mayela Caldera26'Miami
    21Lisbeth Cañizales22'Miami
    22Karina Encarnacion23'Miami
    23Yaritza Medina26'Miami
    24Ivanna Rodriguez20'Miami
    25Elizabeth Robaina23'Miami
    26Cinthia Guerrero19'Texas
    27Sarani Pineda20'Texas
    28Paola Rodriguez21'Chicago

    12 Chosen:
    #ContestantAgeCountry of OriginAudition Place
    1Vanessa De Roide24'Puerto Rico
    2Nataliz Jimenez22'New York
    3Karol Scott24'New York-
    4Flerida Besso22'California
    5Chanty Vargas24'Puerto Rico
    6Essined Aponte20'Puerto Rico
    7Patricia Cardona27'Miami
    8Elizabeth Robaina23'Miami
    9Ivanna Rodriguez20'Miami
    10Karla Marquez26'Phoenix
    11Setareh Khatibi25'/'California
    12Naomi Marroquin21'California

    Group 2:
    RankContestantCountry RepresentingAuditions
    1Ixchel Cardenas'California
    2Gretchen Serrao'California
    3Geisy Hernadendez'California
    4Viviana Granillo'California
    5Cindy Arevalo'California
    6Thalia Lara'California
    7Nicole Marquez'Puerto Rico
    8Shalimar Rivera'Puerto Rico
    9Tatiana Ares'Puerto Rico
    10Nayeli Valles'Phoenix
    11Raquel Huerta'Phoenix
    12Stephanie Castellanos'New York
    13Laurem Payano'New York
    14Ximena Castro'Miami
    15Saidee Collado'Miami
    16Lidislay Gonzalez'Miami
    17Adriana Bermudez'Texas
    18Angelika Rodriguez'Texas
    19Fanny Vargas'Texas
    20Ligia de Uriarte'Texas
    21Andrea Castañeda'Texas
    22Ambar Garcia'Texas
    23Diana Rojas'Texas
    24Alma Lopez'Chicago
    25Yesenia Beltran'Chicago
    26Ciara Jimenez'Chicago
    27Vanessa Alvares'Casting Virtual
    28Lucia Galeano'Casting Virtual

    12 Chosen:
    RankContestantCountry RepresentingAuditions
    1Gretchen Serrao'California
    2Cindy Arevalo'California
    3Shalimar Rivera'Puerto Rico
    4Tatiana Ares'Puerto Rico
    5Stephanie Castellanos'New York
    6Ximena Castro'/'Miami
    7Lidislay Gonzalez'Miami
    8Adriana Bermudez'Texas
    9Angelika Rodriguez'Texas
    10Fanny Vargas'Texas
    11Ligia de Uriarte'Texas
    12Yesenia BeltranChicago

    Eliminated: Ixchel Cardenas, Geisy Hernadendez, Viviana Granillo, Thalia Lara, Nicole Marquez, Nayeli Valles, Raquel Huerta, Lauren Payao, Saidee Collado, Andrea Castañeda, Ambar Garcia, Diana Rojas, Alma Lopez, Ciara Jimenez, Vanessa Alvares, and Lucia Galeano.

    Episode 4 {March 25, 2012} (Selected top 12 finalists to compete in ''Nuestra Belleza Latina 2012'')

