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Dominicana de New York gana Miss Latina US 2012 en México
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 5 Finalistas de izquierda a derecha: Cuarta Finalista – Izabelle Streetmaker (Oklahoma), Miss Latina US 2012 - Sasha Zacarias (New York), Primer Finalista – Yvet Garcia (Minnesota), Segunda Finalista - Leyla Dabdoub (US Mexico) y Tercera Finalista - Ana Valencia (California). ~ 5 Finalists from left to right: 4th Runner-Up – Izabelle Streetmaker (Oklahoma), Miss Latina US 2012 - Sasha Zacarias (New York), 1st Runner-Up – Yvet Garcia (Minnesota), 2nd Runner-Up – Leyla Dabdoub (US Mexico) and 3rd Runner-Up – Ana Valencia (California). Dominican from New York wins Miss Latina US 2012 in Mexico Miami, June 28, 2012. The Palenque Theater of the Barceló Maya Beach Resort was the stage for the Finals Show of the Miss Latina US Pageant that returned for a third time to Mexico with the Barceló hotel chain. Miss Latina US™ is the first national pageant established in the USA exclusively for Latinas and in its 2012 version, 20 delegates from all over the US competed throughout a week until the final night when a panel of judges selected as top 10 finalists the delegates from Oklahoma, California, New York, Minnesota, US Mexico, Illinois, Texas, Georgia, Ohio y Florida. The big winner was the delegate from New York Sasha Zacarías, a 23-year-old born in the Dominican Republic, who speaks fluent English and Spanish, has a Bachelor’s Degree in Human Development & Family Studies, and presently works as an Investigator for the Identity Theft Protection Unit of the State Attorney’s Office in Rhode Island. The delegate from Minnesota, Mexican-born Yvet García, won First Runner-Up honors. Yvet is 24, studies Marketing and Public Relations and speaks both English and Spanish. Additional awards given out were Best Heritage Costume to the delegate from Florida Cristina Neal and the President’s Award for Academic Excellence and Outstanding Life Achievements to the delegate from Indiana, Denisse Soto. The Finals Show began with the colorful “Parade of Nations” where all of the delegates, including the national delegates vying for the crown of Miss Latin America of the World 2012, paraded in national costumes from their countries of heritage in an extravagant display of color and culture. The music played by the Barceló Maya Orchestra led the young competitors back onstage for their swimsuit presentation followed by Dominican singer Axel Thomas and the Barceló Maya Dancers, who created the perfect setting for the ensuing evening gown competition. Miss Latina US 2011 Marice Morales from Utah and of Peruvian origin had the honor of crowning her successor, announced by co-hosts Jennifer Rodriguez from Los Angeles and Mexican Rolando Melgarejo. The winner joined the group of aspirants to the title of Miss Latin America of the World 2012 in representation of the Latino/Hispanic population of the United States and followed her national title win one week later with a proud sixth place finish at the international finals also held in Riviera Maya and won by Guatemala’s delegate Georgina Mendez. She also attained recognition for her accomplishments beyond pageantry, receiving the important continental queen award for North America and the Caribbean that distinguishes her for academic excellence and outstanding life achievements. The MISS LATINA USTM Pageant was developed in the United States to recognize the personal and cultural attributes of young Hispanic women beyond their physical beauty. For Latina woman in the US, this program represents a chance to compete in a traditional pageant that welcomes their identification with their Hispanic ancestry. It awards them the opportunity to win on their own merits, without regard to their ethnicity. To the contrary, their ethnicity is celebrated. For more information, visit the official website @ www.missuslatina.com. |
