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.^[2]

Nuestra Belleza Latina 2012
The twelve official candidates for 2012
Starring	Giselle Blondet
Judges	Osmel Sousa Lupita Jones Julian Gil
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	12 [1]
Production
Running time	90 minutes
Original release
Network	Univision
Release	March 4 (2012-03-04) – May 20, 2012 (2012-05-20)
Related
Nuestra Belleza Latina 2011 Nuestra Belleza Latina 2013

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 (Miami, Chicago, New York City, Fort Worth, Houston, Phoenix, Los Angeles, and Morongo) Auditions were also held in San Juan, Puerto Rico.^[3] 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

Judges	Occupation	Judging Years
Osmel Sousa	President of the Miss Venezuela Organization	2007–Present
Lupita Jones	Former Miss Universe 1991 and President of Nuestra Belleza México	2008–Present
Julian Gil	Argentine-Born Puerto Rican-raised Actor and Model	2008 & 2010–Present

Contestants

Final Results	Contestant
Winner	Puerto Rico – Vanessa De Roide
Runner-Up	Mexico – Setareh Khatibi
3rd Place	Venezuela – Karol Scott
4th Place	Dominican Republic – Nataliz Jimenez
5th place	Mexico – Fanny Vargas
6th place	Puerto Rico – Shalimar Rivera
7th Place	Mexico – Ivana Rodríguez
8th place	Puerto Rico – Chanty Vargas
9th Place	Guatemala – Naomi Marroquin
10th place	Cuba – Elizabeth Robaina
11th Place	Puerto Rico – Tatiana Ares
12th Place	Mexico – Ligia De Uriarte
Top 24	Colombia – Patricia Cardona  Cuba – Lidislay Gonzalez  Dominican Republic – Stephanie Castellanos  El Salvador – Cindy Arevalo  Mexico /  Yemen – Fabiola Al Harazi  Mexico – Karla Marquez  Peru – Ximena Castro  Puerto Rico – Essined Aponte  Puerto Rico – Angelika Rodriguez  Spain – Blanca Gómez  Venezuela – Adriana Bermudez  Venezuela – Gretchen Serrao

Results

Challenges Won	Contestant	Finalist
Gala 04	Dominican Republic – Nataliz Jiménez  Mexico – Ligia de Uriarte  Puerto Rico – Vanessa De Roide
Gala 05	Cuba – Elizabeth Robaina  Dominican Republic – Nataliz Jiménez  Guatemala – Naomi Marroquín  Mexico – Ivanna Rodriguez  Mexico/ Iran – Setareh Khatibi  Venezuela – Karol Scott
Gala 06	Dominican Republic – Nataliz Jiménez  Venezuela – Karol Scott
Gala 07	Puerto Rico – Vanessa De Roide	Venezuela – Karol Scott
Gala 08	Dominican Republic – Nataliz Jiménez	Mexico – Fanny Vargas  Venezuela – Karol Scott
Gala 09	Puerto Rico – Chanty Vargas	Mexico – Ivanna Rodríguez  Puerto Rico – Vanessa De Roide
Gala 10	Venezuela – Karol Scott

Live challenges Won	Contestant
Gala 05	Mexico – Fanny Vargas
Gala 06	Venezuela – Karol Scott  Mexico/ Iran – Setareh Khatibi
Galas 07	Venezuela – Karol Scott
Gala 08	Puerto Rico – Chanty Vargas
Gala 09	Mexico – Fanny Vargas
Gala 10	Puerto Rico – Vanessa De Roide  Venezuela – Karol Scott

Elimination table

Place	Country	Contestant	Week
			3/11 (Ep. 2)	3/18 (Ep. 3)	3/25 (Ep. 4)	4/1 (Ep. 5)	4/8 (Ep. 6)	4/15 (Ep. 7)	4/22 (Ep. 8)	4/29 (Ep. 9)	5/6 (Ep. 10)	5/13 (Semifinal)3		5/20 (Final)
1		Vanessa De Roide	GRP1		WIN	BTM3	SAFE	WIN	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	Winner
2		Setareh Khatibi	GRP1		SAFE	WIN	SAFE	BTM4	BTM3	BTM3	BTM3	SAFE	BTM2	1st runner-up
3		Karol Scott	GRP1		SAFE	BTM2	WIN	SAFE	BTM2	SAFE	WIN	BTM2	SAFE	2nd runner-up
4		Nataliz Jimenez	GRP1		WIN	WIN	WIN	BTM3	WIN	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	3rd runner-up
5		Fanny Vargas		GRP2	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	BTM4	BTM4	BTM2	SAFE	ELIM
6		Shalimar Rivera		GRP2	SAFE	SAFE	BTM2	SAFE	SAFE	BTM2	SAFE	ELIM
7		Ivana Rodriguez	GRP1		SAFE	WIN	SAFE	BTM2	SAFE	SAFE	ELIM
8		Chanty Vargas	GRP1		SAFE	SAFE	BTM4	SAFE	BTM4	ELIM
9		Naomi Marroquin	GRP1		SAFE	WIN	SAFE	SAFE	ELIM
10		Elizabeth Robaina	GRP1		SAFE	WIN	BTM3	ELIM
11		Tatiana Ares		GRP2	SAFE	SAFE	ELIM
12		Ligia De Uriarte		GRP2	WIN	ELIM

