Lupita Jones

María Guadalupe "Lupita" Jones Garay (; born 6 September 1967) is a Mexican producer, actress and beauty pageant titleholder. She was crowned Miss Universe 1991.

Education Before becoming Miss Universe 1991, Jones received a degree in business administration and did postgraduate studies in industrial administration at the Centro de Enseñanza Técnica y Superior in Mexicali, Baja California.

Pageantry

Señorita Mexico In September 1990, Jones won the title of Señorita México representing the state of Baja California.

Miss Universe On 17 May 1991, Jones competed against 72 contestants for the title of Miss Universe 1991 at Las Vegas, Nevada representing Mexico. She advanced to the semifinals of the event as first place.

Jones was the only contestant with an average score above 9. During the final stage, Jones won every single round of competition: swimsuit, interview, and evening gown. She dominated the next two rounds of competition (the Top 6 judges' questions and the Top 3 final questions) and won the crown, the prizes, and the Miss Universe title for her country.

Television producer After ending her reign in 1992, she started the company Promocertamen in 1994 with Televisa to produce Nuestra Belleza México, Mexico's official pageant responsible for choosing Mexico's delegates for Miss Universe, Miss World and Miss International. This new pageant was created when Señorita México was moved to another TV network, TV Azteca.

In 1997, she attempted to launch the first male-only beauty contest, El Modelo México, but the show got little attention from the public.

In 2015, in response to negative comments on Mexicans by Donald Trump, part-owner of the Miss Universe organization, as head of Nuestra Belleza México, Jones endorsed withdrawal of the 2015 contestant from Mexico and urged a boycott of products associated with the 2015 pageant.

Humanitarian causes In 1999, Lupita Jones decided that the contest would support an important program for ill-treated girls in the country through the Integral Family Development project.

In 2000, Jones accepted an appointment as UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador and Face to Face Campaign Spokesperson for Mexico. coming in third place with 13% behind Jorge Hank Rhon of the Encuentro Solidario Party, with 28%, and the winner Marina del Pilar Ávila Olmeda, of the Juntos Hacemos Historia coalition, who won 45% of the votes. Regarding the results, Jones said that she was typecast as a beauty queen and that she was not allowed to prove that she could work in another area.

Filmography Telenovelas

Reality TV

Books