    In the third show of Nuestra Belleza Latina, 24 semi-finalists opened the show dancing the theme of Rihanna "We Found Love" with super sexy silver dresses. Twelve of them were to receive the news that would enter the house of beauty to compete for a contract with Univision and $250,000. This night was a gala full of nerves and emotions.
    Giselle Blondet informed us that the Venezuelan Gretchen Serrao left the competition due to personal problems. Last week the girls had their first challenge, quinceañera dress and reflect the sweetness of the time to go out in the May issue of Seventeen magazine, the winners were Nataliz Jimenez, Ligia de Uriarte and Vanessa de Roide. Julian assumed that among the winners two were of his team, Nataliz of Dominican Republic and Ligia of Mexico.
    The time to reveal the result reached by the public for two weeks to vote for their favorites. Cindy, Ligia, Ximena and Adriana were the first who took the stage for your future in Nuestra Belleza Latina, Cindy but was saved by the votes of the public did not survive the second round.
    They have not yet entered the mansion and the girls begun to have conflicts, Giselle showed us the video. Patricia Cardona criticized Karla Marquez for her dance and Essined Aponte criticized Vanessa de Roide, her compatriot. De Roide stated that it upsets her. Elizabeth said Lidislay did not do well in the recording of this talent.
    The first bed in the mansion was to Nataliz Jimenez and the second for the Cuban Elizabeth Robaina, the girls met Julian Group 47 percent of the votes from the public. Will Cuba take another crown? Greydis Gil of Cuba obtained the crown in 2009. Nataliz showed his talent of heroin and Elizabeth imitated Osmel Sousa.
    Osmel Girls took the stage, the first runner up was Naomi Marroquin of Guatemala, who confessed she did not think being elected by her Spanish. She showed her talent in martial arts. The second chosen by the audience was Shalimar Rivera of Puerto Rico, she sang a song of India.
    Lupita Jones' group, Fanny Vargas was the first choice and of course she could not hold back her tears. Osmel did not make the way easy for her, but Lupita supported and is confident that will fight for the crown. Ivanna Rodriguez was the second choice, she showed her talent for acting.
    The singer Pablo Montero arrived with his mariachi to sing "Serenata Huasteca" and the girls go crazy. The Mexican pleased a fan with a kiss and Giselle had the pleasure of pinching.
    The girls were taught Marcelo Crudele boxing, boxing coach Dale heartily.
    Julian elected two more girls Ligia de Uriarte of Mexico, who auditioned in Houston, and Chanty Vargas of Puerto Rico. Lupita elected the Puerto Ricans Vanessa de Roide and Tatiana Ares.
    Osmel Sousa explained that it seeks diversity but a real queen with elegance and class. Karol Scott, Venezuelan, was his choice and she showed us her talent for dancing samba. And the last room in the mansion was for the Mexican/Iranian Setareh Khatibi.
    AwardContestant
    Won the challenge of the week
    • ' – Vanessa De Roide
    • ' – Nataliz Jiménez
    • ' – Ligia de Uriarte
    #ContestantCountry of OriginAudition Place
    1Patricia Cardona'Miami
    2Elizabeth Robaina'Miami
    3Lidislay Gonzalez'Miami
    4Nataliz Jiménez'New York
    5Stephanie Castellanos'New York
    6Cindy Arevalo'California
    7Naomi Marroquín'California
    8Flerida Besso'California
    9Ivanna Rodríguez'Miami
    10Karla Marquez'Phoenix
    11Setareh Khatibi'/'California
    12Essined Aponte'Puerto Rico
    13Fanny Vargas'Texas
    14Ligia de Uriarte'Texas
    15Ximena Castro'/'Miami
    16Tatiana Ares'Puerto Rico
    17Vanessa De Roide'Puerto Rico
    18Shalimar Rivera'Puerto Rico
    19Chanty Vargas'Puerto Rico
    20Angelika Rodriguez'Texas
    21Yesenia Beltran'Chicago
    22Adriana Bermudez'Texas
    23Gretchen Serrao'California
    24Karol Scott'New York

    12 Chosen:
    RankContestantCountry RepresentingAuditions
    1Nataliz Jiménez'New York
    2Elizabeth Robaina'Miami
    3Naomi Marroquín'California
    4Shalimar Rivera'Puerto Rico
    5Fanny Vargas'Texas
    6Ivanna Rodríguez'Miami
    7Chanty Vargas'Puerto Rico
    8Ligia de Uriarte'Texas
    9Vanessa De Roide'Puerto Rico
    10Tatiana Ares'Puerto Rico
    11Karol Scott'New York
    12Setareh Khatibi'/'California