  The contestant was part of the semi-finalists from group 1.

  The contestant was part of the semi-finalists from group 2.

  The contestant won the week's reward challenge.

  The contestant was in the bottom three, but was saved by the other contestants.

  The contestant won the week's reward challenge and was in the bottom two.

  The contestant was eliminated.

  The contestant was in the bottom four.

  The contestant was in the bottom two.

  The contestant won the week's reward challenge and was eliminated.

  The contestant was a finalist, but did not win.

  The contestant was the runner-up.

  The contestant won Nuestra Belleza Latina 2012.

Countries Being Represented

CPW	Country	Position
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8 SF		9 Finale
YY	Puerto Rico	4th	1st	6th	1st	1st	4th	2nd	4th	2nd	Winner
YY	Mexico	5th	6th	2nd	2nd	2nd	1st	4th	2nd	4th	2nd
—	Venezuela	6th	5th	1st	4th	4th	2nd	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd
—	Dominican Republic	1st	2nd	3rd	5th	3rd	3rd	1st	1st	1st	4th
—	Guatemala	3rd	3rd	4th	3rd	5th
Y	Cuba	2nd	4th	5th	6th

• Eliminated
• First Place
• Winner
• Runner-Up
• Y: Countries Previously won

2012 auditions

Audition	Date
Miami	December 1, 2011
San Juan, Puerto Rico	December 7, 2011
Chicago	January 11, 2012
New York City	January 18, 2012
Fort Worth, Texas	January 22, 2012
Houston	January 25, 2012
Phoenix, Arizona	January 28, 2012
Los Angeles	January 31, 2012
Cabazon, California	February 1, 2012
Online Audition	Dec. 1, 2011 – Feb. 3, 2012

Online Castings

Rank	Contestant	Age	Country Representing
1	Anais Rios	24	Mexico
2	Angelica Cruz	23	Colombia
3	Angie Morales	23	Peru
4	Blanca Contreras	25	Mexico
5	Carolina Salazar	27	Mexico
6	Lucia Galeano	26	Paraguay
7	Ruth Feliciano	25	Puerto Rico
8	Olivia Mendoza	22	Mexico
9	Tatiana Romo	25	Mexico
10	Vanessa Alvares	20	Venezuela

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.

Rank	Contestant	Age	Country Representing
1	Vanessa Alvares	20	Venezuela
2	Lucia Galeano	26	Paraguay

Episodes

Episode 1

The 54 candidates traveling to Miami for a chance to enter the Mansion and win the crown are:

