Nuestra Belleza Latina 2008

Nuestra Belleza Latina 2008
Format	Reality Game Show
Starring	Giselle Blondet
Judges	Osmel Sousa Lupita Jones Julian Gil
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	13
Production
Running time	60 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	Univision
Original run	February 29, 2008 – May 23, 2008
Chronology
Preceded by	Nuestra Belleza Latina 2007
Followed by	Nuestra Belleza Latina 2009
External links
Nuestra Belleza Latina - Official Page Website

Nuestra Belleza Latina 2008 was the Second season of Nuestra Belleza Latina. The second season of Nuestra Belleza Latina (Our Latin Beauty) premiered on February 2008. Auditions were once again held in five major US cities (Los Angeles, California; Houston, Texas; Miami, Florida; Chicago, Illinois; and New York City, New York) and in San Juan, Puerto Rico. During the audition process, 75 young women were given passes to the semi-finals in Miami, Florida. The elimination process was quick, with 15 women leaving the first week, 40 on the second week, and finally, on March 28, 2008, 8 women were eliminated leaving the 12 finalists who will be moving into a Miami mansion were they will be living together for the rest of the competition. Each week, viewers will have a chance to vote for their favorite finalists. The three women with the least number of votes will then be in danger of being eliminated. However, two of the women in the bottom three will have the chance of being saved, one by her fellow finalists, and the other by the judges.

Melissa Marty, a contestant representing Puerto Rico, won the competition.

Changes

There were some major changes to this Season, two of the judging panel, Carlos Calderon and Alicia Machado left the show. The replacement were, Beauty queen and Model Lupita Jones and Model/Actor Julian Gil. Osmel Sousa was still the main Judge, and was tougher when he chose the girls in the Auditions. Alejandra Espinoza became a correspondent in the show, she went backstage and had a one-on-one with the girls. The show was moved from Tuesday night to Fridays at 10pm/9c.

Judges

• Osmel Sousa
• Lupita Jones
• Julian Gil

Elimination chart

Contestants Chart

Top 12

Winner

1st Runner Up

Safe

Bottom 3

Bottom 2

Eliminated

Stage:		Finals						Finale
Week:		4/4	4/11	4/18	4/25	5/2	5/9	5/16
Place	Contestant	Result
1	Melissa Marty			Bottom 2				Winner
2	Emeraude Toubía							1st Runner Up
3	Dayami Padron		Bottom 3		Bottom 2	Bottom 2		2nd Runner Up
4	Zoila Ceballos							3rd Runner Up
5	Leticia Castro						Bottom 2	4th Runner Up
6	Manuela Arbeláez		Bottom 2	Bottom 3	Bottom 3	Bottom 3	Bottom 3	5th Runner Up
7	Natalia Rivera						Elim
8	Genesis Seguias	Bottom 2				Elim
9	Aideliz Hidalgo				Elim
10	Dayanira Varela	Bottom 3		Elim
11	Leana Astorga		Elim
12	Jannet Manzanarez	Elim

Countries Being Represented

CPW	Country	Position							Year Previously Won
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Y	Puerto Rico	2nd	5th	1st	6th	2nd	5th	Winner	2008
Y	Mexico	7th	2nd	6th	1st	1st	1st	2nd	2007
—	Cuba	3rd	1st	4th	5th	5th	4th	3rd	None
—	Rep. Dominicana	1st	3rd	3rd	2nd	3rd	2nd	4th	None
—	Colombia	6th	6th	5th	4th	4rd	3rd	5th	None
—	Venezuela	5th	4th	2nd	3rd	6th			None
—	Nicaragua	4th	7th						None

• Eliminated
• First Place
• CPW: Countries Previously won
• Y: Countries Previously won

Contestants

Nuestra Belleza Latina 2008
Season 2
Broadcast from	February 29, 2008–May 16, 2008
Winner: Melissa Marty
Melissa Marty
Origin	Mayaguez, Puerto Rico
Runner-up
Emeraude Toubía
Chronology
◄ 2008 ►

