Lupita Jones
Maria Guadalupe "Lupita" Jones Garay (born September, 1968) (Mexico) won her first national beauty contest title in Mexico in 1990. In May 1991, she was crowned Miss Universe in Las Vegas, Nevada, becoming the first woman from Mexico to win the title. She studied business administration and did post-graduate studies in industrial administration at the Centro de Enseñanza Tecnica y Superior in Mexicali, Baja California. Jones created the company Promocertamen in 1994. Her company organized the annual beauty contest, Nuestra Belleza Mexico, official contest for Miss Universe. In 1999, she decided that the contest would support an important programme for ill-treated girls in Mexico City through the Integral Family Development project. In 2000, Ms. Jones accepted an appointment as UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador and Face to Face Campaign Spokesperson for Mexico.
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