Rank	Contestant	Years	Country Representing	Auditions
1	Ixchel Cardenas		Mexico	California
2	Gretchen Serrao		Venezuela	California
3	Flerida Besso	22	Mexico	California
4	Geisy Hernadendez		Cuba	California
5	Karen Garrido	22	Mexico	California
6	Viviana Granillo		Mexico	California
7	Setareh Khatibi	25	Mexico/ Iran	California
8	Naomi Marroquin	21	Guatemala	California
9	Cindy Arevalo		El Salvador	California
10	Thalia Lara		Mexico	California
11	Chanty Vargas	24	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico
12	Vanessa De Roide	24	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico
13	Ashley Ruiz	23	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico
14	Dimmary Castro	26	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico
15	Ester Rivera	21	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico
16	Luz Diaz	23	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico
17	Juliana Rodriguez	25	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico
18	Nicole Marquez		Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico
19	Shalimar Rivera	26	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico
20	Tatiana Ares	22	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico
21	Yara Rivera	20	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico
22	Nayeli Valles		Mexico	Phoenix
23	Karla Marquez	26	Mexico	Phoenix
24	Ashley Garner	18	Mexico	Phoenix
25	Raquel Huerta		Mexico	Phoenix
26	Priscila González	23	Colombia	New York
27	Rosalinda Silver	27	Dominican Republic	New York
28	Stephanie Castellanos		Dominican Republic	New York
29	Nataliz Jiménez	22	Dominican Republic	New York
30	Karol Scott	24	Venezuela	New York
31	Laurem Payano		Dominican Republic	New York
32	Patricia Cardona	27	Colombia	Miami
33	Mayela Caldera	26	Venezuela	Miami
34	Lisbeth Cañizales	22	Cuba	Miami
35	Karina Encarnación	23	Dominican Republic	Miami
36	Yaritza Medina	26	Puerto Rico	Miami
37	Ivanna Rodriguez	20	Mexico	Miami
38	Ximena Castro		Peru	Miami
39	Saidee Collado		Cuba	Miami
40	Lidislay González		Cuba	Miami
41	Elizabeth Robaina	23	Cuba	Miami
42	Adrializ Gutiérrez	19	Cuba	Miami
43	Adriana Bermudez		Venezuela	Texas
44	Angelika Rodriguez		Puerto Rico	Texas
45	Fanny Vargas	24	Mexico	Texas
46	Ligia de Uriarte	20	Mexico	Texas
47	Cinthia Guerrero	19	Mexico	Texas
48	Sarahi Pineda	20	Mexico	Texas
49	Andrea Castañeda		Mexico	Texas
50	Ambar Garcia		Dominican Republic	Texas
51	Diana Rojas		Colombia	Texas
52	Alma Lopez		Mexico	Chicago
53	Yesenia Beltran		Puerto Rico	Chicago
54	Paola Rodriguez	21	Puerto Rico	Chicago
55	Ciara Jiménez		Venezuela	Chicago
56	Vanessa Alvares		Venezuela	Casting Virtual
57	Lucia Galeano		Paraguay	Casting Virtual

Color	Description
	Group 1
	Group 2

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

• Guest Artist: Chino y Nacho

Group 1:

Rank	Contestant	Years	Country Representing	Auditions
1	Flerida Besso	22	Mexico	California
2	Karen Garrido	22	Mexico	California
3	Setareh Khatibi	25	Mexico/ Iran	California
4	Naomi Marroquin	21	Guatemala	California
5	Chanty Vargas	24	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico
6	Vanessa De Roide	24	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico
7	Ashley Ruiz	23	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico
8	Dimmary Castro	26	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico
9	Ester Rivera	21	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico
10	Luz Diaz	23	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico
11	Juliana Rodriguez	25	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico
12	Yara Rivera	20	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico
13	Karla Marquez	26	Mexico	Phoenix
14	Ashley Garner	18	Mexico	Phoenix
15	Priscilla Gonzalez	23	Colombia	New York
16	Rosalinda Silver	27	Dominican Republic	New York
17	Nataliz Jiménez	22	Dominican Republic	New York
18	Karol Scott	24	Venezuela	New York
19	Patricia Cardona	27	Colombia	Miami
20	Mayela Caldera	26	Venezuela	Miami
21	Lisbeth Cañizales	22	Cuba	Miami
22	Karina Encarnacion	23	Dominican Republic	Miami
23	Yaritza Medina	26	Puerto Rico	Miami
24	Ivanna Rodriguez	20	Mexico	Miami
25	Elizabeth Robaina	23	Cuba	Miami
26	Cinthia Guerrero	19	Mexico	Texas
27	Sarani Pineda	20	Mexico	Texas
28	Paola Rodriguez	21	Puerto Rico	Chicago

12 Chosen:

#	Contestant	Age	Country of Origin	Audition Place
1	Vanessa De Roide	24	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico
2	Nataliz Jimenez	22	Dominican Republic	New York
3	Karol Scott	24	Venezuela	New York-
4	Flerida Besso	22	Mexico	California
5	Chanty Vargas	24	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico
6	Essined Aponte	20	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico
7	Patricia Cardona	27	Colombia	Miami
8	Elizabeth Robaina	23	Cuba	Miami
9	Ivanna Rodriguez	20	Mexico	Miami
10	Karla Marquez	26	Mexico	Phoenix
11	Setareh Khatibi	25	Mexico/ Iran	California
12	Naomi Marroquin	21	Guatemala	California

• Eliminated: Karen Garrido, Ashley Garner, Priscilla González, Mayela Caldera, Lisbeth Cañizales, Karina Encarnación, Yaritza Medina, Cinthia Guerrero, Sarani Pineda, Paola Rodríguez, Dimmary Castro, Ester Rivera, Luz Díaz, Juliana Rodríguez, Yara Rivera, and Rosalinda Silver.

