Galaxy International & Belleza Latina Pageants
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Maria Torres Maria (Ingles) Torres started doing pageants at the age of 16 when her mother entered her in the Miss Massachusetts Teen USA pageant in 1984. Although she did not win the state title that year, she did win the Best Costume Award and made Top 20 out of 109 contestants. After the pageant, Maria had the “bug”. Her mother enrolled her in modeling school and she graduated with their highest award of Best Model. She continued to model locally for major department stores and such clients as The Gap, Victoria’s Secret, and local couture designers. The following year she gave the MA Teen pageant another try and came home with the title –Miss Massachusetts Teen USA 1985 where she competed with 128 contestants that year. In 1990 she was on Univision’s largest internationally televised Saturday show “Sabado Gigante”, where she competed in the Spokesmodel competition and also was chosen as the winner. That year, at the age of 23, she found out she was expecting a child. She became a single mom knowing it would end her pageant career. Back then, single mothers were not allowed to enter pageants. This is when she started envisioning a pageant that believed single mothers were NOT a bad example, and a pageant that celebrated cultural pride…this was the beginning of Miss Belleza Latina. It was not until the year 2000 that she was finally able to get her dream started with the help of her loving husband, Martin Torres. Now married with 3 children, she won her first Mrs. pageant in 2004 when she won the title Mrs. Galaxy International 2005. She is now the owner of the Galaxy system and loves what she does. Belleza Latina is approaching its 8th year, and Maria could not be happier with the success of the pageant or prouder of the Latinas that have proudly worn her sashes all over the world! Click Here to Visit the Galaxy International Pageant's Website |
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