Nuestra Belleza México 2004, the 11th Nuestra Belleza México pageant, was held at the Teatro Tangamanga of San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico on September 11, 2004. Twenty-five contestants of the Mexican Republic competed for the national title, which was won by Laura Elizondo from Tamaulipas, who later competed in Miss Universe 2005 in Thailand where she was the 3rd Runner-up. Elizondo was crowned by outgoing Nuestra Belleza México titleholder Rosalva Luna. She was the second Tamaulipeca and the first red hair to win this title.
The Nuestra Belleza Mundo México title was won by Dafne Molina from Distrito Federal, who later competed in Miss World 2005 in China where she was the 1st Runner-up. Molina was crowned by outgoing Nuestra Belleza Mundo México titleholder Yessica Ramírez. She was the second Capitalina to win this Title.
This year reinforces the concept of Comprehensive Women which promotes Nuestra Belleza México to establish five special awards: Miss Top Model, Miss Talent, Miss Internet (after Contestants' Choice), Miss Sports and Academic Award during the preliminary round. The winners of special awards automatically go to semifinals.
For the second consecutive time, the Preliminary Competition was held at the "Hoy" TV Show on September 8, 2004. Prior to the final telecast, all contestants competed in swimsuit during the preliminary competition, included corporal expression category.
In this program were chosen the Top 20 among the 25 candidates. Only the top 20 participated in the final night. The Preliminary Competition was hosted by Andrea Legarreta and Ernesto Laguardia.
Order of announcements
In addition, the names of the semifinalists who would compete on the final night they met.
Tamaulipas won the Nuestra Belleza México title for second time, (before 1996).
Disrito Federal won the Nuestra Belleza Mundo México title for second time, (before 1999).
Nuevo León was the Suplente/1st Runner-up for the second time, (before 2003).
For the second time a Titleholder resigned to the title (María Esther Molina, Nuestra Belleza Yucatán 2004).
This was the edition with less participants, 25.
For the first time Morelos and Tlaxcala retires from competition.
Campeche, Coahuila and San Luis Potosí return to competition after two years (2002).
Chiahuahua placed for seventh consecutive year.
Tamaulipas placed for sixth consecutive year.
Distrito Federal, Jalisco, Michoacán and Nuevo León placed for second consecutive year.
Guerrero returned to making calls to the semifinals after nine years (1995), San Luis Potosí after four years (2000) and Coahuila and Veracruz after two years (2002).
States that were called to the semifinals last year and this year failed to qualify were Aguascalientes, Baja California, Durango, Guanajuato, Puebla, Sinaloa and Sonora.
Distrito Federal - Dafne Molina prior to becoming a beauty queen participated in Elite Model Look Mexico 2002 and later received her diploma in interior design. She obtained the title of Nuestra Belleza Mundo México, which gave her the right to represent Mexico in Miss World 2005 held at the Crown of Beauty Theatre in Sanya, People's Republic of China on December 10, 2005. There, Molina placed as the first runner-up and obtained the title of Miss World Americas 2005. She also placed third in the Beach Beauty contest. She is a professional model and TV hostess.
Guerrero . Priscila Avellaneda studied at the CEA of Televisa, she has participated in several soap operas, also in theatre and cinema.
Nuevo León - Ana Paola de la Parra born in Ensenada, Baja California and she has a twin sister. She came to live in Nuevo Leon in 2002, there were some disappointments in the State tournament since she was from another state, but to have two years of residence, it was agreed that she did not commit any failure to continue with the title state as Nuestra Belleza Nuevo León 2004, reaching placed as 1st Runner-up in the National Competition.
Puebla - Vanessa Polo found herself involved in a scandal with the police in Mexico City in August 2011 after being verbally abusive to the authorities, she won the nickname "Ladie de Polanco".
San Luis Potosí - Sofía Escobosa is TV hostess in several TV programs.
