Last year, Mexico made the trending news in the world of pageantry when it announced its withdrawal from Miss Universe pageant; however it later confirmed its participation at the same. This year, if rumors are to be believed, Nuestra Belleza might give up the Miss World Mexico franchise. According to few sources, the national director of Nuestra Belleza Mexico, Lupita Jones has ceased to emphasize and mention about the next Miss World Mexico.

Today in the morning, during an appearance on the morning show "Today", Lupita Jones simply stated about Friday's preliminary contest and did not mentioned specifically about the finals of "Miss World Mexico".

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These rumors are not new to the walls of pageantry and have been echoing around since last year. While some sources believe that the cancellation of the franchise of Miss World is initiated by Julia Morley to Lupita Jones, for not paying heed to exclusivity that is required in the pageant, many sources also state that the strongest sponsor, Televisa has not provided sufficient support needed for organizing the event. The national pageant’s rumored financial crisis has led to poor ratings. In addition, several Mexican states have refused to sponsor the contest due to the large sum of money demanded by the National Director, Lupita Jones to cover the production and logistics.

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No one exactly knows if Mexico will send a Miss World contestant at Miss World 2016 or not, but there are strong rumors circulating in the world of events that Lupita Jones, National Director of Mexico has lost the Miss World franchise. No Mexican has won the coveted blue crown so far, will this incident result in new dawn for the nation?