After castings around the United States and Puerto Rico 12 finalists moved to Miami and lived together where they received different classes of dancing, runway, diction, teleprompter and physical training.
The winner of the contest won a contract to be one of the new personality faces on many of Univision's programs and award shows, and a chance to win more than $200,000 in cash and prizes and reign as Nuestra Belleza Latina for a year.
They hit the runway and the audience gets to vote for the first time The Final 12 are Chosen: Original Air Date—10 April 2007 The 12 girls move to the "Mansion of the Beauty" where they start their physical training.
At the gala, they perform a disco choreography in front of a live audience and walk the runway in bathing suit.
At the gala, they perform a sports themed choreography and walk the runway twice, one wearing cocktail dresses and the other in a sexy outfit.
Original Air Date—1 May 2007 The nine remaining girls are divided in trios to face the challenge of the week: A themed photo-shoot for Maybelline New York.
Original Air Date—8 May 2007 The eight remaining girls form two teams to face the challenge of the week: They have to create, produce, star and edit a TV commercial for a Ford product.
The task is to pick two complete outfits (casual and job interview) within the store is less than 15 minutes and perform a fashion show.