Contestants

Rank	Contestant	Country Representing
Winner	Melissa Marty	Puerto Rico
2nd Place	Emeraude Toubía	Mexico
3rd Place	Dayami Padron	Cuba
4th Place	Zoila Ceballos	Dominican Republic
5th Place	Leticia Castro	Mexico
6th Place	Manuela Arbeláez	Colombia
7th Place	Natalia Rivera	Puerto Rico
8th Place	Genesis Seguias	Venezuela
9th Place	Aideliz Hidalgo	Puerto Rico
10th Place	Dayanira Varela	Mexico
11th Place	Leana Astorga	Nicaragua
12th Place	Jannet Manzanarez	Mexico

Episodes

Season 2, Episode 1: Castings LA, Miami & Houston

The best of the auditions held in Los Angeles, Miami and Houston. Original Air Date—29 February 2008

The Guest Judges were:

Judge	Audition Place
Carmen Jara	Los Angeles
Lupita Jones	Miami
Raul Brindis	Houston

The following contestants were chosen:

Contestant	Audition Place
Dayami Padron	Miami
Genesis Seguias	Miami
Emeraude Toubía	Los Angeles
Leticia Castro	Los Angeles

Season 2, Episode 2: Castings NY, Chicago and Puerto Rico

The best of season 2 auditions held in New York, Chicago and Puerto Rico. Original Air Date—7 March 2008

The Guest Judges were:

Judge	Audition Place
Lupita Jones	Chicago
Julian Gil	Puerto Rico
Cynthia Olavarria	Puerto Rico
Kika Rocca	New York

The following contestants were chosen:

Contestant	Audition Place
Melissa Party	Puerto Rico
Natalia Rivera	Puerto Rico
Zoila Ceballos	New York
Dayanara Varela	New York
Manuela Arbeláez	New York
Leana Astorga	Chicago
Janet Manzanarez	Chicago

Season 2, Episode 3: Second Round in Miami

Original Air Date—14 March 2008 The 75 selected girls go to Miami. They receive classes and hit the runway for the first time. The judges eliminate 15 of them.

Season 2, Episode 4: Weather Prompter

Original Air Date—21 March 2008 The third round of eliminations. The 60 remaining girs face a new challenge: they have to be the "weather girl". Just 20 of them make the cut.

Season 2, Episode 5: Talent Showcase

Original Air Date—28 March 2008 All the selected girls go to Miami. The judges evaluate them on stage and pick The 20 semi-finalists have a talent to show onstage, but only the 12 of them named as finalists have the change to perform in front of a live audience. At then end, the people at home gets to vote for the first time.

The Final 12 are Chosen:

Contestant	Country Representing
Melissa Marty	Puerto Rico
Emeraude Toubía	Mexico
Dayami Padron	Cuba
Zoila Ceballos	Republica Dominicana
Leticia Castro	Mexico
Manuela Arbeláez	Colombia
Natalia Rivera	Puerto Rico
Genesis Seguias	Venezuela
Aideliz Hidalgo	Puerto Rico
Dayanira Varela	Mexico
Leana Astroga	Nicaragua
Jannet Manzanarez	Mexico

Season 2, Episode 6: Extreme Runway

Original Air Date—4 April 2008 The 12 finalists move to the "Mansion of the Beauty" where they start their physical training. They also have to face their first challenge: walk through a 10-inches-wide runway, wearing a tight dress, over a pool. At the end of the show, Jannete Manzanares is eliminated.

Season 2, Episode 7: Mr. Frog's Soap Opera

Original Air Date—11 April 2008 The 11 remaining girls have to face the challenge of the week: after receiving an acting class from a soap opera star, they play a princess role in a fairy tale scene, where towards the end they must kiss a frog. At the end of the show, Leana Astorga is eliminated.

Season 2, Episode 8: Sabado gigante model

Original Air Date—18 April 2008 The 10 remaining girls visit the studio of one of the longest running variety shows on television, "Sabado Gigante". Their challenge is to act as models, saying the lines of an imaginary cereal's ad. At the end of the show, Dayanira Varela is eliminated.