Episode 3 {March 18, 2012} (Group 2, 28 participants, 12 selected)

• Guest Artist: Pepe Aguilar

Group 2:

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

12 Chosen:

Rank	Contestant	Country Representing	Auditions
1	Gretchen Serrao	Venezuela	California
2	Cindy Arevalo	El Salvador	California
3	Shalimar Rivera	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico
4	Tatiana Ares	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico
5	Stephanie Castellanos	Dominican Republic	New York
6	Ximena Castro	Peru/ Chile	Miami
7	Lidislay Gonzalez	Cuba	Miami
8	Adriana Bermudez	Venezuela	Texas
9	Angelika Rodriguez	Puerto Rico	Texas
10	Fanny Vargas	Mexico	Texas
11	Ligia de Uriarte	Mexico	Texas
12	Yesenia Beltran	Puerto Rico	Chicago

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.

• Guest Artist: Pablo Montero
• Challenge of the week: Posing as a 15-year-old teenager. The top 3 winners are...

Award	Contestant
Won the challenge of the week	Puerto Rico – Vanessa De Roide  Dominican Republic – Nataliz Jiménez  Mexico – Ligia de Uriarte

#	Contestant	Country of Origin	Audition Place
1	Patricia Cardona	Colombia	Miami
2	Elizabeth Robaina	Cuba	Miami
3	Lidislay Gonzalez	Cuba	Miami
4	Nataliz Jiménez	Dominican Republic	New York
5	Stephanie Castellanos	Dominican Republic	New York
6	Cindy Arevalo	El Salvador	California
7	Naomi Marroquín	Guatemala	California
8	Flerida Besso	Mexico	California
9	Ivanna Rodríguez	Mexico	Miami
10	Karla Marquez	Mexico	Phoenix
11	Setareh Khatibi	Mexico/ Iran	California
12	Essined Aponte	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico
13	Fanny Vargas	Mexico	Texas
14	Ligia de Uriarte	Mexico	Texas
15	Ximena Castro	Peru/ Chile	Miami
16	Tatiana Ares	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico
17	Vanessa De Roide	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico
18	Shalimar Rivera	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico
19	Chanty Vargas	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico
20	Angelika Rodriguez	Puerto Rico	Texas
21	Yesenia Beltran	Puerto Rico	Chicago
22	Adriana Bermudez	Venezuela	Texas
23	Gretchen Serrao	Venezuela	California
24	Karol Scott	Venezuela	New York

12 Chosen:

Rank	Contestant	Country Representing	Auditions
1	Nataliz Jiménez	Dominican Republic	New York
2	Elizabeth Robaina	Cuba	Miami
3	Naomi Marroquín	Guatemala	California
4	Shalimar Rivera	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico
5	Fanny Vargas	Mexico	Texas
6	Ivanna Rodríguez	Mexico	Miami
7	Chanty Vargas	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico
8	Ligia de Uriarte	Mexico	Texas
9	Vanessa De Roide	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico
10	Tatiana Ares	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico
11	Karol Scott	Venezuela	New York
12	Setareh Khatibi	Mexico/ Iran	California

• Eliminated: Patricia Cardona, Lidslay Gonzalez, Stephanie Castellanos, Cindy Arevalo, Flerida Besso, Karla Marqez, Essined Aponte, Ximena Castro, Angelika Rodriguez, Yesenia Beltran, Adriana Bermudez, and Gretchen Serrao.

Episode 5 {April 1, 2012} (Eliminations, Twelve candidates, only Eleven Remain)

• Guest Artist: Juan Magan
• Challenge of the week: the challenge of the week is divided into two groups and the strong winner roup...