    AwardContestant
    Won the challenge of the week: Agility and Speed
    • ' – Karol Scott
    • ' – Nataliz Jiménez
    • ' – Elizabeth Robaina
    • ' – Naomi Marroquín
    • '/' – Setareh Khatibi
    • ' – Ivanna Rodríguez
    The winner of the live challenge: The Gateway of Tibet
  • ' – Fanny Vargas
  • RankContestantCountry RepresentingPunctuation of Live challenge
    1Nataliz Jiménez'21 Points
    2Elizabeth Robaina'17 Points
    3Naomi Marroquín'12 Points
    4Shalimar Rivera'20 Points
    5Fanny Vargas'27 Points
    6Ivanna Rodríguez'22 Points
    7Chanty Vargas'19 Points
    8Ligia de Uriarte'18 Points
    9Vanessa De Roide'07 Points
    10Tatiana Ares'23 Points
    11Karol Scott'18 Points
    12Setareh Khatibi'/'20 Points

    RankContestantCountry Representingstate by the publicstatus of the girlsstate by the jury
    #1Ligia de Uriarte Mexicothreatenedremoved
    #2Vanessa de Roide'safesafe
    #3Karol Scott'safethreatenedsafe

    AwardContestant
    Won the challenge of the week: soccer competition
    • ' – Karol Scott
    The winner of the live challenge: Flying Beauties
  • ' – Karol Scott
  • '/' – Setareh Khatibi
  • RankContestantCountry RepresentingGenderPunctuation of Live challenge
    1Nataliz Jiménez'Tango21 Points
    2Elizabeth Robaina'Rock16 Points
    3Naomi Marroquín'Geisha & Ninja17 Points
    4Shalimar Rivera'Caribbean Music14 Points
    5Fanny Vargas'Black Swan24 Points
    6Ivanna Rodríguez'Witch17 Points
    7Chanty Vargas'Catwoman20 Points
    8Vanessa de Roide'Bell21 Points
    9Tatiana Ares'Cabernicola13 Points
    10Karol Scott'Arabic Music25 Points
    11Setareh Khatibi'/'Clown25 Points

    RankContestantCountry Representystate by the publicstatus of the girlsstate by the jury
    #1Tatiana Ares Puerto RicothreatenedRemoved
    #2Elizabeth Robaina'safesafe
    #3Shalimar Rivera'safethreatenedsafe

    AwardContestant
    Won the challenge of the week: People en Español
    • ' – Vanessa De Roide
    The winner of the live challenge: Mermaids
  • ' – Karol Scott
  • RankContestantCountry RepresentingPunctuation of Live challenge
    1Nataliz Jiménez'08 Points
    2Elizabeth Robaina'14 Points
    3Naomi Marroquín'11 Points
    4Shalimar Rivera'19 Points
    5Fanny Vargas'20 Points
    6Ivanna Rodríguez'13 Points
    7Chanty Vargas'17 Points
    8Vanessa De Roide'21 Points
    09Karol Scott'28 Points
    10Setareh Khatibi'23 Points

    RankContestantCountry Representystate by the publicstatus of the girlsstate by the jury
    #1Elizabeth Robaina Cubathreatenedremoved
    #2Ivanna Rodriguez'safethreatenedsafe
    #3Nataliz Jimenez'safesafe

    AwardContestant
    Won the challenge of the week: Carrera NASCAR
    • ' – Nataliz Jimenez
    The winner of the live challenge: Reporters in Danger
  • ' – Chanty Vargas
  • RankContestantCountry RepresentingPunctuation of Live challenge
    1Nataliz Jiménez' 23 points
    2Naomi Marroquín'04 points
    3Shalimar Rivera'16 points
    4Fanny Vargas'16 points
    5Ivanna Rodríguez'15 points
    6Chanty Vargas'25 points
    7Vanessa De Roide' 19 points
    8Karol Scott'12 points
    9Setareh Khatibi' 06 points