Season 2, Episode 9: Underwater Photoshoot

Original Air Date—25 April 2008 The 9 remaining finalists face the challenge of the week: Doing an underwater photo shoot with stars' photographer Raul Higuera, in the house pool, holding their breath. The winner gets to meet Colombian singer Juanes at one of his concerts. At the end of the show, Aideliz Hidalgo is eliminated.

Season 2, Episode 10: Shampoo Audition

Original Air Date—2 May 2008 The 8 remaining finalists receive the visit of singer-songwriter Jeremias at the house. The challenge of the week is an audition for a shampoo TV ad in front of real clients. Genesis Seguias, the winner, receives $10,000 in cash but, at the end of the show, she is eliminated based on the audience votes.

Season 2, Episode 11: Memory Game

Original Air Date—9 May 2008 The 7 remaining girls go to a department store where they take a look at a mannequin for 10 seconds and have to mimic its clothes in less than 10 minutes. Later, live on the show, they have to model their outfits with style. Melissa Marty is the winner of the $10,000 cash prize. At the end of the show, Natalia Rivera is eliminated.

Season 2, Episode 12: The Big Finale 2008

Original Air Date—16 May 2008 The results show. For the second year, the people have voted for their favorite. The 6 remaining contestants receive a final evaluation by the judges before they get to know their position. At the end of the show, Melissa Marty is crowned as "Nuestra Belleza Latina 2008".

Winner:Melissa Marty

Season 2, Episode 13: El destape 2008

Original Air Date—25 May 2008 The best of this year's series. Deleted and extended scenes, backstage cameras, behind the scenes footage, interviews with the six finalists, the judges and the coaches.

Orden de llamados

Llamados de Giselle

Order	Episodes
	Top 12	1	2	3	4	5	6	7 (Finale)				Top 2
1	Melissa	Emeraude	Dayami	Melissa	Melissa	Emeraude	Emeraude	Melissa	Emeraude	Emeraude	Emeraude	Melissa
2	Emeraude	Zoila	Emeraude	Emeraude	Emeraude	Natalia	Melissa	Emeraude	Zoila	Dayami	Melissa	Emeraude
3	Dayami	Natalia	Melissa	Natalia	Natalia	Leticia	Zoila	Leticia	Melissa	Melissa	Dayami
4	Zoila	Melissa	Zoila	Genesis	Zoila	Melissa	Manuela	Zoila	Dayami	Zoila
5	Leticia	Dayami	Natalia	Zoila	Leticia	Zoila	Leticia	Dayami	Leticia
6	Manuela	Dayanira	Genesis	Aideliz	Genesis	Manuela	Dayami	Manuela
7	Natalia	Leana	Leticia	Melissa	Manuela	Dayami	Natalia
8	Genesis	Aideliz	Aideliz	Dayami	Dayami	Genesis
9	Aideliz	Genesis	Dayanira	Manuela	Aideliz
10	Dayanira	Leticia	Manuela	Dayanira
11	Leana	Manuela	Leana
12	Janet	Janet

     The contestant won the challenge of the week

     The contestant was eliminated

     The contestant won the challenge of the week, but was eliminated

     The contestant became the runner-up

     The contestant won the competition

Contestants notes

• Melissa Marty competed in Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2008 where she landed a position in the Top 13.

• Aideliz Hidalgo competed in Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2010, where she placed as 2nd Runner-up. She former Miss Puerto Rico International 2010 and semifinalist in Miss International 2010.

• Natalia Rivera competed in Miss Puerto Rico Teen 2006, where she won the title.

• Dayanira Varela competed in Nuestra Belleza México 2006 representing Zacatecas.

• Zoila Ceballos competed in Protagonistas First Season but was voted off in top 36.

External links

• Nuestra Belleza Latina - Official Page (Spanish)

References

• Nuestra Belleza Latina at Univision.com (Spanish)
• Nuestra Belleza Latina at the Internet Movie Database
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• [www.hispanictips.com/.../univision-announces-finalists-nuestra-belleza-latina- competition/]

Winners

Preceded by Alejandra Espinoza

Nuestra Belleza Latina 2008 Melissa Marty

Succeeded by Greydis Gil