Mexicana Universal 2018 (Miss Universe Mexico 2018) came to end yesterday with a grand ceremony that saw the crowning of Mexicana Universal 2018 Andrea Toscano. She succeeded Mexicana Universal 2017 Denisse Iridane Franco Piña and will now represent Mexico at the Miss Universe 2018 pageant where MissUniverse 2017 Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters will crown her successor.
Andrea Toscano is from the state of Colima and is the first Mexicana Universal winner crowned from the the state. She was also the youngest competitor for at the Mexicana Universal 2018 competition.
Photo Credit: Mexicana Universal Colima Facebook
In the final gala of Mexicana Universal 2018, the first national reality show that chooses a beauty queen, there were six national finalists.
Aranza Molina, the representative of Tabasco, took the second place; Maryely Leal, from Sinaloa, the third; Lupita Valero, from Guerrero, the fourth, while Jalisco, through Nebai Torres, was the fifth place, and the sixth went to Karely Sandoval, from Zacatecas.
The Mexicana Universal contest is directed by Lupita Jones, the first Mexican to be crowned as Miss Universe.
Prior to the grand final, Lupita Jones stressed that the six finalists are full of qualities, with strength and temperance, as well as beautiful.
In an interview, the general director of the contest He said that the public was a key part, in addition to the jury, in the selection of the finalists.
"The public was a relevant part of this result in social networks and I was happy to embrace any of them by winning the scepter and crown," he said in the talk.
Photo Credit: Andrea Toscano Instagram
Now Andrea Toscano will receive a personalized training course for Miss Universe.
"The fundamental thing will be an extensive course in English, verbal expression and communication. Of the beauty there is no worry because the six have it, the focus is on the language and the arduous task of communication as essential tools to stand on the international stage, "he said.
Jones has a positive balance of the reality, in which the challenges imposed on the participants "were formative, to refine their personality, security and confidence. They never imagined being able to do them, which led them to be brave, tenacious and forward. "
He also noted that each of the participants had a story before arriving at Mexicana Universal. Then their experiences, placed them as enterprising women, fighters who do not overcome by any little problem and always with that spirit of reaching their goal, because they do not have a perfect life and that is not why they will stop fighting and striving. "