Award	Contestant
Won the challenge of the week: Agility and Speed	Venezuela – Karol Scott  Dominican Republic – Nataliz Jiménez  Cuba – Elizabeth Robaina  Guatemala – Naomi Marroquín  Mexico/ Iran – Setareh Khatibi  Mexico – Ivanna Rodríguez
The winner of the live challenge: The Gateway of Tibet	Mexico – Fanny Vargas

Rank	Contestant	Country Representing	Punctuation of Live challenge
1	Nataliz Jiménez	Dominican Republic	21 Points
2	Elizabeth Robaina	Cuba	17 Points
3	Naomi Marroquín	Guatemala	12 Points
4	Shalimar Rivera	Puerto Rico	20 Points
5	Fanny Vargas	Mexico	27 Points
6	Ivanna Rodríguez	Mexico	22 Points
7	Chanty Vargas	Puerto Rico	19 Points
8	Ligia de Uriarte	Mexico	18 Points
9	Vanessa De Roide	Puerto Rico	07 Points
10	Tatiana Ares	Puerto Rico	23 Points
11	Karol Scott	Venezuela	18 Points
12	Setareh Khatibi	Mexico/ Iran	20 Points

• Live challenge: the gateway of Tibet: consisted of the candidates modeling and walking on a runway showing beauty and poise. The best in this challenge was Fanny Vargas the three candidates who did worse in this competition was Vanessa de Roide, Naomi Marroquín, and Elizabeth Robaina.
• all three were threatened ...

Rank	Contestant	Country Representing	state by the public	status of the girls	state by the jury
#1	Ligia de Uriarte	Mexico	threatened	—	removed
#2	Vanessa de Roide	Puerto Rico	safe	safe	—
#3	Karol Scott	Venezuela	safe	threatened	safe

• Elimination: Host Giselle Blondet revealed the name of the three girls who were threatened and they were: Ligia de Uriarte from Mexico, Vanessa de Roide of Puerto Rico and Venezuelan Karol Scott.... Giselle then revealed that Ligia de Uriarte of Mexico had the lowest number of votes from the public. Vanessa de Roide of Puerto Rico and Venezuelan Karol Scott received votes from the other girls in the competition to see who would go up to see the judges. They decided to threaten Karol Scott, Karol and Ligia went to the judges and the judges decided to save Karol. Ligia was eliminated from the competition getting 12th place.
• Eliminated:  Mexico - Ligia de Uriarte

Episode 6 {April 8, 2012} (Eliminations: eleven candidates only ten remain in the mansion of beauty)

• Guest Artist: Prince Royce
• Challenge of the week: The challenge was that the candidate with the highest physical strength and Agility in soccer would win $10,000 and the winner was: ...

Award	Contestant
Won the challenge of the week: soccer competition	Venezuela – Karol Scott
The winner of the live challenge: Flying Beauties	Venezuela – Karol Scott  Mexico/ Iran – Setareh Khatibi

Rank	Contestant	Country Representing	Gender	Punctuation of Live challenge
1	Nataliz Jiménez	Dominican Republic	Tango	21 Points
2	Elizabeth Robaina	Cuba	Rock	16 Points
3	Naomi Marroquín	Guatemala	Geisha & Ninja	17 Points
4	Shalimar Rivera	Puerto Rico	Caribbean Music	14 Points
5	Fanny Vargas	Mexico	Black Swan	24 Points
6	Ivanna Rodríguez	Mexico	Witch	17 Points
7	Chanty Vargas	Puerto Rico	Catwoman	20 Points
8	Vanessa de Roide	Puerto Rico	Bell	21 Points
9	Tatiana Ares	Puerto Rico	Cabernicola	13 Points
10	Karol Scott	Venezuela	Arabic Music	25 Points
11	Setareh Khatibi	Mexico/ Iran	Clown	25 Points

• Live challenge:Flying beauties: the challenge is that the candidates should this tied to a cable that fly in the air formaque realizadon different activities in the air of different musical genres.
• all three were threatened ...

Rank	Contestant	Country Representy	state by the public	status of the girls	state by the jury
#1	Tatiana Ares	Puerto Rico	threatened	—	Removed
#2	Elizabeth Robaina	Cuba	safe	safe	—
#3	Shalimar Rivera	Puerto Rico	safe	threatened	safe

• Elimination: Giselle Blondet reported early on which girls were the three threatened with the lowest percentage of votes from the public and they were: Chanty Vargas, Tatiana Ares, and Elizabeth Robaina. To avoid elimination these three girls had to receive high scores in the live challenge. Finally the three girls with the lowest scores between the live challenge and the votes of the audience were: Shalimar Rivera, Tatiana Ares, and Elizabeth Robaina. Later Tatiana received the news that she had the lowest audience votes and was threatened. Shalimar and Elizabeth received votes from the other girls and they saved Elizabeth. Tatiana Ares and Shalimar Rivera both from Puerto Rico faced the judges and since there was a tie, the decision to save one of them was in the hands of Julian Gil. In the end Julian saved Shalimar. Tatiana Ares was eliminated and received 11th place.
• Eliminated:  Puerto Rico – Tatiana ares

