Lupita Jones

María Guadalupe Jones Garay (born September 6, 1967), also known by her nickname and last name Lupita Jones (Spanish pronunciation: [luˈpita ˈʝowns], [ʝons], is a Mexican actress, television producer, and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe 1991. She was the first Mexican woman to win the crown.

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Jones and the second or maternal family name is Garay.

Lupita Jones
Jones in 2008.
Born	María Guadalupe Jones Garay (1967-09-06) 6 September 1967 Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Spouse(s)	Simón Charaf Medina ​ ( m. 1993; div. 2000)
Children	1
Beauty pageant titleholder
Hair color	Brown
Eye color	Brown
Major competition(s)	Señorita México 1990 (Winner) Miss Universe 1991 (Winner)

Since 1994, Jones has been the National director for Mexico at Miss Universe and is the franchise holder of Mexicana Universal.

Miss Mexico

Lupita Jones had studied business administration before Miss Universe and also did post-graduate studies in industrial administration at the Centro de Enseñanza Técnica y Superior in her native city of Mexicali, Baja California.

Miss Universe

On September 1990, Jones won the title of Señorita México under the state of Baja California.

Jones competed on May 17, 1991 against 72 contestants for the title of Miss Universe 1991 in Las Vegas, USA. Jones entered the semifinals of the pageant in first place, the only delegate with an average score above 9. During the final telecast, Jones won every single round of competition: swimsuit, interview and evening gown. She dominated the next two rounds of competition (the Top 6 judges' questions and the Top 3 final question), and won the crown, the prizes and the prestigious title for her country.

TV producer

Lupita Jones had studied business administration before Miss Universe and also did post-graduate studies in industrial administration at the Centro de Enseñanza Técnica y Superior in her native city of Mexicali, Baja California.

After finishing her reign in 1992, she created in 1994 the company Promocertamen with Televisa to produce Nuestra Belleza México, the official Mexican pageant responsible for choosing Mexico's delegates to Miss Universe, Miss World and Miss International.[1] This new pageant was created when Señorita México was moved to another TV network, TV Azteca.

In 1997, she attempted to launch the first male-only beauty contest, El Modelo México, but the show got little attention from the public.[1]

In 2001, for the Nuestra Belleza México show, Lupita Jones launched the campaign report her campaign which invited the public to report beautiful women in their state. Critics attacked the campaign on discrimination charges.[1] She produced a winner at one of the 3 most well-known beauty pageants in the planet since 1960: Priscila Perales, Miss International 2007 and another one in 2009 with Anagabriela Espinoza, Miss International 2009. In 2010, a Mexican woman was crowned as Miss Universe 2010, Ximena Navarrete. Accordingly, Jones promised she would vacate the direction of Nuestra Belleza México once a new Mexican Miss Universe would be entitled, but did not follow through after Navarrete won the title.[1]

From 2008 to 2014, Lupita Jones and longtime pageant director-rival Osmel Sousa were brought together to judge Nuestra Belleza Latina, a beauty pageant-related reality television series created by the US Hispanic network Univision, which searches for young women of Latin American descent across the United States.[2]

In 2015, in response to negative comments on Mexicans by Donald Trump, part-owner of the Miss Universe organization, as head of Nuestra Belleza México, Jones endorsed withdrawal of the 2015 contestant from Mexico and urged a boycott of products associated with the 2015 pageant.

Humanitarian causes

In 1999, Lupita Jones decided that the contest would support an important program for ill-treated girls in the country through the Integral Family Development project.

In 2000, Jones accepted an appointment as UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador and Face to Face Campaign Spokesperson for Mexico.[1]

Private life

Lupita Jones has one son from her previous union with former spouse, Simón Charaf.

Filmography

Telenovelas

Year	Project	Role	Notes
2017	Enamorándome de Ramón	Katy Fernández de Medina	Special participation
2015	Como dice el dicho	Rocío / Ana Regina	2 Episodes
2014	La malquerida (telenovela)	Carmen Gallardo de Torres	Recurring role
2013	Rosario	Fabiana

Books

• Palabra de reina (in Spanish). Grupo Editorial Planeta. 1993. ISBN 978-9684063037.
• Bella y en forma, 15 anos despues (in Spanish). Planeta. 2006. ISBN 978-9703705634.
• Deten el tiempo (in Spanish). Urano. 2011. ISBN 978-8479537852.
• ABC para rejuvenecer (in Spanish). Urano. 2012. ISBN 978-6077835462.

References

1. "10 claves para entender el poder de Lupita Jones" (in Spanish). 6 August 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
2. "Lupita Jones renuncia a Nuestra Belleza Latina". Elnuevodia.com (in Spanish). 9 September 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2016.

External links

• Lupita Jones on IMDb
• Miss Universe Official Website

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Mona Grudt	Miss Universe 1991	Succeeded by Michelle McLean
Preceded by Marilé del Rosario	Miss Mexico 1990	Succeeded by Mónica Zuñiga