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These Miss Universe 2016 Candidates Are Proof That Latinas Own Beauty Pageants (Photos)

If this doesn’t make you proud of your Latin roots, then nothing will.

If this doesn’t make you proud of your Latin roots, then nothing will.

Every year beautiful women from around the world come together to compete for the "Miss Universe" title, and this year the Latina candidates are practically slaying the competition.

Here are the gorgeous Latinas in the running:

Miss Argentina, Estefanía Bernal

Miss Bolivia, Fabiana Antonella 

Miss Brazil, Raissa Santana 

Miss Chile, Catalina Paz Cáceres

Miss Colombia, Andrea Tovar

Miss Costa Rica, Carolina Rodríguez Durán


Miss Ecuador, Connie Maily Jiménez Romero

Miss España, Noelia Freire

Miss Guatemala, Virginia Argueta

Miss Honduras, Sirey Morán

Miss México, Kristal Silva

Miss Nicaragua, Marina Jacoby

Miss Panama, Keity Drennan

Miss Paraguay, Andrea Melgarejo

Miss Peru, Valeria Piazza

Miss Puerto Rico, Brenda Azaria

Miss Dominican Republic, Sal Garcia

Miss Uruguay, Magdalena Cohendet

Miss Venezuela, Mariam Habach Santucci

The Miss Universe Competition will air LIVE Sunday, January 29th on FOX from The Philippines. Over 90 countries will be competing for the crown.

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