Episode 7 {April 15, 2012} (Eliminations, only ten of eleven candidates in the competition continue our latin beauty)

• Guest Artist: Gloria Trevi
• Challenge of the week:

Award	Contestant
Won the challenge of the week: People en Español	Puerto Rico – Vanessa De Roide
The winner of the live challenge: Mermaids	Venezuela – Karol Scott

Rank	Contestant	Country Representing	Punctuation of Live challenge
1	Nataliz Jiménez	Dominican Republic	08 Points
2	Elizabeth Robaina	Cuba	14 Points
3	Naomi Marroquín	Guatemala	11 Points
4	Shalimar Rivera	Puerto Rico	19 Points
5	Fanny Vargas	Mexico	20 Points
6	Ivanna Rodríguez	Mexico	13 Points
7	Chanty Vargas	Puerto Rico	17 Points
8	Vanessa De Roide	Puerto Rico	21 Points
09	Karol Scott	Venezuela	28 Points
10	Setareh Khatibi	Mexico	23 Points

• Live challenge:
• all three were threatened ...

Rank	Contestant	Country Representy	state by the public	status of the girls	state by the jury
#1	Elizabeth Robaina	Cuba	threatened	—	removed
#2	Ivanna Rodriguez	Mexico	safe	threatened	safe
#3	Nataliz Jimenez	Dominican Republic	safe	safe	—

• Eliminated:  Cuba – Elizabeth Robaina

Episode 8 {April 22, 2012} (Eliminations: eight of nine candidates in the competition continue our latin beauty)

• Challenge of the week:

Award	Contestant
Won the challenge of the week: Carrera NASCAR	Dominican Republic – Nataliz Jimenez
The winner of the live challenge: Reporters in Danger	Puerto Rico – Chanty Vargas

Rank	Contestant	Country Representing	Punctuation of Live challenge
1	Nataliz Jiménez	Dominican Republic	23 points
2	Naomi Marroquín	Guatemala	04 points
3	Shalimar Rivera	Puerto Rico	16 points
4	Fanny Vargas	Mexico	16 points
5	Ivanna Rodríguez	Mexico	15 points
6	Chanty Vargas	Puerto Rico	25 points
7	Vanessa De Roide	Puerto Rico	19 points
8	Karol Scott	Venezuela	12 points
9	Setareh Khatibi	Mexico	06 points

• Live challenge:
• all three were threatened ...

Rank	Contestant	Country Representy	state by the public	status of the girls	state by the jury
#1	Karol Scott	Venezuela	threatened	—	safe
#2	Naomi Marroquín	Guatemala	safe	threatened	removed
#3	Setareh Khatibi	Mexico/ Iran	safe	safe	—

• Eliminated:  Guatemala – Naomi Marroquín

Episode 9 {April 29, 2012} (Eliminations: eight candidates, only seven in the competition continue our latin beauty)

• Guest Artist:
• Challenge of the week:

Award	Contestant
Won the challenge of the week: Maybeline New York	Puerto Rico – Chanty Vargas
The winner of the live challenge: Beauties in Novelas	Mexico – Fanny Vargas

Rank	Contestant	Country Representing	Punctuation of Live challenge
1	Nataliz Jiménez	Dominican Republic	25 points
2	Shalimar Rivera	Puerto Rico	16 points
3	Fanny Vargas	Mexico	30 points
4	Ivanna Rodríguez	Mexico	15 points
5	Chanty Vargas	Puerto Rico	19 points
6	Vanessa de Roide	Puerto Rico	23 points
7	Karol Scott	Venezuela	09 points
8	Setareh Khatibi	Mexico	12 points

• Live challenge:
• all three were threatened ...

Rank	Contestant	Country Representy	state by the public	status of the girls	state by the jury
#1	Chanty Vargas	Puerto Rico	threatened	—	removed
#2	Shalimar Rivera	Puerto Rico	safe	threatened	safe
#3	Setareh Khatibi	Mexico/ Iran	Safe	Safe	—

• Eliminated:  Puerto Rico - Chanty Vargas

Episode 10 {May 06, 2012} (Eliminations: seven candidates remain only six in the competition continue our latin beauty)

• Guest Artist:
• Challenge of the week:

Award	Contestant
Won the challenge of the week: Colgate	Venezuela – Karol Scott
The winner of the live challenge: Beauties in the Dark	Venezuela – Karol Scott  Puerto Rico – Venessa De Roide

Rank	Contestant	Country Representing	Punctuation of Live challenge
1	Nataliz Jiménez	Dominican Republic	22 points
2	Shalimar Rivera	Puerto Rico	24 points
3	Fanny Vargas	Mexico	19 points
4	Ivanna Rodríguez	Mexico	16 points
5	Vanessa De Roide	Puerto Rico	27 points
6	Karol Scott	Venezuela	27 points
7	Setareh Khatibi	Mexico/ Iran	25 points

• Live challenge:
• all three were threatened ...

