Alejandra Gonzalez will be representing Miss New Mexico USA at the upcoming Miss USA pageant. Alejandra was preceded by 2018 winner Kristen Leyva. She is the first Miss New Mexico USA to place in the Top 15 since Jenna Hardin was a semifinalist in 2004.
The 26-year-old from Las Cruces is the daughter of parents who immigrated to the United States from Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico.
She obtained her master’s degree in accounting.
Alejandra is a “proud numbers geek” and “shares her passion for education by teaching students about the importance of financial literacy.”
You can follow Alejandra and learn more about her journey by clicking follow on Instagram or heading on over to her official Twitter account.
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Miss USA 2019~ @allie.gonzalez 1st runner up~ @alayahbenavidez 2nd runner up~ @alyssaklinzing 3rd runner up~ @nicolettejennings 4th runner up~ @haleymholloway Who are your top 5? 
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THE SUPREMA QUEENMiss USA takes place Thursday, May 2, 2019, at Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada. It will be the 68th Miss USA pageant, and the second pageant to be held concurrently with the Miss Teen USA competition. The pageant will air live on FOX. The Miss Universe pageant will take place on a yet-to-be-determined date in South Korea. The reigning Miss Universe is Catriona Gray, who represented the Philippines, while Miss USA going to Nebraska’s Sarah Rose Summers.
The Miss USA competition is one of the premier beauty pageants in both the United States and in the world. First founded in the year 1952, the Miss USA pageant was famously owned b President Donald Trump from 1996 to 2015 before the rights to the pageant were sold to WME/IMG. Previously broadcast by NBC, the Miss USA beauty pageant now resides on Fox.
The pageant is structured the same as any traditional beauty pageant, as it includes swimsuit, gown, and interview competitions.
Each year, the winner of the Miss USA beauty pageant represents the United States of America in the Miss Universe.