    RankContestantCountry Representystate by the publicstatus of the girlsstate by the jury
    #1Karol Scott'threatenedsafe
    #2Naomi Marroquín Guatemalasafethreatenedremoved
    #3Setareh Khatibi'/'safesafe

    AwardContestant
    Won the challenge of the week: Maybeline New York
    • ' – Chanty Vargas
    The winner of the live challenge: Beauties in Novelas
  • ' – Fanny Vargas
  • RankContestantCountry RepresentingPunctuation of Live challenge
    1Nataliz Jiménez'25 points
    2Shalimar Rivera'16 points
    3Fanny Vargas'30 points
    4Ivanna Rodríguez'15 points
    5Chanty Vargas'19 points
    6Vanessa de Roide'23 points
    7Karol Scott'09 points
    8Setareh Khatibi'12 points

    RankContestantCountry Representystate by the publicstatus of the girlsstate by the jury
    #1Chanty Vargas Puerto Ricothreatenedremoved
    #2Shalimar Rivera'safethreatenedsafe
    #3Setareh Khatibi'/'SafeSafe

    AwardContestant
    Won the challenge of the week: Colgate
    • ' – Karol Scott
    The winner of the live challenge: Beauties in the Dark
  • ' – Karol Scott
  • ' – Venessa De Roide
  • RankContestantCountry RepresentingPunctuation of Live challenge
    1Nataliz Jiménez'22 points
    2Shalimar Rivera'24 points
    3Fanny Vargas'19 points
    4Ivanna Rodríguez'16 points
    5Vanessa De Roide'27 points
    6Karol Scott'27 points
    7Setareh Khatibi'/'25 points

    RankContestantCountry Representystate by the publicstatus of the girlsstate by the jury
    #1 Fanny Vargas threatenedsafe
    #2Ivanna Rodriguez Mexicosafethreatenedremoved
    #3Setareh Kathibi'safesafe

    AwardContestant
    Won the challenge of the week:
    • ' – Shalimar Rivera
    RankContestantCountry RepresentingState
    1Nataliz Jiménez'Safe
    2Shalimar Rivera'Eliminated
    3Fanny Vargas'Eliminated
    4Vanessa De Roide'safe
    5Karol Scott'Safe
    6Setareh Khatibi'Safe

    both are threatened by the public.....
    RankContestantCountry RepresentyState
    #1Shalimar Rivera ' Removed
    #2Karol Scott'Safe

    both are threatened by the jury.....
    RankContestantCountry RepresentedState
    #1Setareh Khatibi'Safe
    #2 Fanny Vargas Removed

    RankContestantCountry RepresentedFinal Results
    1Vanessa de Roide' Winner
    2Setareh Khatibi' 2nd place
    3Karol Scott'3rd place
    4Nataliz Jiménez'4th place

    ColorDescriptionUsed
    The contestant won the competitionTop 2
    The contestant became runner-upTop 2
    The contestant was saved by the public voteWeek 7
    The contestant was saved by the judgesWeek 1-Week 7
    The contestant was saved by fellow contestantsWeek 1-Week 6
    The contestant was in the bottom 4Week 2-Week 5
    The contestant was eliminatedWeek 1
    The contestant quit the competitionFinal 12
    The contestant was in the Top 12 of Group 1Top 24
    The contestant was in the Top 12 of Group 2Top 24

    Order of elimination

    Groups

    Results

    ColorDescription
    The contestant did not lose or win the challenge.
    This contestant won the challenge of the week.
    This contestant won the live challenge during judging.
    This contestant was in danger of elimination, but was saved by her fellow contestants.
    This contestant was in danger of elimination, but she was saved by the judges.
    This contestant was in danger of elimination, but she was saved by the public vote.
    This contestant was in danger of elimination and was eliminated from the competition because she was not saved by her judges, or by her fellow contestants.
    This contestant won both the live challenge, and challenge of the week.
    This contestant won the challenge of the week and was in danger of elimination, but was eliminated from the competition because she was not saved by her judges, or by her fellow contestants.
    This contestant won the competition

    Winners