Rank	Contestant	Country Representy	state by the public	status of the girls	state by the jury
#1	Fanny Vargas	Mexico	threatened	—	safe
#2	Ivanna Rodriguez	Mexico	safe	threatened	removed
#3	Setareh Kathibi	Mexico	safe	safe	—

• Eliminated:  Mexico – Ivanna Rodriguez

Episode 11 {May 13, 2012} (Eliminations: Semifinal )

Award	Contestant
Won the challenge of the week:	Puerto Rico – Shalimar Rivera

Rank	Contestant	Country Representing	State
1	Nataliz Jiménez	Dominican Republic	Safe
2	Shalimar Rivera	Puerto Rico	Eliminated
3	Fanny Vargas	Mexico	Eliminated
4	Vanessa De Roide	Puerto Rico	safe
5	Karol Scott	Venezuela	Safe
6	Setareh Khatibi	Mexico	Safe

both are threatened by the public .....

Rank	Contestant	Country Representy	State
#1	Shalimar Rivera	Puerto Rico	Removed
#2	Karol Scott	Venezuela	Safe

both are threatened by the jury .....

Rank	Contestant	Country Represented	State
#1	Setareh Khatibi	Mexico	Safe
#2	Fanny Vargas	Mexico	Removed

• Eliminated:
•  Puerto Rico – Shalimar Rivera
•  Mexico – Fanny Vargas

Episode 12 {May 20, 2012} (The Finale: Nuestra Belleza Latina 2012 is crowned)

• Guest Artists: Juanes and David Bisbal
• Guest Actor: Gabriel Soto

Rank	Contestant	Country Represented	Final Results
1	Vanessa de Roide	Puerto Rico	Winner
2	Setareh Khatibi	Mexico	2nd place
3	Karol Scott	Venezuela	3rd place
4	Nataliz Jiménez	Dominican Republic	4th place

• Eliminated:
•  Dominican Republic – Nataliz Jiménez
•  Venezuela – Karol Scott
•  Mexico – Setareh Kahtibi

Final Catwalk Order

Voting Phone Numbers and Final Catwalk Order

Order	Episodes
	Top 24	Final 12	1	2	3	4	5	6	7 (Semi-Final)		8 (Finale)
1	Vanessa	Nataliz	Tatiana	Karol	Shalimar	Shalimar	Vanessa	Setareh	Nataliz	Nataliz	Vanessa
2	Nataliz	Elizabeth	Setareh	Ivanna	Fanny	Fanny	Fanny	Nataliz	Fanny	Vanessa	Setareh
3	Karol	Naomi	Nataliz	Chanty	Vanessa	Nataliz	Karol	Shalimar	Setareh	Karol	Karol
4	Flerida	Shalimar	Fanny	Setareh	Naomi	Setareh	Ivanna	Fanny	Vanessa	Setareh	Nataliz
5	Chanty	Fanny	Chanty	Vanessa	Karol	Chanty	Nataliz	Vanessa	Karol	Fanny
6	Patricia	Ivanna	Naomi	Fanny	Chanty	Ivanna	Setareh	Karol	Shalimar
7	Essined	Chanty	Elizabeth	Nataliz	Setareh	Vanessa	Shalimar	Ivanna
8	Elizabeth	Ligia	Vanessa	Naomi	Nataliz	Karol	Chanty
9	Naomi	Vanessa	Ivanna	Elizabeth	Ivanna	Naomi
10	Ivanna	Tatiana	Shalimar	Shalimar	Elizabeth
11	Karla	Karol	Karol	Tatiana
12	Setareh	Setareh	Ligia
13	Tatiana	Yesenia
14	Lidislay	Lidislay
15	Ligia	Patricia
16	Adriana	Cyndy
17	Shalimar	Flerida
18	Ximena	Stephanie
19	Cyndy	Essined
20	Yesenia	Angelika
21	Gretchen	Karla
22	Stephanie	Ximena
23	Angelika	Adriana
24	Fanny	Gretchen

