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Irene Sofiá Esser Quintero will be representing Venezuela in the 2012 Miss Universe pageant.

[PHOTOS] Latina beauty queens compete in Miss Universe 2012 pageant

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With 21 Latina contestants in the 2012 Miss Universe pageant, this year’s competition is heating up to one the hottest ever. Hailing from countries like … Read More

In this April 26, 2012 photo, Maria Susana Flores Gamez poses for a photo for a story about her upcoming participation in a beauty pageant in China, in Culiacan, Mexico. Flores, who was voted the 2012 Woman of Sinaloa in a beauty pageant in February, was killed in northern Mexico on Nov. 24, 2012 during a running gun battle between soldiers and the gang of drug traffickers she was traveling with.

Mexican beauty queen had gun in her hands, say soldiers

By Martin Duran, Associated Press

CULIACAN, Mexico (AP) — A Mexican beauty queen killed over the weekend in a shootout between suspected drug traffickers and soldiers likely was being used as … Read More

Photo of Maria Susana Flores Games when she won beauty pageant for Woman of Sinaloa 2012. (Photo courtesy “El Debate”)

Mexican beauty queen killed in shootout

By Martin Duran, Associated Press

CULIACAN, Mexico (AP) — A 20-year-old state beauty queen died in a gun battle between soldiers and the alleged gang of drug traffickers she was traveling with … Read More