Jimena Navarrete profile | |||||||||||||||||||
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On August 23, 2010, Navarrete was named Miss Universe 2010, making her the second Mexican delegate to win the title, after Lupita Jones in 1991. Coincidentally, both were crowned in Las Vegas, Nevada. | |||||||||||||||||||
Born and raised in Guadalajara, Navarrete studied nutrition prior to her participation in beauty pageants. She was crowned Nuestra Belleza Jalisco on July 16, 2009 in her hometown, and subsequently. she win the national title of Nuestra Belleza México as well, besting thirty-three other contestants during the16th publication of that event, held September 20, 2009 in Mérida, Yucatán.[4] That night, Navarrete became the second successive winner from Jalisco, following Karla Carrillo, the outgoing title holder and a close friend who encouraged her to take part in the pageant. |