Color	Description	Used
	The contestant won the competition	Top 2
	The contestant became runner-up	Top 2
	The contestant was saved by the public vote	Week 7
	The contestant was saved by the judges	Week 1-Week 7
	The contestant was saved by fellow contestants	Week 1-Week 6
	The contestant was in the bottom 4	Week 2-Week 5
	The contestant was eliminated	Week 1
	The contestant quit the competition	Final 12
	The contestant was in the Top 12 of Group 1	Top 24
	The contestant was in the Top 12 of Group 2	Top 24

Order of elimination

Rank	Contestant	Country Represented	Results
			Gala 01	Gala 02	Gala 03	Gala 04	Gala 05	Gala 06	Gala 07		Gala 08
1	Vanessa	Puerto Rico	08 points2	21 points	21 points	19 points	23 points	27 points	Safe	2nd	Winner
2	Setareh	México	20 points	25 points	23 points1	06 points2	12 points2	25 points	Safe	Risk	1st Runner-up
3	Karol	Venezuela	18 points	25 points	28 points	12 points	09 points	27 points	Risk	3rd	2nd Runner-up
4	Nataliz	Dominican Republic	21 points	21 points	08 points2	23 points	25 points	22 points	Safe	1st	3rd Runner-up
5	Fanny	México	27 points	24 points	20 points	16 points1	30 points1	19 points	Safe	5th place3
6	Shalimar	Puerto Rico	20 points	14 points2	19 points	16 points	16 points	24 points	6th place3
7	Ivanna	México	22 points	17 points	13 points	15 points	15 points	16 points
8	Chanty	Puerto Rico	19 points	20 points1	17 points	25 points1	19 points
9	Naomi	Guatemala	12 points	17 points	11 points	04 points2
10	Elizabeth	Cuba	17 points	16 points	14 points
11	Tatiana	Puerto Rico	23 points	13 points
12	Ligia	México	18 points

Notes

¹ – This contestant was initially going to be in danger of elimination, but the results of the live challenge saved her from elimination.

² – This contestant was initially safe from elimination, but the results of the live challenge caused her to be in danger of elimination.

³ – During gala 07, there was no live challenge, and only the two girls in danger faced the risk of elimination. The rest of the contestants were put through simultaneously during the first elimination, and individually during the second elimination.

• Each judge may give the contestant a score that ranges from 1-10. There are three judges, meaning that the greatest possible score is 30 points.
• Elimination and weekly ranks are determined by the public vote. The three contestants with the fewest votes from the public each week, are within danger of elimination. Contestants may escape the danger zone if they receive a high score from the judges for their performance at the live challenge, and if their added scores are high enough. In contrast, contestants that were initially safe, may have to face the risk of elimination if they receive a low score from the judges, and fall below the line of safety.

Groups

Color	Description
	This contestant belongs to Lupita's group.
	This contestant belongs to Julian's group.
	This contestant belongs to Osmel's group.

Results

Color	Description
	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

Contestant Notes

•  PUR Vanessa De Roide represented Carolina at Miss Puerto Rico 2012, and finished as 1st Runner-Up. She also represented Puerto Rico in Miss Earth 2005 and finished in the Top 8.
•  PUR Chanty Vargas represented Puerto Rico at Miss Intercontinental 2011. She had also made it to the top 20 in Nuestra Belleza Latina 2010
•  MEX Setareh Khatibi represented Newhall at Miss California USA 2012 and won the Best Swimsuit Award. She would later compete in Nuestra Belleza Latina 2016 where she once again placed 1st Runner-Up.
•  MEX Fanny Vargas had a supporting role as Marissa in the 2012 film, Sweetwater.
•  MEX Ivanna Rodríguez competed in Nuestra Belleza Nuevo León 2010 where she finished as 1st Runner-up.
•  CUB Elizabeth Robaina won Miss Latina US 2010 and later represented USA at the Miss Latin America 2010 where she finished as 4th runner up. She also represented Cuba at Miss International 2011.

Winners

Preceded by Nastassja Bolivar	Nuestra Belleza Latina 2012 Vanessa De Roide	Succeeded by Marisela Demontecristo

References

1. "Univision | Shows, Entretenimiento, Noticias, Deportes y Novelas".
2. Univision’s Hit Reality Beauty Competition “Nuestra Belleza Latina” Returns For a 6th Season
3. Univision’s Hit Reality Beauty Competition To Kick Off Nationwide Auditions For The Sixth Season Of “Nuestra Belleza Latina”

External links

• Official website at Univision.com
• Nuestra Belleza Latina at Mi Pagina
• Nuestra Belleza Latina at IMDb