Nuestra Belleza Latina

- Season 3

(2009)

The best of the auditions held in Los Angeles, Chicago, New York and Miami.

The 75 selected contestants arrive to Miami. 20 of them receive an envelope the very first day. 10 of them are eliminated.

The Choreography, Diction and Runway coaches cut 15 more girls from the group. The remaining 50 girls have to show their best talent onstage. After the performance, the show judges eliminate another 10 contestants.

The 41 remaining girls are divided in groups to perform onstage. Four groups have musical numbers and the other four acting scenes. At the end of the show, the judges eliminate 20 girls.

The mole is revealed and the 20 remaining girls face the judges one more time to receive their final evaluation. 12 of them are named finalists and go to the next stage of the show. The rest of the girls are eliminated.

The 12 finalists move to the mansion, where they start training while they are tested every day. The first challenge of the season is a no-make up photo-shoot. The winner will appear in People En Español magazine (as part of the 50 most beautiful edition).

The 11 remaining girls have to endure the hardest challenge of the season, reporting on location while a Hurricane hits the city with winds up to 100 miles per hour.

The 10 remaining girls have to compete in a challenging rope course, where they have to be the fastest and the smartest in order to win.

The 9 remaining girls face another breathtaking challenge. They have to pose for a print ad with a live tarantula walking over their shoulders, hands and face.

The 8 remaining girls are paired to do a sequenced telenovela scene, live onstage. The three girls in danger of elimination answer questions while connected at a lie detector machine.

The 7 remaining girls face the judges to hear them read the crudest critiques the audience posted online. They are challenge to respond to those critics -live- as if they were part of an interview.

The 6 finalists chosen by the popular vote hit the runway for the last time. The one with the most votes is crowned "Miss Nuestra Belleza Latina 2009"