MISS JALISCO 2014 PAGEANT
Each
country tries to show its best to the world, as does each state, region or
providence, try to show the best to its a platform for women from which they
can try and realize their dreams. As such,
the pageant
is not just the search for an appeling face., Señorita Jalisco is a young woman
with aspirations, who knows and loves both her state and country. She is a
representative and model of her culture
and a proud
ambassador of Mexico wherever her tittle brings her at home and abroad.
Looking to
promote Mexico internationally in the early 50s, the federal government invited
individual states to participe in the Señorita Mexico pageant with the goal of
elevating and honoring the position of women nationwide.
In
response, Jalisco created the Señorita Jalisco pageant fifty years ago and sent
its first representative to the national event in 1954
The Jalisco
Secretary of Tourims saw the benefit the contests would create, bolstering
pride and interest in the area, promoting the state in matters of tradition,
education, the warmth of its people and, of course, the beauty of its women.
Previusly,
the Mexican representatives who attended the international pageants were
selected from the state. The tittle then was Señorita Turismo.
After the goverment´s iniciative, private
enterprise soon got involved., companies
interested in promoting Jalisco as a culturally rich center of Mexican
tradition flocked ot its support. A sponsor group was formed and a board was created.
In 1994, Josefina Ramírez, was named president of the Organizers Comittee,
She has
been in charge of making the event happen for the last 20 years and show great
enthusiasm about brining her pageant to Lake Chapala, which has been a personal
goal for some time.
Señorita
Jalisco is a non-profit group which is responsible for promoting Jalisco, one
of the more illustrious and colorful states of Mexico, in the many affiliated
pageants around the world.
This year,
the large international pageants will be held in Hong Kong and Tokio. Beauty
pageants work like associations in which member countries are obligated to send
representatives and participe every year. Señorita Jalisco is a member of
Señorita Mexico, which is a memberof the Miss International Pageant.
has
been great year for Lakeside. The level of Lake Chapala
is still on the rise, birds have come back to its shores and the weather is a
pleasing as it can get. This year Señorita Jalisco has chosen Lakeside to host
their event, which will take place September, and to broadcast to the rest of
the country
on TV Azteca 11. All sorts of media will be
in attendance, which makes its great opportunity for tha lake to get some of
the positive national attention it needs, while serving as the backdrop to this
time-honored contest.
At present, 75 contestants from 34
municipalities in Jalisco are training and studying to compete in the contest
with little under two months to go.
By little coronation in ASeptember, their
number will be pared down to 15 finalist who will then vie for the title during
the televised finale.
Look for advertising to begin next month. Limited seats will be available
to the local public for the coronation event, which will include a lavish
supper, and a variety show where Jalisco music, and dancing will be showcased.
Pic (a: Señorita Jalisco: Lovely, talented
young women compete for the honour of representing their state in the Señorita
Mexico Pageant, and the Miss Inrernational Pageant in Tokyo .
Below: A large part of her function is
representing the interest of the Jalisco tourist industry both nationally and
abroad. Srta Jalisco is a spokesperson and role model.
Pic (b: Above: Here we see a contestant
singing in a traditional Charro outfit, typical of her native Jalisco. Costumes
and dancing from all parts of the state will be represented in the finale.
Pic (c: Above: For 50 years the tradition
of Señorita Jalisco has grown.
Below: The
coronation of Señorita Jalisco 2014 will take place in Chapala in September ,
2014
