Nuestra Belleza Latina 2009 is the third season of Nuestra Belleza Latina premiered on March 2009. Auditions were once again held in five major US cities (Los Angeles, California; Dallas, 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. With the twist of adding one more contestant named "La Intrusa" (Francheska Mattei). For several weeks, Francheska Mattei, a professional actress, posed as one of the contestants to know the rumors, secrets, and even gossip from the girls. The elimination process was quick, with 15 women leaving the first day, 40 on the second week, and finally 8 women were eliminated leaving the 12 finalists who will be moving into a Miami mansion where 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 fewest 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. This year they had an "Intrusa", the one that spilled the gossip about the contestants and it was Puerto Rican, Francheska Mattei.

Greidys Gil contestant representing Cuba won the competition.

Changes

There were some mayor changes to this Season, Julian Gil left the show, and was replaced with Model/Actor Jorge Aravena. Osmel Sousa and Lupita Jones became the main Judges. Melissa Marty became a correspondent in the show, she went backstage and had a one-on-one with the girls during the Show and at the "Belleza House". The show moved from Tuesdays to Sundays at 8pm/7c. For the first time in Nuestra Belleza Latina history a girl was expelled. Contestant, Stephanie broke the main rule of Nuestra Belleza Latina of having contact with an outside member. The contestant was soon replaced by Chastelyn.

Judges

• Osmel Sousa
• Lupita Jones
• Jorge Aravena

Elimination chart

Contestants

Countries Being Represented

CPW	Country	Position											Year Previously Won
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7(Finale)
Y	Cuba	5th	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	3rd	1st	1st	Winner	2009
Y	Mexico	1st	5th	5th	1st	5th	1st	4th	2nd	3rd	2nd	Runner-Up	2007
—	Ecuador	3rd	3rd	3rd	4th	1st	4th	1st	1st	2nd	3rd		None
—	Dominican Republic	4th	4th	4th	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd	4th				None
Y	Puerto Rico	2nd	1st	1st	5th	4th	5th						2008
—	Colombia	6th											None

• Winner
• Runner-Up
• Eliminated
• First Place
• CPW: Countries Previously won
• Y: Countries Previously won

Season 3, Episode 1: Castings 2009

Original Air Date—1 March 2009 The best of the auditions held in Los Angeles, Dallas, Puerto Rico, Chicago, New York and Miami.

The Guest Judges were:

The following contestants were chosen:

Season 3, Episode 2: The Envelopes

Original Air Date—8 March 2009 The 75 selected contestants arrive to Miami. 20 of them receive an envelope the very first day. 10 of them are eliminated.

Season 3, Episode 3: The Coaches Eliminate

Original Air Date—15 March 2009 The Choreography, Diction and Runway coaches cut 15 more girls from the group. The remaining 50 girls have to show their best talent onstage. After the performance, the show judges eliminate another 10 contestants.

Season 3, Episode 4: Group Task

Original Air Date—22 March 2009 The 41 remaining girls are divided in groups to perform onstage. Four groups have musical numbers and the other four acting scenes. At the end of the show, the judges eliminate 20 girls.

Season 3, Episode 5: Revealing the Mole

Original Air Date—29 March 2009 The mole is revealed and the 20 remaining girls face the judges one more time to receive their final evaluation. 12 of them are named finalists and go to the next stage of the show. The rest of the girls are eliminated.

The Final 12 are Chosen:

Season 3, Episode 6: No Make-up Photoshoot

Original Air Date—5 April 2009 The 12 finalists move to the mansion, where they start training while they are tested every day. The first challenge of the season is a no-make up photo-shoot. The winner will appear in People en Español magazine (as part of the 50 most beautiful edition).

Season 3, Episode 7: Hurricane Report

Original Air Date—12 April 2009 The 11 remaining girls have to endure the hardest challenge of the season, reporting on location while a Hurricane hits the city with winds up to 100 miles per hour.

Season 3, Episode 8: The Rope Course

Original Air Date—19 April 2009 The 10 remaining girls have to compete in a challenging rope course, where they have to be the fastest and the smartest in order to win.

Season 3, Episode 9: Tarantula Photo Shoot

Original Air Date—26 April 2009 The 9 remaining girls face another breathtaking challenge. They have to pose for a print ad with a live tarantula walking over their shoulders, hands and face.

Season 3, Episode 10: Novela Scenes

Original Air Date—3 May 2009 The 8 remaining girls are paired to do a sequenced telenovela scene, live onstage. The three girls in danger of elimination answer questions while connected at a lie detector machine.

Season 3, Episode 11: The Final Question

Original Air Date—10 May 2009 The 7 remaining girls face the judges to hear them read the crudest critiques the audience posted online. They are challenge to respond to those critics -live- as if they were part of an interview.

Season 3, Episode 12: The Finale 2009

Original Air Date—17 May 2009 The 6 finalists chosen by the popular vote hit the runway for the last time. Greidys Gil was crowned "Nuestra Belleza Latina 2009"

Winner: Greydis Gil

References

• Nuestra Belleza Latina at Univision.com (in Spanish)
• Nuestra Belleza Latina at IMDb
• Greidys Gil Wins Nuestra Belleza Latina 2009
• Marycarmen becomes runner-up
• En Busca de Nuestra Belleza Latina 2010
• Episodios de nuestra belleza_latina

External links

• Nuestra Belleza Latina – Official Page (in Spanish)

Winners