The dream of Mexico winning the Miss Universe pageant again will have to wait another year, since our representative Melissa Flores was left out by not advancing to the next round of the top 20 of the contest.

The final gala of Miss Universe 2023 takes place tonight at the “José Adolfo Pineda” National Gymnasium in the capital of El Salvador, San Salvador, where the successor of the American R’Bonney Gabriel will be known.

Melissa Flores, originally from Sahuayo, Michoacán, was not chosen by the jury to compete for the crown, but those who did advance to the semifinal were the representatives of Nicaragua, Spain, Puerto Rico, Namibia, Venezuela, India, Thailand, Chile, Jamaica , United States, Nepal, Peru, Cameroon, Colombia, Pakistan, Australia, Philippines, South Africa, Portugal and El Salvador, the host.